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**Author:** [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Replies:** 282\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2020, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-voted-yet/922810 "2020-11-04T04:07:10Z")
poll In the news I keep hearing about the astounding number of people who have already voted by mail, the various states trying to impede the process, and the massive push to vote early. Just wondering where people are … --- ## [Resolved: Police is effectively abolished](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-police-is-effectively-abolished/855408)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2020, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-police-is-effectively-abolished/855408 "2020-11-04T04:06:18Z")
I’ve not yet heard a precise definition of what people mean by “abolish” when they talk about abolishing the police. For the sake of this discussion, let us assume the dictionary definition: Abolish (verb): formally pu… --- ## [Looking for a Superman Story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-superman-story/924679)
**Author:** [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2020, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-superman-story/924679 "2020-11-04T03:49:09Z")
Over the decades, I have done (obviously incomplete) searches for a Superman story that I only very vaguely recall. I’m almost certain that it was published in the '60s, due to other memories of my RL location at the tim… --- ## [Request spoilers for the Golem of Hollwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-spoilers-for-the-golem-of-hollwood/924698)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-spoilers-for-the-golem-of-hollwood/924698 "2020-11-04T02:50:54Z")
I’ve read “The Golem of Paris”, but not “The Golem of Hollwood”. Two factions are after the golem. Who are they, and why? Who are the guys who turn into blue dust upon death? What is the signifigance of the beetle? Wh… --- ## [58,000,000 Americans have voted so far! (10/25)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/58-000-000-americans-have-voted-so-far-10-25/923885)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 212\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2020, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/58-000-000-americans-have-voted-so-far-10-25/923885 "2020-11-04T01:47:44Z")
I heard that on the news earlier today. That’s terrific! It’s about 1/4 of the eligible residents, and just a few million short of the number cast for both major-party candidates in 2016. Keep 'em coming! --- ## [The original from which the hit emerged](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-from-which-the-hit-emerged/923736)
**Author:** [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2020, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-original-from-which-the-hit-emerged/923736 "2020-11-04T00:46:39Z")
This is related to the thread about covers. Lotsa times someone writes and records a song…but the hit only comes later when someone else covers it. Give us the original—especially if it’s better than the remake that ma… --- ## [As a registered Republican I am so frustrated!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-a-registered-republican-i-am-so-frustrated/921355)
**Author:** [@Temporary\_Name](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Temporary_Name)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2020, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-a-registered-republican-i-am-so-frustrated/921355 "2020-11-04T00:12:26Z")
I feel like I am in an episode of The Twilight Zone and Donald Trump, Bill Barr, and Mitch McConnell just wrote a book called: TO SERVE THE MEN AND WOMEN OF AMERICA. It is a best seller amongst my fellow Republicans but… --- ## [I voted on Election Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-on-election-day/924642)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2020, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-voted-on-election-day/924642 "2020-11-04T00:01:41Z")
This is almost an MPSIMS, but I’m interested in hearing from people who are voting today. I always try to vote on the day of because I’m able to get to the polling place just before it opens with minimal disruption to my… --- ## [Are there any known cases of infants inheriting a mother's Covid-19 related pre-existing condition?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-known-cases-of-infants-inheriting-a-mothers-covid-19-related-pre-existing-condition/923883)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2020, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-known-cases-of-infants-inheriting-a-mothers-covid-19-related-pre-existing-condition/923883 "2020-11-03T23:31:51Z")
Are there any known cases of infants inheriting a mother’s Covid-19 related pre-existing condition ? I don’t mean infants born while the mother is infected with the virus, but infants born long after the mother is sympt… --- ## [How easy would it be to manufacture knotted rubber bands? (Or Moebius strips?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easy-would-it-be-to-manufacture-knotted-rubber-bands-or-moebius-strips/924472)
