# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=769 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 770 --- ## [Hunch: Putin will try to muddy the waters of his vanity war by push-shoving Belarus into the war](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunch-putin-will-try-to-muddy-the-waters-of-his-vanity-war-by-push-shoving-belarus-into-the-war/988142)
**Author:** [@Latimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Latimera)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hunch-putin-will-try-to-muddy-the-waters-of-his-vanity-war-by-push-shoving-belarus-into-the-war/988142 "2023-08-06T17:58:28Z")
Can you explain what you think this means and why you find it ominous? --- ## [The video for my fourth single, "Follow your Silence"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-for-my-fourth-single-follow-your-silence/988131)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2023, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-for-my-fourth-single-follow-your-silence/988131 "2023-08-06T14:16:24Z")
…premieres on Monday, August 7th, at 8:00 am EDT. Please join me for the first showing, if you like. The link is here - Follow your Silence (Official Video) - YouTube . The audio has been out for a couple of weeks, an… --- ## [Dirty martini dip (Hors d'oeuvre)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirty-martini-dip-hors-doeuvre/988117)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2023, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirty-martini-dip-hors-doeuvre/988117 "2023-08-06T12:10:56Z")
From Salty Mary’s Oyster bar near me. An intensely flavored dish! Really great with their happy hour raw oysters - 3 for $5.00 https://www.saltymarys.com/menu#menu=menu&item=dirty-martini-dip --- ## [DCU actors and roles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dcu-actors-and-roles/988135)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2023, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dcu-actors-and-roles/988135 "2023-08-06T09:45:37Z")
Apparently, the DCU Green Lantern will be portrayed by Nathan Filion, portraying NOT Hal Jordan… …but Guy Gardner. Superman Legacy gets Nathan Fillion’s Green Lantern and more DCU heroes - Polygon I had wondered what … --- ## [Best New IPhone Apps and Games 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-new-iphone-apps-and-games-2023/987402)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2023, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-new-iphone-apps-and-games-2023/987402 "2023-08-06T07:59:31Z")
There are hundreds of thousands of apps. Given so much competition, it is no longer enough for an app to be good to be successful. You have to be able to take away attention from other ones. Since older programs that… --- ## [I bet the French don't sing about gloves and doves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-the-french-dont-sing-about-gloves-and-doves/987946)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2023, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-the-french-dont-sing-about-gloves-and-doves/987946 "2023-08-06T07:12:09Z")
You know that if a line in an English song ends in “dove” or “glove” or “above,” there’s about to be a line ending in “love.” It’s a mildly annoying bit of lazy writing that shows up in way too many songs, due to a quirk… --- ## [Just saw Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-bullitt/988032)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2023, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-bullitt/988032 "2023-08-06T03:38:04Z")
What the hell was that??? I thought I was going to be seeing a 70’s action-cop thriller like Dirty Harry. “See Bullitt log evidence!” “Hot telecopier action!” “See a plane embark and pull back into the station…IN REA… --- ## [Shoe box label code meaning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoe-box-label-code-meaning/988095)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2023, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shoe-box-label-code-meaning/988095 "2023-08-06T00:26:30Z")
After three years and change, my wife and I finally got to go to Korea to escape Beijing for a few weeks. We’re shopping on the US Army base and encountered something we’ve never seen before. In the kids’ shoe section, t… --- ## [Role of Platonic Ideals in society & politics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/role-of-platonic-ideals-in-society-politics/988116)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2023, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/role-of-platonic-ideals-in-society-politics/988116 "2023-08-06T00:19:37Z")
It occurred to me last week in the course of driving a long segment of a road trip, that a lot of people’s political leanings are likely based on their Platonic ideals of what society and government ought to be like. Fo… --- ## [Special Ops](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-ops/987493)
