# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1587 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1588 --- ## [War on Christmas = cultural appropriation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-on-christmas-cultural-appropriation/929938)
**Author:** [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-on-christmas-cultural-appropriation/929938 "2021-01-09T18:31:55Z")
A shower thought I had. Non-Christians have appropriated an important Christian festival and stripped it of all religeous meaning, and because of their cultural dominance, this has become the primary association. Anyone … --- ## [Come up with an inappropriate song for an event](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-up-with-an-inappropriate-song-for-an-event/929657)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2021, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-up-with-an-inappropriate-song-for-an-event/929657 "2021-01-09T18:01:39Z")
(perhaps this might belong in MPSIMS or IMHO - mods move as you see fit). I had posted on Facebook about an odd commercial for Johnnie Walker liquor, featuring a woman doing a soulful version of Rodgers and Hammerstein’… --- ## [Proposed pardon-limiting amendment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-pardon-limiting-amendment/930091)
**Author:** [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2021, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposed-pardon-limiting-amendment/930091 "2021-01-09T17:55:07Z")
Ages ago (or so it seems) when Trump pardoned several of his cronies who probably committed crimes for him, it was widely agreed it would take an amendment to keep a president from doing this. And so here we are already… --- ## [What are some examples of "evidence" that Trump's lawyers and supporters say they have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-examples-of-evidence-that-trumps-lawyers-and-supporters-say-they-have/930061)
**Author:** [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-examples-of-evidence-that-trumps-lawyers-and-supporters-say-they-have/930061 "2021-01-09T17:45:01Z")
We all know the court filings, and lawsuits have been a farce. I read one story that happened here in Georgia. A Republican count watcher testified that he had seen a stack of ballots sitting on a table. He left the r… --- ## [Rip Torn appreciation thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-torn-appreciation-thread/930081)
**Author:** [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2021, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-torn-appreciation-thread/930081 "2021-01-09T17:12:59Z")
With the passing of Tanya Roberts, I sadly considered her for a bit. I realized that I, as a young boy was very…ahem…appreciative of her…ahem…acting…yeah that’s it. I remember, ahem, admiring her work fondly as a boy. … --- ## [Is it strategic NOT to arrest 1/6 MAGA-insurrectionists now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-strategic-not-to-arrest-1-6-maga-insurrectionists-now/929929)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2021, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-strategic-not-to-arrest-1-6-maga-insurrectionists-now/929929 "2021-01-09T17:02:49Z")
Just spitballin’ here–is it a strategy on police parts to investigate, scrutinize video, take statements, etc until Biden takes office so Trump cannot pardon anyone arrested or charged with committing a crime? Or can Tru… --- ## [Trump's Possible Crimes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-possible-crimes/928853)
**Author:** [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Replies:** 178\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-possible-crimes/928853 "2021-01-09T16:58:59Z")
In a Salon.com article, Amanda Marcotte says As is generally true of Marcotte, there is a lot of truth in what she writes. But there is a problem with her article: she doesn’t mention a single prosecutable crime that … --- ## [Need (Advanced) help cleaning heads on printer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advanced-help-cleaning-heads-on-printer/271138)
**Author:** [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-advanced-help-cleaning-heads-on-printer/271138 "2021-01-09T16:44:32Z")
We have an Epson 820 color printer connected to a Mac G-3 B/W. Its about a year old. We use it pretty frequently and use the self cleaning feature fairly often, maybe once every two weeks. We used an off-brand cartridge… --- ## [Auto Rain Guards - how to put them on](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-rain-guards-how-to-put-them-on/930084)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2021, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-rain-guards-how-to-put-them-on/930084 "2021-01-09T16:38:09Z")
Has anyone ever put those aftermarket rain guards onto their car? I ordered some, but now I’m scared to install them myself. Tips? Suggestions? --- ## [They are no longer the Republican Party; they are the Insurrectionist Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-are-no-longer-the-republican-party-they-are-the-insurrectionist-party/929913)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2021, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-are-no-longer-the-republican-party-they-are-the-insurrectionist-party/929913 "2021-01-09T16:32:32Z")
I refuse to call them by their former name. They are not the party of Lincoln; they are the party of QAnon. They are the party of Proud Boys. Hell, at times they are the party of Nathan Bedford Forrest. Republicans in n… --- ## [Family Video appears to be shutting down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-video-appears-to-be-shutting-down/929738)
