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**Author:** [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2009, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-death-penalty-is-too-expensive/487383 "2009-02-27T16:07:03Z")
I know that an argument that tries to quantify the cost in humanity and compassion when the government deliberately ends the life of a human being won’t go anywhere, because not everyone shares the view that this cost ex… --- ## [Can you track someone down by fecal matter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-track-someone-down-by-fecal-matter/622221)
**Author:** [@Diamonds02](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diamonds02)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2012, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-track-someone-down-by-fecal-matter/622221 "2012-05-18T14:48:12Z")
Say there’s someone you hate, and they screwed you over in some fashion. To get back at them, you take a steaming dump on their deck. Can that poop be traced back to you by investigations? --- ## [A question about jury dismissals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-jury-dismissals/581327)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2011, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-jury-dismissals/581327 "2011-05-13T05:54:37Z")
I reported for jury duty today. This is in Monroe County, NY (the city of Rochester) so there were a couple hundred of us. We were randomly divided up into groups for seven different trials. And it ended up with at leas… --- ## [Huckabee makes a racist appeal in South Carolina and nobody cares](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huckabee-makes-a-racist-appeal-in-south-carolina-and-nobody-cares/434438)
**Author:** [@Two\_and\_a\_Half\_Inches\_of\_Fun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_and_a_Half_Inches_of_Fun)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2008, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huckabee-makes-a-racist-appeal-in-south-carolina-and-nobody-cares/434438 "2008-01-27T05:21:48Z")
Christopher Hitchens nails it in this article. We all knew that Huckabee was a homophobe and an anti-science idoit. Now we know that he is willing to make blatant appeals to racist sentiment. Too bad the media is hardl… --- ## [Last sentences that blow you away.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-sentences-that-blow-you-away/398805)
**Author:** [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2007, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/last-sentences-that-blow-you-away/398805 "2007-04-09T11:55:40Z")
I’m talking about the last sentence – perhaps paragraph – of a novel that leaves you stunned, or in tears, totally blown away by how it completes the story, how it brings home all the threads so carefully woven together … --- ## [The best division of wealth in a society](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-division-of-wealth-in-a-society/804193)
**Author:** [@crucible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crucible)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-division-of-wealth-in-a-society/804193 "2018-01-04T18:21:04Z")
In America, today, 10% of Americans own 75% of the total private wealth of the country. Most people likely think this is out of balance, that total private wealth should wind up being divided ‘more’ equitably. My ques… --- ## [I'm using a circuit breaker as a switch. Concerns?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-using-a-circuit-breaker-as-a-switch-concerns/546880)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2010, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-using-a-circuit-breaker-as-a-switch-concerns/546880 "2010-07-16T12:57:54Z")
My pool pump, that I wired myself a couple of years ago, has no switch. It’s plugged into a GFI at the pool end, but most times I choose (lazily) to turn it off by simply flicking the breaker at the main panel. So, the… --- ## [Ghost in the Shell (2017)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-in-the-shell-2017/772055)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2017, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-in-the-shell-2017/772055 "2017-04-27T07:11:02Z")
Another movie I am VERY much looking forward to, and one that they seem to be doing a great job on, considering they are translating one the 3 or 4 most beloved and important anime into live-action film. And it stars Sc… --- ## [Recharging the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recharging-the-mmp/792483)
**Author:** [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Replies:** 194\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2017, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recharging-the-mmp/792483 "2017-08-07T16:17:59Z")
Was away at the BIG festival this weekend; lots of friends there. The first two I went to this year were kind of bust-y; not a good picture between them & only about a ¼ of our scheduled flights. Not this one! I’ve un… --- ## [My daughter says other kids say she's "weird"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-says-other-kids-say-shes-weird/218152)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 11, 2003, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-says-other-kids-say-shes-weird/218152 "2003-12-11T15:20:05Z")
What do I do about this? MilliCal, our six year old, came home one day, sad because one of the kids at school said she was “weird”. Last night, I sat in bed with her, telling her (at her own request) Greek myths. This… --- ## [Did Mao kill all the birds in China?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-mao-kill-all-the-birds-in-china/457107)
