# Surprises coming for voters for the Leopards-Eating-Faces Party **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [November 12, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166 "2024-11-12T19:54:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 68
**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:** [February 5, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1341 "2025-02-05T21:19:22Z")
…then take their bag of stuff once the cameras are turned off. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1342 "2025-02-05T21:30:42Z")
Well, yeh, of course. Who knows what they might be smuggling out? Bombs? Gold and jewels? ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1343 "2025-02-05T21:56:08Z")
> [@Fugazi](#): > > How do you generously take someone’s land? You give them paddle balls. ([_Blazing Saddles_ reference](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2Bp8SqYrnE)) ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2025, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1344 "2025-02-05T22:04:12Z")
I think Trump’s is broken. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2025, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1345 "2025-02-05T23:59:27Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > What it does is make some near-minimum wage store employee have to clean it off. That’ll show MAGA! Where I work we’re having a shortage of workers - that sort of thing is so far down the list of things to do I doubt it would happen. Folks, use a little hand sanitizer to clean off the surface where you’re going to apply the sticker so it adheres better. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2025, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1346 "2025-02-06T00:21:08Z")
But let the sanitizer dry completely before applying the sticker. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1347 "2025-02-06T05:53:42Z")
If you spend $15 on stickers, your face is an appetizer. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2025, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1348 "2025-02-06T23:10:48Z")
Manhattan Institute writer comes out as trans, confirms that she’s going to continue working for organization that wants her existence to be illegal. > **[Jessica Riedl (@jessicabriedl.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/jessicabriedl.bsky.social/post/3lhjtmynquk23)** > > Quick update: my name has changed from Brian Riedl to Jessica Riedl. Fear not, my focus on rapid-response (center-right) economic policy and cool budget charts won’t change. > > Link below will be my only comment and explanation on this. Back to... > **[How the Gender Fever Finally Broke](https://manhattan.institute/article/how-the-gender-fever-finally-broke)** > > Loving, naive parents believed medical science was above politics and beyond question. Now, with the stroke of a pen, a destructive ideology has been eliminated. When the history of 21st-century gender mania is written, it should include this signal... ---
**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:** [February 6, 2025, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1349 "2025-02-06T23:19:20Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > From up here in Canada, it appears that the bird flu has actually recovered a fumble, and is now sprinting towards the end zone, while the other team is distracted by watching a plane crash into the stands. Yes, and influenza is ramping up on the continent, while many Americans decline to get vaccinations due to delusions that RFK Jr. is a person of good faith. > [@](#): > > … The increased flu activity comes as the country also sees high levels of [norovirus](https://www.today.com/health/disease/norovirus-2025-rcna185976) and [COVID-19](https://www.today.com/health/coronavirus/us-silent-covid-surge-holidays-2024-rcna184828), as well as surges in respiratory syncytial virus or RSV — which some have dubbed a “[quad-demic](https://www.today.com/video/cases-of-flu-norovirus-rsv-and-covid-surge-coast-to-coast-229227589729).” While it’s expected to see these four viruses surge in the winter, the spike in respiratory illness is keeping doctors and hospitals very busy. > > Seasonal influenza is a common and highly contagious respiratory illness. In the U.S., flu activity tends to peak between December and February, per [the CDC](https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/season.html). However, the 2024-2025 flu season started late and has yet to peak, experts say. … > **[Where is flu surging in the US? Some hospitals are overwhelmed in states with...](https://www.today.com/health/cold-flu/flu-season-2025-rcna186909)** > > Flu has surged to high levels across the US, straining hospitals. Experts discuss 2024-25 flu season trends, symptoms to watch for, and how to stay safe. “Yet to peak,” great. And bird flu is now found (in birds and in some places, in cattle) in all fifty states. No word on whether leopards are affected. [https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2025-02-06/is-u-s-prepared-for-bird-flus-spread-in-humans-one-expert-has-concerns](https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2025-02-06/is-u-s-prepared-for-bird-flus-spread-in-humans-one-expert-has-concerns) Hope Canada fares better than we’re going to. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2025, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1350 "2025-02-06T23:24:02Z")
C’mon Hemorrhagic Fever! I have faith you can win this one! ---
**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:** [February 6, 2025, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1351 "2025-02-06T23:25:53Z")
It could. But we probably won’t know about it due to Trump telling the CDC they can’t publish any information, anymore. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2025, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1352 "2025-02-06T23:51:15Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Yes, and influenza is ramping up on the continent, while many Americans decline to get vaccinations due to delusions that RFK Jr. is a person of good faith. I expect we will see increasing rates of pertussis as well. Whoop whoop! ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1353 "2025-02-06T23:54:51Z")
You rooting for Ebola or Marburg? I’m a Marburg man myself. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1354 "2025-02-07T00:01:07Z")
As long as it’s a _Mononegavirales_, from a good vintage mind you, I’m OK with it. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1355 "2025-02-07T00:55:55Z")
Farmers, who supported Trump by a very high percentage, are now losing money because USAID has suspended purchases. (gift link) [https://wapo.st/3WSo7nI](https://wapo.st/3WSo7nI) ---
**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:** [February 7, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1356 "2025-02-07T00:59:36Z")
“Jews For Jesus? Hold my beer!” ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1357 "2025-02-07T02:22:42Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > You let them take a bag of their stuff when you kick them off the land. With 3-hours notice. What’s not to like? ---
**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:** [February 7, 2025, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1358 "2025-02-07T02:37:55Z")
I’m pissed about USAID getting shut down (it has a direct impact on many of coworkers), but I have no sympathy for the farmers. They should know more than anyone else, you reap what you sow. Also known as “FAFO” ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2025, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1359 "2025-02-07T02:54:25Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > They should know more than anyone else, you reap what you sow. Unless they’re getting paid to not grow crops. (Is that still a thing? And, yes, I know the program is/was a bit more complicated than just “don’t plant, get paid”). ---
**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:** [February 7, 2025, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166/1360 "2025-02-07T02:56:56Z")
I guess that exception to the rule still stands. The CRP program is still going funded by the Farm Bill. And for the most part, I support CRP. But, it does provide a lot of money to families and companies that own a lot of land. Edit to add: It is apparently $1.7B annually. We have an active thread started by conservatives about reducing waste and they are talking about low millions projects. Where is DOGE? [https://www.fsa.usda.gov/resources/programs/conservation-reserve-program](https://www.fsa.usda.gov/resources/programs/conservation-reserve-program) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166.md?page=67) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprises-coming-for-voters-for-the-leopards-eating-faces-party/1010166.md?page=69)