Alas, Poor ONT. I Knew Him Horatio

Hello everyone! Well, blue tsunami this week. Half of America needs these stickers.

Fido Friday: Pup cup

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Why don't we have cool ballot issues like this?

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College football playoffs

May vs Ramsey

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This is true

Reply with your best noir sentence

Rome

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Grocery nation

Rowling is funny AF

I love science

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Who do you hate?

Knit Doom!

Car puns

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These are some great logos

Don't forget the important stuff

This may be the funnest commercial I've ever seen

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Trick or treat

She's got a point

That's quiet

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1 Chinesium like sands of Mars, filters through all veins of life.
Is good, you will learn to love.
Truly
_Chairman Xi

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 10:01 PM (wljQY)

2 what time is it

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 10:01 PM (n0DpO)

3 First?

Posted by: EFF at November 06, 2026 10:01 PM (OLeY0)

4 its howdy doody time

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 10:02 PM (n0DpO)

5
its howdy doody time
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 10:02 PM (n0DpO)

_________

I thought it was Winchell Mahoney time.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at November 06, 2026 10:06 PM (eRlcH)

6 Sorry for being me, folks.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 10:06 PM (CHHv1)

7 Evenin'

Wait, you can get 'voting' stickers like that?

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 06, 2026 10:07 PM (+YRf1)

8 *Phew* I did that whole thing in 25 minutes. Had a corned beef emergency, and didn't actually sit down to put the ONT together until 8:30 CT. If some of the memes suck, it's because I didn't get to be selective at all. It was next meme in the folder-upload. LOL

Posted by: Weirddave at November 06, 2026 10:08 PM (zTKwm)

9 Fransico Franco is still dead.

Posted by: LRob in OK at November 06, 2026 10:08 PM (47diA)

10 Wait. Would that be a Lorica Segmentata perhaps?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 06, 2026 10:09 PM (vBZcw)

11 Thank you WD@ for another wonderful Friday ONT.
And a fine good evening to you my wonderful grey box friends.

Posted by: Some Rat Poison at November 06, 2026 10:10 PM (BJzO2)

12 "The Frighteners" is better than any Dennis Villanueve movie. By quite a factor.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 10:10 PM (CHHv1)

13 Oops...

Posted by: Some Rat at November 06, 2026 10:11 PM (BJzO2)

14 A few of the 'most hated' I've never heard of. And no Papa Doc Duvalier?

Good evening, Horde! I'll be out of town this weekend so don't burn the place down until *after* you save my loot, okay?

Posted by: RandomDave at November 06, 2026 10:11 PM (aJQbY)

15 Mehmet II didn't even make this list? The guy was walking dogcrap.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 06, 2026 10:11 PM (vBZcw)

16 then announce winchell mahoney time.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 10:13 PM (n0DpO)

17 Why is Rasputin on the list? He was just a horny courtier who took a licking and kept on ticking.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 06, 2026 10:15 PM (vBZcw)

18 She was the kind of woman a man encountered only once in a lifetime, usually after midnight and always at the wrong end of trouble, and trouble always came with a caliber.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 10:15 PM (2WIwB)

19 Awesome ONT

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at November 06, 2026 10:15 PM (mmrXZ)

20 Who is Jesse Marsch?

Posted by: GWB at November 06, 2026 10:16 PM (kU0PQ)

21 I was born to Noir. Here's mine:

I'd been quiet for three miles. Too quiet. The kind of quiet that means a person is either building a bomb or fixing to blow their own cover.

Then I spilled it. The words came out fast, tripping over each other like a suspect catching a glimpse of the rubber hose. No preamble. Just raw nerve and a question hanging in the stale air of the sedan.

I didn't blink. I just reached into my coat pocket, pulled out a pack of Luckies, and waited for the smoke to clear before I gave you the straight dope.

"You want to stop for some hooch?"

"Honey, I don't swing that way."

Posted by: Orson at November 06, 2026 10:16 PM (dIske)

22 I vote in Krogervania now, but in my heart I still sing the anthem of the sovereign state of Wegmans. 🫡

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 06, 2026 10:17 PM (kpS4V)

23 Elagabalus > Caligula

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 06, 2026 10:17 PM (vBZcw)

24 I didn't see Kaiser Wilhelm in the most hated people...how many millions were killed in WW1?

Posted by: Joemarine at November 06, 2026 10:19 PM (y171U)

25 I would take issue with the inclusion of Mussolini. I'd like to see the manager.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 06, 2026 10:19 PM (vBZcw)

26 Hated list? Margaret Sanger. or is there a list of 50 for women

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 10:19 PM (n0DpO)

27 Jesse Marsch is apparently a soccer coach, which is as bad as being a cannibal serial killer IMHO.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 06, 2026 10:19 PM (kpS4V)

28 Why is Jesse Marsch on the most hated poster. I never heard of him but I guess he's an American who plays soccer in Canada.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:20 PM (ndZc7)

29 Flag on the play: that was a stricker fired empty chamber

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 10:20 PM (n0DpO)

30 She stood beneath the neon glow of the Blue Moon, a cigarette resting between two fingers, her blonde hair falling across one eye. She had legs that went on longer than a losing streak in Vegas, lips that promised heaven, and eyes that warned a man he was headed straight for hell.

I love noir.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 10:21 PM (2WIwB)

31 what time is it?
----

Time to Play the Game:

https://tinyurl.com/Time-Motorhead

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 10:21 PM (Cjcf6)

32 I wonder if they posted this list in Hell and they all scrambled to see their ranking.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 06, 2026 10:21 PM (kpS4V)

33 Texas is everybody's arch nemesis this week. Including their own.

Don't give me that look, Texas. You know what you did.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 06, 2026 10:22 PM (vTZFs)

34 Immense sympathy for the monthly hormonal variations that women experience, but you know that one is a fake because women always leave the lid up.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 06, 2026 10:22 PM (bWl9e)

35 Cannibal serial killers really get a bad rap. If I become a cannibal serial killer, second thing I'm gonna do is hire a reputation management firm.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at November 06, 2026 10:22 PM (HFrEr)

36 of course it was quiet

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at November 06, 2026 10:22 PM (n0DpO)

37 >>Alas, Poor ONT. I Knew Him Horatio

Finally, someone gets the quote right. Sort of.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 10:23 PM (viF8m)

38 My town was part of The Fareway Resistance.... then The People's Republic of Hy-Vee moved in! This town does not need three grocery stores! (The third one is small and locally owned.)

Posted by: pookysgirl is torn between hating MN or NE at November 06, 2026 10:23 PM (Wt5PA)

39 32 I wonder if they posted this list in Hell and they all scrambled to see their ranking.

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Made for some interesting water cooler chatter, I'll bet.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 06, 2026 10:23 PM (vBZcw)

40 Flag on the play: that was a stricker fired empty chamber

Ask Ed L about it.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 06, 2026 10:23 PM (vTZFs)

41 Columbus? Really? How many people did Columbus kill?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 10:24 PM (l3cgK)

42 41 Columbus? Really? How many people did Columbus kill?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 10:24 PM (l3cgK)

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He was a notorious importer of smallpox blankets.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 06, 2026 10:25 PM (vBZcw)

43 King John?? what??

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 10:25 PM (AKptf)

44 Back to Front:

Cool pistol
This map of State Hate is correct for once, at least for Ohio
The Lady Laughing is all over my algorithm at the moment
Most Hated People = Jesse Marsh ... WHY ???
Wegmans Empire, one of the best things about NYS
I don't get the JK Rowling one

Posted by: browndog says woof at November 06, 2026 10:26 PM (oCio0)

45 I'd put Vlad Lenin and Karl Marx in the top 10.

Posted by: Joemarine at November 06, 2026 10:26 PM (y171U)

46 My mother informed me that Wegman's Sovereign Nation is now invading the Giant Eagle Federation.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 10:26 PM (X8vlu)

47 Sick and watching a bunch of old Gene Autry movies....the bad guys all sound like Chicago mobsters.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 06, 2026 10:27 PM (3UxRL)

48 Idaho has moved up to top relocation place once I get the hell out of Washington.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 10:27 PM (2WIwB)

49 And Ghenghis Khan at 50? He killed an estimated 40M people during a period of time when there were only about 400M people...about 10% of the entire f'n world population...like killing 800M today.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 10:27 PM (l3cgK)

50 Howdy, beloved Horde! Nice to see you all here tonight!

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 06, 2026 10:28 PM (OlzlW)

51 Augusto Pinochet, Francisco Franco, Vlad the Impaler, Christopher Columbus, Hernan Cortez? They were heroes in my book.

Posted by: NickM's Momma at November 06, 2026 10:28 PM (yky4J)

52 Idaho has moved up to top relocation place once I get the hell out of Washington.

===

Texas no longer top of the list ???

Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 10:28 PM (AKptf)

53 I think you need to put Paraguay's Francisco Solano López on that list. You get bonus points for being responsible for killing off 70% of your country's population.

He should have at least got honorable mention. I mean, when you conscript 10 year old's into your army, you're not a second teamer.

Posted by: Orson at November 06, 2026 10:28 PM (dIske)

54 Vlad Tepes did humanity a service.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 10:28 PM (X8vlu)

55 I never understood why Noir was such a "thing" ...

Posted by: browndog says woof at November 06, 2026 10:29 PM (oCio0)

56 Gawd. I miss Wegmans.
Fred Myers (aka Kroger) sucks pond scum.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 10:29 PM (2WIwB)

57 51 Augusto Pinochet, Francisco Franco, Vlad the Impaler, Christopher Columbus, Hernan Cortez? They were heroes in my book.

Posted by: NickM's Momma at November 06, 2026 10:28 PM (yky4J)

Cortez is almost universally hated in Mexico...And I'm most likely descended from him and a number of his conquistadors...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 10:29 PM (l3cgK)

58 If that private dick admiring her gams is a frog...

Posted by: davidt at November 06, 2026 10:29 PM (Q+gd/)

59 Given that mach 8 fart video, all I have to say is this:

*poot*

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 06, 2026 10:29 PM (O7YUW)

60 Damn! Off, sock.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 10:30 PM (yky4J)

61 Great ONT, Dave!

I explain knitting patterns to people as code, but with more variations, so not binary. Charted patterns use a series of symbols for the different stitches in each row. They can be very complex, as in lace knitting.
Written patterns use abbreviations for the stitches: K, P,
K2tog, YO, sl1, etc. in combinations to form the pattern.
Same goes for crochet...

Posted by: sal at November 06, 2026 10:30 PM (f+FmA)

62 OTOH:

Approximately 8% of men in the broad region that includes Central Asia carry a specific Y-chromosome lineage historically linked to Genghis Khan or his close male relatives (roughly 0.5% of the world’s male population, or about 16 million men at the time of the key study).

A busy man.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 06, 2026 10:30 PM (aD4fx)

63 I'd put Vlad Lenin and Karl Marx in the top 10.
Posted by: Joemarine

Lavrentiy Beria

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:30 PM (ndZc7)

64 The Pizarro brothers were much worse than Cortez. Even the Spanish crown couldn't stomach them.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at November 06, 2026 10:30 PM (vBZcw)

65 59 Given that mach 8 fart video, all I have to say is this:

*poot*

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at November 06, 2026 10:29 PM (O7YUW)

Your guts would explode under the intense pressure first...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 10:31 PM (l3cgK)

66 Texas no longer top of the list ???
Posted by: runner at November 06, 2026 10:28 PM (AKptf)

It may be by default if that's where the grandkids wind up. But I really love Idaho. And gas is 95 cents cheaper there than here.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 10:31 PM (2WIwB)

67 Approximately 8% of men in the broad region that includes Central Asia carry a specific Y-chromosome lineage historically linked to Genghis Khan or his close male relatives (roughly 0.5% of the world’s male population, or about 16 million men at the time of the key study).

A busy man.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

Sex and violence, man. Sex and violence.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:32 PM (ndZc7)

68 62 OTOH:

Approximately 8% of men in the broad region that includes Central Asia carry a specific Y-chromosome lineage historically linked to Genghis Khan or his close male relatives (roughly 0.5% of the world’s male population, or about 16 million men at the time of the key study).

A busy man.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 06, 2026 10:30 PM (aD4fx)

Reminds me of the saw...
Paying for carbon credits to offset your carbon usage is the same as a gangbanger knocking up a bunch of women to make up for all the gang members he's killed...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 10:32 PM (l3cgK)

69 Cortez is almost universally hated in Mexico...And I'm most likely descended from him and a number of his conquistadors...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 10:29 PM (l3cgK)

Mexico would not be Mexico had there not been Cortez. The Aztec Empire would have eventually fallen to General Pershing.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 10:32 PM (yky4J)

70 The state of the United States at the moment, from X:

I don’t enjoy discussing politics with all my Democrat friends, because all they talk about is all the people they want to kill. It’s really disturbing.

It's true - a moderate Democratic now is someone who merely wants to imprison his political opponents, rather than kill them.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 06, 2026 10:33 PM (aD4fx)

71 Ok, I'm fucking giggling at the lifetime fart blast. Holy shit, lol.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 06, 2026 10:34 PM (vzuC7)

72 Sometime recently somebody posted a link to a news article about Illinois and Colorado planning ways to punish MAGA supporters. Does anyone here tonight remember anything about that? I can't find the article via internet search. All the hits are about how mean Trump is to Colorado and Illinois.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 06, 2026 10:34 PM (OlzlW)

73
Thanks, Dave.

Now I can put this miserable week to bed.

Posted by: Auspex at November 06, 2026 10:34 PM (Y8DZL)

74 The Greatest Happiness is to scatter your enemy and drive him before you. To see his cities reduced to ashes. To see those who love him shrouded and in tears. And to gather to your bosom his wives and daughters.

Genghis Khan

Posted by: The ARC of History! at November 06, 2026 10:35 PM (aD4fx)

75 Sub Che Guevara for C Columbus.

Posted by: Rex B at November 06, 2026 10:35 PM (sdSI9)

76 WD, this is a stellar ONT. If you had just had the fart math, that would have been perfect, but then you had pup cups and silent gubs, and it was beautiful.

(wipes a tear, smiles.)

Posted by: Moki at November 06, 2026 10:35 PM (wLjpr)

77 My mother informed me that Wegman's Sovereign Nation is now invading the Giant Eagle Federation.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 10:26 PM (X8vlu)

We have both a Wegman's and a Publix here in SE Virginia (Food Lion AZ)

Posted by: GWB at November 06, 2026 10:35 PM (kU0PQ)

78 Pol Pot who I believe is the American Left's dream leader

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 10:36 PM (vE0+H)

79 Weird Dave...you have nailed what I needed this week. I loved it all.

I laughed out loud at the farht science thing, which could be totally retarded and I don't care.

And the College Footbawl is priceless in matching preznits.

I hate Osama the most. It's all his fault. Everything.

Loved drunk James May beating nasty and mean Ramsey. I assume that is Shepherd's Pie.

The states who hate other states is accurate.

Altho in MS Piggly Wiggly of my youth was like an early 7-11. Publix Empire of FL is great. All of their stores now have generators after the Three Hurricane Summer of 2005 we endured on our beach.

The map of cities in Europe is accurate.

There were resistance code knitters during WWII. Did anyone but me know this? Do I win a prize of some sort? Please don't answer what the chosen prize would be.

https://tinyurl.com/4vk3vjav

Thanks again, Weird Dave.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 10:36 PM (hzuYO)

80 >>Idaho has moved up to top relocation place once I get the hell out of Washington.

If you like Idaho then go for it, If you think you can outrun the left you are making a mistake.

Those of us who live blue states have been saying this for years while we got shit on. Look who is running Texas now.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 10:37 PM (viF8m)

81 78 Pol Pot who I believe is the American Left's dream leader

Posted by: ... at November 06, 2026 10:36 PM (vE0+H)

And they kept making excuses as word of his mass killing of Cambodians started coming to light...
The left were also big fans of Jim Jones until he killed off his entire cult.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at November 06, 2026 10:37 PM (l3cgK)

82 Also...is that a real gun? I want one.

Mostly for shooting a few squirrels currently, but would maybe need it in the future apocalypse.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 10:38 PM (hzuYO)

83 Diogenes,

Leave your home only if you really want to be somewhere else. Don’t try to escape anything. You never wil escape. If you love your home. And your neighborhood. And trust your neighbors…. Don’t leave. Wherever you go,
There you are.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 10:38 PM (yEz+x)

84 Maybe it's time for Donald Trump to form the Great America Party, and shitcan the GOP forever. Bring in a few of the decent reps and senators from the GOP, and maybe a few decent Democrats, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 10:38 PM (yky4J)

85 One more. I love cranking this shit out.

The dame walked into my office at 8:47 on a Thursday night, and trouble came in right behind her. She wore a black dress, blood-red lipstick, and a look that could freeze the devil's coffee. Her legs went clear to the floor, her eyes could cut glass, and tucked beneath that silk jacket was a Colt .45 that looked like it had settled more arguments than the Supreme Court.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 10:38 PM (2WIwB)

86 The left were also big fans of Jim Jones until he killed off his entire cult.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Diane Fineswine's good buddy.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at November 06, 2026 10:39 PM (X8vlu)

87 56 Gawd. I miss Wegmans.
Fred Myers (aka Kroger) sucks pond scum.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 10:29 PM (2WIwB)

I miss the Wegmans before covid. They got rid of the food court during that bleak period, and the football field length salad and hot bar with asian, indian, mexican and italian food was gone, replace with a weak sampling of dishes prepackaged, chilled and languishing in cold cases. Their Thanksgiving turkey dinner, however, was the bomb. I had surgery the Monday before thanksgiving one year, and we got it. Chef's kiss!

