# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 4, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588 "2023-07-04T21:42:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 340
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6781 "2024-08-06T11:44:36Z")
How do you even define “foreign ownership”, anyway? The owners of most of this land probably aren’t Chinese citizens. They probably aren’t citizens of any nation, because they’re probably corporations. What if it’s one corporation owned by another corporation owned by another corporation? What if a group of businessmen in Beijing established a company in Delaware? What if it started off as a completely American corporation, but then did an IPO, and all, or a majority, of the shares happened to be bought by Chinese people? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6782 "2024-08-06T11:50:41Z")
Not sure if there’s a better thread for this, but Legal Eagle (and Liz Dye) just released a video on Project 2025. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bQcL0t73O5Y/maxresdefault.jpg "Project 2025: A Hellish Legal Vision For America ft. Liz Dye") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQcL0t73O5Y) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6783 "2024-08-06T12:24:42Z")
The other day, the Cleveland Plain Dealer had an op/ed saying “Don’t believe all the scares about Project 2025”, and then listed some of the things in it. Gee, huh, if you’re only listing three or four of the items in it, it’s possible to find ones that don’t seem so scary. Who’d have thunk it? ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6784 "2024-08-06T12:28:45Z")
Are there any items in Project 2025 that aren’t scary? ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6785 "2024-08-06T12:37:16Z")
The font’s not bad. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6786 "2024-08-06T12:39:12Z")
I’m now toying with the idea of sending them E-mail complaining about their use of Arabic numerals. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6787 "2024-08-06T14:27:07Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#): > > The font’s not bad. Are you kidding. They used comic sans. If that isn’t evil, I don’t know what is! ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6788 "2024-08-06T14:34:51Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > The other day, the Cleveland Plain Dealer had an op/ed saying “Don’t believe all the scares about Project 2025”, and then listed some of the things in it. Gee, huh, if you’re only listing three or four of the items in it, it’s possible to find ones that don’t seem so scary. Who’d have thunk it? Also don’t believe all the media’s scare tactics about _Texas Chainsaw Massacre_. It’s a film about some friends going on a road trip, \ and a woman laughing. (Actually I forgot; a woman’s laughter \*is\* now apparently scary to the RW). ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6789 "2024-08-06T14:46:48Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > > [@Railer13](#): > > > > The ruby-red Kansas state legislature passed a bill which would have prohibited ownership of non-residential property within 100 miles of any military installation by foreign nationals from China, Cuba, Iraq, North Korea and Venezuela. > > Russians are welcome though. > > All-_Righty_-then. Red state, after all. Dan ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6790 "2024-08-06T15:05:56Z")
This is the guy who won the primaries for U.S. Senator, not the GOP equivalent of a LaRouche no-hoper running for the General Assembly. 😲 Part of me wants to laugh, but part of me says “This is how you get from now to Handmaid’s Tale in less than a decade if Trump wins.” Witch is always shorthand for “women who are bold or outspoken in ways we don’t approve of.” ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6791 "2024-08-06T15:18:01Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder > [GOP Weirdo Vows To Protect Virginia From Witches](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d9yyk-Mwu4) > > It all makes sense, now! Childless cat ladies are really witches! Hey! I represent that remark! (Well, not the cat part - I have a parrot, not a cat. Does that still count?) ---
**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:** [August 6, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6792 "2024-08-06T15:24:30Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > I have a parrot, not a cat. Does that still count? No! Parrots make you pirates, come on, this is basic stuff! ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6793 "2024-08-06T15:27:28Z")
[From wikipedia:](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Familiar) > Familiar spirits were most commonly small animals, such as cats, rats, dogs, ferrets, **birds** , frogs, toads, and hares. Bolding mine. But do you weigh the same as a duck? ---
**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:** [August 6, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6794 "2024-08-06T15:49:24Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > (Well, not the cat part - I have a parrot, not a cat. Does that still count?) Do you use the parrot as a hotline to Satan? If so, yes. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6795 "2024-08-06T17:44:58Z")
“Beelzebub want a cracker?” ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6796 "2024-08-06T19:24:23Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > > [@dasmoocher](#): > > > > It all makes sense, now! Childless cat ladies are really witches! > > Hey! I represent that remark! > > (Well, not the cat part - I have a parrot, not a cat. Does that still count?) Is it your familiar? Then yes. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2024, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6797 "2024-08-06T19:48:30Z")
It was a fat parrot, for it flies around at night while she sleeps, plucking the souls out of Republicans. It has been losing weight of late, though, as the pickings have become sparse. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6798 "2024-08-06T19:56:31Z")
Eh, the rules for parrots as familiars weren’t even introduced until Stormwrack. ---
**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:** [August 6, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6799 "2024-08-06T20:06:28Z")
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> [@Railer13](#): > > Actually, nowadays Jayhawkers are coming across the border to buy drugs, as pot is legal in Missouri but not in Kansas. In return, we Show Me folks drive over to Kansas for sports betting - I’m guessing the tax revenue comes close to zeroing out. Somewhat related anecdote: A month or so ago, I was walking and had a couple in a car stop and ask me how to get to Kansas. Being fairly close to the border, I asked him where in Kansas so that I could give him the best route. He didn’t care - he labeled himself a degenerate gambler and just needed to get across the state line so the app on his phone would register as being in Kansas and he could place a bet. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=339) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=341)