# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=336&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 337 --- ## [Superautomatic espresso machines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superautomatic-espresso-machines/1017035)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2025, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superautomatic-espresso-machines/1017035 "2025-04-15T05:01:01Z")
Anyone have experience with these? A “superautomatic” espresso machine is one that not only pumps water through your grounds, but also includes a built-in grinder, tamper, and sometimes a milk frother too (see one explan… --- ## [What would it take for Congress to take back its tariff powers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take-for-congress-to-take-back-its-tariff-powers/1016959)
**Author:** [@survinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/survinga)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2025, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-it-take-for-congress-to-take-back-its-tariff-powers/1016959 "2025-04-15T04:38:57Z")
A tariff is a tax. The Constitution puts that power squarely in the legislative branch. https://www.americanprogress.org/article/how-congress-can-end-trumps-trade-war/ There’s an array of things that Congress needs to… --- ## [Who's the most respectable economist (i.e. not a Trump sycophant) who has a positive assessment of tariffs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-most-respectable-economist-i-e-not-a-trump-sycophant-who-has-a-positive-assessment-of-tariffs/1016842)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2025, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-the-most-respectable-economist-i-e-not-a-trump-sycophant-who-has-a-positive-assessment-of-tariffs/1016842 "2025-04-15T03:53:45Z")
Are there any? Or are they all unanimous that Trump’s tariffs make no sense, are self-defeating, will lead to recession/depression, etc.? --- ## [Question about old-fashioned newspaper headlines starting with a verb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-old-fashioned-newspaper-headlines-starting-with-a-verb/1016420)
**Author:** [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2025, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-old-fashioned-newspaper-headlines-starting-with-a-verb/1016420 "2025-04-15T03:42:43Z")
I’m going to try my best to explain what I’m talking about. Over the years I’ve come across old news headlines, old like from the 40s and earlier, that start off with a verb instead of the noun that is doing the verb. Ex… --- ## [One little thing you wish you could change in a movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-little-thing-you-wish-you-could-change-in-a-movie/1012944)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 209\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2025, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-little-thing-you-wish-you-could-change-in-a-movie/1012944 "2025-04-15T02:01:26Z")
I have just watched . Independence Day again. I really like that movie but there’s one little thing I wish hadn’t been said. After the President’s wife dies he comes out of her room and walks over to his daughter, a li… --- ## [NHL offseaon 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-offseaon-2024/1006463)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2025, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nhl-offseaon-2024/1006463 "2025-04-15T01:42:09Z")
Freaking drunken ratbastard, in attempting to drive around two vehicles, ends up running over and killing Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, who were on bikes. --- ## [How will this be enforced? (judge orders Trump administration to abide by his restraining order)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-this-be-enforced-judge-orders-trump-administration-to-abide-by-his-restraining-order/1014147)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 241\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2025, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-will-this-be-enforced-judge-orders-trump-administration-to-abide-by-his-restraining-order/1014147 "2025-04-15T01:40:34Z")
So how will this be enforced? Does it come down to Congress having to impeach him if he doesn’t comply? --- ## [DHS is now trying to sneak into schools](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dhs-is-now-trying-to-sneak-into-schools/1017044)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2025, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dhs-is-now-trying-to-sneak-into-schools/1017044 "2025-04-15T01:35:12Z")
Of note, these were Homeland Security agents and not ICE. Apparently they were in plainclothes and not only didn’t identify themselves, but told the front office they were family to see certain students … in an elementa… --- ## [Looking for a particular movie sword](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-particular-movie-sword/1017039)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2025, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-particular-movie-sword/1017039 "2025-04-15T00:41:40Z")
I am looking for a replica of the tri-blade from the movie “The Sword And The Sorcerer”, and Google isn’t helping at all. It doesn’t have to actually shoot out the two smaller blades, of course. :grin: --- ## [Is Trump trying to return the USA to a Mercantilism economic model?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-trying-to-return-the-usa-to-a-mercantilism-economic-model/1016889)
