# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1667 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1668 --- ## [Trump walks out of 60 Minutes interview - Does he have something?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-walks-out-of-60-minutes-interview-does-he-have-something/923547)
**Author:** [@Mickyfinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mickyfinn)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-walks-out-of-60-minutes-interview-does-he-have-something/923547 "2020-10-29T14:09:54Z")
So, His Orangeness is threatening to release footage of his 60 Minutes interview he walked out of. My question is: Is there really something there that could make him look good/vindicate him about something? Or just so… --- ## [Black Hole Math Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-hole-math-question/923977)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-hole-math-question/923977 "2020-10-29T13:51:04Z")
Here’s one for all you physicists out there. Let’s say I have this handwavey “make tiny black holes and prevent them from evaporating in a burst of hawking radiation” tech, which I borrowed from a passing alien. I also… --- ## [Trump's Supreme Court nominee?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-supreme-court-nominee/921092)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 384\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-supreme-court-nominee/921092 "2020-10-29T13:33:11Z")
Going on the assumption that he will(as stated by him) nominate a woman in the next week, who do you think will be the nominee? My guess would be Sarah Palin, because her name comes up often enough for him to remember i… --- ## [Taking Bets: Who is the 'insider' who wrote the NYT Opinion Piece?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-bets-who-is-the-insider-who-wrote-the-nyt-opinion-piece/820852)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-bets-who-is-the-insider-who-wrote-the-nyt-opinion-piece/820852 "2020-10-29T13:26:54Z")
So the New York Times ran an opinion piece today. It was presented anonymously because the author is a ‘senior administration official’ who could lose his or her job. We can debate the ethics of whether it should be ru… --- ## [Have you ever been polled?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-polled/923792)
**Author:** [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-polled/923792 "2020-10-29T12:40:37Z")
I, for one, have never been contacted for a poll on who I will be voting for. And does anyone know how the various polls choose who to call? --- ## [Setting up a VPN](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-up-a-vpn/352078)
**Author:** [@SiouxChief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiouxChief)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-up-a-vpn/352078 "2006-04-11T15:16:00Z")
I need to set up an always-on site-to-site VPN between two offices so that the second office can access all servers at the first office, and vice versa. Secondarily, it would be nice to be able to connect to either offi… --- ## [Editing RAW files: How to restore the original?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-raw-files-how-to-restore-the-original/921915)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-raw-files-how-to-restore-the-original/921915 "2020-10-02T14:48:44Z")
I used Adobe Photoshop Elements. I edit RAW files from my Canon 7D. When Adobe apps edit a RAW file they generate an XMP that stores the edits externally, rather than changing the actual RAW file. But then when I open th… --- ## [Discourse wants long rambling posts instead of posts replying to specific comments](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-wants-long-rambling-posts-instead-of-posts-replying-to-specific-comments/923406)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-wants-long-rambling-posts-instead-of-posts-replying-to-specific-comments/923406 "2020-10-29T08:36:05Z")
I’m getting a message from Discourse telling me not to reply to individual posts, but to put it all into one long post responding to everyone at once. That’s a recipe for an extremely muddled … discourse. Specific resp… --- ## [Fashions you never got](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashions-you-never-got/461378)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 192\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2020, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fashions-you-never-got/461378 "2020-08-04T23:31:54Z")
Leg warmers. My, what an attractive look. NOT. Curtains that drag on the floor. Sorry, that’s not stylish. That’s the mark of a dysfunctional tape measure. Dickies. Were they ever in style? Aptly named, however. Point… --- ## [If push comes to shove, will Trump hand over the reins to Pence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-push-comes-to-shove-will-trump-hand-over-the-reins-to-pence/922083)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-push-comes-to-shove-will-trump-hand-over-the-reins-to-pence/922083 "2020-10-29T02:58:30Z")
