# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1761 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1762 --- ## [WSJ article: Russia wants Trump to win, China wants Biden to win](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wsj-article-russia-wants-trump-to-win-china-wants-biden-to-win/917528)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wsj-article-russia-wants-trump-to-win-china-wants-biden-to-win/917528 "2020-08-09T09:02:07Z")
Article may be lurking behind a paywall. But a senior U.S. intelligence official has reported that Russia is rooting for Trump to win, but China is rooting for Trump to lose. I’m surprised China wouldn’t want Trump to h… --- ## [Paper Money Experts: some questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paper-money-experts-some-questions/917600)
**Author:** [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paper-money-experts-some-questions/917600 "2020-08-09T08:31:03Z")
Is their a difference between a specimen and a proof? What is an essay? --- ## [Can the US presidential election be delayed? (I have a twist...I think...before you jump to a conclusion)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-us-presidential-election-be-delayed-i-have-a-twist-i-think-before-you-jump-to-a-conclusion/916885)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-us-presidential-election-be-delayed-i-have-a-twist-i-think-before-you-jump-to-a-conclusion/916885 "2020-08-09T06:37:31Z")
I will assume everyone reading this is familiar with president Trump recently suggesting that the 2020 presidential election may be delayed. It has been noted by many, far and wide, that the president has absolutely no … --- ## [The US Civil War Books of Stephen Sears](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-us-civil-war-books-of-stephen-sears/917615)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-us-civil-war-books-of-stephen-sears/917615 "2020-08-09T05:48:29Z")
I’ve been reading an American history book as well as watching Great Courses lectures on the Civil War. Amazon shows some decently priced books with good reviews by Stephen Sears. Anyone read them? Opinions? I know every… --- ## [Cable cutters: How do you stay up to date on new shows coming out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cable-cutters-how-do-you-stay-up-to-date-on-new-shows-coming-out/916871)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cable-cutters-how-do-you-stay-up-to-date-on-new-shows-coming-out/916871 "2020-08-09T04:46:55Z")
Earlier today I was Googling trying to find out what the fall line up is going to look like this year. While doing so, I discovered TWO sci-fi shows that had previously been left off my radar (good. because I was runnin… --- ## [Tracking Asian hornets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tracking-asian-hornets/853308)
**Author:** [@Yakamaniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yakamaniac)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tracking-asian-hornets/853308 "2020-08-09T03:54:50Z")
Seems like it might be possible to track Asian hornets with motion sensors tuned to the hornet’s flight signature, which is the disturbance in the air created by the beating of the hornet’s wings. Species have unique si… --- ## [Major bugs in SDMB re-skin fixed. What do you think?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 572\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2018, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-bugs-in-sdmb-re-skin-fixed-what-do-you-think/795663 "2018-03-12T10:37:51Z")
I’m starting a new thread because many of the problems reported in earlier threads reflected formatting problems we believe we have now resolved. Take a look and let us know what you think. Be aware that this is a simpl… --- ## [Extreme Jell-O Recipes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-jell-o-recipes/914234)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-jell-o-recipes/914234 "2020-08-09T02:17:08Z")
I am most dangerous in the kitchen when I am bored. :upside\_down\_face: I started out with carbonated Jell-O, where you use a soda(instead of cold water) that you think might go with whatever flavor you have on hand. Th… --- ## [JD Crowe and the New South bluegrass (country?) album](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jd-crowe-and-the-new-south-bluegrass-country-album/917572)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jd-crowe-and-the-new-south-bluegrass-country-album/917572 "2020-08-09T01:57:29Z")
I usually listent to rock and blues, but often I get into a country/bluegrass mood and I always come back to this album. Just curious, I looked it up on Wiki, all it said was it was a bluegrass album by banjo player JD… --- ## [Red Chile Poutine Recipe Needed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-chile-poutine-recipe-needed/917543)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2020, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-chile-poutine-recipe-needed/917543 "2020-08-09T01:48:44Z")
I went to the store yesterday and they had green chile cheese curds on sale. So I bought some. I have never eaten a cheese curd and I didn’t even know they made green chile cheese curds. What do you make with cheese c… --- ## [Most Suspenseful Opening Scenes in Movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-suspenseful-opening-scenes-in-movies/915954)
