# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=640&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 641 --- ## [Help me make some award-winning chili!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-some-award-winning-chili/996739)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2024, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-make-some-award-winning-chili/996739 "2024-01-31T02:41:39Z")
I want to make a killer batch of chili for the AFC / NFC games tomorrow. I’ve found a couple YT links showing how to make what they claim is award-winning chili, but I’m skeptical. For one thing, both videos claimed tha… --- ## [What can a person say in defending themself and denying a crime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-a-person-say-in-defending-themself-and-denying-a-crime/996717)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2024, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-a-person-say-in-defending-themself-and-denying-a-crime/996717 "2024-01-31T01:37:26Z")
The recent Trump verdicit raised this question. Please don’t focus on the person. I’m asking about legal guidelines. What can someone say in defending themself against an accusation? Hypothetically, a public person is a… --- ## [What disaster prep things have you undertaken in your homes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-disaster-prep-things-have-you-undertaken-in-your-homes/996497)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-disaster-prep-things-have-you-undertaken-in-your-homes/996497 "2024-01-30T22:03:34Z")
A “disaster” in this context could be as simple as preparing for a power outage that might last a day or two, but also includes preparations for other events, such as hurricanes, tornado damage, flooding, or getting snow… --- ## [So, a question about the TOR browser](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-question-about-the-tor-browser/996853)
**Author:** [@Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-a-question-about-the-tor-browser/996853 "2024-01-30T22:02:04Z")
Earlier today I downloaded something from rapidgator using Firefox. When you download something for free from rapidgator, you have to wait at least two hours before the next download. Thirty-five minutes later, I tried… --- ## [Kari Lake recamps to Arizona](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kari-lake-recamps-to-arizona/991465)
**Author:** [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kari-lake-recamps-to-arizona/991465 "2024-01-30T20:25:53Z")
Not getting any traction at Mal-A-Lardo with the Mango Manchurian as a potential VP; Ms. Lake is taking her essence back to Arizona. I hope this turns the purple state bluer. Or else it’s another stunt to get a Faux Ne… --- ## [Sometimes, the \[what?\] is too much - poetry reference?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-the-what-is-too-much-poetry-reference/996856)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sometimes-the-what-is-too-much-poetry-reference/996856 "2024-01-30T20:21:47Z")
I’m annoyed, because my slightly inebriated, emotional self is trying to recall some poetic line that said, more or less, that “sometimes, the … mumble can’t remember … is too much.” Who and what was that? Walt Whitman?… --- ## [How can a Medicare Part D provider charge a $0 monthly premium?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-a-medicare-part-d-provider-charge-a-0-monthly-premium/996842)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-a-medicare-part-d-provider-charge-a-0-monthly-premium/996842 "2024-01-30T19:34:25Z")
Last year, our Part D provider, Wellcare Value Script, charged $7.40 per month for our coverage. This year, our monthly premium is $0 - nothing. How can this provider afford a $0 premium? I called their help number, b… --- ## [Be cool! Be blue! Argyria as a choice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-cool-be-blue-argyria-as-a-choice/996781)
**Author:** [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/be-cool-be-blue-argyria-as-a-choice/996781 "2024-01-30T19:01:05Z")
Argyria is a condition that turns your skin blue, or grey, or something in between. It is caused by absorbtion of collodial silver, which is a tincture containing elemental silver in molecular form. It was sometimes pres… --- ## [Obama portraits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-portraits/808760)
**Author:** [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-portraits/808760 "2024-01-30T18:11:56Z")
Yesterday, two portraits of the Obamas were unveiled. They are not the White House portraits, but they are the portraits that will sit in the National Portrait Gallery in DC (an outstanding museum, by the way). Compar… --- ## [Why am I so f-ing cold?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-so-f-ing-cold/993439)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-so-f-ing-cold/993439 "2024-01-30T18:07:09Z")
Okay, I’ve been ill for 4-5 days. Weirdly no respiratory stuff. No real symptoms. But when I take my temperature it’s been low, like 96F.something each time. I’m shivering - seriously cold. My home office is right now 7… --- ## [What does a Supreme Court clerk do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-supreme-court-clerk-do/626730)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-a-supreme-court-clerk-do/626730 "2024-01-30T17:44:28Z")
