# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1797 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1798 --- ## [Are Blu-Ray players any faster than they used to be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-blu-ray-players-any-faster-than-they-used-to-be/914846)
**Author:** [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-blu-ray-players-any-faster-than-they-used-to-be/914846 "2020-07-09T23:23:52Z")
Threw a Blu-Ray disc into my old Sony BDP-S580 player (8 or 9 years old) and was reminded about what I hated about Blu-Ray - it takes forever for the disc to be ready to play. Are newer Blu-Ray players any faster or is t… --- ## [Should this Seattle city councilwoman be expelled?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-this-seattle-city-councilwoman-be-expelled/913929)
**Author:** [@urbanredneck2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urbanredneck2)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-this-seattle-city-councilwoman-be-expelled/913929 "2020-07-09T23:11:57Z")
In Seattle the mayor is asking for an investigation and possible expulsion of a socialist city council person for her actions. These including inciting riots and leading a protest in front of the mayors home. \[Link from… --- ## [How many people are you willing to kill so you don't have to wear a mask?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-you-willing-to-kill-so-you-dont-have-to-wear-a-mask/913310)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-are-you-willing-to-kill-so-you-dont-have-to-wear-a-mask/913310 "2020-07-09T22:56:19Z")
Apparently it is a significant “right” to some people that they not be required to wear a mask. They feel that wearing a mask is a form of oppression, that it impinges on their freedom. Do those people feel the same wa… --- ## [Help - looking for a bread recipe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-looking-for-a-bread-recipe/914861)
**Author:** [@jonesj2205](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jonesj2205)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-looking-for-a-bread-recipe/914861 "2020-07-09T22:52:18Z")
My mother in law remembers in the Troy NY area having a bread from Dufort bakery in the 50s. It was sweet a white bread baked in a can but there was no molasses in it (that seems to be the favorite way to make similar b… --- ## [I'm Confused About Lamp Bases and Lamp Bulb Types](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confused-about-lamp-bases-and-lamp-bulb-types/914665)
**Author:** [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-confused-about-lamp-bases-and-lamp-bulb-types/914665 "2020-07-09T22:48:06Z")
(I usually would say “light bulbs” instead of “lamps” but I need to differentiate the device as a whol from the device’s actual glass bulb.) I just spent 20 minutes on Google trying to figure this out. It looks like I d… --- ## [Duck Fat Needs a Name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duck-fat-needs-a-name/914716)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duck-fat-needs-a-name/914716 "2020-07-09T22:08:46Z")
Ya got yer butter, lard, ghee, shortening … then along comes “duck fat” like an unloved stepchild with no endearing nickname. It squats in the middle of fancy menus with their frou-frou descriptions, bereft of any Franco… --- ## [Music trivia question (heard on a Crap from the Past episode)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-trivia-question-heard-on-a-crap-from-the-past-episode/913803)
**Author:** [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-trivia-question-heard-on-a-crap-from-the-past-episode/913803 "2020-07-09T21:45:35Z")
I listen to the weekly radio program Crap from the Past hosted by Ron “Boogiemonster” Gerber from a community radio station in Minneapolis. On the June 19 episode, he played 25 songs, and at the end of the episode, aske… --- ## ["The Great American Comeback", a New Trump Ad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-american-comeback-a-new-trump-ad/914823)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-american-comeback-a-new-trump-ad/914823 "2020-07-09T20:24:19Z")
I just saw a new reelection ad for Trump that was hawking the phrase “The Great American Comeback”. Doesn’t that phrase tacitly admit that Trump has already jammed the country down the shitter? I mean, if we need a com… --- ## [Ghana invites Black Americans to "come home"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghana-invites-black-americans-to-come-home/914279)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghana-invites-black-americans-to-come-home/914279 "2020-07-09T20:17:28Z")
The government has negotiated with local chiefs to earmark 500 acres of land near the nation’s center for newcomers, carving out enough space for about 1,500 families. Survey and registration fees are waived for membe… --- ## [Potato juice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-juice/914847)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-juice/914847 "2020-07-09T20:03:02Z")