**Author:** [@cainxinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cainxinth)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2011, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-mao-kill-all-the-birds-in-china/457107 "2011-10-27T04:22:41Z")
When I was in high school my history teacher once told us that in the 1950’s Mao was told that the communal farms weren’t meeting their production goals. His advisers told him that it was due to birds eating the crops, s… --- ## [Cast Away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-away/695592)
**Author:** [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2014, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cast-away/695592 "2014-08-21T14:11:28Z")
Finally, I caught up with this Tom Hanks movie last night. Leaving aside I think it was totally unbelievable, I found it pretty hard to get a handle on what on earth it was all about, Is there something pretty obvious … --- ## [Fucking SecuRom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-securom/475014)
**Author:** [@Jolly\_Roger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jolly_Roger)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2008, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fucking-securom/475014 "2008-12-04T20:30:51Z")
This is mild, I’m angry, but I’ll get over it. Still, I hope the companies that use SecuRom see a big dip in their sales in the future. Fucking SecuRom. Any company that uses it on their games should go the fuck out of … --- ## [Kindle 2: Authors can restrict text to speech](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kindle-2-authors-can-restrict-text-to-speech/487760)
**Author:** [@lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lee)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [March 10, 2009, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kindle-2-authors-can-restrict-text-to-speech/487760 "2009-03-10T23:49:42Z")
I am disgusted by this news. If I find out that a particular author has disabled this feature in his or her kindle books, I will not buy his or her books, at least not new copies. Supposedly they don’t want the competiti… --- ## [Girls who show their bellies, why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-who-show-their-bellies-why/222604)
**Author:** [@51\_cent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/51_cent)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2004, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-who-show-their-bellies-why/222604 "2004-01-05T12:15:40Z")
I am on vacation in Thailand now. Thailand is sunny and about 90 degrees, and I am sitting here drinking a cold beer, escaping the HEAT! Very nice. My complaint are these girls that I see traveling. They do two things t… --- ## [At what age did you develop chest/body hair?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-age-did-you-develop-chest-body-hair/308670)
**Author:** [@Nunavut\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunavut_Boy)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2005, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-age-did-you-develop-chest-body-hair/308670 "2005-06-18T02:34:13Z")
I just turned 25 two weeks ago and have noticed that my shoulders have started sprouting little pubes a la Seth Brundle in ‘The Fly’. I’m getting distressed as my dad is a hairy mofo and according to my mom was hairless … --- ## [Shepherd. Shepherd, shepherd, shepherd.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420)
**Author:** [@Fetchund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fetchund)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2007, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shepherd-shepherd-shepherd-shepherd/425420 "2007-11-13T13:25:33Z")
I’ve been waiting until I’ve noticed that there are no threads with this particular spelling mistake on the boards. (I really don’t like confrontation!) But, folks, the dog is not a “shepard”. No, no, no. The “herd” part… --- ## [How many McDonald's burgers from one cow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-mcdonalds-burgers-from-one-cow/382355)
**Author:** [@Diddledog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diddledog)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2006, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-mcdonalds-burgers-from-one-cow/382355 "2006-12-01T13:52:40Z")
I recall hearing one time about how many McDonal’s burgers you could get from one cow – the regular hamburger size patty, not the bigger ones. The figure was huge, so big that I couldn’t beleive it even though those burg… --- ## [Can't get through to the Straight Dope?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-get-through-to-the-straight-dope/64127)
**Author:** [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Replies:** 149\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2001, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-get-through-to-the-straight-dope/64127 "2001-06-17T23:47:53Z")
If you know of people who can’t get through to the Straight Dope Website or the SDMB, this may be because of a problem with their Internet service provider’s domain name server. On April 13, our tech guys changed the IP … --- ## [A Few Good Men...a question about perjury.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-good-men-a-question-about-perjury/746805)
**Author:** [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2016, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-few-good-men-a-question-about-perjury/746805 "2016-03-03T20:07:45Z")
A Few Good Men is probably one of those movies we’ve all seen several times. I enjoyed it, yet it always leaves me wanting to rewrite the ending and get that lying sack of crap Lieutenant Kendrick arrested for perjuring… --- ## [What are your favorite (or least favorite) historical fiction novels?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-or-least-favorite-historical-fiction-novels/475822)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [December 9, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-or-least-favorite-historical-fiction-novels/475822 "2008-12-09T16:54:50Z")
