# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1628 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1629 --- ## [Barr appoints U.S. attorney John Durham to investigate the investigation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barr-appoints-u-s-attorney-john-durham-to-investigate-the-investigation/833946)
**Author:** [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2020, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barr-appoints-u-s-attorney-john-durham-to-investigate-the-investigation/833946 "2020-12-04T03:14:17Z")
Of course #MAGA Twitter is positively delirious at this news, as they feel it’s a foregone conclusion that Mueller, Comey, and Hillary Clinton will be led off in chains any day now and gee, it’s sure about time. :rolley… --- ## [Who in the hell steals 200 tricycles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-the-hell-steals-200-tricycles/926533)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2020, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-in-the-hell-steals-200-tricycles/926533 "2020-12-04T03:00:05Z")
And leaves the good stuff? --- ## [How does the pandemic end?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-pandemic-end/926229)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-pandemic-end/926229 "2020-12-04T02:50:37Z")
I mean, what will that look like? How will the coming year 2021 and beyond play out? We’ve got a couple of very promising vaccines. But we also have 350m US and 7.8 billion worldwide to vaccinate. I know we don’t have t… --- ## [Did anyone else find The Irishman to be disappointing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-else-find-the-irishman-to-be-disappointing/927164)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2020, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-anyone-else-find-the-irishman-to-be-disappointing/927164 "2020-12-04T02:38:21Z")
No spoilers in the OP but they might come up in the thread. But the movie is based on a real person and historical events so whose fault is it if you don’t know the story? I’m a big Martin Scorsese fan. And I like crime… --- ## [Ally Bank? NOT Safe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ally-bank-not-safe/926916)
**Author:** [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2020, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ally-bank-not-safe/926916 "2020-12-04T02:36:43Z")
Ally Bank allowed more than $1400 in fraudulent transactions to occur on an old checking account debit card that should have been deactivated years ago. Wiped out my balance in a few hours and will take weeks if not mont… --- ## [Has your Google gone to a sans-serif font?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-your-google-gone-to-a-sans-serif-font/927159)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2020, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-your-google-gone-to-a-sans-serif-font/927159 "2020-12-04T02:13:51Z")
Note the Google splash page, but the search results. They look different. I think they’ve switched to a sans serif font? --- ## [A letter to lswote, self-absorbed turd](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-letter-to-lswote-self-absorbed-turd/19523)
**Author:** [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-letter-to-lswote-self-absorbed-turd/19523 "2020-12-04T02:10:59Z")
lswote: Over the past few days you have made some ill-advised comments, and people have responded with hostility. In response, you made what you claimed was an apology, though the statement showed no real contrition. Wh… --- ## [Breaking News: The West coast is on Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-the-west-coast-is-on-fire/918512)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 274\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2020, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-news-the-west-coast-is-on-fire/918512 "2020-12-04T01:28:43Z")
California, as you may have noticed, can be highly flammable. A few nights back we had a lightning storm, which was cool as these things go, but also very, very bad. We are now on fire. I’ll include a brief list of the m… --- ## [Two Ideas For a Science Fiction Novel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-ideas-for-a-science-fiction-novel/927122)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2020, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-ideas-for-a-science-fiction-novel/927122 "2020-12-04T01:15:10Z")
As I already said on a previous message board, quite some time ago actually, the first idea for a Sci-Fi novel came to me when I saw a Michigan license plate. The letters spelled out ‘Elu’. What could Elu mean? I came up… --- ## [Any non-Trump Republicans/conservatives willing to discuss things?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-non-trump-republicans-conservatives-willing-to-discuss-things/927115)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2020, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-non-trump-republicans-conservatives-willing-to-discuss-things/927115 "2020-12-04T01:00:01Z")
Off the bat, I ask anyone participating in this thread to try especially hard to avoid broad attacks on any other poster simply because of their political orientation/identification. I realize this board skews liberal -… --- ## [Longmire Sheriff Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longmire-sheriff-question/927111)