Frank Sinatra’s Coffee Song just popped up on the ol’ iPod. No tea or tomato juice, You’ll see no potato juice I thought he sang ‘potato juice’ because it rhymed with tomato juice. Turns out it’s a thing. Who knew… --- ## [What is your favorite "Christmas in July" movie - That's not a Christmas movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-christmas-in-july-movie-thats-not-a-christmas-movie/914858)
**Author:** [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-christmas-in-july-movie-thats-not-a-christmas-movie/914858 "2020-07-09T20:03:00Z")
July 25th will be upon us soon and the local “movie” stations usually show the same Christmas-themed movies that they show in December. But do you have a favorite summer movie\* that is somehow LINKED to Christmas movie,… --- ## [Shepard Smith getting a new show on CNBC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepard-smith-getting-a-new-show-on-cnbc/914767)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepard-smith-getting-a-new-show-on-cnbc/914767 "2020-07-09T19:13:40Z")
Evening show that starts in the fall. I assume CNN offered him a job too. --- ## [Tell me about your experiences with home fireplaces](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-experiences-with-home-fireplaces/842588)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-your-experiences-with-home-fireplaces/842588 "2020-07-09T18:26:31Z")
My wife and I purchased a house earlier this year. This will be our first house (we previously owned a condo), and our first dwelling with a fireplace. Neither one of us have ever lived in a house with a fireplace. We… --- ## [Pistols at dawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pistols-at-dawn/913974)
**Author:** [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pistols-at-dawn/913974 "2020-07-09T18:26:30Z")
Anybody been, or know someone who was, on the field of honour? Academic duel? Or is that strictly for the history books and storybooks, not taken seriously for a couple of centuries? Things that don’t qualify: typical s… --- ## [The I Have No Idea of The Day, Date, or Month MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-have-no-idea-of-the-day-date-or-month-mmp/913629)
**Author:** [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Replies:** 271\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-i-have-no-idea-of-the-day-date-or-month-mmp/913629 "2020-07-09T18:18:15Z")
Good Mornin’ Y’all! Up and caffeinatin’. YAWN 'Tis 75 Amurrkin out and clear with a predicted high of 94 and somewhat N.O.S. for the day. Today I shall accomplish mowage of the back yahd. Also, we shall give da cave a s… --- ## [Removing (straight piping) a resonator on exhaust system](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-straight-piping-a-resonator-on-exhaust-system/914783)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/removing-straight-piping-a-resonator-on-exhaust-system/914783 "2020-07-09T18:11:53Z")
I broke off the pipe at the exit of the resonator. I just would like to straight pipe it as it is cheaper and I’m not sure if it really does anything. Want to know any of the negatives of doing this. The OEM design is… --- ## [What, if anything, is the opossum's closest relative?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-anything-is-the-opossums-closest-relative/914829)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-anything-is-the-opossums-closest-relative/914829 "2020-07-09T18:02:45Z")
How well do we know marsupial phylogeny? I’m guessing that there probably isn’t one most closest relatve, but some group of marsupials that have a common ancestor, similar to the horseshoe crab not being closely related… --- ## ["Seoul Mayor Found Dead After Daughter Reports Him Missing"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seoul-mayor-found-dead-after-daughter-reports-him-missing/914843)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seoul-mayor-found-dead-after-daughter-reports-him-missing/914843 "2020-07-09T17:59:41Z")
SEOUL, South Korea — The mayor of Seoul, South Korea, the country’s most powerful official after the president, was found dead by the police, hours after his daughter reported him missing, the authorities said Friday. … --- ## [Indoor visitor - fan or no fan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indoor-visitor-fan-or-no-fan/914761)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indoor-visitor-fan-or-no-fan/914761 "2020-07-09T17:52:50Z")
If you are visiting someone indoors w/ the AC on, does it provide extra protection or increase the risk to have ceiling or other fans going. I didn’t know if fans would disperse particulates, or increase the chances of … --- ## [Trump Loses In November - Then This Happens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-loses-in-november-then-this-happens/914569)
