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**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marine-le-pen-found-guilty-of-embezzlement/1016405 "2025-03-31T20:41:03Z")
Well, hopefully it stands and her influence in France is kept to a minimum. A bit of good news. The article seemed to have changed as I created the post. --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - March 2025 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2025-edition/1014943)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-march-2025-edition/1014943 "2025-03-31T19:39:45Z")
March! And it’s already in the 60F/mid teens C, I am a tad concerned for summer… So Whatcha all readin’? On Kindle: The Clackity by Lora Senf. It’s a YA horror/fantasy about a traumatized girl having to go on a quest, … --- ## [Mountain Lion/Cougar on mountain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mountain-lion-cougar-on-mountain/1016256)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mountain-lion-cougar-on-mountain/1016256 "2025-03-31T19:07:05Z")
There is a Mountain Lion somewhere behind my house. My dogs where going ape shit and I went out and called them in. Oh my. The Mountain Lion scream is bone chilling. Really. At first I thought it was a woman screaming, … --- ## [Trump releasing files on JFK assassination](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-releasing-files-on-jfk-assassination/1013330)
**Author:** [@colinfred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colinfred)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-releasing-files-on-jfk-assassination/1013330 "2025-03-31T18:22:11Z")
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/other/trump-is-no-hero-for-releasing-jfk-assassination-files-says-jfk-s-grandson/ar-AA1xNcMw?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=a2d277ce1fe846d3a89f955462ddaf2c&ei=13 What’s wrong with this? He di… --- ## [EMT and Ambulances in the US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emt-and-ambulances-in-the-us/985660)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emt-and-ambulances-in-the-us/985660 "2025-03-31T18:07:16Z")
Was watching old episodes of Last Week Tonight, and in season eight (2021) there is a discussion of EMS services, EMTs and ambulances in the United States. Being a paramedic is a difficult job in many ways - physically… --- ## [Aging and time perception](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aging-and-time-perception/1015646)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aging-and-time-perception/1015646 "2025-03-31T17:47:58Z")
For some random reason the topic of Captain Kangaroo came up tonight. I used to watch it as a kid. I was thinking about Mr. Greenjeans, you know that really old sidekick of his. Well, I just did the math… I’m 25 years o… --- ## [Help me settle a bet: More electromagnetic radiation inside a room from a cell phone, the sun, or something else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-settle-a-bet-more-electromagnetic-radiation-inside-a-room-from-a-cell-phone-the-sun-or-something-else/1016146)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-settle-a-bet-more-electromagnetic-radiation-inside-a-room-from-a-cell-phone-the-sun-or-something-else/1016146 "2025-03-31T16:40:02Z")
We recently went to a fun science trivia night at the local brewery, and one of the questions was: Sitting in this room right now, what is the single most powerful source of electromagnetic radiation you are receiving? … --- ## [West Side Story (1961)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/west-side-story-1961/980371)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/west-side-story-1961/980371 "2025-03-31T13:48:14Z")
West Side Story (1961) is on TCM now. I wonder if Kim Wilde cribbed Kids In America from America? :notes: I like to be in America/Okay by me in America :notes: vs. :notes: We’re the kids in America (Woah)/We’re the ki… --- ## [Regrets, I've had a few](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrets-ive-had-a-few/1016392)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regrets-ive-had-a-few/1016392 "2025-03-31T13:27:49Z")
In my old age, I’m having regrets. Not rug rats, I’ve had those, but reconsiderations of my past behavior, for purely selfish reasons: there were older people in my life whom I couldn’t stand and I let my contempt for th… --- ## [Is this the longest running thread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-longest-running-thread/1016314)
**Author:** [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-the-longest-running-thread/1016314 "2025-03-31T13:18:31Z")
Yes, this thread was started by me. Help me stock the ultimate (fictional) library I have been away for several years and, coming back, I was amazed that it still has recent replies So, not the most popular or most vie… --- ## [Plot hole in "Road to Perdition" ruined the movie for me (SPOILERS!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plot-hole-in-road-to-perdition-ruined-the-movie-for-me-spoilers/119238)
