Musk and his fellow millionaires/billionaires/plutocrats/oligarchs
from our perspective seem to be chasing money for the sake of money.
Maybe it isn’t pertinent, Someone told me aens ago, it is the behavior not the motive that matters.
Well I disagree, do something about the motive and you change the behavior
Is this pursuit of money simply an addiction. In many cases yes. It is an addiction like gambling.
But there are also other ulterior motives.
Trump has an inferiority complex, which he compensates for by being a bully and having people bend the knee, but above all he values his self worth in dollars. When he was younger,he would call into the NYT and other papers and pretend that he was John Barron and brag on Trump and his wealth and attractiveness.
Musk has a different motivation, Inspired by his namesake, the NAZI like leader of Mars the Elon, he is using the financial and human resources of America, and the world if he can, to achieve his goal of being the Elon on Mars, that is why he wants to Occupy Mars.
The goals of Musk and Trump are mutually supporting.
What I would like to crawl into is the motives of Peter Thiel, Bezos, Zuckerberg, Andrew Mellon, the Mercers, the Addelsons, the Wynns. and all of the billionaire sponsors of fascism.
Is it simple addiction to money or is it something else.
Peter Thiel is most interesting. Here is married to a man, with kids, and JD Vance once said that he was gay, he certainly uses eye liner, he is either bisexual, gender dysphoric or both.His wife is Indian and his kids biracial.
Yet they have cast their lot with homophobic, white Christian nationalists. What is going on. Some say it doesn’t matter, focus on the behavior, but it does matter, to change behavior you have to get at motive.
Will Trump declare Martial law, you bet he will, all he needs is a pretext. He wanted to during the BLM protests, and would have on Jan 6th, if he could have got the media to believe it was “the radical left”
That secret service agent with whom Trump fought for the steering wheel, did him a favor, for if Trump had appeared at the Capitol in support of his troops, then he would have been guilty of treason,and not able to invoke martial law.All he needs is an excuse, a pretext and if we don’t give him one, then he has the Proud Boys to act as agent provocateurs
Furry alert, how much more proof do we need, besides the existence of MAGAts that there is scant evidence of intelligent life on on Earth, much less in the Universe
(a) It is the primary role and mission of the United States Marshals Service to provide for the security and to obey, execute, and enforce all orders of the United States District Courts, the United States Courts of Appeals, the Court of International Trade, and the United States Tax Court, as provided by law.
(b) The United States marshal of each district is the marshal of the district court and of the court of appeals when sitting in that district, and of the Court of International Trade holding sessions in that district, and may, in the discretion of the respective courts, be required to attend any session of court.
(c) Except as otherwise provided by law or Rule of Procedure, the United States Marshals Service shall execute all lawful writs, process, and orders issued under the authority of the United States, and shall command all necessary assistance to execute its duties.
(d) Each United States marshal, deputy marshal, and any other official of the Service as may be designated by the Director may carry firearms and make arrests without warrant for any offense against the United States committed in his or her presence, or for any felony cognizable under the laws of the United States if he or she has reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing such felony.
(e)(1) The United States Marshals Service is authorized to—
(A) provide for the personal protection of Federal jurists, court officers, witnesses, and other threatened persons in the interests of justice where criminal intimidation impedes on the functioning of the judicial process or any other official proceeding;
(B) investigate such fugitive matters, both within and outside the United States, as directed by the Attorney General;
(C) issue administrative subpoenas in accordance with section 3486 of title 18, solely for the purpose of investigating unregistered sex offenders (as defined in such section 3486); and
(D) assist State, local, and other Federal law enforcement agencies, upon the request of such an agency, in locating and recovering missing children.
(2) Nothing in paragraph (1)(B) shall be construed to interfere with or supersede the authority of other Federal agencies or bureaus.
(f) In accordance with procedures established by the Director, and except for public money deposited under section 2041 of this title, each United States marshal shall deposit public moneys that the marshal collects into the Treasury, subject to disbursement by the marshal. At the end of each accounting period, the earned part of public moneys accruing to the United States shall be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the appropriate receipt accounts.
