# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=418 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 419 --- ## [Chemin de Fer, free download for Macs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chemin-de-fer-free-download-for-macs/1011371)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2024, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chemin-de-fer-free-download-for-macs/1011371 "2024-12-11T20:26:34Z")
Yes, I’m watching Bond films. I’m trying to find a free download to play Chemin de Fer on my Mac. I find games on the Apple store, but they say ‘Not compatible with this device,’ and ‘Requires MacOS 11.0 or later and a… --- ## [The entire ‘Food Stamp’ program in its various forms is a subsidy to help farmers by keeping demand high](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-entire-food-stamp-program-in-its-various-forms-is-a-subsidy-to-help-farmers-by-keeping-demand-high/1011512)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2024, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-entire-food-stamp-program-in-its-various-forms-is-a-subsidy-to-help-farmers-by-keeping-demand-high/1011512 "2024-12-11T20:07:38Z")
Hope this is not off-topic. The entire ‘Food Stamp’ program in it’s various forms is a subsidy to help farmers by keeping demand high. You pay less for food because everybody’s tax dollars funds these programs. I suppose… --- ## [What is "life changing money"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-life-changing-money/1011445)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-life-changing-money/1011445 "2024-12-11T19:45:18Z")
Continuing the discussion from So if you worked at Mcdonald's , would you recognize the assassin?: I knew a woman on an actuarial chat site who lost her job, couldn’t make rent, and her car broke, so she couldn’t get t… --- ## [Patent question?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patent-question/1010105)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2024, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patent-question/1010105 "2024-12-11T18:57:12Z")
From what I understand something cannot be patented if you have already sold one. I was wondering if you could charge a security deposit and loan it out for x period of time while waiting on your patent? --- ## [We have found the right dog boarders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-found-the-right-dog-boarders/1011455)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2024, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-have-found-the-right-dog-boarders/1011455 "2024-12-11T16:08:34Z")
Finding the right boarder for our dogs is very important; they cannot speak up when mistreated. We originally went to a very highly rated boarders They always charged extra for play time but we thought that was normal (… --- ## [Non-US Dopers: Is package theft a problem in your country?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-us-dopers-is-package-theft-a-problem-in-your-country/1011415)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-us-dopers-is-package-theft-a-problem-in-your-country/1011415 "2024-12-11T15:48:51Z")
I’m not sure how big package theft really is in the U.S. (the plural of anecdote is not data, after all), but YouTube sure loves showing me videos of package thieves getting their comeuppance. That, and this time of year… --- ## [Troubleshooting a new-ish Riding Mower engine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troubleshooting-a-new-ish-riding-mower-engine/1011360)
**Author:** [@Limmin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limmin)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/troubleshooting-a-new-ish-riding-mower-engine/1011360 "2024-12-11T15:39:02Z")
Hi all, While this might not be the “best” place to ask these questions, I figured many of you would have practical experience that might help. Topic: one year old riding mower. Craftsman, 19.5 hp Kohler engine. Used… --- ## [Las Vegas judge gets attacked by defendant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-vegas-judge-gets-attacked-by-defendant/995571)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2024, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/las-vegas-judge-gets-attacked-by-defendant/995571 "2024-12-11T10:08:19Z")
I saw this on Law Talk With Mike’s stream today. Upon hearing the judge deny probation and is sending him to jail, he rushes the judge and goes full Superman over the bench. Either court security was out of position or … --- ## [What is the point of abolishing abortion?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-point-of-abolishing-abortion/1006471)
**Author:** [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Replies:** 547\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2024, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-point-of-abolishing-abortion/1006471 "2024-09-17T22:01:38Z")
What is the extreme right’s reasoning behind abolishing abortion? And the subsequent stopping of contraception, and IVF (which doesn’t even fit in the same category, IMHO.) I’ve heard of the Project 2025 reasons of “hav… --- ## [Certificate for this site is invalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/certificate-for-this-site-is-invalid/1011467)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2024, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/certificate-for-this-site-is-invalid/1011467 "2024-12-11T01:53:51Z")
Please correct. Thanks! --- ## [Web site redirects to unrelated site, but only on Chrome (Edge OK)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-site-redirects-to-unrelated-site-but-only-on-chrome-edge-ok/1007809)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2024, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/web-site-redirects-to-unrelated-site-but-only-on-chrome-edge-ok/1007809 "2024-12-11T01:37:37Z")
