# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=241 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 242 --- ## [Will Jeffrey Epstein's "friends" face justice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-jeffrey-epsteins-friends-face-justice/917242)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 367\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2025, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-jeffrey-epsteins-friends-face-justice/917242 "2025-09-12T18:56:11Z")
Can especially powerful people be held responsible for particularly odious crimes? For that question you’d be hard-pressed to find a more dramatic litmus test than the Jeffrey Epstein case. You know the story, but to r… --- ## [Spam texts; DeleteMe subscription made it worse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-texts-deleteme-subscription-made-it-worse/1022987)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-texts-deleteme-subscription-made-it-worse/1022987 "2025-09-12T18:20:16Z")
I tried a subscription to DeleteMe (https://joindeleteme.com) to help cut down on spam emails and texts, and since doing so the problem with texts has gotten noticeably worse. I use a Google Voice number for any and all… --- ## [Stanley Cup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stanley-cup/1022984)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stanley-cup/1022984 "2025-09-12T16:55:37Z")
Does anyone have a link to a list of names (by year) engraved on the Stanley Cup (present Cup, and from rings removed in the past)? I’m interested in names of some of the non-players. Google was no help. --- ## [Russian Drones over Poland--Doomsday Radio Tansmission changes, just before strike](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-drones-over-poland-doomsday-radio-tansmission-changes-just-before-strike/1022982)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2025, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russian-drones-over-poland-doomsday-radio-tansmission-changes-just-before-strike/1022982 "2025-09-12T16:34:32Z")
On September 9, multiple Russian military drones entered Polish airspace. NATO has been activated, under Article 4 .https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September\_2025\_Russian\_drone\_incursion\_into\_Poland On September 8th, Ru… --- ## [What are these two Russian songs? (from 1969's "Topaz", and '63's "55 Days at Peking")](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-two-russian-songs-from-1969s-topaz-and-63s-55-days-at-peking/1013392)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2025, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-two-russian-songs-from-1969s-topaz-and-63s-55-days-at-peking/1013392 "2025-09-12T15:39:29Z")
Okay, short and sweet…does anyone know the name of this song, that a truckload of Russians can be heard briefly singing in the 1969 Hitchcock film Topaz, and/or this song (a different one) featured in a medley (“Help Arr… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - August 2025 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-august-2025-edition/1021495)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2025, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-august-2025-edition/1021495 "2025-09-12T14:42:57Z")
August is here already, like a sneaky cat slipping in through an open door and flopping in the middle of the living room floor with an expression of “So? What you gonna do about it?” on it’s face as it cleans it’s whisk… --- ## [Tell me about Illinois toll roads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-illinois-toll-roads/1011446)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2025, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-illinois-toll-roads/1011446 "2025-09-12T13:59:46Z")
I will be visiting a friend near Jackson, MI this summer and from SE MN the 3 driving options I have are 1) through Chicago (ugh), through the UP (pretty, but a long drive), or using the Badger ferry (might do this one w… --- ## [Strippers and blow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strippers-and-blow/1022780)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2025, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strippers-and-blow/1022780 "2025-09-12T07:45:11Z")
Yes, this will be the thread that gets the views. I saw a news story yesterday about a local strip club being shut down because a police investigation determined there was drug use and drug sales going on there. This m… --- ## [NASA to work on building a nuclear reactor on the moon by the 2030s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-to-work-on-building-a-nuclear-reactor-on-the-moon-by-the-2030s/1021706)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2025, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nasa-to-work-on-building-a-nuclear-reactor-on-the-moon-by-the-2030s/1021706 "2025-09-12T05:24:08Z")
The Transportation Secretary has directed NASA to start working on building a nuclear reactor on the moon by 2030, declaring it necessary to win the next space race. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/04/nasa-china-s… --- ## [The Indian Princess legend](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-indian-princess-legend/1022552)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2025, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-indian-princess-legend/1022552 "2025-09-12T02:24:42Z")
