# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1918 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1919 --- ## [Progressive Bernie supporters, quick in here!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressive-bernie-supporters-quick-in-here/852014)
**Author:** [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/progressive-bernie-supporters-quick-in-here/852014 "2020-04-18T18:21:23Z")
Godamnit. Bernie didn’t win. This next four years could’ve been so wonderful. He would’ve been so much better then Biden (who will probably lose to that criminal Trump). Bernie has been true to the cause for all his life… --- ## [Can my state turn back residents from states that are no practicing appropriate anti-COVID19 rules?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-my-state-turn-back-residents-from-states-that-are-no-practicing-appropriate-anti-covid19-rules/852036)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-my-state-turn-back-residents-from-states-that-are-no-practicing-appropriate-anti-covid19-rules/852036 "2020-04-18T18:18:54Z")
In Pennsylvania we have been hunkering down with New York and New Jersey for over a month now and are struggling to flatten the curve and have suffered a combined 16,000 dead thanks to COVID-19, already blowing away the … --- ## [Texas governor already talking about ending lockdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-already-talking-about-ending-lockdown/851565)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-governor-already-talking-about-ending-lockdown/851565 "2020-04-18T18:12:26Z")
The governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, has decided hey, what the hell, maybe we’ll start opening up next week! Meanwhile, yesterday was the worst day Texas has had in the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s growing at a cheerily ex… --- ## [Desktop computer- Windows Xp problems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desktop-computer-windows-xp-problems/851925)
**Author:** [@a6ka97](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a6ka97)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desktop-computer-windows-xp-problems/851925 "2020-04-18T17:01:48Z")
The thread on “do you still use your desktop” got me thinking to ask here for help. My desktop is a Dell Dimension e521 with Windows Xp. I think is “giving up the ghost”. At startup I get a blue setup screen with a mes… --- ## [Rewatched 1917: discouraged at what passes for great movies these days](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewatched-1917-discouraged-at-what-passes-for-great-movies-these-days/849290)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewatched-1917-discouraged-at-what-passes-for-great-movies-these-days/849290 "2020-04-18T16:29:39Z")
I watched a screener for 1917 a couple months back. I was distracted by the editing gimmick, and disappointed Hollywood/mainstream movies’ continuing inability–refusal?–to make a big budget war movie that isn’t pro-war p… --- ## [Current conduction due to gravity.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-conduction-due-to-gravity/852026)
**Author:** [@Kedikat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kedikat)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-conduction-due-to-gravity/852026 "2020-04-18T16:26:54Z")
Suppose a very long copper rod. The rod moves through a very concentrated gravity well, such that there is a large difference in gravitational effect at different points on the rod. Ignore all the bending, deflecting, e… --- ## [Former MLB pitcher Roy Halladay dies in plane crash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-mlb-pitcher-roy-halladay-dies-in-plane-crash/801001)
**Author:** [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-mlb-pitcher-roy-halladay-dies-in-plane-crash/801001 "2020-04-18T16:26:50Z")
Halladay died today when his light plane crashed in the Gulf of Mexico, offshore from Pasco County, Florida. https://www.si.com/mlb/2017/11/07/roy-halladay-dead-plane-crash-florida-gulf He won 2 Cy Young awards (one wi… --- ## [Can anyone help identify this comic book from the early-mid 1970s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-help-identify-this-comic-book-from-the-early-mid-1970s/852055)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-help-identify-this-comic-book-from-the-early-mid-1970s/852055 "2020-04-18T15:28:31Z")
Some time during the period 1974-1977, my parents went on a trip to Europe, and one of the souvenirs they came back with for me was a comic book. I’ve been trying to do searches online to see if I can identify the issue/… --- ## [Who's whispering in Mangosteen's ear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-whispering-in-mangosteens-ear/851866)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-whispering-in-mangosteens-ear/851866 "2020-04-18T14:39:13Z")
Who’s whispering in Mangosteen’s ear? Is it Sean Hannity? Or some Kremlin troll on Facebook? Or is Mangosteen an Alex Jones fan? Please: I don’t want to single out Mangosteen for special abuse. We have Trump-licking… --- ## [Why does my car still work after 100K miles of not changing the oil?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-car-still-work-after-100k-miles-of-not-changing-the-oil/286208)
