# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1804 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1805 --- ## [Rats, another setback for homeopathy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-another-setback-for-homeopathy/913955)
**Author:** [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2020, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rats-another-setback-for-homeopathy/913955 "2020-07-05T00:28:53Z")
It may not be as big news as the recent Covid-19 paper retractions, but a published “research” article claiming effectiveness of a homeopathic penis enlargement drug (in rodents, anyway) has bit the dust. Cue “In Rus… --- ## [Ross MacDonald's Lew Archer detective stories](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ross-macdonalds-lew-archer-detective-stories/914325)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2020, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ross-macdonalds-lew-archer-detective-stories/914325 "2020-07-05T00:07:30Z")
Since I just got a new Kindle, and since when you highlight text on the Kindle it is uploaded to the Kindle page, and since I am now reading Ross McDonald’s The Complete Lew Archer Detective stories, a few quotes- Her e… --- ## [2009 Tariffs on China Tires and effect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2009-tariffs-on-china-tires-and-effect/914331)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2009-tariffs-on-china-tires-and-effect/914331 "2020-07-04T23:30:30Z")
This question is strictly on passenger car tires. I understand that there are other tires that are imported from China like farm tires and off road tires, but would like to keep that market away from this discussion to n… --- ## [COVID-19 Cases, Deaths, and Recoveries](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-cases-deaths-and-recoveries/913847)
**Author:** [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-19-cases-deaths-and-recoveries/913847 "2020-07-04T23:07:26Z")
Just a quick question, as I have not been following this story that closely lately. Yesterday on FOX, I saw the usual list of total cases and deaths in the US, but also a piece of data that I don’t recall seeing anywhere… --- ## [love scenes in movies (or real life)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-scenes-in-movies-or-real-life/852109)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/love-scenes-in-movies-or-real-life/852109 "2020-07-04T22:38:06Z")
We’ve seen it many times. They start kissing, and then start to rip each other’s clothes off as fast as they can, and end up totally naked in about 30 seconds, including the man’s socks. Never happened to me. A couple o… --- ## [Pronouncing "MacArthur" as "MacGarthur"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronouncing-macarthur-as-macgarthur/855726)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronouncing-macarthur-as-macgarthur/855726 "2020-07-04T21:39:42Z")
Setting aside his hesitant gait down the ramp at West Point for a moment, Trump has also been mocked for how he said “MacArthur.” That seems like a stretch to me. Couldn’t it just be a regionalism? Like the way some peo… --- ## [Help moving from iPhone to Android](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-moving-from-iphone-to-android/914313)
**Author:** [@Mr.Baggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Baggins)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-moving-from-iphone-to-android/914313 "2020-07-04T21:03:08Z")
My wife’s work phone has been renewed, but they changed it from an iPhone (8, i think) to a Samsung S10+. The new phone has a helpful transfer app to move her data, but it doesn’t seem to include her whatsapp chats . She… --- ## [Whats a Favorite Non-Hit Song From Any Musician You Like](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-favorite-non-hit-song-from-any-musician-you-like/855922 "2020-07-04T20:53:46Z")
Ill start with 14 Years from Guns and Roses May we please limit posts to two or three songs so others can post their favs? --- ## [Any WWE Network subscribers know how to get rid of the banner at the top while watching videos?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-network-subscribers-know-how-to-get-rid-of-the-banner-at-the-top-while-watching-videos/914235)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-wwe-network-subscribers-know-how-to-get-rid-of-the-banner-at-the-top-while-watching-videos/914235 "2020-07-04T20:45:48Z")
I’m talking about the one that says “Featured, RAW, SmackDown, PPV”, etc. I was able to minimize it with a button-push so that I could use most of the screen to watch my videos without having to go into absolutely full-… --- ## [New - Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-latest/913833)