I’ve been craving some good historical fiction lately but haven’t found any. I’ve found some bad/mediocre stuff– David Ebershoff’s The Nineteenth Wife- just absolutely dreadful book about Brigham Young’s apostate wife … --- ## [What did Norway do in WW2?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-norway-do-in-ww2/227952)
**Author:** [@RyanV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RyanV)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2004, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-norway-do-in-ww2/227952 "2004-02-10T19:42:01Z")
I have always wondered this. Anyone care to cliffnotes or give a detailed summary of what Norway’s role in WW2 was? Thanx ! --- ## [Married Women: Would you have said 'no' without a ring](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-women-would-you-have-said-no-without-a-ring/530703)
**Author:** [@nilum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nilum)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-women-would-you-have-said-no-without-a-ring/530703 "2010-03-03T20:54:42Z")
I find the whole practice of getting a loved one a very expensive diamond ring so that she might say yes to marrying you is a complete joke. I know there are some women who will probably disagree with me, but I find it e… --- ## [Of Heroes and Survivors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-heroes-and-survivors/136878)
**Author:** [@Suspenderzzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suspenderzzz)\ **Replies:** 159\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2002, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/of-heroes-and-survivors/136878 "2002-11-28T10:49:53Z")
Those two words have been expanded over the past decade or so to the point where they have become virtually meaningless. Who isn’t a “hero” or a “survivor” nowadays? In reality, a hero is someone who takes great risks t… --- ## [Why is the speed of light the speed of light?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-speed-of-light-the-speed-of-light/575051)
**Author:** [@petew83](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/petew83)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2011, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-speed-of-light-the-speed-of-light/575051 "2011-11-28T05:02:20Z")
Is the speed of light motivated by other factors, or is it an axiom in itself? --- ## [Home Depot - lazy stinking worthless a-holes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-depot-lazy-stinking-worthless-a-holes/607993)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2012, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/home-depot-lazy-stinking-worthless-a-holes/607993 "2012-01-03T22:57:31Z")
I Drove 15 miles to Home Depot and the sorry bastards closed at 5pm for New years eve. I got there at 5:05. :mad: WTF is wrong with these lazy ass fools? New Years Eve is no stinking holiday. At least it’s not until n… --- ## [Do violent protestors in Ferguson actually care about racism?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-violent-protestors-in-ferguson-actually-care-about-racism/695709)
**Author:** [@edeag3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edeag3)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2014, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-violent-protestors-in-ferguson-actually-care-about-racism/695709 "2014-08-22T00:32:27Z")
I know this question is impossible to answer completely without some sort of survey, but looking at the news and events in Ferguson, I’m not convinced that the looters and violent protestors actually care about the shoot… --- ## [Need Help with Hard-to-Open Windows!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-hard-to-open-windows/244360)
**Author:** [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2004, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-with-hard-to-open-windows/244360 "2004-05-11T02:01:14Z")
My mother’s windows are very hard to open and close–they’re new (either vinyl siding or metal, not wood). Even I have trouble opening and closing them–and my mother has a vertebral compression fracture, so there is no wa… --- ## [People who do drugs are idiots!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-do-drugs-are-idiots/150991)
**Author:** [@maybelze05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maybelze05)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2003, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-do-drugs-are-idiots/150991 "2003-02-01T04:58:19Z")
If this has been done sorry, I just couldn’t hold it in any longer. Everything here is MY opinions entirely I just got done reading through this post and it’s associated chat transcripts and I can’t help but be angrie… --- ## [Someone calls you 'defensive.' How do you respond?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-calls-you-defensive-how-do-you-respond/123637)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2002, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/someone-calls-you-defensive-how-do-you-respond/123637 "2002-08-14T13:47:10Z")
On a camping trip this past weekend, my friend and his girlfriend got into a fight over some hamburgers or something, and it ended with her saying to him ‘Quit being defensive.’ He most definitely was not being defensive… --- ## [Recurring Dream about my deceased father](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-dream-about-my-deceased-father/584257)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 15, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recurring-dream-about-my-deceased-father/584257 "2011-10-15T17:59:35Z")
