If it's true (and who the heck knows in this new world of AI everything), the US Mint is seriously considering issuing a one dollar commemorative coin with Donald Trump on both sides and, in celebration of our nation's 250 years of attempted unity, the phrase "Fight, Fight, Fight" - presumably with each other.
This is not a good idea.
Oh, sure - it will make the Left apoplectic and that's always worth something. Putting a sombrero on Hakeem Jeffries and playing the "Mexican Hat Dance" in the White House briefing room? Hilarious. Replacing Joe Biden's photograph in the "Presidential Walk of Fame" with a photo of the infamous autopen signing Joe's name? Chef's kiss! But I just can't get behind the shiny new Donald Dollar.
A coin commemorating America's 250th birthday should really be about the country, our history, and our aspirations. Not a highly divisive politician surviving a campaign event assassination attempt that still looks suspiciously like it involved our Intelligence agencies. That deserves investigation rather than commemoration.
Of course, the $1 coin would have practical value making it worth the significant expense of minting and distributing. Who among us doesn't feel a bit more confident and cocky with a Susan B. Anthony dollar coin in our pocket? To say nothing of the fiscal delight that comes from paying for a Forever stamp with a golden-hued Sacagawea dollar coin. Remember when skeptics said those coins would never catch on? And now each of us probably uses several of them a day!
Just kidding - everybody hated them (they were frequently mistaken for quarters) and they were pulled out of circulation and likely stored in an underground facility where they'd only be brought out again in event of a Kamala Harris presidency or other national disaster.
Surely we can find a design that speaks to our entire 250 year history rather than just the couple of years in which the country has gone certifiably nuts.
COMPLAINT DEPARTMENT
I know I said I'd try to post more often (and I will!) but for an emotionally challenged guy (if there's not already a condition called PermaGrief, I should trademark it) the news is just brutal every day lately. One or more mass murders, well-funded "protesters" attacking ICE officers who are trying to enforce the law, troops being sent into out-of-control cities to finally help make citizens safe (while the city officials side with the criminals)... how the heck does a satirist jump into that meat grinder?! And don't suggest primal screams - I've tried it and it doesn't help. Much.
SPEAKING OF SPOOKING
Just to add a little color and foolishness here, I'm still playing with AI music and video tools and enjoying it. I recently knocked out this little project about a carnival "dark ride." Perfect for helping you get into the Halloween spirit!
So step right up - tickets are just one shiny Susan B. Anthony dollar!
Nicely done!!! Hope you are hanging in and maybe even improving, so matter how slowly, from day to day. I had a short piece published a few years back about a real "fun house" event from my childhood, and while searching for a picture of the OLD funhouse itself, came across something interesting, in a dark way...for a macabre tale about a different "Laff in the Dark", there was a real, embalmed corpse found hanging in one in the 70s in California- look up Elmer McCurdy!!! So these things seem to have a common thread of dark events!
ReplyDelete@Julian Harper- Not only am I deeply familiar with the story of Elmer McCurdy, I actually wrote a song (my lyrics, AI instrumentation) about his odd saga and the long-dead criminal's eventual meeting with...the Six Million Dollar Man? There was also a recent Broadway musical about Elmer, though sadly it quickly closed. Check out this song from the show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzuKb5wKIZg&pp=ygUVa2lsbGVkIGEgbWFuIGluIG1haW5l
DeleteYo, my man !! Happy to see your work!!! I have lived now in the country of Ecuador for about 18 months and the dollar coin is THE currency of transaction for everyday commerce here, so if there were a Trump 1$ coin, it would be another way to see TDS heheheh.
ReplyDeleteWell, I've found MY next earworm... ;D
ReplyDeleteAlso, it's my understanding that you gotta be dead (or a fictional figure) to make it onto a coin/stamp...
ReplyDeleteMy understanding also.
DeleteI think that the law specifies that someone must have been dead for X number of years before their likeness can be used on the currency. John Kennedy died in November of 1963 and his profile appeared on the 1964 half-dollar. At least those coins were silver.
A person had to be deceased for 10 years to make in onto a stamp, was the rule. I think all coins should just have George Washington's face. He probably wouldn't have wanted that but he doesn't get to say any more.