Considering how much Trump likes being “The Man”, can you see him giving Pence Presidential authority while he is still breathing? If not, do you think Pence would dare to invoke the 25th Amendment? --- ## [Little kids crack me up, vol. 1087](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-kids-crack-me-up-vol-1087/790232)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-kids-crack-me-up-vol-1087/790232 "2020-10-29T02:36:09Z")
I’m back at my summer job- assistant counselor at the camp petting zoo. It’s been an exhausting week, but the kids are adorable. The Bosslady has a whole spiel outlining the rules, why we have rules, why those specific … --- ## [Bigger waste of time than Costco checking my receipt as I leave?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigger-waste-of-time-than-costco-checking-my-receipt-as-i-leave/923835)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigger-waste-of-time-than-costco-checking-my-receipt-as-i-leave/923835 "2020-10-29T02:34:11Z")
I like Costco but it’s just dumb to check receipts. Most of the time they just glance at my cart but sometimes they don’t even do that. they normally have 2 people doing this now so it goes fast. Given their sa… --- ## [Rock n Roll theology](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-theology/922759)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-n-roll-theology/922759 "2020-10-29T01:44:51Z")
“All good children go to heaven.” -The Beatles, You Never Give Me Your Money “God is a concept by which we measure our pain.” -John Lennon, God “She’s gone to heaven so I got to be good, so I can see my baby when I lea… --- ## [Is there a name for this brassy vocal sound?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-brassy-vocal-sound/538445)
**Author:** [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-name-for-this-brassy-vocal-sound/538445 "2020-10-29T01:26:50Z")
Sometimes a singer will sort of grunt and make a sound that resembles a trombone or something like that. This isn’t the best example because it’s short, but Bjork does this at 2:59 and 3:03. Is there a name for this? … --- ## [A technical question does it belong here or in sitefeedback?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-technical-question-does-it-belong-here-or-in-sitefeedback/924081)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2020, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-technical-question-does-it-belong-here-or-in-sitefeedback/924081 "2020-10-29T01:00:28Z")
I’m having trouble with uploading a pic for a new avatar. Not sure which forum to ask for help in --- ## [Why did my doggie lick the air when I scratched her tail?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-my-doggie-lick-the-air-when-i-scratched-her-tail/924142)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-my-doggie-lick-the-air-when-i-scratched-her-tail/924142 "2020-10-28T23:48:10Z")
I’ve been missing my doggie, who has been dead for more than 15 years now. One thing I recalled is something she would do very frequently. When she was lying down and indicating that she wanted to be scratched, when I g… --- ## [Another wiring question: could I splice a neutral wire from a power socket for the SMART light switch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-wiring-question-could-i-splice-a-neutral-wire-from-a-power-socket-for-the-smart-light-switch/923654)
**Author:** [@garysoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garysoh)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-wiring-question-could-i-splice-a-neutral-wire-from-a-power-socket-for-the-smart-light-switch/923654 "2020-10-28T23:42:23Z")
The power socket is just next to the light switch. As with most people, the light switch does not have a neutral wire. Could I just splice the neutral from the adjacent (literally just next to it) for the light switch … --- ## [Have you experienced loosing hearing because of dry skin attached to the eardrum?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-experienced-loosing-hearing-because-of-dry-skin-attached-to-the-eardrum/924065)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-experienced-loosing-hearing-because-of-dry-skin-attached-to-the-eardrum/924065 "2020-10-28T23:41:06Z")
I lost nearly all hearing in my left ear a few weeks ago. I thought it was ear wax. I have to get it removed every few years. This time there was very little wax. Instead, the ENT found dry, flaky skin attached to my dr… --- ## [Mamet's The Spanish Prisoner movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mamets-the-spanish-prisoner-movie/917851)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mamets-the-spanish-prisoner-movie/917851 "2020-10-28T22:58:28Z")
Saw it when it first came out, liked it and then forgot about it. I just got, through Prime, a free week to Showtime, primarily so I could watch Boogie Nights again\*. Great flick. Saw that The Spanish Prisoner was avai… --- ## [October 15, 2020, the Day I Became an Atheist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/october-15-2020-the-day-i-became-an-atheist/923014)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/october-15-2020-the-day-i-became-an-atheist/923014 "2020-10-28T20:38:32Z")
