# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=826 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 827 --- ## [Playing MP3 playlist from my phone to a restaurant's sound system](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playing-mp3-playlist-from-my-phone-to-a-restaurants-sound-system/983860)
**Author:** [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/playing-mp3-playlist-from-my-phone-to-a-restaurants-sound-system/983860 "2023-05-19T15:37:38Z")
This Saturday I am going to a birthday party at a restaurant and I have been tasked with creating a music playlist. I was told that the manager said that I could just plug my phone into their sound system and…and that’s … --- ## [What is the best way to irrevocably destroy floppy disks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-irrevocably-destroy-floppy-disks/979997)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 137\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-irrevocably-destroy-floppy-disks/979997 "2023-05-19T15:08:44Z")
I have about 50 to 100 old floppy disks that belonged to a relative who died in 2005. I have reason to believe that there may be sensitive data on the disks that I do not wish to possess and do not wish for anyone to po… --- ## [Tucker Carlson Leaves Fox News](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 422\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2023, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tucker-carlson-leaves-fox-news/983119 "2023-05-19T14:40:54Z")
Not sure which forum this goes in, but I figure Politics is as good as any. Carlson’s last day was Friday, so no two weeks’ notice. Somehow I doubt the parting was a completely mutual agreement. --- ## [If it's Biden vs Trump, who will be the VP candidates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-its-biden-vs-trump-who-will-be-the-vp-candidates/983125)
**Author:** [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-its-biden-vs-trump-who-will-be-the-vp-candidates/983125 "2023-05-19T14:18:08Z")
At this moment, it appears a good possibility that it will be Trump vs. Biden in the 2024 election And there are now two threads (DeSantis and Carlson) in which at least part of the discussion concerns Trump’s choice as… --- ## [Is Florida facing a labor crisis right now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-florida-facing-a-labor-crisis-right-now/983967)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2023, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-florida-facing-a-labor-crisis-right-now/983967 "2023-05-19T14:10:54Z")
Florida recently passed a rather strict immigration law. And because of this law they got pased a few days ago, houses aren’t being built, Fields aren’t being worked, and hotel rooms aren’t being cleaned. I’ve been seei… --- ## [2022 US West wildfire thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-west-wildfire-thread/958246)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2023, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2022-us-west-wildfire-thread/958246 "2023-05-19T13:36:37Z")
Believe it or not, we’ve got one already. 1500 acres at last report, near Big Sur, California. 5% containment. --- ## [Taboo on PowerPoint](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taboo-on-powerpoint/984204)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2023, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taboo-on-powerpoint/984204 "2023-05-19T12:41:17Z")
I have a PowerPoint file I’d like to use for Taboo. The file has 258 slides: the first is the title slide and the second has the game instructions. (I think the number is irrelevant, as I hope to continue adding slides.)… --- ## [Allied force vs whatever Russia is doing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allied-force-vs-whatever-russia-is-doing/984188)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2023, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allied-force-vs-whatever-russia-is-doing/984188 "2023-05-19T11:53:48Z")
Politics aside, from a strictly military point of view I have absolutely no idea what Russia is doing in the war, since it seems like it’s constantly doing things against it’s own interests. Since I’m from Serbia, I can… --- ## [Mass immigration to NY City--why is it the only city which is required to house all of themigrants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-immigration-to-ny-city-why-is-it-the-only-city-which-is-required-to-house-all-of-themigrants/984233)
**Author:** [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2023, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mass-immigration-to-ny-city-why-is-it-the-only-city-which-is-required-to-house-all-of-themigrants/984233 "2023-05-19T11:30:15Z")
There is a paywalled article in today’s NY Times about the massive increase in migrants crossing the southern border and then heading to New York. It contains a surprising statement: I’m wondering: 1.Why so many cour… --- ## [A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537)
**Author:** [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Replies:** 9997\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2023, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-1/925537 "2023-05-19T03:19:48Z")
On the theory that some enablers of Trump, and Trump himself, may be experiencing some events and occurrences that might, quite understandably, elicit a Nelson Muntz-‘haha’ or two… …as for example, the compilations of T… --- ## [New Canadian Passport?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-passport/984043)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2023, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-passport/984043 "2023-05-19T02:30:57Z")
