# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=444 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 445 --- ## [Protest song id. Arrests, Scandinavians, miners?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protest-song-id-arrests-scandinavians-miners/1008281)
**Author:** [@DooProcess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DooProcess)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/protest-song-id-arrests-scandinavians-miners/1008281 "2024-11-02T22:57:08Z")
I am hoping the minds here can help me rediscover a song that is proving un-googleable. It was delivered in a folky spoken word storyteller style and told of some sort of union organizing/collective bargaining. The song… --- ## [Let’s list all of Donald’s promises](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-s-list-all-of-donald-s-promises/1009416)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-s-list-all-of-donald-s-promises/1009416 "2024-11-02T22:28:13Z")
Politicians have always made promises, but The Donald takes it to another level. Let’s start a list of all the things he is going to deliver if he gets back in power. • Fixing McDonalds ice cream machines. • Free gener… --- ## [Into the Valley of Death rode the six hundred...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/into-the-valley-of-death-rode-the-six-hundred/233284)
**Author:** [@Achilles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achilles)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2024, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/into-the-valley-of-death-rode-the-six-hundred/233284 "2024-11-02T21:33:48Z")
“Half a league, half a league Half a league onwards, All in the Valley of Death Rode the 600. “Forward the Light Brigade” “Charge for the guns!” he said Into the Valley of Death Rode the 600.” \*The charge of… --- ## [Identify a particular Nick Carter novel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-particular-nick-carter-novel/1009594)
**Author:** [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-particular-nick-carter-novel/1009594 "2024-11-02T20:49:13Z")
Back in the 1970s (no later than 1978), when I was a kid, I ran across a copy of a Nick Carter - Killmaster novel. I know it was fairly new, because a major plot point is that a character lost friends in the Kent State … --- ## [Need help with new iPhone and safely deleting data](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-new-iphone-and-safely-deleting-data/1009585)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-new-iphone-and-safely-deleting-data/1009585 "2024-11-02T18:41:21Z")
I purchased a new I phone. I will be returning my old one for credit. I’ve successfully transferred service and all of the data on my old phone to my new phone. I need to delete the info/data on the old phone before tur… --- ## [Will we ever get away from the Electoral College?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-get-away-from-the-electoral-college/1009584)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-we-ever-get-away-from-the-electoral-college/1009584 "2024-11-02T17:10:51Z")
I know this topic has been done before, but not for a while and the US has changed mightily in that time. I am not a political whiz by any means, so I don’t understand why we can’t just elect a president by popular vote… --- ## [Skylon SABRE engine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skylon-sabre-engine/642561)
**Author:** [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2024, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/skylon-sabre-engine/642561 "2024-11-02T16:43:47Z")
We’ve seen some related threads on this, but non directly about it for a while. Seems they’ve just got an endorsement from the ESA and now looking for $250 million in funding. http://news.yahoo.com/british-company-cla… --- ## [What Happened To Susan ("stop the madness") Powter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-susan-stop-the-madness-powter/294176)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2024, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-susan-stop-the-madness-powter/294176 "2024-11-02T16:21:58Z")
Remeber this chick? She was some kind of minor celebrity, whose ticket to fame was dieting and butch haircus. She also claimed that she was raped, sexually abused, etc…and dieting (with her patenetd methods) were the roa… --- ## [Intelligent Game Shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligent-game-shows/1009545)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2024, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligent-game-shows/1009545 "2024-11-02T15:34:15Z")
I find most of them, from The Price Is Right to Jeopardy, pretty unchallenging and unfocused. Sometimes I don’t know the Jeopardy answers (questions), and often I don’t know them instantly, but I find the game’s structur… --- ## [Teri Garr RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teri-garr-rip/1009414)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/teri-garr-rip/1009414 "2024-11-02T14:25:29Z")
