The Dark Optimist
handmethesoma.bsky.social
The Dark Optimist
@handmethesoma.bsky.social
Omnivorous reader, lover of good cigars and strong coffee, open to discourse but allergic to ignorance.

1/20/2025 - Welcome to Thunderdome
Unless that socialism is putting cash in the Talking Yam's pocket
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
It's the only reason Lindsey is in the Senate - graft a palooza
November 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Is "hard labor" still a sentencing option in the US?
November 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Fox News is totally DEI!! They had a segment with two deranged individuals.
November 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Rogan may be "getting it" but only because he smells blood in the water.
November 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Snowball's chance in Hades the coffee companies lower prices even with tariffs removed.
November 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Mace wins the Verbal Contortionist of the Week Award
November 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The ones who mattered have been replaced with TrumpScouts
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
And to think she campaigned on her ability to remove testicles form pigs! Irony is alive and well.
November 12, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Hope 47 lives long enough to spend his last years in Guantanamo
November 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
George should retire. He's afraid of a a direct lawsuit from the Talking Yam and can't be relied on for fact finding
November 11, 2025 at 8:42 PM
More spittle from the Stable Genius with the bigly IQ
November 11, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Cue the next Carl Hiaasen novel
November 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Dems as always: Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Greatest economy for who?
November 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The Fox Bobblehead giving SOP media training nods to a madman
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The average American household can expect to pay about $2,400 more this year due to the latest tariffs, according to the Yale Budget Lab.
November 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
He has a Catholic (and other) education and has wasted it on being a shill for 1st, Josh (Hold my beer while I make a break for it) Hawley, and now the convicted felon occupying the oval office.
November 9, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Shecky Greene of Argentina
November 9, 2025 at 1:52 AM
His name is "Rod" after all
November 9, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Uhhh ...smoking crack?
November 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Camera Courtesan
November 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Why aren't they pregnant? I thought we needed more MAGA babies?
November 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Tone wise, I get the feeling Ross thinks of himself as an objective voice in a sea of partisanship.

Its a delusion the Times' Op-Ed continues to believe is important to keeping up appearances of giving column inches to both sides.
November 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Douthat is as predictable as Nick Fuentes
November 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM