# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1808 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1809 --- ## [What prominent Republicans are on record saying they are not voting for Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-prominent-republicans-are-on-record-saying-they-are-not-voting-for-trump/911071)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-prominent-republicans-are-on-record-saying-they-are-not-voting-for-trump/911071 "2020-07-01T15:45:36Z")
People I have heard saying they are not voting for Trump are: George W. Bush John Bolton I know there are many others. George Bush, Sr. was not going to and neither was Barbara Bush or John McCain. Who else has said … --- ## ["Reasonable accommodation" on rental application](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasonable-accommodation-on-rental-application/913713)
**Author:** [@a6ka97](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a6ka97)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reasonable-accommodation-on-rental-application/913713 "2020-07-01T15:37:37Z")
Can I ask if a rental applicant needs any accommodations for a physical disability? A fellow landlord was stuck building a ramp to the front door of his rental house because 1 month after the tenants moved in he was inf… --- ## [My cat is going to be famous!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-is-going-to-be-famous/913789)
**Author:** [@danascully](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danascully)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-cat-is-going-to-be-famous/913789 "2020-07-01T14:35:43Z")
Yesterday my cat had to see her vet, and the vet ended up making a video of how to pill a cat. And our cat Missy is the star! If I hadn’t seen how “tame” Missy was in the video, I’d never have believed it. She’s 17 year… --- ## [Pasta is a vegetable, potatoes are fruit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pasta-is-a-vegetable-potatoes-are-fruit/846970)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pasta-is-a-vegetable-potatoes-are-fruit/846970 "2020-07-01T14:22:15Z")
So now says the Trump administration. First it was Reagan: ketchup is a vegetable Now Trump: paste is a vegetable Because is obesity really that big of a problem? And they repealed Michelle’s noble work on her birthd… --- ## [In the year 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-year-2020/853607)
**Author:** [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-year-2020/853607 "2020-07-01T13:59:58Z")
In the year 2020 If man is still alive If woman can survive They may find --- ## [Testing New Password On My PC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-new-password-on-my-pc/913947)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2020, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-new-password-on-my-pc/913947 "2020-07-01T13:18:56Z")
Just testing my new password on my PC. (I will be turning it off shortly.) :slight\_smile: --- ## [Kicking soles of feet to stop nosebleeds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kicking-soles-of-feet-to-stop-nosebleeds/913901)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2020, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kicking-soles-of-feet-to-stop-nosebleeds/913901 "2020-07-01T12:45:58Z")
When I was in college, I had a classmate who was part Native American. One day I had a bad nosebleed, and he exclaimed, “Oh you have to try this, it’s a Native American remedy” and told me to lie down. He then began kick… --- ## [Will all the old-board links be re-directed to the new versions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-all-the-old-board-links-be-re-directed-to-the-new-versions/913523)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2020, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-all-the-old-board-links-be-re-directed-to-the-new-versions/913523 "2020-07-01T12:29:22Z")
Here is a link to an old thread of mine. Not an important one, but one I have not used on Discourse. I am in no huge rush, but will that link eventually re-direct to the Discourse version of it? Or are all those old lin… --- ## [How Is The Traffic Here After the New Layout?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-traffic-here-after-the-new-layout/913868)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2020, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-the-traffic-here-after-the-new-layout/913868 "2020-07-01T12:12:52Z")
If there are no statistics that are willing to be shared, maybe the more active and experienced dopers could answer this, or if they even notice a difference? --- ## [Explanation For 'Ghost' Phenomenon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explanation-for-ghost-phenomenon/912396)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2020, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explanation-for-ghost-phenomenon/912396 "2020-07-01T11:54:33Z")
They have a series on ‘true’ ghost stories on the Travel Channel now. Anyway I don’t believe in an afterlife. But some of the stories are truly striking. And they often are things witnessed by multiple people (so halluc… --- ## [Wiki-walk to philosophy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-walk-to-philosophy/583178)