**Author:** [@TitsMcGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TitsMcGee)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-suspenseful-opening-scenes-in-movies/915954 "2020-08-08T23:46:45Z")
I was tooling around on Twitter this morning and found a reference to Inglourious Basterds’ opening scene. It had been a while since I had re-watched it so I just jumped on You Tube and found it. Even after having seen t… --- ## [American Bridge puts entire 1,043 page Trump opposition book online; free for everyone!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-bridge-puts-entire-1-043-page-trump-opposition-book-online-free-for-everyone/917613)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2020, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-bridge-puts-entire-1-043-page-trump-opposition-book-online-free-for-everyone/917613 "2020-08-08T23:00:11Z")
Story here: And here’s the direct link to the book, in online pseudo-pdf form: It begins: I think this is big news (the document; not the fact that Trump is a failure). --- ## [Friend Group Dilemma: A good problem to have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-group-dilemma-a-good-problem-to-have/917534)
**Author:** [@sta3535](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sta3535)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2020, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friend-group-dilemma-a-good-problem-to-have/917534 "2020-08-08T22:47:53Z")
Background: I’m currently apart of a few friend groups that I’ve made over the course of my collegiate career. Because of this, I’m asking for some advice on making the right choice in this particular situation. (To exp… --- ## [News website Wonkette.com](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-website-wonkette-com/917018)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2020, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-website-wonkette-com/917018 "2020-08-08T22:26:11Z")
Not sure if this should be in CS, as it’s media. But not art or literature, so… I stumbled across this super-lefty news website It’s female-run, ad-free, reader-funded, and spectacularly irreverent. Their editorial me… --- ## [10 times as many cases as reported, is this accurate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-times-as-many-cases-as-reported-is-this-accurate/917002)
**Author:** [@Monocracy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monocracy)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-times-as-many-cases-as-reported-is-this-accurate/917002 "2020-08-08T22:17:31Z")
On June 25th, CDC Director Robert Redfield announced that the actual number of cases in the U.S. is ten times greater than the reported cases, by their best estimation. This information was based on results from antibod… --- ## [Craftsman tool warranty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craftsman-tool-warranty/917544)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2020, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craftsman-tool-warranty/917544 "2020-08-08T22:06:45Z")
My Craftsman 1/2" torque wrench made a big “pop” and no longer measures torque. After only 40 years. Unfortunately the last Sears store in Ohio, my local Sears, closed last week. Crap. I searched online and it seems Low… --- ## [Are some people inherently impervious to Covid?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-people-inherently-impervious-to-covid/853804)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2020, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-some-people-inherently-impervious-to-covid/853804 "2020-08-08T20:57:05Z")
That has been my assumption, which is based on two things. I know a lot of people who have had intense and prolonged exposure to infected people, with no distancing whatsoever, without getting infected themselves. In … --- ## [Non-autotuned singers that really could have used it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-autotuned-singers-that-really-could-have-used-it/913274)
**Author:** [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-autotuned-singers-that-really-could-have-used-it/913274 "2020-08-08T20:41:37Z")
This really isn’t about whether autotune is good or bad, just kind of a fun thread about singers singing a bit off key, maybe in just in specific parts in specific songs. I’ll go. Eddie Money in just about anything. Ta… --- ## [Can a younger person on SSI go RVing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-younger-person-on-ssi-go-rving/916940)
**Author:** [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2020, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-younger-person-on-ssi-go-rving/916940 "2020-08-08T19:47:23Z")
Can a younger person on SSI have a RV as their primary vehicle & residence, travel around, but still collect benefits? --- ## [Are there any prominent news portals with article comment sections anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-prominent-news-portals-with-article-comment-sections-anymore/917511)
**Author:** [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-prominent-news-portals-with-article-comment-sections-anymore/917511 "2020-08-08T18:53:13Z")
MSN used to have them. Gone now. Yahoo just got rid of theirs. Are there any more left that don’t have an obvious bent? --- ## [I Got a 1947 Nickel In My Change](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-1947-nickel-in-my-change/917393)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2020, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-1947-nickel-in-my-change/917393 "2020-08-08T16:21:49Z")
