# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1589 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1590 --- ## ["Death to 2020" (Netflix mockumentary)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-to-2020-netflix-mockumentary/929412)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2021, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/death-to-2020-netflix-mockumentary/929412 "2021-01-08T09:53:27Z")
Highly recommended! They have (among others) Samuel L. Jackson, Hugh Grant, Tracey Ullman, Lisa Kudrow, etc. satirizing prominent reporters and scientists, and the way big stories were covered this year. --- ## ["Site maps" are outdated for websites? What should I ask for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/site-maps-are-outdated-for-websites-what-should-i-ask-for/929990)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2021, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/site-maps-are-outdated-for-websites-what-should-i-ask-for/929990 "2021-01-08T05:58:42Z")
Th organization I work with maintains a website that has a zillion pages, not all of which have ever been edited or updated. I’d like to go through and suggest improvements, but there is far too much material for me to r… --- ## [Cabinet members resigning after insurrection at the Capitol](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cabinet-members-resigning-after-insurrection-at-the-capitol/929993)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2021, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cabinet-members-resigning-after-insurrection-at-the-capitol/929993 "2021-01-08T05:55:50Z")
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has resigned one day after the acts of terrorism and sedition at the Capitol. She joins Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao in doing so. Good to see that DeVos is out. But what does th… --- ## [Do I really need to prime before I paint?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-really-need-to-prime-before-i-paint/497736)
**Author:** [@spifflog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spifflog)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2021, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-really-need-to-prime-before-i-paint/497736 "2021-01-08T05:05:39Z")
Is there any reason that I should prime my interior walls? I know that “they” say that I have to use a primer. But if I’m putting two coats on, why to I need three? Is it possible that with new and presumably better p… --- ## [When will McConnell no longer be the majority leader?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-mcconnell-no-longer-be-the-majority-leader/929860)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2021, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-will-mcconnell-no-longer-be-the-majority-leader/929860 "2021-01-08T04:08:35Z")
After the 2 Senate wins in Georgia, when is McConnell no longer in his office? Do we have to wait for Biden’s inauguration, or can it happen right away? --- ## [Amazon ups their game with new Prime Pantry (groceries!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-ups-their-game-with-new-prime-pantry-groceries/686885)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2021, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-ups-their-game-with-new-prime-pantry-groceries/686885 "2021-01-08T03:41:27Z")
Amazon just announced that they will be selling groceries to Prime members for cheap with cheap shipping. Hooray! Now I’ll get even more stuff from Amazon! \[ \](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/amazon-launches-grocery-… --- ## [Stimulus Check Question: Biden says we will get $2000. Are we also still getting the $600?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stimulus-check-question-biden-says-we-will-get-2000-are-we-also-still-getting-the-600/929939)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2021, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stimulus-check-question-biden-says-we-will-get-2000-are-we-also-still-getting-the-600/929939 "2021-01-08T02:56:03Z")
Title kinda says it all. The current congress passed a bill to send us $600. Biden and the upcoming congress have said they will give us $2000. So, does that mean we will get $2,600? Or $600 + $1400? Or cancel the $6… --- ## [Recommend a Jimmy Carter bio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-jimmy-carter-bio/927871)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2021, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-jimmy-carter-bio/927871 "2021-01-08T02:37:58Z")
I was 14 when he was elected and not following politics much. My memories are of course dominated by the hostage crisis, I can remember waking up one morning to go to school and hearing about the failed raid to rescue… --- ## [Will the Republicans still have a de jure Senate plurality?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-republicans-still-have-a-de-jure-senate-plurality/929989)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2021, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-republicans-still-have-a-de-jure-senate-plurality/929989 "2021-01-08T02:30:47Z")
Although for the purposes of its day-to-day operations, the Senate will have a 50-50 Republican-Democrat composition, with incoming VP Harris providing an effective Democratic majority, it doesn’t seem that simple to me.… --- ## [Comcast / Xfinity Internet Performance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comcast-xfinity-internet-performance/929754)
