Deathly design gaffe spotted as Trump coin goes on sale to deluge of derision 2SEP26

 

THE mention of death and drumpf/trump in this headline got me all twitterpated but the fact is NOT MY pres drumpf/trump and his neo-nazi fascist administration and the gop / greed over people-republican party have a goal of killing democracy in America and establishing their authoritarian theocratic oligarchy. No doubt they pushed getting this coin created with the dates on it because they thought it would be a celebratory coin for the death of democracy after the 2026 Midterm elections. We all know they are wrong about the Midterms but the grim reaper may exercise other options. This from RawStory.....

Deathly design gaffe spotted as Trump coin goes on sale to deluge of derision

Daniel Hampton

September 02, 2026

The U.S. Mint began selling its new $1 coin stamped with President Donald Trump's face on Wednesday, and the internet instantly ridiculed the launch.

The coin, gold-colored but struck from base metal, sells in 25-coin rolls for $61 and 100-coin bags for $154.50 as part of the Mint's series marking America's 250th birthday. The Mint told buyers to "check your pocket change," noting the dollars are "also in circulation."

But internet detectives quickly zeroed in on the fuzzy economics of the coin, as well as the ominous implication etched into it.

"Deal of the century right here folks," wrote The Bulwark's Sam Stein. "You can purchase 25, $1 Trump coins for the price of.... $61."

The Bulwark's Catherine Rampell homed in on the "1776 ~ 2026" dual date.

"I like that this design appears to show the birth date of liberty as 1776, and its death as 2026," she quipped. Progressive media group MeidasTouch quote-posted the Mint's announcement with a one-word review: "Accurate," also pointing to the curious birth and death dates of liberty.

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) used the rollout to bash the administration's economic record, ticking off rising gas, grocery and utility costs.

"[T]rump and Republicans have mismanaged the American economy," he wrote, pointing to prices at the pump and the checkout line. "So what are trump and Republicans focused on? See below. November is coming." He added a jab at the portrait: "(Also, why is trump wearing a wig)?"

Conservative writer David Frum pointed out a glaring historical comparison.

"The Caesars and Napoleon won some wars before stamping their images on the coinage of their fallen republics," he wrote.

Trump is only the second U.S. president depicted on a coin during his lifetime, after Calvin Coolidge on a 1926 commemorative half dollar. Critics have decried that the design flouts federal law barring living people from U.S. currency, but a federal court declined to block it. The administration said the 2020 law authorizing the 250th-anniversary coins makes it legal.

JD Vance says the Antichrist may be among us and ‘wouldn’t be shocked if we’re living in the end times’ 2SEP26 Joe Sommerlad Wednesday 02 September 2026 11:42 BST

NOT MY vp vance must be thinking about all of his antichrist-like policies along with all the drumpf/trump antichrist-like policies he has introduced, promoted and enforced for him to suggest "the antichrist may be among us". Word to jd, God the Father alone knows when the antichrist will make his appearance in his attempt to conquer the world and God the Father alone knows when Christ will return to defeat him and establish God's eternal kingdom. God does not need help from jd vance or anyone else in bringing about the end times. Christians are supposed to do all we can to bring people to Christianity and to practice and promote life on Earth per the tenants of Christianity as declared and taught by Jesus Christ ( see Red Letter Christians for more on Christ's actual teachings ). This from the Independent.....

 JD Vance says the Antichrist may be among us and ‘wouldn’t be shocked if we’re living in the end times’

Discussing his spiritual beliefs with Christian podcaster Bryce Crawford, Vance also defended President Trump’s AI Jesus post from earlier this year

Joe Sommerlad

 Wednesday 02 September 2026 11:42 BST

JD Vance has said that the Antichrist may be “walking among us”, in an interview about his Roman Catholic faith.

The vice president, whose new memoir Communion recounts his conversion in 2019, also told The Bryce Crawford Podcast that he was ok if “doing god’s work brings about the end of times”.

