Obviously photoshopped image where The Donald holds up actual drawings he made, instead of a bill he signed into law.  

From left to right, Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), Senator Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID), and Senator Lindsey ...

SMOKED, by Patrick Quinlan.  Discover how to get the ebook version of this novel free, for a limited time.  

Palestinians in horror after Israelis opened fire on an aid distribution site.  The Israelis have killed hundreds of people at aid sites, in...

The Donald is often portrayed as a marionette, manipulated by Vladimir Putin.  But there's more to the story.  

"Beach Car," acrylic on canvas, 2025 by Otto Von Miller.  Discover more wicked cool paintings below.

Elias Rodriguez, the DC shooter, shouting, "Free, free Palestine," while being led away by cops to whatever fate awaits him.  

"We Are Burning," the last work by digital artist Mahasen al-Kateeb.  The image depicts the death of 19-year-old Sha'ban al-Da...

Houthi fighters brandish their weapons (machine guns and rifles, yes, but also knives, saws and hatchets) on March 28, 2025, in Sanaa, Yemen...

"Man on Fire," acrylic on canvas, 2025.  This is a painting by the artiste Otto Von Miller, who is also Thee Optimist. 

Donald Trump re-imagined as the Hindenburg Disaster.

Twenty-three year old Michael Rockefeller, wealthy descendant of John D. Rockefeller, fusses with a camera while Papua New Guinean stone age...

The current US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., having a bit of fun with a dead bear cub.  Kennedy accidentall...

Donald Trump with a sniper's target on his head.  This image originally appeared on the cover of the February 2017 issue of the Irish ma...

"Protect and Serve," acrylic paint and pencil on canvas, 2025 Otto Von Miller.

"Luv Kats," acrylic and chalk paint on canvas, 2024 Otto Von Miller.

Death Becomes You , acrylic paint on canvas, 2024 Otto Von Miller.

Former UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson's career came to an abrupt end on a sidewalk in midtown Manhattan.  

It certainly isn't this guy.

"Unstrung," acrylic paint on canvas, 2024 Otto Von Miller

Lips Like Sugar , acrylic paint on canvas, 2024 Otto Von Miller.

  Eliran Mizrahi, 40-year old Israeli reservist and father of four, who "fought" in Gaza, killed himself back in June.  His bulldo...

  "Number 4," by Otto Von Miller.

  Benjamin Netanyahu, current Prime Minister of Israel.  This is a very bad, very dangerous man.

  Presidential candidate Donald Trump at the moment an assassin's bullet hit his ear.

"Nervous Dog," acrylic paint on canvas, one of the very first art works by Otto Von Miller.  Was it beginner's luck? Click her...

The Jimi Hendrix Experience in 1967.  From left to right, drummer Mitch Mitchell, bass player Noel Redding, and mystical shaman Jimi Hendrix...

Miles Davis, photographed in 1957, the year he went to Paris and recorded the soundtrack for the French film  Ascenseur pour l'échafaud.

The original 1959 cover of Kind of Blue, by Miles Davis.  Interestingly (if you're Thee Optimist), the cover has the song list on it.  L...

The Maxwell Street Klezmer Band plays during the 2022 Highland Park Fourth of July parade.  At first, the musicians didn't hear the gunf...

The six conservative members of the United States Supreme Court emerge to announce their ruling on  Dobbs vs. Jackson Women's Health Org...

Thomas D. Rice, a white entertainer in blackface, depicted as his popular minstrel slave character "Jim Crow," circa 1830s.

Look familiar?  This woman does not exist.  She was generated by an artificial intelligence that combines random human features, based on pa...

Thee Optimist in the cockpit, giving the thumbs up.  All systems go.  Welcome to the blog post where Thee Optimist simply uploads GoPro (kno...

This is David Achter de Molen, singer of the now-defunct Dutch rock band John Coffey, walking on the crowd at the Pinkpop Festival in 2015. ...

  "Who can stand before his indignation? Who can confront the heat of his fury? His wrath pours out like fire; the rocks are shattered ...

Life isn't always like this.  Which is too bad.

This is 18-year-old Payton Gendron, the young man who killed 10 people at a Buffalo supermarket on Saturday.  He chose this image, posing wi...

This interview with Thee Optimist appeared on a website called Disinformation, in September of 2015.  It is about the implications of my nov...

Guest Post by Brian Whitney   Author Brian Whitney doing what he does best. "I am what is commonly known as a binge drinker." 

 

Pepe the Frog looks out at a nuclear inferno over his city.  Pepe was a popular right-wing meme during the Trump years, although Thee Optimi...

It's been clear for some time that IQs are dropping across the Western world.  Now, at least in America, we have a hint about one of the...

  Click to enlarge. Words of Wisdom “Accept the truth from whatever source it comes.” - Moses Maimonides

Ruh-roh.  Turns out the BIG 5 nuclear powers aren't as stable as we might like.  And the others (call them the small 4)?  They are all a...

Click to enlarge.   Words of Wisdom "A nuclear weapons free world is not a dream, but a necessity for human survival.  We need to stop ...

Remember how she said that we would meet again some sunny day? Has Putin had a stroke?  He seems a little off these days.  Nuclear threats a...

The gruesome faces of evil: Mortimer Sackler Jr., and his wife Jacqueline Sackler.  The 40 or so members of the Sackler family have been th...

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