**Author:** [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-latest/913833 "2020-07-04T20:14:13Z")
I have a feeling this might be a stupid question, but I’ve been trying to figure it out and I’m coming up snake eyes. What is the difference between New Posts and Latest Posts? --- ## [Rand Paul Introduces Bill To Abolish “Nonjudicial” Civil Forfeiture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-paul-introduces-bill-to-abolish-nonjudicial-civil-forfeiture/914016)
**Author:** [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rand-paul-introduces-bill-to-abolish-nonjudicial-civil-forfeiture/914016 "2020-07-04T20:12:38Z")
Is there enough voter anger and disgust to actually push it through? Forbes Amid the surge of interest in police reform following the killing of George Floyd, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) reintroduced the Fifth Amendment Int… --- ## [Is the GOP actually screwed up enough to get behind Tucker Carlson?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-gop-actually-screwed-up-enough-to-get-behind-tucker-carlson/914150)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-gop-actually-screwed-up-enough-to-get-behind-tucker-carlson/914150 "2020-07-04T20:07:42Z")
Apparently the idea is being tested by a few Republican strategists: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/tucker-carlson-in-2024-republicans-see-a-frontrunner/ar-BB16gXUX?ocid=msedgntp “Equally thoughtless, self ser… --- ## [I just downloaded my entire posting history. Thanks!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-downloaded-my-entire-posting-history-thanks/914296)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-downloaded-my-entire-posting-history-thanks/914296 "2020-07-04T20:03:00Z")
Click on my name, click on ‘Activity’, click on ‘Download All’: You get a message saying the package will be prepared… took a minute or so… then you download a .zip file containing 2… --- ## [Russia secretly offered bounties to kill US Soldiers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-secretly-offered-bounties-to-kill-us-soldiers/913291)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-secretly-offered-bounties-to-kill-us-soldiers/913291 "2020-07-04T19:54:40Z")
https://www.startribune.com/russia-secretly-offered-taliban-bounties-to-kill-u-s-troops-new-york-times-reports/571512072/ The intelligence finding was briefed to President Donald Trump, and the White House’s National Se… --- ## [Aren't "Tiny Homes" upscale "Mobile Homes"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arent-tiny-homes-upscale-mobile-homes/913659)
**Author:** [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/arent-tiny-homes-upscale-mobile-homes/913659 "2020-07-04T19:11:35Z")
I get that mobile homes have a bad reputation as being where ‘trailer trash’ live and so people want to avoid the term. But don’t most “Tiny Homes” fit the category? Many of them are actually on wheels, and many others a… --- ## [Does the Microsoft Wireless Keyboard 2000 have a power button?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-microsoft-wireless-keyboard-2000-have-a-power-button/914093)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-microsoft-wireless-keyboard-2000-have-a-power-button/914093 "2020-07-04T17:48:54Z")
Or do you have to take the batteries out to turn it off? --- ## [Flagged post removed by staff?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flagged-post-removed-by-staff/913991)
**Author:** [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flagged-post-removed-by-staff/913991 "2020-07-04T17:23:59Z")
I have a message in my inbox stating “Flagged post removed by staff” I don’t recall posting anything THAT offensive and of course the post is now gone so I can’t see it. And while we’re at it, if I did get a warning how… --- ## [The Zod Squad in Superman 1978](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-zod-squad-in-superman-1978/913076)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-zod-squad-in-superman-1978/913076 "2020-07-04T17:19:48Z")
Were they already planning a Superman II with Zod while filming Superman and this was foreshadowing, or was that just a scene in the first movie that was a convenient jumping off point for the later plotted sequel? On th… --- ## [Remember G.E. Smith from SNL?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-g-e-smith-from-snl/914244)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/remember-g-e-smith-from-snl/914244 "2020-07-04T16:31:56Z")
G.E. plays Mike Bloomfield’s Telecaster. --- ## [Iranian factory makes U.S. and Israeli flags for the specific purpose of being burned](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iranian-factory-makes-u-s-and-israeli-flags-for-the-specific-purpose-of-being-burned/847269)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iranian-factory-makes-u-s-and-israeli-flags-for-the-specific-purpose-of-being-burned/847269 "2020-07-04T16:25:28Z")
