# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=625 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 626 --- ## [US Immigration politics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-immigration-politics/997564)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2024, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-immigration-politics/997564 "2024-02-21T00:11:51Z")
There have been enough contentious topics on the board lately, so I figured I’d start one where we could all agree. But then I started this one instead. Anyway, here’s where we stand: -Immigration in the US is at an a… --- ## [TV series with aliens as neighbors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-with-aliens-as-neighbors/997810)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2024, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-with-aliens-as-neighbors/997810 "2024-02-20T23:14:52Z")
I’ve started rewatching The Neighbors (which I don’t think I saw all the way through on the first run) and it is reminding me that there was another recentish (maybe inside of 5 years ago, definitely inside of 10) series… --- ## [Tracing a tripped outlet--Electrical Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tracing-a-tripped-outlet-electrical-question/995247)
**Author:** [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2024, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tracing-a-tripped-outlet-electrical-question/995247 "2024-02-20T21:32:41Z")
As succinctly as possible: I have a dead circuit in my house but the breaker switches are not tripped–we are presuming there’s some GFCI upstream from the breaker but downstream from the known dead outlets that has tripp… --- ## [Blue Bloods Season 14 premieres Feb 14 at 10 Eastern](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-bloods-season-14-premieres-feb-14-at-10-eastern/997098)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-bloods-season-14-premieres-feb-14-at-10-eastern/997098 "2024-02-20T20:12:38Z")
Viewers will remember Blue Bloods got cancelled in May 2023. CBS decided to air one more season. 10 episodes will air this Spring and 8 in the Fall. I think the entire cast is returning. :smiley: Tom Selleck is 79 now.… --- ## [Houthi Rebels and Shipping](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houthi-rebels-and-shipping/995980)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2024, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/houthi-rebels-and-shipping/995980 "2024-02-20T20:05:44Z")
I haven’t seen a thread on this, but you’ve probably heard that the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels are attacking shipping in the Red Sea, standing in solidarity with the Palestinians. So this has the US and others sendi… --- ## [Internal conflict in the Wisconsin Supreme Court](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internal-conflict-in-the-wisconsin-supreme-court/989277)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2024, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internal-conflict-in-the-wisconsin-supreme-court/989277 "2024-02-20T19:23:49Z")
Background: I considered putting this in FQ because I’m hoping for a reasonably objective discussion, but it’s inherently political so I chose this forum. Short version: Conservative justices held the majority on the… --- ## [Why are my plum pits exploding?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-plum-pits-exploding/515385)
**Author:** [@runcible\_spoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/runcible_spoon)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-plum-pits-exploding/515385 "2024-02-20T18:37:41Z")
I’ve gotten some plums lately that have a pit which has separated inside the fruit. It hasn’t been all my plums (I’ve been canning, so I have a large sample size), but maybe a third to a half. Some of them are just spl… --- ## [How long do you have to post a bond prior to an appeal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-have-to-post-a-bond-prior-to-an-appeal/996998)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2024, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-you-have-to-post-a-bond-prior-to-an-appeal/996998 "2024-02-20T17:16:59Z")
In the E. Jean Carroll case, the defendant was found liable by the jury and ordered to pay $83 million. He immediately announced that he would appeal the decision, but analysts have been pointing out that he would need … --- ## [Why does losing the Super Bowl have such a massive stigma?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-losing-the-super-bowl-have-such-a-massive-stigma/997645)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-losing-the-super-bowl-have-such-a-massive-stigma/997645 "2024-02-20T16:38:25Z")
It’s happened: The 49ers are now being called chumps. Some fans are already comparing them to the freaking Bills. There was a when I thought winning earned immunity. Sure, the Patriots and Steelers are dregs now, but whe… --- ## [The Great American Eclipse Part 2: April 8 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-american-eclipse-part-2-april-8-2024/997829)
**Author:** [@Eclipse\_Chaser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eclipse_Chaser)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-american-eclipse-part-2-april-8-2024/997829 "2024-02-20T15:12:26Z")
With not much more than six weeks to go I guess I should start to live up to my name: you probably know by now that the second Great American Eclipse is coming, on 8 April, when the best visible Total Solar Eclipse for … --- ## [Was Trump 'convicted' for defamin Jean Carroll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-trump-convicted-for-defamin-jean-carroll/997280)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2024, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-trump-convicted-for-defamin-jean-carroll/997280 "2024-02-20T14:48:09Z")
