# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1796 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1797 --- ## [So what's the economic plan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-economic-plan/914889)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-whats-the-economic-plan/914889 "2020-07-10T22:10:54Z")
United Airlines just announced thousands of prospective layoffs. I hear air travel is down 70%. Meanwhile, a family restaurant in our town just shut down after 45 years. People talk of a need for additional government… --- ## [SCOTUS rules that half of Oklahoma is Indian country](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-rules-that-half-of-oklahoma-is-indian-country/914848)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-rules-that-half-of-oklahoma-is-indian-country/914848 "2020-07-10T22:09:04Z")
The Supreme Court ruled today that state and county laws do not apply to members of the Creek Nation within the boundaries of the original Creek lands ceded to them when they were forced to move across the Mississippi Ri… --- ## [How does the original owner get clear title when a mortgage or loan is fraudulently obtained on their property?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-original-owner-get-clear-title-when-a-mortgage-or-loan-is-fraudulently-obtained-on-their-property/914790)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-the-original-owner-get-clear-title-when-a-mortgage-or-loan-is-fraudulently-obtained-on-their-property/914790 "2020-07-10T21:52:08Z")
It’s common for things like mortgages and home equity loans to be guaranteed by the underlying property they are written against. If you don’t make the payments, they foreclose and take the property away. But what happe… --- ## [Straight Dope gets a shout out in popculture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-gets-a-shout-out-in-popculture/854039)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/straight-dope-gets-a-shout-out-in-popculture/854039 "2020-07-10T21:51:04Z")
This one: \[Froot Loops Changed Toucan Sam, and Cereal Lovers Are Not Pleased\](Are the different colors of Froot Loops different flavors? - The Straight Dope \[URL="Froot Loops Changed Toucan Sam, and Cereal Lovers Are N… --- ## ["Floor is Lava" - am I being whooshed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floor-is-lava-am-i-being-whooshed/914655)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floor-is-lava-am-i-being-whooshed/914655 "2020-07-10T21:49:52Z")
So I idly clicked on “Floor is Lava” on Netflix, just to see what it was. For the first few minutes I was highly amused, thinking it was a hilarious spoof of those stupid game shows where people struggle through ridiculo… --- ## [Why shouldn't STEM be prioritized over humanities, etc?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-shouldnt-stem-be-prioritized-over-humanities-etc/914060)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-shouldnt-stem-be-prioritized-over-humanities-etc/914060 "2020-07-10T20:36:41Z")
In academia there is often a strong backlash to the idea that STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) is more valuable than humanities or liberal arts, with those who argue for STEM often accused of being cold or n… --- ## [Question about physician referrals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-physician-referrals/914850)
**Author:** [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-physician-referrals/914850 "2020-07-10T19:04:52Z")
I recently moved to a new city, by which I mean back to my old city of Roanoke, VA after a stint in the DC area. The day before I left, I went to my dentist for a final appointment. At the end of the appointment, she wan… --- ## [Poll: Will SCOTUS rule that Trump's tax returns must be released?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-will-scotus-rule-that-trumps-tax-returns-must-be-released/914780)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-will-scotus-rule-that-trumps-tax-returns-must-be-released/914780 "2020-07-10T18:32:33Z")
Supposedly the decision is to be announced tomorrow. Which do you believe? poll --- ## [Carl Reiner, 98, died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-reiner-98-died/913783)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carl-reiner-98-died/913783 "2020-07-10T18:20:43Z")
One of the big names in early television comedy. He will be missed. ~VOW --- ## [Trump support collapses in counties with COVID surges](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-support-collapses-in-counties-with-covid-surges/914610)
**Author:** [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-support-collapses-in-counties-with-covid-surges/914610 "2020-07-10T18:10:25Z")
It’s unfortunate that Americans don’t really start paying attention to politics until a disaster strikes them personally, but this is the way it’s been for a while. In any case, COVID appears to be changing the game. … --- ## [Apologies if Redundant; Graph of Raw Case Rates per State by Calendar Date](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apologies-if-redundant-graph-of-raw-case-rates-per-state-by-calendar-date/914915)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apologies-if-redundant-graph-of-raw-case-rates-per-state-by-calendar-date/914915 "2020-07-10T18:03:03Z")
I keep looking for the same kind of graph every day and only sometimes find one, and when I do it’s not one of the URLs that refreshes their data daily so it’s not useful to go back to. I want one that shows all the US … --- ## [SCOTUS Faithless Electors Decision](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-faithless-electors-decision/914507)
**Author:** [@whc.03grady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whc.03grady)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-faithless-electors-decision/914507 "2020-07-10T18:01:51Z")
So today’s SCOTUS decision allows states to punish electors who don’t follow that state’s laws about how they are supposed to vote, including laws saying they must vote for that state’s popular vote winner. Does this de… --- ## [Is there a way to get to the current end of a loooooong](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-get-to-the-current-end-of-a-loooooong/914876)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-get-to-the-current-end-of-a-loooooong/914876 "2020-07-10T17:27:04Z")
thread you’ve never read before? Someone mentioned the “Butt hurt Trump takes to twitter” thread, and I though I’d check it out. But it opens at post one, from 2016, and after nearly five minutes of scrolling down (not… --- ## [Does anyone ever thrive on those survival shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-ever-thrive-on-those-survival-shows/914878)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-ever-thrive-on-those-survival-shows/914878 "2020-07-10T17:02:43Z")
I like to watch survival shows, but what normally happens is a person will go out in the wilderness. They will starve, be dehydrated, get severely sunburnt, be eaten alive by insects and then they count down the days unt… --- ## [Protesters pulling people from cars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protesters-pulling-people-from-cars/914880)
