# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=37&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 38 --- ## [What are new tactics that haven't been used against Trump/MAGA yet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-new-tactics-that-havent-been-used-against-trump-maga-yet/1032329)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-new-tactics-that-havent-been-used-against-trump-maga-yet/1032329 "2026-08-22T21:44:36Z")
By this point, nearly every tactic that could be used against Trump/MAGA has been tried, and found to be pretty futile. Impeachment, calling out his lies, calling him a bigot, spending heavily against him, all useless. S… --- ## [What does all this "Trump 2028" stuff mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-all-this-trump-2028-stuff-mean/1032384)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-all-this-trump-2028-stuff-mean/1032384 "2026-08-22T19:59:32Z")
Trump has started using the phrase “Trump 2028”. People have asked him if he’s planning on a third term and he’s played coy. He was asked directly if he thinks he can have a third term and he answered "Everybody asks me… --- ## [What are these tiny shelters along the side of the highway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-tiny-shelters-along-the-side-of-the-highway/1032127)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-tiny-shelters-along-the-side-of-the-highway/1032127 "2026-08-22T16:56:47Z")
While driving NE on Highway 401 between Windsor and London, Ontario a couple weeks ago, I would notice a tiny shelter along the side of the highway about every couple of miles. At least I think it’s a shelter? Sometimes … --- ## [What is the best defense of the apartheid-like system Israel enforces in occupied/settled/disputed territories?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-defense-of-the-apartheid-like-system-israel-enforces-in-occupied-settled-disputed-territories/1030314)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 307\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-defense-of-the-apartheid-like-system-israel-enforces-in-occupied-settled-disputed-territories/1030314 "2026-08-22T16:51:33Z")
A couple of years ago, I asked a question in FQ about claims made by Ta-Nehisi Coates about the West Bank: I quoted these snippets from Coates’ book: There were streets that we would encounter where we were allowed … --- ## [Why do msome people want so much money?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-msome-people-want-so-much-money/1032486)
**Author:** [@dcbwhaley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dcbwhaley)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-msome-people-want-so-much-money/1032486 "2026-08-22T16:23:40Z")
Once you have made your first billion surely you can buy all you want. So wh do people strive for more billions --- ## [One for the apostrophe pedants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-for-the-apostrophe-pedants/1032363)
**Author:** [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-for-the-apostrophe-pedants/1032363 "2026-08-22T15:17:35Z")
Today’s Wallace the Brave comic strip was a fun piece but I suspect that Rose, the little girl in the bottom center of the panel, will be especially appreciated by those who dream of a world where the noble apostrophe ge… --- ## [Alpine divorce—experience anybody?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alpine-divorce-experience-anybody/1028457)
**Author:** [@LouMa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouMa)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alpine-divorce-experience-anybody/1028457 "2026-08-22T14:38:37Z")
The term “alpine divorce” comes from a story by Robert Barr published in 1893, in which a hike by a couple who hate each other in the Alps takes an unexpected turn. Since then, the meaning has shifted somewhat; people no… --- ## [Does Cloaked Dot Com work? (No stories about spam in general, please)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-cloaked-dot-com-work-no-stories-about-spam-in-general-please/1032484)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-cloaked-dot-com-work-no-stories-about-spam-in-general-please/1032484 "2026-08-22T14:36:49Z")
I have seen a lot of ads for Cloaked dot com, a service for removing your name from a lot of spam lists. There doesn’t seem to be many complaints about the service, but I was wondering about your experience with this o… --- ## [David Mitchell's new show "Ludwig" on BBC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-mitchells-new-show-ludwig-on-bbc/1008236)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-mitchells-new-show-ludwig-on-bbc/1008236 "2026-08-22T06:12:18Z")
Dunno if/when it might turn up on BBC America (did his Shakespeare ever make it?) The setup is he’s a reclusive puzzle guy with an identical twin Detective in Cambridge who goes missing. So of course the wife of his bro… --- ## [Anyone here had Epiretinal Membrane surgery?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-had-epiretinal-membrane-surgery/1031993)
