# 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:** 352
**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:** [August 13, 2024, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7021 "2024-08-13T00:34:19Z")
> [@](#): > > Since then, scientists have consistently succeeded in training goldfish on memory- and perception-related exercises, teaching them to do everything from [recognizing human faces](https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2016-06-07-fish-can-recognise-human-faces-new-research-shows) to even [driving a makeshift robotic car](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0166432821005994?dgcid=author#fig0005). This is how you end up with sharks with lasers. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7022 "2024-08-13T00:48:52Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > Though these popular pets have a reputation for being short on brainpower, new research shows goldfish have memories that can last for weeks, or even months. Somebody tell Ted Lasso. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7023 "2024-08-13T00:53:16Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > This is how you end up with sharks with lasers. In Elon Musk’s secret laboratory. I’m curious, though. Could a goldfish tell the difference between Marla Maples and E Jean Carroll? Trump couldn’t. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2024, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7024 "2024-08-13T01:23:36Z")
Man you lying libs. BLM burns the city of Bowling Green to the ground every year in between massacring all of it’s White people. ---
**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 13, 2024, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7025 "2024-08-13T10:28:58Z")
It’s true. What I don’t understand is why all the white people move there after each massacre. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2024, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7026 "2024-08-13T14:10:38Z")
Not to mention Portland, San Francisco and Seattle. Any image you see that purports to come from any of those places is as fake as the “crowd” at Harris’s Detroit airport appearance. ---
**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 13, 2024, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7027 "2024-08-13T14:44:25Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#): > > What I don’t understand is why all the white people move there after each massacre. Well, if you’re looking to bowl on the green, there’s no better place. Sometimes you have to put up with a little massacring if you love the sport. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7028 "2024-08-13T15:40:13Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Yeah, good luck with that, Mike. > > Also: > > > [@](#): > > > > “And over 100 countries have banned early voting and mail-in voting,” he remarked. “Pretty soon, you’ll get to, why don’t we start voting on the next election four years from now, right when this one’s done? It’s crazy!” > > Yes. It’s crazy. > > Plus Trump is now pushing for early voting and personally votes by mail. “Over 100 countries” I guess we’ll have to rely on our good ol’ American exceptionalism to see us through. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2024, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7029 "2024-08-13T15:59:36Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > > [@smithsb](#): > > > > My god, first Portland burned into a dystopian hellhole; then Minneapolis razed to the ground. I feel faint, the room spinning, won’t someone save America?? > > You feel faint? Better throw a plastic cover on that couch first. 🛋☂ Are you serious? Do you have ANY idea what kind of toxic fumes a plastic couch cover will release when the city is burning to the ground on all sides? ---
**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:** [August 14, 2024, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7030 "2024-08-14T07:16:05Z")
Retired senator Richard Burr says that just because he voted to convict Trump and ban him from ever holding office again doesn’t mean he’s not gonna vote for him. > **[Ex-GOP senator who voted to impeach Trump will vote for him in 2024: 'Not a...](https://www.rawstory.com/richard-burr-2668958039/)** > > Retired Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) was one of a small handful of Republican senators who voted to convict former President Donald Trump over his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Despite this, he plans to vote for Trump again anyway,... ---
**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 14, 2024, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7031 "2024-08-14T08:36:01Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Ok, now I’m curious. How **does** he hug his wife? And I wanna know how he does everything else, too. So there. Hope the link works - I’m guessing it refers to when Walz did a [“handshake and bro hug/backslap”](https://x.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1822621658743558307?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1822621658743558307%7Ctwgr%5Ec8a70b8901021cdb48358a7f2f489f5c62657e45%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnypost.com%2F2024%2F08%2F11%2Fus-news%2Fjd-vance-on-the-moment-he-realized-tim-walz-is-the-weird-one-after-watching-dem-vp-pick-with-his-wife%2F) to his wife. I’ll also point out that Mrs. Walz responded in kind, giving me the impression they’ve - _\>gasp!\<_ - done it before. ---
**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 14, 2024, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7032 "2024-08-14T15:15:45Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > I’ll also point out that Mrs. Walz responded in kind, giving me the impression they’ve - _\>gasp!\<_ - done it before. Yeah, that was my impression. I’d bet good money there’s some kind of family in-joke behind that. Compare that to all the examples of _actual_ awkwardness we’ve seen between Trump and Melania. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7033 "2024-08-14T16:13:02Z")
I don’t know what you are talking about. > **[The Best Of Melania's Presidential Hand Swats](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYYkgkQwJf0%2F)** > > The First Lady has made national news twice by rejecting President Trump's attempts to hold hands. And there's more where that came from.Subscribe To "The La... ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7034 "2024-08-14T16:19:24Z")
There were a bunch of people on stage shaking everybody else’s hand. When the two of them went for the next hand and realized it was each other, they… _gasp_ reacted precisely the way a loving couple who just celebrated 30 years should. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7035 "2024-08-14T16:44:24Z")
The people ‘complaining’ about it don’t get humor. ---
**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 14, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7036 "2024-08-14T17:10:47Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > The people ‘complaining’ about it don’t get humor “But but but … He wasn’t taking a cheap shot at her! How could that be funny???” ---
**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:** [August 14, 2024, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7037 "2024-08-14T17:50:48Z")
If you’re in a casino and/or are a politician, always always always assume someone is watching. > **[GOP state senator 'performed an overt act of self-gratification' in public:...](https://www.rawstory.com/west-virginia-republican-arrested/)** > > Republican West Virginia State Senator Mike Maroney was arrested this week and charged with indecent exposure after he was seen performing what local news station WTRF describes as "an overt act of self-gratification" in public.Marshall County... ---
**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:** [August 14, 2024, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7038 "2024-08-14T17:58:43Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > If you’re in a casino and/or are a politician, always always always assume someone is watching. > > [GOP state senator 'performed an overt act of self-gratification' in public: report](https://www.rawstory.com/west-virginia-republican-arrested/) - Most people rub the dice. Give him a break, he was only wrong by one letter. ---
**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:** [August 14, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7039 "2024-08-14T18:00:17Z")
So having your dice (sic) blown for luck… ---
**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:** [August 14, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7040 "2024-08-14T18:06:06Z")
> [@susan](#): > > So having your dice (sic) blown for luck… - Not blown, he was trying to beat the odds. Not long odds, either. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=351) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=353)