# 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:** 79
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1562 "2022-04-18T13:16:15Z")
The gentrification of Asheville is expanding south to Hendo. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1563 "2022-04-18T18:40:16Z")
Charging station? You mean that’s not a 3D printer designed to add inches onto their millimeters? You know the motto: “Turning Ken into Men”? It’s not the ‘Ye Old Tea-Bag Tanning Salon’ featuring ‘Tool and Dye’? (“Hey, Ron… why is your junk dripping like Giuliani…?” ) ---
**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:** [April 18, 2022, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1564 "2022-04-18T20:03:09Z")
Donnie Jr. posted a picture of armed Easter bunnies to celebrate Easter. > **[Donald Trump Jr. Posts Pic Of Armed Easter Bunnies; Twitter Critics Go Ballistic](https://news.yahoo.com/donald-trump-jr-posts-pic-041650240.html)** > > After a weekend of deadly mass shootings, Donald Trump Jr. uses bunnies brandishing automatic weapons for his Easter greeting. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2022, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1565 "2022-04-18T20:04:54Z")
Junior is just the _worst_. Seriously, fuck him. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2022, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1566 "2022-04-18T20:24:03Z")
I’m not sure that Junior thought this through. As an [avid hunter](https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/list-of-donald-trump-jr-s-shameful-hunting-escapades-around-the-world/) does he want his prey in the position of being able to return fire? ---
**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:** [April 18, 2022, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1567 "2022-04-18T21:32:12Z")
There is — or was — a parody of the “Deer Hunter” game called “Deer Avenger” (tagline: “Goodbye Bambi, hello Bambo!”). Among my favorite lures: - “Viagra! Getcher Viagra here!” - (Female voice) “Help! I’m naked … and I have a pizza.” ---
**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:** [April 18, 2022, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1568 "2022-04-18T21:36:17Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > I’m not sure that Junior thought this through. > > As an [avid hunter](https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/list-of-donald-trump-jr-s-shameful-hunting-escapades-around-the-world/) does he want his prey in the position of **being able to return fire**? - He would complain it was unfair. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2022, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1569 "2022-04-18T21:48:19Z")
In re states banning textbooks and mention of certain topics: Indiana got some pushback from academic power-center The College Board, which administers the AP (Advanced Placement) program: > [@](#): > > …In a section titled “What AP Stands For” on its website, AP writes that it “opposes censorship.” > > “AP is animated by a deep respect for the intellectual freedom of teachers and students alike,” the statement reads. "If a school bans required topics from their AP courses, the AP Program removes the AP designation from that course and its inclusion in the AP Course Ledger provided to colleges and universities. > > “For example, the concepts of evolution are at the heart of college biology, and a course that neglects such concepts does not pass muster as AP Biology.” > > Goldberg did not comment on whether schools in states like Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, New Hampshire, Oklahoma and Tennessee, which have passed bills banning teaching about race, could potentially lose AP designation in subjects like English or history for not teaching the required topics in an AP course. … So no matter how much banning words and textbooks may be catnip to Indiana Republican politicians, if they do it they will have to face the wrath of parents whose kids can no longer get into elite colleges and universities. Other states may also be hearing from the College Board. (Look for that organization to be joining Disney and NPR on the right-wing Villains List…) > **[High schools could lose AP classes if they ban ‘required topics’ from being...](https://www.today.com/parents/parents/high-schools-lose-ap-classes-banning-required-topics-rcna18813)** > > The College Board says schools that fail to teach topics outlined by the Advanced Placement program could lose AP designation for those classes. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1570 "2022-04-18T22:08:34Z")
So… the shoe-store guy pops off caps in a blind rage… shoots a 9-year old girl sitting in the Easter Bunny’s lap… and that greasy coked-up A-hole thinks that the lesson to be learned is that the Easter Bunny in that mall should have had an Assault Weapon!? That guy deserves an Easter Egg or two to the face… ---
**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:** [April 18, 2022, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1571 "2022-04-18T22:12:50Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Donnie Jr. posted a picture of armed Easter bunnies to celebrate Easter. Looking at that pic on Twit, I saw this remark (back on the topic of banning math books): > ---
**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:** [April 18, 2022, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1572 "2022-04-18T22:50:06Z")
Qevin MqQarthy, whose party refused to send weapons to Ukraine, is complaining that Biden should have sent weapons to Ukraine sooner, because it would have prevented Putin from attacking. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2022, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1573 "2022-04-18T23:10:44Z")
> **[Mask Mandates For Air Travel And Public Transportation Voided By Federal Judge](https://jalopnik.com/mask-mandates-for-air-travel-and-public-transportation-1848807896)** > > "The court must hold unlawful and set aside the mask mandate as an agency action that is not in accordance with law." Trump appointee aaaannnd… “The American Bar Association (ABA) rated Mizelle “ **Not Qualified” by a majority and “Qualified” by a minority** of the Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary to serve as a federal trial court judge, noting that “Since her admission to the bar Ms. Mizelle has not tried a case, civil or criminal, as lead or co-counsel. …” Shocking, huh? Husband was/is a Dumpsterfire campaign worker. And she was 33 at time of appointment. The white geezers in the Federalist Society must have soaked their pants over this 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:** [April 18, 2022, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1574 "2022-04-18T23:32:57Z")
I am inclined to cut Donnie slack. How did you think he’d turn out being raised by his dad? ---
**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:** [April 19, 2022, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1575 "2022-04-19T02:05:02Z")
The judge was appointed after the Individual 1 election loss. She is a member of the Federalist Society… The Bar Association adjudged her unqualified.’ ---
**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:** [April 19, 2022, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1576 "2022-04-19T09:11:08Z")
(Quoting Ronna McDaniel) > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > we are going to find newer, better debate platforms With blackjack! And hookers! ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1577 "2022-04-19T13:17:15Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > With blackjack! And hookers! Makes you wonder what’s next on their platform: the right to blackjack hookers…? ---
**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:** [April 19, 2022, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1578 "2022-04-19T13:28:24Z")
The inevitable remix setting Tucks’ trailer to “YMCA”: > ---
**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:** [April 19, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1579 "2022-04-19T14:24:02Z")
Fox News host Jesse Watters admitted on-air, for the first time, that when he was trying to get his current wife to date him, he let the air out of her tires so she’d be forced to let him give her a ride. (He was married to someone else at the time, and this is the first time even his _wife_ has heard this story). Of course, his co-hosts on _The Five_ ate it up, though one of them at least had the decency to say he reminds him of the Zodiac Killer. > **[Fox News host Jesse Watters says he let air out of colleague’s tires so he...](https://www.nydailynews.com/snyde/ny-jesse-water-fox-news-emma-air-out-of-tires-20220418-47n33bqzwnaoxfauz3olbuzbbu-story.html?fbclid=IwAR32HtBzdKru_IXP_aRIGBXuzCJdl8E8d0edljNgH5eC7LSt35qRH78YBEE)** > > Watter's frequently complains about inflation on his show ---
**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:** [April 19, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1580 "2022-04-19T16:54:18Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > he reminds him of the Zodiac Killer. With as often as Ted Cruz has been on the show I’d hope so! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1581 "2022-04-19T17:46:56Z")
> [@](#): > > The approved list followed a thorough review of submissions at the Department, which found 41 percent of the submitted textbooks were impermissible with either Florida’s new standards or contained prohibited topics They’re worried that trigonometry textbooks will lead the kids to sin. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=78) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=80)