Posted by: Moki at November 06, 2026 10:40 PM (wLjpr)

88 JackStraw

*fistbump*

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 10:40 PM (yEz+x)

89 Welp, I can hardly keep my eyes open. I'll check tomorrow to see if anyone answers my query.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at November 06, 2026 10:41 PM (OlzlW)

90 Maybe it's time for Donald Trump to form the Great America Party, and shitcan the GOP forever.

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I dumped the GOP and registered independent after McCain blamed his loss on Palin. I've never regretted it.

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maybe a few decent Democrats, too.

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Also unicorns and the Easter Bunny.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:42 PM (ndZc7)

91 Don't know if this is what you are looking for, Emmie, but it goes that direction:
https://tinyurl.com/3z5acr53

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 06, 2026 10:42 PM (3UxRL)

92 She was real, all right.

Posted by: Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid at November 06, 2026 10:43 PM (Q+gd/)

93 Leave your home only if you really want to be somewhere else. Don’t try to escape anything. You never wil escape. If you love your home. And your neighborhood. And trust your neighbors…. Don’t leave. Wherever you go,
There you are.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 10:38 PM (yEz+x)
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Agree. A state isn't just the current political climate. As we saw this week, that can turn on a dime.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 06, 2026 10:43 PM (kpS4V)

94 Who the hell got Christopher Columbus on that list?

And while AK does have a lot of Carrs stores, I'd say they are generally beat by Fred Meyer, and certainly by Three Bears.

But then, nobody ever comes to AK to find out before they make these silly maps.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 10:43 PM (5WPt1)

95 Why aren’t Woodrow Wilson or FDR on the list? Oh yeah, good PR.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 06, 2026 10:43 PM (ZVgZ4)

96 Also...is that a real gun? I want one.

https://bt-usa.com/products/hush-puppy-kit/

Get it now before the next congress reinstates the NFA tax and registry.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 06, 2026 10:43 PM (vTZFs)

97 How does Henry the 8th get on the list of most hated, but not VI Lenin?

Posted by: RandomDave at November 06, 2026 10:44 PM (aJQbY)

98 I'm actually surprised that Idaho didn't lurch more leftward, given all the blue transplants we've received so far. Guess they all settled in the southern portion?

*shrugs*

Posted by: JQ at November 06, 2026 10:44 PM (rdVOm)

99 Also unicorns and the Easter Bunny.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now Is the Winter of Our Discontent at November 06, 2026 10:42 PM (ndZc7)

Heh. I was thinking maybe Fetterman. I think he could be persuaded, and his future as a Donk Senator is on very thin ice anyway.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 10:44 PM (yky4J)

100 There were resistance code knitters during WWII. Did anyone but me know this? Do I win a prize of some sort? Please don't answer what the chosen prize would be.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 10:36 PM (hzuYO)

And don't forget the Vengeances in "A Tale of Two Cities", knitting in the name of the victims of Mdme.
Guillotine.
I'm a constant knitter in public and when they read that in our middle D's English class, her friends were all "Hey, Marge- it's your mom!"

Posted by: sal at November 06, 2026 10:45 PM (f+FmA)

101 Moki, that's so sad about Wegmans' food court. It was the best thing after a long day of work to traipse through all the h hill or dishes available.

COVID was the excuse to enshitify a lot of beautiful conveniences.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 06, 2026 10:46 PM (kpS4V)

102 I laughed out loud at the farht science thing, which could be totally retarded and I don't care.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 10:36 PM (hzuYO)

I'm still laughing. I watched it probably a half dozen times. It will be the first thing I show Mrs b when she gets home. She'll probably roll her eyes and call me retarded, and I'll just uh..laugh in her face, lol. Or, she'll be amused. I never know how she'll react to sophomoric humor.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 06, 2026 10:47 PM (vzuC7)

103 If you like Idaho then go for it, If you think you can outrun the left you are making a mistake.

Those of us who live blue states have been saying this for years while we got shit on. Look who is running Texas now.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 10:37 PM (viF8m)

Oh I do like it. It's beautiful.
I've no illusions about what's happening vis-a-vis the Left but in the time I have left, I'd like to create a place where the family can go.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 10:47 PM (2WIwB)

104 "Hot dishes". Stupid sausage fingers.

Mmm, sausage....

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 06, 2026 10:48 PM (kpS4V)

105 surprised that Idaho didn't lurch more leftward
_-_
Yeah, that's the problem. This is happening everywhere. I had a number of friends leave Colorado for Texas, but the problem shows up there, too...and now my daughter and son-in-law in the big MT are beckoning...

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 06, 2026 10:48 PM (3UxRL)

106 >>*fistbump*

Running only makes you tired. And you will never stop running.

For all of the gun talk I've heard the real courage is not running away. If you love where you live then stand up.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 10:49 PM (viF8m)

107 https://bt-usa.com/products/hush-puppy-kit/

Get it now before the next congress reinstates the NFA tax and registry.
Posted by: Oddbob at November 06, 2026 10:43 PM (vTZFs)

Be nice if they made such a kit for a real gun, like a 1911.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 10:49 PM (yky4J)

108 101 Moki, that's so sad about Wegmans' food court. It was the best thing after a long day of work to traipse through all the h hill or dishes available.

COVID was the excuse to enshitify a lot of beautiful conveniences.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 06, 2026 10:46 PM (kpS4V)

It ruined so so much. And I fear it was a harbinger. How are you doing these days, sweet lady?

Posted by: Moki at November 06, 2026 10:49 PM (wLjpr)

109 I'm doing very well, dear Moki. Retirement suits me. I don't do a damn thing and I love it.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 06, 2026 10:51 PM (kpS4V)

110 I'm still laughing. I watched it probably a half dozen times. It will be the first thing I show Mrs b when she gets home. She'll probably roll her eyes and call me retarded, and I'll just uh..laugh in her face, lol. Or, she'll be amused. I never know how she'll react to sophomoric humor.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 06, 2026 10:47 PM (vzuC7)

You know, I don't the math really maths. But it was funny.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 10:51 PM (yky4J)

111 Been standing up.

So have you.

I’m not leaving.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 10:52 PM (yEz+x)

112 Yeah, we *did* move a bit to the left:

R

is now only 2:1, instead of 3:1. Once the current crop of elementary-age indoctrinees come of age and start voting, we'll be just as screwed as everywhere else.

Posted by: JQ at November 06, 2026 10:52 PM (rdVOm)

113 If you love where you live then stand up.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 10:49 PM (viF8m)
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Yes!

(I'm doing it from a prone position though)
*swirls brandy snifter*

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at November 06, 2026 10:53 PM (kpS4V)

114 Ugh... R : D is now only 2:1

Posted by: JQ at November 06, 2026 10:53 PM (rdVOm)

115 Running only makes you tired. And you will never stop running.

For all of the gun talk I've heard the real courage is not running away. If you love where you live then stand up.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 10:49 PM (viF8m)

I think we may have run far enough, although there is one sketchy neighbor an acre over or so.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 10:53 PM (5WPt1)

116 B&T builds some cool stuff, that silencer included.

Drawback to a wiped silencer like that one is that it's quiet for about 10 rounds and then you're replacing the wipes.

If you "need" something to be James Bond quiet just get a .22LR and whatever can you like. I have a Rugged Mustang and it's quieter than your red ryder bb gun.

Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 10:54 PM (oqH4h)

117 The California Dream dimmed considerably for me after the great grocery strike of 2003-4. The workers believed the union leadership and struck Safeway (Vons), Kroger (Ralphs) and Albertsons primarily over employer paid healthcare. At a time when everyone else routinely contributed to an employer-sponsored plan, these yahoos thought they could continue with the free ride they had been enjoying up til then.

I honored the line for a few weeks, hoping an adult would finally step in and explain reality and get everyone back to work ahead of Thanksgiving. Nope. Christmas? Sorry. Walked into the local Albertsons to find the butcher shop dark and partitioned off. The produce - California Fresh! was pitiful.

