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**Author:** [@Elenfair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elenfair)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2006, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/man-kills-wife-in-womens-shelter/373815 "2006-11-04T01:17:11Z")
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/09/22/shelter.killing.ap/index.html What the HELL is WRONG with (this subsection of) humanity! There are no words… What do we have to do? Place armed guards at the door? I remember one of … --- ## [I think I need a Slap Chop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-need-a-slap-chop/529965)
**Author:** [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Replies:** 59\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2010, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-need-a-slap-chop/529965 "2010-02-24T19:00:47Z")
As I was preparing dinner for myself last night, irritated by busy work such as mincing jalapeños and dicing cucumbers, I thought to myself how necessary it is for me to have a sous chef. And then, as if Vince himself ha… --- ## [Surviving by drinking diluted sea water](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surviving-by-drinking-diluted-sea-water/405672)
**Author:** [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2007, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surviving-by-drinking-diluted-sea-water/405672 "2007-05-30T19:23:34Z")
If a person found themselves adrift at sea with a very limited supply of fresh water should they add sea water to the fresh water to increase their overall supply of H2O? For the purposes of this thread, assume the hypo… --- ## [If Donald Trump is involved in ordering a hit on Yovanavitch, that's certainly impeachable right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-donald-trump-is-involved-in-ordering-a-hit-on-yovanavitch-thats-certainly-impeachable-right/846452)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-donald-trump-is-involved-in-ordering-a-hit-on-yovanavitch-thats-certainly-impeachable-right/846452 "2020-01-26T15:06:00Z")
There’s some evidence starting to come out that there may have been a conspiracy to organize a hit on Yovanovitch. Assuming that Trump is involved in this at any level certainly, that would be a 100% impeachable\* right? … --- ## [Games where you must continually eat food/drink water or die](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-where-you-must-continually-eat-food-drink-water-or-die/587436)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2011, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-where-you-must-continually-eat-food-drink-water-or-die/587436 "2011-07-03T05:16:39Z")
I know there are numerous PC and video games where you have to regularly eat and drink or you will starve to death; I’ve played at least one; but for the life of me I can’t remember which ones they are. Could you list ex… --- ## [Lost only mailbox key?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-only-mailbox-key/458186)
**Author:** [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-only-mailbox-key/458186 "2008-07-31T15:44:44Z")
We live in one of those developments where all the houses have their mail delivered to a set of boxes down the street. Well of course we had one key, and no matter how often I told myslef to get it duplicated I never di… --- ## [Prosecutors can appeal in the US? News to me!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prosecutors-can-appeal-in-the-us-news-to-me/622636)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prosecutors-can-appeal-in-the-us-news-to-me/622636 "2013-08-06T19:47:24Z")
I hope that I am not displaying some kind of blazing ignorance when I say this, but I was completely taken by surprise by the sentence in the following news story which says “prosecutors plan to appeal.” Story about the… --- ## [Who would you cast in a movie about Lincoln?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-cast-in-a-movie-about-lincoln/557339)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2010, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-would-you-cast-in-a-movie-about-lincoln/557339 "2010-11-20T05:40:14Z")
Stephen Spielberg has been working on a big budget movie about Lincoln for several years now that’s evidently been consigned to development Purgatory. Liam Neeson and Sally Fields were attached as Abe and Mary for sever… --- ## [Tony Soprano lives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-soprano-lives/696694)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [August 30, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tony-soprano-lives/696694 "2014-08-30T21:20:35Z")
Not sure why people thought he was dead. They showed every other whacking on camera, except for Adriana. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2014/08/27/tony-soprano-lives-and-that-is-the-perfect-punishmen… --- ## [Generally speaking, how many masculine groups/cutulres are there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generally-speaking-how-many-masculine-groups-cutulres-are-there/808579)
**Author:** [@Luciano700](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Luciano700)\ **Replies:** 215\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2018, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/generally-speaking-how-many-masculine-groups-cutulres-are-there/808579 "2018-02-19T06:13:22Z")
There is gangster, cowboy, soldiers/military nerds, MMA bros, frat boys, metrosexuals, chavs, Hunter-and-gatherers, MRAs, etc I am missing anything relavant? --- ## [The Fog of War MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fog-of-war-mmp/594466)