I have a web site www.stringtheoryjazz.com that suddenly starting redirecting to www.shaadicreations.com a completely unknown (to me) site. I am working with my hosting company (GoDaddy) and when they tested it, it … --- ## [President Trump and President Grover Cleveland?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-trump-and-president-grover-cleveland/925012)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-trump-and-president-grover-cleveland/925012 "2024-12-10T21:58:54Z")
I don’t know if it’s too early to bring this up now. But I feel compelled to do so for some reason, so bear with me. Joe Biden is our next president. Mr. Trump won’t be able to do anything about that ultimately. Agreed? … --- ## [Tools of need, not of design](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tools-of-need-not-of-design/1003228)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tools-of-need-not-of-design/1003228 "2024-12-10T21:12:44Z")
I know…what the heck is he on about now? One of my most used tools around the house is a long-handled dandelion fork. But since my yard is now completely xeriscaped with decomposed granite everywhere, it got repurposed … --- ## [Why do police think those two photos are the same person (Thompson murder)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-police-think-those-two-photos-are-the-same-person-thompson-murder/1011312)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2024, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-police-think-those-two-photos-are-the-same-person-thompson-murder/1011312 "2024-12-10T21:08:54Z")
The news is plastered with one photo of a masked man with a backpack with light-colored straps, who could well be the killer, and another photo of a smiling guy (in Starbucks I think) in a coat that looks different to me… --- ## [Superman goes supersonic: What would people below him experience?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-goes-supersonic-what-would-people-below-him-experience/1011260)
**Author:** [@Caribbean\_cruiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caribbean_cruiser)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/superman-goes-supersonic-what-would-people-below-him-experience/1011260 "2024-12-10T18:52:19Z")
Let’s say Superman is standing in a crowd of people and suddenly flies straight up into the sky, as quickly as he can, reaching supersonic speed at an altitude of, say, 100 feet, as he flies straight up, high above Earth… --- ## [Advice for choosing a new washing machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-choosing-a-new-washing-machine/1011349)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-for-choosing-a-new-washing-machine/1011349 "2024-12-10T18:00:02Z")
My 28 year old Sears Kenmore washing machine is reaching the end of its life. It no longer reliably spins the clothes mostly-dry. (We re-run just the spin cycle a lot.) So i guess we need a new one. We relaxed the dryer … --- ## [Info about a 1973 film "Ground Zero"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-about-a-1973-film-ground-zero/1011412)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/info-about-a-1973-film-ground-zero/1011412 "2024-12-10T15:56:13Z")
I was watching a little potboiler called “Ground Zero” (1973) on Roku this morning. The final scenes had a bad guy with an atomic bomb at the top of the Golden Gate Bridge (pretty crappy movie, but damn good location sh… --- ## [NFL 2024-25: Week 14](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2024-25-week-14/1011119)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2024, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2024-25-week-14/1011119 "2024-12-10T15:25:10Z")
The Chiefs became the first team to clinch a playoff spot, but only because of an ill-timed snap by the Raiders center, which ruined a game-winning field-goal opportunity. The Raiders became the first team to be eliminat… --- ## [Any filk singers/listeners among us?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-filk-singers-listeners-among-us/1011414)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-filk-singers-listeners-among-us/1011414 "2024-12-10T14:27:59Z")
Weird how it happens, ain’t it? Someone in another thread brings up King Christian of Denmark, I remember that Peter S. Beagle once sang a song titled “Ballad of King Christian X, King of Denmark, 1912-1945” and that it… --- ## [In the Russia/Ukraine war, what weaknesses does Russia have](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-russia-ukraine-war-what-weaknesses-does-russia-have/1011180)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2024, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-russia-ukraine-war-what-weaknesses-does-russia-have/1011180 "2024-12-10T13:08:49Z")
I’ve heard about the strengths that Russia has. Things like a larger population, a larger economy. Support from nations like Iran, North Korea and China. A willingness and ability to wait for the west to lose interest an… --- ## [Cites as to when the authorities had a name for the assassin of the UHC CEO](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cites-as-to-when-the-authorities-had-a-name-for-the-assassin-of-the-uhc-ceo/1011433)