**Author:** [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2020, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-easy-would-it-be-to-manufacture-knotted-rubber-bands-or-moebius-strips/924472 "2020-11-03T23:28:13Z")
I don’t think they’d sell particularly well, but I at least would like some for my own amusement and to play with the minds of my co-workers. We still have paper files for each client (though many of them contain absolu… --- ## [Why require registration to vote?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-require-registration-to-vote/924656)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2020, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-require-registration-to-vote/924656 "2020-11-03T23:25:41Z")
For what reasons was voter registration instituted in the US? For what reasons is it retained? My uneducated hunch is that it was originally required back in the olden days of where information travelled at the pace of… --- ## [How many movies/ t.v. shows depict destruction or damage to the Statue of Liberty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-t-v-shows-depict-destruction-or-damage-to-the-statue-of-liberty/924536)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2020, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-movies-t-v-shows-depict-destruction-or-damage-to-the-statue-of-liberty/924536 "2020-11-03T23:15:08Z")
In no order, I can think of: The Day After Tomorrow Planet of the Apes Cloverfield Escape From New York --- ## [2020 has actually been a pretty good year for me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-has-actually-been-a-pretty-good-year-for-me/924617)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-has-actually-been-a-pretty-good-year-for-me/924617 "2020-11-03T22:25:34Z")
I know 2020 will go down as a terrible, no good year for most of the world. But, for me, it was actually a really, really good year - one of my best years ever. This year I: Went to Africa and had the adventure of a lif… --- ## [Cat Problems - need advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-problems-need-advice/923126)
**Author:** [@DreamsOfACheetah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreamsOfACheetah)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2020, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-problems-need-advice/923126 "2020-11-03T22:01:58Z")
Ok, we found a little kitty outside one of our windows at 3AM a couple months ago and took him in. Turns out our neighbor has been getting lots of cats on their property and gathered them up, intending to take them to a … --- ## [Tornado Warnings - How Do You Prepare?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tornado-warnings-how-do-you-prepare/913301)
**Author:** [@LegendHasit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LegendHasit)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2020, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tornado-warnings-how-do-you-prepare/913301 "2020-11-03T21:55:42Z")
We just had a tornado warning in Northern Illinois with the local siren going off and national weather service imploring us to head to the basement or safe space. It was all over at 6:45pm, and now storms for the rest o… --- ## [Alternatives to Brightcove Video Hosting for Business (attn: Developers, Webmasters)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-to-brightcove-video-hosting-for-business-attn-developers-webmasters/924673)
**Author:** [@LegendHasit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LegendHasit)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2020, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternatives-to-brightcove-video-hosting-for-business-attn-developers-webmasters/924673 "2020-11-03T21:51:44Z")
I’m researching paid alternatives to Brightcove for secure video hosting for a business that creates online learning modules for a large network of users worldwide. There seems to be a lot of options out there, and just… --- ## [Evaluate the two campaigns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evaluate-the-two-campaigns/924671)
**Author:** [@Lantern2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern2)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2020, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evaluate-the-two-campaigns/924671 "2020-11-03T20:40:15Z")
I think it’s always useful to evaluate the campaigns before we know the results and look back with hindsight. Biden: an OK campaign, better than Hillary in 2016. He has successfully portrayed himself as a figure of norm… --- ## [Whither the Republican party after Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whither-the-republican-party-after-trump/924434)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2020, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whither-the-republican-party-after-trump/924434 "2020-11-03T20:23:52Z")
In the issue of the New Yorker dated Nov. 2, Nicholas Lemann raises this question and discusses three possible scenarios; remnant, restoration, and reversal. Remnant means complete takeover by Trumpists. Typical presid… --- ## [Actors you run into in the oddest places](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-run-into-in-the-oddest-places/924092)