**Author:** [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-had-epiretinal-membrane-surgery/1031993 "2026-08-22T05:13:36Z")
Anyone here had Epiretinal Membrane surgery? If so, how did it go, how was the recovery, did your vision improve, etc? Here’s a description if anyone’s curious. A thin filmy membrane can develop over the eye’s macula, p… --- ## [Mild cursing in old timey TV (The Real McCoys: Grandpa's Birthday (1958)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-cursing-in-old-timey-tv-the-real-mccoys-grandpas-birthday-1958/1032462)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mild-cursing-in-old-timey-tv-the-real-mccoys-grandpas-birthday-1958/1032462 "2026-08-22T04:40:57Z")
Plot revolves around a despondent Grandpappy because the family has forgotten his birthday. Being a comedy, all’s well that ends well, but it was a little jarring when he finally gets his cake and he says something like… --- ## [Horse Racing: Will the New Thoroughbred Championship Series Replace the Triple Crown?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-racing-will-the-new-thoroughbred-championship-series-replace-the-triple-crown/1032148)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-racing-will-the-new-thoroughbred-championship-series-replace-the-triple-crown/1032148 "2026-08-22T04:26:06Z")
Churchill Downs Incorporated and the New York Racing Association on Monday announced a six-race championship series over a span of five months that includes the Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes and a $5 million prize p… --- ## [Connecting my Shark robot vacuum to GFiber](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/connecting-my-shark-robot-vacuum-to-gfiber/1032455)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/connecting-my-shark-robot-vacuum-to-gfiber/1032455 "2026-08-22T03:22:32Z")
Anyone have success with this? I have three Ninja Shark robots who need 2.4ghz internet. I just got Google Fiber and cannot connect any of these things to it. I already created a 2.4ghz band, set it to WPA2 protection (… --- ## [Does your marriage have its own version of the "same old argument that never resolves," and if so, what is it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-marriage-have-its-own-version-of-the-same-old-argument-that-never-resolves-and-if-so-what-is-it/1030032)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2026, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-marriage-have-its-own-version-of-the-same-old-argument-that-never-resolves-and-if-so-what-is-it/1030032 "2026-08-22T00:44:08Z")
I read somewhere that many if not most marriages always have some sort of core never-resolvable disagreement or “same old quarrel” in it - such as one spouse feeling unloved but the other not feeling capable of giving th… --- ## [Project Hail Mary post release thread (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/project-hail-mary-post-release-thread-open-spoilers/1028602)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 104\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/project-hail-mary-post-release-thread-open-spoilers/1028602 "2026-08-21T18:56:56Z")
Project Hail Mary is one of my favorite lighter reading, page turner books. I was worried they were going to screw the movie up, and I’m happy to say they didn’t. It was actually a really faithful adaptation. They even s… --- ## [Do any of the common bottled waters taste different?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-the-common-bottled-waters-taste-different/1032130)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-the-common-bottled-waters-taste-different/1032130 "2026-08-21T18:48:10Z")
They all taste fine when cold. But my test is when I wake up at night and have a sip of warm bottled water.The alkaline taste comes through. I had some Fiji once and it seemed really good although it is expensive. I buy … --- ## [US Strategic Oil Reserves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-strategic-oil-reserves/1032328)
**Author:** [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-strategic-oil-reserves/1032328 "2026-08-21T16:34:35Z")
I struggled with where to ask this, but I’m mostly interested in facts and maybe some educated guesses, so I’ll try it here in GQ. (Or FQ I guess – still not used to that.) I’ve known for a while that we’ve been drawing… --- ## [Why am I short?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-short/1031412)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-short/1031412 "2026-08-21T15:33:11Z")
I’m a guy and 5’2. My mom is 5’5, my dad is 5’8, my maternal grandfather was 5’11, my uncle and paternal grandfather are 5’8, as were my mom’s uncles. I was born 6 weeks early and 5 pounds, and when I was a baby, I was … --- ## [Is ape sign language completely dead?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ape-sign-language-completely-dead/1027824)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-ape-sign-language-completely-dead/1027824 "2026-08-21T14:32:12Z")
Is it now considered established that gorillas and chimps simply don’t have the abstract reasoning capacity for language? --- ## [New Book (C)2027](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-book-c-2027/1032445)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-book-c-2027/1032445 "2026-08-21T13:50:45Z")
I bought a new medical text, published in June or July. I was surprised to find it (C)2027. How does that work? --- ## [So I have Breast Cancer. What should I know or expect in the next weeks or months?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-breast-cancer-what-should-i-know-or-expect-in-the-next-weeks-or-months/1032421)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-have-breast-cancer-what-should-i-know-or-expect-in-the-next-weeks-or-months/1032421 "2026-08-21T13:40:06Z")
