# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=3 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 4 --- ## [Marco Rubio should be Barbecued](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marco-rubio-should-be-barbecued/1034913)
**Author:** [@Gordon\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_G)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2026, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marco-rubio-should-be-barbecued/1034913 "2026-11-13T00:11:37Z")
Marco Rubio is likely to become the 48th President of the United States, so I will mention right now that I don’t like him. The R’s in the House voted 211-to-1 not to proceed with the impeachment of the evil idiot Hegse… --- ## [Mystery shows with idiosyncratic brilliant detectives, but the partner is pretty smart too](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-shows-with-idiosyncratic-brilliant-detectives-but-the-partner-is-pretty-smart-too/1034821)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2026, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystery-shows-with-idiosyncratic-brilliant-detectives-but-the-partner-is-pretty-smart-too/1034821 "2026-11-12T23:56:14Z")
We were watching Death Valley tonight, in which Timothy Spall plays a retired actor who used to play a Colombo type character, and he’s also quite clever and helps the police solve crimes. It’s a pretty typical set up, b… --- ## [Missing node.exe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-node-exe/1034779)
**Author:** [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2026, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-node-exe/1034779 "2026-11-12T23:43:05Z")
Every now and then, at random times, my computer tells me in a popup box that it cannot find nodejs.exe. I have tried downloading it, but that had no effect, and it is very irritating. I would be most grateful if someon… --- ## [NEW! Speak to me in Movie quotes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 9108\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2026, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-speak-to-me-in-movie-quotes/914614 "2026-11-12T23:39:48Z")
Mother always said, “Elwood” She always called me Elwood. “Elwood, in this world you have to be Oh so smart or Oh so pleasant” --- ## [Dental Insurance Not From Employer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dental-insurance-not-from-employer/1034796)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2026, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dental-insurance-not-from-employer/1034796 "2026-11-12T23:37:31Z")
The dental insurance the union offers retired employees has gone up to around $1300 for my spouse and me, so I’m wondering if any dopers have experience getting dental insurance on the open market. What I’m mostly wonde… --- ## [Speak to me in...TV quotes!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 3694\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2026, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speak-to-me-in-tv-quotes/975107 "2026-11-12T23:36:13Z")
Since Trek & the Pythons have their own, try to steer clear of them, tho I won’t rule them out unconditionally. And since this is often ambiguous in the other games here, yes it is expected that you riff off of the prev… --- ## [Veterans Day. If you want to thank a soldier…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veterans-day-if-you-want-to-thank-a-soldier/1034864)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2026, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veterans-day-if-you-want-to-thank-a-soldier/1034864 "2026-11-12T23:20:34Z")
--- ## [USPS mail sorting & routing question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usps-mail-sorting-routing-question/1034908)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2026, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usps-mail-sorting-routing-question/1034908 "2026-11-12T23:19:47Z")
I live in a small-ish town in northern New Mexico, with a decent sized US Post Office of about 1,000 PO Boxes. Sometimes, I gotta send in some paperwork to an organization with a PO Box in town . . . I fill out the pape… --- ## [The AI Execs Bet Wrong - What Now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ai-execs-bet-wrong-what-now/1034441)
**Author:** [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2026, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ai-execs-bet-wrong-what-now/1034441 "2026-11-12T23:17:12Z")
Musk wasn’t the only Silicon Valley exec who supported the Republicans in the midterms. I think a majority did (of billionaires, not workers) to keep AI deregulated. Now that they lost big, the Democrats in Congress don… --- ## [Botticelli - Nov 2026](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2026/1034353)
**Author:** [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2026, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/botticelli-nov-2026/1034353 "2026-11-12T23:11:03Z")
New game here. Rules are reposted. Botticelli: The Rules, An Explanation, What-Have-You How does this work? One person, the host, is thinking of someone and gives an initial (“I am B.”). Could be a real person, could … --- ## [It's Hegseth we need to get. {As of Nov 9, 2026; Rep Thomas Massie (GOP) filed articles of impeachment for Hegseth.}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-hegseth-we-need-to-get-as-of-nov-9-2026-rep-thomas-massie-gop-filed-articles-of-impeachment-for-hegseth/1017720)
**Author:** [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2026, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-hegseth-we-need-to-get-as-of-nov-9-2026-rep-thomas-massie-gop-filed-articles-of-impeachment-for-hegseth/1017720 "2026-11-12T23:07:01Z")
Trump expended a whole lotta political muscle to get Hesgeth confirmed. Hegseth has also been cleaning out his front office of anyone even suspected of not being loyal. And, even with Signalgate and associated messes, Tr… --- ## [Rimworld: old west meets sci-fi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimworld-old-west-meets-sci-fi/730244)
**Author:** [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Replies:** 663\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2026, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rimworld-old-west-meets-sci-fi/730244 "2026-11-12T22:59:22Z")
I’ve been playing Rimworld recently. It’s currently in alpha but very playable. The concept of the game is you’re in charge of colonists who crash land on a planet. You give them tasks, such a growing plants, taming ani… --- ## [When in discourse of sequential threads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906)
**Author:** [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Replies:** 2827\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2026, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-in-discourse-of-sequential-threads/911906 "2026-11-12T22:29:44Z")
Looks like the old one is more than 10K so here goes. Things are opening up. What personal service are you comfortable to try to get? Toilet Plume and the Coronavirus Normally I get a Toilet Plume every month or so bu… --- ## [Omnibus Evil MFers in the news thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 5046\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2026, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-evil-mfers-in-the-news-thread/983496 "2026-11-12T22:22:50Z")
We look for dimwitted dopes the world over, why not their malignant counterparts? Like Alexander Lushenko, who, apart from being Putin’s lapdog, is keeping an opposition journalist and activist (and his girlfriend) in p… --- ## [City (or town or whatever) Building Games](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-or-town-or-whatever-building-games/1033697)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2026, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-or-town-or-whatever-building-games/1033697 "2026-11-12T21:43:39Z")
