# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=577&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 578 --- ## [David Pecker - former National Enquirer Publisher - the Pit thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-pecker-former-national-enquirer-publisher-the-pit-thread/1000750)
**Author:** [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2024, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-pecker-former-national-enquirer-publisher-the-pit-thread/1000750 "2024-04-27T10:37:02Z")
David Pecker is the former Chairman of American Media (AMI) and Publisher of the National Enquirer: He’s critically involved in the Trump “hush money” trial. I’m not a young man, but I’ve struggled to stay sober at t… --- ## [Jonesy the cat in "Alien"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonesy-the-cat-in-alien/1000680)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2024, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jonesy-the-cat-in-alien/1000680 "2024-04-27T07:29:14Z")
Just what is the role and purpose of this character? In some undefinable way he seems significant but I couldn’t tell you how. --- ## [Logically, where could this toilet leak possibly be coming from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logically-where-could-this-toilet-leak-possibly-be-coming-from/1000753)
**Author:** [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2024, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logically-where-could-this-toilet-leak-possibly-be-coming-from/1000753 "2024-04-27T04:16:26Z")
I’ve got a Toto toilet whose fill valve wouldn’t shut off. I thought the excess water was going down the overflow tube but due to recent developments, I think I may be misremembering. I just figured it needed a new fill … --- ## [Trump can't make a fist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cant-make-a-fist/1000725)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2024, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-cant-make-a-fist/1000725 "2024-04-27T03:44:44Z")
For a guy who uses this gesture as much as he does, I would think he would know how to make a fist: His thumb is pressed against his index finger - nobody who knows how to… --- ## [Immolating man at Trump trial: what do his pamphlets say?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immolating-man-at-trump-trial-what-do-his-pamphlets-say/1000516)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2024, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immolating-man-at-trump-trial-what-do-his-pamphlets-say/1000516 "2024-04-27T03:43:22Z")
Minutes ago a man in the Trump supporter designated area across from the courthouse where the trail is happening set himself on fire. He threw a bunch of multicolored pamphlets into the air, doused himself with something… --- ## [There was no nuclear disaster at Fukushima](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-no-nuclear-disaster-at-fukushima/990796)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 253\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2024, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-was-no-nuclear-disaster-at-fukushima/990796 "2024-04-27T03:11:02Z")
There was no nuclear disaster at Fukushima. The disaster there was a tsunami caused by an earthquake in the ocean. That danger is the same for any facility, of any sort, on a seacoast. Agreed. We might develop prac… --- ## [How soon after the air date can you see Stephen Colbert on Youtube?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-soon-after-the-air-date-can-you-see-stephen-colbert-on-youtube/1000812)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2024, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-soon-after-the-air-date-can-you-see-stephen-colbert-on-youtube/1000812 "2024-04-27T01:29:19Z")
I found a Colbert segment while searching, but it was from last week. How soon is a given show available after its original air date? How can I find the show from a specific date in the past? --- ## [When/Where Did The 'Reporter Name, News Organization, Location' Method of Reporters Signing Off Begin](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-where-did-the-reporter-name-news-organization-location-method-of-reporters-signing-off-begin/1000716)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-where-did-the-reporter-name-news-organization-location-method-of-reporters-signing-off-begin/1000716 "2024-04-26T22:35:42Z")
Like how at the end of a report you’ll hear, “Lester Holt, NBC Nightly News, Detroit” or “Wolf Blitzer, CNN News, Atlanta,” or so on. Who started this and when? --- ## [Were there cannibals in Papua New Guinea in the 1940's?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-there-cannibals-in-papua-new-guinea-in-the-1940s/1000634)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-there-cannibals-in-papua-new-guinea-in-the-1940s/1000634 "2024-04-26T22:29:52Z")
I see that our president is getting a good bit of grief for describing his accounts of his uncle, a flier who was shot down and never found, during WWII. He said that there were cannibals there at the time so… Ok, so w… --- ## [The Gilded Age on HBO Max (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gilded-age-on-hbo-max-open-spoilers/958668)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 170\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-gilded-age-on-hbo-max-open-spoilers/958668 "2024-04-26T22:15:27Z")
