# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=481&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 482 --- ## [Motivation for July 13th Trump shooting: speculation, conjecture, moving to evidence supported hypothesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motivation-for-july-13th-trump-shooting-speculation-conjecture-moving-to-evidence-supported-hypothesis/1004219)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motivation-for-july-13th-trump-shooting-speculation-conjecture-moving-to-evidence-supported-hypothesis/1004219 "2024-09-10T21:12:18Z")
Thread devoted to motives of the accused and deceased Trump shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. My take: We’re here to fight ignorance, so all posters lose 3 internets for unsubstantiated c… --- ## [Where do those LED signs get their weather information from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-those-led-signs-get-their-weather-information-from/1007035)
**Author:** [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-those-led-signs-get-their-weather-information-from/1007035 "2024-09-10T20:28:52Z")
About a year ago the school across the street from my house installed one of those LED signs that alternates between displaying the current time, the current temperature, and whatever messages the school administration w… --- ## [God Dammit, Echo! Play what I want to hear!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-dammit-echo-play-what-i-want-to-hear/1002601)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-dammit-echo-play-what-i-want-to-hear/1002601 "2024-09-10T20:08:48Z")
(Also, call me “Master,” like I taught you, and not my daughter’s Prime nickname.) I have Amazon Prime, and my Echo is programmed to take that into account. I also have Amazon unlimited music. The Manhattan Transfer alb… --- ## [I don't know why I feel so bad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-why-i-feel-so-bad/1007026)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-know-why-i-feel-so-bad/1007026 "2024-09-10T19:34:21Z")
I, in my weird way am fascinated by death. Not like that. No ideation or anything. I wonder about it. I was freaked out, maybe have PTSD still about my Daddy’s death. I really struggled with it. I got stuck in one of th… --- ## [Resume/portfolio ideas for a teacher](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resume-portfolio-ideas-for-a-teacher/1007061)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resume-portfolio-ideas-for-a-teacher/1007061 "2024-09-10T19:00:15Z")
I am updating my resume and I don’t want to use the traditional style. Two reasons for this: It looks soooooo 1980s I have been teaching for almost 3 decades. The traditional style seems inefficient for what I need. … --- ## [RIP James Earl Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-james-earl-jones/1007029)
**Author:** [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-james-earl-jones/1007029 "2024-09-10T17:48:12Z")
--- ## [Trying to find children's picture book from the 70s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-childrens-picture-book-from-the-70s/1007068)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-childrens-picture-book-from-the-70s/1007068 "2024-09-10T17:32:56Z")
Long shot here but I’m trying to locate a copy of a picture book my grandparents kept for me at their house that was a favorite of mine. Was from the late 70s. Note: It was NOT a Richard Scarry book. The details I reme… --- ## [How much is a 11 1/2 oz bag of Doritos where you live?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-11-1-2-oz-bag-of-doritos-where-you-live/590289)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-is-a-11-1-2-oz-bag-of-doritos-where-you-live/590289 "2024-09-10T17:06:18Z")
I lived in China from 2003-2005. One of three things I really missed was Doritos(the other two were Mountain dew and Taco Bell). Anyway, when I returned in 2005, I started buying a bag of Doritos about once a month or so… --- ## [The cost of female beauty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cost-of-female-beauty/1006900)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cost-of-female-beauty/1006900 "2024-09-10T16:08:35Z")
This thread was triggered by a conversation I heard at my dentist’s office. And let me start with a disclaimer that I’m not intending to mock anyone’s choices. Onward… My mother never taught me how to use cosmetics. My … --- ## [Why is The Peanuts Gang called that?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-peanuts-gang-called-that/1007065)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-peanuts-gang-called-that/1007065 "2024-09-10T16:05:58Z")
