# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 7, 2022, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018 "2022-02-07T00:52:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 104
**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:** [May 17, 2022, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2062 "2022-05-17T01:23:25Z")
Florida Man arrested for repeatedly calling 911 demanding they arrest Joe Biden. > **[Florida Man Arrested After Repeatedly Asking 911 To Arrest Joe Biden](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jacob-philbeck-arrest-911-arrest-joe-biden_n_6282aa68e4b050d951956472)** > > Jacob Philbeck called 911 three times in one hour asking that “President Biden needed to be placed in prison,” and “El Chapo needed to be freed.” ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2063 "2022-05-17T01:28:21Z")
The cryptocurrency endorsed by the mayor of Miami has lost 95% of its value. > **[Francis Suarez backed MiamiCoin—and then it lost nearly all of its value](https://qz.com/2165639/miamis-mayor-backed-miamicoin-then-its-price-dropped-95-percent)** > > MiamiCoin has generated money for Miami but lost 95% of its value in the process ---
**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:** [May 17, 2022, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2064 "2022-05-17T01:50:01Z")
I’ve said else-Web that cryptocurrency and NFTs struck me as a case of The Emperor’s New Clothes, and this story only reinforces that judgement. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2065 "2022-05-17T03:24:16Z")
Fox News hosted a Karen who is suing a school district, claiming her biracial son won’t do his chores because of Critical Race Theory. > ---
**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:** [May 17, 2022, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2066 "2022-05-17T08:32:12Z")
Yes, that is the only possible explanation for a teenaged boy not being willing to do household chores. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2022, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2067 "2022-05-17T09:04:43Z")
WTF Dr. Oz… (video clip in tweet) > ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2068 "2022-05-17T11:08:55Z")
Mmmm, (smack), ohhhhh, (slurp), DOCTOR OZZZZZZZ!!! ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2069 "2022-05-17T11:14:19Z")
Gawd, what a nightmare that would be. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2070 "2022-05-17T11:16:23Z")
> [@](#): > > Oz: When you go to bed at night, put your head on that soft pillow, you’ll know Oz will be doing exactly what you want him to do if you were there next to him Not struggling while I smother him with the pillow? ---
**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:** [May 17, 2022, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2071 "2022-05-17T11:34:25Z")
Is this the way he talks on his show? I get the impression that’s how he appeals to his audience of middle-aged housewives who have little romance left in their lives. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2022, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2072 "2022-05-17T12:14:43Z")
Critical Race Theory: The theory that every race is critical, so vote in all of them! > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > “Even fundamental scientific truths, such as the existence of two sexes - male and female - are subject to challenge these days.” If she’d have used scare quotes, she’d have been correct, to a point. Or just said “What we once considered”. But no, she had to get in her martyr miles. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2022, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2073 "2022-05-17T14:06:51Z")
_Whose_ pillow? ---
**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:** [May 17, 2022, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2074 "2022-05-17T14:36:13Z")
Dirtypillows? ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2075 "2022-05-17T15:12:20Z")
What’s El Chapo got to do with it? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2022, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2076 "2022-05-17T15:45:09Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > _Whose_ pillow? MyPillow, of course. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2077 "2022-05-17T15:56:48Z")
> [@Toxgoddess](#): > > What’s El Chapo got to do with it? “If the government hates him, he can’t be _all_ bad!” ---
**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:** [May 17, 2022, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2078 "2022-05-17T17:33:27Z")
Laura Ingraham wants people to think that Republicans are the real victims of the Buffalo shooting. > **[Ingraham Names 'The Real Accomplices' In Buffalo Shooting And We Can't Even](https://www.yahoo.com/news/laura-ingraham-names-real-accomplices-112916464.html)** > > The Fox News host was all over the place in her hot take on the racist massacre that killed 10 in a New York state supermarket. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2079 "2022-05-17T17:38:38Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Laura Ingraham wants people to think that Republicans are the real victims of the Buffalo shooting. What’s that old saying? Get off the cross, someone else needs the wood? ---
**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:** [May 17, 2022, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2080 "2022-05-17T19:26:12Z")
Fox aired an interview with a white woman who is suing her black son’s school because he refuses to do his chores because of critical race theory. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2081 "2022-05-17T21:34:28Z")
Yep. Every other kid in the country has done chores uncomplainingly up until now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=103) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=105)