Is anyone watching Lord Fellowes’s latest show? This era in US history is really fascinating and while it’s not a Downton Abbey prequel per se it’s cool to see the kind of environment Cora would’ve grown up in. I can e… --- ## [Would you install a paintball-firing security system in your house?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-install-a-paintball-firing-security-system-in-your-house/1000502)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-install-a-paintball-firing-security-system-in-your-house/1000502 "2024-04-26T22:02:27Z")
This seemed to be an inevitable evolution of the door cams and other home-security systems. I can see many many problems arising from someone using one of these things. --- ## [Fun Fair and how to win prizes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-fair-and-how-to-win-prizes/1000755)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fun-fair-and-how-to-win-prizes/1000755 "2024-04-26T20:16:38Z")
We’re so fortunate in our little town in the SW of England to have a Fun Fair. I had seen the posters for a couple weeks and had a little anticipation - especially about the dinosaurs (more in a bit). I find them attra… --- ## [...Question about moderation in the Biden pro-Palestine thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-moderation-in-the-biden-pro-palestine-thread/1000773)
**Author:** [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-moderation-in-the-biden-pro-palestine-thread/1000773 "2024-04-26T19:37:22Z")
Continuing the discussion from Are there any "good" options for pro-Palestine voters (as opposed to "choose between bad vs. worse"): This is a formal warning for disregarding moderator instructions. Your answer is a no… --- ## [Old "Hippies take over the world" story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-hippies-take-over-the-world-story/1000473)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-hippies-take-over-the-world-story/1000473 "2024-04-26T19:07:10Z")
“Generation Gaps” by Clancy O’Brien. It’s completely dated of course; people whose greatest ambition in life is to remain continually high don’t change the world, and the burnout of high drug use was starting to become o… --- ## [A short tutorial on making simple, abstract, watercolor cards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-short-tutorial-on-making-simple-abstract-watercolor-cards/1000796)
**Author:** [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-short-tutorial-on-making-simple-abstract-watercolor-cards/1000796 "2024-04-26T18:54:24Z")
Hi. I made a tutorial on how to make simple, watercolor cards. Here is the YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtOzGopvs7k I am not an artist but even I can do something like this, so I am sure you can as well… --- ## [ID these military vehicles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-military-vehicles/1000749)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-these-military-vehicles/1000749 "2024-04-26T16:31:28Z")
The photo is from 1984. They don’t look like regular troop carriers and they have a large arm assembly on top. https://vintageaerial.com/photos/pennsylvania/york/1984/TYK/16/25?utm\_source=photo\_activity\_mailer&utm\_mediu… --- ## [RIP Zilog Z80 (1976-2024)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-zilog-z80-1976-2024/1000528)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-zilog-z80-1976-2024/1000528 "2024-04-26T16:15:34Z")
It had a good life. (Sob!) --- ## [Need ideas on how to rescue a failing septic system](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ideas-on-how-to-rescue-a-failing-septic-system/982907)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-ideas-on-how-to-rescue-a-failing-septic-system/982907 "2024-04-26T15:37:02Z")
We’ve been at our current house for almost 18 years. Our septic system is grandfathered in-- if we ever needed to replace it, we were told early on that we would have to switch to city sewer service, which we were quoted… --- ## [Trying to recover my old iTunes contents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-recover-my-old-itunes-contents/1000686)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-recover-my-old-itunes-contents/1000686 "2024-04-26T15:09:06Z")
Years and several computers ago, I won an iPod nano at work, and in order to make use of it, I burned a whole bunch of CDs on iTunes, over 3700 songs, which I then copied onto the nano and used it for several years. It’s… --- ## [Why isn't anesthesia used for executions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-anesthesia-used-for-executions/958865)
**Author:** [@SpacemanSpiff\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacemanSpiff_II)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-isnt-anesthesia-used-for-executions/958865 "2024-04-26T14:13:16Z")
There’s been a lot of moral and legal issues surrounding legal executions, much of it surrounding methods of execution which are thought to be or legally considered cruel and unusual. Question I’m wondering about is why … --- ## [Windows 11 Desktop Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-11-desktop-question/1000790)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-11-desktop-question/1000790 "2024-04-26T14:08:23Z")
