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**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2026, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-the-train-from-portland-to-la-any-tips-or-tales/1032009 "2026-09-02T01:08:45Z")
In late August My Beloved and I are taking Amtrak from Portland to Los Angeles to go to Worldcon, around 30 hours (no sleeper). Has anyone ever done this route? Any tips on what to take, do or see along the way? --- ## [Impeach Noem, Bovino?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impeach-noem-bovino/1027128)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impeach-noem-bovino/1027128 "2026-09-01T19:50:39Z")
Just wondering if there’s been any suggestion of impeachment of Noem and Bovino, in light of the killings in Minneapolis? And their responses? --- ## [Things that don't bother voters vs. things that REALLY bother voters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-bother-voters-vs-things-that-really-bother-voters/1032304)
**Author:** [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-dont-bother-voters-vs-things-that-really-bother-voters/1032304 "2026-09-01T18:45:11Z")
Famously, Donald Trump was recorded in 2006 saying he could do Anything because he was “a star”–including grabbing women by their genitals. This “Access Hollywood tape” became public ten years later, not long before the … --- ## [Weird Things you've Stumbled Across on the Internet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-things-youve-stumbled-across-on-the-internet/1032715)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-things-youve-stumbled-across-on-the-internet/1032715 "2026-09-01T18:41:47Z")
Sometimes, on my way somewhere else, I come across something weird or downright bizarre on the internet. I store the URLs in a file devoted to such stuff. Over the weekend I came across this weird stained glass-or-ename… --- ## [A Movie "watching order" Master list](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-movie-watching-order-master-list/1032664)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-movie-watching-order-master-list/1032664 "2026-09-01T17:11:00Z")
I’ve been kicking around this idea in my head for a few months now. It would take forever to do obviously but everything starts with one step. I was thinking of someday creating a master list of movie watch order. I mean… --- ## [Rabbit rabbit!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-rabbit/983420)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-rabbit/983420 "2026-09-01T16:50:24Z")
There are threads from '02, '03, and '04 seeking etymology, but I don’t care about etymology. I’m just here to say it! (does anyone else say it?) Rabbit rabbit! --- ## [Dubai chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dubai-chocolate/1027810)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dubai-chocolate/1027810 "2026-09-01T15:52:18Z")
My neighborhood grocery store had Ghirardelli Dubai-Style candy at half price, a 4oz bag for $7.49, so I picked some up. I just ate one, and it tasted good, but not something I would pay the equivalent of $60 a pound fo… --- ## [Reading the Hugo packet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-the-hugo-packet/1031616)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-the-hugo-packet/1031616 "2026-09-01T15:48:59Z")
I mentioned this in the vorkosigan thread, and thought it might be worth starting a new thread to discuss it. I bought the Hugo packet again this year. (Technically, i bought “voting-only” access to the Hugo convention, … --- ## [Representative George Santos: Indictment and Prosecution (Expelled from Congress on Dec 1, 2023)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/representative-george-santos-indictment-and-prosecution-expelled-from-congress-on-dec-1-2023/983850)
**Author:** [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Replies:** 899\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/representative-george-santos-indictment-and-prosecution-expelled-from-congress-on-dec-1-2023/983850 "2026-09-01T15:31:54Z")
This thread is for the purpose of discussing House of Representatives member George Santos, currently under indictment for various criminal acts relating to his election to Congress. --- ## [Are there any knuckleball pitchers in MLB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-knuckleball-pitchers-in-mlb/1032682)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-knuckleball-pitchers-in-mlb/1032682 "2026-09-01T14:32:09Z")
Seems like a useful pitch to have on hand. --- ## [Going overseas for the first time in decades](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-overseas-for-the-first-time-in-decades/1030617)
**Author:** [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-overseas-for-the-first-time-in-decades/1030617 "2026-09-01T14:03:54Z")
Pretty much what the title says. I spent my childhood as a State Department brat but haven’t been out of the country since 1988. Perhaps being yanked about so much as a kid killed the travel bug for me, but also because … --- ## [The Great Ongoing Guitar Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-guitar-thread/527172)
**Author:** [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Replies:** 6665\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-guitar-thread/527172 "2026-09-01T13:38:58Z")
Face it, there’s been a lot of guitar threads over the last month or so. Some of us are pro-quality players, some of us (like me) are just starting out again for the third time. And some of us just like to sit around and… --- ## [Is There A Generational Difference In Southern Manners](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-generational-difference-in-southern-manners/1032678)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-generational-difference-in-southern-manners/1032678 "2026-09-01T13:30:25Z")
From The Atlantic: Excerpt: Today, the extent to which southerners are mannerly has evolved, as all things do. Some southerners lament what they see as a recent loss to their distinctive approach to etiquette, but th… --- ## [Monthly Photo Competition #45 – August, 2026 – “Hot”: Poll added](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-45-august-2026-hot-poll-added/1032167)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-45-august-2026-hot-poll-added/1032167 "2026-09-01T11:17:07Z")
This is the monthly photo competition thread for August, 2026. The topic this month is “Hot” chosen by WildaBeast. One entry per person per month. In this thread, please post only your photo and, if you like a brief tit… --- ## [Bringing my dog's ashes home](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bringing-my-dogs-ashes-home/1032685)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bringing-my-dogs-ashes-home/1032685 "2026-09-01T10:49:08Z")
First, thanks to everyone who already chipped in. I love you all. Second, feel a little stupid doing this, but I have no pride left, and there’s a slight urgency since the vet texted that my dog’s ashes are ready to be … --- ## [Music you like to fall asleep to?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-like-to-fall-asleep-to/1032121)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-you-like-to-fall-asleep-to/1032121 "2026-09-01T10:23:30Z")