The host, a 22-year-old evangelical Christian, asked Vance: “What do you think about the end times? Do you think it’s here? Do you think it’s coming?”

The politician answered: “Do I think that we’re in the end times? I don’t know. And I think that it’s probably bad for me spiritually to focus too much on it because there are, like, things that you gotta do.

“I gotta be good to my wife. I gotta be good to my kids. I have to be as good of a leader as I can for the United States of America. And so, I think that focusing on – while I’m fascinated by it – focusing on it is, too much of it can be very bad.

“I think that there are, like, things about the world that make me feel like not shocked if the Antichrist was walking among us. But again, I try not to focus too much on it.”

He continued: “I tend to think, like, while I wouldn’t be shocked if we are living in the end times, what I’m trying to focus on is doing as much of God’s work as possible right now.

“And if that leads to the end times, OK. And if that leads to you know, us building a better world that thrives and survives for a very long time after I’m gone, that’s great too.”

Crawford also asked Vance how certain he was, on a scale of one to 10, that he will go to Heaven, to which answered: “Oh man, that is a tough question. It’s high but it’s not 10... It’s a seven or it’s an eight.”

Vance was also asked about Trump’s post on social media of an AI-generated image of himself as Jesus earlier this year, which Crawford said offended him.

Trump initially claimed he thought the image was of him as a doctor, then took down the post amid widespread criticism from even some of his own backers.

“He did not mean to, like, mock or mimic God, that’s just not who he is,” Vance said, adding that the president often tries to keep things light and constantly makes jokes.

“He’s a bit of a ballbuster, for those of us who work with him, and he just likes to have a good time. And I think that if people appreciated that, they would recognize, he’s not trying to offend people, he’s trying to keep things light.”

Before Vance wrote Hillbilly Elegy and became an Ohio senator, he was a protege of tech billionaire Peter Thiel. The Palantir founder delivered a four-part lecture series in Rome earlier this year in which he outlined his own complex personal philosophy on the imminence of Armageddon.

Thiel has said he is “worried about the Antichrist,” which he has characterized as “a spiritual descriptor of the forces of evil” or “an evil king or tyrant or anti-Messiah who appears in the end times.”

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2% yokha ya anthu aku Malawi anali ndi magetsi mu 2002, ndipo mnyamata wazaka 14 anatumizidwa kunyumba kuchokera kusukulu ndalama zokwana $80 anamanga nsanja ya mamita 5 kuchokera ku mitengo ya blue gum, njinga yosweka ndi fani ya thirakitala — dynamo inayatsa mababu anayi ndi mawayilesi awiri, ndipo mudzi womwe unaseka unayima pamzere kuti upeze mafoni ochajidwa 27 OGASI 2026

 

IYI ndi imodzi mwa nkhani zabwino zomwe sizimafalitsidwa kawirikawiri kotero ndikusangalala kugawana izi pano. Pali maulalo a nkhani zina, zabwino ndi zoyipa, kuchokera ku Science Blog kumapeto kwa positi iyi.....

Mu 2002, 2% yokha ya anthu aku Malawi anali ndi magetsi, ndipo wachinyamata wazaka 14 anatumizidwa kunyumba kuchokera kusukulu ndalama zokwana $80 zomwe anamanga nsanja ya mamita 5 kuchokera ku mitengo ya blue gum, njinga yosweka ndi fani ya thirakitala — dynamo inayatsa mababu anayi ndi mawayilesi awiri, ndipo mudzi womwe unaseka unayima pamzere kuti upeze magetsi a mafoni.

Wachinyamata amene anachotsedwa ntchito chifukwa cha ndalama zomwe sanalipire anatola zitsulo ndi zida za njinga kuti amange mphero ya mphepo yomwe inasintha mudzi wake—ndipo inatsimikizira kuti luso limakula pamene chuma sichikula.

