# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 4) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 22, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678 "2025-02-22T21:08:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 143
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2841 "2026-01-15T01:35:17Z")
Or brain worms? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2842 "2026-01-15T01:59:52Z")
If brain worms eat me, does that count as negative calories? ---
**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:** [January 15, 2026, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2843 "2026-01-15T03:45:06Z")
If you’re the sort that worms eat your brain and nobody notices the difference, does anybody care? ---
**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:** [January 15, 2026, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2844 "2026-01-15T04:20:17Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > They’re putting whole milk back in schools. Today is the day that the “president” of the US learned that it is whole milk and not “hole milk”. I can’t find the clip, but that entire “whole milk” bill signing video was surreal. From it, I also learned it takes Trump a long time to Sharpie his signature and he then admires it and comments on how good his signature was. ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2845 "2026-01-15T05:36:30Z")
I thought that Republicans didn’t like it when the federal government told them how and what to eat? I remember Michelle Obama catching a ton of crap for a healthy food policy initiative during the Obama years? Hypocrisy thy name is MAGA. I guess it’s different when coming from a brain worm addled, fascist heroin addict than from a black woman making common sense statements about food health. (Without digging into the exact policies. Please don’t mistake this post as an equivocation between whatever the specifics were in Michelle Obama’s campaign vs. RFK jr’s delusional, conspiracy theory driven blatherings. I’m sure they vary greatly in the details. Just wanted to note the obvious hypocrisy here.) ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2846 "2026-01-15T06:30:48Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > apparently, whole milk is going to help make sure kids are ready to join the military as soon as they turn 18. Do you think it cures bone spurs too? ---
**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:** [January 15, 2026, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2847 "2026-01-15T07:16:47Z")
If kids these days are anything like they were when I was a kid, most of that milk is winding up in the garbage anyway. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2848 "2026-01-15T07:23:20Z")
When I was in primary school (Australia, 1960’s) a quart of milk was prescribed for every kid. It came in glass bottles with metallic lids, and was stacked in crates by the dairy to be dispensed by morning break. In the winter-time, the milk was drinkable. In the summer, when temperatures often rose to 90 degrees by break-time, it had often curdled and was VILE. And that was if the bottles hadn’t been hijacked by the local magpies…bastards learned how to peck the lids to suck out the cream that had accumulated at the top of the bottle. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2026, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2849 "2026-01-15T12:56:13Z")
Which is a good time to remind folks that another bandwagon RFK and his ilk have hopped on is unpasteurized, un-homogenized milk. Because, ya know, a mere century of the germ theory and improved food safety practices is obviously trumped by thousands of years of illness and death from spoiled and contaminated dairy products. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2850 "2026-01-15T13:14:39Z")
> [@Jihi](#): > > I thought that Republicans didn’t like it when the federal government told them how and what to eat? I remember Michelle Obama catching a ton of crap for a healthy food policy initiative during the Obama years? In fact, if I remember correctly, that’s how this entire “Stupid Republican Idea of the Day” thread began so many years ago. So we’ve come full circle now? Time to close the thread? ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2851 "2026-01-15T13:30:34Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > when temperatures often rose to 90 degrees by break-time, it had often curdled and was VILE. I actually quite like it. Many people in Southern Africa cannot digest milk due to a lactose intolerance, so sour milk (“Amasi” in isiZulu and isiXhosa) is widely available. I like it with cereal, but I also use it to make cream-cheese. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2852 "2026-01-15T13:36:39Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > When I was in primary school (Australia, 1960’s) a quart of milk was prescribed for every kid. A quart of milk for every kid each day seems like too much. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2853 "2026-01-15T14:29:09Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > So we’ve come full circle now? Time to close the thread? As long as republicans agree to stop having stupid ideas, we’re good to go. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2026, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2854 "2026-01-15T14:58:47Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > As long as republicans agree to stop having stupid ideas Which itself would be a stupid idea, because we all know that they can’t help themselves. That’s part of the stupidity. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2855 "2026-01-15T15:14:55Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Yes, the billionaire class no doubt DO assume that purchasing in bulk with attendant cold storage is available to “everyone.” Along with the time (or available servants) to cook fresh meals daily. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2026, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2856 "2026-01-15T16:24:34Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > [@kambuckta](#): > > > > When I was in primary school (Australia, 1960’s) a quart of milk was prescribed for every kid. > > A quart of milk for every kid each day seems like too much. I drink almost that much now. This could be a case of the idiot squirrel finds a blind nut. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2857 "2026-01-15T16:26:58Z")
Sure, but you’re a full-grown adult. That much for primary school children (which, Googling, might be from about five to twelve years old) seems like a lot. I think American schoolchildren get a pint of milk. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2026, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2858 "2026-01-15T16:31:59Z")
It’s been a while now but we had half that at lunch, i.e. a cup. By the time we reached high school, many of us opted to buy one more to go to a full pint, as one of those little cartons just wasn’t cutting it anymore. A quart for a single meal is a lot but it’s not an unusual quantity at all over the course of a day for kids. ---
**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:** [January 15, 2026, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2859 "2026-01-15T16:36:31Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > A quart for a single meal is a lot but it’s not an unusual quantity at all over the course of a day for kids. Does the average 8th grader really go through a gallon of milk in four days? And, even if they do, this is suggesting they should be drinking a quart of whole milk just for lunch. Keep in mind that a quart is (a bit more than) two of these: [![](https://images.poweredbyservy.com/CursusMenuImages/Menu/38017/6706db7fbcc26b24b3d869ad.png) ](https://images.poweredbyservy.com/CursusMenuImages/Menu/38017/6706db7fbcc26b24b3d869ad.png) ---
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A quart contains about 1100mg. RDA for 4-8 yrs is 1000, for 9-18 is 1300. Depending on family circumstances it could be the only calcium they get. Like I said, idiot squirrel, blind nut. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=142) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=144)