Canada recently redesigned its passport and some people are upset since they allegedly replaced images of things deemed of national importance (Vimy Ridge, Terry Fox, The Bluenose) with “post national” images of animals … --- ## [How would a villain takeover of the US work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-a-villain-takeover-of-the-us-work/984045)
**Author:** [@Cmyers1980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cmyers1980)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2023, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-a-villain-takeover-of-the-us-work/984045 "2023-05-19T01:03:58Z")
In the comic Old Man Logan the villains team up to defeat all the heroes and divide the US between Red Skull, Abomination, Magneto and Dr. Doom. Other than the central goal of defeating the heroes how would the actual t… --- ## [The Last Good Band You Found Out About](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-good-band-you-found-out-about/982768)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2023, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-last-good-band-you-found-out-about/982768 "2023-05-18T23:40:53Z")
Not being a Swiftie nor up-to-date on very new music, I had never heard of The Nationals until reading about how much some people like them. They’re not bad, kind of remind me of a few bands I liked quite a lot \[mumblem… --- ## [The Durham indictments prosecuting fake Trump 'collusion'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-durham-indictments-prosecuting-fake-trump-collusion/951215)
**Author:** [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Replies:** 541\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2023, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-durham-indictments-prosecuting-fake-trump-collusion/951215 "2023-05-18T22:40:26Z")
This week the Durham investigation into the roots of the Russia/Trump collusion story laid down a second indictment, this time against a lawyer for Perkins-Coie, the law firm that represented Hillary Clinton. Remember t… --- ## [Birdwatchers - What did I just see?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birdwatchers-what-did-i-just-see/984237)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2023, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birdwatchers-what-did-i-just-see/984237 "2023-05-18T22:22:38Z")
Sorry, no photo. A bird I have never seen around here before just landed on my front walk to peck at some bird seed. If I had to pick it out of a line-up for the bird cops, I’d finger the Black-Vented Oriole. Bright yel… --- ## [Do many Jews regard the commemorative events (Passover, Purim, etc.) as real historical events?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-many-jews-regard-the-commemorative-events-passover-purim-etc-as-real-historical-events/983918)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2023, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-many-jews-regard-the-commemorative-events-passover-purim-etc-as-real-historical-events/983918 "2023-05-18T21:25:04Z")
This could go in either FQ or IMHO. I realize that Jews are highly diverse and the answer will invariably be “it depends,” of course. But when Jews celebrate Passover, Purim, etc., do they regard the Exodus of Israelite… --- ## [Hit rock songs with a repeated verse only (no chorus, no bridge)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-rock-songs-with-a-repeated-verse-only-no-chorus-no-bridge/984036)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hit-rock-songs-with-a-repeated-verse-only-no-chorus-no-bridge/984036 "2023-05-18T21:01:00Z")
Most songs in rock music (and its various subgenres) follow a verse–chorus structure, characterized by the alternation of two sections with distinct melodies (and often also distinct rhythms, dynamics, etc.). Many such … --- ## [News item: Sheriff in Oklahoma laments that he can't lynch Black people or kill journalists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-item-sheriff-in-oklahoma-laments-that-he-cant-lynch-black-people-or-kill-journalists/982834)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2023, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/news-item-sheriff-in-oklahoma-laments-that-he-cant-lynch-black-people-or-kill-journalists/982834 "2023-05-18T20:28:39Z")
I’ve seen the story in a few places; here’s a link to The Hill: Backstory is that a journalist left a recording device running after a meeting of the country commissioners, hoping to record a violation of the open me… --- ## [Domesticated crops from North America](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domesticated-crops-from-north-america/984107)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2023, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/domesticated-crops-from-north-america/984107 "2023-05-18T19:28:29Z")
Important note: For the purposes of this thread, North America means North America north of Mexico. That is, Canada and the United States. So don’t be suggesting maize or Capsicum or other Central American crops. I got … --- ## [Can a SCOTUS opinion say anything they want?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-scotus-opinion-say-anything-they-want/984202)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-scotus-opinion-say-anything-they-want/984202 "2023-05-18T19:19:44Z")
