# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1763 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1764 --- ## [Dirty Harry - I gots to know](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirty-harry-i-gots-to-know/917346)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2020, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirty-harry-i-gots-to-know/917346 "2020-08-07T01:46:11Z")
In the beginning of the movie Dirty Harry, Inspector Callahan asks the not yet completely disarmed bank robber whether or not he has fired five shots or six. Notice that the hammer on Callahan’s revolver is pulled back.… --- ## [Hosting my book club on Zoom next month - my First Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hosting-my-book-club-on-zoom-next-month-my-first-time/917415)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hosting-my-book-club-on-zoom-next-month-my-first-time/917415 "2020-08-06T23:44:33Z")
I’ve attended zoom functions quite a bit. I have the app and even have a boatload of virtual backgrounds at the ready. Next month is my annual turn to host my book club of 10 members. (I guess this means I get to eat all… --- ## [Trump calls for delaying the election](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-calls-for-delaying-the-election/916829)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-calls-for-delaying-the-election/916829 "2020-08-06T23:22:57Z")
The moment some of us have been predicting has arrived. Trump took to Twitter today and suggested the election be delayed. His primary reason is his belief that voting by mail will lead to a fraudulent election. https… --- ## [Sara by Bob Dylan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sara-by-bob-dylan/917124)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sara-by-bob-dylan/917124 "2020-08-06T23:17:18Z")
I had a Sara, though her name was Susan. She died. The greatest love song ever written. Number 2, I nominate, “She’s So Beautiful” by Joe Cocker. The first song is complex, the second utter simplicity. … --- ## [The Portland Black Bag Thread--Temporarily Closed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-portland-black-bag-thread-temporarily-closed/916515)
**Author:** [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-portland-black-bag-thread-temporarily-closed/916515 "2020-08-06T21:46:34Z")
So let me get this straight–there’s no mod note in the thread indicating it was actually closed by a mod, the site says it’s been closed due to too many flagged posts. Are we to infer then that a really determined set of… --- ## [I need a course in music theory as it relates to pop music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-course-in-music-theory-as-it-relates-to-pop-music/322964)
**Author:** [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-course-in-music-theory-as-it-relates-to-pop-music/322964 "2020-08-06T21:38:33Z")
I played in the orchestra in high school and took several music theory courses in college, so I’m not looking for a basic course in music theory - please no “This is teh treble clef!!!1” or Music Theory for imbeciles-sty… --- ## [Does rinsing fruits and vegetables really do anything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-rinsing-fruits-and-vegetables-really-do-anything/917337)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-rinsing-fruits-and-vegetables-really-do-anything/917337 "2020-08-06T20:54:33Z")
I always rinse celery because I can usually see some dirt on the stalks. However, I’m wondering if rinsing other fruits and vegetables really does anything. If dirt is not visible, I assume that some rinsing has alread… --- ## [Deutsche Bank has given NY prosecutors Trump financial info](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deutsche-bank-has-given-ny-prosecutors-trump-financial-info/917373)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deutsche-bank-has-given-ny-prosecutors-trump-financial-info/917373 "2020-08-06T20:15:12Z")
Guess this flew under the radar --- ## [Name for this logical fallacy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-this-logical-fallacy/917120)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-this-logical-fallacy/917120 "2020-08-06T19:19:13Z")
Is there a name, preferably an “ad Latin” name, for this fallacy: The anarchist Peter Kropotkin differed with many anarchists over World War I, arguing that German militarism posed such a grave threat that anarchists sh… --- ## [Is this an OK email to send to my team lead at work or should I revise it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-ok-email-to-send-to-my-team-lead-at-work-or-should-i-revise-it/913475)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-an-ok-email-to-send-to-my-team-lead-at-work-or-should-i-revise-it/913475 "2020-08-06T18:29:17Z")
I am a project manager at a translation company in the health care industry. In May I delivered a pdf of a brochure we had translated. We do that, and then when the pdf is approved, we send the full typeset package with… --- ## [Testing video links](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-video-links/917433)
