# 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:** 268
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5342 "2022-10-18T19:46:40Z")
My daffy right-wing conspiracy-theorist landlord has (he thinks) disabled all the tracking functions on his phone in an effort to prevent the government from spying on him. I had to bluntly tell him, “Quite frankly… you’re not that important.” ---
**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:** [October 18, 2022, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5343 "2022-10-18T19:59:02Z")
Tell him to measure down 2 inches from the top, 1.5 inches from the right, and drive a nail into it at that location. That’s the only way to disable _all_ the trackers. ---
**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 18, 2022, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5344 "2022-10-18T20:48:32Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Like voting to replace the school principal with a dog to prove a point, but now the place is in shambles because the dog doesn’t know he needs to hire a plumber to fix the broken lateral and the basement is filling with sewerage. [There’s a horse loose in a hospital.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhkZMxgPxXU) (Jack Mulaney) ---
**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:** [October 18, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5345 "2022-10-18T20:59:54Z")
You mean on his head, right? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5346 "2022-10-18T21:14:20Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Newsmax anchor claims that Impossible burgers contain Bill Gates’s microchips. Today’s episode of insane disinformation was made possible with a generous grant from the beef industry. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5347 "2022-10-18T21:26:43Z")
I’ve come to the conclusion that the erstwhile staff of the [Weekly World News](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weekly_World_News) has been retained to craft GQP memes and talking points. I would not be surprised to hear that Biden is actually Bat Boy in disguise. ---
**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 18, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5348 "2022-10-18T21:33:13Z")
HEY! Spoilers, dude! ---
**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:** [October 18, 2022, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5349 "2022-10-18T21:55:18Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Newsmax anchor claims that Impossible burgers contain Bill Gates’s microchips. “Hello, Dominion Voting Systems? I’m an assistant VP for PR at Impossible Foods. When your lawyers finish up your case, we’ve got another job offer for them…” ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5350 "2022-10-18T22:38:57Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > “Hello, Dominion Voting Systems? I’m an assistant VP for PR at Impossible Foods. When your lawyers finish up your case, we’ve got another job offer for them…” Or those Smartmatic chumps might beat them to it. > [@DesertDog](#): > > [There’s a horse loose in a hospital.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhkZMxgPxXU) (Jack Mulaney) What’s with all this obscure [horse-in-the-hospital](https://youtu.be/yzmzlBoUfV0?list=PLa7DwXF9n16GSECLv_P4aZgRAmn2clFZv&t=23) shite? ---
**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:** [October 18, 2022, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5351 "2022-10-18T23:27:28Z")
It’s basically the same idea as a bull in a china shop, except instead of broken plates, people die. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2022, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5352 "2022-10-19T00:12:23Z")
Idaho wants to ban drag queens. > **[Bill prohibiting public drag performances to be introduced in upcoming Idaho...](https://www.rawstory.com/bill-prohibiting-public-drag-performances-to-be-introduced-in-upcoming-idaho-legislative-session/)** > > A bill that would ban drag performances in all public venues will be introduced in the first days of the next session of the Idaho Legislature in January, Idaho Family Policy Center President Blaine Conzatti told the Idaho Capital Sun. > > Conzatti and... ---
**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 19, 2022, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5353 "2022-10-19T00:33:15Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Idaho wants to ban drag queens. Okay, I’m torn between asking them to actually define “Drag Queen” in a legal sense, so I know exactly how to dress up to circumvent that, or noting their justification for this is: > citing a section of the Idaho Constitution that states the first concern of all good government is the virtue **and sobriety** of the people and the purity of the home. …and starting “Drunk Uncle Storytime” shows at the local library. Let’s see how serious they _really_ are about “sobriety”. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5354 "2022-10-19T00:37:18Z")
C’mon, we all already know this law is going to be written in a way that prohibits both kilts and pants suits while allowing men to wear bras and women to wear jock-straps. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2022, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5355 "2022-10-19T00:44:53Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > It’s basically the same idea as a bull in a china shop, except instead of broken plates, people die. - You were saying? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/unXVAfbA_xs/maxresdefault.jpg "Mythbusters Bull in a China Shop") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unXVAfbA_xs) ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5356 "2022-10-19T03:13:49Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > You were saying? Well, what I’d say is that most actual china shops probably don’t have individual shelves carefully spaced more than one bull-width apart, with lots of room at the end of the “aisles” for turning. The layout in your Mythbusters video is not so much a china shop as a set of spacious supermarket-type aisles in an open-air corral devoid of panicky screaming humans, which is probably a pretty different environment from what a bull suddenly introduced into a real china shop would encounter. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2022, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5357 "2022-10-19T04:14:17Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > My daffy right-wing conspiracy-theorist landlord has (he thinks) disabled all the tracking functions on his phone in an effort to prevent the government from spying on him. Then how does he send and receive calls and texts? ---
**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:** [October 19, 2022, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5358 "2022-10-19T04:21:24Z")
Fox is upset that Biden eats ice cream cones. > **[Fox Host Says Biden Eating Ice Cream Is ‘Too Casual’](https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-host-jesse-watters-says-joe-biden-eating-ice-cream-is-too-casual)** > > Jesse Watters listed a bizarre set of ice cream-eating rules for the President of the United States, who, like Obama, wore a tan suit while on the job. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2022, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5359 "2022-10-19T04:26:25Z")
Did Mr. Watters ever call out TFG for taking 3-day golfing weekends every week? Or for saying he got 2 scoops of ice cream but every one else was only allowed one? ---
**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 19, 2022, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5360 "2022-10-19T05:11:39Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Fox is upset that Biden eats ice cream cones. Well, they’re not wrong. Don’t you remember that fine dining experience his predecessor had for Clemson? [![](https://www.chicagotribune.com/resizer/tEsA-tdzJTawfY5hxaAN4HjQYGU=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/www.trbimg.com/img-5c3dee50/turbine/ct-1547562570-axe55jiir9-snap-image) ](https://www.chicagotribune.com/resizer/tEsA-tdzJTawfY5hxaAN4HjQYGU=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/www.trbimg.com/img-5c3dee50/turbine/ct-1547562570-axe55jiir9-snap-image) ---
**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:** [October 19, 2022, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5361 "2022-10-19T05:37:38Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Fox is upset that Biden eats ice cream cones. Dark Brandon strikes again! [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FZ8OF5OUsAAfVAf?format=jpg&name=large) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FZ8OF5OUsAAfVAf?format=jpg&name=large) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=267) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=269)