**Author:** [@Clockwork\_Jackal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clockwork_Jackal)\ **Replies:** 206\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2011, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fog-of-war-mmp/594466 "2011-09-05T04:10:11Z")
So, as some of you know, I just got done being an assistant crew leader for the Ottawa Folk Fest. Let me just say right now, the kitchen crew is the bestest, hardest working, most co-ordinated group of M-Fers that you’… --- ## [So, what name would you give a Ben & Jerry's ice cream made with human breast milk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-name-would-you-give-a-ben-jerrys-ice-cream-made-with-human-breast-milk/464957)
**Author:** [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2009, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-name-would-you-give-a-ben-jerrys-ice-cream-made-with-human-breast-milk/464957 "2009-01-15T23:30:03Z")
Those who you who follow the antics of those crazy cats over at PETA might have heard that they’re asking Ben & Jerry’s ice cream to stop using cows’ milk, and instead to make ice cream from human breast milk. PETA News… --- ## [New Forum Suggest (or at least a sticky)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-suggest-or-at-least-a-sticky/560080)
**Author:** [@bdgr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bdgr)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2010, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-forum-suggest-or-at-least-a-sticky/560080 "2010-11-13T21:52:39Z")
Can we get a dedicated place just to bash Texas. With all the wacky new legislation being proposed by the newly elected, I’m thinking it may be more efficient just have one place to do it. To the rest of the country. … --- ## [Should Catholic priests be required to report crimes admitted in the confessional?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-catholic-priests-be-required-to-report-crimes-admitted-in-the-confessional/641052)
**Author:** [@rhysf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhysf)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2012, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-catholic-priests-be-required-to-report-crimes-admitted-in-the-confessional/641052 "2012-12-07T11:04:42Z")
As stated here, there’s to be a Royal Commission into the way institutions in Australia respond to instances of child sexual abuse. It’s not clear yet which institutions will be included but it’s largely a response to th… --- ## [I want to make nuclear hot chicken wing sauce (need answer fast!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-make-nuclear-hot-chicken-wing-sauce-need-answer-fast/554636)
**Author:** [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2010, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-make-nuclear-hot-chicken-wing-sauce-need-answer-fast/554636 "2010-09-23T05:24:05Z")
The main entree at our tailgate this week is going to be chicken wings, and as the girl with the Buffalo connection, I’m responsible for the sauce. The normal sauce is easy–Frank’s Red hot and butter. But all the guys … --- ## [What do you do if you find a hair in restaurant food?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-if-you-find-a-hair-in-restaurant-food/535073)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-if-you-find-a-hair-in-restaurant-food/535073 "2010-04-06T21:32:36Z")
Went out to lunch today, ordered some pasta. The sauce wasn’t too thick, it had softened cloves of garlic, very good… Except for a single small hair nestled in it. It was a quarter inch long (maybe even shorter), thin… --- ## [I just watched Dr. Strangelove for the first time](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-dr-strangelove-for-the-first-time/713158)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2015, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-watched-dr-strangelove-for-the-first-time/713158 "2015-02-24T14:55:00Z")
And I was underwhelmed. I’d heard so much about this movie, and Peter Sellers was great, but what a disappointing film. George C. Scott was good too. I didn’t like the movie though. It wasn’t funny. It wasn’t anythi… --- ## [Was the QWERTY keyboard purposely designed to slow typists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-qwerty-keyboard-purposely-designed-to-slow-typists/491841)
**Author:** [@fotoguzzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fotoguzzi)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2011, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-qwerty-keyboard-purposely-designed-to-slow-typists/491841 "2011-05-03T22:25:06Z")
Rather than slowing the typist down, it would seem that the design was more random. I haven’t found an authoritative source for the contention that Amos Densmore broke up common letter combinations, putting them in sepa… --- ## [Can someone explain me the american discussion about the invasion of Iraq?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-me-the-american-discussion-about-the-invasion-of-iraq/598998)
**Author:** [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Replies:** 114\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2011, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-me-the-american-discussion-about-the-invasion-of-iraq/598998 "2011-10-13T11:32:16Z")
When I read / hear people discussing the invasion, it is mostly critical of it, and the discussion is always focused on whether Osama Bin Laden was there at the time, or whether Saddam had nuclear weapons. The “humanitar… --- ## [Is trolling not against the rules?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trolling-not-against-the-rules/686101)