**Author:** [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-video-links/917433 "2020-08-06T18:20:35Z")
It seems to me that I have embedded a video in a post before but I don’t remember how to do it so this is for practice. Also, I want to see if I can replicate the empty post I just made in CS. --- ## [Protestor shot, killed in Austin Texas tonight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protestor-shot-killed-in-austin-texas-tonight/916366)
**Author:** [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protestor-shot-killed-in-austin-texas-tonight/916366 "2020-08-06T18:03:00Z")
There’s scant information available. Shots were fired during a protest in Austin, Texas, and someone has died. There’s a video at the link, but it’s not at all clear what happened. --- ## [Seller cancels paid eBay order because they sold it offline](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seller-cancels-paid-ebay-order-because-they-sold-it-offline/917340)
**Author:** [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seller-cancels-paid-ebay-order-because-they-sold-it-offline/917340 "2020-08-06T16:58:50Z")
The subject says it all. I found a couple of Buy It Now auctions yesterday for some rare items, purchased, and paid. Today the seller canceled the orders saying “out of stock / damaged” In further communication, the se… --- ## [Most Political Sporting Event/League](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-political-sporting-event-league/917378)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-political-sporting-event-league/917378 "2020-08-06T16:45:40Z")
People have used sports as escapism long before gladiator matches two thousand years ago. And politics has often played an outsize role - from Greek City states competing in the early Olympics or gladiator “bread and ci… --- ## [A.T.&T Fiber internet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-t-t-fiber-internet/916790)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-t-t-fiber-internet/916790 "2020-08-06T16:41:09Z")
We had A.T.&T. install their fiber internet in our house last week. When the technician left he made sure all our TV’s, Rokus, and computers were connected. He showed me how fast videos and such loaded. But now we noti… --- ## [Whither these Trump associates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whither-these-trump-associates/917425)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whither-these-trump-associates/917425 "2020-08-06T16:37:02Z")
I was thinking recently about people associated with Donald Trump who appear to have fallen off the radar. I’m sure there are hundreds, potentially, but here were just a few names I thought of: Carolyn Kepcher - she was… --- ## [Dictators are great for corona](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dictators-are-great-for-corona/917194)
**Author:** [@lazarus102](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lazarus102)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dictators-are-great-for-corona/917194 "2020-08-06T15:43:08Z")
Don’t get me wrong, I’d hate the idea of being in a country run by a power hungry micro-managing dictator 9.9 times outta 10, but during a viral outbreak, there’s no country I’d rather live in than North Korea. Sure, no … --- ## [Tom Cotton, you are a worthless sack of shit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cotton-you-are-a-worthless-sack-of-shit/916486)
**Author:** [@MN\_Maenad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MN_Maenad)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-cotton-you-are-a-worthless-sack-of-shit/916486 "2020-08-06T15:13:01Z")
Racist douchebag Tom Cotton calls slavery a “necessary evil”. Quote from the article that sums it up: “If chattel slavery – heritable, generational, permanent, race-based slavery where it was legal to rape, torture, and… --- ## [Credit Question (Should I cancel this credit card?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-question-should-i-cancel-this-credit-card/917035)
**Author:** [@Rucksinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rucksinator)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/credit-question-should-i-cancel-this-credit-card/917035 "2020-08-06T15:03:56Z")
I have two credit cards, each with ~$20,000 limit. One was only ever used when they offered to let me transfer the balance from another card for x months at 0% interest. The other gets used regularly. The one I used w… --- ## [I've had enough, E-nuff!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-had-enough-e-nuff/917281)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-had-enough-e-nuff/917281 "2020-08-06T14:57:41Z")