Clerking for a Supreme Court justice is apparently a very prestigious thing to have on one’s law resume. What exactly do these clerks do? How many clerks does each justice have at any one time? How long do clerks typi… --- ## [Actual working Starfleet-style communicator to go on sale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-working-starfleet-style-communicator-to-go-on-sale/724501)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actual-working-starfleet-style-communicator-to-go-on-sale/724501 "2024-01-30T17:10:34Z")
Ooo, shiny! And very tempting… --- ## [Anyone else having trouble making Italics and Paragraph Breaks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-trouble-making-italics-and-paragraph-breaks/996630)
**Author:** [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-trouble-making-italics-and-paragraph-breaks/996630 "2024-01-30T15:58:20Z")
For the last few days, all the words that I’ve italicized have the asterisk on each side of the word, but show up as plain text in the preview pane and when I post it (except bolding, for some reason). And the only way … --- ## [What Nazi official announced the March 1936 march into the Rhineland (video link included)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nazi-official-announced-the-march-1936-march-into-the-rhineland-video-link-included/996785)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-nazi-official-announced-the-march-1936-march-into-the-rhineland-video-link-included/996785 "2024-01-30T15:56:08Z")
Link to documentary. You can see the announcement starting at about 15:19. I couldn’t find where the speaker was identified. --- ## [Seeking the source of a literary quotation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-the-source-of-a-literary-quotation/996868)
**Author:** [@PapaD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapaD)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-the-source-of-a-literary-quotation/996868 "2024-01-30T15:40:13Z")
I once read something to the effect, “A man may fool his wife or his mistress, but a daughter is a different matter.” I have searched in vain for the literary source of this quote, which may have been an English translat… --- ## [Tony Blair - "Policy first, politics second"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-blair-policy-first-politics-second/996844)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-blair-policy-first-politics-second/996844 "2024-01-30T15:16:09Z")
I had the privelege of hearing Tony Blair, former UK Prime Minister, speak this past weekend. While he discussed a wide range of geopolitical topics he threw out the quote “Policy first, politics second”, when asked abo… --- ## [RIP Melanie Safka](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-melanie-safka/996606)
**Author:** [@XOldiesJock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XOldiesJock)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-melanie-safka/996606 "2024-01-30T14:59:49Z")
Folk singer/songwriter Melanie Safka, best known as simply Melanie, has died at the age of 76. While no Joni Mitchell, she was beginning to have a following with people who liked somewhat folky introspective music in th… --- ## [Hotels near LAX](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotels-near-lax/996628)
**Author:** [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotels-near-lax/996628 "2024-01-30T14:56:32Z")
I am flying overseas in August. I will be overnighting at LAX. Does anyone have recommendations for places to stay near the airport? This is a vacation so I want to relax for a bit and have planned the departures in the … --- ## [Zvi Zamir, head of Mossad during and after the Munich Olympics, died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zvi-zamir-head-of-mossad-during-and-after-the-munich-olympics-died/996866)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zvi-zamir-head-of-mossad-during-and-after-the-munich-olympics-died/996866 "2024-01-30T14:47:33Z")
Not sure what forum is best for this so mods feel free to move. His leadership during the response to that attack, Operation Wrath of God, was felt to be quick and brutal. For sure at one innocent was killed. Hard to … --- ## [Local school board cancels school because of an eclipse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-school-board-cancels-school-because-of-an-eclipse/996738)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-school-board-cancels-school-because-of-an-eclipse/996738 "2024-01-30T09:00:16Z")
Well, sort of. My local school board has decided the total solar eclipse of April 8 will be dangerous. So a PA day has been moved from April 22 to April 8 so the kids aren’t subjected to all the danger. The period of … --- ## [Any recommendations for keto products?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-recommendations-for-keto-products/996742)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-recommendations-for-keto-products/996742 "2024-01-30T05:37:37Z")
