# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1609 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1610 --- ## [What is the Georgia run-off a run-off of?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-georgia-run-off-a-run-off-of/928479)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-georgia-run-off-a-run-off-of/928479 "2020-12-21T03:08:09Z")
IANA American and, thanks to the whole Trump debacle and US dopers, I’ve learned a lot about the US political system. However, I don’t understand the Georgia run-off thing. Is this a run-off of a Nov 3rd down-ballot tie… --- ## [(Jazz) Can anyone identify this Lee Konitz tune?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-can-anyone-identify-this-lee-konitz-tune/928477)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jazz-can-anyone-identify-this-lee-konitz-tune/928477 "2020-12-21T02:52:54Z")
Youtube has labeled this Ronnie’s Tune but I’m pretty sure that’s wrong, because several other Youtube videos of Lee Konitz - Ronnie’s Tune are a different tune. So what’s this one? It’s great, isn’t it? That duet out-h… --- ## [Could General Flynn be charged under military code for advocating suspension of the Constitution?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-general-flynn-be-charged-under-military-code-for-advocating-suspension-of-the-constitution/928495)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-general-flynn-be-charged-under-military-code-for-advocating-suspension-of-the-constitution/928495 "2020-12-21T02:40:35Z")
I realise there’s potentially lots of politics here, but I have what I think is a factual question. What is the status of a retired general officer in the US military? Are they still on the rolls, so to speak, just ret… --- ## [Queen Elizabeth II owns 1/6 of the world!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-ii-owns-1-6-of-the-world/928455)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/queen-elizabeth-ii-owns-1-6-of-the-world/928455 "2020-12-21T02:25:36Z")
Queen Elizabeth II is legal owner of 2.7 billion hectares (over 10 million sq. mi.) of land, or 1/6 of the world’s land surface - including 90% of Canada. The Catholic Church is number 2 on the list, with 71.6 million he… --- ## [Today is Beethoven's 250th Birthday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-beethovens-250th-birthday/928349)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-beethovens-250th-birthday/928349 "2020-12-21T02:20:52Z")
Sorry – missed it by two days. Didn’t see anything about it up, though. … or, as this article puts it, a Quarter of a Millennium of Beethoven I’m a huge Beethoven fan, especially as performed by Herbert von Karajan a… --- ## [What could cause me to see different colors when I first wake up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-cause-me-to-see-different-colors-when-i-first-wake-up/927624)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-could-cause-me-to-see-different-colors-when-i-first-wake-up/927624 "2020-12-21T01:44:26Z")
It’s very weird… On very rare occasions, maybe three or so times in memory (all during this calendar year, I think), I will wake up to see things as a different color than they usually are, like normally white things lo… --- ## [Snow is a 4-letter word in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-is-a-4-letter-word-in-the-mmp/928011)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 268\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2020, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snow-is-a-4-letter-word-in-the-mmp/928011 "2020-12-21T00:27:32Z")
We may see our first flakes this week, if the weather dudes at Channel 7 are to be believed. No massive snowfall is predicted, so I may not have to break out the shovel, but still, not happy. So, our soon-to-be ignored … --- ## [Happy Chanukah Everyone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-chanukah-everyone/927807)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2020, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-chanukah-everyone/927807 "2020-12-20T23:12:28Z")
Started this evening and goes until Friday December 18th. --- ## [Brisket recipes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brisket-recipes/928301)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brisket-recipes/928301 "2020-12-20T21:54:52Z")
So… I’m defrosting a 2 pound brisket. I’ve always cooked brisket the way my mother did, which is to braise it like stew. But my daughter doesn’t like that, and I thought I might try to branch out. So… Recipes? What do yo… --- ## [People eating food in the movies...in movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-food-in-the-movies-in-movies/928318)
**Author:** [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2020, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-eating-food-in-the-movies-in-movies/928318 "2020-12-20T21:31:59Z")
Discussing food for an upcoming movie night someone suggested that we restrict ourselves to things eaten in movies while characters are at the movies. My first thought was popcorn and raisinets as in Whiplash. Any othe… --- ## [Where did Republic Era Romans draw their moral legitimacy from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-republic-era-romans-draw-their-moral-legitimacy-from/928106)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2020, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-republic-era-romans-draw-their-moral-legitimacy-from/928106 "2020-12-20T21:10:33Z")