**Author:** [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2020, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longmire-sheriff-question/927111 "2020-12-04T00:41:10Z")
I’m catching up on the show, Season 6 Episode 5 The mayor tries to force Walt to resign, but Walt refuses and crumples up the resignation letter. Sheriff are elected county wide, so how did the Mayor think he had any p… --- ## ["Sistine Chapel of the Ancients"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sistine-chapel-of-the-ancients/926961)
**Author:** [@Retzbu\_Tox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Retzbu_Tox)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2020, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sistine-chapel-of-the-ancients/926961 "2020-12-04T00:33:29Z")
I’ve seen several articles today announcing an archaeological site in the Amazon, which was discovered in 2019, but kept under wraps while a documentary was being made. It is an 8-mile long rock face with 12,000 year ol… --- ## [Pelosi is right - Coronavirus stimulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pelosi-is-right-coronavirus-stimulus/923203)
**Author:** [@DeadTreasSecretaries](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadTreasSecretaries)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pelosi-is-right-coronavirus-stimulus/923203 "2020-12-03T23:35:55Z")
The criticism Pelosi is getting for not passing Trump’s stimulus plan and for getting a bit heated with Wolf Blitzer over it is really getting on my nerves. In a democracy you need to negotiate to get things you want. Y… --- ## [Urbanredneck is a homophobic bigot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urbanredneck-is-a-homophobic-bigot/719775)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 269\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urbanredneck-is-a-homophobic-bigot/719775 "2020-12-03T23:07:03Z")
I don’t really have the drive to give him a proper pitting but I really just wanted everyone to know. Seems like he wants everyone to know too. here here here here here here here here here here he… --- ## [So how many in your Covid Pod?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-in-your-covid-pod/926767)
**Author:** [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-many-in-your-covid-pod/926767 "2020-12-03T22:44:51Z")
We are 2. He’s high risk. And I don’t want to bring anything home to him, so masked grocery shopping and doctors’ appointment are it. --- ## [What computer specs are relevant to screencasting in real time? \[Blackboard Collab Ultra, teaching online\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-computer-specs-are-relevant-to-screencasting-in-real-time-blackboard-collab-ultra-teaching-online/927104)
**Author:** [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-computer-specs-are-relevant-to-screencasting-in-real-time-blackboard-collab-ultra-teaching-online/927104 "2020-12-03T20:44:53Z")
For reasons that don’t require explanation at this point, I’m doing a lot of real-time teaching online these days. I often show short video clips to my students using Youtube. I notice that occasionally while using Blac… --- ## [Jim Gaffigan on Donuts - is he totally wrong here? Or is it just us?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-gaffigan-on-donuts-is-he-totally-wrong-here-or-is-it-just-us/926163)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jim-gaffigan-on-donuts-is-he-totally-wrong-here-or-is-it-just-us/926163 "2020-12-03T19:49:57Z")
Here is the relevant clip to listen to. In the bit, he suggest that donuts are inexpensive and that they are practically giving them away. I get that it is comedy, but both my wife and I have always found ourselves conf… --- ## [How can anyone vote for Trump in 2020? No. But Seriously](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-anyone-vote-for-trump-in-2020-no-but-seriously/918506)
**Author:** [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Replies:** 488\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-anyone-vote-for-trump-in-2020-no-but-seriously/918506 "2020-12-03T19:48:59Z")
Dead seriously. What has Trump done in the past four years? After you fail that question, what has he done that’s been positive? --- ## [Isaac Newton was full of it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-newton-was-full-of-it/926748)
**Author:** [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isaac-newton-was-full-of-it/926748 "2020-12-03T19:29:14Z")
So, a couple weeks back we had a bit of early snow: For reference, the top cap of the rail is a 2x6 on the flat. The stack of snow is over a foot high. Since then, we’ve had a … --- ## [Tastiest canned soup (and beans, chili, veg, etc.)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tastiest-canned-soup-and-beans-chili-veg-etc/925989)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tastiest-canned-soup-and-beans-chili-veg-etc/925989 "2020-12-03T19:14:36Z")