DeleteHow about a one dollar coin with George Washington and Donald Trump facing each other, in honor of our 250th anniversary. We've gotten plenty of angst from the other side already, but the faces of both presidents, representing both ends of the 250 years of the nation, should be well liked and accepted.
ReplyDeleteAs someone who has lost both a husband (illness) & a boyfriend (sudden while we were on vacation) the words from an old Dylan song often came to mind. "The only thing I knew how to do was to keep on keepin' on". As far as the Trump coin goes....time will tell, but I think my favorite president is trolling.
ReplyDeleteMuch as I like most of what Trump is doing as President, having Trump's face on a coin to celebrate America's 250th anniversary seems downright asinine.
ReplyDeleteA) Surely the Donald Dollar is just his screwing around with us; or more noise from the opposition.
ReplyDeleteB) There's at least a third definition (or translation) for "fugit": Accent the last syllable and for whatever reason it's sloppy enunciation of "forget". We have a LOT of that.
"Fuggeddaboutit" is the expanded version... ;D
DeleteNice video. That is what the Demorats want to take this country on. Good to see/hear from you again. Keep it coming. On the Trump coin most would most likely be snapped up by collectors and never make it in general use. How about the Navy's birthday party or other services would be okay but partial to the Navy. Again, good to hear from you Stilton.
ReplyDeletePresidential coin were a thing 2007-2016 "honoring" deceased presidents. If they misspelled deceased as diseased I am sure Clinton could get one.
ReplyDeleteA town across the state border from me has statues of the presidents on their downtown street corners. I hear they are still looking for a large enough chunk of coal for one of them after he finally kicks off. On the good side though is that the "ladies of the night" no longer hang out on street corners. They don't like the competition.
That town had this bit of irony from one commenter posted yesterday in their heavily biased TDS column, "Remember: real POLICE do no wear masks (no matter how they dress). Thugs and criminals do."
I wonder how they reconcile that with their support of ANTIFA/BLM/ and the rest of the masked thugs and criminals rioting against Make America Great Again?
I'm with ya on the coin BS. I'd rather get one Stilt once a month than not at all. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHi Stilton! It's always a pleasure to see a new post here. I am midway through my morning routine on the computer...bills, mail, weather, must-see posts and the like. Therefore I will come back and check out your new video a bit later. As for the Trump coin, I do love the man and 95% of his policies. I also love his amazing trolling of the absolutely humorless commies. That being said, the idea of a DJT coin while he is still in office is pretty much abhorrent to me.
ReplyDeleteStilt, perhaps visualizing Hakeem Jeffries in nothing but a sombrero. Would work. It might set you back doing this bit with Pelosi, though.
ReplyDeleteTheriously, if writing gags feels good, do more of it. I love your work. Thank you for the laughs.
I recall for a time about 20 years ago, whenever you'd go to any federal facility, like a post office or at a national park, when you paid for something in cash, your change would come in the form of a Susan B Anthony coil instead of a dollar bill. Was the only way the government could get rid of them. Still have some in my loose change cup.
ReplyDeleteYeah, in your pocket they felt the same as a quarter. They either should have made them smaller than a time, or much larger than a quarter, like they used to. (Still got lots of those around, like the real silver half-dollars) Of course, that would cost way too much.
Either way the Trump coin is dumb. When this came up, I just assumed that it was another Trump troll to keep Democrats enraged and unfocused on the real issues of the moment.
Complaint Department: Yes, @Stilton, there is a lot of bad news. But make an effort to look for the good news because there is a lot of it. Trump has leveraged TDS to troll the Democrats into doubling-down on the least popular agenda's of the far left. People who normally don't follow politics in detail were appalled at the Progressive reaction to the execution of Charlie Kirk and how the "Hate has no home here" people cheered it on. As a result, he now has countless-times the followers than he did before he was executed. Trans-cultism is being seen for what it really is and the normals have had enough. Democrats are on the record for supporting government expansionism and waste. The silent majority is starting to become less silent and the reaction of the vocal minority is to raise the insanity, because they know they're losing it. The Democrats own shutting down the government, and the sun still rose anyway.