**Author:** [@Jadis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jadis)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plot-hole-in-road-to-perdition-ruined-the-movie-for-me-spoilers/119238 "2025-03-31T12:39:05Z")
I saw RTP over the weekend, and not only was I disappointed with the utterly predictable story, I found myself downright pissed off over what I consider to be a key plot hole. I’ll insert spoiler space, just in case… L… --- ## [An iPod that had been underwater for five years helps solve an attempted murder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ipod-that-had-been-underwater-for-five-years-helps-solve-an-attempted-murder/1016254)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ipod-that-had-been-underwater-for-five-years-helps-solve-an-attempted-murder/1016254 "2025-03-31T11:36:28Z")
Apple should make a whole ad campaign around this story! The iPod in question was found in the Thames and contained evidence about a shooting by the members of a gang of thieves. --- ## [Is there a female incel equivalent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-female-incel-equivalent/1015877)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 132\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-female-incel-equivalent/1015877 "2025-03-31T08:56:44Z")
ISTM that to whatever degree that 80 20 is true (or experienced as true) it is true in both heterosexual directions. There are likely a minority of women whose attentions a majority of single and looking men are competin… --- ## [(Old) Fun Facts in the MMP!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fun-facts-in-the-mmp/1016018)
**Author:** [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Replies:** 374\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-fun-facts-in-the-mmp/1016018 "2025-03-31T07:00:18Z")
Morning, mumpers! It’s currently 8c/46f with a predicted high of 12c/54f and partly cloudy. Weather app says “Asking someone to be fucking positive about the weather is like asking them to fucking smile more. It’s fuc… --- ## [Did people die in large numbers of dysentery on the Oregon trail?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-people-die-in-large-numbers-of-dysentery-on-the-oregon-trail/1015913)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-people-die-in-large-numbers-of-dysentery-on-the-oregon-trail/1015913 "2025-03-31T05:16:59Z")
As made famous by the computer game But did people die of dysentery a lot on the Oregon Trail? I imagine they died of lots of other things but I thought dysentery was only… --- ## [Anyone have "easy" kids? Perfect parents?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-easy-kids-perfect-parents/1015026)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-have-easy-kids-perfect-parents/1015026 "2025-03-31T01:35:32Z")
If so, how do you define/explain it? My eldest daughter (the only of 3 of our kids to propagate) is going through stuff with her 2 kids - ages 5 and 10. Nothing terribly horrible - just strikes me as the kinda shit we … --- ## [Photo editing: Yes, it's appropriate and here's why](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photo-editing-yes-its-appropriate-and-heres-why/1016329)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photo-editing-yes-its-appropriate-and-heres-why/1016329 "2025-03-31T01:09:24Z")
I have occasionally encountered someone who boasts that they use the images right out of their camera, never do any editing to it. I don’t bother to argue the point – you do you. But I definitely employ my editing soft… --- ## [Bulldozer drivers--what can you see from the driver's seat? (Rachel Corrie)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulldozer-drivers-what-can-you-see-from-the-drivers-seat-rachel-corrie/162260)
**Author:** [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2025, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bulldozer-drivers-what-can-you-see-from-the-drivers-seat-rachel-corrie/162260 "2025-03-31T00:06:42Z")
Please, no debates as to whether Rachel Corrie was right or wrong. Link to news story. My question is, how much can a bulldozer driver see from the driver’s seat? I’ve never driven one myself. Is it possible he simpl… --- ## [They're kicking my non-ambulatory dad out of inpatient rehab soon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-kicking-my-non-ambulatory-dad-out-of-inpatient-rehab-soon/1016287)
**Author:** [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-kicking-my-non-ambulatory-dad-out-of-inpatient-rehab-soon/1016287 "2025-03-30T23:48:15Z")
My dad had an occipital hemorrhagic stroke two weeks ago. He was in the ICU for a few days, then discharged to inpatient intensive rehab, where he has been since the evening of 3/22. My mom got a call from them today, te… --- ## [Have you ever gotten the "Grandma/Grandpa, I'm in jail" scam call?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-gotten-the-grandma-grandpa-im-in-jail-scam-call/1015914)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-gotten-the-grandma-grandpa-im-in-jail-scam-call/1015914 "2025-03-30T21:48:54Z")