Started to do most of my shopping at Trader Joes and a few independents. Everyone else did the same. I remember sitting out at my local Coffee Bean and I recognized an Albertsons cashier walking the picket line and looking pretty defeated. Young guy, with a family. When the strike ended, about five or six months after it started, I never saw him again...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 06, 2026 10:54 PM (08OqX)

118 They didn't dare place Muhammad accurately on the Most Hated list, because his hateful followers would murder them.

Posted by: SciVo at November 06, 2026 10:55 PM (ke3zm)

119 Leave your home only if you really want to be somewhere else. Don’t try to escape anything. You never wil escape. If you love your home. And your neighborhood. And trust your neighbors…. Don’t leave. Wherever you go,
There you are.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 10:38 PM (yEz+x)

I have a fine neighborhood but the area is not the same. There are 100,000 more people here than when I bought the house. It's crowded. Traffic sucks. Politics suck. My doctor retired and now I have to find a new one. And I hit all the damn lights red.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 10:56 PM (2WIwB)

120
I'm still laughing. I watched it probably a half dozen times. It will be the first thing I show Mrs b when she gets home. She'll probably roll her eyes and call me retarded, and I'll just uh..laugh in her face, lol. Or, she'll be amused. I never know how she'll react to sophomoric humor.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at November 06, 2026 10:47 PM (vzuC7)
********
I want to know who did the math and wrote it. Then have them run for Congress or King Emperor Genius.

When he hit 290 G's is when I lose it every time. Have watched it 4 times.

If anyone can find it not on X or twitter I'd send it to my men.

Can you tell I grew up with brothers and their friends?

I think the noro virus explosions I had this summer rivaled this at times (I had the diarrhea type vs harfing). I was too weak to laugh, but was thinking wth?

I only get stomach issues every 50yrs (so far). The last was the Bicentennial virus I gifted my brothers before going to Gulf Shores for the 4th to enjoy the beach. There were pre-fireworks from both ends.

They hated me.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 10:57 PM (hzuYO)

121 The false Prophet Mohamed belongs on the top row of the Most Hated chart. In terms of damage done, he's #1.

Posted by: a.moron at November 06, 2026 10:58 PM (X5Jzz)

122 I am a friend of the Aldi Cartel.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 10:58 PM (Jr5Lq)

123 I disagree with the arch-nemesis map: Illinois' arch-nemesis is Illinois. Disagree? Consider this: What Illinois is doing to itself is indistinguishable from what its worst enemy would do.

Posted by: Nemo at November 06, 2026 10:59 PM (4RPgu)

124 She had legs all the way up to her chin and a pair of 38s.

Also a gun.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 10:59 PM (qlLNh)

125 AK used to be Safeway and Carrs, exclusively. Carrs was local, and there is still the Carr-Gottstein Corporation outside of the grocery business. Carrs is the high end grocery, with really good produce and prices to match. Most of what you need you can get at Freddie's, cheaper, but not always the same quality. Costco is in Anchorage, and some folks drive in a load up a month's worth, usually if they have a lot of kids. Then there is Three Bears, which is our local out here, and it is kind of a stepped down Costco. They carry a fair bit of the stuff Costco has, plus their own groceries, some really good spices and spice mixes, and a gun counter where you can get just about anything plus ammo. Some camping stuff, some car stuff, lots of animal feed, particularly for small farming, and great local beef and other meat items. It's a bit more pricey, but the drive is about 15 minutes vs. half an hour to Wasilla or an hour to Costco in Anchorage, so it pays for itself. Freddie's, Costco and Three Bears also has gas. But Three Bears is our vibe.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 10:59 PM (5WPt1)

126 You MUST have fewer children!!! We are overpopulating the earth!!!

We must have more immigrants!!! We are below the replacement rate of births!!!!

Would kinda help our younger generations if they had a little less competition from abroad, yes?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 06, 2026 11:00 PM (bWl9e)

127 And I hit all the damn lights red.
Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 10:56 PM (2WIwB)

Have you considered a shotgun?

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 11:01 PM (5WPt1)

128 > AK used to be Safeway and Carrs, exclusively. Carrs was local, and there is still the Carr-Gottstein Corporation outside of the grocery business.

I remember when Proctors was still a thing.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 11:01 PM (qlLNh)

129 I just finished Brink of War and its pretty good.

The portrayal of Gorby and Reagan were both spot on.

And one thing that sticks with me, how did we go from mopping the floor with industrial socialism to losing to gay communism?

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:04 PM (sKqQm)

130 Have you considered a shotgun?
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 11:01 PM (5WPt1)

Every time I go for pizza.
Bonus, could eliminate a few Flock cameras too!

Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 11:04 PM (2WIwB)

131 She had legs like a millipede. The kind you just knew would hold you in down while her mandibles sunk into your face, the hard carapace of her trunk segments rendering her immune to your feeble blows. It was then that I realized, almost too late, that she was in fact a giant millipede. No face, no case, doll. My .38 rang out several times, and I bolted down the fire escape just behind my fleeing sanity, knowing I had definitely picked the wrong week to stop shooting morphine into my eyeballs.

Posted by: Short Bus H.P. Lovecraft at November 06, 2026 11:05 PM (HFrEr)

132 Drawback to a wiped silencer like that one is that it's quiet for about 10 rounds and then you're replacing the wipes.

If you "need" something to be James Bond quiet just get a .22LR and whatever can you like. I have a Rugged Mustang and it's quieter than your red ryder bb gun.

Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 10:54 PM (oqH4h)

If I were going to commence a retirement career as a hitman, I would build me an over and under double barrelled derringer, muzzle-loader, with electric ignition. No action to make a click, no ejected brass. With a one-time wiper type suppressor on each barrel. That would be for the hits. Carry a regular automatic to fight my way out if something goes wrong on the job.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 11:05 PM (yky4J)

133 Would kinda help our younger generations if they had a little less competition from abroad, yes?

Also:

Tooth and nail capitalism is bad - you shouldn't have to compete just to make a living and...

We've imported every third world we can find to compete against you in that system and given them welfare and DEI

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:05 PM (sKqQm)

134 So depressed.
Everyone have a good night.

I really don't want to take care of Ralphy anymore.
I'll regroup this weekend.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106.5 years old! Puppy at heart! at November 06, 2026 11:06 PM (Sco7b)

135 Mexico would not be Mexico had there not been Cortez. The Aztec Empire would have eventually fallen to General Pershing.

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Do you think they would have lasted all the way to the 1900s??? The absolute latest they could have made it would have been the early 1800's where Andrew Jackson would have eliminated them. But they were weak and probably would have collapsed on their own similar to Rome.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at November 06, 2026 11:06 PM (tB7nu)

136 ChristyBlinky, no idea who "They hated me" means, but clearly those were bad people. None of us here hate you, quite the opposite!

Yeah I've had a few tonight. But my spelling and grammar are werewolf perfect!

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 11:06 PM (CHHv1)

137 Diogenes

Medical care is not going to be better than what you have access to now. How much “medical intervention” is worth living where you live?

If your quality of life is potentially better in Idaho, go for it. But. Things change.

Priest Lake is freaking out of this world and I’d move there into a log cabin tomorrow if I could.

Otherwise. I am staying here. I love Seattle. With all its warts and pustules and gaping, oozing wounds.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 11:06 PM (yEz+x)

138 If you "need" something to be James Bond quiet just get a .22LR and whatever can you like. I have a Rugged Mustang and it's quieter than your red ryder bb gun.

Posted by: ballistic at November 06, 2026 10:54 PM (oqH4h)

My 22 Henry rifle is like that. First time I shot it, I had to check the magazine to make sure all the rounds went through..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 06, 2026 11:08 PM (08OqX)

139 @134 -yeah everyone loves Robert the Cat(TM). Only one person has to live with him and his machinations.

Spoiler alert6: that person is me. And no, you have no idea. None at all. Not in the least. Oh God here it goes again--

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 11:09 PM (CHHv1)

140 Happy Friday Horde!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at November 06, 2026 11:10 PM (ibDUx)

141 If the Spanish had never gone to Mexico the Aztecs would eventually have been defeated by some other tribes.

Cortez won by getting the neighboring tribes to ally with him, because yeah maybe he wanted your gold but he didn't want to eat your people. Someone else would have eventually been able to make a similiar set of alliances...

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:10 PM (sKqQm)

142 Well said nurse ratched. At time the home we are used to is the home we should leave.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 11:11 PM (CHHv1)

143 ONT is top quality. The presidents/ncaa football mashup is eerily accurate…

Posted by: H at November 06, 2026 11:11 PM (JSLNb)

144 112 Yeah, we *did* move a bit to the left:

R is now only 2:1, instead of 3:1. Once the current crop of elementary-age indoctrinees come of age and start voting, we'll be just as screwed as everywhere else.