Aww, I really liked her. She always played nice but funny characters, sort of like Georgia Engle, but less ditzy. Fuck multiple sclerosis. --- ## [What is this (movie model of an) railway artillery piece? (As seen in "Return of the Living Dead")](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-movie-model-of-an-railway-artillery-piece-as-seen-in-return-of-the-living-dead/1009574)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-movie-model-of-an-railway-artillery-piece-as-seen-in-return-of-the-living-dead/1009574 "2024-11-02T14:13:19Z")
A couple of days late for Halloween, but I was wondering if any military equipment fanciers could help me identify an odd artillery piece—this model, as seen in the 1985 film “Return of the Living Dead”: … --- ## [Ignorant election nightmare scenarios](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignorant-election-nightmare-scenarios/1006178)
**Author:** [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2024, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ignorant-election-nightmare-scenarios/1006178 "2024-11-02T12:49:58Z")
I don’t know how many time I’ve read an article or online comment from somebody warning that Republicans will refuse to certify some states’ election results and so the House will elect the President. No, the House only… --- ## [Alex Van Halen Releases "Brothers"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-van-halen-releases-brothers/1009512)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2024, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-van-halen-releases-brothers/1009512 "2024-11-02T11:11:42Z")
I have the e-book, but after finding out he narrates it, I listened to it with a free monthly Audible trial. It’s good, but if you’ve read a lot of interviews (or heard/seen), there is a lot of quotations. I would have l… --- ## [Russia Lifts Statute of Limitations for Anti-Corruption Asset Seizures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-lifts-statute-of-limitations-for-anti-corruption-asset-seizures/1009510)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2024, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-lifts-statute-of-limitations-for-anti-corruption-asset-seizures/1009510 "2024-11-02T10:42:58Z")
As reported in The Moscow Times, it seems that Russia’s Constitutional Court Lifted the Statute of Limitations for anti-corruption asset seizures. Is this just small potatoes, or is this a major deal that could keep cou… --- ## [Girl didn't want her goat slaughtered; officials sent deputies after it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-didnt-want-her-goat-slaughtered-officials-sent-deputies-after-it/981992)
**Author:** [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Replies:** 181\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2024, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-didnt-want-her-goat-slaughtered-officials-sent-deputies-after-it/981992 "2024-11-02T04:05:18Z")
This is an odd story. At first, I thought it might be an April fools joke, but it’s from yesterday. But after reading the story, I’m actually a bit conflicted about it and so as usual when I find myself in such a state,… --- ## [Should Schools Ban Phones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-schools-ban-phones/985135)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2024, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-schools-ban-phones/985135 "2024-11-02T02:45:52Z")
The idea phones are distracting seems to be uncontroversial. I’m sure plenty of schools have policies limiting use, and after Covid these might be even more important. But I’m wondering what Dopers think of the article… --- ## [Prediction for specific demographic changes compared to 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-for-specific-demographic-changes-compared-to-2020/1009511)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2024, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prediction-for-specific-demographic-changes-compared-to-2020/1009511 "2024-11-02T02:32:25Z")
Up down for total turnout to which side using 2020 as the baseline. Sources: for younger voters subgroups; and other groupings. Younger apparently gets defined as 18 to 29. My short version: Younger voters have an inc… --- ## [Google return amusement :The Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-return-amusement-the-who/1009051)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 153\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2024, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-return-amusement-the-who/1009051 "2024-11-02T00:01:12Z")
Not sure how many people will appreciate but I just googled The Who to look up something about a song, But Google did the normal thing and “AI returned” the basic info with pictures. It said. Pete Townsend- Guitar: … --- ## [The White Sox - A Brutal Truth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-sox-a-brutal-truth/1000363)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 702\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2024, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-white-sox-a-brutal-truth/1000363 "2024-11-01T23:10:54Z")
