# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=749&state=tracking [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 750 --- ## [It's the New Brew Revue, coming right at you!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-new-brew-revue-coming-right-at-you/984712)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2023, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-new-brew-revue-coming-right-at-you/984712 "2023-09-04T10:52:06Z")
Haven’t done a beer thread in a while. Well, what wet and wild weirdness has wandered your way? I am currently sipping a very good peanut butter stout from Central Coast Brewing, P-Nut Butter Breakdown, made with real S… --- ## [Sneering at people with less formal education is class-based prejudice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneering-at-people-with-less-formal-education-is-class-based-prejudice/988113)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2023, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sneering-at-people-with-less-formal-education-is-class-based-prejudice/988113 "2023-09-04T10:07:08Z")
To establish my lib cred, I’m referencing a story I heard on NPR the other day: The headline is not correct. Kahlenberg explicitly and repeatedly said he wanted to look at race AND class, not class INSTEAD OF race. Ju… --- ## [Yet another No Country for Old Men question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-no-country-for-old-men-question/989540)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2023, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-no-country-for-old-men-question/989540 "2023-09-04T09:56:30Z")
I’ve looked through the other threads and didn’t find this question - Carson sees the case by the river. Then we cut to a scene at night as Carson walks back to his hotel room and Anton follows him. Carson says he knows … --- ## [Many hundreds of unmarked graves of Indigenous children discovered at Canadian residential schools](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-hundreds-of-unmarked-graves-of-indigenous-children-discovered-at-canadian-residential-schools/943674)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 308\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2023, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-hundreds-of-unmarked-graves-of-indigenous-children-discovered-at-canadian-residential-schools/943674 "2023-09-04T07:55:20Z")
Investigators used ground-reading radar to uncover over 200 unmarked graves of children at a former residential school run by a Roman Catholic order under the auspices of the federal government. Calls being made for f… --- ## [Recommend some seasoning mixes, hot sauces, and other savory condiments from around the world](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-seasoning-mixes-hot-sauces-and-other-savory-condiments-from-around-the-world/989532)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2023, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-seasoning-mixes-hot-sauces-and-other-savory-condiments-from-around-the-world/989532 "2023-09-04T01:53:07Z")
Some I’ve tried that are great: Kewpie mayonnaise (Japan) Marie Sharp Hot Sauce (Belize) Chili Crisp (China) Zatarain’s Creole Seasoning (Louisiana) Furikake seasoning (Japan) Jerk seasoning (Jamaica) Ones I plan … --- ## [What the HELL did I just see in the night sky tonight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-did-i-just-see-in-the-night-sky-tonight/989486)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2023, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-hell-did-i-just-see-in-the-night-sky-tonight/989486 "2023-09-04T01:52:07Z")
Sitting in the hot tub with my wife, circa 9 PM central time, I suddenly looked up at the sky, and saw the strangest thing: A whole long straight line of tiny pinpoint white lights, moving together from west to east, se… --- ## [Was the smear campaign against the Kulaks in any way deserved?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-smear-campaign-against-the-kulaks-in-any-way-deserved/989496)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2023, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-smear-campaign-against-the-kulaks-in-any-way-deserved/989496 "2023-09-04T01:01:51Z")
Were there any aspects of the Bolshevik smear campaign against the Kulaks that were deserved? Did they mistreat the peasants ? Did they engage in usury ? Was this all just Bolshevik propaganda ? --- ## [Songs with historical errors that bug you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-historical-errors-that-bug-you/989246)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2023, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-with-historical-errors-that-bug-you/989246 "2023-09-03T23:42:32Z")
So listening to Morrissey, as you do (and not even feeling particularly depressed or broken up with :slight\_smile:) and again reminded of this verse in Irish Heart, English Blood which as has always bugged me: I’ve bee… --- ## [I need to get some f\*\*\*in friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-get-some-f-in-friends/989187)
**Author:** [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2023, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-get-some-f-in-friends/989187 "2023-09-03T22:41:30Z")
These days I’ve been feeling a bit like Paul Rudd’s character from the movie “I Love You Man” where on the eve of his wedding he realizing he doesn’t have any close male friends. Now it’s a bit of a different situation … --- ## [Our dog, Andy, died last night](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-dog-andy-died-last-night/989410)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2023, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-dog-andy-died-last-night/989410 "2023-09-03T21:50:40Z")