----

I keep saying this. We complain about AOC, and Mamdani and this guy and that. The biggest problem with the country right now is our schools teaching our kids to hate America, embrace communism and hate white men. It is not all teachers, but nearly every school has enough of these commies to poison our young minds.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at November 06, 2026 11:12 PM (tB7nu)

145 Priest Lake is freaking out of this world and I’d move there into a log cabin tomorrow if I could.

Nurse,
You're reading my mind. Already found two potential cabins.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 11:12 PM (2WIwB)

146 139 @134 -yeah everyone loves Robert the Cat(TM). Only one person has to live with him and his machinations.

Spoiler alert6: that person is me. And no, you have no idea. None at all. Not in the least. Oh God here it goes again--
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 11:09 PM (CHHv1)

It's also the constant lifting him into the house. The stairs. But he's happy otherwise. But it's a never-ending constant thing that wears me out now.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106.5 years old! Puppy at heart! at November 06, 2026 11:12 PM (Sco7b)

147 @117...we had a weird Thanksgiving about 20yrs ago on the farm. My brother would report to me and my dude that mother kept getting the turkey out to thaw, then putting it back in the freezer after he'd take it out again over two days or so.

We, being somewhat sane, thought this was weird. At 10pm Wed night my dude notes the frozen/unfrozen turkey was still frozenish and probably full of salmonella.

We decide to leave to find another turkey in the Podunk Boonies of MS. Found a fresh turkey, the last one, that looked ok.

Had left a note in the event my parents, brothers or sons noticed we'd left. No one noticed as you sleep soundly there.

The next morning, mother was annoyed at our drama and I think probably ate the weird turkey after we left (yet they all still lived). We ate the one we figured wouldn't kill us that weekend.

She would also invite about 50 relatives for this dinner, potluck. Approx one third of these relatives were dysfunctional. It made for many stories for our sons in later years.

This week my brother sent me fakebook photos of one cousin finding one of her 3 husbands for true love again. I texted Honey Boo Boo's family have entered our Shakespearean play.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 11:13 PM (hzuYO)

148 Just looking for clues at the scene of the crime:

Duck.ai GPT -6 Luna said:
Harris County (Houston+) has '600,000 undocumented immigrants'.

They caught chairman Xi printing up driver licenses for the undocumented before. How about this time?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 11:13 PM (wljQY)

149 I offered the Mother Superior a shot of scotch. She declined and took a slug of bootleg bourbon from her hip flask Then she lit up a stogie, and offered me one. Cuban. I raised an eyebrow. "The Church has ways." she muttered.

"Now," I said, tell me what happened when you found Cardinal O'Ryan in the transept with the missing cake server sticking out of his back.

"He muttered "I should have known not to approve a an Altar Guild basement potluck on the same night the Columbiettes have their annual bash. I've paid the price" then he kicked off.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 11:13 PM (qlLNh)

150 95 Why aren’t Woodrow Wilson or FDR on the list? Oh yeah, good PR.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
Besides WWI, Woodrow Wilson had the whole eugenics thing going for him. Liberals tend to forget that Wilson and Margaret Sanger were eugenics enthusiasts. Margaret Sanger didn't want "the wrong kind of people" to do too much reproducing.

Posted by: nerdygirl at November 06, 2026 11:14 PM (0Htd1)

151 I remember when Proctors was still a thing.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 11:01 PM (qlLNh)

Loved the red wax pencil to mark prices! Back then we also had a Piggly Wiggly in Mountain View and one in Spenard. All of them are long gone.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 11:15 PM (5WPt1)

152 @144 -exactly. Our education system slams the best and upsizes the worst. Eventually that becomes the standard.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 11:15 PM (CHHv1)

153 One rivalry between IL and WI is Bears vs Packers. Other than that, this Illinoisan regards WI as a pleasant place to visit once in a while.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 11:15 PM (Jr5Lq)

154 Margaret Sanger didn't want "the wrong kind of people" to do too much reproducing.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 06, 2026 11:14 PM (0Htd1)

And yet, here is the Horde! Silly Margaret.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 11:16 PM (5WPt1)

155 > Loved the red wax pencil to mark prices! Back then we also had a Piggly Wiggly in Mountain View and one in Spenard. All of them are long gone.
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 11:15 PM (5WPt1)

I'm trying to think of the name of the prototypical "no frills" store that was around for a while. Nothing like a big box store, but they did offer bulk items.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 11:16 PM (qlLNh)

156 I'd put Vlad Lenin and Karl Marx in the top 10.
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Pol Pot belongs there for *efficiency* rating. That evil bastard managed to kill 25% of the entire population of Cambodia in a matter of only a couple of years. He did that by outright murder and complete and total economic incompetence, where he killed farmers and then marched accountants and social workers out to farms and told them to replace their productivity, even thought they had ZERO skills and training.

So basically what DEI looks like, just without the competent non-DEI hires to keep everything moving.

Pol Pot and Cambodia is the tightest teaching model there is on the evils of communism.

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 11:16 PM (Cjcf6)

157 Was Obama 51st or something?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at November 06, 2026 11:17 PM (n5tGW)

158 Getting blustery out there. Prolly lose power tonight.

All good. It’s not cold. Lows in the upper 40s.

Might have to fire up the jet boil for coffee in the morning. .

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 11:17 PM (yEz+x)

159 Besides WWI, Woodrow Wilson had the whole eugenics thing going for him.

One of the "good" progressive judges wrote the "One generation of imbeciles is enough" decision.

The difference between then and now, is now the left has found a use for imbeciles and their offspring

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:17 PM (sKqQm)

160 >>>Cortez won by getting the neighboring tribes to ally with him, because yeah maybe he wanted your gold but he didn't want to eat your people. Someone else would have eventually been able to make a similiar set of alliances...

Posted by: 18-1
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That's literally what he told the other tribes.
I'm going to make you my slaves but we are not going to murder your babies, and eat them or do any of the other unholy things the Aztec are doing. You will have your families and your children.
We are Christian and abide by God's law.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 11:17 PM (wljQY)

161 153 One rivalry between IL and WI is Bears vs Packers. Other than that, this Illinoisan regards WI as a pleasant place to visit once in a while.
Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 11:15 PM (Jr5Lq)

Being from Alaska, I always laughed when WI folks referred to Illinois folk as "flatlanders." I'm not entirely sure I could tell the difference, honestly. What WI considers a "mountain" hardly makes a bump in the road up here.

Also, the called them FIBs. Not the nicest way to refer to folks from IL, but then, not many IL tourists were particularly kind to the folks where they visited, either.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 11:18 PM (5WPt1)

162 Hey, it's got an upright string bass in it:

https://tinyurl.com/3hh8uere

Posted by: pawn at November 06, 2026 11:18 PM (3g9Kl)

163 Pol Pot and Cambodia is the tightest teaching model there is on the evils of communism.

If you ever get into this with socialists they invariably fall back to "this time will be different" and then a little later wax on the joy they will feel when they have Elon Musk and the "Epstein class" executed.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:18 PM (sKqQm)

164 If I were going to commence a retirement career as a hitman, I would build me an over and under double barrelled derringer, muzzle-loader, with electric ignition. No action to make a click, no ejected brass. With a one-time wiper type suppressor on each barrel. That would be for the hits. Carry a regular automatic to fight my way out if something goes wrong on the job.

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A dagger is quieter and has a longer range...

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at November 06, 2026 11:18 PM (tB7nu)

165 Night all!

Posted by: Diogenes at November 06, 2026 11:19 PM (2WIwB)

166 @146 the thing is, he's a dog. He has always loved you, and you him. He did his bit, and now...well, he expects nothing. But you want to give him everything, because his love is pure.

Cats aren't in the same arena.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 11:19 PM (CHHv1)

167 In the massively-AU setting I occasionally toy with, yeah, Euro-equivalents didn't even come to the Americas, but eventually the sqabbling tribes of North America got together *just long enough* to Do Something about the Aztecs (aided by a Tezcatlipoca cultist sect). Then promptly broke down into squabbling again.

Posted by: RandomDave at November 06, 2026 11:19 PM (aJQbY)

168 Cecilia Giménez should be on the Most Hated People in History List !

Posted by: Borja Citizens at November 06, 2026 11:20 PM (AKptf)

169 > Cortez won by getting the neighboring tribes to ally with him, because yeah maybe he wanted your gold but he didn't want to eat your people.
Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:10 PM (sKqQm)

Right. As Neal Stephenson put it, it's a mark of what utter shitheads the Aztecs were that when the Spanish Inquisition took over, things actually became a lot more humane.

Also thinking of the way the Romans (not exactly a bunch of bleeding hearts) were horrified by the cruelty of the Druids.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 11:20 PM (qlLNh)

170 Stay warm nurse ratched.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 11:21 PM (CHHv1)

171 >>I think we may have run far enough, although there is one sketchy neighbor an acre over or so.