**Author:** [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trolling-not-against-the-rules/686101 "2014-04-17T14:41:13Z")
Just curious. Because there are a couple of painfully obvious trolls trolling happily along and the only actions moderators have taken is to mod-note the people who have called them out. Sadly I can’t link to the threads… --- ## [Why must I bounce my leg?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-must-i-bounce-my-leg/105966)
**Author:** [@GopherGod72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GopherGod72)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2002, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-must-i-bounce-my-leg/105966 "2002-04-30T08:16:43Z")
I’ve noticed a lot of people do this. It seems to be mostly guys. I just cant seem to keep my legs (particularly the right one) still. Like right now i’m sitting at work and have the ball of my right foot on the ground … --- ## [Do you block your teen's access to internet porn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-block-your-teens-access-to-internet-porn/522015)
**Author:** [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2009, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-block-your-teens-access-to-internet-porn/522015 "2009-12-28T03:52:00Z")
For those of you with teenagers in the house, do you make some effort to filter the web content they’re allowed to see? If so, what program or method do you use? My 13-yr-old is getting a laptop for Christmas. My husban… --- ## [Minus the European war would WW2 still occured in the Pacific](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minus-the-european-war-would-ww2-still-occured-in-the-pacific/687213)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2014, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minus-the-european-war-would-ww2-still-occured-in-the-pacific/687213 "2014-05-05T21:36:42Z")
So suppose for one reason or another Hitler never rose to power and Germany never invaded Poland. Germany and France decide to let bygones be bygones and export Champagne and Bratwurst to each other. Would the US still … --- ## [Who are some famous people in history who had retrospective diagnosis for their illnesses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-famous-people-in-history-who-had-retrospective-diagnosis-for-their-illnesses/664531)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2013, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-some-famous-people-in-history-who-had-retrospective-diagnosis-for-their-illnesses/664531 "2013-08-02T05:37:22Z")
Tiny Tim from A christmas carol was supposedly based on contemporary illnesses of the time (so I’ve heard). At the time they didn’t know what they were, but the medical consensus seems to be he either had rickets or rena… --- ## [Dice are now "number cubes" -- more PC bullshit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dice-are-now-number-cubes-more-pc-bullshit/334460)
**Author:** [@Can\_Handle\_the\_Truth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Can_Handle_the_Truth)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2005, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dice-are-now-number-cubes-more-pc-bullshit/334460 "2005-12-09T00:13:40Z")
Today I was helping my 13-year-old neice with her math homework. It was an introduction to probability. The problems were like, “If you toss a pair of number cubes, what is the probability that both cubes will show the s… --- ## [What was the largest gathering of people ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-largest-gathering-of-people-ever/613464)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2013, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-largest-gathering-of-people-ever/613464 "2013-01-13T22:39:21Z")
I was wondering when it would have been possible to look out over the largest group of humanity ever assembled. A big sporting event can have 100k+ people in one place. There have been some very large gatherings in Was… --- ## [How do hunters move dead deer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-hunters-move-dead-deer/269805)
**Author:** [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2004, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-hunters-move-dead-deer/269805 "2004-10-20T16:40:38Z")
After a hunter goes into the woods and shoots a deer – how does he get it out of the woods? In the old days, I assume a horse would drag it out on a sledge (? just guessing, and I right or wrong?)? But now what do they… --- ## [The best Pink Floyd album](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-pink-floyd-album/533361)
**Author:** [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2012, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-pink-floyd-album/533361 "2012-06-01T14:34:37Z")
I can’t believe this hasn’t been done, but I’ve gone through six search pages… What’s your favourite Floyd album? With no hesitation, I go for A Saucerful Of Secrets: perfectly sad psychedelia, the end of Syd (Jugband … --- ## [Who really was the Isdal Woman?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-really-was-the-isdal-woman/706669)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-really-was-the-isdal-woman/706669 "2016-12-05T17:38:10Z")
Here is the background This story fascinates me, IMHO, she was probably a KGB agent who screwed over her bosses for a life around Europe at their expense, so they got rid of her. What are your opinions/theories on it? --- ## [Poll: Asking about ladies underwear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-asking-about-ladies-underwear/496311)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2009, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-asking-about-ladies-underwear/496311 "2009-05-15T00:07:20Z")