Ndi  Brendan Brown

Yofalitsidwa Ogasiti 27, 2026 ·  Momwe timasinthira

Njala inayamba. Mu 2001 mvula inagwa ku Malawi konse, chimanga chinatha, ndipo pofika chaka chotsatira mabanja a m'mudzi wa Wimbe anali kukhala ndi chakudya chimodzi patsiku, kenako chochepa. Pakati pawo panali a Kamkwamba, alimi a fodya okhala ndi ana asanu ndi awiri, ndipo chaka cha sukulu chitafika, ndalama zokwana $80 za mwana wawo wamwamuna yekhayo, William, zinali ndalama zomwe sizinalipo.

Choncho, ali ndi zaka 14, William Kamkwamba anatumizidwa kunyumba kuchokera ku sukulu ya sekondale patatha milungu ingapo. M'dziko lomwe, panthawiyo, pafupifupi 2 peresenti yokha ya anthu anali ndi magetsi, ndipo ochepa kuposa amenewo m'madera akumidzi ngati ake, mnyamata wa m'munda wopanda sukulu anali ndi tsogolo lodziwikiratu, ndipo linkagwiritsa ntchito mafuta a palafini, kuwala kwa dzuwa ndi ntchito zamanja.

Chomwe chinamupulumutsa chinali laibulale yaing'ono ya mudzi yomwe inali ndi pulogalamu yothandizira, komanso buku limodzi m'menemo.

Buku lokhala ndi makina oyendera mphepo

Popeza sankatha kupezeka m'makalasi, William anapitirizabe kuphunzira mobisa, kubwereka mabuku ku laibulale yomwe inali pafupi ndi sukulu yake yakale ya pulayimale. Ambiri anali m'Chingelezi, chomwe sankachiwerenga bwino kwenikweni, kotero anaphunzira ma graph. Buku lina lolembedwa ku America lotchedwa Using Energy, linali ndi zithunzi za ma turbine amphepo pachikuto chake, nsanja zokhala ndi masamba ozungulira, ndipo mawuwo anafotokoza kuti amatha kupopa madzi ndikupanga magetsi.

Kwa banja la alimi omwe anali ndi njala, chiganizo chimenecho sichinali chongoganizira chabe. Kuwala kwa magetsi kunatanthauza kuphunzira mdima utatha. Pampu imatanthauza mbewu yachiwiri ya chimanga nthawi yachilimwe, komanso kutha kwa njala ngati njuga ya pachaka. Pambuyo pake William anawerengera mophweka kwambiri: ndi mphero ya mphepo, potsiriza akanatha kumasulidwa ku mavuto a mdima, komanso njala. Malawi inali ndi mphepo yambiri. Bukulo linati makinawo anali otheka. Anaganiza zomanga imodzi kuchokera ku chilichonse chomwe mudziwo ukanatha kupereka.

Fiziki ya junkyard

Mndandanda wa zinthu zomwe zinalipo unali ngati kusaka anthu osauka m'midzi. Kuchokera ku malo osungira zinthu omwe anali moyang'anizana ndi sukulu yake yakale, anakoka njinga yosweka yokhala ndi gudumu limodzi, fani yoziziritsira thirakitala yozizidwa, ndi choziziritsira kugunda kwa mtima chakale. Anasungunula mapaipi apulasitiki pamoto ndi kuwapukuta kukhala masamba kuti afikire fani, akuboola mabowo ndi msomali wotenthedwa m'makala. Makina a abambo ake ophera chimanga anasiya kugwira ntchito; zipewa za mabotolo zinakhala zotsukira; ndipo atatha miyezi yambiri akusunga ndalama ndi thandizo kuchokera kwa mnzake, adapeza chinthu chofunikira kwambiri, njinga yamagetsi, jenereta yaying'ono yooneka ngati botolo yomwe imakhudza gudumu kuti igwire nyali yamutu.