**Author:** [@thefifinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thefifinator)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2023, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/special-ops/987493 "2023-08-05T23:38:07Z")
I know a guy who claims he was special ops. I have my doubts. A few things he has told me. He wore vibram 5 finger shoes in combat (he said - when you are special ops the normal regulations don’t apply). When I asked… --- ## [Is there a meaningful difference between "white supremacist" and "Christian nationalist"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-meaningful-difference-between-white-supremacist-and-christian-nationalist/984227)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 138\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2023, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-meaningful-difference-between-white-supremacist-and-christian-nationalist/984227 "2023-08-05T21:43:37Z")
…and “racist” and “bigot” and a bunch of other terms? MTG here takes great offense at being called a white supremacist, likening it to a black person being called the n-word, but she has proudly declared herself to be… --- ## [The Monkey in your Wallet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monkey-in-your-wallet/987890)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monkey-in-your-wallet/987890 "2023-08-05T21:42:08Z")
I see the thread “The Money in your Wallet” and everytime I read it as Monkey And it makes me laugh. So we can play a game. A Monkey in your wallet will eat your money up. A Cat in your pocket will pee on the lint. A… --- ## [Beck and her bad bad bad pet update](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-and-her-bad-bad-bad-pet-update/987186)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2023, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beck-and-her-bad-bad-bad-pet-update/987186 "2023-08-05T20:38:09Z")
I haven’t posted many pet tales lately. So here’s an update: Bayliss the tailless- nearly perfect dog is doing his self appointed job, watching me. He’s only happy if I’m sitting or in bed. If I’m up he is at my heel. … --- ## [Steakhouse Near Ft. Bliss](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steakhouse-near-ft-bliss/988064)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steakhouse-near-ft-bliss/988064 "2023-08-05T20:00:29Z")
I am trying to recall the name of a steakhouse just outside the El Paso airport. Maybe some SDopers assigned to Ft. Bliss know what steakhouse I am thinking of. This is not a chain restaurant. It is a little pricey, but … --- ## [Traffic Enforcement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traffic-enforcement/984832)
**Author:** [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traffic-enforcement/984832 "2023-08-05T18:50:39Z")
A Comment and a Question. When COVID hit, people disappeared from the roads for quite a while, and so did the police for the most part. It was pretty much “cruise at your own leisure” around Chicagoland. That time has… --- ## [Bad things our heroes did that no one ever found out about](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-things-our-heroes-did-that-no-one-ever-found-out-about/987989)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-things-our-heroes-did-that-no-one-ever-found-out-about/987989 "2023-08-05T18:01:21Z")
On New Battlestar Galactica, On DS9, Sort of related to the subject…on Game of Thrones, --- ## [I Am Returned!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-returned/988025)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-returned/988025 "2023-08-05T17:19:42Z")
All- So like, I’ve been away. Last time I’d been 'round here I was in the (literal) death throes of my alcoholism and financial distress. I am happy to report that has not changed! I am still an alcoholic and always wi… --- ## [How many complications does your watch have?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-complications-does-your-watch-have/977059)
**Author:** [@EastUmpqua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastUmpqua)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-complications-does-your-watch-have/977059 "2023-08-05T17:10:02Z")
My Tissot automatic has one - the date. This Vacheron Constantin has 57. This is elegant technology at its best: --- ## [I'm Going to Sicily next Week - Any Recommendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-sicily-next-week-any-recommendations/987153)
**Author:** [@Moonrise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonrise)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-going-to-sicily-next-week-any-recommendations/987153 "2023-08-05T15:18:35Z")
I’ll be staying in Palermo for a week. I’d like to focus on three types of activities, in the following order of importance : Cultural visits ; Enjoying the nightlife ; Reading on the beach. I don’t need advice for po… --- ## [What is your opinions/suggestions about this business venture?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-opinions-suggestions-about-this-business-venture/988026)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-opinions-suggestions-about-this-business-venture/988026 "2023-08-05T14:59:20Z")
Before you dismiss this as silly, bear in mind Pet Rocks, The Star Registry and NFTs. :grin: I would like to get into the business of buying and selling souls. Ceremonial bills of sale (and registry of same), terms o… --- ## [What is the song "Starmaker" about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-song-starmaker-about/573895)