Continuing the discussion from When the usual name is a no-go: From Charles Shultz himself: Peanuts was originally sold under the title of Li’l Folks , but that had been used before, so they said we have to think of … --- ## [Prince and the documentary that can't be released (NY Times longread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-and-the-documentary-that-cant-be-released-ny-times-longread/1007051)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prince-and-the-documentary-that-cant-be-released-ny-times-longread/1007051 "2024-09-10T15:42:44Z")
A nine-hour documentary shows 1980s pop legend Prince as you’ve never seen him before. But if Prince’s estate has its way, you won’t see it at all. This New York Times story (gift link) is gripping. A must-read. --- ## [NFL 2024-25: Week 1](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2024-25-week-1/1006567)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2024-25-week-1/1006567 "2024-09-10T15:27:26Z")
And it’s finally here. Week 1 of the new NFL season kicks off on Thursday, when the defending champion Chiefs host the Ravens, the team they barely beat for the AFC championship. On a rare early season Friday game, the… --- ## [Social Security/Tax Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-security-tax-question/1007014)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/social-security-tax-question/1007014 "2024-09-10T14:50:45Z")
Can federal taxes be withheld from monthly Social Security checks/payments? --- ## [Looking for a 60's paperback cookbook](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-60s-paperback-cookbook/1007059)
**Author:** [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-60s-paperback-cookbook/1007059 "2024-09-10T14:12:52Z")
This is like looking for that needle in a haystack, but in the 60’s I had a paperback ‘counterculture’ cookbook from perhaps a commune. Written by a rather cynical or cynical hippie chick. The title may have had the w… --- ## [Did former president Bush manufacture a reason to invade Iraq or was he misled by bad intelligence he thought was correct?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-former-president-bush-manufacture-a-reason-to-invade-iraq-or-was-he-misled-by-bad-intelligence-he-thought-was-correct/1006912)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-former-president-bush-manufacture-a-reason-to-invade-iraq-or-was-he-misled-by-bad-intelligence-he-thought-was-correct/1006912 "2024-09-10T12:34:19Z")
Continuing the discussion from Dick Cheney endorses Harris: At the time, I believe, it was reasonable to presume the CIA had done their job correctly. Wasn’t it after W.'s term that everyone realized how much of the i… --- ## [What do you think about the two Beowulfs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-the-two-beowulfs/1006928)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-about-the-two-beowulfs/1006928 "2024-09-10T11:28:24Z")
There’s an interesting problem at the beginning of the Old English poem Beowulf. The poem is of course about the Geatish hero named Beowulf who comes to the aid of the Danish king Hrothgar, whose court is being terrorize… --- ## [Wouldnt it be in the interest of a major sports league to tell a decades long losing teams ownership to shape up or ship out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wouldnt-it-be-in-the-interest-of-a-major-sports-league-to-tell-a-decades-long-losing-teams-ownership-to-shape-up-or-ship-out/1006921)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wouldnt-it-be-in-the-interest-of-a-major-sports-league-to-tell-a-decades-long-losing-teams-ownership-to-shape-up-or-ship-out/1006921 "2024-09-10T09:52:41Z")
the sport doesn’t actually but let’s use the white sox’s current season which is not that far from being the worst ever that happens for say the next 5-10 years and management and ownership don’t do much to change it… --- ## [What would have to happen for an upcoming British monarch to not be of House (Mountbatten-) Windsor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-have-to-happen-for-an-upcoming-british-monarch-to-not-be-of-house-mountbatten-windsor/1004560)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 134\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-have-to-happen-for-an-upcoming-british-monarch-to-not-be-of-house-mountbatten-windsor/1004560 "2024-09-10T07:29:37Z")
King Charles III is of the House of Mountbatten-Windsor (oft rendered as just Windsor), as was his mother before him, as will his son and Heir Apparent, the (likely) King William V. Best I can figure, the only way for a … --- ## [How long do HDDs actually last](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-hdds-actually-last/1006542)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-hdds-actually-last/1006542 "2024-09-10T05:19:59Z")
When I look on google, they say they last 3-5 years. But I have a laptop that is almost 20 years old and still works. I just pulled a laptop out of a box that is 13 years old and it still works. I have external HDDs tha… --- ## [My Brother goes into a VA Mental Hospital Soon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-goes-into-a-va-mental-hospital-soon/1006511)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-brother-goes-into-a-va-mental-hospital-soon/1006511 "2024-09-10T04:22:15Z")
