# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=534&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 535 --- ## [Military coup in Bolivia (26-6-2024)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-coup-in-bolivia-26-6-2024/1003374)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-coup-in-bolivia-26-6-2024/1003374 "2024-06-27T19:39:12Z")
seems like a sad reality: --- ## [Hidden GPS Trackers on Cars—Is there an easy way to tell if you have one?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hidden-gps-trackers-on-cars-is-there-an-easy-way-to-tell-if-you-have-one/1003337)
**Author:** [@Bob\_Blaylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Blaylock)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hidden-gps-trackers-on-cars-is-there-an-easy-way-to-tell-if-you-have-one/1003337 "2024-06-27T18:40:49Z")
I’m given to understand that it is not an uncommon practice on cars that are bought on credit, for a dealer to install a hidden GPS tracker on it so that if the buyer fails to make the payments, the car can be tracked … --- ## [Why are people acting like a Biden win in November will defeat fascism, and not AT BEST, delay it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-acting-like-a-biden-win-in-november-will-defeat-fascism-and-not-at-best-delay-it/1002994)
**Author:** [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Replies:** 136\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-acting-like-a-biden-win-in-november-will-defeat-fascism-and-not-at-best-delay-it/1002994 "2024-06-27T17:55:53Z")
Why are people acting like a Biden win in November will defeat fascism, and not AT BEST, delay it? --- ## [Did I post (or pose) a question incorrectly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-post-or-pose-a-question-incorrectly/1003334)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-i-post-or-pose-a-question-incorrectly/1003334 "2024-06-27T16:39:28Z")
I posted a question a few days ago and I have received no answers at all, which strikes me as odd in the Dope. Is there some Dope convention that I didn’t follow or should have followed (eg include links), was my questio… --- ## [The Memes of Anthony Bourdain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-memes-of-anthony-bourdain/1003382)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-memes-of-anthony-bourdain/1003382 "2024-06-27T16:26:02Z")
Loved this article (limited gift link). I had no idea Bourdain memes were such a thing. --- ## [Willie Mays: since his playing days, was or is anyone better? Or who comes closest?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/willie-mays-since-his-playing-days-was-or-is-anyone-better-or-who-comes-closest/1003064)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/willie-mays-since-his-playing-days-was-or-is-anyone-better-or-who-comes-closest/1003064 "2024-06-27T16:18:16Z")
Willie Mays was an excellent 5-tool player: he excelled at hitting for batting average, hitting for power, running, fielding, and throwing. A first-ballot Hall of Fame inductee, his credentials rate him as one of the all… --- ## [Does Norway have anything you could call a Bible Belt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-norway-have-anything-you-could-call-a-bible-belt/1003335)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-norway-have-anything-you-could-call-a-bible-belt/1003335 "2024-06-27T14:38:43Z")
(Wasn’t sure if this was a valid FQ, especially since I welcome informed opinions as well as hard facts. I leave it to the moderators to judge.) On a Facebook page of humorous maps, someone recently posted a map of Nor… --- ## [Electroshock paddles on someone’s head-likely result?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electroshock-paddles-on-someone-s-head-likely-result/1003009)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electroshock-paddles-on-someone-s-head-likely-result/1003009 "2024-06-27T14:34:52Z")
You know, you see them on TV and movies, the doc rubs them together and shouts “Clear!” Sorry, I just watched a mediocre horror movie where someone had them pressed against his temples and turned on. What would happen IR… --- ## [Golf in Korea is getting dangerous!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golf-in-korea-is-getting-dangerous/1003397)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golf-in-korea-is-getting-dangerous/1003397 "2024-06-27T11:23:07Z")
Wow! (Link below goes to The Korea Times.) Woman dies after being struck by golf ball A woman in her 60s has died after being struck in the head by a golf ball. According to police on Thursday, the woman was fatally … --- ## [Gaming addiction in 2024...still a scourge?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaming-addiction-in-2024-still-a-scourge/1003360)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gaming-addiction-in-2024-still-a-scourge/1003360 "2024-06-27T10:19:22Z")
Way back in the beginning of the internet, (and probably before, I just wasn’t exposed to it then) gaming, especially first-person shooter and role-play type games focused on violent interaction and “leveling up” were of… --- ## [Watching Baseball Games in the Cinema](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-baseball-games-in-the-cinema/1003342)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watching-baseball-games-in-the-cinema/1003342 "2024-06-27T09:19:06Z")
