# 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:** 461
**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:** [December 31, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9238 "2021-12-31T16:30:58Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Ahhh, but what about the day when they auction off Donald’s very heart. (Presumably he will be dead by then, but don’t count on it. He could sell the rights while he’s still alive.) Just his heart? Let’s go [full Ferengi](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Ferengi_death_ritual) on him. > The process following death of a Ferengi could be best summarized by [Odo](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Odo), who found " _the Ferengi ritual of chopping up their loved ones and selling them [to be] irresistible._ " Odo explained to Quark, in [2370](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/2370), that he found it to be " _a fitting and distinguished way to honor the memory of great Ferengi [entrepreneurs](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Entrepreneur)._ " ([DS9](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Trek:_Deep_Space_Nine): “[Melora](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Melora_(episode))”, “[The Alternate](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Alternate_(episode))”) > > A more notable aspect of Ferengi death rituals happened between the chopping up and selling pieces of the body, where the [remains](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Remains) were immediately [vacuum-desiccated](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Vacuum-desiccated), then divided into fifty-two disks, each disk typically marked with the [Ferengi Seal of Dismemberment](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Ferengi_Seal_of_Dismemberment). ([DS9](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Trek:_Deep_Space_Nine): “[The Nagus](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Nagus_(episode))”, “[The Alternate](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Alternate_(episode))”, “[Body Parts](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Body_Parts_(episode))”) In addition to localized sales, one could always sell the desiccated remains of their corpse on the [Ferengi Futures Exchange](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Ferengi_Futures_Exchange). ([DS9](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Star_Trek:_Deep_Space_Nine): “[Body Parts](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Body_Parts_(episode))”) ---
**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:** [December 31, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9239 "2021-12-31T16:39:43Z")
Hmmmm…….or was it a threat? Does she have something on the Traitor Tot? A video, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9240 "2021-12-31T16:57:07Z")
I thought (could certainly be wrong though) that Epstein took a lot of videos of his ‘parties’. IF they existed they seemed to disappear. Why did it take so long for the FBI to search his private island? The one where he flew girls on his personal jet. Nicknamed the Lolita Express. But I’m getting into CT stuff here. ---
**Author:** ![lum\_s\_husband](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lum_s_husband/32/3698_2.png) [@lum\_s\_husband](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lum_s_husband)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9241 "2021-12-31T16:59:40Z")
Trump’s heart is the original NFT. ---
**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:** [December 31, 2021, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9242 "2021-12-31T17:03:40Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > I can make them remove any book that doesn’t meet my own specifications? Start with the Bible - that will cause heads to explode. ---
**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:** [December 31, 2021, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9243 "2021-12-31T17:11:35Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Many of them also forbid couples to have sex standing up because it could _lead to_ dancing… One of my favorite jokes - a couple goes to their minister to find out what types of sex are OK. You can build it up to a near “aristocrat’s!” level (all of which pass muster, keeping it between the couple only), and then have them ask about standing up . . . ---
**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:** [December 31, 2021, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9244 "2021-12-31T17:19:05Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > But I’m getting into CT stuff here. Except that there actually _was_ a conspiracy to procure underage girls for the purpose of sexually abusing them. There are rails you could go off and rabbit holes you could go down that may be unproductive, but just noting that it is a conspiracy theory, in this case, is not really enough to dismiss it. Personally, I think that Epstein’s entire business model was to take people out on a luxury vacation, get them a bit liquored (or drugged) up, and then surprise them later with compromising photos of them with underage girls, blackmailing them into giving him favorable terms. Sure, it’s a conspiracy theory, but I don’t think it’s very far fetched. It’s certainly no 9/11 truther level, anyway. ---
**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:** [December 31, 2021, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9245 "2021-12-31T17:20:29Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > a couple goes to their minister to find out what types of sex are OK. You can build it up to a near “aristocrat’s!” level (all of which pass muster, keeping it between the couple only), and then have them ask about standing up I wonder if we can get Bob Saget to do that one. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9246 "2021-12-31T17:45:28Z")
There are real conspiracies, but they’re plausible. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2021, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9247 "2021-12-31T18:27:07Z")
