# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 22, 2020, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140 "2020-06-22T07:01:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 158
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3149 "2021-02-01T00:59:50Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > And these people were live-tweeting or livestreaming while at the Capitol, including announcing their names. (Saying things like, “Y’all know who to hire for your Realtor, Jenna Ryan for your Realtor.”) . Yeah. Any posturings about being surprised they’ve been identified and found ring pretty hollow. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3150 "2021-02-01T01:00:10Z")
I think any alterations to his DNA are bound to be an improvement. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3151 "2021-02-01T01:42:35Z")
A large fraction of mutations are not beneficial to the organism, so I would not count on it. Some things are just so fundamentally messed up that anything you do to them makes them worse. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3152 "2021-02-01T02:19:22Z")
If said mutation were to result in incapacitation (or even death), how is that not an improvement? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3153 "2021-02-01T02:23:48Z")
It may be beneficial to us, but not, look at the post, to the organism. Not that I seek to insult organisms by comparing them to the orange dung heap. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3154 "2021-02-01T02:30:46Z")
Aye but **E-DUB** didn’t specify that, did he? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3155 "2021-02-01T05:00:34Z")
Somebody better than me needs to start a Pit thread for GA Rep Qlanne of Greene Wharrgarbls. She [paid herself over $30K in mileage](https://annelandmanblog.com/2020/12/boebert-reimburses-herself-over-30k-for-mileage-in-2020-enough-to-circumnavigate-the-globe-1-5-times/) costs from her campaign fund, which works out to nearly thirty seven thousand miles of driving since April. Almost two and a half times as much for travel as her predecessor claimed – over a decade. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3156 "2021-02-01T05:42:57Z")
I guess this is the best place for this but I have discovered why my patients’ blood pressure is so high. Apparently one of the executive orders that Biden signed lowered the age of consent to eight. I try not to talk politics with patients but more than one has volunteered this as an excuse for why they are upset. The legalization of pedophilia has apparently started. I will say, however, that one person managed to raise his blood pressure to 240/165 which even I found impressive. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3157 "2021-02-01T09:53:33Z")
Lets hope the idiots will all stop buying flags then ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3158 "2021-02-01T11:00:12Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I saw an image of a fake Bill Gates tweet that said that the Capitol terrorist rounded up and caught so very quickly because the tracking devices were in the flags! The gold fringe acts as an antenna. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3159 "2021-02-01T12:07:23Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Apparently one of the executive orders that Biden signed lowered the age of consent to eight. I try not to talk politics with patients but more than one has volunteered this as an excuse for why they are upset. The legalization of pedophilia has apparently started. That strikes me as total BS, but my google-fu is failing. Can someone else try to track this down? I found this, but I’d like to find something that directly addresses this assertion. > **[Executive Order 13988](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_13988)** > > Executive Order 13988, officially titled Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation, is the fourth executive order signed by U.S. President Joe Biden on January 20, 2021. > The order directs all federal agencies to review all policies which implement the non-discrimination protections on the basis of sex ordered by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (pursuant to the Supreme Court case Bostock v. Clayton County), Title IX of the Education ... ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3160 "2021-02-01T14:30:02Z")
**psychobunny** can correct me if I’m wrong, but I read that as the patient believes this Q-type, wildly untrue story- there is no factual basis. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3161 "2021-02-01T14:44:17Z")
> [@Kron](#): > > **psychobunny** can correct me if I’m wrong, but I read that as the patient believes this Q-type, wildly untrue story- there is no factual basis.- Of course, this is crap, but psychobunny used “patients’” plural (correctly) and also said that more than one patient believes this. My bold. > [@psychobunny](#): > > I guess this is the best place for this but I have discovered why my **patients’** blood pressure is so high. Apparently one of the executive orders that Biden signed lowered the age of consent to eight. I try not to talk politics with patients but **more than one** has volunteered this as an excuse for why they are upset. I’d like to see a news item that asserts this baloney. Why? I dunno. Glutton for punishment? ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3162 "2021-02-01T15:25:01Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I’d like to see a news item that asserts this baloney. I’m sure it is a Facebook meme - you’d have to know someone who distributes that particular branch of crazy to see it - I’d guess Q believers are the source. There may have been some small kernel in an actual news story somewhere that got distorted, but that isn’t even necessary. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3163 "2021-02-01T15:58:02Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > That’s great! The vaccine makers should put a prominent notice on their vaccines saying: “Notice to Arizona residents pursuant to Arizona State Law xxx: This vaccine does not contain human parts, animal parts, metals in any quantity, tracking devices, nor does it have any DNA-altering properties.” Can they put the disclaimer ON the tracking device? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3164 "2021-02-01T16:05:38Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > And these people were live-tweeting or livestreaming while at the Capitol, including announcing their names. (Saying things like, “Y’all know who to hire for your Realtor, Jenna Ryan for your Realtor.”) A crummy commercial? Sunuvabitch! ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3165 "2021-02-01T16:06:18Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > “Notice to Arizona residents pursuant to Arizona State Law xxx: This vaccine does not contain human parts, animal parts, metals in any quantity, tracking devices, nor does it have any DNA-altering properties.” Add, “But we have our eye on you Arizona” ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3166 "2021-02-01T16:15:21Z")
Apparently several people arrested in the assault on the Capitol didn’t actually vote in the election, and several were registered as Democrats > **[They stormed the Capitol to overturn the results of an election they didn't...](https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/01/us/capitol-rioters-non-voters-invs/index.html)** > > They were there to "stop the steal" and to keep the president they revered in office, yet records show that some of the rioters who stormed the US Capitol did not vote in the very election they were protesting. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3167 "2021-02-01T16:19:03Z")
The small kernel of truth, and it’s pretty damn small, is there was a bill up for vote in CA that would expand a judge’s ability to use discretion in placing a sex offender on the registry if their offense was consensual sex with an older teenager close to their age. The judge already had this ability, but only with regards to offenses regarding vaginal sex. The expansion would extend their discretion to other sexual acts. Of course A. It has nothing to do with Biden, it was a referendum in the CA state election. B. The references to “8 year olds” is probably an extrapolation based on a misreading of the bill, as the bill offers protections to adults convicted of a sexual offense with someone less than 10 years younger than them—— and an 8 year old is 10 years younger than the guy that just became a legal adult. But the bill also specifies that it doesn’t apply to offenses with minors under 14… so total misread. This was taken from an article here…it’s a really good article for a local paper. I applaud them. > **[Debunking lies about Joe Biden, vaccine, missing children, monuments](https://www.goerie.com/story/news/2020/09/05/debunking-lies-about-joe-biden-vaccine-missing-children-monuments/113667164/)** > > A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3168 "2021-02-01T16:19:36Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > Can they put the disclaimer ON the tracking device? It’s employment insurance for those people who write your name on a grain of rice at the county fair. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=157) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=159)