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**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2012, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-filibuster/626633 "2012-07-09T23:19:42Z")
In this post, Bricker rather snidely, and with an implied but deniable dash of come-see-the-liberal-hypocrisy, asks what people think about the filibuster. And it’s an interesting topic. I have two questions: (a) It’s… --- ## [The future of New York](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-future-of-new-york/633248)
**Author:** [@Stoneburg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoneburg)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-future-of-new-york/633248 "2012-09-03T18:12:03Z")
I come to this forum to learn, which is why I tend to ask stupid questions and spend 99% of the time reading rather than posting. The level of intelligence and knowledge on this board is very impressive, so I rarely feel… --- ## [Let's look to the Nazis regarding immigration](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-look-to-the-nazis-regarding-immigration/356814)
**Author:** [@Jebus\_H.Christ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jebus_H.Christ)\ **Replies:** 109\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2006, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-look-to-the-nazis-regarding-immigration/356814 "2006-05-28T00:58:52Z")
What an asshat. Watch for members of the far starting immigrant “camps”. http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE\_ID=50198 --- ## [Why are boring books considered 'classics?'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-boring-books-considered-classics/82292)
**Author:** [@Dignan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dignan)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2001, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-boring-books-considered-classics/82292 "2001-09-22T16:46:37Z")
OK, so I try to read books that are considered “classics,” because I would assume that a lot of people have read these books, so it’s just something I should try to do. It also makes other things (like the Simpsons and t… --- ## [The blind, fanatical nature of support for Israel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blind-fanatical-nature-of-support-for-israel/555990)
**Author:** [@Laudenum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laudenum)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blind-fanatical-nature-of-support-for-israel/555990 "2010-10-06T20:42:26Z")
I’m wearing flame-proof underwear. And flame-proof overwear. Right. Most of you have seen this. This was being discussed on another board, and the usual suspects came into defend Israel’s actions against Palestinian… --- ## [Attorneys - please put this Scalia quote in context](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attorneys-please-put-this-scalia-quote-in-context/659668)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2013, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attorneys-please-put-this-scalia-quote-in-context/659668 "2013-06-03T13:42:23Z")
I was reading this article on Slate about habeas claims and came upon this from Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia: “This court has never held that the Constitution forbids the execution of a convicted defendant who h… --- ## [How do you make restaurant-style tofu?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-restaurant-style-tofu/482990)
**Author:** [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2013, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-restaurant-style-tofu/482990 "2013-05-20T14:12:55Z")
When I order stuff like bean curd and broccoli from a Chinese restaurant, or pad thai with tofu from the Thai place, it comes with tofu made in a style I really like. The tofu is really puffy, spongy, and firm, not at a… --- ## [Freecell winning streak](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-winning-streak/143449)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [March 9, 2013, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freecell-winning-streak/143449 "2013-03-09T23:43:44Z")
Darn it! I’m about to end a 53 game winning streak on Freecell. This isn’t the longest streak I’ve had (72 games) but it’s pretty good. How’s that for mundane and pointless? StG --- ## [Why "gee" and "haw" instead of right and left?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-gee-and-haw-instead-of-right-and-left/462561)
**Author:** [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2012, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-gee-and-haw-instead-of-right-and-left/462561 "2012-03-06T03:51:47Z")
I’m assuming you could train horses, oxen, sled dogs, or any other draft animal to repsond to the commands of “right” and “left.” So why are they commonly trained to respond to “gee” and “haw”? I can find lots of infor… --- ## [Rewrite the Oedipus myth. What if Laius and Jocasta never consulted the Oracle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-the-oedipus-myth-what-if-laius-and-jocasta-never-consulted-the-oracle/546691)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [July 17, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rewrite-the-oedipus-myth-what-if-laius-and-jocasta-never-consulted-the-oracle/546691 "2010-07-17T01:54:57Z")