**Author:** [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2020, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wiki-walk-to-philosophy/583178 "2020-07-01T11:27:11Z")
According to today’s XKCD, “if you take any article, click on the first link in the article text not in parentheses or italics, and then repeat, you will eventually end up at ‘Philosophy.’” I just did it in 27 links sta… --- ## [Car question: the power outlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-question-the-power-outlet/855809)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2020, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-question-the-power-outlet/855809 "2020-07-01T06:16:37Z")
I have a 2000 Civic. A few months ago, I bought a USB cord for my devices to plug into the battery outlet. Only when I tried it, it didn’t work to charge my then-flip phone or iPad. Then I realized that voltages and such… --- ## [My custom style-sheet to make the new board less annoying](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-custom-style-sheet-to-make-the-new-board-less-annoying/913549)
**Author:** [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2020, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-custom-style-sheet-to-make-the-new-board-less-annoying/913549 "2020-07-01T05:44:58Z")
I’m not trying to complain here; there are some nice things about the Discord board. But I just didn’t care for any of the theme options. Posts were too narrow, there was too much unnecessary padding/whitespace, too mu… --- ## [How do you handle a child that is a very picky eater?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-handle-a-child-that-is-a-very-picky-eater/237215)
**Author:** [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2020, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-handle-a-child-that-is-a-very-picky-eater/237215 "2020-07-01T05:37:40Z")
My friend’s son is a very, very picky eater. I have had experience with picky eaters, but none to this magnitude. He will not eat most vegetables. He will not eat ‘kid friendly’ foods, such as mac and cheese, hot dogs … --- ## [Yep, I'm done](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-im-done/913526)
**Author:** [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2020, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yep-im-done/913526 "2020-07-01T05:12:36Z")
I just scrolled down a thread I was interested in and down and down and down and read repeat after repeat after repeat after repeat in different orders with different quotes repeated and repeated and repeated. And I nev… --- ## [How can we sing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-sing/855546)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2020, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-sing/855546 "2020-07-01T03:29:41Z")
Something has been on my mind lately, and that is the ability for us humans to sing songs. Particularly, the aspect of being able to think about what note we want to hit and just sing it. Say I’m singing along with the… --- ## [How were mental disorders regarded before officially classified?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-were-mental-disorders-regarded-before-officially-classified/913837)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2020, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-were-mental-disorders-regarded-before-officially-classified/913837 "2020-07-01T03:05:31Z")
Disorders or conditions such as autism, Aspergers, depression, OCD, narcissism, bipolar, Munchausen or Munchausen by proxy obviously existed long before there was a clinical name for them. But how were they regarded in a… --- ## [Control-F browser shortcut hijack FIXED](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/control-f-browser-shortcut-hijack-fixed/912987)
**Author:** [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2020, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/control-f-browser-shortcut-hijack-fixed/912987 "2020-07-01T02:17:56Z")
Giving this its own thread to maybe get a little attention for others that noticed the issue. What was happening: Control-F was being hijacked by by Discourse to direct you to the search page. You could Ctrl-F twice t… --- ## [Thoughts, please. Send 'em.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-please-send-em/855513)
**Author:** [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2020, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-please-send-em/855513 "2020-07-01T02:12:11Z")
Can’t even get in to why, doesn’t matter. And it feels stupid and needy to even ask for kindofstrangersish to type a few words in a thread. And I know I’m not alone in needing a little extra support right now, but a wor… --- ## [Are most pro soccer players completely adept at right/left foot striking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-most-pro-soccer-players-completely-adept-at-right-left-foot-striking/913300)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2020, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-most-pro-soccer-players-completely-adept-at-right-left-foot-striking/913300 "2020-07-01T00:25:10Z")
Question from a casual American fan: At the pro levels (Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga,) is it more or less safe to assume that any striker (or really, any player,) is going to be almost, or entirely, as adept with… --- ## [What is this...moth?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-moth/913808)