**Author:** [@Roland\_Deschain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Deschain)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2005, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-car-still-work-after-100k-miles-of-not-changing-the-oil/286208 "2005-01-29T07:34:09Z")
I have a 1994 Toyota Corolla with over 300K miles on it. It burns or leaks a quart of oil about every 1500 miles, and I add a quart of Duralube maybe every 30,000 miles or so. However, in the over ten years that I’ve o… --- ## [Do individual states in the US have the authority to borrow from other countries?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-individual-states-in-the-us-have-the-authority-to-borrow-from-other-countries/852000)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-individual-states-in-the-us-have-the-authority-to-borrow-from-other-countries/852000 "2020-04-18T14:03:36Z")
Hi Do individual states in the US have the authority to borrow from other countries to shore us their economies? I look forward to your feedback. --- ## [How do you write a good essay?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-write-a-good-essay/333513)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2019, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-write-a-good-essay/333513 "2019-04-27T05:42:09Z")
I have final exams coming up and one is an essay test. It is two questions, but our teacher didn’t tell us what the questions were. Please give me your tips. :slight\_smile: --- ## [Were states during call-up/the draught WWII/Korean War/Vietnam within their rights to withhold men?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-states-during-call-up-the-draught-wwii-korean-war-vietnam-within-their-rights-to-withhold-men/851970)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-states-during-call-up-the-draught-wwii-korean-war-vietnam-within-their-rights-to-withhold-men/851970 "2020-04-18T13:29:18Z")
Hi Were governors of states during call-up/the draught during WWII/Korean War/Vietnam ever within their rights to withhold men from the draught? How far does a state’s governor’s powers extend? I look forward to your … --- ## [What's the worst song ever that reached #1?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-song-ever-that-reached-1/851170)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 248\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-worst-song-ever-that-reached-1/851170 "2020-04-18T13:19:41Z")
Just as the thread title suggests, what is the worst song of all time that hit #1 on a Billboard chart or its equivalent in your country? You’re not allowed to say “Macarthur Park,” the disco version of which did reach #… --- ## [Vale Matthew Seligman \[RIP\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vale-matthew-seligman-rip/852040)
**Author:** [@Manwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manwich)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vale-matthew-seligman-rip/852040 "2020-04-18T13:19:26Z")
Amazing Soft Boys bass player but he did heaps afterwards too. Great player through punk and whatever, just always sounding good. Holds together the insects hatching out from under the skin: --- ## [School Shooting in Saskatchewan: 4 dead \[Update\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-shooting-in-saskatchewan-4-dead-update/743962)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/school-shooting-in-saskatchewan-4-dead-update/743962 "2020-04-18T13:18:14Z")
La Loche, Sask., shooting leaves 4 dead, others wounded, RCMP say - ‘This is every parent’s worst nightmare,’ Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Horrible. --- ## [Finish the Sci-Fi Story V: Independent's Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-sci-fi-story-v-independents-day/510033)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finish-the-sci-fi-story-v-independents-day/510033 "2020-04-18T13:11:39Z")
control thread The Orion was old her crew knew how to take care of her. Her original captain was Ian Marcam, who used her for ore transport. Two plasma cannons and two torpedo tubes were retrofitted when Col. Patrick Ma… --- ## [Internet support intensity vs. real world support](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-support-intensity-vs-real-world-support/837975)
**Author:** [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-support-intensity-vs-real-world-support/837975 "2020-04-18T13:06:55Z")
I’ve notice that some of the democratic candidates seem to have far more intense levels of support on the internet than they seem to have in the real world. I’m thinking specifically of Bernie Sanders, Andrew Yang, and … --- ## [Speak to me in succinct song lyrics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666)
**Author:** [@donkeyoatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/donkeyoatey)\ **Replies:** 10616\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-succinct-song-lyrics/691666 "2020-04-18T12:08:41Z")
TWO TO FOUR LINES PLEASE(I like you Euty, but that thread is crazy) so how about speak to me in FOUR LINES OR LESS!!! All God’s children need traveling shoes Drive your problems from here --- ## [anyone a regular on the Ron Paul forums?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-a-regular-on-the-ron-paul-forums/634182)
**Author:** [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2012, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-a-regular-on-the-ron-paul-forums/634182 "2012-09-10T00:53:34Z")
I’m wondering what the Ron Paul forum is like - but not enough to actually read there. :o seriously, if all it’s going to do is raise my blood pressure I’d rather skip it. but I know a woman who is there regularly and h… --- ## [Did your aunt/grandmother ever send you a stick of gum in the mail?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-aunt-grandmother-ever-send-you-a-stick-of-gum-in-the-mail/851480)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-your-aunt-grandmother-ever-send-you-a-stick-of-gum-in-the-mail/851480 "2020-04-18T09:59:12Z")
