# Top **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=36&period=all&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 37 --- ## [Former staffer accuses Joe Biden of sexual assault](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-staffer-accuses-joe-biden-of-sexual-assault/850393)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 824\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2020, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-staffer-accuses-joe-biden-of-sexual-assault/850393 "2020-05-05T00:24:59Z")
Her name is Tara Reade. Story. Full Interview. Additional story. Of course many Democrats have recently said that when a woman alleges sexual assault , we should presume she’s telling the truth. Joe Biden, for examp… --- ## [obama wins nobel peace prize....what is the sound of a right-wing head exploding?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize-what-is-the-sound-of-a-right-wing-head-exploding/513172)
**Author:** [@strqwert44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/strqwert44)\ **Replies:** 522\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2009, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize-what-is-the-sound-of-a-right-wing-head-exploding/513172 "2009-10-18T03:54:46Z")
lol…let the arguing begin. Obama deserves this/sucks because… --- ## [February Bitching- Please Start here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/february-bitching-please-start-here/649028)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 442\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2013, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/february-bitching-please-start-here/649028 "2013-03-01T04:49:28Z")
Okay. I’ll kick it off. On Wednesday, a procedure at the Ophthalmologist. The gunk he was to remove did not have the consistency of mucus. It had set like cement. So, instead of being curetted out, it was cut out. Now… --- ## [Wayward Pines Season 1](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wayward-pines-season-1/720072)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 375\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2016, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wayward-pines-season-1/720072 "2016-04-20T07:28:54Z")
Who’s planning on watching this? It looks like another Twin Peaks ripoff, but it may be interesting. Episode 1 is tonight. Wayward Pines --- ## [Why are Democrats opposed to school vouchers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-democrats-opposed-to-school-vouchers/669084)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 247\ **Last updated:** [September 27, 2013, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-democrats-opposed-to-school-vouchers/669084 "2013-09-27T10:17:51Z")
It seems that Terry McAuliffe is the latest Democrat to send his children to an elite private school while opposing vouchers for poor students. McAuliffe sends four children to Potomac School, where tuition is well ove… --- ## [Post CF and on-going Trump outrages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 730\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2021, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-cf-and-on-going-trump-outrages/933746 "2021-11-12T20:52:02Z")
Now that the c-fuck is well and truly over, we still need a place to hurl invective at the loser former president, since, like a case of herpes, he is never going away. I propose this thread to take over where the the ea… --- ## [Recommend a subway sauce \[for steak and cheese sub...\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-subway-sauce-for-steak-and-cheese-sub/509772)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2017, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-subway-sauce-for-steak-and-cheese-sub/509772 "2017-11-15T05:00:47Z")
Apologies if CS is not the right place. I’m asking for opinions, but this is about food so I thought CS might be, on balance, the right place. And to explain the title. I am acknowledging that sauce recommendations mi… --- ## [Let's play a role-playing game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-a-role-playing-game/454323)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 1331\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2009, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-a-role-playing-game/454323 "2009-01-06T04:35:13Z")
I know that there are other DnD games going on, but I’ve been itching to try out an idea I’ve had for years. It’s rather… “experimental”, but I think it could be fun. There is no need to learn the game mechanics, as I w… --- ## [The sexiness of male names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-male-names/203114)
**Author:** [@Angel\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_Heart)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2003, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sexiness-of-male-names/203114 "2003-10-13T03:07:43Z")
Just a companion thread to the female one… My list is: Sean Simon Xavier Antonio (as well as several other Spanish names) Liam Sebastian Blaise Surname-type names (Carson, Carter, Porter, Stewart, etc.) Patrick … --- ## [waiting \[for Supreme Court decision on health care law\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-supreme-court-decision-on-health-care-law/625510)
**Author:** [@onecut39](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/onecut39)\ **Replies:** 359\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/waiting-for-supreme-court-decision-on-health-care-law/625510 "2012-06-30T18:30:01Z")
As time trickles out with the Supreme court staggering to a healthcare decision I wish to remind the GOP that this is a lose/lose situation. Many of the provisions of obamacare are already in place and are hugely popula… --- ## [US Midterm Election watch along thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619)