Look for the good news, and smile. If you don't smile, force yourself to smile. Maybe it will stick, at least for awhile.
"If you don't smile, force yourself to smile."
DeleteAt the very least, it'll make 'em wonder what you're up to... 😈
This is actually very good advice. Smiling and engaging strangers with a simple “Hi! How are you?” or “Have a nice day!” was a big part of how I broke through my grief, Stilt. It wasn’t easy in the beginning, but it got easier and easier, and infected my mood. We become what we project.
DeleteGood post; thank you.
DeleteI searched and searched but could not find your song about the meeting of the twain! However, for a more uplifting mood, do you know the traditional song,
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTx-sdR6Yzk
Another guy who agrees with you on the coin. Let's stick with the "only dead people" rule which seems to work.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the post, and count me as agree on the coin. Sounds like a Trump troll.
ReplyDeleteAs much as I appreciate Trump, I agree with you on this, Stilton. Also, I don't care what you post about, even if it's a mishmash - just please don't quit!
ReplyDeleteI like Lucy. Delightfully unburdened by whatever . . . spent her youth reading Mrs. Malaprop's Guide To Non-Sequiturism under the TumTum tree in Dingley Dell . . . and completely unafraid to declare profound daftitudes when she finds her mouth full of them.
ReplyDeleteBesides, I'd really like to give her a bath.
Don't quit, mon frere . . . the world is bad off enough now that Carlin, Vonnegut, Williams, Winters, and Professor Irwin Corey have buggered off.
Your joining their number in silence would mean my having to entertain myself, a skeptic with a fool for comic entertainment.
How about William H.Taft on one side and Chester Arthur on the other?I guess the coin would be much bigger considering Taft on anything takes a lot of room,and Arthur's sideburns would wrap around the other side without sufficient room.The whole dead thing (if brain dead counts) would unfortunately make Biden eligible,but it would be the back of his head,if he didn't walk off and leave it blank,and Bathhouse Barry's face would somehow be on the back ,if autopen didn't get there first.
ReplyDeleteYe gawds, as that gal in Music Man would say. Thank Larwyn’s Linx @Doug Ross for linking to Stilton's Place. It's been years now, I guess, since I came by. Health and technical problems disrupted my web-cruising habits and a lot got left to the side in my semi-recovery. Bookmarked and back now. Looks like your output has been irregular (so to speak, as mine has), so now that I'll be checking in regularly again, I expect you to entertain me regularly. Deal?
ReplyDeleteHi Stilton, I miss you and every day (8 years and going on 6 months soon 25th Oct) living on the dark ride. I think of you often and hope and pray that some how we get some relief from our heartaches. Don't suppose it will happen but kinda do believe NOW in never say never as I'm living in a place I said I'd NEVER live in as they built these in 1979. Love to you always and please reach out if you ever feel like it on messenger maybe. Kathe
ReplyDeleteHere's my idea for a 250 anniversary coin: Signing of the Declaration of Independence on one side and Washington crossing the Delaware on the other. Or, Washington crossing the Delaware on one side and on the other, "Americans, willing to cross a frozen river on Christmas day and kill you in your sleep. Not kidding, we've done it before."
ReplyDeleteI am so in on Trump Dollars...all the Lefties will act like vampires touching Holy Water, using the coins...Pissing people off demanding NO Trump Dollars in their change, etc. Maybe boycotting any establishments that use them etc...I love the sound of Liberals crying!
ReplyDeleteHave you seen the Bigfoot and Yeti AI? I can't get enough...and one must see the Rasta AIs...Star Trek, Harry Potter,others...I forgive AI for taking over the world and destroying Humanity...this stuff is awesome!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ktIbC2hjkk&list=RD3ktIbC2hjkk&start_radio=1&pp=ygUPUmFzdGEgU3RhciBUcmVroAcB0gcJCfwJAYcqIYzv
I finally got around to watching the video. Very well done and plenty scary.
ReplyDeleteIt reminded me of a favorite saying, which I can't remember if I coined or not, that "even nightmares are dreams".
If I ever use that line, I'll make sure you get the credit.