Malingaliro a kapangidwe kake anali ongopeka potengera mfundo ya phokoso. Mphepo imatembenuza masamba, masamba amatembenuza gudumu la njinga, unyolo ndi sprocket ya gudumu zimazungulira dynamo mwachangu mokwanira kuti zipange mphamvu yothandiza. Ndi msuweni wake ndi mnzake adakweza nsanja ya mitengo yabuluu ya gum, kutalika pafupifupi mamita asanu, yolumikizidwa pamodzi, ndikukoka makinawo pamwamba.

Mudziwo unayang'ana zonsezi monyoza. Anansi, ndipo nthawi zina amayi ake, ankaganiza kuti mnyamatayo akukoka zinyalala mumzinda wasokonezeka maganizo; mawu omwe ankamutsatira kuzungulira Wimbe anali amisala, openga. Khamu la anthu angapo linasonkhana pansi pa nsanjayo chifukwa cha zomwe ambiri ankayembekezera kuti zichitika poyera.

William analumikiza mawayawo ndi babu laling'ono. Mphepo inayamba kuuluka, masamba ake anazungulira, ndipo babuyo inayamba kung'anima, kenako inayaka pang'onopang'ono m'manja mwake.

Mzere wa anthu m'nyumba ya mnyamata wamisala

Makinawo anagwira ntchito, kenako anapitiliza kugwira ntchito. Atalowa m'nyumba ya banja, makina opumira mphepo ankagwiritsa ntchito mababu anayi a magetsi ndi mawayilesi awiri, ndipo William anawonjezera batire ya galimoto kuti asunge magetsi masiku a bata, kuphatikizapo maswichi a magetsi opangidwa kunyumba ndi choyatsira magetsi chopangidwa ndi misomali, waya wa maginito ndi rabara wosungunuka. Banja lomwe silinali ndi ndalama zolipirira sukulu tsopano linali ndi magetsi okhawo omwe anali kutali kwambiri.

Kusekako kunasanduka mzere nthawi yomweyo. Anansi omwe ankamunena kuti ndi wamisala anayamba kuima pamzere pa nyumbayo kuti adzalipiritse mafoni, omwe anali kufalikira m'madera akumidzi ku Malawi zaka zambiri asanafike gridi yamagetsi. William, mwachibadwa, adayankha pempholi mwa kukonza: nsanja zazitali, masamba abwino, makina ambiri, kuphatikizapo mphero ya mphepo yopangira madzi othirira, maloto oyamba omwe adayamba ndi nyengo yanjala.

Kuchokera ku Wimbe kupita kulikonse

Kwa zaka zisanu, makina oyendera mphepo anali nthano chabe yakomweko. Kenako kumapeto kwa chaka cha 2006, nyuzipepala ya ku Malawi inalemba nkhani ya mnyamata wa mainjiniya wa Wimbe, wolemba nkhani anawona nkhaniyi, ndipo intaneti inachita zonse. William anaitanidwa ku msonkhano wa TED ku Tanzania mu 2007, komwe anafotokoza nkhaniyi poyimitsa Chingerezi mpaka kuimirira, ndipo maphunziro omwe $80 adasokoneza adayambiranso padziko lonse lapansi: African Leadership Academy ku Johannesburg, kenako Dartmouth College ku United States, kalasi ya 2014.

Buku lake la mbiri yakale, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, linagulitsidwa kwambiri ndipo mu 2019, linakhala filimu ya Netflix yotsogozedwa ndi Chiwetel Ejiofor. William wakhala zaka zambiri kuyambira pamenepo pa vuto lomwe adayamba nalo, akugwira ntchito pamapulojekiti omwe amaphunzitsa achinyamata aku Africa kupanga mayankho awoawo ndi zomwe zilipo.

Masamu oyambilira a makina oyendera mphepo akadali gawo lofunikira kwambiri m'nkhaniyi. Kusiyana pakati pa wachinyamata wanzeru ndi mainjiniya kunapezeka kuti kunali buku limodzi la laibulale ndi malo osungira zinthu zakale. Mtengo wa makina olipirira unali $80, mphepo inabwera kwaulere, ndipo mudzi womwe unaseka unayima pamzere kuti ugwire ntchito.

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