Yet more fodder for my contention that "stupid" is infinite. Not that I really want to win this argument with my beloved brother, but we're only in the first week with these maroons. Yeeesh
Too many people don't realize or remember that it was NIKOLA TESLA who was the genius behind the work that Musk has adopted as his own. Tesla was an equal to Einstein. The two competed fiercely in their relative fields in the same era. Mr. Tesla could do Integral Calculus in his head! Musk, the venture capitalist, simply commodified Tesla's work. Musk is certainly no equal to either great scientist. He is a smart, high stakes inve$tor. Right place, right time.
It is such an important point to note how Elon has reacted to the pushback, about the salute. I would not expect him to apologize, say it was a misunderstanding, or denounce the Nazis. After all, he’s a petulant child.
But to double down, by making jokes about the leaders of a movement responsible for the death of six million innocent people, displays a lack of moral conscience that must be highlighted.
I'm tired of people, including some of the Bulwark team, who keep trying to say Musk may not necessarily have meant it as a Nazi salute or otherwise diminish its significance in the greater scheme of things. I just saw a meme on Blue Sky that had Musk before what looked like a crowd of SpaceX folks, doing a "my heart goes out to you"gesture. It was NOT a Nazi Salute. Also, the Munich Art Museum just took down Musk's portrait. Germans know a Nazi Salute when they see it.
I only wish that we could have reprints of Hans Helmut Kirst's "Gunner Asche" series. We could find lessons in quietly subverting the erstwhile paradigm on a daily basis. Read "When Society Becomes and Addict". Draw some comfort contemplating the 12 step program the country will go through. Even the recently appointed oligarch's will do it. The 4 year Reich -- aka Treich, will be identified by the rubble.
WW II British army lyrics for marching to the Colonel Bogey March {Bridge on the River Kwai} cockney phonetics
"'itler 'ad only one big ball, Goring 'ad two but vey were small, 'immler 'ad 'somefin' sim-lah, but poor ole Go-balls 'ad no balls at all."
If all the households with gigantic jars of coins put them back into circulation, the US Mint would not need to make pennies for 10 years. Everybody’s got one, right?
*****STAND BACK AND STAND BY: The Biden administration made a concerted effort upon taking office to crack down on domestic extremist groups. Most notably, they secured the convictions of leaders of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers on charges of seditious conspiracy, resulting in long prison sentences. Then Trump pardoned them all.
[...]
If I were, say, a state or local law enforcement official, I would keep an eye on these guys.*****
.
It is all well and good that state or local law enforcement officials may keep an eye on the newly-pardoned/commuted seditionists and violent extremists and their resurgent militia networks. A question arises: Just how aggressive will non-federal law enforcement authorities be, knowing as they surely do that to act against the brownshirts would be tantamount to forfeiting the prospect of securing additional federal grants?
*****What Federal Programs Assist Local Law Enforcement?
The COPS program established by the 1994 crime bill provides funding for police recruitment and training in localities nationwide. In 2023, this program provided $334 million to police departments to create 1,730 new hires. The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program offers money to cover operational costs and equipment purchases. It allocated $209,416,792 to states in 2023. The program also allocates money to municipal and county governments.212223*****
*****Local law enforcement agencies can receive funding from a variety of federal departments, including the Justice Department, Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Transportation.
[...]
Federal Department: Department of Justice
CFDA #: 16.580
Program Title and Description:
Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Discretionary Grants Program
The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program is the primary source of federal funding for law enforcement provided to state and local jurisdictions. Approved funding may go toward a number of areas, including law enforcement, prosecution, crime prevention and education, drug treatment and enforcement, and more. In fiscal year (FY) 2018 there was $269 million available under JAG (approximately $184.5 million to states and territories and $84 million to local units of government), and 1,148 local jurisdictions and 56 states/territories were eligible to apply for funding.
.
Federal Department: Department of Justice
CFDA#: 16.609
Program Title and Description:
Project Safe Neighborhoods
Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), originally launched in 2001, is a nationwide initiative that brings together federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, prosecutors, and community leaders to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in a community and develop comprehensive solutions to address them.
