# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1652 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1653 --- ## [What happens if a political party nominee dies before the election?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-a-political-party-nominee-dies-before-the-election/761632)
**Author:** [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-a-political-party-nominee-dies-before-the-election/761632 "2020-11-11T02:39:12Z")
No, I’m not plotting any assassinations. :smiley: If a political party’s candidate dies or suffers some kind of trauma that rendered them unable to continue the campaign, would the nomination automatically go to the VP … --- ## [The latest assessment essay gems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 255\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-latest-assessment-essay-gems/686736 "2020-11-11T01:55:43Z")
For your consideration and enjoyment… (note to the uninitiated: these are sentences found among tons of assessment essays written for college placement; I help score them.) \[mother to a kid picking the ash off a burnt … --- ## [Puppy harnesses help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppy-harnesses-help/924459)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppy-harnesses-help/924459 "2020-11-11T01:34:19Z")
They do make dog harnesses that open at the neck as well as around the chest, right? Because I think I’m going to need one of those and I don’t know which ones are good or even where to find them. But I’m not really gett… --- ## [Math a Magic trick with participation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-a-magic-trick-with-participation/924563)
**Author:** [@sbright33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sbright33)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/math-a-magic-trick-with-participation/924563 "2020-11-11T00:35:09Z")
I hope this is the correct category to post. Please do not give away the answer here if you know it. Message me instead or just be happy that you figured it out. But there is more than one answer. You will need a calcul… --- ## [Crazy beautiful Autumn day/evening here in NE Indiana](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-beautiful-autumn-day-evening-here-in-ne-indiana/925102)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-beautiful-autumn-day-evening-here-in-ne-indiana/925102 "2020-11-11T00:33:33Z")
Beautiful sunny day, not windy at all. Got up to about 80F. Got some chores done and then spent a couple hours ventilating tin cans with my new pellet gun. Currently sitting by the fire, in the woods, every star in the… --- ## [Who here knows anything about the gossip site Crazy Days and Nights?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-knows-anything-about-the-gossip-site-crazy-days-and-nights/925087)
**Author:** [@IHateCarCommercials](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IHateCarCommercials)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 11, 2020, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-here-knows-anything-about-the-gossip-site-crazy-days-and-nights/925087 "2020-11-11T00:28:08Z")
Is it legit? Like, does the guy actually have real sources feeding him real information? I’m aware that Enty has a disclaimer at the bottom stating that it’s a mixture of fact and fiction, but I figured he just put tha… --- ## [I haz a mad about CalPERS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-haz-a-mad-about-calpers/925238)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-haz-a-mad-about-calpers/925238 "2020-11-10T23:32:06Z")
Definition: CalPERS is the Public Employees Retirement System for the State of California retirees. I worked for the State of Confusion Department of Transportation for twenty years. I carry dental insurance with Mr VOW… --- ## [Four Seasons Landscaping--has the owner made any (serious) public comments?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-seasons-landscaping-has-the-owner-made-any-serious-public-comments/925223)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/four-seasons-landscaping-has-the-owner-made-any-serious-public-comments/925223 "2020-11-10T23:06:24Z")
This story is just so much fun…the standup comics and twitter-verse are have a grand time. It has everything…Trump, a serious press conference, a porn shop, a crematorium…no fiction writer would dare to write a story li… --- ## [Getting back into computer gaming after 15 years, are Red Dead II or Cyberpunk 2077 going to be too overwhelming?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-back-into-computer-gaming-after-15-years-are-red-dead-ii-or-cyberpunk-2077-going-to-be-too-overwhelming/922302)
**Author:** [@LivingGhost371](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LivingGhost371)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-back-into-computer-gaming-after-15-years-are-red-dead-ii-or-cyberpunk-2077-going-to-be-too-overwhelming/922302 "2020-11-10T22:12:00Z")
Or for that matter Doom Eternal, the latest Medal of Honor or Call of Duty? For context I did a lot of gaming back to Doom and the 7th Guest but haven’t really been into it since the original COD / MOH. The only thing I’… --- ## [I miss the EEK emoji. Is it gone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-eek-emoji-is-it-gone/922190)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2020, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-miss-the-eek-emoji-is-it-gone/922190 "2020-11-10T22:06:48Z")