**Author:** [@Flying\_Saucer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flying_Saucer)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-song-starmaker-about/573895 "2023-08-05T13:25:24Z")
I’ve been reading about the TV show Fame and was moved by one of the episodes. Michael Thoma, who played Mr. Crandall, was dying of cancer. At the end of the first season, the school board fired Mr. Crandall – because o… --- ## [Local income tax illegal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-income-tax-illegal/988077)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2023, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-income-tax-illegal/988077 "2023-08-05T12:10:51Z")
Don’t know if this belongs in GD or P&E, feel free to move. In St Louis, resident of STL county is fighting with City of St Louis over personal income tax since he works remotely, and city claims since company is physica… --- ## [US Credit Rating Downgraded - Does it Matter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-credit-rating-downgraded-does-it-matter/987949)
**Author:** [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2023, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-credit-rating-downgraded-does-it-matter/987949 "2023-08-05T12:07:51Z")
According to the BBC today, Fitch, one of three major independent agencies that assess creditworthiness, cut the rating from the top level of AAA to a notch lower at AA+. “The rating downgrade of the United States refl… --- ## [AITA on Reddit Weird? Weddings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aita-on-reddit-weird-weddings/986881)
**Author:** [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2023, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aita-on-reddit-weird-weddings/986881 "2023-08-05T07:28:48Z")
I’ve got this guilty pleasure. I read a lot of the AITA about weddings on redit. I wonder am I the only one who finds that weddings have gotten sort of weird? I mean there are claims of “dress codes” for all attendees do… --- ## [Roller coaster closed for huge failure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roller-coaster-closed-for-huge-failure/986425)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2023, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roller-coaster-closed-for-huge-failure/986425 "2023-08-05T05:17:39Z")
Reports have been calling it “a crack”. That’s not a crack - that’s a complete failure of one of the largest support members. Holy Cow! Imagine the force needed to shear that column. https://www.foxnews.com/us/tallest-f… --- ## [A sudden bout of yawns](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sudden-bout-of-yawns/987987)
**Author:** [@longtry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longtry)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2023, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sudden-bout-of-yawns/987987 "2023-08-05T05:09:01Z")
Has anyone ever experience this? A yawning ‘attack’ that seems to come out of the blue. For me, though it’s pretty random, I noticed that one could come after I have breakfast for some time, say, 70-75 mins. Then all of … --- ## [Should I start watching Formula 1 again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-start-watching-formula-1-again/987722)
**Author:** [@Celtic\_Kitsune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celtic_Kitsune)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2023, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-start-watching-formula-1-again/987722 "2023-08-05T04:59:05Z")
I used to love F1 from early 1990’s until I lost interest in about 2005, should I have another try at it? I mean watching, not driving. I understand costs were spiraling out of control and something needed to be done bu… --- ## [Plastic as building insulation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-as-building-insulation/988074)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2023, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plastic-as-building-insulation/988074 "2023-08-05T00:27:37Z")
I wonder why plastic bottles aren’t washed, shredded and used as insulation. It could be blown in as cellulose was in the 1950s and 60s, or heat formed into bats to fit between 16" or 24" studs. --- ## [Looking for a kinetic typography music video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-kinetic-typography-music-video/988045)
**Author:** [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2023, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-kinetic-typography-music-video/988045 "2023-08-04T22:15:17Z")
I once saw a music video on youtube that I thought I’d put into my playlists so it would come back up again but it hasn’t, and now I’ve forgotten a lot of the details. Here’s what I remember: In addition to the lyrics … --- ## [Even sillier question: Gain or lose weight when you fart?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-sillier-question-gain-or-lose-weight-when-you-fart/988023)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2023, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/even-sillier-question-gain-or-lose-weight-when-you-fart/988023 "2023-08-04T21:57:50Z")
Clearly you lose mass. That’s not the question. I suspect that the flatus consists of CO2 and CH4. The latter is lighter than air and the former heavier, but I suspect that for people, the CO2 predominates by a lot (I… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=768) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=770)