# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=444&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 445 --- ## [Artistic breakthrough years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artistic-breakthrough-years/1008955)
**Author:** [@GailForce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GailForce)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artistic-breakthrough-years/1008955 "2024-11-03T17:19:07Z")
I thought it might be fun to devise a list of breakthrough artists (musicians, actors, writers etc.) who were the sensations of particular years. For example, I might choose 1964 as the Beatles’ breakthrough year. You c… --- ## [What states will flip from Biden to Trump? And Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-states-will-flip-from-biden-to-trump-and-why/1009428)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-states-will-flip-from-biden-to-trump-and-why/1009428 "2024-11-03T15:10:27Z")
I see a lot of Trump will take this swing state and that one stays blue … but rarely is there any reason behind ht. We have so many threads that maybe I miss a few but overall I see “Trump wins Georgia.” with no actual … --- ## [The Peanut Butter Sandwich: theme and variations](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-peanut-butter-sandwich-theme-and-variations/1007749)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2024, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-peanut-butter-sandwich-theme-and-variations/1007749 "2024-11-03T14:19:16Z")
Today in Heloise (She lives in SanAntonio, BTW), a guy described a peanut butter sandwich introduced to him by his uncle: peanut butter, mayo or Miracle Whip, dill pickle slices, lettuce. He said it turned out to be pret… --- ## [NBC article: Pennsylvania is an unusually vulnerable state (in terms of accusations of electoral fraud)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbc-article-pennsylvania-is-an-unusually-vulnerable-state-in-terms-of-accusations-of-electoral-fraud/1009600)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2024, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbc-article-pennsylvania-is-an-unusually-vulnerable-state-in-terms-of-accusations-of-electoral-fraud/1009600 "2024-11-03T12:00:58Z")
NBC News article: Pennsylvania’s voting process is inefficient, murky, and has many aspects that make it easy for people to cry foul with allegations of electoral fraud (whether such fraud actually exists or not.) Basica… --- ## [RIP Singer Jack Jones, Love Boat Theme](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-singer-jack-jones-love-boat-theme/1009178)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2024, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-singer-jack-jones-love-boat-theme/1009178 "2024-11-03T06:32:44Z")
TIL Robert Goulet did not sing The Love Boat theme Jack Jones died before I learned his legacy. I didn’t know any of his Songs except Impossible Dream. A show tune from Man of La Mancha. Jones covered it in 1966. Jone… --- ## [Beetlejuice Beetlejuice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beetlejuice-beetlejuice/1001985)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2024, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beetlejuice-beetlejuice/1001985 "2024-11-03T05:51:04Z")
Full trailer is out. I’m guardedly optimistic. --- ## [New report on gun violence in America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-report-on-gun-violence-in-america/1009543)
**Author:** [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2024, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-report-on-gun-violence-in-america/1009543 "2024-11-03T05:14:02Z")
From today’s Daily Herald: OK, I see this headline and assumed it would be a conservative hit piece - more of the “Chiraq” crap. First comparison in the article: I know nothing about the Commonwealth Fund, so I don… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - October 2024 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-october-2024-edition/1008311)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2024, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-october-2024-edition/1008311 "2024-11-03T04:05:41Z")
2024 is three quarters in the can, Spooky season starts tomorrow… except my city seems to be a bit excitable shall we say, many residents have already decorated their yards and porches. I have my ghosts hanging on the po… --- ## [Who else remembers Ostrich Racing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-remembers-ostrich-racing/1009527)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2024, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-else-remembers-ostrich-racing/1009527 "2024-11-03T03:03:12Z")
Specifically at the Orange Show in San Bernardino CA back in the 60’s. I remember the jockeys riding the birds and controlling them with blinders, my sister swears the jockeys rode in little carts behind the birds. I c… --- ## [Polling: Unskewed Polls and comments on polling (moved from Harris Thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-unskewed-polls-and-comments-on-polling-moved-from-harris-thread/1005665)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 324\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2024, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polling-unskewed-polls-and-comments-on-polling-moved-from-harris-thread/1005665 "2024-11-03T00:43:21Z")
A place to talk about polling, not the latest polls, but poll taking and balance. --- ## [SDMB Flash Fiction Sweatshop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-flash-fiction-sweatshop/812795)
**Author:** [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2024, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-flash-fiction-sweatshop/812795 "2024-11-02T23:58:19Z")
Attention Dopers! The Resurrected Flash Fiction Sweatshop has begun! Here are the rules. Email SDMBSweatshop@gmail.com to get your three content words. These words must be used somewhere in your work; verbs can be u… --- ## [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… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=443&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=445&state=tracking)