As we all know, injuries are a part of sports, and sometimes an injury can be a fluke even off the field. The White Sox, however, have suffered an epidemic of injuries running the bases. I don’t believe in “bad luck” o… --- ## [Screw the media double standard over Biden's "Garbage" gaffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-media-double-standard-over-bidens-garbage-gaffe/1009508)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2024, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-the-media-double-standard-over-bidens-garbage-gaffe/1009508 "2024-11-01T22:46:22Z")
I realize that this doesn’t say anything everyone here doesn’t already know, but Its bugging the heck out of me and I don’t see another thread on it so here it goes. So a few days ago, Trump had his Madison square rally… --- ## [Trump's Economic Plan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-economic-plan/1005796)
**Author:** [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2024, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-economic-plan/1005796 "2024-11-01T22:32:10Z")
Trump’s ‘Press Conferences’ have been pushing his proposed economic plans to save the country from the ravages of inflation. It seems his plan consists of No income taxes on tips and Social Security (SS) Deportation of… --- ## [Probably dumb Star Wars clones question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probably-dumb-star-wars-clones-question/1009553)
**Author:** [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/probably-dumb-star-wars-clones-question/1009553 "2024-11-01T20:36:32Z")
I noticed the all the clones have the same accent? Were they originally taught by Jango Fett? (Or is just to save money? I found out that most of the clone voices in the cartoons are done by the same actor) --- ## [Old movie about apes but not planet of apes series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-movie-about-apes-but-not-planet-of-apes-series/1009516)
**Author:** [@Sim77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sim77)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2024, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-movie-about-apes-but-not-planet-of-apes-series/1009516 "2024-11-01T20:18:47Z")
Is old movie maybe 1970s. At the end of the movie 2 men fighting and one of them is living with helicopter and the other stays alone in mountains with caves and apes. --- ## [If Earth had rings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-earth-had-rings/1009459)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2024, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-earth-had-rings/1009459 "2024-11-01T19:53:12Z")
If Earth had rings, like Saturn, would we have constant problems with pieces of the ring falling down to the planet and causing catastrophic damage? --- ## [Apostrophe gate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apostrophe-gate/1009540)
**Author:** [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apostrophe-gate/1009540 "2024-11-01T18:49:07Z")
It seems White House press officials are accused of altering what Biden said by adding an apostrophe to his garbage remarks, changing “supporters” to “supporter’s”, thereby altering the garbage part from referring to p… --- ## [Police and Fire Department Patches in Irish Pubs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-and-fire-department-patches-in-irish-pubs/1009495)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-and-fire-department-patches-in-irish-pubs/1009495 "2024-11-01T18:06:47Z")
Having frequented many pubs here locally in NYC over the years, as well as when traveling, I’ve often noticed police or fire department patches hanging on walls behind the bars. Some pubs have vast collections that incl… --- ## [Passport Emergency - Facts Needed NOW \[16-Feb-2024\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passport-emergency-facts-needed-now-16-feb-2024/997654)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 321\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/passport-emergency-facts-needed-now-16-feb-2024/997654 "2024-11-01T16:30:47Z")
I’m scurrying home right after work today because my SiL has a 6:30 pm flight to Paris, and I want to get her to O’Hare a couple of hours before the schedule departure. So, that means last night was the time to get her … --- ## [Randall Terry for President ads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/randall-terry-for-president-ads/1009427)
**Author:** [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/randall-terry-for-president-ads/1009427 "2024-11-01T16:00:14Z")
I’ve mentioned a couple of these in other threads, but this deserves its own. Randall Terry is the founder of anti-abortion group Operation Rescue. He’s the candidate for President of the Constitution Party. He is r… --- ## [Discourse not Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-not-discord/1009517)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2024, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discourse-not-discord/1009517 "2024-11-01T14:39:58Z")
Continuing the discussion from Can we have a "freer discussion" option with looser modding on hijacks?: See, it’s easy to make a branching thread. --- ## [I got me a ghost!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-me-a-ghost/1009479)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2024, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-me-a-ghost/1009479 "2024-11-01T13:16:14Z")
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