Hi everyone, The title pretty much tells you what I am looking for. I know we have some folks here who have been through this, so advice would be very appreciated. I’m waiting for a consultation with the surgeon to di… --- ## [Predictions and Forecasts about the East Wing/Bunker/Ballroom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-and-forecasts-about-the-east-wing-bunker-ballroom/1032274)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predictions-and-forecasts-about-the-east-wing-bunker-ballroom/1032274 "2026-08-21T11:36:44Z")
Given that a court has ruled that Trump had no authority to demolish the East Wing and build a “ballroom”, now re-branded as a military installation. And given that Trump will take this to the Supreme Court: What would… --- ## [Oh oh - Looks like Giraffes have been banned from the internet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-oh-looks-like-giraffes-have-been-banned-from-the-internet/1032435)
**Author:** [@JimNightshade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimNightshade)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-oh-looks-like-giraffes-have-been-banned-from-the-internet/1032435 "2026-08-21T08:45:58Z")
Them darned Giraffes! --- ## [Watch strap glue?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-strap-glue/1032373)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watch-strap-glue/1032373 "2026-08-21T03:38:33Z")
The little strip that holds the loose end of my watch strap broke. I tried using cyanoacrylate, but it didn’t last long. Right now, I have a piece of cellophane tape holding it. As I would rather not spend $118 on a n… --- ## [You are transported back to 70 million BCE](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-transported-back-to-70-million-bce/1021335)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-transported-back-to-70-million-bce/1021335 "2026-08-21T00:43:01Z")
…how much more dangerous would it be than going back 20,000 years say? \[To eliminate the effects of the Pleistocene extinctions as well as the subsequent civilization and industrialization trends.\] What would you need … --- ## [Very disappointed in how small of a role gas lights played in Gaslight \[1944\] (spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-disappointed-in-how-small-of-a-role-gas-lights-played-in-gaslight-1944-spoilers/1032163)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-disappointed-in-how-small-of-a-role-gas-lights-played-in-gaslight-1944-spoilers/1032163 "2026-08-21T00:36:51Z")
Obviously “gaslighting” as a description (often misused) of someone convincing someone else that they’re insane by altering and then denying reality has grown in popularity in the last 10 years, but I just got around to … --- ## [Social Etiquette: When does an invite extended to one person implicitly include or exclude their partner/family?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-etiquette-when-does-an-invite-extended-to-one-person-implicitly-include-or-exclude-their-partner-family/1032225)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2026, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-etiquette-when-does-an-invite-extended-to-one-person-implicitly-include-or-exclude-their-partner-family/1032225 "2026-08-21T00:02:35Z")
I’ve had a couple of instances in the past where I know Person A very well and have a vague idea they have a spouse/boyfriend/girlfriend/partner/situationship/etc. Person B who I don’t know very well. I’ll invite Person … --- ## [Wonder Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-man/1027098)
**Author:** [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wonder-man/1027098 "2026-08-20T23:53:46Z")
Marvel’s Wonder Man drops tonight at 9 Eastern/8 Central (why do these Disney shows always premiere at this time? They should drop around 5 or 6 so I can watch them over dinner). This Wonder Man is definit… --- ## [Republicans' war on transgender people: Omnibus thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-war-on-transgender-people-omnibus-thread/965609)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 2092\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-war-on-transgender-people-omnibus-thread/965609 "2026-08-20T22:28:06Z")
Do we have an omnibus thread for Republicans’ war on transgender people yet? If not, let me start one with this. Apparently even full-grown adults can’t be trusted to make the decision to transition in Florida. At lea… --- ## [The Great Flag Debate of Utah (now moved on to additional states, currently IL)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-flag-debate-of-utah-now-moved-on-to-additional-states-currently-il/980694)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 368\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-flag-debate-of-utah-now-moved-on-to-additional-states-currently-il/980694 "2026-08-20T21:35:31Z")
The Utah state legislature has voted for a new state flag. It now goes to the Governor for his decision. Apparently this item took up more legislators’ time this session than the decision to pass a $400 million tax cut. … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=36&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=38&state=muted)