# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1701 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1702 --- ## [YouTube Vids Posted Have No Sound](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-vids-posted-have-no-sound/921780)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-vids-posted-have-no-sound/921780 "2020-09-29T17:12:24Z")
Just now playing the videos in the 80s music thread the sound has been lost. Playing the same vids on YouTube the sound is back. Has some Mod accidentally disabled the sound from videos? --- ## [Rock Stars' Favorite Stand-up Comedians?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-stars-favorite-stand-up-comedians/921679)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-stars-favorite-stand-up-comedians/921679 "2020-09-29T17:08:19Z")
I just got done hearing for the 20th time how “Musicians wanna be stand-up comedians, and vice-versa”, but I’m wondering who were the favorites of your favorites, or those you know… If you can’t think of rock stars, any … --- ## [We are SO FUCKED (Ruth Bader Ginsburg died tonight)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-so-fucked-ruth-bader-ginsburg-died-tonight/920959)
**Author:** [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Replies:** 239\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-are-so-fucked-ruth-bader-ginsburg-died-tonight/920959 "2020-09-29T16:00:30Z")
Ruth Bader Ginsburg died tonight. And we all know that Turtleman will not abide by his, “the people should have their say through electing the President later this year”, either. --- ## [Peter Ustinov's humor: I don't get this one](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-ustinovs-humor-i-dont-get-this-one/921719)
**Author:** [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peter-ustinovs-humor-i-dont-get-this-one/921719 "2020-09-29T14:53:43Z")
A few days go I saw a rerun of his appearance on Cavett. But I didn’t get the a bit of his humor that Cavett did. Ustinov was speaking about his great-uncle, saying he “was one of the founders of Russian ballet: he did … --- ## [Illegal to bribe or proposition a police officer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illegal-to-bribe-or-proposition-a-police-officer/921645)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2020, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illegal-to-bribe-or-proposition-a-police-officer/921645 "2020-09-29T14:27:19Z")
Nothing to do with current events; just something I was wondering about. Officer Doright pulls over a speeder, Joe Sleazebag, and starts to write a ticket. Joe offers him twice the amount of the fine to cancel the ticke… --- ## [Are people outside the US doing stupid things WRT COVID?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-people-outside-the-us-doing-stupid-things-wrt-covid/919706)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-people-outside-the-us-doing-stupid-things-wrt-covid/919706 "2020-09-29T14:02:16Z")
Pretty much on a daily basis the news here in the US has brought us stories of groups of people doing pretty much the exact opposite of what public health officials recommend in order to avoid being infected with (or tra… --- ## [Current estimates of COVID-19 Mortality Rates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-estimates-of-covid-19-mortality-rates/921433)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2020, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-estimates-of-covid-19-mortality-rates/921433 "2020-09-29T13:58:51Z")
It seems like COVID-19 mortality rates are dropping quickly. Florida had a huge spike in cases, and has had more cases than NY, but far fewer deaths. Since February-April, hospital capacity has opened up, there is more… --- ## [In the US what financial incentives are there, if any, for hospitals to report covid deaths & illnesses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-us-what-financial-incentives-are-there-if-any-for-hospitals-to-report-covid-deaths-illnesses/921561)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-us-what-financial-incentives-are-there-if-any-for-hospitals-to-report-covid-deaths-illnesses/921561 "2020-09-29T13:51:47Z")
Are there any incentives, either at the federal of the state levels? --- ## [Do other folks know people who think Covid is some kind of conspiracy, but who enthusiastically wear masks, etc.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-folks-know-people-who-think-covid-is-some-kind-of-conspiracy-but-who-enthusiastically-wear-masks-etc/921606)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2020, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-other-folks-know-people-who-think-covid-is-some-kind-of-conspiracy-but-who-enthusiastically-wear-masks-etc/921606 "2020-09-29T13:49:56Z")
Lately I’ve been running into an odd sort of duck, and today it happened again, and now I am wondering if it’s a thing. These are people who argue online or in person that covid is vastly exaggerated, or that masks don’t… --- ## [Pilots -- General Aviation: For a long flight over water would you prefer a twin piston or single engine turboprop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pilots-general-aviation-for-a-long-flight-over-water-would-you-prefer-a-twin-piston-or-single-engine-turboprop/920975)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2020, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pilots-general-aviation-for-a-long-flight-over-water-would-you-prefer-a-twin-piston-or-single-engine-turboprop/920975 "2020-09-29T13:48:36Z")
