# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=524&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 525 --- ## [How do you think US politics will realign themselves under a 7th party system](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-us-politics-will-realign-themselves-under-a-7th-party-system/1004109)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-us-politics-will-realign-themselves-under-a-7th-party-system/1004109 "2024-07-12T15:47:48Z")
American has so far had six party systems since the countries inception. Each party inception saw the policies of the parties change, their voters change, and the balance of power change. The sixth party system starte… --- ## [Iceland travel recommendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iceland-travel-recommendations/990933)
**Author:** [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iceland-travel-recommendations/990933 "2024-07-12T15:19:11Z")
No Discourse, this is not a thread on Time Travel. Next year is our 25th anniversary and I’ve just booked flights to Iceland for the end of June. We’ve previously visited Iceland but just stayed in Reykjavik for 3 night… --- ## [Do children of the deceased have a right to see the will/trust?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-children-of-the-deceased-have-a-right-to-see-the-will-trust/1003132)
**Author:** [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-children-of-the-deceased-have-a-right-to-see-the-will-trust/1003132 "2024-07-12T14:18:06Z")
More specifically, if the will or trust disinherits one of the descendants, does the descendant have a right to see the will or trust? Need answer fast. --- ## [SciFi where multiple nations are in space? \[Spoilers for an old book series\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scifi-where-multiple-nations-are-in-space-spoilers-for-an-old-book-series/1004003)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scifi-where-multiple-nations-are-in-space-spoilers-for-an-old-book-series/1004003 "2024-07-12T14:11:57Z")
Often in SciFi, by the time humans are colonizing other worlds, Earth is united under a single government (often a United Nations that’s suspiciously US-like, but I digress). One novel series that bucked the trend (spoi… --- ## [Order any checks lately?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-any-checks-lately/996498)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 171\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/order-any-checks-lately/996498 "2024-07-12T14:04:33Z")
We don’t use very many checks, but do still write the occasional one. 40 over the last year. Used to write them for music lessons, and still do to include in birthday/holiday cards. And the occasional doctor/tradesper… --- ## [Half forgotten old songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840)
**Author:** [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Replies:** 241\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/half-forgotten-old-songs/1002840 "2024-07-12T13:58:22Z")
I don’t listen to Classic Rock very often anymore, but occasionally a song will pop-up somewhere and I’ll think “wow! I had forgotten about that one. What a great song.” For some reason, standard Classic Rock stations s… --- ## [Thread clutter about newspaper paywalls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-clutter-about-newspaper-paywalls/1003046)
**Author:** [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-clutter-about-newspaper-paywalls/1003046 "2024-07-12T11:33:54Z")
Latest example: A common sequence: Link posted “I can’t read that” (not true in this case) “Here’s a gift link” “It makes me log in” 2–4 are off-topic clutter that add nothing. Everyone who can muster a google searc… --- ## [In the British election, were there any silly parties?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-british-election-were-there-any-silly-parties/1003893)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-british-election-were-there-any-silly-parties/1003893 "2024-07-12T10:26:28Z")
I don’t pay much attention to British politics, but I like the way that they have (had?) a tradition of making fun of themselves. There used to be parties with names like “Crazy raving loonies”, and candidates with long… --- ## [Facebook is showing me someone unknown at the top of Messenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-is-showing-me-someone-unknown-at-the-top-of-messenger/1004072)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-is-showing-me-someone-unknown-at-the-top-of-messenger/1004072 "2024-07-12T07:48:16Z")
Someone whom I’ve never heard of or interacted with, named Susu Karmi, is now my first option when selecting people to send Facebook messages to. And of course she looks like a supermodel. Did I get hacked? I can’t find… --- ## [Wanna feel old? Martha Quinn turns 65 today! (5/11/2024)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-feel-old-martha-quinn-turns-65-today-5-11-2024/1001429)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-feel-old-martha-quinn-turns-65-today-5-11-2024/1001429 "2024-07-12T05:34:33Z")
And she’s the youngest of the original MTV deejays. Martha Quinn - Wikipedia. --- ## [RIP Brian Tanner from Alf](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-brian-tanner-from-alf/1004074)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-brian-tanner-from-alf/1004074 "2024-07-12T04:00:51Z")
