# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=324 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 325 --- ## [Preparation for Martial Law in US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preparation-for-martial-law-in-us/1017723)
**Author:** [@cantara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cantara)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preparation-for-martial-law-in-us/1017723 "2025-05-01T19:01:46Z")
I am surprised this has not appeared on more media sites. Executive Order for Police and Military April 28 My summary: Less accountability for police (indemnification for LEO) and defense funds for charges against LE… --- ## [Tell Me About Arresting Judges](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-arresting-judges/1017558)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-about-arresting-judges/1017558 "2025-05-01T18:58:00Z")
Really I am asking a Factual Question, but I suppose the Hive Mind will soon go off on a political tangent. So some law enforcement people elected a Wisconsin judge in her chambers and perp-walked her to a van. The FBI … --- ## [Structure of a Black Hole Singularity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/structure-of-a-black-hole-singularity/1017606)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/structure-of-a-black-hole-singularity/1017606 "2025-05-01T18:08:46Z")
If a star 3 to 4 times as massive as our Sun collapses, a Black Hole forms. The general consensus is that the gravity becomes so strong the mass concentrates to an infinitely dense zero dimensional geometric point. Thi… --- ## [The skyscraper thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-skyscraper-thread/1017479)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-skyscraper-thread/1017479 "2025-05-01T15:41:42Z")
A 2006 thread that may be of interest: And an interesting recent story, I thought: --- ## [Adolescence on Netflix. Open spoilers after OP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adolescence-on-netflix-open-spoilers-after-op/1015925)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/adolescence-on-netflix-open-spoilers-after-op/1015925 "2025-05-01T15:23:17Z")
Some mention of this show in “Series you …” thread but I really would love to read some discussion about it. The no spoilers synopsis: watch it. Strongly recommended. Technically amazing. Acting superb. NOT a light feel… --- ## [USB to 3.5mm 6-Channel Audio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usb-to-3-5mm-6-channel-audio/1017685)
**Author:** [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usb-to-3-5mm-6-channel-audio/1017685 "2025-05-01T15:18:43Z")
The motherboard of my new computer is an ASUS 870E-E Gaming, which does not have the 6-Channel 3.5mm ports (Green, Pink, Black) for 5.1 Surround Sound. My speakers are Logitech Z906. I don’t want to use the optical port … --- ## [My story out this month (May 2025) in Dark Horses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-story-out-this-month-may-2025-in-dark-horses/1017360)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-story-out-this-month-may-2025-in-dark-horses/1017360 "2025-05-01T14:46:21Z")
My short fantasy story “And 'Twill Prove So”, is out in the latest issue (#40, May 2025) of Dark Horses: The Magazine of Weird Fiction I originally conceived of this story in response to a call for fantasy stories s… --- ## [How was the rest of the world "ripping us off"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-the-rest-of-the-world-ripping-us-off/1016757)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-the-rest-of-the-world-ripping-us-off/1016757 "2025-05-01T13:00:18Z")
That trump guy is making the US sound like the biggest bunch of losers on the planet. Everybody is taking advantage of us and hurting our feelings. But trump is talking about buying and selling. What does he know about t… --- ## [Liberated Holocaust survivors dying when given food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberated-holocaust-survivors-dying-when-given-food/526453)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liberated-holocaust-survivors-dying-when-given-food/526453 "2025-05-01T08:41:50Z")
\[SIZE=2\]Untold thousands of the liberated starved prisoners from the Nazi concentration camps\[SIZE=1\]\* died in agony immediately after liberation, after having been given some food by well-meaning soldiers. According to … --- ## [Is there really a direct phone line from the White House to the Kremlin (Russia)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-really-a-direct-phone-line-from-the-white-house-to-the-kremlin-russia/1017638)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-really-a-direct-phone-line-from-the-white-house-to-the-kremlin-russia/1017638 "2025-05-01T08:30:39Z")