As you all know, I live in a very blue state. But in a place full of old timey yankee Democrats. We don't talk politics and we don't have trans nose pierced freaks. Kind of like Mayberry here. With a lot of ocean. We mostly talk about fishing or sailing.

They know my politics and I know theirs. So we leave it at that. We get along fine.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 11:21 PM (viF8m)

172 Thanks, pawn, that's my favorite Cleverlys tune!

Posted by: Don in SoCo at November 06, 2026 11:21 PM (bWl9e)

173 Cats aren't in the same arena.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at November 06, 2026 11:19 PM (CHHv1

Thank you.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106.5 years old - puppy at heart at November 06, 2026 11:23 PM (Sco7b)

174 I'm trying to think of the name of the prototypical "no frills" store that was around for a while. Nothing like a big box store, but they did offer bulk items.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 06, 2026 11:16 PM (qlLNh)

Mom used to buy a case of bread from the Sunrise Bakery second day store. Was just as cheap as making it, and a lot easier. Then it was Carrs on Gambell for meat and produce, and then Safeway on Gambell for everything else. The checkout ladies at Safeway were amazing, with huge beehive hairdos, and they never looked at the manual register while they rung things up, and they never made mistakes, either. Mom always gossiped with them, and then after she always checked the receipt.

The Sunrise is now Franz, but the other two stores are gone. Passing of an era.

Also, Pay n Save, and Montgomery Ward with the escalator.

Lots of lost things these days. Progress, I suppose.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 11:23 PM (5WPt1)

175 Was Obama 51st or something?
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He's number 1 on my list of Most Hated Kenyans.

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 11:23 PM (Cjcf6)

176 Also thinking of the way the Romans (not exactly a bunch of bleeding hearts) were horrified by the cruelty of the Druids.

Also see their thoughts on the Punic religion.

And amusingly you can find sociologists attempting to argue the Punic religion didn't mass sacrifice children even though we have plenty of commentary on it from the Romans, Jews, and Greeks

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:24 PM (sKqQm)

177 Cortez married and Indian woman (she learned Spanish and acted as his interpreter). Later on and after he moved back to Spain he continued to support her.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 11:24 PM (wljQY)

178 158 Getting blustery out there. Prolly lose power tonight.

All good. It’s not cold. Lows in the upper 40s.

Might have to fire up the jet boil for coffee in the morning. .
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 11:17 PM (yEz+x)

You'd think they would have sorted out West Seattle by now, but...

It was 15 degrees when I left the house this morning. The frost is pretty, but damn. I guess we should be glad there isn't snow everywhere yet.

Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 11:25 PM (5WPt1)

179 "154 Margaret Sanger didn't want "the wrong kind of people" to do too much reproducing.
Posted by: nerdygirl at November 06, 2026 11:14 PM (0Htd1)

And yet, here is the Horde! Silly Margaret.
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 11:16 PM (5WPt1)"

I just asked the DDG search AI, "how many black voters would there be in America today if Planned Parenthood had never existed?"

answer: Sorry, no relevant information was found in our search.

I guess we'll never know the impact of PP on minorities.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at November 06, 2026 11:26 PM (r7+Q7)

180 A dagger is quieter and has a longer range...
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at November 06, 2026 11:18 PM (tB7nu)

I have no knife-throwing skills. But I see no reason why a muzzle-loader pistol could not be suppressed as well as that Glock 19.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 11:26 PM (yky4J)

181 "not many IL tourists were particularly kind to the folks where they visited, either."

I'm genuinely sorry to hear that.

The highest point in IL is near Scales Mound at a lofty 1235 ft ASL, not far from the WI border in the so-called Driftless Area, which escaped at least one of the glaciations. Not mountainous, but has some spectacular bluffs, full of little twisty rural razorback roads to explore.

Posted by: gp at November 06, 2026 11:27 PM (Jr5Lq)

182 The whole country is not veering left, but a certain algorithm is making the votes come out that way:

https://shorturl.ly/ac59x

Goes to X.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 06, 2026 11:27 PM (ZVgZ4)

183 They know my politics and I know theirs. So we leave it at that. We get along fine.

Years ago I had a group of cow-workers I went out with and of course they were leftists because they wouldn't shut up about it but otherwise it was a good time.

I remember I accidentally let the mask slip at one point - some Sikh had been in the news and the question came up "why the heck does their religion make them carry knives anyway?" which I answered without even thinking about it - "oh because when their religion formed they experienced massive violence from the Muslims they lived among"

One of my cow-workers googled it quickly and was shocked to find I was right. "How do you know this stuff?!?" since it was haram in leftist circles to question Islam even then. "Oh I just read history and a lot of it" and I moved the conversation to something else in the news.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:28 PM (sKqQm)

184 A dagger is quieter and has a longer range...
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at November 06, 2026 11:18 PM (tB7nu)

Knife throwing is pretty difficult, compared with say, axe throwing.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 06, 2026 11:29 PM (ZVgZ4)

185 Muzzle loaders are so primitive and inconvenient. Why not a modern over under?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 11:29 PM (wljQY)

186 If you ever get into this with socialists they invariably fall back to "this time will be different" and then a little later wax on the joy they will feel when they have Elon Musk and the "Epstein class" executed.
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Thank you--that seems to be yet another riff on the "true communism has never been tried" mantra. I can't believe academia still considers itself "academia" when it won't challenge blatantly fraudulent teaching on subjects like this.

Posted by: Crusader at November 06, 2026 11:30 PM (Cjcf6)

187 tcn,

I bet you and DH are so freaking cozy and canning and storing all the good stuff for winter. How lovely! Get his crippled ass out there chopping wood ffs! It’s good therapy!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 11:31 PM (yEz+x)

188 Cortez married and Indian woman (she learned Spanish and acted as his interpreter). Later on and after he moved back to Spain he continued to support her.

She is a fascinating person herself. She had been a noble but was sold into slavery as a child. The tribe that held her in bondage gave her to Cortez as part of a peace offering.

Cortez quickly realized her language skills and she went from slave to his consort. Needless to say she had plenty of motivation to make Cortez ruler of the land...

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:33 PM (sKqQm)

189 One bright spot before I left California was Stater Bros. They were mostly a San Bernardino chain, but they took over a defunct Vons in Simi Valley after the strike. Amazing meat and seafood, everything that Albertsons used to be and then some. It was worth the hour round trip every week..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 06, 2026 11:33 PM (08OqX)

190 Clearly the best: 'I got eight slugs in me, one's lead, the others bourbon'

Posted by: toby928(c) at November 06, 2026 11:34 PM (4NO2D)

191 106 >>*fistbump*

Running only makes you tired. And you will never stop running.

For all of the gun talk I've heard the real courage is not running away. If you love where you live then stand up.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 10:49 PM (viF8m)

I've got no problem with people moving to red states. It's the way that the Electoral College gets to change, and it's how the red states get more representation after the Censuses. In a fair world, red states get to finally drive the bus that saves everyone.

However, at some point, you've got to stand and fight. And it's not just opinionating on a keyboard, but actually making yourself known and fighting.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 06, 2026 11:35 PM (0CU3H)

192 However, at some point, you've got to stand and fight. And it's not just opinionating on a keyboard, but actually making yourself known and fighting.

That is true but I think we are lacking something important.

As a leftist there is a web of NGOs, colleges, local and state governments all as a fall back to hire you if you fail.

The right needs the same.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:37 PM (sKqQm)

193
Philipians 4:8
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.

Someth___ to hold close.

Posted by: Eromero at November 06, 2026 11:38 PM (LHPAg)

194 Muzzle loaders are so primitive and inconvenient. Why not a modern over under?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 11:29 PM (wljQY)

Well, we are talking about a hypothetical hitman's pistol. Or James Bond weapon, if you will. Two barrels, so if you screw up the first shot, you get a second chance. The Welrod was a single-shot, remember. Smooth bore means really no markings on the slug for the ballistics investigators hang a case on.

Cheap and cheerful. You use it for the hit, go home, chuck the barrels in your lathe, and turn them into metal chips.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 11:40 PM (yky4J)

195 Darrell Harris,

I applaud you and admire you for your bravery in running for office! Good for you!

I talk to people. I cultivate relationships with patients and neighbors and folks I see on a regular basis. As they get comfortable, we talk about real things. As we talk, I listen. And challenge.

I’ve made a lot of people think. And that’s the first step.

I’m not brave enough to run for public office. Nor smart enough. But I admire you.