Is there anything other than tradition and, hopefully, good sense which prevents the SCOTUS from tacking an opinion onto a decision for an unrelated case? For example, in Smith v. Jones, about two farmers arguing about … --- ## [Steam will cease to be supported for Windows 7 {January 2024}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-will-cease-to-be-supported-for-windows-7-january-2024/983982)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2023, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steam-will-cease-to-be-supported-for-windows-7-january-2024/983982 "2023-05-18T16:48:54Z")
I only just noticed this, because I don’t often open up the main Steam window, just launching games directly from the desktop, but there’s a notice on my Steam that, come January 2024, Steam will no longer run on Windows… --- ## [What foot do you bake with?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foot-do-you-bake-with/984102)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-foot-do-you-bake-with/984102 "2023-05-18T16:15:11Z")
When that pre-heated oven door is open and you are offering the baking dish to the shelf while keeping your face out of the way - what foot is forward? I plant my right foot and prepare to yank back if necessary. --- ## [Bad, bad, bad dancing. If you can call it that](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-dancing-if-you-can-call-it-that/984213)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-dancing-if-you-can-call-it-that/984213 "2023-05-18T15:41:56Z")
As you know I’m inbound alot. So I watch a lot of television. As it’s William Powell month on TCM I’ve watched a bunch of his movies. Ziegfeld Follies was one on tonight. They showed lots of dance production scenes. The… --- ## ["Some patent examiner just submitted a paper"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-patent-examiner-just-submitted-a-paper/984181)
**Author:** [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-patent-examiner-just-submitted-a-paper/984181 "2023-05-18T15:25:07Z")
When Einstein submitted his first paper to Annalen der Physik did it matter to the editors at all that he wasn’t working at a university or research institution, or did they give his paper the exact same consideration as… --- ## [Don't Florida's book bans violate Island Trees SD vs Pico?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-floridas-book-bans-violate-island-trees-sd-vs-pico/980306)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-floridas-book-bans-violate-island-trees-sd-vs-pico/980306 "2023-05-18T15:07:40Z")
I am unable to immediately find any case that overturns this decision. Law-Speaking types - a little help? I start this unit Monday and I know my students will be full of questions. (Yes, Mods - I am asking for help w… --- ## [How do you prepare sweetcorn on the cob?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-prepare-sweetcorn-on-the-cob/984042)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-prepare-sweetcorn-on-the-cob/984042 "2023-05-18T14:44:11Z")
Sweetcorn is coming into season (at least here in northern Virginia)! How do you prepare it? I boil for 10-15 minutes, then coat in butter and Zatarain’s creole seasoning (a seasoning mix that was a staple of my upbringi… --- ## [That boastful pose](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-boastful-pose/984194)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2023, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-boastful-pose/984194 "2023-05-18T14:40:30Z")
I was watching an old Bugs Bunny cartoon recently and he did that bragging pose - the one where the thumbs are under your armpits with palms facing out. Sort of like this. I thought this was kind of universal. So I star… --- ## [Was there a Real New York Mining Disaster in 1941?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-real-new-york-mining-disaster-in-1941/148517)
**Author:** [@El\_Zagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Zagna)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-real-new-york-mining-disaster-in-1941/148517 "2023-05-18T14:18:21Z")
The death of Maurice Gibb has reminded me of the Bee Gees first big American hit, “New York Mining Disaster 1941”. Was the song based on an actual event? I’ve googled without success. --- ## [Ever listen to certain accents so much you can't even hear them anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-listen-to-certain-accents-so-much-you-cant-even-hear-them-anymore/983899)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2023, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-listen-to-certain-accents-so-much-you-cant-even-hear-them-anymore/983899 "2023-05-18T14:03:30Z")
I hear a lot of Brits. And I’m aware that sometimes I lose the ability to hear an accent somewhat, but this took the cake. I was just listening to this wonderful man talk about audience behavior at shows https://www.yo… --- ## [Tourist-spot crash in upstate New York kills 18 in wedding-party limo and 2 bystanders](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tourist-spot-crash-in-upstate-new-york-kills-18-in-wedding-party-limo-and-2-bystanders/822623)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2023, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tourist-spot-crash-in-upstate-new-york-kills-18-in-wedding-party-limo-and-2-bystanders/822623 "2023-05-18T13:06:12Z")
This limo was not built this large in the factory–instead it was extended. One wonders if this was a factor in the large number of deaths. Another factor: https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/20-killed-in-Schoha… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=825) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=827)