# 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:** 375
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7481 "2024-08-29T17:07:00Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > “secure our Nation’s interests in, from, and to space.” That sounds a lot closer to a mission that the Ferengi Alliance would strive for… ---
**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 29, 2024, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7482 "2024-08-29T18:53:29Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Probably pretty deliberate, since here is the Space Force logo next to the Star Fleet logo: I had thought that the assumetric arrowhead was specific to the Enterprise, and that other starships had different logos. I looked it up, and apparently there were a few cases of that in the Original Series, but the show’s braintrust decided otherwise and stuck with that branding in later episodes. ---
**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7483 "2024-08-29T19:38:22Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > No, that’s false. It literally means doing whatever you want. It depends on context, and in this case context tells you what is meant. I have never in my life heard of “having one’s way with a woman” as meaning anything **but** rape. It **only** means one thing and that is rape. I suspect that nobody has ever said that they had their way with a woman to mean that they replaced the car air filter against her will. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7484 "2024-08-29T20:16:37Z")
Yeah, at best he meant metaphorical rape, but that’s hardly better. I’ll give the benefit of the doubt that somebody, somewhere may be able to find 1 counter-example, but that’s over there in “the exception that proves the rule” territory. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7485 "2024-08-29T21:01:52Z")
“What are you doing today Bob?” “I donno, I waiting for NASA to return my calls.” “Want to play 'Space Invaders?” ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7486 "2024-08-29T21:39:25Z")
Dave McCormick, who wants to be Pennsylvania’s Stupid Republican Senator, xitted a story about MS-13 violence in Philadelphia. Turns out the story was about Philadelphia, Mississippi. > **[U.S. Senate candidate Dave McCormick mistakes Mississippi city for...](https://www.phillyvoice.com/dave-mccormick-confuses-philadelphia-mississippi-city-social-media-post/)** > > The Republican's campaign tried to criticize Bob Casey by sharing a news report about gang violence, but instead got ridiculed for its error. ---
**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 29, 2024, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7487 "2024-08-29T21:55:44Z")
See post 7467. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7488 "2024-08-29T21:57:10Z")
A thousand pardons. It’s tough to keep up with all the stupid. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7489 "2024-08-29T23:17:51Z")
Which is odd, because you wouldn’t think Republicans could run that fast. Although Josh Hawley showed different on 1/6. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7490 "2024-08-30T00:13:37Z")
> [@velomont](#): > > I have never in my life heard of “having one’s way with a woman” as meaning anything **but** rape. It **only** means one thing and that is rape. I’ve heard used as a euphemism for consensual sex as well. But always sex. ---
**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 30, 2024, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7491 "2024-08-30T01:12:15Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > I’ve heard used as a euphemism for consensual sex as well. But always sex. Yes - there is often a strong overtone of at least coercion, but I think some of that is a modern gloss on a time when women were expected to resist, similar to people reading “Baby It’s Cold Outside” as date rape/roofieing, when in the context of the times it’s a woman who is willing but must ‘protest too much’ to defend her honor. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7492 "2024-08-30T02:51:48Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > The Republican Senate candidate for Pennsylvania retweeted an article about a gang-related shooting in Philadelphia carried out by an alleged illegal immigrant, blaming it on his Democratic opponent. > > The story was from Philadelphia, Mississippi. And like Dr. Oz this one is also alleged to not even live there. (OTOH I can only imagine the number of politicians who every time they see a headline about a “Springfield” have to dig through the story to see if it’s about theirs. I bet _they_ don’t assume.) ---
**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 30, 2024, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7493 "2024-08-30T02:54:34Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > OTOH I can only imagine the number of politicians who every time they see a headline about a “Springfield” have to dig through the story to see if it’s about theirs. I was once talking online with a person who, unbeknownst to me, lived in Thessaloniki, Greece. They were quite interested when I mentioned that I lived in Olympia, and some confused conversation ensued between the both of us before I realized they were in Greece and I was in America, and that I was talking about the capital of the state of Washington and not the small town built on the site of the ancient city the Olympic Games are named for. ---
**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 30, 2024, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7494 "2024-08-30T04:35:31Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > not the small town built on the site of the ancient city Do you like pointless random facts? Of all the capital cities in the fifty states, Olympia is the lowest-ranked within its state in terms of population. There are 22 cities in Washington larger than Olympia. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2024, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7495 "2024-08-30T09:34:56Z")
So Trump posted the following over on TS: [![](https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/113/048/930/803/906/953/original/d6afd549e030b4c8.jpg) ](https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/113/048/930/803/906/953/original/d6afd549e030b4c8.jpg) Apart from the general ridiculousness of it, there’s bonus comedy content for putting Elon’s head on the black guy and making the whale decapitator Aquaman. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7496 "2024-08-30T09:48:03Z")
Oh, his followers are something else again. No kind of art they won’t use. And while we’re on the subject of art, here’s the latest from Trump-favoring artist and sycophant Jon MacNaughton: [![](https://cdn10.bigcommerce.com/s-dcvfa4/product_images/uploaded_images/fight-fight-fight-final-sm.jpg) ](https://cdn10.bigcommerce.com/s-dcvfa4/product_images/uploaded_images/fight-fight-fight-final-sm.jpg) Notice the lack of Secret Service agents, as were shown in the photos of the actual event. And then there’s this, which McNaughton describes as, “Over 100 figures depict the modern story of America’s mayhem. Do you agree? Not only is our country spiraling into madness, but I’m also enraged at how our government has subverted our rights and endangered our safety in the name of political power and leftist ideology.” Well, do you agree? See here: [![](https://cdn10.bigcommerce.com/s-dcvfa4/product_images/uploaded_images/mad-mad-world-sm.jpg) ](https://cdn10.bigcommerce.com/s-dcvfa4/product_images/uploaded_images/mad-mad-world-sm.jpg) 'Nuff said for now. Actually, I’m amazed at how fast McNaughton can pump these out. I knew a commercial illustrator; he was a friend of our family, and he could put things out on the double-quick, so I shouldn’t be surprised. But this kind of detail shows some kind of dedication beyond just a commission to do the cover of a Harlequin romance or a Chevrolet advertisement. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2024, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7497 "2024-08-30T09:57:22Z")
I like the inclusion of the CHUD. ---
**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 30, 2024, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7498 "2024-08-30T10:00:26Z")
I can’t see the image, which is blocked. ---
**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 30, 2024, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7499 "2024-08-30T10:01:47Z")
> [@susan](#): > > I can’t see the image Lucky you. ---
**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 30, 2024, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7500 "2024-08-30T10:07:37Z")
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