# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1668 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1669 --- ## [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… --- ## [What is the source for the recently popular Mark Twain quote.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-source-for-the-recently-popular-mark-twain-quote/580562)
**Author:** [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-source-for-the-recently-popular-mark-twain-quote/580562 "2020-10-28T16:43:29Z")
“I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.” - Mark Twain Ever since Sunday, I have seen this quote attributed to Mark Twain. I’m unable to find an original source for it. One p… --- ## [Joe Pesci Oscar win](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-pesci-oscar-win/924110)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-pesci-oscar-win/924110 "2020-10-28T16:17:47Z")
He won for Goodfellas but they showed a clip from home alone Did the studio not allow them to show a Goodfellas clip? --- ## [Pneumatic formula?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pneumatic-formula/924045)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pneumatic-formula/924045 "2020-10-28T16:04:57Z")
Not sure how I could state the formula so I will just give the problem. Suppose I have a pneumatic cyl and piston with a 24" stroke, say the cyl is 4" ID. I am trying to figure out a way to calculate the size of a relie… --- ## [Japanese breweries making gin out of unsold beer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-breweries-making-gin-out-of-unsold-beer/923681)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-breweries-making-gin-out-of-unsold-beer/923681 "2020-10-28T15:26:11Z")
Way to make lemonade out of lemons. I would totally try this. Quote from the article: …the beer base makes the gin bitter, but in addition to juniper berries, Kiuchi uses sansho peppers, lemons and mikan (Japanese oran… --- ## [I got an error page "network protocol violation" 3 times this evening](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-error-page-network-protocol-violation-3-times-this-evening/924089)
**Author:** [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-an-error-page-network-protocol-violation-3-times-this-evening/924089 "2020-10-28T13:51:06Z")
Entire message: Oops. The site at https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ \[…\] has experienced a network protocol violation that cannot be repaired. The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because an error in the d… --- ## [Ruin a recent(ish) movie with current technology](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruin-a-recent-ish-movie-with-current-technology/922283)
**Author:** [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruin-a-recent-ish-movie-with-current-technology/922283 "2020-10-28T13:13:12Z")
“Kid, I just Googled Abe Froman. You don’t look anything like him. Why don’t you just request our food from Uber Eats or something?” “Mr. Foley, unless I get an email from the homeowners, we’re not stopping any work on … --- ## [FYI for Dopers who may need mobility assistance at the polls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-for-dopers-who-may-need-mobility-assistance-at-the-polls/924075)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fyi-for-dopers-who-may-need-mobility-assistance-at-the-polls/924075 "2020-10-28T12:32:40Z")
If you vote in person and don’t think you can stand in line the whole time, and don’t bring a chair with you, before you go, call the place and find out what their policy is about wheelchairs and other devices and if the… --- ## [Cops in real life are attractive too](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-in-real-life-are-attractive-too/924094)
**Author:** [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-in-real-life-are-attractive-too/924094 "2020-10-28T12:07:15Z")
Maybe I’m wrong, but there seems to be a widespread impression that police officers in the movies or TV shows look unrealistically attractive, especially in the case of female cops. It’s been my opinion too for some time… --- ## [How much money does a TV network in a swing state make in an election?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-does-a-tv-network-in-a-swing-state-make-in-an-election/924074)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-money-does-a-tv-network-in-a-swing-state-make-in-an-election/924074 "2020-10-28T08:57:50Z")
Just looking at the election spending in the swing states is insane. How does this skew the media landscape and are there networks who make all their profit during election time (like a store that only makes its profits … --- ## [Can Discourse stop trying to correct my grammar/usage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-discourse-stop-trying-to-correct-my-grammar-usage/923194)
**Author:** [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-discourse-stop-trying-to-correct-my-grammar-usage/923194 "2020-10-28T07:34:48Z")
Several times now, I’ve gotten this message while trying to post: “Body seems unclear, is it a complete sentence?” The post has to be cancelled or altered (last time, I added an emoji and that gave me the go-ahead). S… --- ## [I think it’s almost time to bury my head in the sand](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-it-s-almost-time-to-bury-my-head-in-the-sand/923747)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-it-s-almost-time-to-bury-my-head-in-the-sand/923747 "2020-10-28T07:11:10Z")
I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m planning ahead a bit for the next couple of weeks. I’m taking November 4 off (not November 3, mostly because I’ve voted already, and I figure the important possible tense night to … --- ## [Describe your job badly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-job-badly/923981)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/describe-your-job-badly/923981 "2020-10-28T04:23:08Z")
For many years, I have worked a building nobody wants to come to. It is crowded and loud vehicles are usually outside. We sometimes stick tubes into people’s mouths and needles in their arms, then force fluid through t… --- ## [Using reflexive pronouns after mentioning a group to which you belong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-reflexive-pronouns-after-mentioning-a-group-to-which-you-belong/924051)
**Author:** [@CardboardBoxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CardboardBoxx)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/using-reflexive-pronouns-after-mentioning-a-group-to-which-you-belong/924051 "2020-10-28T03:37:06Z")
First to head this off at the pass: I know that some people believe that grammar is arbitrary or is constantly changing so roll with it whatever. This is not the thread to discuss this. Assume I’m on the red team. “Me… --- ## [Weird fonts, boldface, and italics in email subject lines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-fonts-boldface-and-italics-in-email-subject-lines/924043)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-fonts-boldface-and-italics-in-email-subject-lines/924043 "2020-10-28T02:47:58Z")