With the recent forum platform change, is the old eek emoji now gone? I miss it. I can’t even find an image of it. I just searched images, but my google fu, it fails me. I miss :eek: ! --- ## [Why do people drink beer/liquor to excess knowing they'll get violently ill after?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-drink-beer-liquor-to-excess-knowing-theyll-get-violently-ill-after/921610)
**Author:** [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-people-drink-beer-liquor-to-excess-knowing-theyll-get-violently-ill-after/921610 "2020-11-10T21:22:28Z")
I had an Uncle who didn’t drink often, but whenever there’s a party, he’s drink so much beer that he’s be violently ill on the way home. Party next week, same thing. And it’s not like everyone at the party was drinking, … --- ## [How do you pronounce 'buachaill dána'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-buachaill-dana/925118)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2020, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-buachaill-dana/925118 "2020-11-10T20:59:13Z")
The title is the question. --- ## [Inappropriate moderator post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-moderator-post/924594)
**Author:** [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2020, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-moderator-post/924594 "2020-11-10T20:57:27Z")
Posts like this just feed the conservative persecution complex that we see too much of already. The most predictable poster has already jumped on this in the most predictable way. --- ## [Will/Should Biden Declassify the Entire Muller Report?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-should-biden-declassify-the-entire-muller-report/925143)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-should-biden-declassify-the-entire-muller-report/925143 "2020-11-10T20:25:55Z")
Why or why not? Trump said he already did but then his people squirmed out of it for him. --- ## [When Did Adopting a Cat Get to be So Hard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-adopting-a-cat-get-to-be-so-hard/923961)
**Author:** [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-adopting-a-cat-get-to-be-so-hard/923961 "2020-11-10T19:24:21Z")
For many years, I had a beautiful orange and white female cat named Baja. I recently lost her to cancer. She was in remission a long time and, with vigilant care, she outlived her initial prognosis by over a year but sh… --- ## [Election results today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-results-today/924977)
**Author:** [@sbright33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sbright33)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-results-today/924977 "2020-11-10T19:12:09Z")
Can someone please help me with specific numbers or ideas why the election may not be called today? Has a presidential election ever been called on a weekend? During a popular football game? Do any of these issues matter… --- ## [What sort of things make gun sales go DOWN?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-things-make-gun-sales-go-down/924602)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2020, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sort-of-things-make-gun-sales-go-down/924602 "2020-11-10T18:55:04Z")
Gun sales seem a bit like white blood cell counts: All sorts of things can make it go up, but few things make them go down. Pandemic? Gun sales skyrocket. Democrat winning office? Gun sales go up. Election-violence fear… --- ## [\*Stealth\* operation to stop Philadelphia vote counting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stealth-operation-to-stop-philadelphia-vote-counting/924956)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stealth-operation-to-stop-philadelphia-vote-counting/924956 "2020-11-10T18:33:41Z")
Okay, this is a free hint to all our aspiring domestic terrorists out there: if you are planning to cross state lines with illegal firearms to disrupt vote counting, DO NOT drive a silver Hummer with QAnon stickers on th… --- ## [A Covid Thanksgiving](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-covid-thanksgiving/924557)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2020, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-covid-thanksgiving/924557 "2020-11-10T18:27:16Z")
My husband and I have been hosting Thanksgiving for the last 10+ years for our families. Our lowest number of people was 8 and our highest was 24 - it’s usually about 15. We had resigned ourselves to no Thanksgiving cele… --- ## [Cath9olic Church abuse (yet again)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cath9olic-church-abuse-yet-again/925235)
**Author:** [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cath9olic-church-abuse-yet-again/925235 "2020-11-10T17:28:59Z")
I’m at home sitting with the radio on and going through the ritual of checking out social media and Dope sites. In the background I’ve got BBC Radio2 playing away and not paying too much attention, and the news comes up… --- ## [Does private citizen trump remain an influential political figure or does he go away?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-private-citizen-trump-remain-an-influential-political-figure-or-does-he-go-away/925221)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2020, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-private-citizen-trump-remain-an-influential-political-figure-or-does-he-go-away/925221 "2020-11-10T17:03:15Z")