.
Federal Department: Department of Justice
CFDA#: 16.710
Program Title and Description:
Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants
The COPS Office was established in 1994 to assist state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies in enhancing effectiveness and building the capacity to advance public safety through the implementation of community policing strategies. Community policing entails developing partnerships between law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve so they can work collaboratively to resolve problems and build community trust. It is a philosophy that promotes organizational strategies that support the systematic use of partnerships and problem solving techniques, in order to proactively address the immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues such as crime, social disorder, fear of crime, and satisfaction with police services. Community policing is comprised of three key components: Community Partnerships Collaborative partnerships between the law enforcement agency and the individuals and organizations they serve to develop solutions to problems and increase trust in police: Other government agencies Community members/groups Nonprofits/service providers Private businesses Media Organizational Transformation The alignment of organizational management, structure, personnel, and information systems to support community partnerships and proactive problem solving: Agency management Climate and culture Leadership Labor relations Decision-making Strategic planning Policies Organizational evaluations Transparency Organizational structure Geographic assignment of officers Despecialization Resources and finances Personnel Recruitment, hiring, and selection Personnel supervision/evaluations Training Information systems (Technology) Communication/access to data Quality and accuracy of data Problem Solving The process of engaging in the proactive and systematic examination of identified problems to develop and rigorously evaluate effective responses: Scan: Identify and prioritize problems Analysis: Research what is known about the problem Response: Develop solutions to bring about lasting reductions in the number and extent of problems Assessment: Evaluate the success of the responses Use the crime triangle to focus on immediate conditions (victim/offender/location)
.
Federal Department: Department of Justice
CFDA#: 16.738
Program Title and Description:
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program
The JAG Program provides states, tribes, and local governments with critical funding necessary to support a range of program areas including law enforcement, prosecution and court, prevention and education, corrections and community corrections, drug treatment and enforcement, planning, evaluation, and technology improvement, crime victim and witness initiatives and mental health programs and related law enforcement and corrections programs, including behavioral programs and crisis intervention teams. JAG funded projects may address crime through the provision of services directly to individuals and/or communities and through training and technical assistance to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of criminal justice systems, processes, and procedures.
.
Federal Department: Executive Office of the President
CFDA# 95.001
Program Title and Description:
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program
To reduce drug trafficking and drug production in the United States by-- (A) facilitating cooperation among federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies to share information and implement coordinated enforcement activities; (B) enhancing law enforcement intelligence sharing among federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies; (C) providing reliable law enforcement intelligence to law enforcement agencies needed to design effective enforcement strategies and operations; and (D) supporting coordinated law enforcement strategies which maximize use of available resources to reduce the supply of illegal drugs in designated areas and in the United States as a whole.
.
Federal Department: U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
CFDA#: 97.067
Program Title and Description:
Homeland Security Grant Program
The Homeland Security Grant includes a suite of risk-based grants to assist state, local, tribal and territorial efforts in preventing, protecting against, mitigating, responding to and recovering from acts of terrorism and other threats. This grant provides grantees with the resources required for implementation of the National Preparedness System and working toward the National Preparedness Goal of a secure and resilient nation. Individual Grant Programs: Together, these three grant programs comprise the Homeland Security Grant Program and fund a range of preparedness activities, including planning, organization, equipment purchase, training, exercises, and management and administration across all core capabilities and mission areas. State Homeland Security Program (SHSP) This program provides funding to support the implementation of risk-driven, capabilities-based State Homeland Security Strategies to address capability targets. Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) This program provides funding to enhance regional preparedness and capabilities in designated high-threat, high-density areas. Operation Stonegarden (OPSG) This program provides funding to enhance cooperation and coordination among state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal law enforcement agencies to jointly enhance security along the United States land and water borders.*****
People don't realize or remember that it was NIKOLA TESLA who was the genius behind the work that Musk has adopted as his own. Tesla was an equal to Einstein. The two competed fiercely in their relative fields in the same era. Mr. Tesla could do Integral Calcus in his head! Musk, the venture capitalist, simply commodified Tesla's work. Musk is certainly no equal to Einstein or Tesla. He is a smart, high stakes inve$tor. Right place, right time.