Inspired by another thread - pinging @What\_Exit and @GreenWyvern I think in the other thread I used some imprecise language so to focus what I’m trying to ask - If you look at different systems of morality, they draw t… --- ## [Can we discuss suspenders?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-discuss-suspenders/928358)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2020, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-discuss-suspenders/928358 "2020-12-20T20:38:05Z")
I’m seeing a need to buy suspenders. A job in January will keep me outside regardless of temperature/ precipitation for quite a few days. Got my rain pants. Got my snowpants. Both are elastic waist and ( given my sadly … --- ## [McCartney III](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccartney-iii/928453)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mccartney-iii/928453 "2020-12-20T20:09:38Z")
Has anyone else here given it a go? I wasn’t especially taken with it on first listen. In fact, I “finished” the album more out of a sense of duty than anticipation. After that first go-'round I was ok being done with i… --- ## [Ivory Coast or Côte d'Ivoire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivory-coast-or-cote-divoire/927997)
**Author:** [@stuccosuperstar2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuccosuperstar2020)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2020, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ivory-coast-or-cote-divoire/927997 "2020-12-20T19:07:50Z")
Up until the late 2000s or early 20teens, this country seemed to be referred to as Ivory Coast. Sometime in this period, it seemed fashionable to refer to it as Côte d’Ivoire (CUT-DEE-VWAA is the closest I can make of it… --- ## [A Medical Question (but not asking for medical advice.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-medical-question-but-not-asking-for-medical-advice/928376)
**Author:** [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-medical-question-but-not-asking-for-medical-advice/928376 "2020-12-20T17:50:58Z")
I’ve already made an appointment with my eye doctor… But I’m curious if anyone can explain what happened… I was at work, doing computer stuff, and saw a little “sparkle” in my field of vision. Looked like the Star Tre… --- ## [Things you don't need -- the Darth Vader Clapper](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-need-the-darth-vader-clapper/928360)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-need-the-darth-vader-clapper/928360 "2020-12-20T17:11:40Z")
Saw this on TV yesterday https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/619288/darth-vader-clapper-light Amazon apparently can’t spell “Darth Vader” https://www.amazon.com/Clapper-Wireless-Activated-Switch-Original/dp/B07K1MYQ… --- ## [U.S. Government Hacked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-government-hacked/928293)
**Author:** [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-government-hacked/928293 "2020-12-20T15:20:06Z")
So I’m seeing drips and drabs with what seems to be increasingly leaking info that the US Gov was hacked…and the severity seems to be growing with each drip… With so much else going on to keep up with, especially around… --- ## [Cooking: Is using acid (think things like citrus in a ceviche) equivalent to cooking using heat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-is-using-acid-think-things-like-citrus-in-a-ceviche-equivalent-to-cooking-using-heat/928214)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2020, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-is-using-acid-think-things-like-citrus-in-a-ceviche-equivalent-to-cooking-using-heat/928214 "2020-12-20T13:22:45Z")
I was considering making a dish for my GF which included pickled onions as a side (super easy…just rice vinegar and sugar). She said she only likes cooked onions. I tried explaining that pickled onions are a kind of co… --- ## [House speaker position if the Dems lose their majority](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-position-if-the-dems-lose-their-majority/928303)
**Author:** [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2020, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-speaker-position-if-the-dems-lose-their-majority/928303 "2020-12-20T13:05:19Z")
What happens if the Democrats lose their house majority in the middle of the year? We know the next speaker will be a Democrat. The Dems have a majority in the house. But it is very small and will temporarily get even sm… --- ## [Anyone making Christmas/holiday cookies this year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-making-christmas-holiday-cookies-this-year/928217)
**Author:** [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2020, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-making-christmas-holiday-cookies-this-year/928217 "2020-12-20T11:24:47Z")
If so, what are you making? My MIL used to send us a whole coffee can full of them, but she’s 89 now and has opted out of doing any major baking the last few years. I could tell my husband really missed one cookie in pa… --- ## [Is being short (and male) so terrible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-being-short-and-male-so-terrible/927870)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2020, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-being-short-and-male-so-terrible/927870 "2020-12-20T05:13:28Z")