**Author:** [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-loses-in-november-then-this-happens/914569 "2020-07-09T17:30:56Z")
Sit down, buckle in, bring your seat up to its full upright position, with your tray table closed and locked. Now tightly squeeze your sphincter muscles and seriously consider this. Really! Donald trump is defeated at … --- ## [The Ins and Outs of Contact Tracing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ins-and-outs-of-contact-tracing/912714)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ins-and-outs-of-contact-tracing/912714 "2020-07-09T17:29:34Z")
There’s a disturbing article in the San Antonio paper this morning about how people are resisting contact tracing. When they do talk to people, the people can’t narrow down where they might have picked it up, because t… --- ## [Supreme Court upholds California's Covid-19 Restrictions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-upholds-californias-covid-19-restrictions/854741)
**Author:** [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-upholds-californias-covid-19-restrictions/854741 "2020-07-09T17:28:40Z")
In a very short opinion, Chief Justice Roberts concurred with the more “liberal” of the justices and upheld California’s Covid restrictions against a challenge under the Freedom Exercise Clause of the First Amendment. Ju… --- ## [History buffs and Jeremy Clarkson fans alike](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-buffs-and-jeremy-clarkson-fans-alike/914842)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-buffs-and-jeremy-clarkson-fans-alike/914842 "2020-07-09T17:10:13Z")
Jeremy Clarkson narrates two excellent BBC documentaries about WWII battles: One is about a little known (not at all known to me) 1942 battle of St. Nazaire by British Commandos to take out a German occupied naval stati… --- ## [How bad is chicago traffic in the lockdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-is-chicago-traffic-in-the-lockdown/914798)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-is-chicago-traffic-in-the-lockdown/914798 "2020-07-09T17:05:55Z")
I’m going to be traveling from Indianapolis to Wisconsin soon, either on a friday evening or a saturday morning. With the virus lockdown, I assume traffic isn’t as bad as normal. In the past I’ve taken the 94 into town … --- ## [Moderators, can we please have a change log?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-can-we-please-have-a-change-log/914840)
**Author:** [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moderators-can-we-please-have-a-change-log/914840 "2020-07-09T16:30:04Z")
Can we please have a change log for the board? This is a standard and useful feature for any software. We notice, and find out by trial and error, that changes are being made to the board, but we don’t know anything for… --- ## [New CDC School Reopening Guidelines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cdc-school-reopening-guidelines/914837)
**Author:** [@Turki-lurki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turki-lurki)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cdc-school-reopening-guidelines/914837 "2020-07-09T16:12:48Z")
When the weather National Weather Service tried to cover for tRump on the hurricane track, several scientists took a bad hit for ethics violations. They deserved it in my view. Now CDC is revising a guidance because tRum… --- ## [Ut-oh!! Now I'm alarmed...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ut-oh-now-im-alarmed/845694)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ut-oh-now-im-alarmed/845694 "2020-07-09T16:00:56Z")
HALT! Who goes there? (Add your alarming cry into the dark…) --- ## [Help me buy a bike rack](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-a-bike-rack/914738)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-buy-a-bike-rack/914738 "2020-07-09T15:32:40Z")
Hi everyone, so in great excitement I have booked a ferry to France, taking my own car and a couple of bikes. So the question of bike racks has arisen. I thought it would be a simple case of buying a rear mounted bike r… --- ## [Do you have a local equivalent of The Onion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-local-equivalent-of-the-onion/914355)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-local-equivalent-of-the-onion/914355 "2020-07-09T15:22:01Z")
Here in the Rochester area we have the Inner Loop Blog, a satirical fake news site about local affairs. I’m sure many of the jokes will not make sense to people outside of the region. But go check it out if you want to r… --- ## [Singers/bands that make you want to shove hot rusty screwdrivers into your ears](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-bands-that-make-you-want-to-shove-hot-rusty-screwdrivers-into-your-ears/913897)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2020, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-bands-that-make-you-want-to-shove-hot-rusty-screwdrivers-into-your-ears/913897 "2020-07-09T15:09:49Z")
Was driving around today, and a Fall Out Boy song came on. I immediately wanted to murder my ears, but I could neither change the channel (I promised my son we could listen to that Sirius station while we were driving ar… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1796) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1798)