**Author:** [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-video-appears-to-be-shutting-down/929738 "2021-01-09T16:23:43Z")
Family Video, one of the last remaining major chains of video rental stores in the U.S., announced today that it’s going to be shutting down its remaining 250 locations, and will be liquidating their merchandise. As rec… --- ## [25th Amendment section 4, why is no one talking about this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/25th-amendment-section-4-why-is-no-one-talking-about-this/928647)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2021, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/25th-amendment-section-4-why-is-no-one-talking-about-this/928647 "2021-01-09T15:46:02Z")
Why is there no outcry to invoke section 4 of the 25th amendment to remove Trump. Trump appears to be off the deep end and attempting to destabilize and over through the nation. It seems it’s long time to invoke this. … --- ## [Movie composers most likely to move you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-composers-most-likely-to-move-you/930048)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2021, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-composers-most-likely-to-move-you/930048 "2021-01-09T15:39:45Z")
For me, its John Barry on multiple occasions Somewhere in Time Dances With Wolves “We Have All the Time in the World” from On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. I see he did Peggy Sue Got Married? Thats a weird combo, I’v… --- ## [Has Anyone Solved This Chess Puzzle (More Thorough Explanation In OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-solved-this-chess-puzzle-more-thorough-explanation-in-op/930076)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2021, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-solved-this-chess-puzzle-more-thorough-explanation-in-op/930076 "2021-01-09T14:48:30Z")
Has any mathematician, computer program, etc., figured out the arrangement of pieces that would give one player (say, White) the highest possible number of moves? For example, at the beginning, White has 20 possible mov… --- ## ["Big Bang Theory" question about Bernadette](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-question-about-bernadette/929956)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2021, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-question-about-bernadette/929956 "2021-01-09T14:14:26Z")
I have a question about Bernadette. Was it ever specified that she got her Ph. D. in Microbiology from CalTech? Or was it from a different university? --- ## [Is it clear how the 25th Amendment works?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-clear-how-the-25th-amendment-works/930004)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2021, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-clear-how-the-25th-amendment-works/930004 "2021-01-09T13:35:33Z")
Are the voters, for example, clearly designated? Can someone who is, for example, an acting Cabinet secretary vote? If a cabinet post is vacant, can the 2nd in command at that department (a deputy secretary?) vote? Does… --- ## [Thoughts on this weird lens flare?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-this-weird-lens-flare/930041)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2021, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-this-weird-lens-flare/930041 "2021-01-09T09:28:09Z")
Found in an episode of season 4 of Sabrina, I’ve never seen one form rectangular color blocks before. It looks like that funky piano from CE3K. --- ## [International comparison of vaccine skepticism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-comparison-of-vaccine-skepticism/929730)
**Author:** [@Lantern2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern2)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2021, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-comparison-of-vaccine-skepticism/929730 "2021-01-09T09:05:48Z")
Interesting table in this Kevin Drum post. The US is in the middle of the pack with 69% agreeing about getting a Covid vaccine. France is at the bottom with just 40%. This didn’t surprise me because I had read about F… --- ## [Food cravings you got from reading](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-cravings-you-got-from-reading/929975)
**Author:** [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2021, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-cravings-you-got-from-reading/929975 "2021-01-09T08:38:19Z")
There must have been threads on this before, but I can’t find any. When I read a novel that contains descriptions of foods, I start craving them. It started way before I read Proust and developed the requisite craving fo… --- ## [Free Willy, or Denmark's Newest Children's Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-willy-or-denmarks-newest-childrens-show/930097)
**Author:** [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2021, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-willy-or-denmarks-newest-childrens-show/930097 "2021-01-09T06:14:11Z")
Denmark’s main broadcaster has launched a children’s show called John Dillermand, “an animation starring a man with a penis so massive and flexible it can save children from danger, fetch objects from a river and operate… --- ## [If U.S. women's soccer team played in the FIFA Men's World Cup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-u-s-womens-soccer-team-played-in-the-fifa-mens-world-cup/928985)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2021, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-u-s-womens-soccer-team-played-in-the-fifa-mens-world-cup/928985 "2021-01-09T05:25:38Z")