There was a thread a couple/three weeks ago, where the OP was worried about hir son ending up “too tall”. Of course there were plenty of reassuring replies, but I noticed that several of them specifically said it was bet… --- ## [Firearm knowledgeable Dopers - opinions on the M1 garand](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firearm-knowledgeable-dopers-opinions-on-the-m1-garand/928375)
**Author:** [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2020, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firearm-knowledgeable-dopers-opinions-on-the-m1-garand/928375 "2020-12-20T05:12:08Z")
At it’s root, a pretty simple question really. Do you like them? On a purely pragmatic basis, does this former military rifle have a place in the modern recreational shooter’s arsenal? Are they reliable, accurate, easy t… --- ## [Would getting both the Pfizer \*and\* the Moderna vaccine provide even more protection?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-getting-both-the-pfizer-and-the-moderna-vaccine-provide-even-more-protection/928114)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2020, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-getting-both-the-pfizer-and-the-moderna-vaccine-provide-even-more-protection/928114 "2020-12-20T04:14:41Z")
Looks like the Moderna vaccine is getting ready to roll out. Say you had already gotten the Pfizer vaccine. If you went ahead and got the Moderna one, too, are you now even more protected? --- ## [What disappointments do you have this holiday season?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-disappointments-do-you-have-this-holiday-season/927932)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2020, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-disappointments-do-you-have-this-holiday-season/927932 "2020-12-20T03:05:19Z")
Well, yeah, of course, COVID. As disappointments go, COVID is the damned star on top of the Disappointment tree! But there are still many things crapping on Christmas. For me, aside from the fact I turned 68 (SIXTY-EIG… --- ## [Transmissions From Elsewhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transmissions-from-elsewhere/926180)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2020, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transmissions-from-elsewhere/926180 "2020-12-20T02:37:44Z")
Make up radio (or TV, I suppose) broadcasts from other realities: --- ## [Is anyone charting the movement of our entire planetary system around the black hole](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-charting-the-movement-of-our-entire-planetary-system-around-the-black-hole/928369)
**Author:** [@Nansbread1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nansbread1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2020, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-charting-the-movement-of-our-entire-planetary-system-around-the-black-hole/928369 "2020-12-20T02:37:31Z")
So in the Milky Way galaxy there is a massive black hole in the middle and everything is rotating around it including our planetary system. Since the time we have invented telescopes and charted the skies has anyone char… --- ## [How often do chaff and flares actually work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-chaff-and-flares-actually-work/928426)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2020, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-chaff-and-flares-actually-work/928426 "2020-12-20T02:34:27Z")
I realize this is hard to analyze since it depends heavily on the type of missile and also the fact that there’s been relatively little air combat in the modern post-Vietnam age. But how often does an airplane spitting o… --- ## [Ghosts of Christmas singers past](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghosts-of-christmas-singers-past/928407)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2020, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghosts-of-christmas-singers-past/928407 "2020-12-20T01:55:42Z")
Once a year they come out. We hear the ghosts in the background music at the grocery stores and the big box stores. Singers that a few of us old people remember when they were alive, but no young’uns do. They used to sin… --- ## [Do you close your eyes when kissing someone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-close-your-eyes-when-kissing-someone/928075)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2020, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-close-your-eyes-when-kissing-someone/928075 "2020-12-20T01:35:40Z")
I am watching a Jeopardy episode and a line from a song comes up from “You’ve lost that loving feeling” about how she doesn’t close her eyes anymore when they kiss. Hell, I have never closed my eyes when kissing a woma… --- ## [Operation WARP speed - does US get 100% of production until Pfizer delivers 100 million doses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/operation-warp-speed-does-us-get-100-of-production-until-pfizer-delivers-100-million-doses/928186)
**Author:** [@jdc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jdc)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2020, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/operation-warp-speed-does-us-get-100-of-production-until-pfizer-delivers-100-million-doses/928186 "2020-12-20T01:01:07Z")
We’ve all seen the inequities in US health care in the availability of testing and the rationing of Remdesivir for regular folks, while Trump, Christie, Juliani jump right to the front, and I expect that we’ll see the we… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1608) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1610)