Exactly. Likening Musk to Einstein is like likening Michelangelo to the guy who sells high-end paintings at Sotheby's. The Sotheby's guy makes a lot of money and is a big deal in his world. But he doesn't create the art and he's no genius.
I cancelled my NY Times subscription in the middle of last year for their "fair and balanced" reporting of the election and then to the Washington Post after Bezos blocked the Editorial Board's endorsement of Kamala Harris, turning instead to the Associated Press. Oh well, I'm sure the AP has what they believe to be a good rationale for allowing Trump to rename geography by executive order. I won't be reading about that on their cowardly pages.
If I were a Trump adviser, I would suggest he issue an Executive Order officially changing the name of the Fourth Estate to the Trump Estate. It is the increasingly accurate term.
The Costco "wholesale resistance" pun at the opening? Love it! That's gold, Jerry, gold!
Re: Elon's salute. Please check out Sarah's excellent 9 minute video posted on 1/22, "Don't Let Elon's Bullsh*t Distract You."
Unfortunately, even here on the Bulwark, articles and videos (and now comments) are produced that devote far too much time and effort on that oddball's gesture.
Yet more fodder for my contention that "stupid" is infinite. Not that I really want to win this argument with my beloved brother, but we're only in the first week with these maroons. Yeeesh
Dimon said Musk was "our Einstein."
I think he meant Albert's brother, Frank.
That guy was a real monster.
German broadcasts blurred his Nazi salute. Like I would expect.
Too many people don't realize or remember that it was NIKOLA TESLA who was the genius behind the work that Musk has adopted as his own. Tesla was an equal to Einstein. The two competed fiercely in their relative fields in the same era. Mr. Tesla could do Integral Calculus in his head! Musk, the venture capitalist, simply commodified Tesla's work. Musk is certainly no equal to either great scientist. He is a smart, high stakes inve$tor. Right place, right time.
Finally a new idea from Musk that I agree with …. Eliminate the penny
Did you know President Orange Snake AKA POS shut down ALL federal medical research - grants, studies, communication to the public and other health agencies, etc.? https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/1/23/2298633/-Trump-Shuts-Down-Medical-Research-via-NIH https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00231-y and a whole lot more articles, including drug research. Forget research for cancer, heart disease, Alzheimers, etc., etc.
All this now when the bird flu is starting to impact more than eggs and chickens. He is going to kill people.
jamie Dimon is a cuck? who knew? whats the point of massive, inter-generational wealth if you have to kiss so much moronic ass?
It is such an important point to note how Elon has reacted to the pushback, about the salute. I would not expect him to apologize, say it was a misunderstanding, or denounce the Nazis. After all, he’s a petulant child.
But to double down, by making jokes about the leaders of a movement responsible for the death of six million innocent people, displays a lack of moral conscience that must be highlighted.
I'm tired of people, including some of the Bulwark team, who keep trying to say Musk may not necessarily have meant it as a Nazi salute or otherwise diminish its significance in the greater scheme of things. I just saw a meme on Blue Sky that had Musk before what looked like a crowd of SpaceX folks, doing a "my heart goes out to you"gesture. It was NOT a Nazi Salute. Also, the Munich Art Museum just took down Musk's portrait. Germans know a Nazi Salute when they see it.
I only wish that we could have reprints of Hans Helmut Kirst's "Gunner Asche" series. We could find lessons in quietly subverting the erstwhile paradigm on a daily basis. Read "When Society Becomes and Addict". Draw some comfort contemplating the 12 step program the country will go through. Even the recently appointed oligarch's will do it. The 4 year Reich -- aka Treich, will be identified by the rubble.
WW II British army lyrics for marching to the Colonel Bogey March {Bridge on the River Kwai} cockney phonetics
"'itler 'ad only one big ball, Goring 'ad two but vey were small, 'immler 'ad 'somefin' sim-lah, but poor ole Go-balls 'ad no balls at all."