My hometown of Spirit Lake is supposedly named after the legend of an “Indian Princess”(Indians have princesses??) who fell in love with a forbidden “brave from another tribe”, so they decided to meet in the middle of th… --- ## [Chittering Aliens and other monsters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chittering-aliens-and-other-monsters/1022967)
**Author:** [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2025, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chittering-aliens-and-other-monsters/1022967 "2025-09-12T00:34:23Z")
“Chittering” is what the subtitles for Alien: Earth and The Watchers call the scary monster sounds that are kind of a cross between a creaking door and a really slow frog’s croak. When and where was it decided this was t… --- ## [Mayflower Voyage Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayflower-voyage-question/1022950)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2025, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayflower-voyage-question/1022950 "2025-09-11T22:27:48Z")
I play a trivia game, and the answer to the question today kind of surprised me. It had to do with the 1620 voyage of the Mayflower and why it was diverted to Massachusetts from its original destination. I answered corre… --- ## [I'm being inundated with Ophthalmology spam!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-inundated-with-ophthalmology-spam/1022892)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2025, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-being-inundated-with-ophthalmology-spam/1022892 "2025-09-11T22:07:28Z")
I am not an ophthalmologist, nor even a medical doctor of any flavor whatsoever. But starting around five months ago I began receiving emails with sender-names and subject lines like these (this set fetched from today’s… --- ## [Horrible Crash in Austin; need a cite](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-crash-in-austin-need-a-cite/1022814)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horrible-crash-in-austin-need-a-cite/1022814 "2025-09-11T21:44:26Z")
Over here is the only link I have to anything concerning a recent wrong-way crash near Austin, Texas. Four people were killed. I find it remarkable that even local newspapers sometimes do not remark on such crashes. My … --- ## [Balls - cheapest and priciest](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/balls-cheapest-and-priciest/1022791)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2025, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/balls-cheapest-and-priciest/1022791 "2025-09-11T20:08:29Z")
Have you ever thought about the value of professional-grade balls (or whatever object you use to score) in your favorite sport? What would you consider to be the cheapest per unit and the most expensive? My guesses- che… --- ## [Selling on eBay, FB Marketplace, etc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-on-ebay-fb-marketplace-etc/1022795)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2025, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-on-ebay-fb-marketplace-etc/1022795 "2025-09-11T20:07:32Z")
There are bits and pieces of adjacent threads here, but nothing that summarizes what I’m looking for. I’m beginning to get rid of stuff, and surprisingly, some of it has value. I have an old iPod Classic 160GB that stil… --- ## [Lisbon suggestions for November](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisbon-suggestions-for-november/1018549)
**Author:** [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2025, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lisbon-suggestions-for-november/1018549 "2025-09-11T19:31:26Z")
My wife and I are going to Lisbon for the Thanksgiving holiday, arriving Wed morning and leaving Sunday afternoon. I managed to snag cheap direct flights, and we just booked a hotel in the Chiado area so those pieces are… --- ## [Are porn actors really this stupid or is this just a bit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-porn-actors-really-this-stupid-or-is-this-just-a-bit/542054)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2025, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-porn-actors-really-this-stupid-or-is-this-just-a-bit/542054 "2025-09-11T16:45:00Z")
I guess the theme would be “casting couch porn.” The scenario is usually something to the effvect of : They are interveiwing a girl, asking her all the basic questions and then basically they get her naked and have a g… --- ## [Yet another case of "We may have found evidence of past life on Mars, maybe"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-case-of-we-may-have-found-evidence-of-past-life-on-mars-maybe/1022940)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-case-of-we-may-have-found-evidence-of-past-life-on-mars-maybe/1022940 "2025-09-11T16:33:23Z")
A bit surprised to not see this discussed here (after scouring all fora here). The tl;dr that I’ve gathered is that they think the process that would have created the rock in question (“Sapphire Canyon”) wa… --- ## [RIP Rick Davies, Supertramp co-founder dies at 81](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rick-davies-supertramp-co-founder-dies-at-81/1022842)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2025, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-rick-davies-supertramp-co-founder-dies-at-81/1022842 "2025-09-11T15:26:57Z")