**Author:** [@Ptolomy57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ptolomy57)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2021, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comcast-xfinity-internet-performance/929754 "2021-01-08T01:28:36Z")
I have upgraded my Xfinity internet service now rated at 1000 Gbps (under ideal conditions). When I test the speed at my device, sitting right next to the XFI Gateway (cable modem), the numbers are all over the map when … --- ## [Please explain the physics of a spacecraft launching from the Moon or from Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-the-physics-of-a-spacecraft-launching-from-the-moon-or-from-mars/919189)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [January 8, 2021, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-the-physics-of-a-spacecraft-launching-from-the-moon-or-from-mars/919189 "2021-01-08T00:47:48Z")
That’s a thing that has always been bugging me: we need a giant rocket with an ass-load of fuel to get something into the Earth orbit, but when the Eagle launched from the Moon, it merely went poof, and the little fuel t… --- ## [Help me keep my hostage alive](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-keep-my-hostage-alive/929355)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2021, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-keep-my-hostage-alive/929355 "2021-01-07T23:46:17Z")
So, I’ve decided I need to keep a hostage safely tucked away for ten days. I don’t want him to suffer unnecessarily, and definitely not kill him, just have him confined so he can’t do something that will block my otherw… --- ## [Why Are 'Stars' Mystic Symbols?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-stars-mystic-symbols/929823)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2021, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-stars-mystic-symbols/929823 "2021-01-07T23:27:52Z")
True story. When I was still quite young, I asked my mother why the graphic symbol of a star had five points. She told me that was to represent it twinkling. Truth-be-told it still bemuses me. A white solid circle. That… --- ## [Anyone ever heard of/worked for Sitel Group](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-heard-of-worked-for-sitel-group/929881)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2021, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-ever-heard-of-worked-for-sitel-group/929881 "2021-01-07T22:51:24Z")
Work from home, customer service, like the job I used to have as a call center rep at a bank, but that was in an actual office. Sitel at Home provides work from home virtual associates to work with some of the world’s … --- ## [Poll testing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-testing/929761)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2021, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-testing/929761 "2021-01-07T22:22:07Z")
Just testing to make sure I can post two polls in the same thread for the purposes of my #1 single poll poll --- ## [Please identify these electrical connectors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-these-electrical-connectors/929757)
**Author:** [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2021, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-these-electrical-connectors/929757 "2021-01-07T22:15:55Z")
These are on a piece of 1960’s equipment I am restoring. They look like Molex connectors, and have the very same type of crimp on the back of the pins (one crimp for the insulation, a second crimp for the conductor). B… --- ## [The Story of January 6 Needs a Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-story-of-january-6-needs-a-hero/929969)
**Author:** [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2021, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-story-of-january-6-needs-a-hero/929969 "2021-01-07T21:59:24Z")
I’ve read in a few places about how members of the Senate floor staff rescued the boxes containing the electoral votes. I can’t imagine the technical difficulties of certifying the votes if the mob had seized or destroye… --- ## [CBS reports alleged plan to attack the Capitol tomorrow (edited title)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-reports-alleged-plan-to-attack-the-capitol-tomorrow-edited-title/929758)
**Author:** [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2021, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cbs-reports-alleged-plan-to-attack-the-capitol-tomorrow-edited-title/929758 "2021-01-07T21:12:42Z")
This might affect things. CBS News has learned of a threat to attack the U.S. Capitol on the same day Congress is set to count Electoral College votes. The threat cited Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, who was killed … --- ## [Is the term "Jew" Derogatory?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-term-jew-derogatory/928328)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 164\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2021, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-term-jew-derogatory/928328 "2021-01-07T20:31:12Z")
Really this is a factual question, but I have posted in GD for fear it might cause some excitement. Any word might be spat out as an epithet. In modern American usage, may I still use the word Jew as a neutral term? My … --- ## [Can a surface to air/air to air missile really turn 180 degrees in flight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-surface-to-air-air-to-air-missile-really-turn-180-degrees-in-flight/929821)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-surface-to-air-air-to-air-missile-really-turn-180-degrees-in-flight/929821 "2021-01-07T19:47:31Z")