**Author:** [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Replies:** 1371\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2023, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-midterm-election-watch-along-thread/974619 "2023-02-23T17:41:10Z")
My apologies to Mods if this should be in a different forum. So returns are starting to come in, not much that is definitive at this point but I thought this would be a good thread to start. I am of course following Ko… --- ## [Mini rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-rants/451080)
**Author:** [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Replies:** 744\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2008, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mini-rants/451080 "2008-09-04T05:10:13Z")
This doesn’t feel like a mini rant at the moment, but I know it is: Cocksucking motherfucking whoreson printers! Just fucking print you piece of shit! All the colors! And you, Pixel,\* stop being a cuntstain and fucking … --- ## [Aransas Cty (TX) judge beats daughter for downloading from the Internet (2004 incident)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aransas-cty-tx-judge-beats-daughter-for-downloading-from-the-internet-2004-incident/601577)
**Author:** [@zeno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zeno)\ **Replies:** 381\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aransas-cty-tx-judge-beats-daughter-for-downloading-from-the-internet-2004-incident/601577 "2011-11-23T17:33:10Z")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl9y3SIPt7o&feature=youtu.be&t=58s --- ## [What's a good mixer with tequila?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-mixer-with-tequila/165581)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2003, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-mixer-with-tequila/165581 "2003-04-01T11:28:43Z")
What do you like to mix with tequila? I have some I’d like to consume, but I don’t like it straight and I don’t feel like making margaritas. What’s a simple 1 or 2 ingredient tequila drink? --- ## ["Community" (new NBC show)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596)
**Author:** [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Replies:** 441\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-new-nbc-show/510596 "2010-02-14T15:48:38Z")
Did anyone see the series premiere of Community last night? I wasn’t expecting much, but it ended up being pretty good. All the Breakfast Club references, John Oliver, the Palestinian kid with Asbergers. It was a better … --- ## [Alaska Senate race](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alaska-senate-race/551607)
**Author:** [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Replies:** 301\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alaska-senate-race/551607 "2011-01-02T02:15:16Z")
Lisa Murkowski, a politician from the moment she was put to her mother’s breast, has apparently lost to Tea Partier Joe “Who?” Miller, whose only previous political campaign was a loss in a race for the state legislature… --- ## [USA TSE, total solar eclipse: April 2024 (was "three years away for USA" when started)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-tse-total-solar-eclipse-april-2024-was-three-years-away-for-usa-when-started/938873)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 1123\ **Last updated:** [April 16, 2024, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-tse-total-solar-eclipse-april-2024-was-three-years-away-for-usa-when-started/938873 "2024-04-16T03:55:25Z")
Start making your plans, it’s only three years away. The next major TSE, total solar eclipse, in the USA and to cross a significant part of CONUS\* will be in 3 years, in Apr 2024. — from Texas to Maine; or more complet… --- ## [How can I get a stuck tape out of my car stereo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-a-stuck-tape-out-of-my-car-stereo/515215)
**Author:** [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-a-stuck-tape-out-of-my-car-stereo/515215 "2016-05-26T21:53:49Z")
I have a car stereo with a built-in tape deck, and there’s also a factory CD player which is a separate unit down below. I use the tape deck for audiobooks from the library, and also I can put an Ipod adapter in it. I re… --- ## [Best way to heat a pool without, ya know, buying a pool heater](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-heat-a-pool-without-ya-know-buying-a-pool-heater/652874)
**Author:** [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-heat-a-pool-without-ya-know-buying-a-pool-heater/652874 "2013-03-18T16:10:40Z")
Our family has recently acquired a lovely home in the desert oasis of Las Vegas. The house has a great pool, but the pool has no heating system- traditional, solar, or otherwise. While I realize that, come August, heatin… --- ## [Having laid low, the N.R.A. is fully prepped and rehearsed to control legislation. As usual.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-laid-low-the-n-r-a-is-fully-prepped-and-rehearsed-to-control-legislation-as-usual/644605)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 412\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-laid-low-the-n-r-a-is-fully-prepped-and-rehearsed-to-control-legislation-as-usual/644605 "2013-02-07T00:33:50Z")
It’s all in their playbook.. The carefully timed out period of respect and mourning. The engaging in dialogue. It’s all a bullet-ridden fucking smokescreen to buy time until the news cycle moves on and they get to do wh… --- ## [Sleepy Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleepy-hollow/669020)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 372\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2014, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleepy-hollow/669020 "2014-01-27T04:19:07Z")