My work laptop got upgraded to Windows 11 a couple of months back, and I’m still trying to get used to it. There is a feature on the desktop that I’d like to turn off but I don’t even know what it’s called, which makes i… --- ## [Question about blurred house on Google Earth street view](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-blurred-house-on-google-earth-street-view/847780)
**Author:** [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-blurred-house-on-google-earth-street-view/847780 "2024-04-26T13:55:28Z")
https://www.google.com/maps/@47.6446224,-122.6503641,3a,75y,310.46h,89.24t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sZYMsVNPjdlAFaYNtAU4IFQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192 This house, in an average area in Kitsap County, Washington, has been intentionall… --- ## [Miss Universe Buenos Aires: Can you believe she's 60?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-universe-buenos-aires-can-you-believe-shes-60/1000731)
**Author:** [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/miss-universe-buenos-aires-can-you-believe-shes-60/1000731 "2024-04-26T13:21:07Z")
From her photos, I’d never know. (60-year-old makes history as Miss Universe Buenos Aires) --- ## [How common was "Draw straws to determine who will be eaten" in maritime disasters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-was-draw-straws-to-determine-who-will-be-eaten-in-maritime-disasters/967761)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-was-draw-straws-to-determine-who-will-be-eaten-in-maritime-disasters/967761 "2024-04-26T09:34:03Z")
In my very, very limited readings of maritime disasters, I’ve come across two accounts where starving, adrift survivors drew straws to determine who would be killed and eaten by the other survivors. One was from “In He… --- ## [New Math in my kitchen!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-math-in-my-kitchen/1000598)
**Author:** [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-math-in-my-kitchen/1000598 "2024-04-26T05:47:17Z")
We have a 12 litre bin for general garbage in our kitchen. Initially I bought 20 litre garbage bags, but they barely fitted and often tore when stretched over the top rim. So I stepped up to 30 litre bags, which fit jus… --- ## [Euphemisms for lesbian sex? (don't need answer fast))](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-lesbian-sex-dont-need-answer-fast/745014)
**Author:** [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/euphemisms-for-lesbian-sex-dont-need-answer-fast/745014 "2024-04-26T03:28:18Z")
This evening I realized I don’t know any euphemisms for sex between women. Men and women, covered. Masturbation? I could go for days… er, I mean, I know a lot of them. Man on man? Resources are abundant. I made a f… --- ## [What can y'all tell me about living in Tasmania?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-yall-tell-me-about-living-in-tasmania/987240)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-yall-tell-me-about-living-in-tasmania/987240 "2024-04-26T02:55:35Z")
Especially the northern coastal area around Hobart, but any info, good or bad, would be nice. --- ## [What are your favorite songs that begin with the letter Y and were released on or after January 1, 2000? See rules in OP \[Final Poll added\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-y-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/1000575)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-songs-that-begin-with-the-letter-y-and-were-released-on-or-after-january-1-2000-see-rules-in-op-final-poll-added/1000575 "2024-04-26T01:48:39Z")
RULES: Submissions must begin with the letter Y. Exclude articles such as “a”, “an”, “the”, etc. that begin the title. Example: “The Hokey Pokey” belongs in the H poll, not the T poll. Songs must have been first releas… --- ## [Coffin ed/gravedigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffin-ed-gravedigger/1000671)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffin-ed-gravedigger/1000671 "2024-04-25T21:47:22Z")
Hopefully someone can help me in my search; I remember reading a book, I think by author Joseph Hansen (no luck with Google search), about 2 Black Harlem detectives who think they are Chester Himes detectives and travel… --- ## [Are there things that aren’t immoral but you still shouldn’t want to be the kind of person that does them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-things-that-aren-t-immoral-but-you-still-shouldn-t-want-to-be-the-kind-of-person-that-does-them/999985)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-things-that-aren-t-immoral-but-you-still-shouldn-t-want-to-be-the-kind-of-person-that-does-them/999985 "2024-04-25T21:46:37Z")
I was reading a thread about whether in and of itself incest between consenting adults is bad which made me research the philosophical concept of supererogatory and subererogatory acts. We can all easily imagine things t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=576&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=578&state=tracking)