I’ve never been into dream analysis much, but this one gets me. My Dad died 2 1/2 years ago. They found him on the bathroom floor. I flew in from Florida, went to his funeral and flew back. But in this dream that I p… --- ## [State capitals... why so small?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-capitals-why-so-small/655730)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2013, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-capitals-why-so-small/655730 "2013-04-17T19:41:48Z")
My wife, who is Australian, and I were discussing the capital cities of the states and territories of Australia (all 7 of them), and every single one of them, without exception, is the largest and most prominent city in … --- ## [Dear waiter I stiffed the other night:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-waiter-i-stiffed-the-other-night/370538)
**Author:** [@davenportavenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davenportavenger)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2006, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-waiter-i-stiffed-the-other-night/370538 "2006-09-05T22:29:55Z")
Fuck you. When we came into the restaurant it felt like we weren’t even wanted there. I thought it was just me being paranoid, but no, everyone else agreed: you didn’t want us there. It didn’t matter that every other tim… --- ## [Are you fat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-fat/553173)
**Author:** [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2010, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-fat/553173 "2010-09-16T22:51:59Z")
Looking at the Artificial Sweetener thread, there are a number of people who freely admit to being fat. So, are you? Poll to follow. --- ## [Is this a guy blowing me off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-guy-blowing-me-off/588491)
**Author:** [@hmhmlm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hmhmlm)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2011, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-guy-blowing-me-off/588491 "2011-07-11T06:29:35Z")
Wondering if I got blown off today in a really bizzare way. Background: we’ve hung out 3 times outside of the sports league where we met. Called him this morning. Got text saying that he was out to breakfast & “what’s … --- ## [What is the best way for a single young Chinese woman to get a tourist visa to the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-way-for-a-single-young-chinese-woman-to-get-a-tourist-visa-to-the-us/540323)
**Author:** [@nani](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nani)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2010, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-way-for-a-single-young-chinese-woman-to-get-a-tourist-visa-to-the-us/540323 "2010-06-09T11:02:17Z")
So, I returned from my long period of study in China, and aside from learning some Chinese and getting the change in perspective that travel to a new place always brings, I also managed to fall head over feet for a wonde… --- ## [Can you shoot down a helicopter with a hand gun?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-shoot-down-a-helicopter-with-a-hand-gun/194858)
**Author:** [@MrGrizz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrGrizz)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2003, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-shoot-down-a-helicopter-with-a-hand-gun/194858 "2003-08-15T07:36:55Z")
Ok guys, we’ve all seen it in movies, but can it happen? The hero, in all his glory, staggers into a field or open space and takes a single crack shot with the last bullet in his gun at a precarious chopper overhead. B… --- ## [healthcare crisis out of control](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/healthcare-crisis-out-of-control/724566)
**Author:** [@sweat209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweat209)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2015, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/healthcare-crisis-out-of-control/724566 "2015-07-25T20:46:41Z")
So you all know about the major shortage of doctors and nurse’s and long very long wait times in the ER 4 to 8 hours and soon to be 8 to 12 hours. About a month to see family doctor or specialist. And many months for hi… --- ## [Satanic holiday display approved in FLA](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satanic-holiday-display-approved-in-fla/706325)
**Author:** [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Replies:** 85\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/satanic-holiday-display-approved-in-fla/706325 "2014-12-12T22:50:14Z")
The church of satanism has gotten permission from the Tallahassee government to put up its display next to the nativity display and the festivus pole: http://www.nbc-2.com/story/27547242/the-satanic-temple-approved-for-f… --- ## [Colbert slams Laura Ingraham tonight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colbert-slams-laura-ingraham-tonight/549213)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2010, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colbert-slams-laura-ingraham-tonight/549213 "2010-08-09T03:31:07Z")
Laura Ingraham on tonight’s Colbert Report. What the hell did she think was going to happen? :smiley: --- ## [UCMJ Art. 102 - What is "forcing a safeguard"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ucmj-art-102-what-is-forcing-a-safeguard/418337)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 27, 2014, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ucmj-art-102-what-is-forcing-a-safeguard/418337 "2014-06-27T04:02:18Z")