We rescued him in 2007, and he wasn’t a puppy. He outlasted three other dogs. We thought he was on his last legs 3 years ago, but he soldiered on. When he was young, he was pretty athletic: … --- ## [America Is Using Up Its Groundwater Like There’s No Tomorrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-is-using-up-its-groundwater-like-there-s-no-tomorrow/989294)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2023, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-is-using-up-its-groundwater-like-there-s-no-tomorrow/989294 "2023-09-03T20:41:41Z")
Interesting New York Times article about groundwater depletion in the U.S. (they did a serious statistical analysis). Someone posted a gift link: Look at this image: I … --- ## [What Exactly Did Henry Kissinger Do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-did-henry-kissinger-do/919181)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2023, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-did-henry-kissinger-do/919181 "2023-09-03T19:47:34Z")
Henry Kissinger (b. 1923) was the Secretary of State under Richard Nixon and apparently Gerald Ford too. Anyway, I often read these articles about him being responsible for Pinochet. Pinochet was a particularly evil, fa… --- ## [How Is Legalizing Marijuana...Legal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-legalizing-marijuana-legal/974218)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2023, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-legalizing-marijuana-legal/974218 "2023-09-03T17:56:08Z")
US Dopers: Many States have legalized OR are considering legalizing the use of marijuana in one form of another for medicinal or recreational use. Maybe everything I was taught in school was wrong, but I thought no State… --- ## [Preventing toilet bowl evaporation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preventing-toilet-bowl-evaporation/989274)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2023, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preventing-toilet-bowl-evaporation/989274 "2023-09-03T14:53:54Z")
Wife and I are custodians of a house that will be unoccupied and unvisited for probably the next six months or more. We were last in the house three months ago, and I made sure all the sink traps and toilet bowls were f… --- ## [Fan Light Capacitor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fan-light-capacitor/988765)
**Author:** [@Vito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vito)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2023, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fan-light-capacitor/988765 "2023-09-03T14:07:53Z")
Original Fan capacitor E183963 Yel-5u/250v, Pur-5u/250, Gray-4.5/280 New E215893 Gray-4.8/250, Pur-6/250 Yel-8/250 The gray and yellow are reversed from the original Can i use the new one? --- ## [Post your local weekly weatherforecast (pics, pls)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-local-weekly-weatherforecast-pics-pls/989504)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2023, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-local-weekly-weatherforecast-pics-pls/989504 "2023-09-03T11:13:45Z")
ok, about as mundane as it gets … putting in “my place weather” in google gives me this outlook (crop out your location if you don’t feel like sharing it) (CENTIGRADE!) … --- ## [Otzi the Gay Caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/otzi-the-gay-caveman/653392)
**Author:** [@grue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grue)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2023, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/otzi-the-gay-caveman/653392 "2023-09-03T11:10:53Z")
Regarding What’s the story with Otzi the gay caveman? - The Straight Dope For what it’s worth, it actually is possible to determine age to absurd accuracy, at least with modern techniques (I don’t know if this was the … --- ## [Wanting to jump into Doctor Who. Where should I start?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanting-to-jump-into-doctor-who-where-should-i-start/989369)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2023, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanting-to-jump-into-doctor-who-where-should-i-start/989369 "2023-09-03T10:37:49Z")
I have seen and really enjoyed the episode Blink as a self contained movie but I think the time has come for me to give the show as a whole a shot. Is there a good place to start? Additionally, while I am pretty familiar… --- ## [Felines vs. canines - in terms of size](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felines-vs-canines-in-terms-of-size/989480)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2023, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/felines-vs-canines-in-terms-of-size/989480 "2023-09-03T04:07:20Z")
Hi there, random shower thought: why do cats (felines) come in all kind of sizes, from you own 2kg kiddy all the way up to many hundrets of kgs of a siberian tiger (300kg/700lb) … --- ## [Theoretical constitutional amendment for age restrictions on politicians](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theoretical-constitutional-amendment-for-age-restrictions-on-politicians/989383)
