# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1847 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1848 --- ## [If fascism comes to America, can blue states and large cities provide meaningful resistance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-fascism-comes-to-america-can-blue-states-and-large-cities-provide-meaningful-resistance/853950)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2020, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-fascism-comes-to-america-can-blue-states-and-large-cities-provide-meaningful-resistance/853950 "2020-06-04T12:10:34Z")
Assume the worst happens, and the US becomes more and more fascist. The judiciary is packed with radical partisans who endorse authoritarianism and assault civil rights. Gerrymandering means the gop has a lock on power u… --- ## [What was the most gratuitous piece of nudity you've ever seen in a movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-most-gratuitous-piece-of-nudity-youve-ever-seen-in-a-movie/844743)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 186\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2020, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-most-gratuitous-piece-of-nudity-youve-ever-seen-in-a-movie/844743 "2020-06-04T12:02:31Z")
It wouldn’t be a stretch to say some movie studio use to sneak in nudity in their movies all the time just so they can advertise it on the back of the box with “Rated R for Nudity” to entice men to rent them, so I’m wond… --- ## [UPS: Civil Unrest.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ups-civil-unrest/855031)
**Author:** [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2020, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ups-civil-unrest/855031 "2020-06-04T11:30:39Z")
Well, UPS has an excuse for late delivery in their standard list that I’ve never seen before (and hope never to see again): Civil unrest. And, just incidentally, another package going to the same address and passing th… --- ## [IPad/audio book problem.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipad-audio-book-problem/854910)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2020, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ipad-audio-book-problem/854910 "2020-06-04T11:00:37Z")
I have a problem with my company-issued iPad. I am not the most-sophisticated user, and am simply unable to solve it by myself. Here’s the deal. I have an Apple app called “Books.” On it the company installs various off… --- ## [Is it a crime for U.S. military to open fire on unarmed civilians?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-a-crime-for-u-s-military-to-open-fire-on-unarmed-civilians/854947)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2020, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-a-crime-for-u-s-military-to-open-fire-on-unarmed-civilians/854947 "2020-06-04T05:05:59Z")
Sparked by the \[TOPIC=897400\]topic in P/E\[/TOPIC\] and \[TOPIC=897382\]subsequent topic\[/TOPIC\] in ATMB. The claim was made that it is a war crime for the U.S. military to follow orders to shoot and kill unarmed civilians. … --- ## [Finding new Youtube videos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-new-youtube-videos/855023)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2020, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-new-youtube-videos/855023 "2020-06-04T03:59:35Z")
Earlier tonight I posted a couple of short Youtube videos. Within minutes of posting, there were two comments on one video that just said “love it.” Putting aside whatever they are trying to pull (I have extreme skeptici… --- ## [How do I Close the Facebook Android Instant Messenger Bubble?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-close-the-facebook-android-instant-messenger-bubble/855019)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2020, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-close-the-facebook-android-instant-messenger-bubble/855019 "2020-06-04T02:54:19Z")
Whenever I receive a message from Facebook messenger a round bubble appears on my screen. It has the person’s photo. I click the bubble, Android Messenger App opens, and I reply. I close the Messenger App. But this bu… --- ## [Does looted stuff often appear on eBay or other online sites?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-looted-stuff-often-appear-on-ebay-or-other-online-sites/854843)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2020, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-looted-stuff-often-appear-on-ebay-or-other-online-sites/854843 "2020-06-04T02:51:29Z")
Seeing images of Targets/GameStops knocked over makes me curious if we’re going to suddenly see a ton of eBay listings for video games that are “New/Sealed With Slight Water Damage”. Is there anyway to prove stuff is sto… --- ## [Would Biden win with a “let’s get back to normal” campaign theme?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-biden-win-with-a-let-s-get-back-to-normal-campaign-theme/854559)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2020, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-biden-win-with-a-let-s-get-back-to-normal-campaign-theme/854559 "2020-06-04T02:13:20Z")
It seems to me that life has changed significantly in the past few years, and not just because of Covid-19. Trump has redefined what “normal” feels like, and IMO not in a good way. His attack on Twitter claiming that t… --- ## [Can anyone explain why we can't just stream the big 4 networks live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-why-we-cant-just-stream-the-big-4-networks-live/854836)