My late MIL got these calls several times, and she was sharp enough to either hang up or say “The police are tracing this call right now.” How could the caller know that her only grandson was blind and would never be arr… --- ## [Were fights between enslaved people (and their enslavers betting on them) ever a thing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-fights-between-enslaved-people-and-their-enslavers-betting-on-them-ever-a-thing/1016312)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-fights-between-enslaved-people-and-their-enslavers-betting-on-them-ever-a-thing/1016312 "2025-03-30T20:59:15Z")
In this thread, I ask about a book I heard about years ago, in which an enslaved man makes money for the man who enslaved him by bare-knuckle fighting other enslaved men (and being unbeatable). Was this a thing in the A… --- ## [How would you categorize this genre of music? Ragtime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-categorize-this-genre-of-music-ragtime/1016350)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-categorize-this-genre-of-music-ragtime/1016350 "2025-03-30T20:40:34Z")
The intro music in this video. What’s the genre? Ragtime? Pop Bluegrass? --- ## [January 1, 2025 is Public Domain day for 1929](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-1-2025-is-public-domain-day-for-1929/1011643)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/january-1-2025-is-public-domain-day-for-1929/1011643 "2025-03-30T20:30:33Z")
Copyright law today puts anything that is over 95 years old into public domain. For ease of handling, all of 1929 goes into the public domain as of January 1 in the 95th year. That means on January 1, 2025 all works from… --- ## [Secret ban--Carl Hiaasen unavailable](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-ban-carl-hiaasen-unavailable/1015847)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secret-ban-carl-hiaasen-unavailable/1015847 "2025-03-30T19:49:09Z")
moderator feel free to move) In 2020 a Florida author, Carl Hiassen wrote a novel about wildlife ranger, “Squeeze Me” that included wicked satire about Trump. Recently, I was looking another one of his books and discove… --- ## [Could Trumps Tariff's cause Ford and Gm’ pensions to default](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-trumps-tariffs-cause-ford-and-gm-pensions-to-default/1016343)
**Author:** [@JoePockets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoePockets)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-trumps-tariffs-cause-ford-and-gm-pensions-to-default/1016343 "2025-03-30T19:36:52Z")
These companies are doing fairly well up to this point but they could never reshuffle and bring back there there assembly division to what would be needed, Not to forget the enormous parts divisions of Delco and Motorcra… --- ## [Is N.K. Jemisin's "Broken Earth" trilogy appropriate for tweens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-n-k-jemisins-broken-earth-trilogy-appropriate-for-tweens/832344)
**Author:** [@TSBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TSBG)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-n-k-jemisins-broken-earth-trilogy-appropriate-for-tweens/832344 "2025-03-30T19:27:39Z")
Seems like it would be good for my 12 yo daughter, who is already well into YA fiction. Not sure how adult this is though. Thanks for your help. --- ## [User Jasmine’s opinions regarding the US system of jurisprudence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-jasmine-s-opinions-regarding-the-us-system-of-jurisprudence/1016214)
**Author:** [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-jasmine-s-opinions-regarding-the-us-system-of-jurisprudence/1016214 "2025-03-30T18:35:14Z")
Continuing the discussion from Luigi murder case–15,000 documents?: This is an incredibly ignorant statement to make. Under US Constitutional jurisprudence, everyone accused of a felony crime is afforded presumption of… --- ## [Shower registry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-registry/1016330)
**Author:** [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shower-registry/1016330 "2025-03-30T17:22:28Z")
I’m curious, what’s the most expensive item(s) you’ve ever seen on a wedding or baby shower registry? --- ## [Answering the phone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-the-phone/1012261)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/answering-the-phone/1012261 "2025-03-30T17:00:29Z")
Has anyone here adopted the gruff “Talk to me” from The Fugitive, when the one-armed guy answers the phone? “Ahoy” died in birth, and “Hello” has had a good run. Time for a change. --- ## [What is Alina Habba's deep game?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-alina-habbas-deep-game/995829)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2025, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-alina-habbas-deep-game/995829 "2025-03-30T15:36:51Z")
What is the deal with Alina Habba? She reminds one of a Fox news host. On the surface, she appears to be utterly incompetent as an attorney; (in)famously doing things like neglecting to request a jury trial for Trump’s … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=344&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=346&state=tracking)