# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=133&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 134 --- ## [Favorite series of comic covers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-series-of-comic-covers/939106)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2026, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-series-of-comic-covers/939106 "2026-03-03T18:53:01Z")
I was browsing through some old comic covers and it struck me how plesant the covers for the complete run of New Mutants volume 2 are, most of them being pretty simple character studies with muted colors and no extraneou… --- ## [Sugar-Free Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sugar-free-chocolate-chip-cookie-recipe/1028123)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2026, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sugar-free-chocolate-chip-cookie-recipe/1028123 "2026-03-03T16:04:16Z")
I’ve been searching online for a sugar-free chocolate chip cookie recipe and haven’t found one that looks even remotely appetizing. I used to make amazing chocolate chip cookies back in my sugar-eating days, and even the… --- ## [What wild animals do you see more-or-less routinely (and where do you live)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wild-animals-do-you-see-more-or-less-routinely-and-where-do-you-live/1027892)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2026, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-wild-animals-do-you-see-more-or-less-routinely-and-where-do-you-live/1027892 "2026-03-03T15:13:39Z")
Missouri, USA, in the southeastern, Ozark Mountains portion: Birds: Besides the routine and mundane (sparrows, crows, robins, ducks, geese, doves, pigeons, etc.) I occasionally see a bald eagle (about 10 or so per year)… --- ## [Why is Summer blend gas more expensive than winter blend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-summer-blend-gas-more-expensive-than-winter-blend/1028162)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2026, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-summer-blend-gas-more-expensive-than-winter-blend/1028162 "2026-03-03T15:11:49Z")
Continuing the discussion from What happens politically if gas prices go through the roof?: @wolfpup, I started a new thread so as to not hijack the prior one. I thought summer blend meant cut with ethanol, why does t… --- ## [Lighthouse height](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lighthouse-height/1028141)
**Author:** [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2026, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lighthouse-height/1028141 "2026-03-03T08:25:20Z")
What determines/d the height of a lighthouse? --- ## [Callers to Washington State Government Hotline get bad joke instead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/callers-to-washington-state-government-hotline-get-bad-joke-instead/1028096)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2026, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/callers-to-washington-state-government-hotline-get-bad-joke-instead/1028096 "2026-03-03T05:07:34Z")
Washington state hotline callers hear AI voice with Spanish accent | AP News That’s right-Callers to a Washington State Department of Licensing hotline that pressed “2” for Spanish got English with a heavily Spanish acc… --- ## [How to best get myself back in the gym?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-best-get-myself-back-in-the-gym/1027902)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2026, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-best-get-myself-back-in-the-gym/1027902 "2026-03-03T03:59:49Z")
Wanting to not totally fall apart physically as I age, I got myself a simple four day weightlifting routine a few years ago. I added cardio to it later on, eventually adjusting the time so I could get at least 20 minutes… --- ## [Bingo squares for tonight's State of the Union Address](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bingo-squares-for-tonights-state-of-the-union-address/1027943)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2026, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bingo-squares-for-tonights-state-of-the-union-address/1027943 "2026-03-03T01:51:46Z")
Please share your suggestions to fill the bingo card for Trump’s upcoming State of the Union Address. I don’t really know where to start, so I’ll just hand it over to y’all --- ## [Digital Number Display](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-number-display/1028116)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2026, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/digital-number-display/1028116 "2026-03-03T01:12:42Z")
I’m looking for an electronic handheld number display. Something like they use for substitutions in soccer. The numbers would need to be visible from about 100’ away in daylight and easily changed. Maybe a keyboard on t… --- ## [Raspberry Pi drivers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raspberry-pi-drivers/1028149)
**Author:** [@bauble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bauble)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2026, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raspberry-pi-drivers/1028149 "2026-03-02T23:55:44Z")
Confession: I’m not well-versed (or even really partially-versed) in Linux. I’m wanting to upgrade one of my Raspberry Pis to a newer version (so I can use Raspberry Pi Connect). My concern is that I have it in a case… --- ## [CNN's gotten more Trumpy now](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnns-gotten-more-trumpy-now/1028079)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2026, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cnns-gotten-more-trumpy-now/1028079 "2026-03-02T20:34:18Z")