(g) Prior to resignation, retirement, or removal from office—
(1) a United States marshal shall deliver to the marshal's successor all prisoners in his custody and all unserved process; and
(2) a deputy marshal shall deliver to the marshal all process in the custody of the deputy marshal.
(h) The United States marshals shall pay such office expenses of United States Attorneys as may be directed by the Attorney General.
(i) The Director of the United States Marshals Service shall consult with the Judicial Conference of the United States on a continuing basis regarding the security requirements for the judicial branch of the United States Government, to ensure that the views of the Judicial Conference regarding the security requirements for the judicial branch of the Federal Government are taken into account when determining staffing levels, setting priorities for programs regarding judicial security, and allocating judicial security resources. In this paragraph, the term "judicial security" includes the security of buildings housing the judiciary, the personal security of judicial officers, the assessment of threats made to judicial officers, and the protection of all other judicial personnel. The United States Marshals Service retains final authority regarding security requirements for the judicial branch of the Federal Government.
(Added Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, §7608(a)(1), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4514; amended Pub. L. 110–177, title I, §§101(a), 102(a), Jan. 7, 2008, 121 Stat. 2534, 2535; Pub. L. 112–206, §4(b), Dec. 7, 2012, 126 Stat. 1492; Pub. L. 114–22, title VI, §605, May 29, 2015, 129 Stat. 260.
Daniel my friend, You put a lot of stock,in the law, process and the institutions, but have you noticed that Trusk has thrown all of that in the round file, and they do not apply anymore.
He's still stuck wiith the NY judgmdents. I don't know whether I'd trust Boasburg, and I don't trust SCOTUS, but the Trump administration is setting records for TROs and other judicial orders.
I worked with many reactionary Republicans. As we used to say at the NJC, when they put on the roibes and took the oath, they were just like everone else.
As #45 many of the dxecisions against him were made by people he appointed.
I know that the Democratic party and man liberals celebrate TRO's as some kind of victory and proof that the system still works. People, after all, see what they want to see.
But not me because the problem is the T in TRO, it means Temporary and usually is just a stay, giving the government more time to do the work to document their case
Yep, Daniel, thats what the org chart says, that what the Marshall duties are, but here is the problem, the Marshalls work for DOJ, currently run by Pam Bondi, and she does damn well as she pleases.
She has even said that judges who obstruct Trump are guilty of treason.
So what if ththe primary role and mission of the United States Marshals Service to provide for the security and to obey, execute, and enforce all orders of the United States District Courts, the United States Courts of Appeals, the Court of International Trade, and the United States Tax Court, as provided by law.
They work for Pam Bondi and unless they want to be fired for insubordination, they better do what she says.
I've explained this to you....funding does not mean they are employees of DOJ..... I was "housed" at DOL but they couldn't direct me, rate me, and I had judicial independence.
The pocket book is the controlling authority. I know that you want to believe in the Justice Department and that the institutions will hold, that has been your experience and career. But Daniel this is a new world that we are living in the old order, expectations, rules are kaput. Trusk has provided ample evidence.
The Air Force is a budgeting category for the Dept of Defense, they have a job, and that job is in the air, but the Air force has battlefield airmen. Navy's budgeting category is the seas, but the Navy has SEALS that operate deep in land far from the waters edge.
US Marshalls work for DOJ, it says nothing on the website about them being a budgeting category. They are a tool of Pam Bondi (the AG) just like the FBI and do what they are told.
The same with the military. Many have said in response to me, that the military will never turn against its people, and yet we have a foreshadow of what is to be, troops on the border and the Navy patrolling the Gulf of Mexico with destroyers,
I posted their job duties. They service the courts. They cqan't be forced to disregard that duty.
We have this all the time in government service --- not supposed to perform other than stautory duties. The secretary of an agency can't force an SES person to be a clerk.
Come on Daniel, I am aware that your personal experience, leads you to believe that the institutions will hold. There is a difference between having a Marshall perform police duties and being a clerk, though filling out reports is in fact clerical work.