This was mentioned in the celebrity death pool thread, but deserves its own thread here. One of my all time favorite bands back in the 70s. Time to go and listen to Crime of the Century and Crisis, what Crisis ? aga… --- ## [World Suicide Prevention Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-suicide-prevention-day/1022909)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2025, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-suicide-prevention-day/1022909 "2025-09-11T14:02:30Z")
Every September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day, sponsored by the International Association for Suicide Prevention and others. The World Health Organisation (WHO) esti… --- ## [Prime Video Loading Problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prime-video-loading-problem/1022855)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2025, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prime-video-loading-problem/1022855 "2025-09-11T11:37:20Z")
Suddenly, about Thursday off last week, my Amazon Prime Video stopped working. I successfully sign into Prime. I can scroll the menu of movies and series. However, when I click choose something, it spins for 10 or 14 … --- ## [What is the approximate cost for the name change from "Department Of Defense" to "Department Of War"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-approximate-cost-for-the-name-change-from-department-of-defense-to-department-of-war/1022834)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2025, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-approximate-cost-for-the-name-change-from-department-of-defense-to-department-of-war/1022834 "2025-09-11T09:45:33Z")
Buildings, signs, letterheads, business cards, websites etc.? --- ## [I weep for our future (not political)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-weep-for-our-future-not-political/1022889)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2025, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-weep-for-our-future-not-political/1022889 "2025-09-11T01:16:05Z")
So, finally got a new bed delivered. The 20 something guys from a well established company had no tools to put it together. I don’t mind loaning tools at all. As long as I get them back, but if this company want’s me t… --- ## [Spectators' thread for Shakespeare Mafia (no active players, please)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectators-thread-for-shakespeare-mafia-no-active-players-please/1020790)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2025, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spectators-thread-for-shakespeare-mafia-no-active-players-please/1020790 "2025-09-11T00:54:40Z")
Here’s the thread for anyone who wants to watch along with the Shakespeare Mafia game and kibbitz. The signup thread: Act I: --- ## [What do you do with loose change/coins?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-loose-change-coins/1022709)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-with-loose-change-coins/1022709 "2025-09-10T23:12:31Z")
Inspired by the “How much cash do you carry” and “What can you buy for a quarter” threads. In years past, I always had SOME amount of loose change in my pockets. As I was pocketing my wallet, keys, etc., I’d scoop up m… --- ## [Anyone wanna do a Minecraft PVP game similar to Minecraft Monday w/ me and a few friends?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-wanna-do-a-minecraft-pvp-game-similar-to-minecraft-monday-w-me-and-a-few-friends/1022922)
**Author:** [@IMadeLem0nade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IMadeLem0nade)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-wanna-do-a-minecraft-pvp-game-similar-to-minecraft-monday-w-me-and-a-few-friends/1022922 "2025-09-10T23:12:20Z")
So me and a few friends are getting together to do a Minecraft PVP series like Minecraft Monday, and we’re ten people short. I need five people to respond, and bring one friend along each. --- ## [I pit chewing on people's faces](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-chewing-on-peoples-faces/623367)
**Author:** [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-chewing-on-peoples-faces/623367 "2025-09-10T21:24:16Z")
The latest out of Miami: I can have some strong opinions sometimes, but in most cases I am pretty leery about taking them so far as to tell other people what they should and should not do. How do I know I am right? Ar… --- ## [Pharmacy Rant Re: Eliquis - But not Entirely About Eliquis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharmacy-rant-re-eliquis-but-not-entirely-about-eliquis/1022796)
**Author:** [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pharmacy-rant-re-eliquis-but-not-entirely-about-eliquis/1022796 "2025-09-10T19:33:47Z")
I have been prescribed Eliquis as a blood thinner since early 2023 when I experienced pulmonary embolisms subsequent to a Covid infection. This medication is insanely expensive but my local Rite Aid store was fantastic a… --- ## [SCOTUS: skin color is reasonable suspicion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-skin-color-is-reasonable-suspicion/1022854)
**Author:** [@DeadTreasSecretaries](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadTreasSecretaries)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotus-skin-color-is-reasonable-suspicion/1022854 "2025-09-10T19:23:20Z")
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/us/politics/supreme-court-los-angeles-immigration.html The Supreme Court granted a stay of an injunction on ICE using profiling, including racial profiling, as reasonable suspicion to … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=240) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=242)