CNN now acquired by Trump friend. Was the never the biggest CNN fan anyway, with their occasional bothsidesism, but now… --- ## [Poll: US attacks on Iran](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-us-attacks-on-iran/1028088)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2026, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-us-attacks-on-iran/1028088 "2026-03-02T17:08:18Z")
poll --- ## [Was Kamala Harris a below average Democratic Presidential Candidate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-kamala-harris-a-below-average-democratic-presidential-candidate/1027801)
**Author:** [@Calder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calder)\ **Replies:** 191\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2026, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-kamala-harris-a-below-average-democratic-presidential-candidate/1027801 "2026-03-02T16:37:28Z")
I am curious what the general overall opinion of this board of Kamala Harris vs previous Democratic presidential candidates. Here are some of the main points I have seen used against her. Her 2020 election campaign fo… --- ## [Mini-Month Mini-Rants (Feb 2026)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-month-mini-rants-feb-2026/1027273)
**Author:** [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Replies:** 298\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2026, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-month-mini-rants-feb-2026/1027273 "2026-03-02T14:56:47Z")
Winter finally hit SoFL. We awoke to temps just above freezing, ~35F ~2C. But at least the wind was howling. Hw cold was it? There were frozen iguanas littering parking lots. At breakfast about 1/3rd of the spaces were… --- ## [Some new restaurants have opened up near me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-new-restaurants-have-opened-up-near-me/1028032)
**Author:** [@bodangus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bodangus)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2026, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-new-restaurants-have-opened-up-near-me/1028032 "2026-03-02T14:53:06Z")
I want to go and order only two things off of the offered menu at each place. This would be In the hope of determining the quality and authenticity of the food and more importantly whether I’ll come back. In my case, on… --- ## [Question about an "American Experience" episode that aired on PBS a while back](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-an-american-experience-episode-that-aired-on-pbs-a-while-back/1028095)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2026, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-an-american-experience-episode-that-aired-on-pbs-a-while-back/1028095 "2026-03-02T13:50:23Z")
I don’t remember the title, but it aired on my local PBS station in recent months and I DVR’ed it and watched it within the past few months. It was about mid-1960s and early 1970s civil rights and allowing blacks to vot… --- ## [First Few Sci-Fi Movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-few-sci-fi-movies/98629)
**Author:** [@Diff\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diff_T)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2026, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-few-sci-fi-movies/98629 "2026-03-02T12:43:46Z")
ok, so A Trip to the Moon was one (the first?). Any other early movies you can add? Doesn’t have to be the first, or close to it… just the first of it’s kind? --- ## [(Old) One last shot of white stuff in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-one-last-shot-of-white-stuff-in-the-mmp/1027906)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 246\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2026, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-one-last-shot-of-white-stuff-in-the-mmp/1027906 "2026-03-02T10:01:28Z")
I hope it’s the last shot! We didn’t get a lot of snow - maybe a couple of inches on the ground, but the driveway is just slushy. Dare I hope that this is the end of it for this winter? Dare I?? So, with spring waiting … --- ## [IF Trump nominated Ted Cruz for the Supreme Court, what would happen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-nominated-ted-cruz-for-the-supreme-court-what-would-happen/1028084)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2026, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-trump-nominated-ted-cruz-for-the-supreme-court-what-would-happen/1028084 "2026-03-02T05:36:06Z")
See the word “IF” in the title? Please take it into account when responding. Trump says he’s thinking of putting Republican Senator Ted Cruz on Supreme Court | Reuters If Trump nominates Cruz for the Supreme Court, wou… --- ## [What is it with dogs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-dogs/1027990)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2026, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-with-dogs/1027990 "2026-03-02T03:42:57Z")
