# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1979 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1980 --- ## [Can Putin take out Shale?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-putin-take-out-shale/849217)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-putin-take-out-shale/849217 "2020-03-13T15:25:30Z")
I’ve seen some articles saying that Putin wants to kill the American shale production industry by lowering prices to below their operation rate for long enough that they can’t run, and go bankrupt. I’m somewhat skeptica… --- ## [Thread for wisecracks and inappropriate comments -or- Get it out of your system here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-for-wisecracks-and-inappropriate-comments-or-get-it-out-of-your-system-here/849261)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-for-wisecracks-and-inappropriate-comments-or-get-it-out-of-your-system-here/849261 "2020-03-13T15:00:11Z")
You need to say it but it is a hijack or just a bit of wiseassery inappropriate in a serious thread? Post it here! I’ll start: If I heard it right, Biden’s son in law is Dr Howard Fine. For duty and humanity! --- ## [What do other religions than Christianity think about free will?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-other-religions-than-christianity-think-about-free-will/849174)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-other-religions-than-christianity-think-about-free-will/849174 "2020-03-13T14:33:50Z")
As I understand it, Christian theology (with the caveat that “Christian” covers a multitude of different beliefs, and I don’t know all of them) depends on the belief that we have free will, or else the whole concept of (… --- ## [What at-home things can people do to be aware they may have a pre-symptomatic illness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-at-home-things-can-people-do-to-be-aware-they-may-have-a-pre-symptomatic-illness/849412)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-at-home-things-can-people-do-to-be-aware-they-may-have-a-pre-symptomatic-illness/849412 "2020-03-13T14:29:17Z")
With Covid-19 infections taking about a week before the person feels symptoms, it got me wondering if there are any at-home ways to track health status to be able to recognize when you might have an infection but just no… --- ## [3Blue1Brown-video using high dimension geometry to solve probabilty question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3blue1brown-video-using-high-dimension-geometry-to-solve-probabilty-question/849343)
**Author:** [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3blue1brown-video-using-high-dimension-geometry-to-solve-probabilty-question/849343 "2020-03-13T12:46:50Z")
I spent some time yesterday searching through Grant Sanderson’s videos on youtube looking for a specific one I was sure existed, but that I don’t remember all the specifics of. And I just couldn’t find it. The closest I… --- ## [Marijuana states and drug dog searches](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marijuana-states-and-drug-dog-searches/808377)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marijuana-states-and-drug-dog-searches/808377 "2020-03-13T12:39:04Z")
What is being done is states where weed is legal and drug dogs are conducting searches? The dog can’t tell the handler what kind of drug is present, only that one of the ones he was trained to alert on is (or was). It se… --- ## [Chemical allergy questions.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chemical-allergy-questions/392087)
**Author:** [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chemical-allergy-questions/392087 "2020-03-13T11:55:36Z")
So, Anagramless Guy (my bf, for those of you who don’t follow my SDMB life) claims to have an allergy to chemicals. Which chemicals? “Chemicals,” he tells me. Now, I’m no biochemist, so I have problems figuring out how o… --- ## [Plague- or pandemic-themed movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-or-pandemic-themed-movies/849354)
**Author:** [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plague-or-pandemic-themed-movies/849354 "2020-03-13T11:42:32Z")
Supposing one wanted to entertain oneself while quarantined with nothing but films depicting plague- or pandemic-related scenarios. Make some suggestions for me. The Seventh Seal Love in the Time of Cholera Monty Pyth… --- ## [What's a good keyboard whose letters don't wear off.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-keyboard-whose-letters-dont-wear-off/849074)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-keyboard-whose-letters-dont-wear-off/849074 "2020-03-13T10:00:15Z")
I touch type, and I have a heavy touch from starting out with manual typewriters. As a result, my keyboards always have the letters wearing off, usually on the left side only. It doesn’t bother me, but my wife can’t se… --- ## [Does glass bakeware need to be seasoned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-glass-bakeware-need-to-be-seasoned/849316)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-glass-bakeware-need-to-be-seasoned/849316 "2020-03-13T09:39:52Z")