With all the hype this thing has gotten, it had better be the greatest show I’ve ever seen. So far it’s pretty predictable. Not only that, it’s only the first episode and they’ve basically given away the entire story a… --- ## [In ST TNG, is the USS Enterprise the ship where careers go to die?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-st-tng-is-the-uss-enterprise-the-ship-where-careers-go-to-die/584403)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 389\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2013, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-st-tng-is-the-uss-enterprise-the-ship-where-careers-go-to-die/584403 "2013-02-28T20:04:55Z")
Promotion seems awfully slow, Picard has been Captain for 15 years, Riker was at the same position for 15 years as was Data till he died. On the other hand we see officers like Janeway (for whom Voyager was her first co… --- ## [Separated at Birth-- Celebrities with an odd resemblance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001)
**Author:** [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Replies:** 172\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2013, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/separated-at-birth-celebrities-with-an-odd-resemblance/391001 "2013-05-11T12:11:29Z")
Years ago, Spy Magazine had a feature entitled “Separated at Birth?” wherein they presented side-by-side photos of celebrities who bore a strong (and sometimes surprising) resemblance to one another. The most striking on… --- ## [Simcity 5 Doper region organizing thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 516\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2013, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simcity-5-doper-region-organizing-thread/651942 "2013-05-29T01:28:59Z")
Simcity 5 is coming in a couple days. One of its main selling points is multiple players cooperating in the same region. I figure we Dopers can build the bestest region in all of Maxisdom. Based on pre-release informa… --- ## [A chilling new type of Denialist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-chilling-new-type-of-denialist/688093)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 359\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2015, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-chilling-new-type-of-denialist/688093 "2015-08-15T05:06:27Z")
Fuckheads. Premium Fuckheads \*A sign at the entrance of a new playground for Sandy Hook victim Grace McDonnell was stolen in Mystic Tuesday. After the sign was taken, police said someone called the McDonnell family and … --- ## [What does an average car salesman make year?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-an-average-car-salesman-make-year/369666)
**Author:** [@diggleblop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggleblop)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2015, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-an-average-car-salesman-make-year/369666 "2015-09-24T04:16:15Z")
Commision included, what does a car salesman who hits their mark every month make a year? I hear all these stories about some making $100,000 + a year and was wondering if I should get into car sales. Is that true for … --- ## [Countdown to retirement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown-to-retirement/981653)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 1114\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown-to-retirement/981653 "2026-08-18T17:44:23Z")
My last day of work - a day I have been actively counting down toward for the past 5 years, is Thursday. Five days from now. I have been at my place of employment for 36 years. I’ve been in the workforce, counting my 5:0… --- ## [Your favorite show nobody but you remembers.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 445\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2017, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-show-nobody-but-you-remembers/784006 "2017-07-21T11:18:17Z")
When Fox first came out with their TV channel I watched and liked their sit-coms. Even before Herman’s Head, which is remember by many, there was Duet and its spin-off Open House. Duet was about a newlywed couple and Ope… --- ## [People stealing my lunch, is it ok to make a cat food sandwich?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-stealing-my-lunch-is-it-ok-to-make-a-cat-food-sandwich/509169)
**Author:** [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Replies:** 320\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2009, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-stealing-my-lunch-is-it-ok-to-make-a-cat-food-sandwich/509169 "2009-11-26T22:19:29Z")
Someone keeps grabbing my lunch of the fridge despite repeated signs and requests to stop, and i want revenge. I assume there’s nothing dangerous or unsafe for human consumption in cat food and a sign reading “that sand… --- ## [What genre of music is Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett...?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-genre-of-music-is-frank-sinatra-and-tony-bennett/177708)
**Author:** [@syncrolecyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/syncrolecyne)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2016, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-genre-of-music-is-frank-sinatra-and-tony-bennett/177708 "2016-11-15T11:24:06Z")
…and other such singers? (Sammy Davis Jr., Mel Tormé, Nat King Cole, Harry Connick Jr.). I always thought they would be considered Jazz singers, yet I don’t think they fit the purists’ definition of Jazz (they generally… --- ## [MLB Playoffs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791)