The Marshals are law enforcement, they work for the AG, the AG is the gun she pulls the trigger and the bullets ignite and fly out of the barrel, The DOJ has many bullets, the FBI and the Marshals, DEA, ATF service.
When you work for the government, draw a government check you follow orders or file for unemployment, If there is a dispute in civil service, then the laws allow you for to file a dispute and a grievance if you are assigned duties outside of your responsibility. A traffic manager can not be forced to do the work of a personnel clerk or pronouncement clerk.
That was then, back when I supervised civilian employees, and I supervised many at the end of my service when I rode a desk. That is not today though.
Have a grievance file a grievance, see what that gets you NOW.
And having a cop do cop work is not having do clerks work. And a US Marshal escorting someone inside of a building is cops work. Armed escort is in fact in the job description of a US Marshal.I
I am a regular commissioned officer, I am bound by my oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Nothing in it about the President, Congress or judiciary.
Enlisted persons take an oath to obey the orders of the President and all Officers appointed over them.
There are, however, careerists in the officer ranks, that would sell their wives and mothers to a Generals star, or even a promotion. I've known quite a few. They will gladly become a lackeyto Hegseth and Trump, if it means a promotion or even a career..
This is especially true of Air Force Academy (AFA) graduates, the Academy was infected with Dominionism almost the minute it opened it's doors, and like a virus it has spread to other service academies
And it is worse now Trump appoints 5 new members to USAFA Board of Visitors
Musk and his fellow millionaires/billionaires/plutocrats/oligarchs
from our perspective seem to be chasing money for the sake of money.
Maybe it isn’t pertinent, Someone told me aens ago, it is the behavior not the motive that matters.
Well I disagree, do something about the motive and you change the behavior
Is this pursuit of money simply an addiction. In many cases yes. It is an addiction like gambling.
But there are also other ulterior motives.
Trump has an inferiority complex, which he compensates for by being a bully and having people bend the knee, but above all he values his self worth in dollars. When he was younger,he would call into the NYT and other papers and pretend that he was John Barron and brag on Trump and his wealth and attractiveness.
Musk has a different motivation, Inspired by his namesake, the NAZI like leader of Mars the Elon, he is using the financial and human resources of America, and the world if he can, to achieve his goal of being the Elon on Mars, that is why he wants to Occupy Mars.
The goals of Musk and Trump are mutually supporting.
What I would like to crawl into is the motives of Peter Thiel, Bezos, Zuckerberg, Andrew Mellon, the Mercers, the Addelsons, the Wynns. and all of the billionaire sponsors of fascism.
Is it simple addiction to money or is it something else.
Peter Thiel is most interesting. Here is married to a man, with kids, and JD Vance once said that he was gay, he certainly uses eye liner, he is either bisexual, gender dysphoric or both.His wife is Indian and his kids biracial.
Yet they have cast their lot with homophobic, white Christian nationalists. What is going on. Some say it doesn’t matter, focus on the behavior, but it does matter, to change behavior you have to get at motive.
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Lock them up? Who exactly is going to lock them up. Pam Bondi? Trumps chain dog, her welps control all of the Federal law enforcement and prisons.
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Will Trump declare Martial law, you bet he will, all he needs is a pretext. He wanted to during the BLM protests, and would have on Jan 6th, if he could have got the media to believe it was “the radical left”
That secret service agent with whom Trump fought for the steering wheel, did him a favor, for if Trump had appeared at the Capitol in support of his troops, then he would have been guilty of treason,and not able to invoke martial law.All he needs is an excuse, a pretext and if we don’t give him one, then he has the Proud Boys to act as agent provocateurs
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Furry alert, how much more proof do we need, besides the existence of MAGAts that there is scant evidence of intelligent life on on Earth, much less in the Universe
Marshals' duty is to enforce judges' orders.
28 USC §566. Powers and duties
(a) It is the primary role and mission of the United States Marshals Service to provide for the security and to obey, execute, and enforce all orders of the United States District Courts, the United States Courts of Appeals, the Court of International Trade, and the United States Tax Court, as provided by law.