I’ve been baking my own bread recently. I have two old glass breadpans: one hand me down, one resale. The baked bread just falls out of them, zero resistance. My sister bought me a third, new, so I would bake some for h… --- ## [who wins when the pandemic bonds are triggered?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-when-the-pandemic-bonds-are-triggered/849360)
**Author:** [@Jim\_Peebles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_Peebles)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-wins-when-the-pandemic-bonds-are-triggered/849360 "2020-03-13T09:25:10Z")
So 330 million in bonds were sold to investors who will lose their money when the coronavirus meets certain conditions: My guess is they will. But I have heard trillions of dollars of bets have been placed on them in t… --- ## [March 10: MI, WA, MO, MS, ID, ND](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-10-mi-wa-mo-ms-id-nd/849188)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 142\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-10-mi-wa-mo-ms-id-nd/849188 "2020-03-13T08:47:50Z")
Today is the sixth week of voting in the 2020 primary, and the second week with multiple states voting. We’ve got: Michigan: 125 delegates Washington: 89 delegates Missouri: 68 delegates Mississippi: 36 delegates Id… --- ## [Super Tuesday Primary Discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tuesday-primary-discussion/848741)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 402\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-tuesday-primary-discussion/848741 "2020-03-13T08:18:40Z")
March 3rd Alabama American Samoa Arkansas California Colorado Maine Massachusetts Minnesota North Carolina Oklahoma Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia I am not voting since my only choices were Donald … --- ## [Mental Disease and Chemical Imbalances](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mental-disease-and-chemical-imbalances/232825)
**Author:** [@gregongie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregongie)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mental-disease-and-chemical-imbalances/232825 "2020-03-13T07:54:56Z")
I know little about psychiatry, but it’s popular knowledge that mental diseases are caused by certain types of chemical imbalances in the brain. This led me to wonder: What are the causes of these chemical imbalances? … --- ## [Do people who have 'recovered' from the coronavirus still show residual health problems?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-who-have-recovered-from-the-coronavirus-still-show-residual-health-problems/848687)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-people-who-have-recovered-from-the-coronavirus-still-show-residual-health-problems/848687 "2020-03-13T07:17:42Z")
Hi Do people who have ‘recovered’ from the coronavirus still show residual health problems? I look forward to your feedback. I just saw this video. It doesn’t look positive. --- ## [Simpson's Hallowe'en Specials 'Noncanonical'.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-halloween-specials-noncanonical/849093)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simpsons-halloween-specials-noncanonical/849093 "2020-03-13T07:14:33Z")
I sometimes notice you Simpsons fan posters mention that their Hallowe’en specials are not canonical. Actually I am surprised none of you seem to know the reason why. They never age. So therefore it’s always the same ye… --- ## [Don't tell me Democrats can't contest IA, MO, KY, TN, AR, LA in the general](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-tell-me-democrats-cant-contest-ia-mo-ky-tn-ar-la-in-the-general/849363)
**Author:** [@Yankees\_1996\_Champs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankees_1996_Champs)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-tell-me-democrats-cant-contest-ia-mo-ky-tn-ar-la-in-the-general/849363 "2020-03-13T06:54:48Z")
Democrats can compete in all these states this fall. --- ## [Oil price war: what does Russia do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oil-price-war-what-does-russia-do/849177)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oil-price-war-what-does-russia-do/849177 "2020-03-13T05:27:44Z")
Background. Russia has a $570B fund to live off for now, but the Saudis can outlast them. Neither has much but petro to their economies. Does Russia blink? --- ## [The father of one of my sixth graders is sleeping with her classmate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-father-of-one-of-my-sixth-graders-is-sleeping-with-her-classmate/849234)
**Author:** [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-father-of-one-of-my-sixth-graders-is-sleeping-with-her-classmate/849234 "2020-03-13T04:44:23Z")
According to her homework assignment where they had to use the word “convince” in a sentence. OK, revised vocabulary for the next lesson: \[ul\]let me\[/ul\] \[ul\] have a sleepover\[/ul\]It did wake me up, though. --- ## [In the last 24 hours...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-last-24-hours/849381)
**Author:** [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-last-24-hours/849381 "2020-03-13T04:06:09Z")
\[ul\] \[li\]Stepson is informed that a colleague at work has tested positive. Exposed between 2/24-28.\[/li\]\[li\]His partner is showing symptoms had big problems being tested.\[/li\]\[li\]A car club friend confirmed to have died… --- ## [Shows that were changed by executives.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-that-were-changed-by-executives/849170)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-that-were-changed-by-executives/849170 "2020-03-13T03:38:35Z")
Sometimes, a show can be changed by demands from the executives running the network the show airs on, usually in an attempt to make the show more appealing to audiences. TV Tropes calls this, “Executive Meddling”. When … --- ## [Trump is adopting Bernie's principles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-adopting-bernies-principles/849347)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-adopting-bernies-principles/849347 "2020-03-13T03:29:05Z")
Anyone else notice the similarities? Due to the virus, Trump is proclaiming economic aid. Tax cuts to ease financial burden. Bernie calls it raising the wages. Hospital care for people. Bernie calls it M4A. Too bad T… --- ## [How would we implement UHC in the US (not a political discussion)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-we-implement-uhc-in-the-us-not-a-political-discussion/849288)
**Author:** [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-we-implement-uhc-in-the-us-not-a-political-discussion/849288 "2020-03-12T17:13:18Z")
Two recent threads (this one and this one) have me convinced that: \[ol\] \[li\]Universal healthcare coverage would be better in almost all respects than the system we have now.\[/li\]\[li\]Changing over to a UHC system will b… --- ## [Our forgotten new moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-forgotten-new-moon/849268)
**Author:** [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-forgotten-new-moon/849268 "2020-03-13T03:07:46Z")
I guess what with the Virus of Doom, the Great Economic Meltdown, the inevitable march towards the re-election of Trump, etc., the really important stuff is being forgotten. I was watching a Late Show from last week wit… --- ## [Vaccine Robocall](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccine-robocall/849356)
**Author:** [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vaccine-robocall/849356 "2020-03-13T03:03:02Z")
Just got a robocall from a nice, Asian accented lady saying that the CDC approved my application to receive a vaccine. I accidentally hung up before I could give them my information but i’m sure when i call back they wil… --- ## [Could we PLEASE eliminate shaking hands: forever???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-please-eliminate-shaking-hands-forever/849128)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-please-eliminate-shaking-hands-forever/849128 "2020-03-13T02:41:26Z")
I’m in sales and despite the COVID19 hysteria was at a trade show last week and the VERY FIRST thing another sales rep does is come up and shake my hand. Then there’s a meeting three days later and guess what everyone s… --- ## [Random iPhone question...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-iphone-question/849293)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-iphone-question/849293 "2020-03-13T02:06:41Z")
In a fit of coronavirus caution, I used a wet wipe on my iPhone screen. Only after did it occur to me to check online, and I was told that doing so could damage the coating on the screen. The wet wipe liquid was on the … --- ## [2020 campaign strategies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-campaign-strategies/849209)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-campaign-strategies/849209 "2020-03-13T01:04:31Z")
Imagine Democratic leaders read The Straight Dope Message Board. What advice would you give them regarding their election campaign? I’ll start the ball rolling with this: Attack Trump’s stamina, the way he attacked Hi… --- ## [Do you think Who's on First is funny?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-whos-on-first-is-funny/849018)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-whos-on-first-is-funny/849018 "2020-03-13T00:04:12Z")
As a baseball fan, I’ve suffered through the foul smelling excrement that is the ‘comedy’ routine of Who’s on First. It sucks! Maybe I had to be there. Maybe comedy doesn’t age well. Regardless, it’s awful and I’m glad … --- ## [On renouncing your citizenship](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-renouncing-your-citizenship/848999)
**Author:** [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2020, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-renouncing-your-citizenship/848999 "2020-03-13T00:03:41Z")
Natural Nationality of Puerto Rico Readers may be interested to know that the High Court of Australia has recently recognized a “natural” nationality category that is separate from citizenship and precludes deportation. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1978) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1980)