I am currently losing weight through a keto program. It’s a medically monitored program that is low carb and low fat. I don’t really need criticism of it I’m consulting medical professionals already. And it’s working wel… --- ## [This company is planning to use AI to communicate with animals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-company-is-planning-to-use-ai-to-communicate-with-animals/996828)
**Author:** [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-company-is-planning-to-use-ai-to-communicate-with-animals/996828 "2024-01-30T05:04:15Z")
https://www.earthspecies.org Earth Species Project is a non-profit dedicated to using artificial intelligence to decode non-human communication. We believe that an understanding of non-human languages will transform o… --- ## [An “Eisenhower Republican” is challenging Scott Perry in PA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-eisenhower-republican-is-challenging-scott-perry-in-pa/996819)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-eisenhower-republican-is-challenging-scott-perry-in-pa/996819 "2024-01-30T04:19:06Z")
He’s hoping independents and disaffected Republicans will back him up. Here’s hoping he Al least bleeds votes from Perry. --- ## [DeSantis can't win the GOP nomination or the general election in 2024 {How Trump plays into this is allowed}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desantis-cant-win-the-gop-nomination-or-the-general-election-in-2024-how-trump-plays-into-this-is-allowed/980249)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 779\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desantis-cant-win-the-gop-nomination-or-the-general-election-in-2024-how-trump-plays-into-this-is-allowed/980249 "2024-01-30T03:44:51Z")
We talked a bit about Ron DeSantis in a thread I recently started here (Nikki Haley announces US presidential run for 2024), so I thought we discuss his run in greater detail here. First, let’s not argue the point that … --- ## [I just want you to know who I am](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-you-to-know-who-i-am/996840)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-want-you-to-know-who-i-am/996840 "2024-01-30T02:14:52Z")
"I don’t want the world to see me, 'Cause I don’t think they’d understand, When everything is made to be broken, I just want you to know who I am"\* I figured it out. Of course it was a seizure that caused it. A song … --- ## [Zyppah (Happy Z backwards) sleep apnea device commercials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zyppah-happy-z-backwards-sleep-apnea-device-commercials/996826)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zyppah-happy-z-backwards-sleep-apnea-device-commercials/996826 "2024-01-30T01:29:30Z")
If you listen to Sirius XM then you’ve probably heard these commercials whose spokesman is Jimmy from apparently south Boston. The company that owns the Zyppah brand is based in California. While I highly doubt that t… --- ## [Where is the best place for direct consultation for home repair / DIY questions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-best-place-for-direct-consultation-for-home-repair-diy-questions/996841)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-the-best-place-for-direct-consultation-for-home-repair-diy-questions/996841 "2024-01-30T01:00:48Z")
As evidenced by other threads I’ve created, both here and elsewhere, I as a new homeowner who’s not handy have had questions about certain aspects of home repair and maintenance. Right now, it’s about smoke detectors, wi… --- ## [Why don't states use nitrogen chambers for the death penalty?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-states-use-nitrogen-chambers-for-the-death-penalty/960698)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2024, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-states-use-nitrogen-chambers-for-the-death-penalty/960698 "2024-01-30T00:07:41Z")
Here’s a gift article about the problems with the use of midazolam in lethal injections: Lethal injections for the death penalty seem hopelessly broken. If OK loses this case, they will appeal and they may even win, … --- ## [What is "MMP?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-mmp/996478)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2024, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-mmp/996478 "2024-01-29T23:45:53Z")
I have seen numerous post titles with “MMP” in them and I cannot figure out what it means. Multi-man Publishing Mass Media Production Multimedia Player Meet Me Page Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid Marian Movement of Priests … --- ## [Have you eaten any unusual smoked foods?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-eaten-any-unusual-smoked-foods/992854)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-eaten-any-unusual-smoked-foods/992854 "2024-01-29T22:45:23Z")
I have had smoked carp prepared by a coworker who knew what he was doing. Delicious and not fishy at all. This summer I put smoked salt on a steak. I t was a bit hard to tell how much flavor it contributed but it was ta… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=639&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=641&state=tracking)