Carli Lloyd, midfielder for the U.S. women’s soccer team, replied “I’m not sure” when asked if the American women could defeat the German men’s soccer team. Landon Donovan, former star for the U.S. men’s team, said the … --- ## [Josh Hawley and the PA constitution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/josh-hawley-and-the-pa-constitution/929954)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2021, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/josh-hawley-and-the-pa-constitution/929954 "2021-01-09T05:12:48Z")
Josh Hawley claimed during the “debate” over accepting the Arizona EVs (I didn’t hear a single congressman even mention Arizona during this debate) that PA had violated its own constitution by allowing anyone, with a sma… --- ## [Ho, Ho, Hrmpf! (Dec mini rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ho-ho-hrmpf-dec-mini-rants/927008)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 235\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2021, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ho-ho-hrmpf-dec-mini-rants/927008 "2021-01-09T05:12:20Z")
Miniest of minis, but I wanted to start a thread :stuck\_out\_tongue: I love my job, I love that I’m now getting health insurance, but damn it I have NO time for anything! With the shorter days I have to get all my barn … --- ## [How am I not using Pinterest right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-am-i-not-using-pinterest-right/930089)
**Author:** [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2021, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-am-i-not-using-pinterest-right/930089 "2021-01-09T02:21:04Z")
I have a Pinterest account. Let’s say I do an image search in Google, and one interesting one is a Pinterest image. So I click on it, and…I get a Pinterest page. I click it again, and I get…another Pinterest page. I can… --- ## [I Invented a Joke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-invented-a-joke/929892)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2021, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-invented-a-joke/929892 "2021-01-09T01:42:02Z")
A little while ago. But I am still pretty certain that it’s mine alone. So a man is selling pencils on a street corner. And another man walks up to him. ‘How much are your pencils?’ the other man asks. ‘A million dollar… --- ## [Democracy in Danger?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democracy-in-danger/929973)
**Author:** [@ethelbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ethelbert)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2021, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/democracy-in-danger/929973 "2021-01-09T01:07:59Z")
What surprises me most about the events of 1/6/2021 (I would say attempted coup, but I think that gives it a gravitas that it does not have) is the pathetic and shabby nature of it. In my humble opinion, democracy was ne… --- ## [Your loyalty is not to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-loyalty-is-not-to-me/930026)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2021, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-loyalty-is-not-to-me/930026 "2021-01-09T00:52:38Z")
Not a political thread I swear, but Biden said this about Attorney General in waiting Merrick Garland today. Anyone else completely unable to hear this without completing the line? --- ## [Criminal Prosecution in Washington, DC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criminal-prosecution-in-washington-dc/930077)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2021, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/criminal-prosecution-in-washington-dc/930077 "2021-01-08T23:44:57Z")
Because the District of Columbia isn’t a state all crimes are considered federal crimes, even when those laws are passed by the DC Council, and the US Attorney for the District of Columbia handles local prosecutions as w… --- ## [Will Biden Exclude Trump from the Presidential Inauguration?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-biden-exclude-trump-from-the-presidential-inauguration/929927)
**Author:** [@Wrenching\_Spanners](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wrenching_Spanners)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2021, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-biden-exclude-trump-from-the-presidential-inauguration/929927 "2021-01-08T23:39:37Z")
Yes, I know some people believe that Trump will be impeached or Article 25’d. I also know that many others believe Trump will refuse to attend. But I’m curious if Biden will decide that Trump should have no part is his… --- ## [Where was Pratchett Taking Ankh-Morpork in Discworld? (warning, spoilers in the open!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-pratchett-taking-ankh-morpork-in-discworld-warning-spoilers-in-the-open/923245)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2021, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-pratchett-taking-ankh-morpork-in-discworld-warning-spoilers-in-the-open/923245 "2021-01-08T23:13:18Z")
WARNING: Spoilers for the Discworld Novels ahead! So, after banging my head to near-death against my desk as I read on news and current events, my bludgeoned mind turned, as it does, to happier thoughts. Specifically,… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1586) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1588)