I am kind of itching to play a City building game. It doesn’t have to be a city, it could be a town or outpost or Kingdom etc. I want something modern but I don’t have the patience anymore for the overly complex. I mostl… --- ## [Was it ever fashionable to wear a short tie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-it-ever-fashionable-to-wear-a-short-tie/1034660)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2026, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-it-ever-fashionable-to-wear-a-short-tie/1034660 "2026-11-12T21:43:09Z")
Sometimes, when looking at old photos, I’ll see men wearing suits with ties that only go about half way down their shirt. In modern times, that’s a fashion faux pas; your tie should come down to your belt buckle. Weari… --- ## [Fuck Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin and Fuck the Death Penalty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-oklahoma-governor-mary-fallin-and-fuck-the-death-penalty/731478)
**Author:** [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2026, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-oklahoma-governor-mary-fallin-and-fuck-the-death-penalty/731478 "2026-11-12T21:35:38Z")
Oklahoma is going to execute an innocent man in a few hours. Everyone agrees Richard Glossip was not the killer. The actual killer, Justin Sneed, and he alone, is the state’s evidence that Glossip was involved. The actu… --- ## [Delaware residents sue for a second US House seat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delaware-residents-sue-for-a-second-us-house-seat/1034884)
**Author:** [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2026, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delaware-residents-sue-for-a-second-us-house-seat/1034884 "2026-11-12T21:31:15Z")
In the news today, two residents of Delaware sued for their state to have a second seat in the US House of Representatives; claiming they are under-represented with just one seat for 991k residents. Interesting to me, t… --- ## [Words you thought you knew how to pronounce ...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-thought-you-knew-how-to-pronounce/70130)
**Author:** [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2026, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-thought-you-knew-how-to-pronounce/70130 "2026-11-12T21:20:30Z")
until too late. You encounter a new word in print, learn its the meaning, become familiar with it, comfortable with it, at length add it to your vocabulary … and then found out you were badly mispronouncing it? Bonus po… --- ## [Has Anyone Started Chess In Their 40s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-started-chess-in-their-40s/1034866)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2026, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-started-chess-in-their-40s/1034866 "2026-11-12T20:56:26Z")
I mostly got into chess away from the board - the personalities, history, interviews.. Most great chess players start out as children. I think I learned how to play in my teens, but my brother didn’t want to play, so af… --- ## [What meal would you make for a foreign visitor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-meal-would-you-make-for-a-foreign-visitor/1034740)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2026, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-meal-would-you-make-for-a-foreign-visitor/1034740 "2026-11-12T20:52:40Z")
Over the weekend I went down a YouTube rabbit hole of those “British people try American food” videos. That got me pondering: Imagine you were hosting guests from overseas, and they said they wanted to try a quintessen… --- ## [Misread thread titles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093)
**Author:** [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Replies:** 2155\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2026, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/misread-thread-titles/796093 "2026-11-12T20:44:04Z")
This morning , I thought it said “Just porcupines”. Turned out to be Just punchlines, over in Thread Games. That ever happen to you? --- ## [Weird things my mother would say](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-things-my-mother-would-say/1034747)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2026, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-things-my-mother-would-say/1034747 "2026-11-12T20:36:18Z")
If a child complained about having to do some mindless chore: “At least you’re not out on the street stealing hubcaps.” A variation of idle hands/devil’s workshop; apparently the devil needs a supply of hubcaps. After … --- ## [Survivor season 51](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-season-51/1033333)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivor-season-51/1033333 "2026-11-12T20:28:23Z")
A new season starts tonight. First impression: Looks like younger players compared to other seasons. I’m also glad that they are all first timers. --- ## [Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 9123\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2026, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657 "2026-11-12T20:27:12Z")
Continuing the discussion from Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread (Part 1) - #10010 by Atamasama. Previous discussions: Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread (Part 1) --- ## [World of Warcraft (WoW) Forever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-wow-forever/1033833)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 145\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2026, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-wow-forever/1033833 "2026-11-12T20:19:35Z")
A new fork of World of Warcraft (often called WoW) is in beta currently and will go live on November 4. Its intent is something like the original WoW from 2004 for the feel, but with some class changes to make every spec… --- ## [Today in Civilization I Saw](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-civilization-i-saw/1018708)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-civilization-i-saw/1018708 "2026-11-12T19:53:05Z")
How about a companion thread to the “Today in Nature I Saw” thread? I’ll start: A bit of archeology. --- ## [New and Unimproved Workplace Rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 4472\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2026, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-and-unimproved-workplace-rants/734638 "2026-11-12T19:47:28Z")
Since the other one hasn’t been updated in a couple of weeks, has over 9,000 posts and over 1 million views, I think I’ll just let it rest and start a new one. And because fuck you, that’s why, I’m going to post a sort … --- ## [Movies you've seen recently (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 6795\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2026, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288 "2026-11-12T19:47:26Z")
Continuing the discussion from Movies you've seen recently (Part 1) - #10019 by ekedolphin. Previous discussions: Movies you've seen recently (Part 1) --- ## [Best "Angry" lyrics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-angry-lyrics/304919)
**Author:** [@Patty\_Chuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_Chuck)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2026, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-angry-lyrics/304919 "2026-11-12T19:46:54Z")
I’m collecting angry lyrics for a friend of mine…out of songs that have really bitter lines in them about ex’s or ex best friends or just bad experiences…The best Angry lines I’ve heard were in a song called: Seventy Ti… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=4)