DeleteYup, the Trump coin is likely some trolling to see how many lefty heads explode. But, just to be inclusive to Democrats, I propose also putting Joe Biden's image on a coin. I suggest the penny.
ReplyDeleteI'll check out the video when not at work, and thank you very much for posting!!
@Tomas D- Interesting that the dollar coin is popular in Ecuador! I can't remember when I've last seen one here in Texas.
ReplyDelete@M. Mitchell Marmel- I've always thought stamps and currency had a prerequisite of being dead, though maybe it's not the case for commemorative coins. And it reminds me of the old joke about the post office issuing then recalling Hillary Clinton stamps; customers weren't sure which side to spit on.
@Anonymous- I wish I had some of those real silver dollars! Each would be worth about $17 just for the amount of silver.
@Damian Housman- That's a good idea! At least it wouldn't be JUST about Trump.
@Anonymous- I am so sorry for your losses. I try to "keep on keeping on" but I'm not racking up much in the way of style points while doing so (wry grin).
@Elbarto- Exactly. The event is not about Trump and the coin should be purely about our nation's anniversary.
@Rod- The coin FEELS like we're being screwed with, but who knows anymore?
@Anonymous- I agree that collectors would probably buy up all the Trump dollars. Heck, I'd buy a bag of them myself just to use in situations where I knew it would piss someone off.
@American Cowboy- Good points (and humorously expressed)!
@Drypowda- I'll try to up my output, which sounds vaguely dirty.
@TrickyRicky- I'm SO hoping that the coin is just top-level trolling.
@Will Hepburn- Thank you for putting the image of naked Nancy in a sombrero in my head. I'm currently pouring eyewash in my ear and hoping it will sink into my brain.
@John the Econ- You're right about looking for the good news, and it IS out there. I'm enjoying the fact that it's no longer cause for cancelation to point out that much of what Leftists believe is screwy rather than sacred. I think Trump hammering on "fake news" cleared a path for that to happen.
@M. Mitchell Marmel- Reminds me of a very early Johnny Optimism cartoon in which it was revealed that the first guy to say "let a smile be your umbrella" had his teeth knocked out in a hail storm.
@JustaJeepGuy- I think we're getting close to a time when neither stamps nor coins will really be much used anymore. And I'm pretty good with Washington's face on anything.
@Julian Harper- Great song! I'm going to have to dig deeper into the Dropkick Murphys!
@Jimbro- When it comes to "only dead people" on coins, might I suggest one to honor the Unknown Democrat Voter?
@Linda Lee- Thanks! (Note to self - go ahead and write mishmash)
@bocopro- Bonus points for remembering Professor Irwin Corey with all of those other comic icons! And thanks for the kind words.
ReplyDelete@Anonymous- I'd be willing to accept Biden as "mostly dead" for the sake of going on a coin. It should also include his bold debate statement: "We Beat Medicare." As far as a coin with Barry Soetoro on it, the comic possibilities are almost endless.
@mindful webworker- Glad to have you back and I'll try to be less sporadic about posting. A deal is a deal, after all. (And my daughter and I just watched "The Music Man" about a week ago!)
@Kathe Houston- Hello, friend. I rarely check my Facebook page these days and don't know why. It wasn't a conscious decision, really, so I'll have to get back to it. As you know too well, things just seem to...drift sometimes. I keep you in my thoughts and wish you well.
@Gonzo'57- See, that whole "kill you in your sleep" thing has way more panache than something in Latin.
@Patrick- I honestly try to do the same thing, engaging with people in a friendly way despite my shyness/introversion. If I can make other people smile or feel seen, it feels like I'm making at least a small contribution.
@Rod- Thank you!
@GeeM- I honestly think one of the benefits of AI video is that people will just stop believing what they see, making them a bit less easy to manipulate (I hope).
@TrickyRicky- Dang! Mind if I steal your phrase and turn it into a song?
@Colby Muenster- I think one side of the Biden penny should show Jill Biden and the other side an old man wandering into the woods.
@JustaJeepGuy- Your willingness to give attributions is one of your best attributes.
Great Haunted Ride video!! In the event I ever again get tempted to splurge on woke, overpriced Disney and its Haunted Mansion, I'll be able to turn to this instead. Great job - thank you!!!
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