If all the households with gigantic jars of coins put them back into circulation, the US Mint would not need to make pennies for 10 years. Everybody’s got one, right?
That makes a lot of cents!
Clever boy.
I expect Dear Leader will soon rename the Mississippi river after himself.
Trumppissippi?
Bill wrote:
*****STAND BACK AND STAND BY: The Biden administration made a concerted effort upon taking office to crack down on domestic extremist groups. Most notably, they secured the convictions of leaders of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers on charges of seditious conspiracy, resulting in long prison sentences. Then Trump pardoned them all.
[...]
If I were, say, a state or local law enforcement official, I would keep an eye on these guys.*****
.
It is all well and good that state or local law enforcement officials may keep an eye on the newly-pardoned/commuted seditionists and violent extremists and their resurgent militia networks. A question arises: Just how aggressive will non-federal law enforcement authorities be, knowing as they surely do that to act against the brownshirts would be tantamount to forfeiting the prospect of securing additional federal grants?
https://www.investopedia.com/how-are-police-departments-funded-5115578
*****What Federal Programs Assist Local Law Enforcement?
The COPS program established by the 1994 crime bill provides funding for police recruitment and training in localities nationwide. In 2023, this program provided $334 million to police departments to create 1,730 new hires. The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program offers money to cover operational costs and equipment purchases. It allocated $209,416,792 to states in 2023. The program also allocates money to municipal and county governments.212223*****
.
.
https://policefundingdatabase.org/explore-the-database/federal-grant-programs/
*****Local law enforcement agencies can receive funding from a variety of federal departments, including the Justice Department, Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Transportation.
[...]
Federal Department: Department of Justice
CFDA #: 16.580
Program Title and Description:
Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Discretionary Grants Program
The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program is the primary source of federal funding for law enforcement provided to state and local jurisdictions. Approved funding may go toward a number of areas, including law enforcement, prosecution, crime prevention and education, drug treatment and enforcement, and more. In fiscal year (FY) 2018 there was $269 million available under JAG (approximately $184.5 million to states and territories and $84 million to local units of government), and 1,148 local jurisdictions and 56 states/territories were eligible to apply for funding.
.
Federal Department: Department of Justice
CFDA#: 16.609
Program Title and Description:
Project Safe Neighborhoods
Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), originally launched in 2001, is a nationwide initiative that brings together federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement officials, prosecutors, and community leaders to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in a community and develop comprehensive solutions to address them.
.
Federal Department: Department of Justice
CFDA#: 16.710
Program Title and Description:
Public Safety Partnership and Community Policing Grants
The COPS Office was established in 1994 to assist state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies in enhancing effectiveness and building the capacity to advance public safety through the implementation of community policing strategies. Community policing entails developing partnerships between law enforcement agencies and the communities they serve so they can work collaboratively to resolve problems and build community trust. It is a philosophy that promotes organizational strategies that support the systematic use of partnerships and problem solving techniques, in order to proactively address the immediate conditions that give rise to public safety issues such as crime, social disorder, fear of crime, and satisfaction with police services. Community policing is comprised of three key components: Community Partnerships Collaborative partnerships between the law enforcement agency and the individuals and organizations they serve to develop solutions to problems and increase trust in police: Other government agencies Community members/groups Nonprofits/service providers Private businesses Media Organizational Transformation The alignment of organizational management, structure, personnel, and information systems to support community partnerships and proactive problem solving: Agency management Climate and culture Leadership Labor relations Decision-making Strategic planning Policies Organizational evaluations Transparency Organizational structure Geographic assignment of officers Despecialization Resources and finances Personnel Recruitment, hiring, and selection Personnel supervision/evaluations Training Information systems (Technology) Communication/access to data Quality and accuracy of data Problem Solving The process of engaging in the proactive and systematic examination of identified problems to develop and rigorously evaluate effective responses: Scan: Identify and prioritize problems Analysis: Research what is known about the problem Response: Develop solutions to bring about lasting reductions in the number and extent of problems Assessment: Evaluate the success of the responses Use the crime triangle to focus on immediate conditions (victim/offender/location)
.