**Author:** [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2024, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cites-as-to-when-the-authorities-had-a-name-for-the-assassin-of-the-uhc-ceo/1011433 "2024-12-10T12:28:50Z")
Okay, you don’t want to discuss it anymore but do you have that cite for the outlets having his name other than Adams and the NYPost? You made that claim in post 619 so I’m curious about it. --- ## [Tracing Network Drops to Ports in Network Switches {question answered & already ordered}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tracing-network-drops-to-ports-in-network-switches-question-answered-already-ordered/1011403)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2024, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tracing-network-drops-to-ports-in-network-switches-question-answered-already-ordered/1011403 "2024-12-10T12:25:28Z")
We have a cranky drop in the main office that is used by the receptionist for her phone. The drop has no designation so, by eye, there is no way to match it up with the port to which it is connected in the IDF. There i… --- ## [Muting by tag isn't working for me {A bug, being bumped up to Discourse Tech Support}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muting-by-tag-isnt-working-for-me-a-bug-being-bumped-up-to-discourse-tech-support/1009259)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2024, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muting-by-tag-isnt-working-for-me-a-bug-being-bumped-up-to-discourse-tech-support/1009259 "2024-12-10T11:45:04Z")
I’m trying to take a break from a certain stressful subject, so I followed the instructions for muting the tag, but threads tagged that way still show up in the “Unread” list and under “Suggested” at the bottom of thread… --- ## [The Pantone color for 2025 looks like... um... shit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pantone-color-for-2025-looks-like-um-shit/1011211)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2024, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pantone-color-for-2025-looks-like-um-shit/1011211 "2024-12-10T11:21:35Z")
They’re euphemistically calling it “Mocha Mousse,” but well, draw your own conclusions. Highly appropriate, I’d say. :roll\_eyes: --- ## [Pitting Traitorous Black Male Trump Supporters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-traitorous-black-male-trump-supporters/1009929)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 274\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2024, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-traitorous-black-male-trump-supporters/1009929 "2024-12-10T04:41:28Z")
Trump and his MAGA army hate minority groups, and that includes YOU idiots named in the thread title. They want to get rid of federally funded pre-kindergarten, which strongly aids the poorer minority parents in getting… --- ## [Several kinds of aliens plan to conquer mankind, and they have offices to do their planning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/several-kinds-of-aliens-plan-to-conquer-mankind-and-they-have-offices-to-do-their-planning/1011163)
**Author:** [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2024, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/several-kinds-of-aliens-plan-to-conquer-mankind-and-they-have-offices-to-do-their-planning/1011163 "2024-12-10T02:05:57Z")
I noticed this morning an office next door to a doctor’s office I was visiting. It’s called “The Conference of Major Superiors of Men.” So the alien are so convinced that they can conquer mankind that they rent offices… --- ## [Anyone here been voluntarily circumcised?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-been-voluntarily-circumcised/500069)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2024, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-been-voluntarily-circumcised/500069 "2024-12-10T01:49:09Z")
Inspired by this thread asking for advice on whether to circumcise a newborn boy. The suggestion arises that new parents should skip it and let the child decide later. How much later is anyone’s guess. I expressed tha… --- ## [Is Columbia a manifestation of Liberty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-columbia-a-manifestation-of-liberty/1010209)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2024, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-columbia-a-manifestation-of-liberty/1010209 "2024-12-10T01:13:28Z")
Columbia is the personification of the United States of America like Britannia is for Great Britain. But is Columbia also a manifestation of the Liberty persona? The reason I am asking is we are familiar with the “Wal… --- ## [Make the rich pay their fair share!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-the-rich-pay-their-fair-share/1011019)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 267\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2024, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-the-rich-pay-their-fair-share/1011019 "2024-12-10T00:58:08Z")
From the Department of “Be careful what you ask for”. Politicians like to scream, “Make the rich pay their fair share!” After reading this, the rich will want to but the r… --- ## [What happens to deposed dictators that flee and get asylum in another country?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-deposed-dictators-that-flee-and-get-asylum-in-another-country/1011398)
**Author:** [@ByrdJrHs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ByrdJrHs)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2024, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-deposed-dictators-that-flee-and-get-asylum-in-another-country/1011398 "2024-12-10T00:57:39Z")
Off the top of my head I can only think of Ferdinand Marcos living pretty well in Hawaii. I’m sure there are other examples. I always assumed that the country offering the asylum was at least a one time ally of the dic… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=417) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=419)