I should think we’d all know the story of Oedipus from Greek myth. But here’s a brief summary: Laius & Jocasta, king & queen of Thebes, consult the Oracle at Delphi about their chances of ever having a child. The Oracle… --- ## [If you have no cash, don’t stay out all night.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-no-cash-don-t-stay-out-all-night/199707)
**Author:** [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2003, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-have-no-cash-don-t-stay-out-all-night/199707 "2003-09-09T12:43:19Z")
Some friends and I were recently out at a bar, having a good time and several or more beers. As we often do, we all threw down bills on the bar, and the bartender would take the cost of whatever we were eating or drinki… --- ## [22ft Wasp Nest Found In Abandoned Home In Spain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/22ft-wasp-nest-found-in-abandoned-home-in-spain/655505)
**Author:** [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 15, 2013, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/22ft-wasp-nest-found-in-abandoned-home-in-spain/655505 "2013-04-15T13:33:52Z")
Yikes! I hate hate hate wasps. Spiders, snakes I’m fine with but I hate those stinging bastards. Picture at link below. Officers were called out by worried neighbours of the empty home in the island’s capital and say t… --- ## [UK MP arrested: something about this stinks.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-mp-arrested-something-about-this-stinks/474741)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2008, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-mp-arrested-something-about-this-stinks/474741 "2008-12-05T14:12:45Z")
Shadw immigration spokesman Damian Green has been arrested. BBC article. Telegraph article. This feels well dodgy to me. I sure hope it isn’t politically motivated. But the timing is interesting: he’s been arrested the … --- ## [So who does/did cocaine and why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-does-did-cocaine-and-why/730778)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2015, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-who-does-did-cocaine-and-why/730778 "2015-09-14T03:45:56Z")
I was watching “Narcos” on Netflix and I couldnt believe how that Columbian was making BILLION of dollars selling cocaine in the US. Their must be literally millions of US coke addicts. Yet I’ve never known but one. I g… --- ## [A word of warning about flip flops](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-of-warning-about-flip-flops/694507)
**Author:** [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2014, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-of-warning-about-flip-flops/694507 "2014-08-03T00:23:08Z")
There is more than one kind of flip flop. But, this thread is about the shoes called “Flip Flops” that some people wear in the summer. You may think I’m being unnecessarily alarmist. But I have seen some people suffer s… --- ## [Do you own a handgun ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-handgun/558452)
**Author:** [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2010, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-a-handgun/558452 "2010-10-29T12:39:03Z")
Poll coming --- ## [Is it too late in the console cylcle to buy an XBox360?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-late-in-the-console-cylcle-to-buy-an-xbox360/537626)
**Author:** [@Mooch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooch)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2010, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-too-late-in-the-console-cylcle-to-buy-an-xbox360/537626 "2010-04-30T15:24:25Z")
I love my Wii, but there are a few games for the XBox I would like to play and the Arcade version is only $200. Will I be f-ed in the a if I buy one this late in the cycle? Do you think that they will discontinue produ… --- ## [Your out of your jurisdiction! - Does it matter](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-out-of-your-jurisdiction-does-it-matter/766237)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2016, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-out-of-your-jurisdiction-does-it-matter/766237 "2016-12-26T13:07:25Z")
Vaguely inspired by this discussion. How big of a deal is jurisdiction in US law enforcement, legally speaking? It’s a pretty common trope in cop movies, but how does it work in IRL? As I understand it across state line… --- ## [The languages that famous leaders spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-languages-that-famous-leaders-spoke/156944)
**Author:** [@RobbieFal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobbieFal)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-languages-that-famous-leaders-spoke/156944 "2013-05-20T13:56:47Z")
What other languages than their native tongues have famous leaders like Hitler, Stalin, Churchill and most US Presidents spoken? I’ve heard that Hitler also spoke a bit of French Stalin obviously spoke Georgian Clinto… --- ## [Sports/games strategies that radicalized existing ones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-games-strategies-that-radicalized-existing-ones/710706)
**Author:** [@squish7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squish7)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2019, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-games-strategies-that-radicalized-existing-ones/710706 "2019-01-22T15:59:59Z")
I have an adamantium-firm method/strategy of playing a certain sport. It flies against established methods of just about the entire current body of professional and pickup communities. Now history is flooded with scien… --- ## [Low flush toilets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-flush-toilets/554389)
