# 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:** 380
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7612 "2021-10-06T19:40:13Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > > [@CalMeacham](#): > > > > Perhaps the most eye-popping bit of paranoia comes under the heading “CREATURE WITH TENTACLES,” in which a woman scientist… > > (From CalMeacham’s post, not CalMeacham) > A woman scientist. Who writes that? Was it Marie Curie? She was a woman scientist. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7613 "2021-10-06T19:48:13Z")
Yeah, but you know, who writes that? ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7614 "2021-10-06T20:20:01Z")
How else would you distinguish her from a regular scientist? ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7615 "2021-10-06T20:30:13Z")
Am I being whooshed? 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7616 "2021-10-06T20:41:13Z")
Yes. Yes, you are. I may be an awful person, but at least I’m not _sexist_. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7617 "2021-10-06T20:50:05Z")
Thanks. I haven’t had any alcohol yet today, so I’m not on top of my game! ---
**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:** [October 6, 2021, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7618 "2021-10-06T21:27:00Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > How else would you distinguish her from a regular scientist? Did you mean to say “real scientist”? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7619 "2021-10-06T21:31:06Z")
Reminds me of a joke I saw recently: “Men get paid more on average because they tend to pursue higher paying jobs like doctor, lawyer or engineer, whereas women tend to take lower paying jobs like female doctor, female lawyer or female engineer.” ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7620 "2021-10-06T21:57:55Z")
Ahem. Woman scientist lab coat on. “Natural killer cells” are indeed a thing. They are an important component of the immune system. Most vaccines do not directly involve activating these, as far as I know; they are activated in response to a present threat; but possibly some kind of vaccine that involves them could be formulated. However, none of that detracts from the fact that he is still pig-shit crazy. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2021, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7621 "2021-10-06T22:09:08Z")
This is where his family, clergy, and personal doctor come together and take away his keys, remove any sharp objects nearby, and begin/get back on a treatment regimen to deal with declining mental health ---
**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:** [October 7, 2021, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7622 "2021-10-07T04:47:06Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Og knows, I’m not a fan of Lindsey Graham, but he has my sympathy in this issue Your better than I am then because that pegged my schadenfreude needle so hard it bent. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2021, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7623 "2021-10-07T05:12:49Z")
Here is some [prime L. Linsanity Wood (twitter video)](https://twitter.com/AccountableGOP/status/1444130224493445124) in which he tells us that the planes that hit stuff on 9/11/01 were all CGI [sic] because that other building that fell, WTC 7, had some documents of corruption that the DoD did not want investigated, so the Pentagon killed several thousand people to hide their sins. > [@DesertDog](#): > > Side note: I had the impression his district was north-eastern Arizona, and it mainly is, but a fat tentacle reaches down, curling around those evil bastions of Phoenix and Mesa to grasp Apache Junction, just a few miles from where I live. He’s bound to attend a campaign rally there – think 'll attend. If I don’t make it back tell Mom love her. > > [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Arizona\_US\_Congressional\_District\_4\_(since\_2013).tif/lossless-page1-1200px-Arizona\_US\_Congressional\_District\_4\_(since\_2013).tif.png](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Arizona_US_Congressional_District_4_%28since_2013%29.tif/lossless-page1-1200px-Arizona_US_Congressional_District_4_%28since_2013%29.tif.png) Looking at that map, I have to ask, did you mean _the other_ north-east? Like, the one up to’rds Bundyland? As opposed to the one where they do Daylight Savings Time? ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7624 "2021-10-07T11:24:50Z")
> [@Toxgoddess](#): > > Ahem. Woman scientist lab coat on. “Natural killer cells” are indeed a thing. They are an important component of the immune system. Most vaccines do not directly involve activating these, as far as I know; they are activated in response to a present threat; but possibly some kind of vaccine that involves them could be formulated. I was hoping they’d be cells that make us look like [Woody Harrelson and/or Juliette Lewis](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110632/). Woman Scientist ruins everything! 😡 ---
**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:** [October 7, 2021, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7625 "2021-10-07T12:07:48Z")
Ken Weyler, author of the **Vaccine Death Report** , has resigned from his position as chairman of the House Finance Committee. > [@](#): > > Weyler apologized for sharing the report, saying in his resignation letter, “I apologize for not vetting the document more thoroughly, and to those who were offended.” “not vetting the document more thoroughly”??? That’s like the episode of Bloom County where Opus apologizes for the Bloom County newspaper printing outrageous slander by saying “Oh, that’s just a typo”. His statement may technically be accurate, but it doesn’t do justice to a document that was from start to finish a collection of outrageous lies and accusations. “vetting more thoroughly” is what you do to eliminate some minor inaccuracy in your report. Not when the entire report is a farrago of misinformation. > **[GOP Politician Who Linked COVID Vaccines To Satan Resigns From Committee](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/new-hampshire-state-lawmaker-committee-resignation-coronavirus-conspiracy-theories_n_615e24d9e4b069a0b3b8d8c4)** > > New Hampshire state Rep. Ken Weyler backtracked on sharing the controversial report: “I apologize for not vetting the document more thoroughly." ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7626 "2021-10-07T12:48:25Z")
Did he at least spell his own name correctly? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7627 "2021-10-07T15:14:37Z")
I think our own poster **smithsb** may have predicted what would happen here: Someone kind recognized he’d gone off the rails and stepped in to help: > [@smithsb](#): > > This is where his family, clergy, and personal doctor come together and take away his keys, remove any sharp objects nearby, and begin/get back on a treatment regimen to deal with declining mental health ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7628 "2021-10-07T15:22:29Z")
Where did he get the report from? He most likely got it from an aide, who would have put it together at his request. Did he just say “Give me proof COVID vaccines are bad” and the aide downloaded the info from nutjob sites? ---
**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:** [October 7, 2021, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7629 "2021-10-07T15:30:15Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Where did he get the report from? Excellent question. But even a cursory reading would’ve shown how looney it was. “not vetting more thoroughly” doesn’t begin to cut it. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7630 "2021-10-07T16:27:30Z")
D’oh! North-watch hand. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/7631 "2021-10-07T19:14:36Z")
GOP law-critters here in North Carolina want to open Durham County’s voting machines in search of secret modems. > **[GOP lawmakers threaten forcible entry into Durham elections office](https://www.wral.com/gop-lawmakers-threaten-forcible-entry-into-durham-elections-office/19914231/)** > > Rep. Jeff McNeely, R-Itedell, and other members of the House Freedom Caucus say they intend to inspect Durham County voting machines, with or without [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=379) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=381)