**Author:** [@CoconutPete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoconutPete)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2020, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-you-run-into-in-the-oddest-places/924092 "2020-11-03T20:06:14Z")
I was trying to think of a movie my kids might enjoy the other night. Suddenly I thought about those spinoff movies with the Ebola, I vaguely recalled them but hadn’t seen them in who knows maybe 30 years or something. I… --- ## [Trying to find a song containing lyriocs "...on election day"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-song-containing-lyriocs-on-election-day/924667)
**Author:** [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-song-containing-lyriocs-on-election-day/924667 "2020-11-03T19:45:38Z")
I feel like it must have been the Kinks? Some British punk band? The refrain is “something something …on elEC-tion day,” yadda yadda, dumdumdedum. I’m terrible with music. Searching “election day” and “kinks” has not… --- ## [Advertisements?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advertisements/911161)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advertisements/911161 "2020-11-03T19:42:58Z")
So are the advertisements here to stay for everyone’s view? --- ## [Overcoming Solipsism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overcoming-solipsism/852778)
**Author:** [@Machinaforce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machinaforce)\ **Replies:** 260\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overcoming-solipsism/852778 "2020-11-03T18:53:24Z")
I’ve struggled with this ever since I came across it. The notion that all you can really be sure of is that you exist. It’s an idea that can’t be proven without refuting itself, but there is also no way to disprove it. I… --- ## [SCOTUS and Retroactive Term Limits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-and-retroactive-term-limits/924314)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2020, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-and-retroactive-term-limits/924314 "2020-11-03T18:46:41Z")
I have to tell you, at the present time, term limits is the only reform that I support for the U.S. Supreme Court. The Republicans have done some pretty dirty things. But I think–I hope–it never comes to court packing. B… --- ## [Baby Driver song lyrics (Paul Simon)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-driver-song-lyrics-paul-simon/924552)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-driver-song-lyrics-paul-simon/924552 "2020-11-03T18:23:55Z")
Is it, “once I’m on a set of wheels” or “once upon a set of wheels”? --- ## [Strange phone number on call](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-phone-number-on-call/924577)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2020, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-phone-number-on-call/924577 "2020-11-03T18:18:02Z")
Now and then I get a call from a number like V1234567890123456 Starts with a V and the number is too long. I assume this is spam. Anyone know what this is? --- ## [ZZ top I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zz-top-im-bad-im-nationwide/924625)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zz-top-im-bad-im-nationwide/924625 "2020-11-03T16:56:03Z")
Ok, one of the lyrics bothers me: I had a fine fox in front, I had three more in the back They sportin’ I had a fine fox in front, I had three more in the back They sportin’ short dresses, wearin’ spike-heel shoes Th… --- ## [Kitty come back!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitty-come-back/922726)
**Author:** [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitty-come-back/922726 "2020-11-03T16:04:56Z")
My parents, who are in their mid 70s, have always loved pets. We always had multiple pets when I was growing up. A couple of years ago, they downsized, moving into a mobile home community for seniors. At the time, they w… --- ## [Is the term Boomer Generation loose enough to include someone born in 1936?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-term-boomer-generation-loose-enough-to-include-someone-born-in-1936/924002)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-term-boomer-generation-loose-enough-to-include-someone-born-in-1936/924002 "2020-11-03T15:28:33Z")
Is the term Boomer Generation loose enough to include someone born in 1936? If not, is there a term for those who were too young to have been drafted during WWII? --- ## [Shocked & Sad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shocked-sad/920581)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shocked-sad/920581 "2020-11-03T15:06:40Z")
I mentioned in a couple of other posts that our dog Luca was probably going to have surgery to repair a torn CCL. When I first brought him to the vet when we noticed he wasn’t putting weight on his right hind leg, the ve… --- ## [Arlington Cemetery question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arlington-cemetery-question/924079)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2020, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arlington-cemetery-question/924079 "2020-11-03T13:58:52Z")
I guess I’m more looking for verification than asking a question. My girlfriend just told me her father is expecting to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery. I’m pretty sure he’s not eligible. He was drafted and ser… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1659) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1661)