**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2010, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/low-flush-toilets/554389 "2010-09-22T14:37:48Z")
I have a visceral reaction to the existence of low-flush toilets, and it’s not positive. But I seek to place that prejudice to one side, and open my mind to the facts. My intuitive reaction is that a low-flush toilet d… --- ## [Does brand of gasoline really matter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-brand-of-gasoline-really-matter/479179)
**Author:** [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2009, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-brand-of-gasoline-really-matter/479179 "2009-01-27T13:47:35Z")
I got in an argument with a friend of mine regarding brands. She insisted that brands had a difference in the performance of gasoline, and that brands that put ‘additives’ like Chevron with ‘Techron’ were better for your… --- ## [Do you have a "bail out bag" or "bug out bag"? What's in it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-bail-out-bag-or-bug-out-bag-whats-in-it/707550)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2014, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-bail-out-bag-or-bug-out-bag-whats-in-it/707550 "2014-12-20T06:25:56Z")
In looking at some knife reviews on YoutubeI came across the topic of “bail out bags” (at 3:55 in) and in looking further it was explained (below) that this was a bag you kept aside in case you needed to get out of Dodge… --- ## [Dog feels no pain](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-feels-no-pain/647891)
**Author:** [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 25, 2013, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-feels-no-pain/647891 "2013-01-25T02:58:09Z")
Hello Everyone, A few months ago we adopted a Bernese Mountain Dog from the local pound. He has become a very loved member of the family, but we have noticed something strange. He doesn’t appear to feel pain if any kind… --- ## [Need some wheelbarrow advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-wheelbarrow-advice/665614)
**Author:** [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2013, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-wheelbarrow-advice/665614 "2013-08-11T05:15:11Z")
I’m in the midst of digging a koi pond by hand. In total, I’ve moved about 5 yards of dirt already, and have about 5 more to go. (I know there are more efficient ways to move this much dirt around, but it’s good exercise… --- ## [If you dig a hole in soil and fill it with water, will fish eventually appear?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dig-a-hole-in-soil-and-fill-it-with-water-will-fish-eventually-appear/282022)
**Author:** [@ancientmariner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ancientmariner)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2023, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dig-a-hole-in-soil-and-fill-it-with-water-will-fish-eventually-appear/282022 "2023-10-26T00:17:44Z")
I think i read something about this in National Geographic years ago, but I am unsure. Any links would be great as I searched Google and couldn’t find anything about this. I searched evything from Underground living orga… --- ## [Does the length of a gun barrel have any effect on the power(?) of a bullet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-length-of-a-gun-barrel-have-any-effect-on-the-power-of-a-bullet/274244)
**Author:** [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2004, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-length-of-a-gun-barrel-have-any-effect-on-the-power-of-a-bullet/274244 "2004-11-13T23:04:23Z")
I understand that a longer barrel will increase accuracy (to a degree, I’m sure there’s a practical limit), but does having a longer barrel increase the power of a bullet? I’m probably not using the currect terminology … --- ## [Are Republicans more tolerant of bullies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-republicans-more-tolerant-of-bullies/621905)
**Author:** [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2012, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-republicans-more-tolerant-of-bullies/621905 "2012-05-18T02:01:20Z")
I ask because I got off a quip in a “Romney-bully” thread about merely registering as a Republican implies a certain toleration of bullying, but the more I think on it, the more I think it’s actually true. Foriegn polic… --- ## [Why are frequent churchgoers more likely to support torture?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-frequent-churchgoers-more-likely-to-support-torture/495017)
**Author:** [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Replies:** 96\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2009, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-frequent-churchgoers-more-likely-to-support-torture/495017 "2009-05-05T02:48:50Z")
There’s a topic from CNN’s Jack Cafferty here and I suspect Dopers will provide the best feedback. The Pew study he references is here. So let’s debate it a bit here and then contribute over there. I think it has to do… --- ## [An escalator/peer pressure poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-escalator-peer-pressure-poll/651130)