**Author:** [@Sooner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sooner)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2025, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-trying-to-return-the-usa-to-a-mercantilism-economic-model/1016889 "2025-04-15T00:32:35Z")
Mercantilism is an economic theory and system that emphasizes national wealth and power through a positive balance of trade, where a nation’s exports exceed its imports. It was prominent in Europe from the 16th to 18th c… --- ## [Bob & Seanette's Adventure, on the Thirtieth Anniversary of our Marriage…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-seanettes-adventure-on-the-thirtieth-anniversary-of-our-marriage/1017020)
**Author:** [@Bob\_Blaylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Blaylock)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-seanettes-adventure-on-the-thirtieth-anniversary-of-our-marriage/1017020 "2025-04-15T00:01:12Z")
As of today, @Seanette and I have been married for THIRTY years. Not really because of that, we went today, on an epic adventure. I became aware, a few weeks ago, of a mountain peak appearing prominently on the horizon… --- ## [Profiles in Courage, 2025–](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profiles-in-courage-2025/1017053)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2025, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profiles-in-courage-2025/1017053 "2025-04-14T23:52:06Z")
This thread is to recognize Americans who put their livelihoods on the line by resisting the White House regime in a principled and high-profile way. (It doesn’t include Democratic politicians; opposition is part of the… --- ## [Is it random luck that in the US, politics is evenly divided on the national level, or is there some other reason](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-random-luck-that-in-the-us-politics-is-evenly-divided-on-the-national-level-or-is-there-some-other-reason/1017043)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2025, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-random-luck-that-in-the-us-politics-is-evenly-divided-on-the-national-level-or-is-there-some-other-reason/1017043 "2025-04-14T23:08:24Z")
In the US, politics can be heavily biased on the local and state level. That seems to be the common trend. Rural Mississippi is deeply republican and urban California is deeply democrat. The (vast) majority of local and … --- ## [Urban Trash Removal on Strike](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urban-trash-removal-on-strike/1017051)
**Author:** [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2025, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/urban-trash-removal-on-strike/1017051 "2025-04-14T20:33:14Z")
I saw a news story about the trash company on strike in Birmingham, England being on strike for an extended period now. Residents said trash bags are piling in the streets and are overrun by rats. They said they can take… --- ## [Posting a thread about antique firearms](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-a-thread-about-antique-firearms/969629)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-a-thread-about-antique-firearms/969629 "2025-04-14T17:56:52Z")
Later this year, I’ll be visiting a relative and I might inherit some antique (by USA standards) firearms eventually from them, probably sooner rather than later. I live in Chicago, so any thread that even hints about gu… --- ## [What is this electrical(?) facility/structure in Central Illinois?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-electrical-facility-structure-in-central-illinois/1017041)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2025, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-electrical-facility-structure-in-central-illinois/1017041 "2025-04-14T17:43:34Z")
Near I-55 Exit 39 in Central/Southwestern Illinois, not far from the town of Hamel, on the west side of the road is some sort of facility/structure that I drove past yesterday on my way home. On Google Maps it’s labeled … --- ## [Some more thoughts on restaurant tipping](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-more-thoughts-on-restaurant-tipping/1016113)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-more-thoughts-on-restaurant-tipping/1016113 "2025-04-14T13:52:33Z")
Here’s a web PFA (pic for attention) — There’s a recent thread in FQ on tipping where @Asuka used a gift card and their tip didn’t register; here ➜ Would a waitress know s… --- ## [Information on a speeding ticket](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/information-on-a-speeding-ticket/1016970)
**Author:** [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2025, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/information-on-a-speeding-ticket/1016970 "2025-04-14T13:24:35Z")
I was reading a linked story in another thread about the 1980 Harvey’s Casino bombing and came upon this passage: On 14 August 1981, FBI special agents once again brought 20-year-old John Jr. in for questioning. They to… --- ## ["I Love Tacos..."?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-tacos/56047)
**Author:** [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2025, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-tacos/56047 "2025-04-14T12:30:22Z")
I was listening to the Sohpie B. Hawkins song, “As I Lay Me,” and for years I’ve always wondered what the small chorus is singing in the background of the main chorus. I always thought it sounded like, “I love Tacos.” I’… --- ## [Bob's your Uncle](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2025, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bobs-your-uncle/1016645 "2025-04-14T06:25:11Z")
