# 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:** 44
**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:** [September 10, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/866 "2020-09-10T15:32:20Z")
A few days late but I didn’t see it posted: New Hampshire State Representative James Spillane posted the following on his Facebook page: > [@](#): > > Public Service Announcement: If you see a BLM sign on a lawn it’s the same as having a porch light on for Halloween. You’re free to loot and burn that house. And he’s earned himself [a little investigation from the state AG](https://boston.cbslocal.com/2020/09/04/black-lives-matter-james-spillane-facebook-post-new-hampshire-attorney-general-investigation/). ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/867 "2020-09-10T15:38:57Z")
I also didn’t know that having a porch light on for Halloween meant that you were free to loot and burn the house. WTF? ---
**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:** [September 10, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/868 "2020-09-10T15:39:54Z")
I guess they do Halloween differently in New Hampshire. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/869 "2020-09-10T16:31:06Z")
Like Devil’s Night in Detroit? ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/870 "2020-09-10T20:39:06Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I guess they do Halloween differently in New Hampshire. Live Free or (and?) Die. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/871 "2020-09-10T22:25:41Z")
[Iowa school districts are directing](https://iowastartingline.com/2020/09/09/musical-chairs-iowa-school-districts-new-way-to-skirt-covid-rules/) that students should be “getting up and walking around every 12-14 minutes in order to minimize consecutive time spent next to classmates. The 14-minute limit would allow most students to remain learning in-person even if someone in the classroom tests positive for COVID-19.” It’s a pandemic, and they’re fucking playing musical chairs to skirt guidance directives. This probably puts the children and the teachers in more danger. The districts in question are of course saying that isn’t why they’re doing this. They also aren’t saying why they think this will help. The current guidance is a quarantine is triggered for “individuals who had been within 6 feet for more for any 15 minutes with a positive case”, and specified that this meant 15 CONSECUTIVE minutes, not 15 spread across the course of a day. Anyone want to tell them that just because 14 minutes is a minute shorter than 15, it doesn’t mean you’re safe? ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/872 "2020-09-10T22:34:16Z")
Sounds like a great way for the students to maximize exposure to each other. 🙄 ---
**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:** [September 10, 2020, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/873 "2020-09-10T22:56:22Z")
Iowa, heartland, middle America, land of Steve King - ®(eprehensible). Had the good sense to replace him in a primary with someone less visibly racist. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/874 "2020-09-11T02:50:32Z")
Iowa, the latest hot zone. > **[819 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Iowa, including 53 in Johnson County; 20...](https://www.press-citizen.com/story/news/2020/09/10/iowa-covid-cases-deaths-coronavirus-update-testing-johnson-county/5769487002/)** > > A total of 683,209 Iowans have been tested for COVID-19 in the state, including 35,333 in Johnson County. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/875 "2020-09-11T03:55:11Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Anyone want to tell them that just because 14 minutes is a minute shorter than 15, it doesn’t mean you’re safe? So, if I’m understanding this, they’re safe for the first 14 minutes. But watch out for that 15th minute. It’s a killer. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2020, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/876 "2020-09-11T08:39:26Z")
They’ve extended the five-second rule to 15 minutes. Wow. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/877 "2020-09-11T12:08:36Z")
It would make more sense to have 56 minutes in the hour - just delete 3/6/9 & 12. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/878 "2020-09-11T14:30:19Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > it tends to be the pro-life nominee’s who pretend to not have an opinion umm, did we not, a few posts above this one, just have a discussion about this? ---
**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:** [September 11, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/879 "2020-09-11T17:44:42Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > It’s a pandemic, and they’re fucking playing musical chairs to skirt guidance directives. This probably puts the children and the teachers in more danger. Kind of reminds me of the anecdote about two golfers caught out on the course when it starts to rain. They run under a tree on the course and are dry for the moment. One of the golfers looks up, worried. “It’s raining pretty heavy. What’ll we do when it filters through the tree?” “We’ll just move to that other one over there.” ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/880 "2020-09-11T20:17:38Z")
Robert Mercer financed organization plans to dispatch “peaceful protesters” to vote counting centers to make sure they count the votes properly. > **[GOP Operative Says He's Building System to Dispatch Protesters Where Ballots...](https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/gop-operative-says-hes-building-system-to-dispatch-protesters-where-ballots-are-counted/)** > > Republican political operative Ali Alexander, who previously went by the name ​Ali Akbar, is floating the possibility of revamping a 2018 effort to ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/881 "2020-09-11T20:24:57Z")
People are calling police in Oregon to report Antifa starting the wildfires. The police are telling them to stop it. > **[Oregon Police Beg Public to Stop Calling In False Reports Blaming Antifa for...](https://theintercept.com/2020/09/10/oregon-police-beg-public-stop-calling-false-reports-blaming-antifa-wildfires/)** > > False claims that antifascists are starting forest fires have been spread by supporters of President Donald Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/882 "2020-09-11T21:40:27Z")
Within > **[Oregon Police Beg Public to Stop Calling In False Reports Blaming Antifa for...](https://theintercept.com/2020/09/10/oregon-police-beg-public-stop-calling-false-reports-blaming-antifa-wildfires/)** > > False claims that antifascists are starting forest fires have been spread by supporters of President Donald Trump. > One prominent Trump supporter who [spread](https://twitter.com/PJR4Senate/status/1303592773715546114) the false information about arrests in Douglas County, and has refused to retract it, is Paul Romero, who [finished second](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/19/us/elections/results-oregon-senate-primary-election.html) in the Oregon Republican primary for the U.S. Senate in May, with more than 100,000 votes. > ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/883 "2020-09-12T00:36:03Z")
I don’t know but I’ve been told _I don’t know but I’ve been told_ That Ted Cruz has no balls… > **[Ted Cruz buried in jokes about his anatomy as #TedCruzHasNoBalls trends...](https://www.rawstory.com/2020/09/ted-cruz-buried-in-jokes-about-his-anatomy-as-tedcruzhasnoballs-trends-nationwide-on-twitter/)** > > Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) was the butt of jokes on Friday as the hashtag "Ted Cruz has no balls" trended nationwide on Twitter.It started when the Texas Republican accused liberals of never growing balls.Unsurprisingly, many people in turn noted that Cruz... Ted Cruz: “A fair point. Many liberal males never grow balls…” > Unsurprisingly, many people in turn noted that Cruz has a subservient relationship with Donald Trump, who said his wife was ugly and suggested his father help assassinate President John F. Kennedy. Here’s some of what people were saying about Cruz > ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/884 "2020-09-12T00:45:34Z")
[quote=“GIGObuster, post:883, topic:911140, full:true”] > **Unsurprisingly, many people in turn noted that Cruz has a subservient relationship with Donald Trump,** who said his wife was ugly and suggested his father help assassinate President John F. Kennedy. Here’s some of what people were saying about Cruz No kidding. [![](https://www.washingtonpost.com/resizer/WATnJm5wLXnrg8RozSVYlkaDwwc=/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost/public/EYLQT5GRTM23LOTY55YHET3JVM.png) ](https://www.washingtonpost.com/resizer/WATnJm5wLXnrg8RozSVYlkaDwwc=/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost/public/EYLQT5GRTM23LOTY55YHET3JVM.png) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2020, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/885 "2020-09-12T00:45:46Z")
Mike Pence has only got one ball, Donnie has two but very small, Himmler’s were very sim’lar, And Ted Cruz has no balls at all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=43) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=45)