He lost his house, a couple years ago, & was living in a residence hotel. He has not had a job for ages. For years, he’s had trouble with depression. And anger. I’ve been supporting him, but now, I have to stop. I’ve … --- ## [Elon “ Ready to serve”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-ready-to-serve/1005939)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-ready-to-serve/1005939 "2024-09-10T04:21:17Z")
Now the circus is complete. --- ## [Can a charity sue you for donating to them with a bad check?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-charity-sue-you-for-donating-to-them-with-a-bad-check/1006865)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-charity-sue-you-for-donating-to-them-with-a-bad-check/1006865 "2024-09-10T04:11:33Z")
Suppose a Girl Scout shows up at my door looking for donations and feeling in a generous mood I hand her a check for $2,956.03 no strings attached. Then later that night I go on a gambling spree in empty my bank accoun… --- ## [Need info on private club in Portland Oregon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-info-on-private-club-in-portland-oregon/1007018)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-info-on-private-club-in-portland-oregon/1007018 "2024-09-10T03:38:28Z")
I am looking for information concerning The Founders Club in Portland, Oregon. They met in a long-gone restaurant called Atwater’s back in the 80’s and 90’s, I think. The location was the 30th floor of the U.S. Bancorp … --- ## [How often do you check the polls and why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-check-the-polls-and-why/1006477)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-often-do-you-check-the-polls-and-why/1006477 "2024-09-10T03:29:44Z")
Against my better judgment, I’m finding myself spending way too much time checking and rechecking the polls/predictions/your takes on same… But the only realization I have is that - either the polls are pretty much of l… --- ## [Top five looney tunes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-looney-tunes/1005663)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-five-looney-tunes/1005663 "2024-09-10T02:15:55Z")
Mine: Kitty Kornered (The one with the cats as Martians and Teddy Roosevelt) Feed the Kitty One Froggy Evening Chow Hound ( “This time we didn’t forget the gravy” ) Draftee Daffy --- ## [My MIL's annoying wifi router](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mils-annoying-wifi-router/1006913)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mils-annoying-wifi-router/1006913 "2024-09-10T02:03:37Z")
My MIL asked me to try to connect her new laptop to her router, because it wasn’t working for her. No problem, I’ve done this before. Her router is an old Verizon block (like the Devil’s Tower in Close Encounters of the … --- ## [Should Gargoyles come in pairs? (In West Virginia if that matters)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-gargoyles-come-in-pairs-in-west-virginia-if-that-matters/1003520)
**Author:** [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-gargoyles-come-in-pairs-in-west-virginia-if-that-matters/1003520 "2024-09-10T00:59:00Z")
We recently bought a new home. It has brick gate posts? that are about four feet tall and 18x18 inches on the top. The neighbors to the left of me have carriage lamps on their brick gate posts and the neighbors to the ri… --- ## [Restaurant employee rudeness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-employee-rudeness/1006940)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/restaurant-employee-rudeness/1006940 "2024-09-09T22:15:52Z")
What would you do, really, if a counter person called you “bitch” when you were checking out? --- ## [Disingenuous argument and those who agree](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disingenuous-argument-and-those-who-agree/1006948)
**Author:** [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disingenuous-argument-and-those-who-agree/1006948 "2024-09-09T19:44:03Z")
tl; dr Posters on this board will argue disingenuously, and it actually works on people who should know better. Even if you point it out. This is infuriating. Even worse, they will often deliberately antagonize you whe… --- ## ['Bad' actors who you still enjoy watching](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-actors-who-you-still-enjoy-watching/1006465)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-actors-who-you-still-enjoy-watching/1006465 "2024-09-09T19:00:32Z")
Continuing the discussion from Actors/resses that makes you NOT want to see a movie: What makes for a ‘bad’ actor is entirely subjective, of course. Hence the quote marks. But this comment from the other thread: …got … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=480&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=482&state=tracking)