**Author:** [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Replies:** 599\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2012, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mlb-playoffs/636791 "2012-10-30T05:00:05Z")
Ok, the regular season is over, and it’s time for this to get real. One game to move on or go home. Cardinals at Atlanta in the early match-up. Orioles at the Rangers in the later game. I think the Braves and Orioles… --- ## [LOST 6.15 "Across the Sea"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-6-15-across-the-sea/539072)
**Author:** [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Replies:** 323\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2010, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-6-15-across-the-sea/539072 "2010-05-21T13:53:22Z")
Mouseover spoiler space. Previously on Lost: Sun? Dead! Jin? Dead! Sayid? Dead! Frank’s probably dead too, but I don’t think we’ve had confirmation on that. In any event we have fewer characters to keep track of as … --- ## [Creationism: Why not call a spade a spade?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creationism-why-not-call-a-spade-a-spade/668065)
**Author:** [@BrianJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrianJ)\ **Replies:** 381\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2013, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creationism-why-not-call-a-spade-a-spade/668065 "2013-09-23T23:59:24Z")
Creationists, especially the ones coming up with this tripe to feed the sheep, do not care about whether science is correct or not. All they care about is whether people believe in their religion. So why not be direct w… --- ## [Outrageous lies about the previous poster.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outrageous-lies-about-the-previous-poster/402875)
**Author:** [@George\_Kaplin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/George_Kaplin)\ **Replies:** 1230\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2007, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/outrageous-lies-about-the-previous-poster/402875 "2007-06-04T15:18:21Z")
Simple enough little game. Just make up outrageous lies about whoever posted before you, the madder the better. Since I’m the first poster, whoever posts next might say something like: “George Kaplin casts no shadow. … --- ## [Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 discussion thread(spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-part-2-discussion-thread-spoilers/588952)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 343\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2011, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-part-2-discussion-thread-spoilers/588952 "2011-08-23T17:02:07Z")
I haven’t seen it yet, but I’m dying to. The reviews are through the roof, one of the best reviewed movies of the year. With 105 reviews in at rotten tomatoes, it’s at 95% positive. I’m a huge fan of the books and whil… --- ## [Thundercats Mafia Gameplay Thread \[Game Over\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thundercats-mafia-gameplay-thread-game-over/579228)
**Author:** [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Replies:** 608\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2011, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thundercats-mafia-gameplay-thread-game-over/579228 "2011-05-19T01:04:16Z")
Starting Player Roster: Astral Rejection glowacks Pleonast \[del\]Zeriel\[/del\] Hirka T’Bawa Mahaloth Normal Phase special ed Red Skeezix Giraffe \[del\]pedescribe\[/del\] Jimmy Chitwood fubbleskag Tom Scud \[del\]Sir T-Cups\[/d… --- ## [Owning pets. Modern day slavery?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owning-pets-modern-day-slavery/646709)
**Author:** [@pocho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pocho)\ **Replies:** 281\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2015, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/owning-pets-modern-day-slavery/646709 "2015-12-16T21:51:29Z")
Ok, don’t get me wrong. I love animals for what they are…animals. And not for what they represent but the lives they live and how they live those lives. Now I find it really odd that we humans as a specie would capture a… --- ## [The Stanley Cup Playoffs Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stanley-cup-playoffs-thread/577925)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 641\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2011, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stanley-cup-playoffs-thread/577925 "2011-06-23T03:23:50Z")
Playoff hockey! Here are your matchups, folks! Key: Rank. Team name (Points, Goal Differential) EASTERN CONFERENCE Washington (107, +27) vs. 8. New York Rangers (93, +35) Despite the seedings these teams are pr… --- ## [RNC attendee: 'This is how we feed animals.'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rnc-attendee-this-is-how-we-feed-animals/633071)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 356\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rnc-attendee-this-is-how-we-feed-animals/633071 "2012-09-17T14:44:56Z")
From Examiner.com: Somebody is unclear about how a dog whistle is supposed to work. It’s not a bullhorn and you use it to gently suggest the Republican Party is cool with racists. OTOH, CNN and Examiner.com are nests… --- ## [Littering pre-1970: was it really like Mad Men?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/littering-pre-1970-was-it-really-like-mad-men/462928)
**Author:** [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/littering-pre-1970-was-it-really-like-mad-men/462928 "2013-04-25T17:32:37Z")
The recent episode of Mad Men (a show set in the early 1960s) has a family having a picnic (episode discussion here). One of the great things about this show is that they hit you with societal norms that are very differe… --- ## [Trouble in Paradise (Mafia Game Thread)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-in-paradise-mafia-game-thread/735585)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 855\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2015, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trouble-in-paradise-mafia-game-thread/735585 "2015-12-05T16:48:05Z")