For me, nothing beats Jean-Luc Ponty’s Mystical Adventures. No vocals, just some relaxing electric jazz violin. If I’m looking to take a short afternoon nap, this album chills me right out. What music do you like to fal… --- ## [Quick, what's your current earworm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 1707\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-whats-your-current-earworm/721433 "2026-09-01T10:12:40Z")
Bonus point awarded if you can identify why and when it burrowed itself into your ear. Mine is “Good Morning” from ‘Singin’ in the Rain’. I think I heard it in a television commercial a few days ago and it has latched o… --- ## [August Wrong! (Monthly Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-wrong-monthly-mini-rants/1032078)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 255\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-wrong-monthly-mini-rants/1032078 "2026-09-01T08:50:17Z")
Continuing the discussion from Rant, Write, and Boo (July Mini-Rants): …But I’ll keep trying! I feel torn about work. I have a whole lot of new responsibility by necessity. We are in bad financial shape, being a gove… --- ## [Reluctantly — Fuck Texas](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289)
**Author:** [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Replies:** 1225\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289 "2026-09-01T08:17:04Z")
Man, it kills me to write that title. I love this state. I love the food and the culture, I love the diversity. I bristle at the caricatures of Texans as a bunch of ignorant, braggadocious cowboys, knowing that the ov… --- ## [According to you, what is the meaning of life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-you-what-is-the-meaning-of-life/1032620)
**Author:** [@Xarrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xarrot)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/according-to-you-what-is-the-meaning-of-life/1032620 "2026-09-01T08:11:35Z")
There is no known meaning of life that we can all agree on as a species, as everyone has a different answer to the question “What is the meaning of life?”. So I would like to read your answers to this open ended question… --- ## [NSA and the Cold War Computer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsa-and-the-cold-war-computer/1032705)
**Author:** [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nsa-and-the-cold-war-computer/1032705 "2026-09-01T03:48:51Z")
Harvest, Stretch, and Tractor. NSA’s cryptographic computer system. --- ## [I Pit Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-magiver/937851)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 475\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-magiver/937851 "2026-09-01T03:22:26Z")
Hey, @Magiver, I know you’re a fucking idiot who doesn’t know how to start a new thread, so I figured I could help you out. To create a new topic, there’s a button that says “+ New Topic” on the upper right of the page.… --- ## [Why were Tupac Shakur and Notorious BIG killed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-tupac-shakur-and-notorious-big-killed/293154)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-tupac-shakur-and-notorious-big-killed/293154 "2026-09-01T01:33:46Z")
Per the linked MSNBC article quoted below - “Hip Hop Probe” did anything ever come out as to a definitive reason they were targeted and killed? --- ## [What can y'all tell me about TEMU, the shopping site?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-yall-tell-me-about-temu-the-shopping-site/984251)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-yall-tell-me-about-temu-the-shopping-site/984251 "2026-09-01T00:29:10Z")
What kind of experiences have you had with the site? Are they reliable? Do you get what you expect at a reasonable price in a reasonable time period? --- ## [The Scale Modeling Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scale-modeling-thread/954812)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2026, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-scale-modeling-thread/954812 "2026-08-31T23:44:59Z")
I loved building models as a kid/teenager/young adult and have decided to get back into it. As I love battleships, I have begun work on a 1/350 model of HMS Prince of Wales, the King George V class ship that met an unfo… --- ## [Extreme flooding in Nepal and into China](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-flooding-in-nepal-and-into-china/1032587)
**Author:** [@3AxisCtrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3AxisCtrl)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2026, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-flooding-in-nepal-and-into-china/1032587 "2026-08-31T22:43:17Z")
Videos are showing spectacular devastation - 20-meter-high walls of water. Cause unclear - may be the collapse of a glacial lake. --- ## [Was Washington a good general?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-washington-a-good-general/510272)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2026, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-washington-a-good-general/510272 "2026-08-31T22:41:05Z")
By which I mean did his military record show that he was competent in tactics, strategy, ect? --- ## [DC/Baltimore Area: Motorcycle for Sale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-baltimore-area-motorcycle-for-sale/1032729)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2026, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-baltimore-area-motorcycle-for-sale/1032729 "2026-08-31T22:38:34Z")
My commute to work has become both much shorter and less frequent, so I am selling my 2022 Royal Enfield Meteor 350. I’m not giving it the amount of use it needs to keep running well. Price is $2200 or best offer. --- ## [Silly Signs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-signs/112808)
**Author:** [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-signs/112808 "2026-08-31T20:05:05Z")
Anyone ever seen any signs/notices/instructions which were funny in the sense that they could have the wrong meaning taken from them or were stupid? I have a few: On a Japanese road: Stop. Drive Sideways. On a chainsa… --- ## [The US will not rise up against an authoritarian leader](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-us-will-not-rise-up-against-an-authoritarian-leader/1032275)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2026, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-us-will-not-rise-up-against-an-authoritarian-leader/1032275 "2026-08-31T19:50:30Z")
In P&E, there’s a thread about how the GOP could engineer staying in power in the House even if they should lose a majority based on the actual vote. At least two posters claimed that, if that were to happen, the people… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=30&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=32&state=muted)