Where there is demand, there shall be supply to meet it. --- ## [Little Mermaid statue vandalized](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-mermaid-statue-vandalized/914177)
**Author:** [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-mermaid-statue-vandalized/914177 "2020-07-04T16:13:23Z")
Someone spray-painted “racist fish” on the pedestal of the Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen. Is “fish” considered a slur by the Merfolk community? --- ## [Microsoft will ban Forza players who add the confederate flag (among other symbols) to their digital cars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-will-ban-forza-players-who-add-the-confederate-flag-among-other-symbols-to-their-digital-cars/914109)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-will-ban-forza-players-who-add-the-confederate-flag-among-other-symbols-to-their-digital-cars/914109 "2020-07-04T16:11:12Z")
Title kinda says it all. Here is the article I read about it. Other symbols are included as well including (but not limited to): Swastikas Confederate Flag SS-runes Wolfsangel Black Sun Arrow Cross Iron Cross (with c… --- ## [Chronos and Betting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chronos-and-betting/912992)
**Author:** [@Hellestal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hellestal)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chronos-and-betting/912992 "2020-07-04T16:00:57Z")
This post: Since when is betting not allowed? I seem to have missed it. I didn’t always agree with Bricker, but he was dead right about this when he was a regular poster. His observation goes back at least to Kant: … --- ## [I like inline pictures but](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-inline-pictures-but/914229)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-inline-pictures-but/914229 "2020-07-04T14:49:55Z")
I think the ability to include pictures in posts via the “one box” feature is great, but it needs to be respected. I think we should be moderating (both officially and by peer pressure) posts that have a picture and no o… --- ## [We need a catchy name to call the migration](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-catchy-name-to-call-the-migration/911075)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-catchy-name-to-call-the-migration/911075 "2020-07-04T14:44:36Z")
Hopefully something that will rival “The Winter of Our Missed Content.” --- ## [Adam Savage of Mythbusters Accused of Rape and Incest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adam-savage-of-mythbusters-accused-of-rape-and-incest/913846)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 113\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adam-savage-of-mythbusters-accused-of-rape-and-incest/913846 "2020-07-04T14:21:22Z")
Holy shit. How horrible is this. If guilty he deserves the death penalty but life without parole would suffice. --- ## [Crazy idea/prediction: major American sports played overseas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-idea-prediction-major-american-sports-played-overseas/913972)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crazy-idea-prediction-major-american-sports-played-overseas/913972 "2020-07-04T14:03:34Z")
I started with the NFL, and the following thoughts: Football makes (to use a technical term) metric assloads of money each season that the league (including the players, which is important) don’t want to miss out on. T… --- ## [Condolences & Flowers to TubaDiva's Family](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/condolences-flowers-to-tubadivas-family/914141)
**Author:** [@Dr.Crap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Crap)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/condolences-flowers-to-tubadivas-family/914141 "2020-07-04T13:39:08Z")
You can send your condolences and flowers to Jenny’s family via this link. --- ## [Last week, I brought 409 visitors to the SDMB from 1 tweet.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-week-i-brought-409-visitors-to-the-sdmb-from-1-tweet/848704)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-week-i-brought-409-visitors-to-the-sdmb-from-1-tweet/848704 "2020-07-04T12:40:41Z")
This tweet: https://twitter.com/JohnT15/status/1231200601930895361?s=19 … has 409 link clicks to this thread: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=856350 Question: Can this be corroborated in any wa… --- ## [Who or what is adopilot@gmail(dot)com linked from the homepage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-or-what-is-adopilot-gmail-dot-com-linked-from-the-homepage/912216)
**Author:** [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2020, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-or-what-is-adopilot-gmail-dot-com-linked-from-the-homepage/912216 "2020-07-04T10:59:04Z")
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