Prologue \* It has been months since our ship crashed upon these desolate shores. Though we mourned our lost comrades and our distant families, it would not be untoward to say that life had been, initially, idyllic. Fru… --- ## [Trump now wants to use military force to take the Panama Canal and Greenland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691)
**Author:** [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Replies:** 1264\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-now-wants-to-use-military-force-to-take-the-panama-canal-and-greenland/1012691 "2026-09-22T17:57:02Z")
I’ve heard in the news that Trump wants to use military force to take the Panama Canal and Greenland. Isn’t that blatant U.S. imperialism? That would be armed aggression against two friendly countries. He wants to ren… --- ## [Word morphing game](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668)
**Author:** [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Replies:** 1677\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2003, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/word-morphing-game/182668 "2003-12-26T14:23:30Z")
The idea of this game is to take an ordinary English word and add or change one or more letters to it to make a new but similar word. When you morph a word, provide its definition and then offer an ordinary word of your … --- ## [What does English sound like--REALLY--to foreigners?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-english-sound-like-really-to-foreigners/539463)
**Author:** [@Cyningablod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyningablod)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [April 14, 2012, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-english-sound-like-really-to-foreigners/539463 "2012-04-14T10:10:24Z")
I’ve always wondered this, but the answers one finds by Googling the question are woefully uninformative. (“Bien” \[“good”\] is the pathetically vacuous answer that a lot of Spanish-speakers tend to give.) I’m looking fo… --- ## [So, where did the Democrats go wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-the-democrats-go-wrong/771165)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 276\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2019, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-did-the-democrats-go-wrong/771165 "2019-11-28T20:14:30Z")
Many people, myself included, assumed this would be a blowout for Clinton. Obviously that turned out not to be the case. So, what were some of the Democrats’ biggest missteps here? Writing off the white working class? N… --- ## [Fargo S3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-s3/784313)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 386\ **Last updated:** [June 28, 2021, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fargo-s3/784313 "2021-06-28T13:15:18Z")
It’s set in 2010 and will premiere on April 19. Looks like a great cast. --- ## [12 people shot dead at BATMAN movie screening in Denver.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-people-shot-dead-at-batman-movie-screening-in-denver/628835)
**Author:** [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Replies:** 384\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2012, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-people-shot-dead-at-batman-movie-screening-in-denver/628835 "2012-07-28T04:29:32Z")
ABC news \*An overnight shooting at a movie theatre in Aurora, Colo., has left 14 people dead and at least 20 people were injured, according to authorities. Aurora police confirm they have a male suspect in custody and … --- ## [Do Peer-Reviewed papers exists supporting skepticism of "man-made" global warming alarm?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-peer-reviewed-papers-exists-supporting-skepticism-of-man-made-global-warming-alarm/544420)
**Author:** [@Poptech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poptech)\ **Replies:** 392\ **Last updated:** [July 5, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-peer-reviewed-papers-exists-supporting-skepticism-of-man-made-global-warming-alarm/544420 "2010-07-05T17:50:45Z")
Proponents of government action to regulate CO2 all in the name of preventing a “man-made” global warming “catastrophe” will declare that no peer-reviewed papers exists supporting skepticism of “man-made” global warming … --- ## [The Telemarketer Speaks. I Respond.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-telemarketer-speaks-i-respond/45861)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 207\ **Last updated:** [December 10, 2005, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-telemarketer-speaks-i-respond/45861 "2005-12-10T02:24:05Z")
In this GD thread, Claudia VonL replies to everyone who complains about telemarketers by posting one of the most asinine, poorly reasoned, incompetently written messages I’ve ever seen on the SDMB. And yes, that includes… --- ## [Can someone steal money with just a bank routing and account number?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-steal-money-with-just-a-bank-routing-and-account-number/410630)
**Author:** [@Cagey\_Drifter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cagey_Drifter)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-steal-money-with-just-a-bank-routing-and-account-number/410630 "2014-09-09T21:05:47Z")
If someone has just your bank routing and account number, can they steal money from you? If so, how do they do it? What are the security measures in place to prevent it? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=35&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=37&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)