**Author:** [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2013, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-escalator-peer-pressure-poll/651130 "2013-02-26T02:10:51Z")
I am curious, given that I deal with this on a nearly daily basis. There lies before you an escalator, but of the single-wide variety. There is absolutely no room for any passing by anyone. As you approach this escalato… --- ## [Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind/229178)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2004, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eternal-sunshine-of-the-spotless-mind/229178 "2004-10-22T17:01:21Z")
This movie is coming out soon…and I’d just like someone to tell me the name of the song playing in the trailer. It sounds Beatlesque but it’s not them. The sun is shining in the sky There’s not a cloud in sight…etc. C… --- ## [Post your closest "Jewish influence"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-closest-jewish-influence/734917)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [October 24, 2015, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-closest-jewish-influence/734917 "2015-10-24T03:26:14Z")
Inspired by this Pit thread. While I’m a pagan, I work in a store owned by Chassidic Jews. --- ## [10 Things I Hate About The Speech](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-i-hate-about-the-speech/387521)
**Author:** [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2007, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/10-things-i-hate-about-the-speech/387521 "2007-01-20T02:38:53Z")
Oh, you know which one. Him. The desperate sincerity of delusion, the bloody dreams of Leadership, the plodding, unimaginative lies over and over again, deja voodoo. Al Queda this, Al Queda that. Al Queda isn’t s… --- ## [Your favorite conspiracy theory/ crackpot notion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-conspiracy-theory-crackpot-notion/59034)
**Author:** [@Wartime\_Consigliori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wartime_Consigliori)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2003, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-conspiracy-theory-crackpot-notion/59034 "2003-04-18T01:40:12Z")
What’s your favorite conspiracy theory and/or crackpot notion? I don’t (necessarily) mean which one you subscribe to. Rather, which ones do you find the most amusing, entertaining, dangerous, etc. Personally, I’m a suck… --- ## [What food trends have you noticed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-food-trends-have-you-noticed/528187)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2010, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-food-trends-have-you-noticed/528187 "2010-02-14T06:03:52Z")
I’m fascinated with food history and trends. Some foods are commonplace today but weren’t 10 or 20 years ago. Some past foods are unheard of today. For instance, in 1980 I had never heard of salsa or picante. Now they’r… --- ## [Poll: Home Alone: How Often?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-home-alone-how-often/609297)
**Author:** [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2012, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-home-alone-how-often/609297 "2012-01-20T01:07:52Z")
The scenario: You are at home. No other human beings are in your home. You are fairly certain that no other human beings will be in your home for the next hour (or more). On average, how often are you in this situati… --- ## [Everyone who knows what a "cylinder" is, raise your hands...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-who-knows-what-a-cylinder-is-raise-your-hands/654296)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everyone-who-knows-what-a-cylinder-is-raise-your-hands/654296 "2013-04-01T18:39:02Z")
OK, maybe I’m old-fashioned. Maybe I’m a bit nerdy. Maybe I’m biased. Maybe I’m out of touch. But, am I crazy to think that a couple of 19-year-old boys should know what a “cylinder” is when talking about cars? I rec… --- ## [why do we not need to devein lobster tails?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-not-need-to-devein-lobster-tails/678959)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 17, 2014, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-not-need-to-devein-lobster-tails/678959 "2014-01-17T18:14:27Z")
Mods, not sure if this is culinary or biological/anatomical; feel free to move to Cafe society if you prefer. Standard practice for preparing shrimp tails that are larger than, um, “tiny” is to slice them open lengthwis… --- ## [how do martial artists cut bricks in half with their hands?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-martial-artists-cut-bricks-in-half-with-their-hands/48123)
**Author:** [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2001, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-martial-artists-cut-bricks-in-half-with-their-hands/48123 "2001-01-09T01:27:09Z")
We’ve all seen karate (and other martial arts, I presume) demonstrations where they will chop a stack of wood, bricks, etc. in half with their bare hands. How on earth is this possible? How can something made of flesh an… --- ## [NFL Week 7](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7/514909)
**Author:** [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2009, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-week-7/514909 "2009-10-30T00:50:06Z")
I think the Vikings will get dealt their first loss of the season. Especially with the way the refs favor the Steelers\*. \*That was a joke. --- ## [Swedish Girl "Rescued" from ISIS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swedish-girl-rescued-from-isis/746981)