So. You’re pretty fucking awesome.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 11:41 PM (yEz+x)

196 A zipper. OK.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 11:42 PM (wljQY)

197 131 She had legs like a millipede. The kind you just knew would hold you in down while her mandibles sunk into your face, the hard carapace of her trunk segments rendering her immune to your feeble blows. It was then that I realized, almost too late, that she was in fact a giant millipede. No face, no case, doll. My .38 rang out several times, and I bolted down the fire escape just behind my fleeing sanity, knowing I had definitely picked the wrong week to stop shooting morphine into my eyeballs.

Posted by: Short Bus H.P. Lovecraft at November 06, 2026 11:05 PM (HFrEr)

I would buy this book

Posted by: Moki at November 06, 2026 11:43 PM (wLjpr)

198 It was 15 degrees when I left the house this morning. The frost is pretty, but damn. I guess we should be glad there isn't snow everywhere yet.
Posted by: tcn in AK at November 06, 2026 11:25 PM (5WPt1)

******
I love snow. Lots of snow that parts of the Intermountain West wiffed last year. More! I want more than normal! Send it!

Saw the end of the cafe of you telling your man to get it together. We're 47yrs married and still like each other. Actually I'm still crazy about him. We're good!

Some of my classmates were shocked we were still together at the reunion in September, looking at photos. They knew him well and the rocky road of our first year. My roommates both loved him because he cooked for us.

Two classmates them lived upstairs in the (now) historic 150 yr old house where we fell in love.

I've been meaning to take the kids out to dinner and knock on the door to ask permission for a photo on the front porch. I'll probably be shot, but there's always the sidewalk with the house in the background. It's historic, all right.

I need to rake a million leaves tomorrow and do chores as I'm behind in everything in life.

Goodnight and have a pleasant tomorrow!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 11:43 PM (hzuYO)

199 However, at some point, you've got to stand and fight. And it's not just opinionating on a keyboard, but actually making yourself known and fighting.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 06, 2026 11:35 PM (0CU3H)

*********
You'll win next time, sir.

Proud to know you through AOS.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 11:47 PM (hzuYO)

200 There were resistance code knitters during WWII. Did anyone but me know this? Do I win a prize of some sort? Please don't answer what the chosen prize would be.

https://tinyurl.com/4vk3vjav

Thanks again, Weird Dave.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at November 06, 2026 10:36 PM (hzuYO)

Your prize is a knit hat, to keep your wit warm this winter.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 06, 2026 11:47 PM (qx7Zg)

201 Oh speaking of MA I have to bring up again the absolute clown show they have going on.

The State Auditor, a democrat, whose job is to audit the state and its agencies tried to audit the MA state legislature near the start of the year and failed - the legislature argued they were outside of her legal reach and the governor/AG/state court backed them up.

So obviously they are crooked as hell. The auditor worked with outsized groups and got a ballot question to give her the power to audit the crooks. Her measure won by something like 90-10. But the same massholes re-elected all the same crooks who had promised they'd abide by the question if it won because you know they want clean government too the auditor just didn't have the power to do it.

Well, now that the election is over you'll be shocked to know those same crooks are already saying they don't care what the ballot question says she doesn't have the power to audit them.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:48 PM (sKqQm)

202 A zipper. OK.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 06, 2026 11:42 PM (wljQY)

Solid, accurately made, from good steel. Built for a purpose, and when that purpose is fulfilled, to be destroyed.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 06, 2026 11:50 PM (yky4J)

203 >>I've got no problem with people moving to red states. It's the way that the Electoral College gets to change, and it's how the red states get more representation after the Censuses. In a fair world, red states get to finally drive the bus that saves everyone.

Nor do I. People should do what they want. But there always consequences.

Are you familiar with the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact? Democrats are. That will pretty much end the electoral college.

They now have the votes.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 11:50 PM (viF8m)

204 I talk to people. I cultivate relationships with patients and neighbors and folks I see on a regular basis. As they get comfortable, we talk about real things. As we talk, I listen. And challenge.

I’ve made a lot of people think. And that’s the first step.

I’m not brave enough to run for public office. Nor smart enough. But I admire you.

So. You’re pretty fucking awesome.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 06, 2026 11:41 PM (yEz+x)

And what you're doing is exactly how Christianity spread throughout the world. Well, after people like Cortez 'helped' it along, at any rate.

I'm pretty scared a lot of the time, actually. I only ran because I couldn't find anyone else to do it. It was always a lost cause, and I really was always going to be the underdog. It turned out that as I did it, I found that I actually liked it. I also found out that declaring myself a politician made it easier to talk to regular people, and as I did I found that there wasn't the vitriol that you see online. When you meet someone face-to-face to chat it's rarely that bad.

Being 6'1" and black in Fairfield County makes it less likely to be assaulted by an AWFL. So there's that.

You're awesome.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at November 06, 2026 11:51 PM (0CU3H)

205 Here's an alarm clock that doesn't have a snooze button.

https://youtube.com/shorts/MU2H-DJZXOw

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 06, 2026 11:55 PM (qx7Zg)

206 I read that Tesla is stopping production of their Cybertrucks to build cabs.

What cars will raccoons break into now, thinking that they're dumpsters?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 06, 2026 11:58 PM (qx7Zg)

207 Evening.
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how did we go from mopping the floor with industrial socialism to losing to gay communism?
Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:04 PM (sKqQm)

"From each according to his ability, to ea h according to his need," takes on a whole new dimension when applied to gay sex.

Posted by: Robert at November 06, 2026 11:58 PM (yM1Fj)

208 California Great America Santa Clara shutting for keeps after next season. They didn't own the land.
The developers want it.

Posted by: torabora at November 06, 2026 11:59 PM (3bRmy)

209 Just for the record, today is one of those days where I thank the LAWD for booze.

Fuck me...

Posted by: Robert at November 07, 2026 12:00 AM (yM1Fj)

210 >>how did we go from mopping the floor with industrial socialism to losing to gay communism?

Because some of us who tried to warn what was coming were called crazy conspiracy theorists.

Posted by: JackStraw at November 07, 2026 12:01 AM (viF8m)

211 And one thing that sticks with me, how did we go from mopping the floor with industrial socialism to losing to gay communism?

Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:04 PM (sKqQm)

Class warfare and psy ops deployed through a compliant lockstep media

Posted by: ... at November 07, 2026 12:03 AM (vE0+H)

212 Sink drainage still coming out on the pantry floor.
It's garage, pantry, kitchen. The wash and an extra mud room tub are in the pantry.
Home Depot roto rooter was not effective and also hit something like another pipe. It wiggled around it but it is an obstruction.
Pressing on it's established that the washer drain is full function.
The wash tub faucet cartridges (what a dumb idea, cartridges) replaced along with a new drain cup and its established that water drains from there even though it makes curious gurgling sounds.
Unplanned repairs completed the kitchen drain along with dishes await.
At least, the water is back on so there is toilet and cleanliness.
Whew.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 12:03 AM (wljQY)

213 >how did we go from mopping the floor with industrial socialism to losing to gay communism?
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The slow march throught the institutions is paying off.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 07, 2026 12:03 AM (XeU6L)

214 Reposting because. So I've been saying since the DSA psy op appeared in June that things were going to get very weird. And that we were being set up with a phony war between the DNC and DSA.

Equally I have observed all year that we were being set up by the Left for needing a (previously scheduled) masculine manly man for president in 2028, and that it was over for women.

So, laugh at me and feel free to bookmark this or whatever, but at the moment, I will say that it is looking to these eyes like we have been set up - for President El Sayed.

Posted by: ... at November 07, 2026 12:04 AM (vE0+H)

215 And amusingly you can find sociologists attempting to argue the Punic religion didn't mass sacrifice children even though we have plenty of commentary on it from the Romans, Jews, and Greeks
Posted by: 18-1 at November 06, 2026 11:24 PM (sKqQm)

The mass graves of burnt-alive newborns outside every Punic settlement are hard to argue away.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 07, 2026 12:05 AM (ZVgZ4)

216 A genie gave me one wish. I said I just want to be happy.

Now I live in a house with six other dwarves and work in a mine.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 07, 2026 12:05 AM (qx7Zg)

217 I will say that it is looking to these eyes like we have been set up - for President El Sayed.
Posted by: ... at November 07, 2026 12:04 AM
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Oh, please God, NO!!! Nightmare fuel...

Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 12:07 AM (rdVOm)

218 The Left are cheating: see my post at 182.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at November 07, 2026 12:07 AM (ZVgZ4)

219
Looks like we'll get our first frost and maybe first 32F next Saturday around the 15th. It's pretty a pretty normal-ish year, a little drier than normal, at least here. GSP is still officially a good bit below normal rainfall, but right here, I'm about 1.5" behind.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at November 07, 2026 12:09 AM (w6EFb)

220 One other point on the Punic religion the argument is "well the Romans, Greeks, and Jews aren't unbiased arbiters they all had conflicts with Punic states and therefore were likely spread slander about them".