**Author:** [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2020, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-moth/913808 "2020-07-01T00:04:51Z")
I’ve never seen one like this before out here. Kinda looks like Google images of a tiger moth, but I didn’t see one with these kinds of stripes. This is in the Portland Oregon area - notice my keys for scale. Thanks! --- ## [Meet the New Pandemic..Same as the Old Pandemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-new-pandemic-same-as-the-old-pandemic/913774)
**Author:** [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-the-new-pandemic-same-as-the-old-pandemic/913774 "2020-06-30T23:32:50Z")
Please let this not come to pass. Civilization as we knew it would be gone for decades. --- ## [Is it my imagination or is the board slowing down?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-my-imagination-or-is-the-board-slowing-down/913787)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-my-imagination-or-is-the-board-slowing-down/913787 "2020-06-30T22:25:00Z")
I haven’t actually gotten any timeouts, but this morning when I clicked in to open the board, it took a good 30 seconds to load. Accessing this page to post took over a minute. :scream: I saw a post yesterday from someo… --- ## [It is perfectly reasonable for a president to rely on a teleprompter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-perfectly-reasonable-for-a-president-to-rely-on-a-teleprompter/913707)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-is-perfectly-reasonable-for-a-president-to-rely-on-a-teleprompter/913707 "2020-06-30T22:04:02Z")
I recall Obama being mocked in the early days of his presidency for relying heavily on a teleprompter, and I bet there are many who wish Trump would rely more on it. A president must be mentally swamped 24/7 and have a … --- ## [Where is the UserCP link on the new board?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-usercp-link-on-the-new-board/913830)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-usercp-link-on-the-new-board/913830 "2020-06-30T21:39:23Z")
I’ve looked for it but I honestly don’t see it now. It used to be in the top drop down menus, but what I have there now is a drop down menu of the various forum, a link called New(), Latest and Top. I see there are 3 b… --- ## [Tales of the City](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-of-the-city/913660)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2020, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tales-of-the-city/913660 "2020-06-30T20:44:40Z")
Well, not “The City,” but Tales of the Internet Message Board Communities. I’ll give some examples… This morning, during my walk, I got to thinking about a message board I was on 20-ish years ago and the saga of a coupl… --- ## [Trump Rally employees remove Social Distancing stickers on arena seats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-rally-employees-remove-social-distancing-stickers-on-arena-seats/913594)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-rally-employees-remove-social-distancing-stickers-on-arena-seats/913594 "2020-06-30T20:22:38Z")
Not surprising really. Since when does anyone in his entire organization give a damn about human lives? CNN article link here. Department of Health? Be damned. Common sense? Be damned. Care for fellow human beings? B… --- ## [Stopping the "New Microsoft Edge" Nag (Firefox)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stopping-the-new-microsoft-edge-nag-firefox/913580)
**Author:** [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stopping-the-new-microsoft-edge-nag-firefox/913580 "2020-06-30T20:12:29Z")
Okay, I get that Microsoft wants me to abandon the heathen god and return to its bosom. But at least in my case, overlaying a not-insignificant part of the screen with a nag popup is likely to have the opposite effect. U… --- ## [Stupid cooking question: cutting cooked meat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-cooking-question-cutting-cooked-meat/913615)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2020, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-cooking-question-cutting-cooked-meat/913615 "2020-06-30T19:47:50Z")
Do I use my vegetable-only cutting board or my meat-only cutting board for cooked meat? On one hand, you’re not supposed to “cross the streams” with meat and vegetables because of cross-contamination. On the other hand,… --- ## [The New Federal State of China](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-federal-state-of-china/913771)
**Author:** [@shh1313](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shh1313)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2020, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-federal-state-of-china/913771 "2020-06-30T19:25:26Z")
The New Federal State of China. Yesterday I was on Twitter perusing various news sources I follow, also found this video from a friend. I did a bit a research and I was already following the BRICS development, my conclu… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1807) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1809)