Yesterday in fact. So what should I do with it? Actually I have been getting a lot of old nickels in change lately. Typically from 1964 for some reason. But nickels from the 1950’s are not uncommon. I hold onto all of t… --- ## [A test thread. Who cares if the title has already been used?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-test-thread-who-cares-if-the-title-has-already-been-used/917361)
**Author:** [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-test-thread-who-cares-if-the-title-has-already-been-used/917361 "2020-08-08T15:41:40Z")
$3.50 The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. $42. $3.50 The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. $42. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. $600 million. --- ## [Who was Milton from Office Space Based On?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-milton-from-office-space-based-on/917456)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-milton-from-office-space-based-on/917456 "2020-08-08T14:29:45Z")
Years ago, I had rented a DVD set from the local library of some 50s variety show (could have been 40s or early 60s, I guess). One of the characters in the show was exactly like Milton from Office Space – mumbly voice, … --- ## [What happened to our trees?- Hurricane related](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-our-trees-hurricane-related/917589)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2020, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-our-trees-hurricane-related/917589 "2020-08-08T14:08:58Z")
Last weeks storm brought strong winds to coastal New Jersey. At this time of year the local maple trees would normally be lush green. Except for the leaves on the leeward side of the trees, they are wilted and brown. Som… --- ## [Trump Is The Real Victim](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-the-real-victim/914942)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2020, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-the-real-victim/914942 "2020-08-08T11:58:37Z")
https://www.thehour.com/news/article/Trump-the-victim-President-complains-in-private-15398859.php :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: :sob: … --- ## [Camper Van Off-Grid Power Source?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camper-van-off-grid-power-source/917364)
**Author:** [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2020, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/camper-van-off-grid-power-source/917364 "2020-08-08T11:20:04Z")
A friend wants to go boondocking off-grid in an old school 90’s camper van. What are the best choices for enough power to go safely off-grid, such as solar or huge battery bank, etc.? Do you have any recommedations on p… --- ## [Codewords with Toddlers (or anyone for that matter)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/codewords-with-toddlers-or-anyone-for-that-matter/917431)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2020, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/codewords-with-toddlers-or-anyone-for-that-matter/917431 "2020-08-08T09:04:40Z")
I made a run to the grocery store today, and as I left, my daughter asked me to get some “monkey fruit” - because if she says banana in front of her toddler and we don’t have one, things will get unpleasant. Do you or d… --- ## [Let's talk CCTV and security systems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-cctv-and-security-systems/370861)
**Author:** [@SweetHomeColorado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SweetHomeColorado)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2006, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-cctv-and-security-systems/370861 "2006-08-31T16:25:49Z")
Can someone give me a rundown on CCTV for dummies? Often times there are multiple cameras. They appear on one monitor, however. Is this a regular television with a type of adapter for the camera inputs or a special te… --- ## [Can I get an IT job at 58 with no experience?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-an-it-job-at-58-with-no-experience/917129)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2020, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-get-an-it-job-at-58-with-no-experience/917129 "2020-08-08T05:48:31Z")
So I just got laid off from my job as a Project Manager at a translation company , been doing it for almost 20 years. I have many contacts in this industry, nobody is hiring now and not for the foreseeable future. Well… --- ## [Ruined First Names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruined-first-names/917353)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2020, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ruined-first-names/917353 "2020-08-08T05:31:18Z")
There was a thread on Reddit about someone that was all happy about their new puppy. They named the puppy Lolita. Of course a discussion erupted about naming the dog Lolita. I couldn’t’ see all of the OP’s comments be… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1760) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1762)