I just saw this article from The Korea Times. CJ CGV and the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) are teaming up to offer a new way to enjoy baseball by watching games in theaters, just in time for the upcoming era of 10 … --- ## [Pig Parts. Oink](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pig-parts-oink/1001834 "2024-06-27T09:02:49Z")
Had a chat with someone. Pork talk. I realized there’s probably not one pig part, snout to squeal a person down south in the US (and possibly many other places) does not eat. Reminds of the Lil’wrekker being traumatiz… --- ## [An afternoon on Mackinac Island](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-afternoon-on-mackinac-island/1003324)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-afternoon-on-mackinac-island/1003324 "2024-06-27T02:54:42Z")
We are in Michigan, about an hour south of the ferry. We have most of the day Thursday to kill. What should we try to do? I can’t do much standing in lines, and if we do much walking it will need to be somewhere with p… --- ## [Why don't preformed hamburger patties puff up like hand-formed ones do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-preformed-hamburger-patties-puff-up-like-hand-formed-ones-do/1003378)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-preformed-hamburger-patties-puff-up-like-hand-formed-ones-do/1003378 "2024-06-27T01:04:45Z")
We’ve all been taught the “thumb trick” with hand-formed burgers; you press a dimple into the center of the patty so it doesn’t become a meatball when cooked. However, preformed patties don’t have the dimple, they’re a … --- ## [Is there no NHL playoffs thread? {2024}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-nhl-playoffs-thread-2024/1001538)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-no-nhl-playoffs-thread-2024/1001538 "2024-06-27T00:58:05Z")
Stars just got to 3-1 against the Avalanche - and frankly should have swept Colorado by now if it weren’t for Dallas blowing a 3-0 lead in Game One. Rangers couldn’t get it done against the 'Canes and New York’s lead ha… --- ## [Weird popping sounds in my neighborhood at night?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-popping-sounds-in-my-neighborhood-at-night/1003369)
**Author:** [@AshleyWilliams78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AshleyWilliams78)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-popping-sounds-in-my-neighborhood-at-night/1003369 "2024-06-27T00:37:10Z")
I used to live in upstate New York, and encountered a weird issue when walking my dog. During the summer when it was very hot, I would try to walk my dog early in the morning (getting up earlier to do it before work) or … --- ## [Bat Durston rides again](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bat-durston-rides-again/1003345)
**Author:** [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2024, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bat-durston-rides-again/1003345 "2024-06-27T00:35:29Z")
The very first issue of Galaxy, October 1950, had a back cover with a parallel Western and bad space opera story, with the headline “You’ll never see it in Galaxy.” Gold was saying that their science fiction was not goi… --- ## [How aggressively do you use product warranties?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-aggressively-do-you-use-product-warranties/999875)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2024, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-aggressively-do-you-use-product-warranties/999875 "2024-06-26T22:48:16Z")
I just noticed I was developing a hole in a pair of Darn Tough socks. I’ve had them for many years, and worn the hell outta them. Great socks. Darn Tough offers an unconditional lifetime warranty (and has a sense of h… --- ## [Is the only episode of Turn-On (1969) available anywhere?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-only-episode-of-turn-on-1969-available-anywhere/388504)
**Author:** [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2024, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-only-episode-of-turn-on-1969-available-anywhere/388504 "2024-06-26T22:38:53Z")
This one: Besides the Museum of TV & Radio? Is it online anywhere? I have heard so much about it I would love to see it. My search of youtube results in many turn-on’s but after several pages I gave up the search. But… --- ## [Hindi Film Query - "Ghost of the kicks not listening to the talks" ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hindi-film-query-ghost-of-the-kicks-not-listening-to-the-talks/355746)
**Author:** [@Leechboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leechboy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2024, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hindi-film-query-ghost-of-the-kicks-not-listening-to-the-talks/355746 "2024-06-26T22:22:41Z")
Background - I was watching the quite entertaining Hindi film “Salaam Namaste”, when a scene involving the very funny Jaaved Jeffery comes up. Jeffery’s character, a riff on Crocadile Dundee and Clint Eastwood combined,… --- ## [Judge limits Biden administration contact with social media firms {Overturned June 26,2024}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-limits-biden-administration-contact-with-social-media-firms-overturned-june-26-2024/986583)