My aunt just sent my kids each a stick of gum in their Easter card today. This brought back memories of my childhood when my aunts and grandmothers would send me a card with a stick of gum in it. When I said to my wife, … --- ## [The Virgin Coronadoomer vs The CHAD Lockdown Skeptic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-virgin-coronadoomer-vs-the-chad-lockdown-skeptic/851822)
**Author:** [@MaverocK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaverocK)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-virgin-coronadoomer-vs-the-chad-lockdown-skeptic/851822 "2020-04-18T08:48:56Z")
I had to share this with you; I couldn’t help it, sorry. Found it extremely amusing regardless of whether it is right or wrong :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: The link to the meme: https://i.imgur.com/BQKryqf.png An alterna… --- ## [How do we know there will ever be a vaccine, or a treatment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-know-there-will-ever-be-a-vaccine-or-a-treatment/851529)
**Author:** [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-know-there-will-ever-be-a-vaccine-or-a-treatment/851529 "2020-04-18T07:51:49Z")
As I understand it - the common cold is caused by a variety of different viruses, which includes other coronaviruses. There is no vaccine or effective treatment for the common cold, and no real “herd immunity” effect ei… --- ## [Factor Affecting Bread Toasting Speed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factor-affecting-bread-toasting-speed/851964)
**Author:** [@GMANCANADA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GMANCANADA)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/factor-affecting-bread-toasting-speed/851964 "2020-04-18T07:50:52Z")
So, to change the mood to something less serious: I toasted some raisin bread and forgot to reduce the heat setting on my toaster. It came out almost burnt. Far darker than the normal whole wheat toast I make. At the sam… --- ## [Will horse racing survive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-horse-racing-survive/851896)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-horse-racing-survive/851896 "2020-04-18T05:51:04Z")
Horse racing has been in decline for a very long time. It has long been surrounded by controversy and scandals, leading to people boycotting the sport. Most tracks near me have slowly been scaling back their race calen… --- ## [Japan is pretty nonchalant about COVID-19--and that's OK?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-is-pretty-nonchalant-about-covid-19-and-thats-ok/850137)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-is-pretty-nonchalant-about-covid-19-and-thats-ok/850137 "2020-04-18T04:25:32Z")
My ex is Japanese, and she’s there with my kid, so I am getting reports on the ground. There are only about 1,000 cases, excluding cruise ships, so far: But the things we are self-flagelleting for not having done soon… --- ## [Light Switch Wiring Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-switch-wiring-question/851880)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-switch-wiring-question/851880 "2020-04-18T03:08:15Z")
I bought this Leviton LTB60-1LZ timer for our shower light since my wife keeps forgetting to turn it off. When I took it out of the box I noticed it had 5 wires. White, Black and green as expected, and a yellow and red w… --- ## [Can someone summarize the ventilator supply situation in New York state?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-summarize-the-ventilator-supply-situation-in-new-york-state/851980)
**Author:** [@keno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keno)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-summarize-the-ventilator-supply-situation-in-new-york-state/851980 "2020-04-18T02:52:18Z")
Several weeks ago, Gov Cuomo repeatedly asserted they needed 30,000 ventilators. This week the news is reporting NY is sending 400 ventilators to California. Did NY acquire the 30,000? Did they ultimately not need 30,… --- ## [Oh, hell. Jazz great Lee Konitz, RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-hell-jazz-great-lee-konitz-rip/851992)
**Author:** [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-hell-jazz-great-lee-konitz-rip/851992 "2020-04-18T02:10:19Z")
Dead at 92 of the ‘rona. The last remaining member of the groundbreaking 1949 Miles Davis “Birth of the Cool” Nonet, member of the Lennie Tristano Sextet, and bandleader in his own right. --- ## [Biden Democrats, quick in here!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-democrats-quick-in-here/852015)
**Author:** [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2020, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biden-democrats-quick-in-here/852015 "2020-04-18T01:52:10Z")
Haha We did it! Our guy won and Bernie lost. That pinko-commie fool will never get his revolution, never EVER be in the presidency. All those lazy non-voting BernieBros were dead wrong! Ah! Stupid lazy youth. Biden is se… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1917) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1919)