So I have a fairly new puppy, Jasper, a mini dachshund is now 4.5 months old. And he’s mostly a bloody brilliant puppy despite needing to learn a FEW manners about loving everyone/every dog he meets to death. But anyway… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - February 2026 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-february-2026-edition/1027219)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2026, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-february-2026-edition/1027219 "2026-03-02T01:40:52Z")
February is here and my part of the state got our FIRST snow of the year (2nd of the season) but, of course, climate change isn’t real… What is real is BOOKS! Lots of books, comics, graphic novels, manga, plotlines scri… --- ## [What music subscription services do you pay for that you feel are worth it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-subscription-services-do-you-pay-for-that-you-feel-are-worth-it/1028080)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2026, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-music-subscription-services-do-you-pay-for-that-you-feel-are-worth-it/1028080 "2026-03-02T01:28:21Z")
I have spotify, which is always good. There is an app called swipefy, I think I pay around $8 a year for it but it allows me to discover new music that I may not have noticed before. What do other people have that they… --- ## [Prepaying for your own "after-death arrangements"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prepaying-for-your-own-after-death-arrangements/1027932)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2026, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prepaying-for-your-own-after-death-arrangements/1027932 "2026-03-01T23:58:14Z")
I’m guessing some of you smart and practical people have done this. (There’s a 2006 thread on the subject but it was quite short.) What have you set up? I put “after-death arrangements” in quotes, because those might be… --- ## [Botticelli - February 2026](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 258\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2026, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-february-2026/1027466 "2026-03-01T15:52:03Z")
Last month’s thread: Botticelli - January 2026 Updated: Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - #141 by Elendil\_s\_Heir Our new letter is J --- ## [They moved it back](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-moved-it-back/1027956)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-moved-it-back/1027956 "2026-03-01T14:55:11Z")
If someone said, “The event was on March 5th but we moved it back.” Is the new date before or after March 5th? You have no other context. --- ## [Replacing home windows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacing-home-windows/1028029)
**Author:** [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2026, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacing-home-windows/1028029 "2026-03-01T06:26:53Z")
I’m about to start looking into getting the windows replaced in my house. The house has the original ~75 year old single-pane wooden windows, most of which no longer function properly. It also has storm windows, which I’… --- ## [Q about Time Traveler's Wife (movie) - NOT a spoiler](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-time-travelers-wife-movie-not-a-spoiler/817535)
**Author:** [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2026, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-time-travelers-wife-movie-not-a-spoiler/817535 "2026-03-01T06:22:35Z")
At least, I hope this won’t give away any plot points… I just saw the movie on tv. In the final scene, there is a closeup of a pair of shoes. There are no shoelaces in those shoes, and that seems odd to me. Can anyone e… --- ## [How does Canadian health care work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-canadian-health-care-work/1028005)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2026, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-canadian-health-care-work/1028005 "2026-03-01T05:27:02Z")
I think everyone here knows that I am a big proponent of universal health care (UHC). I often read posts by Canadians (and people in other countries) saying how much they love their free-at-point-of-delivery systems. B… --- ## [Wulfleet! Or: How far back can you read English?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wulfleet-or-how-far-back-can-you-read-english/1027992)
**Author:** [@Stanislaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stanislaus)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2026, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wulfleet-or-how-far-back-can-you-read-english/1027992 "2026-03-01T05:15:21Z")
A fairly amazing piece of writing here, which is not only a decent story in itself but is primarily a fantastic illustration of how the English language has changed over the centuries. How far back in time can you under… --- ## [Hypothetical: Sixteenth Amendment (income tax) is repealed; what happens then?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-sixteenth-amendment-income-tax-is-repealed-what-happens-then/1028091)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2026, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hypothetical-sixteenth-amendment-income-tax-is-repealed-what-happens-then/1028091 "2026-03-01T03:44:06Z")
I’m unsure of what the technicalities of an “apportioned” tax are, but I have difficulty thinking that Congress couldn’t find one way or another to give the Federal government as much money as it wants. As far as I can t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=132&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=134&state=muted)