**Author:** [@Uncrph90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncrph90)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protesters-pulling-people-from-cars/914880 "2020-07-10T16:59:45Z")
I have seen/read news reports of recent protests that have involved drivers and/or passengers in cars being pulled out of the vehicle and beaten. Absolutely no justification for that action and I condemn it. (Assuming th… --- ## [What’s the least popular spirit in your favorite bar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-least-popular-spirit-in-your-favorite-bar/914416)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-least-popular-spirit-in-your-favorite-bar/914416 "2020-07-10T16:57:27Z")
I’d have to say rum at both my favorite bar now (that I occasionally help out at) and the one I worked at during and post college. Captain and Coke wound get an occasional order but aside from that, it was a pretty rare … --- ## [Now Dats A Spicey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-dats-a-spicey/914800)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-dats-a-spicey/914800 "2020-07-10T16:55:58Z")
Cheese? I was given a bottle of Italian wine today, Bacche Bianche from Luciano Bessich, and on the label, it is recommended to be served with “sweet cakes, chocolates or spice cheeses” What is a spice cheese? Would I… --- ## [Roy Moore vs Sacha Baron Cohen (legal issues)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-moore-vs-sacha-baron-cohen-legal-issues/914951)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-moore-vs-sacha-baron-cohen-legal-issues/914951 "2020-07-10T16:23:26Z")
Leaving aside opinions about these people (especially Moore), I’m curious as to what seem, at this point at least, to be the key legal issues in Moore’s lawsuit. Moore signed a waiver before appearing on the show. Moo… --- ## [Steam Summer Sale!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-summer-sale/913063)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-summer-sale/913063 "2020-07-10T14:03:26Z")
The Summer Sale is on right now, for the next two weeks. I’m not really looking for anything, but I’m doing a lot of browsing. Recently bought Red Dead Redemption II and have just been sitting on it. A couple of weeks… --- ## [Vegans and naturally-shed animal products](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegans-and-naturally-shed-animal-products/844060)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegans-and-naturally-shed-animal-products/844060 "2020-07-10T13:50:02Z")
I was out in the woods the other day hoping to find a deer antler to use in a craft project and I got to idly wondering… what do vegans think of use of products that are of animal origin, but that are naturally shed or d… --- ## [Do individuals on other social animal species ever go rogue and attack others](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-individuals-on-other-social-animal-species-ever-go-rogue-and-attack-others/914857)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-individuals-on-other-social-animal-species-ever-go-rogue-and-attack-others/914857 "2020-07-10T11:53:14Z")
In humans it happens where individuals will snap and attack other members of their social tribe Does this happen on social insects like wasps or bees, or on other social mammal species where one individual does the equi… --- ## [Would this parking scam work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-parking-scam-work/913693)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-this-parking-scam-work/913693 "2020-07-10T11:17:41Z")
I saw this trick mentioned in a video. It seems plausible. It also doesn’t seem to be illegal even if it is something of a scam. Let’s say you’re planning on driving your personal car to some major city for a day of sho… --- ## [Elderkaren?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elderkaren/914433)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elderkaren/914433 "2020-07-10T10:22:03Z")
Is Elderkaren a word. If not, it should be. I think I encountered one at the park today. --- ## [Leg/Chest Nerve Interaction...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leg-chest-nerve-interaction/302231)
**Author:** [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leg-chest-nerve-interaction/302231 "2020-07-10T10:10:38Z")
I can’t think of a better title, sorry. A couple of weeks ago, I was getting a pedicure, which involved an exfoliating scrub of my calves. As soon as she started scrubbing my right calf, I felt a sharp pain just below … --- ## [Love the new board and a suggestion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-new-board-and-a-suggestion/914621)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-the-new-board-and-a-suggestion/914621 "2020-07-10T03:22:45Z")
Love the new SDMB - searching is faster, formatting is easier, quoting is easier, smilies are easier, no more typing a post and then it disappears. Thank you everyone for making this possible. Suggestion : Is it possibl… --- ## ["Last visit" red line gone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-visit-red-line-gone/914833)
**Author:** [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-visit-red-line-gone/914833 "2020-07-10T03:22:08Z")
You that red line on the new board that shows new or updated posts since you were there? Not working for me now since I think yesterday. Anybody else experiencing this? --- ## [If a real estate property has two owners (50/50) can one of them sell their half interest to a third party?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-real-estate-property-has-two-owners-50-50-can-one-of-them-sell-their-half-interest-to-a-third-party/914851)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-real-estate-property-has-two-owners-50-50-can-one-of-them-sell-their-half-interest-to-a-third-party/914851 "2020-07-10T03:05:00Z")
If a real estate property has two owners (50/50) can one of them sell their half interest to a third party? I recognize that the answer may differ by jurisdiction (I am in Ontario), but wonder if there is any general pr… --- ## [Anyone watching Christopher Kimball's "Milk Street"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-christopher-kimballs-milk-street/830403)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-christopher-kimballs-milk-street/830403 "2020-07-10T02:17:50Z")
I’m a big fan of Cook’s Country & America’s Test Kitchen. I’ve watched the episodes over and over, I have many of their cookbooks, and I appreciate their product reviews (both foods and tools/appliances). I liked the sho… --- ## [Gary Larson - He's back!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-larson-hes-back/914896)
**Author:** [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gary-larson-hes-back/914896 "2020-07-10T02:04:26Z")
Website: https://www.thefarside.com/ --- ## [How to restore the size of the chat box on IceChat IRC to normal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-restore-the-size-of-the-chat-box-on-icechat-irc-to-normal/914890)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2020, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-restore-the-size-of-the-chat-box-on-icechat-irc-to-normal/914890 "2020-07-10T00:11:52Z")
I have a friend, named Farvel, who has accidentally made his chat box on IRC’s IceChat much larger than he needs it. How does he restore it to its regular size? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1795) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1797)