# 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:** 239
**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:** [June 12, 2026, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4761 "2026-06-12T18:40:09Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Plenty of people aspired to putting a man on the Moon. Plenty of people have used the word “equalizing” before, but that didn’t stop Trump from claiming to have coined it. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2026, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4762 "2026-06-12T18:44:52Z")
We’ve gone from _Ad Astra per Aspera_ to our new motto: _Est_ _ad UFC mollis e Domus Alba_ (there’s an easy path from the White House to the UFC) ---
**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:** [June 12, 2026, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4763 "2026-06-12T19:18:51Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I visited DC in summer once, and “swampy” is how the air felt for sure. Yeah. The deal apparently is this year “summery” conditions got to DC rather early even for the Climate Change Age, so the bugs are out in force early too. Geographically it IS a swampy location. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2026, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4764 "2026-06-12T19:26:04Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > For some reason I thought it’s supposed to rain there on Sunday. In addition to rain and lightening, Dana White mentioned he’s also concerned about the “Holy Shit” level of gnats/mosquitos he encountered a few days ago at the White House. It likely is ‘either or’—either swarms of gnats, OR rains heavy enough to suppress them for a while. Plus lightning! Should be quite Biblical. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2026, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4765 "2026-06-12T19:46:25Z")
Perhaps Pepe the Frog can invite a few hundred cousins… ---
**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:** [June 12, 2026, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4766 "2026-06-12T19:50:26Z")
Awaiting reporting on how many DC residents requested lamb’s blood from their butcher, for door-frame-painting purposes. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2026, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4767 "2026-06-12T22:01:54Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Should be quite Biblical. My bible history is a bit weak. Was there ever a Caesar struck by lightning while watching a spectacle? No? Well it’s waaay overdue. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2026, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4768 "2026-06-12T23:10:05Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Should be quite Biblical. If we have gnats we skipped the first two, the Potomac turning to blood and the invasion of frogs, Pepe or not Pepe. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4769 "2026-06-13T01:56:28Z")
Yep. Tomorrow: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/v28k5OuzunM/maxresdefault.jpg "Magnolia - frogs rain scene (full 6:40 min)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v28k5OuzunM&t=23) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4770 "2026-06-13T11:19:47Z")
Dogs and cats, living together… mass hysteria! ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4771 "2026-06-13T11:32:44Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > We’ve gone from _Ad Astra per Aspera_ to our new motto: _Est_ _ad UFC mollis e Domus Alba_ (there’s an easy path from the White House to the UFC) ? Did you perhaps leave out a word at the end there, intending _Est ad UFC mollis e Domu Alba **via** _? (I think it’s _domu_ rather than _domus_ in the ablative, too.) ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4772 "2026-06-13T12:24:20Z")
It means “People called Romanes, they go the White House.” ---
**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:** [June 13, 2026, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4773 "2026-06-13T13:58:20Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Did you perhaps leave out a word at the end there, intending _Est ad UFC mollis e Domu Alba **via** _? Quite probably. My Latin is decades rusty at this point ---
**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:** [June 13, 2026, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4774 "2026-06-13T14:05:59Z")
Gawd there’s nothing more annoying than Latin pedants. Except Latin pendants. It’s a dead language. Get over it. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2026, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4775 "2026-06-13T14:37:51Z")
Dead languages have no pedants. If you make a mistake in Etruscan, nobody will complain, because nobody knows Etruscan any more. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4776 "2026-06-13T14:45:49Z")
Latin is a dead language as anyone can see It killed off all the Romans And now its killing me -Anonymous Latin student. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2026, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4777 "2026-06-13T15:26:29Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Gawd there’s nothing more annoying than Latin pedants. Except Latin pendants. **It’s a dead language**. Get over it. - My _felis catus_ disagrees. _fugio_ ---
**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:** [June 13, 2026, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4778 "2026-06-13T15:37:09Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Gawd there’s nothing more annoying than Latin pedants. Except Latin pendants. It’s a dead language. Get over it. Dead or not, how about not posting in languages other than English? At the very least, don’t post in a language in which you’re not fluent. (Using Google Translate doesn’t count.) ---
**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:** [June 13, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4779 "2026-06-13T15:39:36Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Gawd there’s nothing more annoying than Latin pedants. Except Latin pendants. **It’s a dead language**. Get over it. - My _felis catus_ disagrees. ETA:accidently posted twice. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2026, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/4780 "2026-06-13T17:02:48Z")
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