Title kinda says it all. Can the US president pick-up a phone and expect the president of Russia to answer? A literal direct line. No dialing needed. You pick up the phone and there is only one person on the other end… --- ## [April Sours... (Monthly Mini-Rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-sours-monthly-mini-rants/1016445)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 376\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/april-sours-monthly-mini-rants/1016445 "2025-05-01T05:14:05Z")
Continuing the discussion from March on with your bad self (plant your March mini rants): I’ve been fighting a cold for about a week now. The symptoms are mostly gone, except this nagging tickle in the back of my throa… --- ## [Five nurses on the same floor diagnosed w/brain tumors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-nurses-on-the-same-floor-diagnosed-w-brain-tumors/1016674)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-nurses-on-the-same-floor-diagnosed-w-brain-tumors/1016674 "2025-05-01T02:43:18Z")
Very strange. They’re all in the same maternity unit, and according to the hospital’s investigation there’s no “environmental risks which could be linked to the development of a brain tumor, "but something weird is clea… --- ## [Let's make a modern pantheon of gods](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-modern-pantheon-of-gods/1009179)
**Author:** [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-make-a-modern-pantheon-of-gods/1009179 "2025-05-01T02:34:34Z")
Ancient pantheons of gods represented those forces that were important to the lives of their devotees but beyond their control: rain, fertility, health, love, death and so on. Back when my better half and I lived in an … --- ## [Anyone else watching Etoile?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-watching-etoile/1017733)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-watching-etoile/1017733 "2025-05-01T01:56:44Z")
8 eps on Amazon. We just finished it and quite enjoyed it. Which is weird, because there was a lot about it that wasn’t great. A couple of the actors - including 2 of the leads - were pretty clunky, a lot of the situa… --- ## [Free Association v2.0 (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581)
**Author:** [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Replies:** 9999\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-association-v2-0-part-1/912581 "2025-05-01T01:56:03Z")
Wine. --- ## [What makes bread-and-butter economic issues relatively unappealing for Democrats?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-bread-and-butter-economic-issues-relatively-unappealing-for-democrats/1017409)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-makes-bread-and-butter-economic-issues-relatively-unappealing-for-democrats/1017409 "2025-05-01T00:39:05Z")
When it comes to issues like social justice, abortion, feminism, race, affirmative action, deportations, LGBT, opposing-Trump, etc., the Democratic Party shows plenty of energy and zest in fighting. When it comes to thi… --- ## [Your weird names for food items](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-weird-names-for-food-items/1017379)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-weird-names-for-food-items/1017379 "2025-05-01T00:26:38Z")
In the “What’s the strangest thing you’ve heard of that has been tranformed into ‘milk’?” thread, @engineer\_comp\_geek mentions that he refers to his wife’s almond milk as “nut juice”. In our family, we have always refer… --- ## [I'm knackered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-knackered/1017313)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-knackered/1017313 "2025-05-01T00:22:41Z")
Title says it all. Some kip would be lovely. Unfortunately, some git threw a wobbly and dented me bonnet and smashed me windscreen with a spanner in the car park near the council house. Brilliant. I’m also peckish becaus… --- ## [What causes these sharp, transient pains?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-these-sharp-transient-pains/1017715)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2025, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-these-sharp-transient-pains/1017715 "2025-04-30T23:37:25Z")
This happens to me infrequently (maybe once every two years). Without any warning, I will get a very sharp pain when walking, located just below my ankle, on the outside of my foot, slightly forward of the ankle. The pai… --- ## [How do you know you're getting old? Andre Agassi, 55, plays pickleball!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-youre-getting-old-andre-agassi-55-plays-pickleball/1017726)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2025, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-know-youre-getting-old-andre-agassi-55-plays-pickleball/1017726 "2025-04-30T23:02:07Z")
Not surprisingly, he’s also playing in the world championships. I just saw this on NBC News. --- ## [If you don't want AI in your Google search results, just curse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-want-ai-in-your-google-search-results-just-curse/1017707)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-want-ai-in-your-google-search-results-just-curse/1017707 "2025-04-30T21:46:29Z")