Discourse’s equivalent to Paper Clip Man noted that I posted a thread asking this question in 2011. :roll\_eyes: Well, that was 10 years ago, so I think I’ll be bold and ask the question again. There are likely some new … --- ## [How difficult is it to switch playing standard guitar vs. short scale?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-difficult-is-it-to-switch-playing-standard-guitar-vs-short-scale/927129)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-difficult-is-it-to-switch-playing-standard-guitar-vs-short-scale/927129 "2020-12-03T19:00:38Z")
This applies to guitars and basses. Both are available in short scale. I’m currently playing a Martin LX1 travel guitar. It has a 23" scale length. A Martin D18 is 25.4" scale length. I noticed the narrower width betwe… --- ## [Marvel publishes comic featuring front line medical workers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-publishes-comic-featuring-front-line-medical-workers/927128)
**Author:** [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvel-publishes-comic-featuring-front-line-medical-workers/927128 "2020-12-03T18:38:02Z")
Marvel and ANH have teamed up to publish a comic book spotlighting nurses on the frontlines fighting the Covid-19 pandemic. --- ## [Burning mummies as locomotive fuel...would natural or freeze-dried mummies work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-mummies-as-locomotive-fuel-would-natural-or-freeze-dried-mummies-work/926701)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burning-mummies-as-locomotive-fuel-would-natural-or-freeze-dried-mummies-work/926701 "2020-12-03T18:30:41Z")
Many here, I’m sure, are aware of Mark Twain’s claim in The Innocents Abroad that Egyptian mummies were burned as locomotive fuel. “D–n these plebeians, they don’t burn worth a cent—pass out a King!” Let’s just cut to t… --- ## [The door to nowhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-door-to-nowhere/926328)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-door-to-nowhere/926328 "2020-12-03T16:35:45Z")
Not wanting to hi-jack the Mysterious 2001-like monolith thread, I’d like to share my story about how sometimes odd things end up in the wilderness. This story takes place on and around what is now the Agra Fria National… --- ## [Amusement park rides that don't SEEM to be there anymore](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusement-park-rides-that-dont-seem-to-be-there-anymore/926337)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amusement-park-rides-that-dont-seem-to-be-there-anymore/926337 "2020-12-03T15:02:11Z")
Maybe they still are and I don’t see them anymore, but I’m pretty sure the first one isn’t around anymore Giant metal slide that sits out in the sun all day. Has a couple of dips, so it isn’t just one straight angle d… --- ## [MMR vaccine for COVID-19 protection?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmr-vaccine-for-covid-19-protection/914978)
**Author:** [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mmr-vaccine-for-covid-19-protection/914978 "2020-12-03T14:45:08Z")
Some preliminary research suggests vaccines using live attenuated viruses, such as the MMR vaccine, could activate an immune response that could lessen the severity of symptoms if the person is later infected with SARS-C… --- ## [Mike Tyson vs Neanderthal Man \[Note: Very old thread\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-vs-neanderthal-man-note-very-old-thread/2304)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-tyson-vs-neanderthal-man-note-very-old-thread/2304 "2020-12-03T14:42:51Z")
…or just early man. If you put Mike and NM in the ring, who would be the champ? I think it was some x-file episode that said that early man’s intensified survival instincts would make him more formidable. --- ## [Mayor Hancock told all Denver employees not to travel even for family](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-hancock-told-all-denver-employees-not-to-travel-even-for-family/926885)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-hancock-told-all-denver-employees-not-to-travel-even-for-family/926885 "2020-12-03T14:34:17Z")
If they did they travel out of state they would have to quarantine themselves unpaid or take personal time. But he highly stressed DO NOT TRAVEL. So he traveled for Thanksgiving to Mississippi. But it was OK because i… --- ## [Games you play "wrong"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-play-wrong/926202)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-you-play-wrong/926202 "2020-12-03T12:49:42Z")
Any games you play that you play “wrong” i.e. not necessarily in the manner the developers intended? For example, I recently purchased a video game called theHunter: Call of the Wild. It was on sale on Steam for 70% off… --- ## [Rant: Fedex sucks, IMO](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-fedex-sucks-imo/927032)
**Author:** [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 3, 2020, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rant-fedex-sucks-imo/927032 "2020-12-03T12:38:08Z")
They never send the same driver twice, I honestly don’t know where they keep getting new people for every delivery. Service suffers when the drivers can’t learn their route and the customers that live there. Their trac… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1627) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1629)