Federal Department: Department of Justice
CFDA#: 16.738
Program Title and Description:
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program
The JAG Program provides states, tribes, and local governments with critical funding necessary to support a range of program areas including law enforcement, prosecution and court, prevention and education, corrections and community corrections, drug treatment and enforcement, planning, evaluation, and technology improvement, crime victim and witness initiatives and mental health programs and related law enforcement and corrections programs, including behavioral programs and crisis intervention teams. JAG funded projects may address crime through the provision of services directly to individuals and/or communities and through training and technical assistance to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of criminal justice systems, processes, and procedures.
.
Federal Department: Executive Office of the President
CFDA# 95.001
Program Title and Description:
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program
To reduce drug trafficking and drug production in the United States by-- (A) facilitating cooperation among federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies to share information and implement coordinated enforcement activities; (B) enhancing law enforcement intelligence sharing among federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies; (C) providing reliable law enforcement intelligence to law enforcement agencies needed to design effective enforcement strategies and operations; and (D) supporting coordinated law enforcement strategies which maximize use of available resources to reduce the supply of illegal drugs in designated areas and in the United States as a whole.
.
Federal Department: U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
CFDA#: 97.067
Program Title and Description:
Homeland Security Grant Program
The Homeland Security Grant includes a suite of risk-based grants to assist state, local, tribal and territorial efforts in preventing, protecting against, mitigating, responding to and recovering from acts of terrorism and other threats. This grant provides grantees with the resources required for implementation of the National Preparedness System and working toward the National Preparedness Goal of a secure and resilient nation. Individual Grant Programs: Together, these three grant programs comprise the Homeland Security Grant Program and fund a range of preparedness activities, including planning, organization, equipment purchase, training, exercises, and management and administration across all core capabilities and mission areas. State Homeland Security Program (SHSP) This program provides funding to support the implementation of risk-driven, capabilities-based State Homeland Security Strategies to address capability targets. Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) This program provides funding to enhance regional preparedness and capabilities in designated high-threat, high-density areas. Operation Stonegarden (OPSG) This program provides funding to enhance cooperation and coordination among state, local, tribal, territorial, and federal law enforcement agencies to jointly enhance security along the United States land and water borders.*****
People don't realize or remember that it was NIKOLA TESLA who was the genius behind the work that Musk has adopted as his own. Tesla was an equal to Einstein. The two competed fiercely in their relative fields in the same era. Mr. Tesla could do Integral Calcus in his head! Musk, the venture capitalist, simply commodified Tesla's work. Musk is certainly no equal to Einstein or Tesla. He is a smart, high stakes inve$tor. Right place, right time.
I heard that he was extremely hard to work for with insane expectations for his executives.
Exactly. Likening Musk to Einstein is like likening Michelangelo to the guy who sells high-end paintings at Sotheby's. The Sotheby's guy makes a lot of money and is a big deal in his world. But he doesn't create the art and he's no genius.
AP = Acquiescent Press
I cancelled my NY Times subscription in the middle of last year for their "fair and balanced" reporting of the election and then to the Washington Post after Bezos blocked the Editorial Board's endorsement of Kamala Harris, turning instead to the Associated Press. Oh well, I'm sure the AP has what they believe to be a good rationale for allowing Trump to rename geography by executive order. I won't be reading about that on their cowardly pages.
If I were a Trump adviser, I would suggest he issue an Executive Order officially changing the name of the Fourth Estate to the Trump Estate. It is the increasingly accurate term.
The Costco "wholesale resistance" pun at the opening? Love it! That's gold, Jerry, gold!
Re: Elon's salute. Please check out Sarah's excellent 9 minute video posted on 1/22, "Don't Let Elon's Bullsh*t Distract You."
Unfortunately, even here on the Bulwark, articles and videos (and now comments) are produced that devote far too much time and effort on that oddball's gesture.