**Author:** [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2020, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-explain-why-we-cant-just-stream-the-big-4-networks-live/854836 "2020-06-04T01:50:55Z")
Hey gang, I can’t understand why this is. I live halfway between Madison and Milwaukee. With Spectrum I had the networks from both. With an antenna both markets are picked up. The problem is with how my apartment is sit… --- ## [In which sport is there the least/greatest disparity between a professional and an average layman?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-sport-is-there-the-least-greatest-disparity-between-a-professional-and-an-average-layman/854223)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-sport-is-there-the-least-greatest-disparity-between-a-professional-and-an-average-layman/854223 "2020-06-03T23:32:14Z")
From a \*\*skill \*\*perspective, that is, not about physical size or height - in any sport, an average layman (with little experience in the sport) would be utterly outmatched by a professional player of course, but in whic… --- ## [Minneapolis is Burning...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minneapolis-is-burning/854589)
**Author:** [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Replies:** 452\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2020, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minneapolis-is-burning/854589 "2020-06-03T23:12:03Z")
I couldn’t sleep, I clicked on FB stuff for sale… and a ‘watch party’ is showing a huge fire from that area. The protest seems to have given way to destruction and fire… and that shit looks like the Rodney King Riots … --- ## [Freedom of assembly in the time of Corona and protests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-of-assembly-in-the-time-of-corona-and-protests/854832)
**Author:** [@ALOHA\_HATER](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ALOHA_HATER)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2020, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freedom-of-assembly-in-the-time-of-corona-and-protests/854832 "2020-06-03T22:58:53Z")
I’ve got a pretty simple question for ya: do I misunderstand what ‘freedom to assemble’ means under US constitutional law? There have been all kinds of restrictions at different levels about who can be where, how many o… --- ## [Looters breaking into a Subway restaurant, what's there to steal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looters-breaking-into-a-subway-restaurant-whats-there-to-steal/854900)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2020, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looters-breaking-into-a-subway-restaurant-whats-there-to-steal/854900 "2020-06-03T22:48:55Z")
Watching local news and they showed video of looters breaking into multiple fast food restaurants and carrying things out. My question is, what is there to steal at a place like McDonald’s or Subway that makes it so att… --- ## [Twitter is going to start fact-checking Trump's tweets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-is-going-to-start-fact-checking-trumps-tweets/854515)
**Author:** [@Asylum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asylum)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2020, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-is-going-to-start-fact-checking-trumps-tweets/854515 "2020-06-03T21:43:51Z")
Actually they already started. In the above link they show a tweet from Trump about how mail-in balloting will lead to voter fraud and Twitter’s fact check link at the bottom of the tweet. I’m quite sure this will le… --- ## [Beck and Betsy the Beagle see a bad, bad, bad thang!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-and-betsy-the-beagle-see-a-bad-bad-bad-thang/852867)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-and-betsy-the-beagle-see-a-bad-bad-bad-thang/852867 "2020-06-03T21:18:48Z")
Holy ‘Boggy Creek’ Batman! I’m loaded for bear, 30.06 on my shoulder. Bear mace in my hand. Noisily taking my stroll this afternoon. Rubber boots ‘clop-clopping’ in the wet leaf litter. I walk up the levee and go down … --- ## [Quarantine birdwatching](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quarantine-birdwatching/854502)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quarantine-birdwatching/854502 "2020-06-03T20:29:12Z")
I’ve started identifying and learning about the birds that come within sight of my property, and it’s remarkable how much I’ve been enjoying learning the names and habits of these birds, and how excited I get when I see … --- ## [Fairly simple math question (controversial subject)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairly-simple-math-question-controversial-subject/854861)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fairly-simple-math-question-controversial-subject/854861 "2020-06-03T20:26:04Z")
So, I’m trying to figure out your chance of dying in a police encounter in the U.S. based on race. This website: Our visualizations – Fatal Encounters shows that there have been 13,337 white people who have died in a … --- ## [What is the best free antivirus software?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-free-antivirus-software/854820)
**Author:** [@CCitizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CCitizen)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-free-antivirus-software/854820 "2020-06-03T18:31:29Z")
Please share your opinion on positive/negative aspects of anti-viruses. --- ## [Air Purifier that eliminates mold](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-purifier-that-eliminates-mold/854753)