Sorry guys - this isn’t a poll asking what kind of underwear us gals wear. I have a friend who’s been flirting via text and Facebook with a girl he knows from college. She’s been flirting pretty hard, telling him she ha… --- ## [My niece and dating.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-niece-and-dating/708101)
**Author:** [@ArztWolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArztWolf)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2015, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-niece-and-dating/708101 "2015-01-16T04:58:17Z")
My niece is 24yrs old and is having a heck of a time in the dating world. Part of the problem is her disabilities and the other part is how she looks. She has been diagnosed (by professionals, not online quizzes) with N… --- ## [Apostrophe Use in Plural Last Names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apostrophe-use-in-plural-last-names/343678)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2006, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apostrophe-use-in-plural-last-names/343678 "2006-02-09T21:19:33Z")
By all accounts, this is something that I should know intuitively, but alas I don’t. George and Laura Smith are The Smiths, correct? Or is this the one place where we use an apostrophe in plurals, making them The Smith’… --- ## [Your favorite kind of porn contains the following:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-kind-of-porn-contains-the-following/553972)
**Author:** [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2010, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-kind-of-porn-contains-the-following/553972 "2010-11-24T04:22:28Z")
Check the only things you really like to see in porn. Just don’t check them all, I am trying to get a picture of what is popular and what is not. --- ## [Aside from sex, what physical sensation makes you feel good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-sex-what-physical-sensation-makes-you-feel-good/674425)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aside-from-sex-what-physical-sensation-makes-you-feel-good/674425 "2013-11-26T17:47:19Z")
What physical sensation makes you feel good? It can be anything, quirky or otherwise. For instance, I will start with the sensation of putting q-tips into my ears right after taking a shower or a bath. I love and am addi… --- ## [How far do you live from train tracks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-train-tracks/665008)
**Author:** [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-do-you-live-from-train-tracks/665008 "2013-08-25T20:02:57Z")
Thinking back over the various places I’ve lived, it seems I’ve never been more than 5 miles from train tracks. Freight trains, commuter trains, I’ve been near both. At one point I was right above the biggest railyard in… --- ## [Sen. Arlen Specter (PA) to become a Democrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sen-arlen-specter-pa-to-become-a-democrat/494627)
**Author:** [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Replies:** 143\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2009, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sen-arlen-specter-pa-to-become-a-democrat/494627 "2009-04-30T00:58:59Z")
I sure as hell didn’t see this one coming. While I’ve said many times that the 60-vote majority thing isn’t as big a deal as the press makes it out to be, it does say something about where the GOP is at. He was likely … --- ## [Mods upgrading insults then issuing warnings.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-upgrading-insults-then-issuing-warnings/644308)
**Author:** [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2012, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-upgrading-insults-then-issuing-warnings/644308 "2012-12-20T16:21:18Z")
I don’t want to start any trouble, but there was a non-warning issued to in the CS Gangnam Style thread that gave me pause: Although “get bent” is a nicer way of saying it, telling someone to “get fucked” is out of lin… --- ## [How bad is Depo Provera, really?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-is-depo-provera-really/310789)
**Author:** [@Amaranta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amaranta)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2005, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-bad-is-depo-provera-really/310789 "2005-07-04T21:22:37Z")
note: I am looking for opinions of medical professionals or anyone who’s had experience with Depo. I know that only my physician, who has my full medical history, should diagnose/treat problems I’ve been on the Depo sho… --- ## [Larry Summers' smoking gun: How he, Rubin & Geithner deregulated banks -- GLOBALLY](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-summers-smoking-gun-how-he-rubin-geithner-deregulated-banks-globally/666917)
**Author:** [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2013, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/larry-summers-smoking-gun-how-he-rubin-geithner-deregulated-banks-globally/666917 "2013-09-23T17:55:31Z")
Greg Palast breaks the story. In 1997, Larry Summers – now a leading candidate for Chairman of the Federal Reserve – was serving as Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, under Secretary Robert Rubin, who was pushing very ha… --- ## [A shout-out? from a VP candidate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shout-out-from-a-vp-candidate/466304)
**Author:** [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Replies:** 120\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2008, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-shout-out-from-a-vp-candidate/466304 "2008-10-07T01:27:26Z")
A shout-out? A Shout-out?… :smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack::smack: Goddammit. I hate My fellow Americans. --- ## [My wife has died.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-has-died/809268)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 187\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-has-died/809268 "2018-03-01T15:46:12Z")