--- ## [Meatloaf! Yep](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meatloaf-yep/1003975)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meatloaf-yep/1003975 "2024-07-12T03:47:23Z")
Not him. Someone a few minutes ago ask what I had for dinner. I said “Meatloaf”. They replied “Again??” And just thought it was so so funny. What do I Not know? --- ## [Easy Chair/Recliner for the small in stature](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-chair-recliner-for-the-small-in-stature/1004061)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2024, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easy-chair-recliner-for-the-small-in-stature/1004061 "2024-07-11T22:39:44Z")
My mom is 5’1" and has had 3 spine surgeries to fix nerve pain in her legs. She needs a new easy chair for the living room. The old one that my 6’ dad sat in is not comfortable for her - not only is it just old and worn … --- ## [Logic question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logic-question/1003627)
**Author:** [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2024, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logic-question/1003627 "2024-07-11T21:52:00Z")
There are two envelopes containing money. You get handed one of them and it says on the back that the other envelope has an equal change of containing either half or double the amount of the current envelope. You calcul… --- ## [Strange behavior of my home inverter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-behavior-of-my-home-inverter/1004037)
**Author:** [@wisernow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wisernow)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-behavior-of-my-home-inverter/1004037 "2024-07-11T21:49:57Z")
I have a 1500W/970W home inverter. If I switch off the main incoming breaker to the house, the inverter kicks in immediately and there are no issues. However, when there is a power outage with the mains incoming supply,… --- ## [Why keep asking "Will you accept results of next election?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-keep-asking-will-you-accept-results-of-next-election/1003900)
**Author:** [@Manlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manlob)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2024, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-keep-asking-will-you-accept-results-of-next-election/1003900 "2024-07-11T21:47:39Z")
Why to commenators keep asking guests questions like, “Will you accept the results of the next election, no matter what happens?” Kristen Welker and George Stephanopoulos, seem to ask it often. Jake Tapper asked it in t… --- ## [Please explain this Jonah Hill joke to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-this-jonah-hill-joke-to-me/1004032)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2024, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-this-jonah-hill-joke-to-me/1004032 "2024-07-11T21:19:53Z")
I was reading a list of funny tweets and it had this one: So Jonah Hill is proof than \[sic\] some men will literally go to therapy instead of going to therapy Can somebody explain the joke to me? --- ## [European flight compensation for canceled/late flights on Lufthansa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-flight-compensation-for-canceled-late-flights-on-lufthansa/1003677)
**Author:** [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/european-flight-compensation-for-canceled-late-flights-on-lufthansa/1003677 "2024-07-11T20:19:13Z")
I had a flight for three people this past Saturday from Paris to Dublin on Lufthansa. We were meant to go from Paris to Munich to Dublin. Leaving Paris at 12:10 and getting in to Dublin at 16:55. The flight to Munich go… --- ## [Can someone summarize the Alec Baldwin shooting thread for me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-summarize-the-alec-baldwin-shooting-thread-for-me/1003778)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-summarize-the-alec-baldwin-shooting-thread-for-me/1003778 "2024-07-11T19:58:08Z")
Not up for reading 1957 posts. Yes, I can read the story online, though I’d appreciate a summary of that as well, but I’d kinda like to know where the thread bends-- maybe without names, “posters tend the think this iss… --- ## [How strictly should speed limits be enforced?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-strictly-should-speed-limits-be-enforced/1003276)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 152\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2024, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-strictly-should-speed-limits-be-enforced/1003276 "2024-07-11T19:07:14Z")
Yesterday at a social gathering I found myself talking with a police officer in our town. We discussed speed limits. On one sorta major road, he said the speed limit was 30 MPH. (I can pretty much guarantee I’ve NEVER… --- ## ["Our" Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-song/991709)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-song/991709 "2024-07-11T18:51:20Z")