I had an Uncle Bob. I’m amazed how many thingies are Bob. A name for your uncle. Tails. Haircuts. Sticking your face in water trying to catch an apple. Whites. Fishing lure set up. A bodily/head movement. A unit… --- ## [Antibiotic resistance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antibiotic-resistance/838110)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2025, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/antibiotic-resistance/838110 "2025-04-14T05:23:03Z")
Is it possible to become tolerant of antibiotics? I’ve taken them a lot when younger. I used to get upper respiratory infections every winter and was always given penicillin or amoxicillin. Last February (2018) I had to… --- ## [Do you have an inner voice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-an-inner-voice/1011680)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2025, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-an-inner-voice/1011680 "2025-04-14T04:00:43Z")
I’m sure this has been done before. I’ve read this in the past: some people do not have an inner monologue. I came across it again today, based on a social media question about reading silently to yourself. This perso… --- ## [I am being ripped off](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-being-ripped-off/1016936)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2025, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-being-ripped-off/1016936 "2025-04-14T02:36:54Z")
I am a mathematician and I produce and sell theorems. But most of the people I do business with are not interested in buying a theorem from me. So I pay them in seldincoins, which are kind of IOU. My barber, for examp… --- ## [You FUCKING Bastard!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-bastard/215146)
**Author:** [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2025, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-fucking-bastard/215146 "2025-04-14T01:32:31Z")
I’m up way too late, and I decide to dial in some internet radio via iTunes to have some background noise, while I try to take care of a couple of things for work. As I’m typing away, I find one of the tunes that’s play… --- ## [How do I get a summer job?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-a-summer-job/1017010)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-a-summer-job/1017010 "2025-04-14T00:43:54Z")
Mid-50’s teacher. Deciding to take this summer off from traveling and thought a summer job would help pay off some bills (please don’t make this political about the economy). I’d just like some quiet job like warehous… --- ## [Best e-Reader Kindle v Kobo v Nook](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-e-reader-kindle-v-kobo-v-nook/804576)
**Author:** [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2025, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-e-reader-kindle-v-kobo-v-nook/804576 "2025-04-13T23:41:24Z")
I’m recovering from surgery and have a lot of time on my hands. I’m wondering whether it might be time to make the leap away from Kindle for e-readers, or at least expand my universe. I realized that I’m firmly tied up i… --- ## [Cannabis stores with punny names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabis-stores-with-punny-names/982416)
**Author:** [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2025, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cannabis-stores-with-punny-names/982416 "2025-04-13T23:04:40Z")
When Canada legalized cannabis sales, Toronto had a flurry of stores opening up with punny names on a scale only seen before with hair salons. Off the top of my head: Highlife Cannabis Baker & Blazer Cannabis Fogtown … --- ## [Moving money after account owner dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-money-after-account-owner-dies/1016969)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2025, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moving-money-after-account-owner-dies/1016969 "2025-04-13T22:20:12Z")
My mother died a few days ago. (Thanks in advance for your condolences.) My sister and I are her sole heirs, my sister is her executor, and one or both of us are named as beneficiaries of her various bank and investment… --- ## [Emailing v texting](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emailing-v-texting/1016673)
**Author:** [@mglambo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mglambo)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emailing-v-texting/1016673 "2025-04-13T21:21:02Z")
I have a friend who is much harder to reach via text than email. He and I are both retired. He might check his phone texts every day or two but he’s right on top of emails. He is practically the only person I know who co… --- ## [Mysterious cache of photos from 1960s San Francisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-cache-of-photos-from-1960s-san-francisco/1016943)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 13, 2025, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysterious-cache-of-photos-from-1960s-san-francisco/1016943 "2025-04-13T20:32:52Z")
A huge cache of over 8,000 photos was found in an abandoned storage locker. About a third of them are on undeveloped film, and therefore have not yet been seen. The photos are of a large number of public events in San Fr… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=335&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=337&state=tracking)