Usually with flights over water pilots prefer a twin (or more) engine plane. The reason being if there is nowhere to land having a second engine is a safety feature. That redundancy means if one engine goes kaput the o… --- ## [MLB (Baseball) Return July 23. 60 game season in 66 days](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-baseball-return-july-23-60-game-season-in-66-days/912771)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 482\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-baseball-return-july-23-60-game-season-in-66-days/912771 "2020-09-28T13:50:02Z")
July 24. 60 game season in 66 days. Teams will play their division & the other leagues same division so: East will only play East, 10 games per in league and 4 games per other league. So Yanks will play Red Sox, Os, J… --- ## [I've Fallen! And I need to MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-fallen-and-i-need-to-mmp/921131)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 262\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-fallen-and-i-need-to-mmp/921131 "2020-09-28T19:45:29Z")
It’s 53 degrees Amurikin, False Fall is in full swing(it’ll be 85 again by Friday). Up, caffeinated, and sheveled. Off to sort. And since we ran out of room in the cages on Saturday, we can re sort all the 2nd sort … --- ## [If abortion is banned, how many unwanted pregnancies would lead to back-alley/DIY abortions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-abortion-is-banned-how-many-unwanted-pregnancies-would-lead-to-back-alley-diy-abortions/921684)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2020, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-abortion-is-banned-how-many-unwanted-pregnancies-would-lead-to-back-alley-diy-abortions/921684 "2020-09-29T08:50:38Z")
This is not a thread about whether abortion is good or bad, or whether it should be legal or illegal (we have thousands of threads about that). Rather - it is often claimed that, if abortion were banned nationwide, that… --- ## [Soldiers shot as spies - real or just a movie/TV thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soldiers-shot-as-spies-real-or-just-a-movie-tv-thing/921760)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2020, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soldiers-shot-as-spies-real-or-just-a-movie-tv-thing/921760 "2020-09-29T08:39:08Z")
Based on Hollywood if a solider is not in uniform and captured they get shot. Did/does that really happen in wars? --- ## [Tool guys, help finding tool](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tool-guys-help-finding-tool/834140)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2019, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tool-guys-help-finding-tool/834140 "2019-05-20T02:35:53Z")
This video: Around the 6:03 mark. It’s a spring loaded punch. All of the ones I find online are for breaking glass. This one doesn’t seem to be that. I need one and would appreciate any help identifying it… --- ## [Tax Rate on Social Security Benefits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-rate-on-social-security-benefits/921746)
**Author:** [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2020, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-rate-on-social-security-benefits/921746 "2020-09-29T06:28:43Z")
This will be rather general. Am I missing something? I want to know the rate at which my benefits will be taxed. I see plenty of sites saying what percentage of my rates will be taxed, but not the former. For the sake o… --- ## [Put out of action by the "system"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-out-of-action-by-the-system/921789)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2020, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-out-of-action-by-the-system/921789 "2020-09-29T05:37:17Z")
Way back on 22 September 2020, I got a “system message” informing me of a “temporary suspension” of my account. The site staff, I know, have been seriously super busy what with all the things involved in getting this new… --- ## [How to learn about nonpartisan local races?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-learn-about-nonpartisan-local-races/921751)
**Author:** [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2020, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-learn-about-nonpartisan-local-races/921751 "2020-09-29T04:35:48Z")
Something I’ve been wondering for a while: Where can one learn about the candidates in local, nonpartisan races, like city council or school board? Of particular interest to me this year is our local school board race.… --- ## [What percent of the pre-modern world was blind?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percent-of-the-pre-modern-world-was-blind/921642)
**Author:** [@ZosterSandstorm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZosterSandstorm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2020, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percent-of-the-pre-modern-world-was-blind/921642 "2020-09-29T02:06:08Z")
In 2010, about 289 million people had visual impairments (4% of world population) and 39 million were blind (about 0.2%). Numbers per: https://www.who.int/blindness/publications/globaldata/en/#:~:text=Globally%20the%20nu… --- ## [Poll: What Standard Federal Region do you live in?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-standard-federal-region-do-you-live-in/921202)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-what-standard-federal-region-do-you-live-in/921202 "2020-09-29T01:57:59Z")
From here. poll --- ## [Seedy places in your hometown that haven't changed in decades](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seedy-places-in-your-hometown-that-havent-changed-in-decades/921697)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2020, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seedy-places-in-your-hometown-that-havent-changed-in-decades/921697 "2020-09-29T00:25:21Z")