With almost all of my ex-girlfriends, “we” had a song that recalls each of them to mind whenever I hear it. That “we” is inside quotation marks because I’m positive that when they hear the songs, it does nothing for them… --- ## [Let's talk about the great and awesome Linda Ronstadt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-the-great-and-awesome-linda-ronstadt/1004000)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2024, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-the-great-and-awesome-linda-ronstadt/1004000 "2024-07-11T18:01:28Z")
It’s been 50 years and I have never gotten over my fascination and admiration of Linda Ronstadt. A cover of Martha and the Vandellas Heat Wave in Sept 1975 introduced her to my 1970’s generation. Heart Like a Wheel was … --- ## [Did Pre-Radio Brits Struggle to Understand the Standard American Accent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-pre-radio-brits-struggle-to-understand-the-standard-american-accent/1003953)
**Author:** [@Caribbean\_cruiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caribbean_cruiser)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-pre-radio-brits-struggle-to-understand-the-standard-american-accent/1003953 "2024-07-11T17:44:04Z")
As an American, it seems the Standard American accent (aka General American or Midwestern accent) would be much easier to understand to residents of Britain than accents traditionally heard in Maine, Boston, Long Island … --- ## [A remarkable Photo (of interest to soccer fans)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-remarkable-photo-of-interest-to-soccer-fans/1004044)
**Author:** [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2024, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-remarkable-photo-of-interest-to-soccer-fans/1004044 "2024-07-11T16:36:07Z")
This photo was taken in 2007. Barcelona decided to raise money for charity by producing a calendar featuring some of their players with babies and a competition was held am… --- ## [Songs you love by artists you hate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-love-by-artists-you-hate/1003963)
**Author:** [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-you-love-by-artists-you-hate/1003963 "2024-07-11T15:42:33Z")
Foreigner has to be one of the boringest, most formulaic bands to ever achieve success. They put the “ass” in classic rock. I change the channel the instant one of their songs comes on the radio … … unless it’s “Urgent,… --- ## [Donald Trump and the (recent) rape allegations against him](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-recent-rape-allegations-against-him/1003967)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2024, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-recent-rape-allegations-against-him/1003967 "2024-07-11T13:09:25Z")
I am not attempting to slander(libel) Donald Trump. Have any of you heard the recent revelations that not only is Trump mentioned in the Jeffrey Epstein files, but that specific rapes done by Trump are in there? This see… --- ## [TX AG Ken Paxton may be getting impeached again (July 2024)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tx-ag-ken-paxton-may-be-getting-impeached-again-july-2024/1004030)
**Author:** [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2024, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tx-ag-ken-paxton-may-be-getting-impeached-again-july-2024/1004030 "2024-07-11T10:37:21Z")
No, this is not a zombie resurrection of the last Ken Paxton impeachment thread. Paxton announced tonight that a Texas House investigating committee is going to recommend his impeachment AGAIN. This is after he was ac… --- ## [Significance of recent Supreme’s Chevron decision?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significance-of-recent-supreme-s-chevron-decision/1003452)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2024, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/significance-of-recent-supreme-s-chevron-decision/1003452 "2024-07-11T08:04:53Z")
On the face of it this seems like a lousy decision, overturning a lot of precedent for little reason. Don’t organizations have expertise? Way more than most politicians? But I am not American. Could someone explain w… --- ## [Can people still become Saints?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-people-still-become-saints/714541)
**Author:** [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2024, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-people-still-become-saints/714541 "2024-07-11T01:22:55Z")
Hello Everyone, Does the church still bestow Sainthood on people? If so, how is it done? --- ## [Mass shooting incident narrowly averted at Yellowstone 7/4/24](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-incident-narrowly-averted-at-yellowstone-7-4-24/1004025)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2024, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-shooting-incident-narrowly-averted-at-yellowstone-7-4-24/1004025 "2024-07-11T00:57:21Z")
I just heard about this nearly a week later from Beau of the Fifth Column. Apparently around midnight on July 4, a woman was held at gunpoint by a man at Yellowstone National Park, where he told her he… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=523&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=525&state=muted)