And whose father was rumored to have assaulted a young girl himself. ---
**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:** [December 31, 2021, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9248 "2021-12-31T20:31:00Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > > [@SunUp](#): > > > > Many of them also forbid couples to have sex standing up because it could _lead to_ dancing… > > One of my favorite jokes - a couple goes to their minister to find out what types of sex are OK. You can build it up to a near “aristocrat’s!” level (all of which pass muster, keeping it between the couple only), and then have them ask about standing up . . . … and what about with our son? [minister gives them a look of confounded disbelief] Obviously, if your wife does that it is just lessons; if you do that it is called “discipline”. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2022, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9249 "2022-01-01T02:02:05Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > And why hasn’t anyone mentioned ( at least not that I’ve seen ) the ironic fact that Ted Cruz’s is an evangelical Christian, and many evangelical and fundamentalist churches forbid social dancing. Ted Cruz has apparently learned well the lesson that The Base punishes consistency. Punishes it hard. ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9250 "2022-01-01T03:18:19Z")
I just wanted to note that the bit about morons… okay “lunatics” is from Blazing Saddles. This: ["You know....morons" - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHqL7dNujNc) From here in Iowa I still don’t understand why so many “get” The Music Man to the point it is on the “approved” list but they never looked at Trump and went “nope”. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2022, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9251 "2022-01-01T04:40:10Z")
Because they are smart and never be bamboozled by a current-day Harold Hill. T\*\*\*\* is the real deal. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9252 "2022-01-01T05:10:38Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > > [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > > > I can make them remove any book that doesn’t meet my own specifications?   > > Start with the Bible - that will cause heads to explode.   See [Post # 9161 (or 9198 depending which number you look at)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/911140/9198), above. > [@Senegoid](#): > > Let’s all go down to Oklahoma and ban all the Bibles! So much lurid and licentious sex! Adam knew Eve, repeatedly, in all the glorious Penthouse detail (Gen. 4-1, 4-25)! Cain gets some booty too (Gen. 4-17)! ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9253 "2022-01-01T06:25:30Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Junior thinks that Ghislaine Maxwell will suffer the same fate as Epstein. On this one, he may be right. She knows a lot of shit and someone might fear she will talk to save herself. ---
**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:** [January 1, 2022, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9254 "2022-01-01T06:27:01Z")
The Governor of Missouri is still trying to get a journalist charged with hacking for looking at a state website’s code. > **[The governor of Missouri still doesn’t know how websites work](https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/31/22861188/missouri-governor-mike-parson-hack-website-source-code)** > > According to him looking at website source code is a crime ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9255 "2022-01-01T15:59:55Z")
“Yeah, I know we’re suing you to overturn the mandates that might save lives, but in the meantime could you send more doctors and medicine?” > **[Governor Abbott, TDEM, DSHS Request Federally-Supported COVID-19 Testing...](https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-tdem-dshs-request-federally-supported-covid-19-testing-sites-medical-personnel-increased-monoclonal-antibody-allocations)** ---
**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:** [January 1, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9256 "2022-01-01T16:02:04Z")
Also mentioned here: > [@Screw Greg Abbott {Texas Governor}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/screw-greg-abbott/934141/402): > > What trickery is this? Abbott requests help from Biden’s gummint? thinking Requesting help from an illegitimate government for tests and treatment for an imaginary hoax of a disease? exploding_head Ahhh… here’s the barb: Abbott is also asking for more shipments of monoclonal antibody treatments, saying that “the Biden administration has cut supplies of monoclonal antibody treatments and testing kits when they are needed most.” Greg is blaming Joe for the uptick in cases (of the imagi… ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2022, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/9257 "2022-01-01T16:03:46Z")
Oh, yes, my bad. Didn’t see that thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=460) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=462)