**Author:** [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2020, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/air-purifier-that-eliminates-mold/854753 "2020-06-03T18:28:50Z")
A friend is having severe health issues which began when she moved into a very old home that has had water damage. Even her cats are getting sick and all signs point to mold exposure as the cause. She is unable to move … --- ## [I can't believe this question never occurred to before: Luke and Leia and Han ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-this-question-never-occurred-to-before-luke-and-leia-and-han/854960)
**Author:** [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-this-question-never-occurred-to-before-luke-and-leia-and-han/854960 "2020-06-03T17:35:17Z")
… are they human? And if they are, how did they get so far from Earth? --- ## [Serious collections](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-collections/854892)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/serious-collections/854892 "2020-06-03T17:01:06Z")
What serious collections do people have? I mean, all collecting is fun, and you collect what makes you happy, but some collections have value too: art, coins, vintage cars, antiques. What collections do you have that m… --- ## ["Grant" documentary on the History channel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grant-documentary-on-the-history-channel/854615)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grant-documentary-on-the-history-channel/854615 "2020-06-03T16:51:19Z")
Anyone else watching? Really terrific, IMO – rightly emphasizing how Grant was ahead of his time among Presidents (aside from Lincoln) in recognizing the pivotal importance and necessity of civil rights for black Americ… --- ## [Is kneeling on the neck of someone being detained acceptable police procedure?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kneeling-on-the-neck-of-someone-being-detained-acceptable-police-procedure/854687)
**Author:** [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-kneeling-on-the-neck-of-someone-being-detained-acceptable-police-procedure/854687 "2020-06-03T16:42:09Z")
I’m guessing it probably is since I haven’t heard anyone in the last two-three days make the point that it isn’t. My next question would be whether “I can’t breathe” or something to that effect is sufficient to change l… --- ## [Solid data on safety of air travel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solid-data-on-safety-of-air-travel/854447)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solid-data-on-safety-of-air-travel/854447 "2020-06-03T16:12:58Z")
I get opinions on air travel that are all over the place - it’s near-suicidal! it’s quite harmless!.. Have there been solid sources by now on how safe it is to fly? i.e., 1 million have flown but only a dozen got infec… --- ## [Christo has died.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christo-has-died/854839)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christo-has-died/854839 "2020-06-03T16:12:16Z")
Sad day for art. Pity Coronavirus delayed him from finally getting to wrap the Arc de Triomphe. --- ## [Oh, Bill Doors, you arrogant cock.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-bill-doors-you-arrogant-cock/854870)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-bill-doors-you-arrogant-cock/854870 "2020-06-03T15:19:31Z")
My god you arrogant motherfucking goat-felching moron. Using a Latin phrase doesn’t automatically make it so. If as posted above a vacuum chamber by definition can have nothing inside, then clearly the link below is N… --- ## [My Oakland landlords just told us all to evacuate due to riots](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-oakland-landlords-just-told-us-all-to-evacuate-due-to-riots/854880)
**Author:** [@ArtBeforeScience](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArtBeforeScience)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2020, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-oakland-landlords-just-told-us-all-to-evacuate-due-to-riots/854880 "2020-06-03T13:54:13Z")
I live in Oakland, in live/work warehouse, in a light industrial zone far from downtown. Generally boring except for late night drag races. Past 4 years, area has turned into a deserted Mad Max wonderland with RVs, junke… --- ## [Whether, when and how the Floyd protests will go seriously violent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whether-when-and-how-the-floyd-protests-will-go-seriously-violent/854800)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2020, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whether-when-and-how-the-floyd-protests-will-go-seriously-violent/854800 "2020-06-03T13:54:02Z")
So far, a lot of the protests have been peaceful with some riots. The riots themselves don’t seem to be on the level of Watts '65. I’m wondering if they’ll go the same way as the Northern Irish riots of the '70s. Police… --- ## [What’s the purest element or compound (mass more than a peanut) ever made by humans ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-purest-element-or-compound-mass-more-than-a-peanut-ever-made-by-humans/854963)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2020, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-purest-element-or-compound-mass-more-than-a-peanut-ever-made-by-humans/854963 "2020-06-03T13:32:38Z")
For the purpose of this question, let’s assume a peanut weighs 0.5 grams. What’s the purest element or compound with a mass greater than a peanut, ever to be purified by humans ? It can be a solid, liquid or gas. And it… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1846) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1848)