So I was looking at the town where I grew up on Google Street View, as I imagine many people who are transplants to other states do when they’re feeling nostalgic and bored. And I was a bit surprised to see that this ol… --- ## [Co-owners of house one dies. Stepped up basis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/co-owners-of-house-one-dies-stepped-up-basis/921506)
**Author:** [@sbright33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sbright33)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2020, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/co-owners-of-house-one-dies-stepped-up-basis/921506 "2020-09-29T00:10:29Z")
I need some creative thinking here since a few lawyers cannot come up with an acceptable solution. Let me explain. 2 married couples own a home purchased for 20k. Now worth 2 million. One couple dies (soon not yet we kno… --- ## [What are the background lyrics in Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Dreams’?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-background-lyrics-in-fleetwood-mac-s-dreams/848728)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2020, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-background-lyrics-in-fleetwood-mac-s-dreams/848728 "2020-09-29T00:05:32Z")
One of my favorite songs is Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams,” but I have never been able to understand the background lyrics. The relevant lyrics are in the pre-chorus portion, which goes Every few beats during … --- ## ["I shoulda turned left at Albuquerque"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shoulda-turned-left-at-albuquerque/920796)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 146\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2020, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shoulda-turned-left-at-albuquerque/920796 "2020-09-29T00:01:22Z")
(Feel free to add a Brooklyn accent in your head, if you’ve heard it that way before. I thought about writing it that way, but it looked ridiculous.) Please reply with the following information: your approximate age or … --- ## [Primaries: Did you ever vote for a non-incumbent for prez who went all the way?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/primaries-did-you-ever-vote-for-a-non-incumbent-for-prez-who-went-all-the-way/921718)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2020, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/primaries-did-you-ever-vote-for-a-non-incumbent-for-prez-who-went-all-the-way/921718 "2020-09-28T23:41:56Z")
I’m a Democrat, but actually the very first vote I ever cast for president was for John McCain in the 2000 Republican primary. I figured he was the only one of the two, between himself and Dubya, who wasn’t crazy. I wa… --- ## [Song lyrics that mention famous people in passing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-mention-famous-people-in-passing/838065)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2020, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-lyrics-that-mention-famous-people-in-passing/838065 "2020-09-28T23:41:39Z")
The Annoying Drummer Boy: But here we are at 3 a.m. With Ringo Starr of Bethlehem Frank Mills: He resembles George Harrison Of The Beatles American Pie: When the jester sang for the king and queen In a coat he bo… --- ## [Any critiques of Ginsburg's dying words?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-critiques-of-ginsburgs-dying-words/921307)
**Author:** [@GnuMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GnuMe)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2020, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-critiques-of-ginsburgs-dying-words/921307 "2020-09-28T23:05:04Z")
I’m not sure I totally buy it. NPR reported… “Just days before her death, as her strength waned, Ginsburg dictated this statement to her granddaughter Clara Spera: “My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced un… --- ## [The concept of "Left" and "Right"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-concept-of-left-and-right/921049)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2020, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-concept-of-left-and-right/921049 "2020-09-28T22:56:12Z")
Is it possible to explain the concept of, and the difference between, the directions of “Left” and “Right” without referring to specific objects or visual aids? --- ## [Election-centered Documentaries & Other Upcoming Fare](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-centered-documentaries-other-upcoming-fare/921455)
**Author:** [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2020, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-centered-documentaries-other-upcoming-fare/921455 "2020-09-28T22:51:23Z")
(I anticipate that most of the discussion of these works will be about their politics, not about their artistic elements. But if a moderator feels otherwise, of course, feel free to move the thread.) Last night was the … --- ## [New ID requirements for travel WITHIN the United States?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-id-requirements-for-travel-within-the-united-states/921360)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2020, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-id-requirements-for-travel-within-the-united-states/921360 "2020-09-28T22:48:19Z")
So, I was in the local driver’s license office having a restriction removed from my commercial driver license, when I noticed a poster from the Texas Department of Public Safety on the wall. The poster reminded citizens… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1700) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1702)