(b) The United States marshal of each district is the marshal of the district court and of the court of appeals when sitting in that district, and of the Court of International Trade holding sessions in that district, and may, in the discretion of the respective courts, be required to attend any session of court.
(c) Except as otherwise provided by law or Rule of Procedure, the United States Marshals Service shall execute all lawful writs, process, and orders issued under the authority of the United States, and shall command all necessary assistance to execute its duties.
(d) Each United States marshal, deputy marshal, and any other official of the Service as may be designated by the Director may carry firearms and make arrests without warrant for any offense against the United States committed in his or her presence, or for any felony cognizable under the laws of the United States if he or she has reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing such felony.
(e)(1) The United States Marshals Service is authorized to—
(A) provide for the personal protection of Federal jurists, court officers, witnesses, and other threatened persons in the interests of justice where criminal intimidation impedes on the functioning of the judicial process or any other official proceeding;
(B) investigate such fugitive matters, both within and outside the United States, as directed by the Attorney General;
(C) issue administrative subpoenas in accordance with section 3486 of title 18, solely for the purpose of investigating unregistered sex offenders (as defined in such section 3486); and
(D) assist State, local, and other Federal law enforcement agencies, upon the request of such an agency, in locating and recovering missing children.
(2) Nothing in paragraph (1)(B) shall be construed to interfere with or supersede the authority of other Federal agencies or bureaus.
(f) In accordance with procedures established by the Director, and except for public money deposited under section 2041 of this title, each United States marshal shall deposit public moneys that the marshal collects into the Treasury, subject to disbursement by the marshal. At the end of each accounting period, the earned part of public moneys accruing to the United States shall be deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the appropriate receipt accounts.
(g) Prior to resignation, retirement, or removal from office—
(1) a United States marshal shall deliver to the marshal's successor all prisoners in his custody and all unserved process; and
(2) a deputy marshal shall deliver to the marshal all process in the custody of the deputy marshal.
(h) The United States marshals shall pay such office expenses of United States Attorneys as may be directed by the Attorney General.
(i) The Director of the United States Marshals Service shall consult with the Judicial Conference of the United States on a continuing basis regarding the security requirements for the judicial branch of the United States Government, to ensure that the views of the Judicial Conference regarding the security requirements for the judicial branch of the Federal Government are taken into account when determining staffing levels, setting priorities for programs regarding judicial security, and allocating judicial security resources. In this paragraph, the term "judicial security" includes the security of buildings housing the judiciary, the personal security of judicial officers, the assessment of threats made to judicial officers, and the protection of all other judicial personnel. The United States Marshals Service retains final authority regarding security requirements for the judicial branch of the Federal Government.
(Added Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, §7608(a)(1), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4514; amended Pub. L. 110–177, title I, §§101(a), 102(a), Jan. 7, 2008, 121 Stat. 2534, 2535; Pub. L. 112–206, §4(b), Dec. 7, 2012, 126 Stat. 1492; Pub. L. 114–22, title VI, §605, May 29, 2015, 129 Stat. 260.
Daniel my friend, You put a lot of stock,in the law, process and the institutions, but have you noticed that Trusk has thrown all of that in the round file, and they do not apply anymore.
He's still stuck wiith the NY judgmdents. I don't know whether I'd trust Boasburg, and I don't trust SCOTUS, but the Trump administration is setting records for TROs and other judicial orders.
I worked with many reactionary Republicans. As we used to say at the NJC, when they put on the roibes and took the oath, they were just like everone else.
As #45 many of the dxecisions against him were made by people he appointed.
I know that the Democratic party and man liberals celebrate TRO's as some kind of victory and proof that the system still works. People, after all, see what they want to see.
But not me because the problem is the T in TRO, it means Temporary and usually is just a stay, giving the government more time to do the work to document their case
Yep, Daniel, thats what the org chart says, that what the Marshall duties are, but here is the problem, the Marshalls work for DOJ, currently run by Pam Bondi, and she does damn well as she pleases.