A common trope in movies is a missile being fired at an aircraft, the missile narrowly misses the aircraft but then does a sudden 180 degree turn to get right back on the aircrafts tail. I was under impression both the … --- ## [Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2021 Finalists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-football-hall-of-fame-class-of-2021-finalists/929756)
**Author:** [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pro-football-hall-of-fame-class-of-2021-finalists/929756 "2021-01-07T19:31:50Z")
The NFL has released the list of 18 finalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s class of 2021. Fifteen are from the “Modern Era” (i.e., the main voting committee), narrowed down from longer lists over the past few mon… --- ## [Events you've seen online that you wish you'd seen in person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/events-youve-seen-online-that-you-wish-youd-seen-in-person/928833)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2021, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/events-youve-seen-online-that-you-wish-youd-seen-in-person/928833 "2021-01-07T19:21:13Z")
This always brings tears to my eyes and I wish I’d been there in person to see and hear it. This year especially. What about you? --- ## [Taking a Break from the SDMB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-sdmb/929909)
**Author:** [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2021, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-a-break-from-the-sdmb/929909 "2021-01-07T19:16:59Z")
\[Not sure if this is the right forum - Mods, please move if this is the wrong forum\] I don’t know that I’ve made enough of an impression here for this to be meaningful to anyone, but I’m taking a break from the SDMB. I’… --- ## [Saw "Enter the Dragon" last night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-enter-the-dragon-last-night/929811)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2021, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saw-enter-the-dragon-last-night/929811 "2021-01-07T18:43:42Z")
Was a lot of fun, very entertaining… There’s a flashback in a flashback. That made me laugh. John Saxon is a delight. That guy totally bought into the idea that every actor should. Everyone is the hero of their own… --- ## [US officials who resigned on principle to protest Trump](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-officials-who-resigned-on-principle-to-protest-trump/929703)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-officials-who-resigned-on-principle-to-protest-trump/929703 "2021-01-07T18:17:22Z")
One of the biggest disappointments in the Trump era has been that the overwhelming majority of government officials cared more about their careers than about speaking up for and protecting our democratic ideals. One opt… --- ## [Here's one possible positive thing about today's riot (1/6/2021) \[protesters becoming too sick from covid to cause more trouble\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-one-possible-positive-thing-about-todays-riot-1-6-2021-protesters-becoming-too-sick-from-covid-to-cause-more-trouble/929864)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-one-possible-positive-thing-about-todays-riot-1-6-2021-protesters-becoming-too-sick-from-covid-to-cause-more-trouble/929864 "2021-01-07T18:05:10Z")
You just know that today is going to end up being a superspreader event, and I can’t be the only person who thinks that if anything good comes from today, it will mean that some of those people will be too sick to cause … --- ## [How are Canadian politicians doing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-canadian-politicians-doing/929818)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2021, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-canadian-politicians-doing/929818 "2021-01-07T17:48:02Z")
Was thinking about coronavirus and the relatively slow rollout of vaccinations. I do not see the vaccine as the panacea it is presented as in the media, but it is an accomplishment to produce an mRNA vaccine and we may … --- ## [On Electric Blankets and timers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-electric-blankets-and-timers/231583)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-electric-blankets-and-timers/231583 "2012-10-09T18:05:47Z")
As Ogden Nash said, “Progress might have been all right once, but it has gone on too long.” The advance of technology has ended a habit I have enjoyed for at least 25 years and I am hoping I don’t really have to give it… --- ## [Only the Vatican has more Christian relics than....Pittsburgh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-the-vatican-has-more-christian-relics-than-pittsburgh/929912)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2021, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-the-vatican-has-more-christian-relics-than-pittsburgh/929912 "2021-01-07T17:02:08Z")
According to https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/only-the-vatican-has-more-christian-relics-than-pittsburgh there are more Christian relics in Pittsburgh’s St. Anthony’s Chapel than anywhere else outside of the Vatic… --- ## [Single-, double-spacing in Windows 10.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-double-spacing-in-windows-10-0/929896)
**Author:** [@Roger\_That](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roger_That)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2021, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/single-double-spacing-in-windows-10-0/929896 "2021-01-07T16:52:38Z")
Where do they hide the capacity to change spacing (between lines) in Windows 10? It’s very frustrating to search through “Insert” “Design” “Layout” etc. and not find this basic function. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1588) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1590)