**Author:** [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/judge-limits-biden-administration-contact-with-social-media-firms-overturned-june-26-2024/986583 "2024-06-26T20:14:18Z")
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/04/judge-limits-biden-administration-contact-with-social-media-firms-00104656 The ruling and order from Doughty, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, are the latest develo… --- ## [What is your favorite "okay" movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-okay-movie/1003171)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-okay-movie/1003171 "2024-06-26T19:59:33Z")
I was recently re-watching the movie “Galaxy Quest” and mentioned to my GF how good it was. She has only seen bits and pieces and was dubious about its excellence. Which got me thinking… I think “Galaxy Quest” is a ve… --- ## [Japanese Pickles - Nukazuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-pickles-nukazuke/1003256)
**Author:** [@DaveUnknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveUnknown)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2024, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-pickles-nukazuke/1003256 "2024-06-26T19:43:46Z")
I apologize for my ignorance. I was watching a random Japanese “Diner” type youtube cooking video, and the cook was sifting his hand through what looked like wet sand, and pulled out a cello-sponge. The translation/cap… --- ## [Gilmore Girls - do the characters ever stop being so annoying?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilmore-girls-do-the-characters-ever-stop-being-so-annoying/1003321)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2024, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gilmore-girls-do-the-characters-ever-stop-being-so-annoying/1003321 "2024-06-26T17:53:39Z")
Yeah, I know. There is plenty of TV to watch, so just pick something else. Which we probably will do. But my wife and I were looking for just a pleasant “dramedy” series with several eps, and were hoping this would fi… --- ## [Why did Twitter / X become the platform used for “serious news”?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-twitter-x-become-the-platform-used-for-serious-news/1003361)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2024, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-twitter-x-become-the-platform-used-for-serious-news/1003361 "2024-06-26T17:39:06Z")
Why did Twitter / X end up as the social media platform used for communication of serious news? Take the numerous threads on this board as an example. The Ukraine war thread, the various thread about the war in the Mid… --- ## [I finally learned how to season cast iron](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-learned-how-to-season-cast-iron/973377)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-learned-how-to-season-cast-iron/973377 "2024-06-26T17:00:15Z")
Split off from this thread. I’ve been doing it by the book. Thin layer of flaxseed oil. Too thick it polymerizes so only a matte finish. 500 degree oven. Lather rinse repeat. I never got the seasoning to stick and … --- ## [Presumed Innocent. Apple TV show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presumed-innocent-apple-tv-show/1003368)
**Author:** [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2024, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presumed-innocent-apple-tv-show/1003368 "2024-06-26T16:43:39Z")
This is an adaptation of the 1987 Scott Turow novel that was also adapted in the 1990 Harrison Ford movie. Please no book or movie spoilers. Four episodes have already aired and spoilers for those can happen after this p… --- ## [How do Li-On batteries avoid going over 104 F if the processor can get to 175 F?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-li-on-batteries-avoid-going-over-104-f-if-the-processor-can-get-to-175-f/1003298)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-li-on-batteries-avoid-going-over-104-f-if-the-processor-can-get-to-175-f/1003298 "2024-06-26T16:42:53Z")
Maybe I’m totally misunderstanding terminology, but I had read that Li-On batteries (in Dell laptops, for instance, which I have,) should not exceed 104 F, lest they run the risk of fire or venting gas. Yet I had read th… --- ## [It's the economy stupid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-economy-stupid/988866)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 350\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-economy-stupid/988866 "2024-06-26T15:14:45Z")
Famous line by James Carville, during the 1992 Clinton presidential campaign. I was living in Little Rock during that time and met Carville at lunch one day at a downtown eatery. Interesting man and strategist. He was… --- ## [Indiana Jews and the Temple of Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jews-and-the-temple-of-broomstick/798018)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 207\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2024, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indiana-jews-and-the-temple-of-broomstick/798018 "2024-06-26T14:11:29Z")
I had some food pantry items for donation and just couldn’t bear going to one of the many church-based pantries around here. I really, really hate the hard-sell proselytizing attempts by so many of them, and I still hav… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=533&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=535&state=tracking)