She has even said that judges who obstruct Trump are guilty of treason.
So what if ththe primary role and mission of the United States Marshals Service to provide for the security and to obey, execute, and enforce all orders of the United States District Courts, the United States Courts of Appeals, the Court of International Trade, and the United States Tax Court, as provided by law.
They work for Pam Bondi and unless they want to be fired for insubordination, they better do what she says.
I've explained this to you....funding does not mean they are employees of DOJ..... I was "housed" at DOL but they couldn't direct me, rate me, and I had judicial independence.
Ichecked out the Marshal service on their website, They fall under the DOJ.The DOJ is Pam Bondi.
Trump, by the way, does damn well what he wants to do.
They do not report to her. It's not the military. Just budgeting category.
The pocket book is the controlling authority. I know that you want to believe in the Justice Department and that the institutions will hold, that has been your experience and career. But Daniel this is a new world that we are living in the old order, expectations, rules are kaput. Trusk has provided ample evidence.
The Air Force is a budgeting category for the Dept of Defense, they have a job, and that job is in the air, but the Air force has battlefield airmen. Navy's budgeting category is the seas, but the Navy has SEALS that operate deep in land far from the waters edge.
US Marshalls work for DOJ, it says nothing on the website about them being a budgeting category. They are a tool of Pam Bondi (the AG) just like the FBI and do what they are told.
The same with the military. Many have said in response to me, that the military will never turn against its people, and yet we have a foreshadow of what is to be, troops on the border and the Navy patrolling the Gulf of Mexico with destroyers,
I posted their job duties. They service the courts. They cqan't be forced to disregard that duty.
We have this all the time in government service --- not supposed to perform other than stautory duties. The secretary of an agency can't force an SES person to be a clerk.
Come on Daniel, I am aware that your personal experience, leads you to believe that the institutions will hold. There is a difference between having a Marshall perform police duties and being a clerk, though filling out reports is in fact clerical work.
The Marshals are law enforcement, they work for the AG, the AG is the gun she pulls the trigger and the bullets ignite and fly out of the barrel, The DOJ has many bullets, the FBI and the Marshals, DEA, ATF service.
When you work for the government, draw a government check you follow orders or file for unemployment, If there is a dispute in civil service, then the laws allow you for to file a dispute and a grievance if you are assigned duties outside of your responsibility. A traffic manager can not be forced to do the work of a personnel clerk or pronouncement clerk.
That was then, back when I supervised civilian employees, and I supervised many at the end of my service when I rode a desk. That is not today though.
Have a grievance file a grievance, see what that gets you NOW.
And having a cop do cop work is not having do clerks work. And a US Marshal escorting someone inside of a building is cops work. Armed escort is in fact in the job description of a US Marshal.I
I am a regular commissioned officer, I am bound by my oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Nothing in it about the President, Congress or judiciary.
Enlisted persons take an oath to obey the orders of the President and all Officers appointed over them.
There are, however, careerists in the officer ranks, that would sell their wives and mothers to a Generals star, or even a promotion. I've known quite a few. They will gladly become a lackeyto Hegseth and Trump, if it means a promotion or even a career..
This is especially true of Air Force Academy (AFA) graduates, the Academy was infected with Dominionism almost the minute it opened it's doors, and like a virus it has spread to other service academies
And it is worse now Trump appoints 5 new members to USAFA Board of Visitors
(Air & Space Forces Magazine) The U.S. Air Force Academy is getting a new slate of members for its Board of Visitors, a Congressionally directed oversight committee that monitors issues ranging from morale and discipline to curriculum financial matters.https://link.militarytimes.com/click/39100991.76713/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYWlyYW5kc3BhY2Vmb3JjZXMuY29tL3VzYWZhLWJvYXJkLW9mLXZpc2l0b3JzLWFwcG9pbnRtZW50LXRydW1wLz91dG1fc291cmNlPXNhaWx0aHJ1JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPW1pbC1lYmI/5ff8a396d72f7e28440d97f2C93cf6c72