# 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:** 218
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4341 "2026-05-12T01:37:16Z")
Has anyone here mentioned the Bond women and their rather … suggestive names? 🤪 ---
**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:** [May 12, 2026, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4342 "2026-05-12T01:48:36Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Is this real? My statement was about the next change to the ToS. So we won’t know for sure until that next change drops. I wouldn’t put it past Trump and his team to try it, though. It reminds me of the old joke/scam about selling raffle tickets for a dud prize, and when the winner complains, refund just their ticket. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2026, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4343 "2026-05-12T11:23:02Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Has anyone here mentioned the Bond women and their rather … suggestive names? Pontius Pilate: What’s so ‘suggestive’ about Pussy Galore? I have a very great friend in Wome named Pussy Galore! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4344 "2026-05-12T11:58:22Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Fleming was never exactly subtle about how he named his characters, particularly the villains. Yeah, well, he might’ve stolen the notion from Chester Gould’s _Dick Tracy_ – Mumbles, Flattop, Pruneface, Littleface Finney, BB Eyes, … ---
**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:** [May 12, 2026, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4345 "2026-05-12T13:17:33Z")
Don’t forget Neon Noodle! [![](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/charactercommunity/images/c/cf/A7f8bbc6b9168f3b56c5817dcb7e2b15.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20200105053430) ](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/charactercommunity/images/c/cf/A7f8bbc6b9168f3b56c5817dcb7e2b15.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20200105053430) ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4346 "2026-05-12T13:25:06Z")
The following stupid Republican idea is local to me, but I’m sharing it because it really happened. A coworker, stupid Republican, just claimed that the reason UFO files are being released is to distract attention from “Minnesota fraud”. Yes, the same administration that is pushing the idea of Minnesota fraud is also trying to distract from it. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4347 "2026-05-12T13:28:24Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Don’t forget Neon Noodle! Only appeared in the The Great Piggy Bank Robbery", Bob Clampett’s Warner Brother cartoon parody/ode to Dick Tracy, starring Daffy Duck. I think the only actual Dick Tracy villain the cartoon was Flattop, and he only showed up because Clampett couldn’t resist the visual “Flat Top” gag. > [https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5z3uw4](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5z3uw4) ---
**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:** [May 12, 2026, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4348 "2026-05-12T13:32:56Z")
I know, but I couldn’t resist. Daffy is, of course, “Duck Twacy”. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4349 "2026-05-12T13:56:52Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Yes, the same administration that is pushing the idea of Minnesota fraud is also trying to distract from it. Wow. That is some spin. But mostly I think it’s idiots. Does anyone in the entire administration have at least an average IQ? Can they remember their name, where they live, that kind of stuff. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2026, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4350 "2026-05-12T21:47:33Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > The following stupid Republican idea is local to me, but I’m sharing it because it really happened. A coworker, stupid Republican, just claimed that the reason UFO files are being released is to distract attention from “Minnesota fraud”. > > Yes, the **same administration that is pushing the idea of Minnesota fraud is also trying to distract from it.** Ask him how that would work. But stand back a ways, because the propulsive power of bits of skull escaping an exploding brain can be considerable (and dangerous). my bolding in the quote ---
**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:** [May 13, 2026, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4351 "2026-05-13T00:23:58Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > because the propulsive power of bits of skull escaping an exploding brain can be considerable (and dangerous). Seems unlikely there is enough brain in there to cause an explosion powerful enough to crack, much less shatter, the skull. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4352 "2026-05-13T00:31:53Z")
You misunderstand. It is _your_ skull which will asplode under the force of the wacky insane reasoning you’re going to hear as an answer to your question. The RW idjit is incapable of noticing anything out of the ordinary about abject mutually inconsistent nonsense. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4353 "2026-05-13T04:04:56Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Daffy is, of course, “Duck Twacy”. One can only wonder had it been Elmer. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4354 "2026-05-13T11:22:29Z")
"Be vewy, vewy quiet. We’re hunting Cwiminals! Heheheheheheheh" ---
**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:** [May 13, 2026, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4355 "2026-05-13T11:55:28Z")
I feel obligated to tell folks that there’s a crossover comic where Elmer meets Batman. It’s better than you’d expect. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4356 "2026-05-13T12:59:02Z")
I know. I have a copy. It’s got other characters, like Bugs and Taz (sort of) as well. And it’s much better than you’d think. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2026, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4357 "2026-05-13T21:16:20Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Seems unlikely there is enough brain in there to cause an explosion powerful enough to crack, much less shatter, the skull. Heh. I should have thought of that! > [@LSLGuy](#): > > You misunderstand. > It is _your_ skull which will asplode under the force of the wacky insane reasoning you’re going to hear as an answer to your question. This would have been a good save, if only it had occurred to me… ---
**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:** [May 13, 2026, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4358 "2026-05-13T21:55:37Z")
As part of a school assignment, a 10-year-old boy wrote a letter to his congresswoman, Virginia Foxx (R-NC), arguing in favor of an electric vehicle tax credit. The congresswoman responded with a screed accusing his school and teacher of propagandizing to him, lecturing him about the national debt, and demanding that he read a series of right-wing editorials. > **[Boy, 10, sent persuasive essay about electric cars to congresswoman — who...](https://nypost.com/2026/05/12/us-news/boy-10-sent-persuasive-essay-to-his-republican-congresswoman-who-accused-his-teacher-of-indoctrinating-in-scathing-response/)** > > “While I will never be able to know you, my guess is that your teachers will not give you a good educational experience and help you learn to think as they are too interested in indoctrinatin… ---
**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:** [May 13, 2026, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4359 "2026-05-13T22:23:45Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > The congresswoman responded with a screed accusing his school and teacher of propagandizing to him, lecturing him about **the national debt** , and demanding that he read a series of right-wing editorials. (bolding mine) From a Republican? Hysterical. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4360 "2026-05-13T22:23:58Z")
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