THis in not about politics or even Trump or not Trump. This is about the use of the word ‘conviction’ in characterizing the defamation case involving E.Jean Carroll. has the sentence: “Judge Lewis Kaplan on Wednesday … --- ## [How long is too long to stay in bed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-too-long-to-stay-in-bed/997733)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-too-long-to-stay-in-bed/997733 "2024-02-20T14:17:35Z")
Asking for a friend. --- ## [Seeing one year old posts with today's date](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-one-year-old-posts-with-todays-date/959436)
**Author:** [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2024, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-one-year-old-posts-with-todays-date/959436 "2024-02-20T13:56:05Z")
The idiosyncratic way in which dates are displayed in posts has been discussed before, I believe, but today, I noticed that (probably due to time zone issues) there are posts displaying today’s (Feb 14) date (for me), wh… --- ## [Singers that make you reach for the dial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-that-make-you-reach-for-the-dial/997480)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2024, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singers-that-make-you-reach-for-the-dial/997480 "2024-02-20T13:51:14Z")
Whilst overall having a huge sweatspot for “OKish” voices (80% of which I neither greatly like or dislike), there are one or 2 that really yank my chain: the 12 year old kid singing for Rush Michael McDonald (competent… --- ## [Why are court reporters and sketch artists still needed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-court-reporters-and-sketch-artists-still-needed/996751)
**Author:** [@LegendHasit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LegendHasit)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2024, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-court-reporters-and-sketch-artists-still-needed/996751 "2024-02-20T03:17:29Z")
Watching a court reporter typing away during a an obviously filmed/recorded session why are court reporters and sketch artists still needed? In case the tech goes down? For media images (we rarely see artists sketches th… --- ## [If you made up a Roman god of traffic control, what would be its name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-made-up-a-roman-god-of-traffic-control-what-would-be-its-name/992398)
**Author:** [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2024, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-made-up-a-roman-god-of-traffic-control-what-would-be-its-name/992398 "2024-02-20T00:48:56Z")
The Romans had gods of little things, like Cardea, the goddess of hinges. So what would the god/dess of traffic control be? The best I can come up with is Delineatus - possibly spelled differently. --- ## [A curious line from the play "Harvey"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-curious-line-from-the-play-harvey/997620)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2024, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-curious-line-from-the-play-harvey/997620 "2024-02-20T00:20:31Z")
The Lil’wrekker is in a Harvey production (she’s the young nurse) The Doctor says, in reference to Elwood, at one point "Outdated as a cast iron deer. Does anyone know what this means? --- ## [Musicians you probably never heard of (but should have)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-you-probably-never-heard-of-but-should-have/997525)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2024, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musicians-you-probably-never-heard-of-but-should-have/997525 "2024-02-20T00:12:42Z")
A thread about musicians that have huge talent, but are widely unknown … Let me start out with a guy that was Frank/Nat/Sammy/Dean all rolled into one (and a level of musicality that probably surpasses all of them) … y… --- ## [The kayak thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kayak-thread/987161)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2024, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-kayak-thread/987161 "2024-02-19T23:59:02Z")
Prompted by this post: I bought my Ocean Kayak Drifter about 20 years or so ago. My Ocean Kayak Drifter, January 2004 (or maybe 2001, like it says in the caption – I’ve forgotten when it was). Mine’s the white one th… --- ## [Fish: wild caught or farmed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-wild-caught-or-farmed/997757)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2024, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-wild-caught-or-farmed/997757 "2024-02-19T23:21:58Z")
For those who haven’t clued in by now, I live in Australia. And like the rest of the world, seafood is horrendously expensive here. Especially wild-caught fish. Personally, I don’t like to eat farmed seafood. I find it … --- ## [Home DIYers: Painting a Room without Painter's Tape](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-diyers-painting-a-room-without-painters-tape/997729)