Now NemoMeImpuneLacessit's point is right, we also have archeological evidence.

But...the argument is that the Romans, Jews, and Greeks who hated plenty of other groups, INCLUDING EACH OTHER, all came up with the same calumny against several different Punic civilizations and didn't use it against their other enemies?

That's uh and argument I guess.

Posted by: 18-1 at November 07, 2026 12:10 AM (sKqQm)

221 Oh, please God, NO!!! Nightmare fuel...

Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 12:07 AM (rdVOm)

Sorry - I also keep telling people not to worry and certainly not to think about next elections after driving themselves insane over this one.

It hit me tonight though and I can't get away from it. I have this problem where I see shit and I can't help it?

Anyway I'm only about 30% on it right now. It's pretty fucking outlandish and zany even for me. Let's see how the next four or five months shakes out.

Posted by: ... at November 07, 2026 12:11 AM (vE0+H)

222 Stateless, it's possible you are experiencing seasonal affective disorder - low mood/low energy and you need to try to make a conscious effort to not let it seep into every part of your life, especially your relationship with Ralphie. He still needs you and not just to get up the stairs, he needs your companionship and love.
If your low spirits persist it wouldn't hurt to get a checkup and talk to someone.

Posted by: old chick at November 07, 2026 12:12 AM (F3Dlr)

223 Been pretty dry here too. We’ve had a little rain. Some snow in the mountains. But I’d really love three weeks of saturating rain and 40 degrees.

That means a shitton of snow and disgruntled transplants.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at November 07, 2026 12:13 AM (yEz+x)

224 We had our first frost about 3 weeks ago. Already put the heated water bowl out for outdoor Cat. He's been sleeping indoors from time to time ever since.

Still waiting for the rest of leaves to fall, and then I'll rake again. For now, just use the blower to get them off the front walkway and deck.

Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 12:13 AM (rdVOm)

225 The 50 most hated chart is fake news because we all know the most hated person in world history is orangemanbad

(Sadly, there are many people who would hate him more than the worst on that chart)

Posted by: 496 at November 07, 2026 12:14 AM (4S/sV)

226 (Sadly, there are many people who would hate him more than the worst on that chart)

Posted by: 496 at November 07, 2026 12:14 AM (4S/sV)

Which isn't saying much since they love a lot of those guys

Posted by: ... at November 07, 2026 12:15 AM (vE0+H)

227 Let's see how the next four or five months shakes out.
Posted by: ... at November 07, 2026 12:11 AM

We need to educate the masses about pisslam. But the problem is: how to do it without getting branded. Ugh.

Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 12:17 AM (rdVOm)

228 Seen online:

I woke up last night to find the ghost of Gloria Gaynor standing at the foot of my bed.

At first I was afraid...then I was petrified.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 07, 2026 12:18 AM (qx7Zg)

229 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuVEsdrCzpw

Nowhere to Run

Posted by: what the cat drug in at November 07, 2026 12:18 AM (jrgJz)

230 how did we go from mopping the floor with industrial socialism to losing to gay communism?
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Because some of us who tried to warn what was coming were called crazy conspiracy theorists.
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Class warfare and psy ops deployed through a compliant lockstep media
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Yes to both. And a LOT, a HUGE AMOUNT, of CHEATING.

And we should thank Thune by booting that prick from our party. He should be forced to caucus with the Dems. And EVERY SINGLE "Republican" senator who gavelled an EMPTY session (rather than allowing the Senate to "recess", when Trump could make recess appointments) should be asked over and over again why they SOLD THEIR SOUL to do that. Fuck every last one of them. The "Republican" party needs a HUGE purge.

Posted by: Crusader at November 07, 2026 12:18 AM (Cjcf6)

231 Report: Trump's new DNI trying to reverse staff cuts. He was confirmed in July.

Trump's team has screwed up again. How can we pare government when every silo wants to be higher. And worse why are we airing our laundry?

WTF does this guy think he's doing?

Posted by: torabora at November 07, 2026 12:19 AM (3bRmy)

232 Which isn't saying much since they love a lot of those guys

Posted by: ... at November 07, 2026 12:15 AM (vE0+H)
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Touche

Posted by: 496 at November 07, 2026 12:19 AM (4S/sV)

233 They have Pennsylvania's enemy as NJ. Wrong. It's Philadelphia.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at November 07, 2026 12:20 AM (cHNrw)

234 Well, I am done with the big zero-steer mower. Starter still sounded like crap when I cranked the engine, a V-twin Kohler. Took the plastic fan shroud off. Ran the starter. Pinion is wobbling all over the place. Take starter out, and tear it down. Basic standard Bendix drive. The drive pinion was supposed to be attached to the spiral cam by a nylon molded bushing. All gone. The pinion spun free on the starter shaft, which was bent, badly. I managed to mostly straighten the bent shaft, reducing the runout from about a quarter inch to about .020". Welded the pinion to the spiral cam, replaced the drive end bushing. Put starter back in. It runs pretty quiet, and cranks the engine with authority. Short of a new starter, it's the best I can do. Drove the mower around, and mowed a little with it. It does the job.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 12:21 AM (yky4J)

235 If I ever speak with leftard sis again, I will ask her what she thinks will be "next step" if her nasty wish for PDT comes true. Of course, she probably hasn't thought of the 'ten minutes after' her psychopathic hatred of him.

Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 12:21 AM (rdVOm)

236 They say Wyoming's enemy is colorado. Fair enough - I agree. But you can't go wrong just putting California in almost any state west of Kansas either

Posted by: 496 at November 07, 2026 12:21 AM (4S/sV)

237 The 50 most hated chart is fake news because we all know the most hated person in world history is orangemanbad

(Sadly, there are many people who would hate him more than the worst on that chart)
Posted by: 496 at November 07, 2026 12:14 AM (4S/sV)

Hating someone who is long dead is sort of counterproductive.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 12:23 AM (yky4J)

238 Hating someone who is long dead is sort of counterproductive.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 12:23 AM (yky4J)
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Emmanuel Goldstein will never die

Posted by: 496 at November 07, 2026 12:28 AM (4S/sV)

239 Commies love more people on that chart than they hate.

Posted by: polynikes at November 07, 2026 12:29 AM (KC5Lt)

240 Stateless, if you're still here--

{{{hugs}}} for you and Ralphy!

*Caregiver burnout* is a real thing, and isn't just for our human patients. I'm so sorry. Ralphy doesn't know what's going on, and he depends so much on you; it's got to be very stressful after a while.

I hope you can carry on just a bit more. Prayers up for you both...

Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 12:31 AM (rdVOm)

241 Commies love more people on that chart than they hate.
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You know, that's brilliant.

If any of us ever wanted to conduct a "communist intervention", that chart would make a great focal point.

Posted by: Crusader at November 07, 2026 12:33 AM (Cjcf6)

242 > They now have the votes.
Posted by: JackStraw at November 06, 2026 11:50 PM (viF8m)

That lasts exactly as long as it takes for a state to actually attempt to do this.

Then the mob with torches and pitchforks shows up.

Imagine what would've happened in 2024 if California (a signatory to this idiotic compound) had been forced to throw all its electoral votes to Donald Trump, as he won the popular vote.

Yeah, ugly, huh?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 07, 2026 12:34 AM (qlLNh)

243 I've been thinking, and I realized that I don't hate anyone.

I may pity them, fear them, be disappointed or disgusted by them, or want to slap them silly so they understand consequences.

Would I start slapping them? No. It's counterproductive, and the list nowadays would grow faster than I could pare it down.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 07, 2026 12:35 AM (qx7Zg)

244 Posted by: JQ at November 07, 2026 12:17 AM (rdVOm)

Isn't it weird? If people still need educating on it after all this then the ship has likely sailed. This was a "we totally get it after 9/12" thing or a "let's elect a Hussein" thing. Either or and no in between.

What do you think a current poll of "Muslims are dangerous" vs "Jews are dangerous" would even look like........

Posted by: ... at November 07, 2026 12:35 AM (vE0+H)

245 > Hating someone who is long dead is sort of counterproductive.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 07, 2026 12:23 AM (yky4J)

Remember, these mooks think there are still "Fascists" when there haven't been any real Fascists in over 80 years.

Some of them haven't been in for a Pravda upgrade since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 07, 2026 12:36 AM (qlLNh)

246 > idiotic compound

Idiotic compact. Thanks autocorrupt.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at November 07, 2026 12:36 AM (qlLNh)

247 Yeah, ugly, huh?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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There's so much disinformation and agitprop out there it's
difficult to predict what's going to happen. The most effective
meme will turn the day.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at November 07, 2026 12:38 AM (wljQY)

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