It’s a very short portion of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, but a potentially capital offense. Google has failed me, and I can’t find it defined anywhere. Anyone know? Is it a rare crime? --- ## [March 17: the overshadowed-by-covid-19 primaries (FL,IL,OH,AZ)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-17-the-overshadowed-by-covid-19-primaries-fl-il-oh-az/849408)
**Author:** [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Replies:** 157\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2020, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-17-the-overshadowed-by-covid-19-primaries-fl-il-oh-az/849408 "2020-03-20T01:34:42Z")
On Tuesday, March 17, four states with 577 delegates will vote: FL (219), IL (155), OH (136), and AZ (67). Once those states have voted, the voting for 61.5% of the delegates will have been completed. This is the last … --- ## [Frying tacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frying-tacos/695871)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2014, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/frying-tacos/695871 "2014-08-29T05:02:06Z")
I have an episode of Bizarre Foods playing, where Andrew Zimmern is in New Mexico. He just said something odd \[paraphrase\]: ‘Hardly anybody in the U.S. makes tacos this way. The tortillas are stuffed with meat, then fr… --- ## [My Stupid Ex-Daughter-in-Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-stupid-ex-daughter-in-law/423048)
**Author:** [@outside\_artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outside_artist)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2007, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-stupid-ex-daughter-in-law/423048 "2007-10-19T15:42:04Z")
I am so fucking mad I could scream!!! My ex daughter in law is cranking my son for child support and she gets pregnant by her new boyfriend! She doesn’t ‘believe in’ birth control or abortion and she is already taking … --- ## [Most numerous species of mammal? Bird? Reptile?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-numerous-species-of-mammal-bird-reptile/590499)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2011, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-numerous-species-of-mammal-bird-reptile/590499 "2011-07-31T23:25:56Z")
Question is due to idle chitchat over a meal. Which species of (X) has the most living creatures on earth? We mostly settled on rats and pigeons (due to their association with humans) and garter snakes (mostly just bec… --- ## [A Guide to Pronouncing Easy Words for Those Who Can't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guide-to-pronouncing-easy-words-for-those-who-cant/255430)
**Author:** [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Replies:** 140\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2004, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guide-to-pronouncing-easy-words-for-those-who-cant/255430 "2004-07-26T14:50:52Z")
I never post pit threads but I guess there is a first time for everything. And hey - why not start off with a bang - as I’m sure this is likely to piss many people off. It seems some people have trouble pronouncing cert… --- ## [How Much Do Outdoor Animals Suffer in the Cold?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-outdoor-animals-suffer-in-the-cold/680610)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2015, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-do-outdoor-animals-suffer-in-the-cold/680610 "2015-11-27T23:30:37Z")
Meaning your everyday outdoor creatures, squirrels, rabbits, deer, birds etc. (As opposed to polar bear, musk oxen, penguins etc.) They’re obviously built to survive the cold. But people can also survive a lot more cold… --- ## [Funny/clever place names](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-clever-place-names/419703)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 92\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2007, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funny-clever-place-names/419703 "2007-10-06T03:24:35Z")
Real or fictional. I’ve always liked the name of the human settlement on the icy, extremely cold planet of Tran-ky-ky in Alan Dean Foster’s Icerigger series: Brass Monkey. And someday I’d like to visit the actual town … --- ## [NC teacher captured on video suggesting student could be arrested for Obama criticism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nc-teacher-captured-on-video-suggesting-student-could-be-arrested-for-obama-criticism/622606)
**Author:** [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2012, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nc-teacher-captured-on-video-suggesting-student-could-be-arrested-for-obama-criticism/622606 "2012-05-23T14:33:45Z")
Wow. What a crazy bitch. I know there are a lot of idiots who feel the same way, but they damn well shouldn’t be teaching. This kid is simply trying to ask a question, or even have a debate, but is shouted down by a… --- ## [Jack Nicholson's Famous Diner Scene in "Five Easy Pieces"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-nicholsons-famous-diner-scene-in-five-easy-pieces/630614)
**Author:** [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-nicholsons-famous-diner-scene-in-five-easy-pieces/630614 "2012-08-08T20:16:46Z")
A poll, inspired by this article: And by this widely quoted movie scene: There’s only one question in the poll, but I have a secondary question: quite apart from whether YOU think Nicholson was a nice g… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=876&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=878&per_page=50&period=all&state=muted)