This CNN opinion piece says he ain’t going away: I feel differently. trump is facing a world of legal and financial problems-- hundreds of millions worth of loans coming due, SDNY investigations that he can’t pardon … --- ## [Does “calling the election” actually mean anything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-calling-the-election-actually-mean-anything/924955)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2020, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-calling-the-election-actually-mean-anything/924955 "2020-11-10T16:39:48Z")
The networks have repeatedly said something to the effect of “We haven’t called Burblavovia yet.” Almost as if it makes a difference. Supposedly Trump was furious that Arizona was called earlier than he thought it shoul… --- ## [Mailing list server to replace Yahoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mailing-list-server-to-replace-yahoo/925184)
**Author:** [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2020, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mailing-list-server-to-replace-yahoo/925184 "2020-11-10T16:13:29Z")
For several years I have managed a 16-member mailing list using Yahoo Groups. Yahoo has announced they will no longer support groups after December 14. I need to find another service to host my list. It needs to be free. … --- ## [Stock sale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stock-sale/925176)
**Author:** [@n5tp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/n5tp)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stock-sale/925176 "2020-11-10T16:07:31Z")
Will someone please help me find how I can sell some stock in VPFG? --- ## [How did Zoom become the default teleconferencing software?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-zoom-become-the-default-teleconferencing-software/924843)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-zoom-become-the-default-teleconferencing-software/924843 "2020-11-10T13:39:27Z")
I’m a little bit baffled by this… I’ve done online meetings for years, and I literally hadn’t heard of Zoom, or if I had, it was more or less in the context of “another teleconferencing software product”, but not as an i… --- ## [Looking for recommendations for how-to-write-essays books](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-recommendations-for-how-to-write-essays-books/853844)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-recommendations-for-how-to-write-essays-books/853844 "2020-11-10T13:39:20Z")
I’d like to get a little into writing prose, specifically essays - not the academic type that is required as a deliverable in tertiary education (I’ve written my fair share of those), but rather the lengthier, more liter… --- ## [Are some republicans happy to be able to get off the Trump Train?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-republicans-happy-to-be-able-to-get-off-the-trump-train/925099)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2020, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-republicans-happy-to-be-able-to-get-off-the-trump-train/925099 "2020-11-10T13:02:14Z")
After hearing about GW Bush’s congrats of the Biden win, I thought that some republicans must have been on the Trump train for just party reasons and really didn’t like Trump and didn’t like to be associated with Trumps … --- ## [God bless the libertarian party](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-the-libertarian-party/925008)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2020, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-the-libertarian-party/925008 "2020-11-10T10:43:43Z")
without them Biden probably wouldn’t have won Georgia or Pennsylvania. Ralph nader sends his regards. --- ## [Someone offers you a left-handed handshake...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-offers-you-a-left-handed-handshake/734543)
**Author:** [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2020, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-offers-you-a-left-handed-handshake/734543 "2020-11-10T07:58:35Z")
This happens to me at least once or twice a year, usually because the other person’s right hand is holding something, or whatever…what do you do? --- ## [Are you watching the revamped Weakest Link? Does the pacing of the quiz bother you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-watching-the-revamped-weakest-link-does-the-pacing-of-the-quiz-bother-you/925186)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2020, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-watching-the-revamped-weakest-link-does-the-pacing-of-the-quiz-bother-you/925186 "2020-11-10T04:25:03Z")
I really want to like the Weakest Link. Jane Lynch does a credible job replacing Anne Robinson. The pacing of the show is bugging the heck out of me. There’s so little quiz content. They answer 4 or 5 questions. Then … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1651) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1653)