**Author:** [@Caribbean\_cruiser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caribbean_cruiser)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2024, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-diyers-painting-a-room-without-painters-tape/997729 "2024-02-19T23:04:42Z")
Over the years, I’ve become a pretty good painter of my home’s interior, yet I’m still glued (sorry) to painter’s tape. I would love to NOT use the stuff, but psychologically can’t let it go, so I end up taping everythin… --- ## [Which technology is more likely - downloading consciousness or colonizing another planet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-technology-is-more-likely-downloading-consciousness-or-colonizing-another-planet/997629)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2024, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-technology-is-more-likely-downloading-consciousness-or-colonizing-another-planet/997629 "2024-02-19T22:11:53Z")
Both technologies are probably a ways out but there is this current push, by some, to settle other worlds. One given reason for this is that we are running out of space here, trashing our planet. I don’t think a base on … --- ## [What's the most complicated meal you've ever prepared?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-complicated-meal-youve-ever-prepared/980588)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-complicated-meal-youve-ever-prepared/980588 "2024-02-19T20:20:01Z")
I was thinking about this since last Saturday when I was making a grocery run, and asked Mrs. solost what she felt tlike for dinner that night, so I could pick up any ingredients we’d need. She said “you haven’t made Pae… --- ## [The Greatest Night in Pop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-night-in-pop/997522)
**Author:** [@sunacres](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunacres)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-night-in-pop/997522 "2024-02-19T20:02:45Z")
Watched this documentary last night on Netflix. Most Dopers seem to be old enough to remember “We Are The World,” a nearly-impromptu recording that brought together 40-odd superstars of the day with an all-volunteer reco… --- ## [Family Day!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-day/997764)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2024, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-day/997764 "2024-02-19T19:34:27Z")
It’s a Public Holiday in Canada, (because February was always needing a long weekend!), it’s Family Day. All families, however formed count! Big families, small families, extended families, blended families, step famili… --- ## [Is there any risk that commercially resold smartphones are stolen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-risk-that-commercially-resold-smartphones-are-stolen/997726)
**Author:** [@Chelonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chelonaut)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2024, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-risk-that-commercially-resold-smartphones-are-stolen/997726 "2024-02-19T19:31:28Z")
I recently bought a cheap used s10 from an online retailer. When I told my parents, my dad became interested and wanted my help getting one for him too. But he was wary about possibly getting a stolen phone, so instead b… --- ## [If SCOTUS decides Jan 6 was a riot, not an insurrection, what happens to those convicted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-scotus-decides-jan-6-was-a-riot-not-an-insurrection-what-happens-to-those-convicted/997332)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-scotus-decides-jan-6-was-a-riot-not-an-insurrection-what-happens-to-those-convicted/997332 "2024-02-19T18:06:31Z")
SCOTUS heard arguments regarding You-know-who’s exclusion from the ballot in CO on 14th Amendment grounds. The plaintiff’s counsel stated that they didn’t concede that the actions of those involved in Jan 6 were engaged… --- ## [Questions on DirecTV Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-on-directv-stream/997702)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2024, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-on-directv-stream/997702 "2024-02-19T17:18:14Z")
Yay!! CenturyLink is finally in my neighborhood. I know most people hate CenturyLink but I’ve had them before and love their service and have never had issues with their customer service. But they don’t run their own… --- ## [\*What 2024 vehicles offer 5G hotspots from the factory?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-2024-vehicles-offer-5g-hotspots-from-the-factory/997732)
**Author:** [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2024, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-2024-vehicles-offer-5g-hotspots-from-the-factory/997732 "2024-02-19T16:45:29Z")
Looking for a new compact or full size SUV for taking long trips and want to consider models that have 5G hotspots so people can have decent connectivity. Also, what other features would 5G be used for in a vehicle? --- ## [Casting for The Fantastic Four has been announced](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-for-the-fantastic-four-has-been-announced/997559)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2024, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casting-for-the-fantastic-four-has-been-announced/997559 "2024-02-19T16:43:46Z")
Pedro Pascal (Mr. Fantastic), Vanessa Kirby (Invisible Woman) , Joseph Quinn (Johnny Storm) and Ebon Moss-Bachrach (da ever-lovin’ blue-eyed Thing). Pascal is usually good, I liked Ebon in Andor, and Kirby was pretty dec… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=624) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=626)