She was in declining health for several years. About two weeks ago, her blood sugar crashed(she was a diabetic) and yo-yoed up and down for two days. When it stabilized, she was foggy and unwilling to eat or drink. I fin… --- ## [A Question About Mark Twain & Copyright](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-mark-twain-copyright/559535)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2010, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-mark-twain-copyright/559535 "2010-11-08T13:44:05Z")
It has no real practical significance to me at the moment but the release of Mark Twain’s Autobiography just makes me wonder: Mark Twain died in 1910. All of his works are in the public domain and have been for many ye… --- ## [More chess moves than atoms in universe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-chess-moves-than-atoms-in-universe/290029)
**Author:** [@MotherBrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MotherBrain)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2005, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-chess-moves-than-atoms-in-universe/290029 "2005-02-19T09:19:16Z")
Is it true that there are more possible chess moves than atoms in the universe? --- ## [The Big Bang Theory 1/26--The Beta Test Initiation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-1-26-the-beta-test-initiation/610772)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [January 31, 2012, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-1-26-the-beta-test-initiation/610772 "2012-01-31T13:41:34Z")
Raj becomes attached to his phone’s female virtual assistant while Leonard and Penny try seeing each other once again. --- ## [\*Realistically\*, what are the worst possible outcomes of a Trump win in 2024?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realistically-what-are-the-worst-possible-outcomes-of-a-trump-win-in-2024/996643)
**Author:** [@Polerius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polerius)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2024, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/realistically-what-are-the-worst-possible-outcomes-of-a-trump-win-in-2024/996643 "2024-02-22T03:11:58Z")
I’m sort of resigning myself to a Trump win, and trying to stay optimistic about what’s the worst that could happen, and not fall for alarmism. Domestically, I know he’ll try to fundamentally change things, but how much… --- ## [Any other democracy in which outnumbered party gets as much majority power as the GOP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-democracy-in-which-outnumbered-party-gets-as-much-majority-power-as-the-gop/787563)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2017, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-other-democracy-in-which-outnumbered-party-gets-as-much-majority-power-as-the-gop/787563 "2017-06-03T17:05:48Z")
The GOP is in many ways an outnumbered party, yet wields a disproportionately favorable amount of power, due to the electoral systems of the United States: The Electoral College, gerrymandering, and the way the Senate is… --- ## [Is "eat a peach" slang for "perform cunnilingus"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eat-a-peach-slang-for-perform-cunnilingus/224529)
**Author:** [@Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ex_Machina)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2004, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-eat-a-peach-slang-for-perform-cunnilingus/224529 "2004-01-16T16:55:04Z")
What’s fuzzy on the outside and juicy on the inside? It was rumored that the Allman Brothers album \*Eat a Peach \* was called that because the truck involved in the accident which killed Duane Allman was carrying peaches… --- ## [Can you always win at Solitaire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-always-win-at-solitaire/268289)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-always-win-at-solitaire/268289 "2011-02-12T20:47:33Z")
Passing time recently in an airport playing Solitaire I wondered this. In theory is any deal of Solitaire winnable with it just being a matter of you playing correctly? Or is it possible to get deals that are unwinnabl… --- ## [Say a prayer for the late shift fast food employees of the world.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-a-prayer-for-the-late-shift-fast-food-employees-of-the-world/62773)
**Author:** [@loislane138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/loislane138)\ **Replies:** 175\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2001, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/say-a-prayer-for-the-late-shift-fast-food-employees-of-the-world/62773 "2001-05-08T13:03:08Z")
I just spent 7.42 hours of my life that I will never regain. 7.42 hours of working the Arby’s drive through on a warm friday night in Baton Rouge, LA. 7.42 hours of taking orders from drunk frat/sorroity girls/boys. 7.42… --- ## [Have you seen King Kong (1933)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-king-kong-1933/643066)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2012, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-king-kong-1933/643066 "2012-12-08T00:42:50Z")
…and if so, what did you think? I casually asked around our office about this, and was surprised at how many people hadn’t sen it at all, or had only seen bits of it, or had only seen it once. When I was growing up it … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=750&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=752&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)