# 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:** 320
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2022, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6386 "2022-12-20T22:22:54Z")
> [@am77494](#): > > Vajra shares the same Proto-Indo-European root as Vasara (meaning hammer in Finnish) > > **Ukon-Vasara** , is the symbol and magical weapon of the [Finnish](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland) thunder god [Ukko](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukko), Late to the party here, and CalMeacham has already clarified the iconography of the vajra or thunderbolt of Indra, but I gotta nitpick: Finnish is not an Indo-European language, being in the very distinct Finno-Ugric language family, along with Estonian, Hungarian, and others. The hypothesis AFAICT is that Proto-Finno-Uralic \*_vaśara_ was a borrowing of Proto-Indo-Iranian \* _wáȷ́ras_, descended from the Proto-IE root \*\*weg’\*. So yeah, Finnish vasara and Sanskrit vajra are linguistically cognate and share the same root, but that’s because vasara is descended from an Indo-European loanword. Other than this sort of “adoption”, there is AFAIK no attested common ancestry of any Finno-Ugric and Indo-European words. Although some linguists espouse the controversial hypothesis of an “Indo-Uralic” family that would contain a common ancestor of all of them. Apologies for continuing a digression on another subject that is neither Republican nor stupid! 🙂 ---
**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:** [December 20, 2022, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6387 "2022-12-20T22:54:45Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Republican’s bigoted viewpoint that clumps all non-JudeoChristian religions as “other”. Other? Did you mean ‘lies from the Pit of Hell’ and ‘worshiping Satan’? And that goes double for those folks that think the Old Testament doesn’t have a sequel. ---
**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:** [December 20, 2022, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6388 "2022-12-20T23:23:24Z")
> [@am77494](#): > > So it is okay for celebrating Thor’s stories where the hammer plays a big part, but a Vajra wielding character becomes - “one of those religions.” ? You misinterpret my meaning. I was saying that the MAGA fanboys who adore Musk would be upset to see him dabbling with an eastern religion. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6389 "2022-12-21T00:11:38Z")
But on the bright side, I’m now totally in love with you. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6390 "2022-12-21T00:12:32Z")
Mwah! 🥰 😄 ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6391 "2022-12-21T00:16:27Z")
**swoon** Talk more about Finno-Ugric! Not since my diachronic and synchronic linguistics class using Raimo Anttila’s text with Finnish examples have I been this happy! ---
**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:** [December 21, 2022, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6392 "2022-12-21T00:39:13Z")
Damn, I love this board… ---
**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:** [December 21, 2022, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6393 "2022-12-21T02:17:58Z")
> Hmm… I wonder why that could be. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2022, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6394 "2022-12-21T02:34:25Z")
GOP: "Let’s try to get this up to 90%, mkay? We need more serfs. > ---
**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:** [December 21, 2022, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6395 "2022-12-21T02:58:15Z")
Well, if they’d let immigrants in, that would be all the serfs any fiefdom would ever need. No menial tasks left undone. But _no_… ---
**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:** [December 21, 2022, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6396 "2022-12-21T03:31:07Z")
Where is this 60% in the scheme of things? A single data point floating in a XKCD comic? Is 60% good? Or better? Or worse? A trend? Seems like a ketchup splat on a wall. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2022, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6397 "2022-12-21T03:37:41Z")
Some good news after a Republican tried to shaft the players. > **[NFL hopeful and Army star Andre Carter II CAN DEFER military service](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/nfl/article-11558511/NFL-Draft-hopeful-Army-linebacker-Andre-Carter-II-DEFER-military-service-Congress-says.html)** > > Star Army linebacker Andre Carter II will be eligible for the 2023 NFL draft thanks to some year-end legislation formally filed Tuesday morning. The West Point star will be able to defer military service. In a rare display of bipartisanship, a clause will be inserted in legislation to allow current players in the service academies to defer service and play right away (only applies to a few) if drafted or make a team in training camp. A Republican had eliminated this opportunity with a deep footnote in a recent bill. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2022, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6398 "2022-12-21T04:57:03Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Some good news after a Republican tried to shaft the players. > > [NFL Draft hopeful and Army linebacker Andre Carter II CAN DEFER military service, Congress says | Daily Mail Online](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/nfl/article-11558511/NFL-Draft-hopeful-Army-linebacker-Andre-Carter-II-DEFER-military-service-Congress-says.html) > > In a rare display of bipartisanship, a clause will be inserted in legislation to allow current players in the service academies to defer service and play right away (only applies to a few) if drafted or make a team in training camp. A Republican had eliminated this opportunity with a deep footnote in a recent bill. How is he any better than Roger Staubach? ---
**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 21, 2022, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6399 "2022-12-21T11:34:04Z")
Serf’n USA? ---
**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 21, 2022, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6400 "2022-12-21T11:36:22Z")
As a followup to that nincompoop-[Her nephew was invited to the White House for the signing of the Act.](https://www.glaad.org/blog/andrew-hartzler-utilizes-storytelling-end-religious-extremism-and-conversion-therapy-one-tiktok) ---
**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 21, 2022, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6401 "2022-12-21T13:14:53Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > And that goes double for those folks that think the Old Testament doesn’t have a sequel. But, the sequel doesn’t have a sequel, of course. Or maybe it does - how do the evangelicals feel about the LDS/Mormon’s these days? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6402 "2022-12-21T13:16:10Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > But, the sequel doesn’t have a sequel, of course. Or maybe it does - how do the evangelicals feel about the …really thought you were going to say “Koran” there. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2022, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6403 "2022-12-21T13:46:30Z")
The Koran isn’t so much as sequel as it is a reboot. ---
**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 21, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6404 "2022-12-21T13:51:29Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > …really thought you were going to say “Koran” there. Well, I was trying to imply there are two sequels. The Koran obviously isn’t in canon, but the Book of Mormon might be these days (or at least tolerated fan-fic) ---
**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:** [December 21, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/6405 "2022-12-21T19:12:34Z")
Pillow Guy now wants to challenge the election of DeSantis in Florida. Even though his attorney advised him not to talk about it. To which I say “Go, Mike, go!” > **[Mike Lindell cut off mid-sentence by his own attorney during interview](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pro-trump-conspiracist-mike-lindell-cut-off-mid-sentence-by-his-own-attorney-during-interview/ar-AA15w2O3?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=27d9b1d1ba1b4ada8b116017d82f6989)** > > Lindell urged by attorney to stop talking during broadcast [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=319) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=321)