COVID (nobody sick, thank GAWD), Trump’s lies, stores not having the stuff I want, too much HEAT, nonstop bad news, avoiding “certain” topics of conversation, and the cherry on top: scrolling in SDMB. I’m cranky. I migh… --- ## [To what extent can/should people be expected to "live by future judgment?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-extent-can-should-people-be-expected-to-live-by-future-judgment/915718)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-what-extent-can-should-people-be-expected-to-live-by-future-judgment/915718 "2020-08-06T13:21:59Z")
A considerable amount of the judging these days has been of people from past eras being assessed by the culture of today - for instance, the Boeing executive who resigned over an article he wrote 33 years ago. Without f… --- ## [Moving out of my apartment, what can they deduct from my deposit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-out-of-my-apartment-what-can-they-deduct-from-my-deposit/917134)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-out-of-my-apartment-what-can-they-deduct-from-my-deposit/917134 "2020-08-06T10:32:55Z")
Moving out end of month. I have 7 places where I have driven nails in the wall to hang pictures. I thought I would get a small can of spackle and spackle over. Do I need to? There are 8 place on the hardwood floor where… --- ## [Did you ever skip a grade (1st-11th)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-skip-a-grade-1st-11th/917219)
**Author:** [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-ever-skip-a-grade-1st-11th/917219 "2020-08-06T06:52:55Z")
When my brother was little New Hampshire had a program called Readiness, which was for six-year-olds that were not deemed mature enough for first grade. He had untreated ADHD of the hyperactive-impulsive sort, so that’s … --- ## [Sometimes karma is nice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-karma-is-nice/917384)
**Author:** [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-karma-is-nice/917384 "2020-08-06T04:42:00Z")
I have a $10 food gift card (Zippy’s for Hawaii locals) to one of the janitors at work today because I see her several times a day when happily and diligently cleaning the outside door handles of all the offices on my fl… --- ## [Highway skid marks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highway-skid-marks/917175)
**Author:** [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/highway-skid-marks/917175 "2020-08-06T04:28:08Z")
I was driving on the highway yesterday and passed a set of skid marks, diagonal to the traffic lanes and ending at the median barrier. So I was imagining the incident during which the driver had to slam on his brakes and… --- ## [Let's discuss under-the-radar streaming channel movies we've watched recently](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-discuss-under-the-radar-streaming-channel-movies-weve-watched-recently/914943)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-discuss-under-the-radar-streaming-channel-movies-weve-watched-recently/914943 "2020-08-06T03:04:43Z")
So my wife and I have run out of series to binge for the moment, and have been finding some slightly offbeat, under-the-radar movies on the streaming channels, some of which have been pleasant surprises. I’ll give a litt… --- ## [What is the name of these scientific devices?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-these-scientific-devices/914238)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-these-scientific-devices/914238 "2020-08-06T02:25:25Z")
Watch any TV story or documentary that deals with medical research or testing and you are bound to see a shot of a set of identical nipples dispensing some liquid into a set of receptacles (e.g., 3rd segment of 60 minute… --- ## [What happened to the "new posts" red line?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-new-posts-red-line/914822)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-new-posts-red-line/914822 "2020-08-06T02:07:23Z")
Not there this morning-now I have to manually check the time since last post column on the far right. --- ## [The moment BBC Bureau is hit by Beruit Explosion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moment-bbc-bureau-is-hit-by-beruit-explosion/917347)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-moment-bbc-bureau-is-hit-by-beruit-explosion/917347 "2020-08-06T01:44:32Z")
AKA The zoom call from hell. :astonished: The stunned reaction of the guy being interviewed says it all. WTF am I seeing? Thankfully no one at the BBC was badly injured. I suspect some underwater got soiled. I know mi… --- ## [The Continuing adventures of Kai and Jam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continuing-adventures-of-kai-and-jam/917278)
**Author:** [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2020, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-continuing-adventures-of-kai-and-jam/917278 "2020-08-06T01:10:25Z")
So we adopted two cats a little while ago,( thread here) and the adjustments and training of the new staff has been quite exasperating for them. Week 1: Discovered that the box spring makes an excellent sleeping area. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1762) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1764)