I have a Hotmail account, and I have been noticing over the course of a year or so, a lot of emails coming into my Hotmail inbox have some funky font characteristics in the subject line. Normally, these go to the Junk E… --- ## [Food Waste](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-waste/923852)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2020, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-waste/923852 "2020-10-28T02:14:31Z")
This topic caught my attention today. After looking it up and reading only a couple of different articles about it (which, for all intents, were basically identical) I became curious about what and how Dopers feel or thi… --- ## [Do animals with longer than average tails](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-animals-with-longer-than-average-tails/923729)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-animals-with-longer-than-average-tails/923729 "2020-10-27T23:54:37Z")
…have more vertebrae than typical for their species, or longer than typical vertebrae? --- ## [We don't deserve dogs (RIP thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-dont-deserve-dogs-rip-thread/923952)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-dont-deserve-dogs-rip-thread/923952 "2020-10-27T23:01:53Z")
For the past couple months, Toby’s health has been fluctuating. The vet put him on thyroid meds, and that seemed to help. Every week or so, he wouldn’t get up very well until he got his pill, then he’d be fine - but his … --- ## [I'm 60. For the first time I am in the black](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-60-for-the-first-time-i-am-in-the-black/924006)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-60-for-the-first-time-i-am-in-the-black/924006 "2020-10-27T22:27:51Z")
It’s taken me all these years, but my net wealth now fucks off my debt. Took me 60 years, bringing up four kids alone and a whole shitload oh other crap. But here I am at sixty, and I 've paid my way. --- ## [Hormel reaper & ghost chili sold out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hormel-reaper-ghost-chili-sold-out/923836)
**Author:** [@MrMrmrmr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrMrmrmr)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hormel-reaper-ghost-chili-sold-out/923836 "2020-10-27T22:12:31Z")
Tried to order it from Target 38 minutes after it went on sale and were sold out. $5.29 for a two pack, one regular and one with a list of warnings. Someone already has it on Ebay for $42.00 --- ## [Obama's speech in Philadelphia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-speech-in-philadelphia/923544)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-speech-in-philadelphia/923544 "2020-10-27T22:07:10Z")
Did anyone see it? Took Trump’s incompetence head on. Brilliant and inspiring as always. Man I miss that guy. --- ## [Amy Coney Barrett confirmed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-coney-barrett-confirmed/923986)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amy-coney-barrett-confirmed/923986 "2020-10-27T21:43:02Z")
Senate Confirms Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court Hypocritical fuckers. Not that this was a surprise, but still. I am not feeling linguistically creative - maybe some of the rest of you can take over the mantle for… --- ## [Should works stand on their own?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-works-stand-on-their-own/923849)
**Author:** [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-works-stand-on-their-own/923849 "2020-10-27T21:20:31Z")
In the most recent thread about Star Wars, there was a discussion about some plot weaknesses, one poster said “You should read the EU \[the books set in the SW universe\]” and another responded “Maybe the EU is fun, but if… --- ## [NECCO Wafers are back on the shelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necco-wafers-are-back-on-the-shelf/918225)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necco-wafers-are-back-on-the-shelf/918225 "2020-10-27T21:17:26Z")
Just spotted a large display of them and grabbed a handful of rolls. Mmmmmm. No more new England Confection Co, they are produced for Spangler Candy of Bryan, Ohio after a few tumultuous years of closures, buyouts and au… --- ## [Stella Immanuel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stella-immanuel/916742)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stella-immanuel/916742 "2020-10-27T20:43:42Z")
Stella Immanuel is a physician and believer in demon sperm, hydroxychloroquine and alien DNA. How did she become associated with Trump? How on earth does a physician believe nonsense like this? --- ## [What to do with a bunch of habaneros and Carolina reaper peppers-- make hot sauce?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-bunch-of-habaneros-and-carolina-reaper-peppers-make-hot-sauce/923677)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-a-bunch-of-habaneros-and-carolina-reaper-peppers-make-hot-sauce/923677 "2020-10-27T19:42:08Z")
My brother-in-law, knowing I like hot peppers, gave me a brown paper lunch sack full of them from his garden. But there’s no way I’m going to make enough jerk chicken or ridiculously hot salsa to make a dent in them befo… --- ## [NFL 2020: Week 7](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-week-7/923552)
**Author:** [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2020-week-7/923552 "2020-10-27T19:31:20Z")
Not a lot of news this week in the NFL, which is probably a very good thing. Players continue to go on the Covid list, but no games are (currently) under threat of being postponed. The NFL finished its investigation into… --- ## [Where can I find the TOS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-the-tos/923935)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-the-tos/923935 "2020-10-27T18:43:30Z")
Thanks! --- ## [Election shenanigans and sports analogies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-shenanigans-and-sports-analogies/924027)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-shenanigans-and-sports-analogies/924027 "2020-10-27T18:02:40Z")
I have anxiety about the possibility that Trump may somehow steal the election. I thought it might help reduce stress to compare some of the potential shenanigans with the ways a sports team might cheat. I realize that… --- ## [Ever had a day when, for the life of you, you just . can't . write, think, be creative?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-day-when-for-the-life-of-you-you-just-cant-write-think-be-creative/923983)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-had-a-day-when-for-the-life-of-you-you-just-cant-write-think-be-creative/923983 "2020-10-27T17:41:35Z")
Today was one of those days. I had a mountain of shit to do and I feel like I did hardly half of what I set out to achieve, and it was me spending half the day just writing, rewriting, thinking, rewriting… Gah! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1667) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1669)