How do I measure curtains vs How the fuck do I measure curtains --- ## [(Old) Tying up loose ends in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tying-up-loose-ends-in-the-mmp/1011700)
**Author:** [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Replies:** 313\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2025, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-tying-up-loose-ends-in-the-mmp/1011700 "2025-04-30T20:59:11Z")
Morning, mumpers! It’s currently 8c/47f with a predicted high of 10c/50f, and partly cloudy. Weather app says “It might be nice now, but at some point it’s going to fucking rain. Sad fucking trombone.” Yes, we do hav… --- ## [Best Cheech and Chong movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cheech-and-chong-movie/486746)
**Author:** [@New\_Beginning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/New_Beginning)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-cheech-and-chong-movie/486746 "2025-04-30T20:50:46Z")
My fiancee has never seen a Cheech and Chong movie and she would like to watch one finally. It has been a while since I’ve seen them, and while I remember getting a real kick out of one or two of them, I found some of th… --- ## [Buying products before tariffs kick in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-products-before-tariffs-kick-in/1011936)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2025, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-products-before-tariffs-kick-in/1011936 "2025-04-30T20:23:16Z")
I read an article on one of the online business sites which opined that tariffs might soon make some products much more expensive. At the top of their list was consumer electronics. Mr. brown has been griping that our … --- ## [Is there really a "research casino" operated by gambling companies and big tech?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-really-a-research-casino-operated-by-gambling-companies-and-big-tech/1017625)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2025, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-really-a-research-casino-operated-by-gambling-companies-and-big-tech/1017625 "2025-04-30T18:56:21Z")
In this video, the presenter is making the claim that the spread of ever easier access to gambling is a really dangerous trend, with the potential to be “more damaging than the opioid crisis.” OK, I don’t have a problem … --- ## [How do I set it up so I can view this forum in Dark Mode?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-set-it-up-so-i-can-view-this-forum-in-dark-mode/1017721)
**Author:** [@bodangus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bodangus)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2025, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-set-it-up-so-i-can-view-this-forum-in-dark-mode/1017721 "2025-04-30T18:39:35Z")
Dark background with white letters. If it could be done it would be easier on my eyes anyway. --- ## [Copyright and stranger photographs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copyright-and-stranger-photographs/1017406)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2025, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copyright-and-stranger-photographs/1017406 "2025-04-30T17:26:37Z")
Let’s say I’m wandering about with a friend. We want to memorialize our outing with a nice photo. I ask a stranger walking by if they’d take a picture of me and my friend. The stranger agrees, and my friend gives their c… --- ## [Cruise tips (ocean, big ship)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruise-tips-ocean-big-ship/998255)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cruise-tips-ocean-big-ship/998255 "2025-04-30T15:14:38Z")
I see some older threads on this but they are MUCH older (20+ years ago) so, asking again if that’s ok: I am going on my first cruise in May. Any tips? (in my case I do NOT need tips about excursions but others may f… --- ## [Critique my water purifying schemes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critique-my-water-purifying-schemes/1017616)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2025, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/critique-my-water-purifying-schemes/1017616 "2025-04-30T01:25:15Z")
I’m aware of the method where people stretch a small sheet of plastic over a pool of water and collect the condensate that drips off the plastic. But how about some more active methods, each utilizing a 1 meter square fl… --- ## [In the past few week, our nondescript public school has had](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-past-few-week-our-nondescript-public-school-has-had/1017634)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2025, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-past-few-week-our-nondescript-public-school-has-had/1017634 "2025-04-30T01:19:32Z")
A former student selected early in the second round of the WNBA draft, and 2. Had a former student accepted at Harvard with a full ride. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=323) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=325)