Okay, it’s weird where it happened, but it happened. Ten minutes ago, I went into the washroom at work, and while in the stall after taking a leak, I sat there and thought the phrase, “Fuck you Jehovah” and did not imme… --- ## [McConnell has bruises on face and hands](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnell-has-bruises-on-face-and-hands/923696)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcconnell-has-bruises-on-face-and-hands/923696 "2020-10-28T20:21:24Z")
Looks like he got an IV and he won’t say if he’s being treated by a Dr. Says he has no health issues but those hands are not normal. --- ## [Jared Kushner; "The most dangerous people around the president are over-confident idiots."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-the-most-dangerous-people-around-the-president-are-over-confident-idiots/924136)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jared-kushner-the-most-dangerous-people-around-the-president-are-over-confident-idiots/924136 "2020-10-28T19:39:05Z")
By George, I think you’re onto something, Jared. He then went on to explain how he supported the President’s decision, back in April, to take control of the COVID file back from the doctors and scientists, manoeuver the… --- ## [Life is Feudal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-feudal/815253)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-is-feudal/815253 "2020-10-28T19:32:29Z")
I’ve been toying with the idea of getting ‘Life is Feudal’. Anyone tried it yet? I thoroughly enjoy micromanagement and it seems like this game offers it in spades. --- ## [Police chief can't handle cock, bleeds to death](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-chief-cant-handle-cock-bleeds-to-death/924041)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-chief-cant-handle-cock-bleeds-to-death/924041 "2020-10-28T19:28:48Z")
This is one of the more unexpected Covid-related deaths. --- ## [Whiskey Jacks!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whiskey-jacks/924125)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whiskey-jacks/924125 "2020-10-28T19:22:06Z")
Yesterday a friend and I climbed a local mountain. At the top the Whiskey Jacks came to help me eat my lunch. Thought you all might enjoy the pictures. … --- ## [Stupid little things the pandemic has given you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-things-the-pandemic-has-given-you/924130)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-things-the-pandemic-has-given-you/924130 "2020-10-28T19:12:37Z")
A companion thread to explore a few silver linings. May as well have some fun with it. I’ll start: built in excuse to decline certain Thanksgiving invitations --- ## [Do All Animals Get An Adjective? (e.g. feline, bovine, canine...)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-animals-get-an-adjective-e-g-feline-bovine-canine/447180)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-animals-get-an-adjective-e-g-feline-bovine-canine/447180 "2020-10-28T17:49:40Z")
Many animals have an adjective attached to them that means “like this animal.” For instance, if someone exhibited a grace you would associate with a cat, you might call it “feline.” A man of extremely impressive size a… --- ## [Big Bang Theory -- Conclusion Airs Tonight, May 16, 2019!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-conclusion-airs-tonight-may-16-2019/834053)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 207\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-conclusion-airs-tonight-may-16-2019/834053 "2020-10-28T17:26:56Z")
The Big Bang Theory, Season 12, Episode 23 (May 16, 2019) – “The Change Constant” The Big Bang Theory, Season 12, Episode 24 (May 16, 2019) – “The Stockholm Syndrome” I am starting this thread in anticipation of tonigh… --- ## [If Biden wins but the Republicans hold the senate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-biden-wins-but-the-republicans-hold-the-senate/924124)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-biden-wins-but-the-republicans-hold-the-senate/924124 "2020-10-28T17:25:20Z")
Here is what I see if the Dems don’t get at least 50 senators. No cabinet officer will be approved. No court nomination will be approved. There will be no budget and the government will close for at least a week till … --- ## [DOJ Trying to take over Trump defamation lawsuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-trying-to-take-over-trump-defamation-lawsuit/920171)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doj-trying-to-take-over-trump-defamation-lawsuit/920171 "2020-10-28T16:45:36Z")
https://www.npr.org/2020/09/09/910992023/justice-dept-intervenes-to-take-over-trumps-defense-in-defamation-lawsuit What the flying fuck? Because he was President when he made a public claim not to know the woman who sa… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1666) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1668)