**Author:** [@Digger11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digger11)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2023, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theoretical-constitutional-amendment-for-age-restrictions-on-politicians/989383 "2023-09-03T03:41:54Z")
Assume for the sake of the argument that we can actually get a constitutional amendment passed. I’ve never been much of a fan of hard age requirements for retirement–people differ so much in their abilities and health. … --- ## [Proposal: The "End Congressional Deadlock" Amendment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-the-end-congressional-deadlock-amendment/989487)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2023, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proposal-the-end-congressional-deadlock-amendment/989487 "2023-09-03T03:34:41Z")
quote=“Whack-a-Mole, post:89, topic:989383”\] I have lots of ideas I think could improve the US government. Age restrictions (and/or term limits) are not top of the list. \[/quote\] Fair enough. I have some thoughts myse… --- ## [What defines a manifesto?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-defines-a-manifesto/989464)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2023, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-defines-a-manifesto/989464 "2023-09-03T03:10:47Z")
The recent shooting suspect in Florida had pages of racist writings in his room to justify his crime He was apparently suffering from some mental health problems, so they’re probably not as coherent as a screed made by … --- ## [Amateur CGI? (Haunted house)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amateur-cgi-haunted-house/989528)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2023, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amateur-cgi-haunted-house/989528 "2023-09-02T21:44:49Z")
Below is a video of a supposedly “haunted house”. Of course I think it’s nonsense. But I have to say the graphics are impressive. (Bonus points for getting the dog to play along). So is there software out there that peo… --- ## [Tropical Storm/Hurricane Idalia to Hit Florida/East Coast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-hurricane-idalia-to-hit-florida-east-coast/989226)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tropical-storm-hurricane-idalia-to-hit-florida-east-coast/989226 "2023-09-02T20:50:02Z")
Dopers living in the affected areas: what preparations have you done? --- ## [UTMB (Ultra Trail Mont Blanc) 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utmb-ultra-trail-mont-blanc-2023/989426)
**Author:** [@3AxisCtrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3AxisCtrl)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/utmb-ultra-trail-mont-blanc-2023/989426 "2023-09-02T19:05:35Z")
Ultra Trail Mont Blanc is widely considered the world’s premier ultra-running event. The 2023 edition starts tomorrow (Sep 1) at 6pm in Chamonix (southeastern France). Around 2300 runners will race over a course of 171… --- ## [Should we get a budgie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-get-a-budgie/824455)
**Author:** [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Replies:** 151\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-get-a-budgie/824455 "2023-09-02T18:44:50Z")
Our cleaning lady has a number of parakeets… who, being healthy young birds, have produced MORE parakeets. She wants to give us one. I kinda want one. She asked us to suggest a name, so she can get it used to it. I su… --- ## [MLB: August 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2023/987980)
**Author:** [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Replies:** 147\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-august-2023/987980 "2023-09-02T17:14:15Z")
Better late than never – here’s the new thread for August. --- ## [All right ... so how do I sue U-Haul in small claims court?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-right-so-how-do-i-sue-u-haul-in-small-claims-court/131207)
**Author:** [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2023, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-right-so-how-do-i-sue-u-haul-in-small-claims-court/131207 "2023-09-02T16:47:38Z")
I just moved over Labor Day weekend (from NYC upstate to Ulster County, NY). I was supposed to have been getting a truck from U-Haul. I made a reservation 45 days in advance. I got no truck. I had to rent from another co… --- ## [What's the largest island you can drive to from the mainland?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-island-you-can-drive-to-from-the-mainland/989457)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-island-you-can-drive-to-from-the-mainland/989457 "2023-09-02T16:18:36Z")
What’s the largest island you can drive to from the mainland? Just got to wondering. After a small bit of research, I decided to break it into three sub-questions based on whether you can drive via a bridge, a causeway,… --- ## [What should a new U.S. motto be? (instead of "In God We Trust")](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-a-new-u-s-motto-be-instead-of-in-god-we-trust/988080)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-should-a-new-u-s-motto-be-instead-of-in-god-we-trust/988080 "2023-09-02T15:27:58Z")
A recent Pit thread about Louisiana requiring the above national motto to be displayed on all school classroom walls (presumably only publicly funded schools, but I don’t think that point was raised in the part of the th… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=748&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=750&state=tracking)