**Author:** [@Chihuahua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chihuahua)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swedish-girl-rescued-from-isis/746981 "2016-03-10T16:12:13Z")
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2016/02/24/world/middleeast/24reuters-mideast-crisis-islamicstate-sweden.html?\_r=0 BULL. SHIT. Put a fucking bullet in her skull like all the jihadi trash. --- ## ["The Jews killed Arafat!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jews-killed-arafat/276155)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 177\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2004, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-jews-killed-arafat/276155 "2004-11-24T08:47:23Z")
PARIS (AP) - Freshly armed with Yasser Arafat’s weighty medical dossier, his nephew pinned blame on Israel for the late Palestinian leader’s death and refused Monday to squelch rumors of poisoning - even though he acknow… --- ## [American idol 4/13 to 4/14](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-13-to-4-14/578306)
**Author:** [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [April 18, 2011, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-idol-4-13-to-4-14/578306 "2011-04-18T13:13:08Z")
We’re down to 8, right? I’m sure the girls plus Casey, Jacob, Paul, and Stefano will be going home over the next several weeks, more or less in that order. I think James and Scotty have the best chance at being the top… --- ## [The ethics of deliberate misattribution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-deliberate-misattribution/638101)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ethics-of-deliberate-misattribution/638101 "2013-04-11T19:17:34Z")
I watched this meme explode out of the womb over the past day and this quip popped into my head. I did a bit of cursory searching for its origin because, well, you know, there is nothing new under the sun. It is witty an… --- ## [Plot hole in Se7en.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plot-hole-in-se7en/103364)
**Author:** [@Sajon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sajon)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2018, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plot-hole-in-se7en/103364 "2018-05-02T19:50:15Z")
I thought about posting this in the thread below, but it seemed so long I thought no one would notice. Anyway… I saw Se7en for the fourth or fifth time the other day and something dawned on me. The movie actually has … --- ## [The Secret Manifesto of Canada... Exposed!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-manifesto-of-canada-exposed/62708)
**Author:** [@Mnementh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mnementh)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2001, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-secret-manifesto-of-canada-exposed/62708 "2001-11-27T19:10:18Z")
Canadians. We’re a polite people. We say please, we say thank you. We have our quaint little ways, which most Americans are vaguely familiar with. Foreign countries love us. Not many people have a burning desire to nuke … --- ## [Untouched, unerased school blackboards from 1917 discovered](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/untouched-unerased-school-blackboards-from-1917-discovered/721932)
**Author:** [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/untouched-unerased-school-blackboards-from-1917-discovered/721932 "2015-06-11T14:16:36Z")
This is pretty cool. Contractors removing blackboards from an Oklahoma school found another set of blackboards under them. The blackboards still have markings from 1917 that weren’t erased before being covered. Haunting… --- ## [Are today's PCs more powerful than a 1970s supercomputer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-todays-pcs-more-powerful-than-a-1970s-supercomputer/765922)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2016, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-todays-pcs-more-powerful-than-a-1970s-supercomputer/765922 "2016-09-20T11:43:16Z")
Link to Cecil’s column from 2003. From the column: The 15 years are within a year or so of being up. Has the performance of the Japanese Earth Simulator been matched “by something you can buy for $900 at Wal-Mart”? --- ## [Your Gender is important to me.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gender-is-important-to-me/199812)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2003, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-gender-is-important-to-me/199812 "2003-11-09T07:59:36Z")
So that I don’t unmistakenly make a fool of myself and/or put my foot in my mouth. Yesterday after reading some old topics…I found out that\*\* Stoid, Walloon, and lel\*\*(three dopers I had all this time thought of as male… --- ## [Prrrt? Prrrt. What's he saying?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prrrt-prrrt-whats-he-saying/659632)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prrrt-prrrt-whats-he-saying/659632 "2013-06-01T18:37:27Z")
Our cat Tonka will look at us and ask, ‘Prrrt?’ Sometimes he’ll declare ‘Prrrt.’ I haven’t figured out what he’s saying yet, but I’ll bet there have been studies on cat vocabulary and someone actually knows what ‘Prrrt… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1179&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=1181&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)