Dave Troy 

We have a real problem brewing with the "Board of Peace" and it needs much more attention.

1) There is no legal entity for "Board of Peace" organized under the laws of any country, meaning it is subject to NO country's laws.

2) Trump is acting like the US is party to it as a treaty organization, but only Congress has the power to approve that.

Feb 21 at 5:35amWeb
Show threadDave Troy Feb 21

3) BoP is collecting and distributing funds (JP Morgan playing as banker) but this must be in violation of Know-Your-Customer laws since BoP *doesn't exist*. It is a transnational mafia backed only by the executive power of its members.

4) Since BoP doesn't exist, USPTO is illegally holding its trademarks on its behalf, violating the Lanham Act, which requires that holders intend to use marks in commerce.

Show threadDave Troy Feb 21
5) Trump signed Executive Order 14375 protecting BoP under the International Organizations Immunity Act, but this merely protects from interference
Show threadDave Troy Feb 21

This thing needs to be challenged legally and practically. If it is not stopped it will quickly evolve into a world takeover mechanism, and indeed it is already usurping US sovereignty as well as sovereignty in Gaza and of participant countries.

Seriously, this is no joke and intervention is necessary NOW. The illegal trademarks are one pathway in. There are others. But whatever you do don't brush this off as one of Trump's follies. It's anything but.

Show threadBrad RosenheimFeb 21

@davetroy I am glad you posted this. I was just trying to explain this to a colleague as a gut feeling I had, and relating it to SCOTUS' tariff decision (related due to ensuing lawlessness). You have put better words and sense to my gut feelings.

There is only one reason to do things in Trumplandia. To benefit Trump.

Show thread🍄🇪🇺ashtime🇪🇺🍄Feb 21
@Brad_Rosenheim @davetroy With all the publicity and photo ops, it will not be hard for ICC in Hague to search for people to accuse for crimes against humanity
Show threadJoykillFeb 21

@ashtime
ICC is toothless against US hegemony since the whole of Europe, including the ICC runs on US-owned payments systems.

The US can just blacklist the ICC and payments providers/banks will jettison them faster than you can blink, as has already happened to judges working to prosecute Netanyahu's regime.

@Brad_Rosenheim @davetroy

Show threadZelgaavFeb 21
@joykill @ashtime @Brad_Rosenheim @davetroy We use Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) system in EU, which is totally separate. The funds will flow. They can block credit/debit cards, but it would be a suicide for the US payment owners. We already have different solutions that work (like Blik in Poland), and that would end in a quick ban of US systems and switching to EU based solutions. Example: Blik already achieved 50% payment versus 43% card usage in e-commerce and I can use it in every store.
Show threadJoykillFeb 21

@zelgaav
Sure "funds will flow" from one bank to another, except you will need to personally go to your bank and retrieve cash directly from them, because none of your online payments/ATM cards will work.

And while you can use some national payments systems as long as they have wide enough adoption, there are no international payments systems that span the whole of the EU, much less anywhere else in the world.

@ashtime @Brad_Rosenheim @davetroy

Show threadJoykillFeb 21

@zelgaav
Personally, I'm not sure how far the US needs to go before the EU switches away from US tech. There's a minor cultural shift going on now, but even then it's already backsliding at the higher levels, such as Germany going back to purchasing US-made fighter jets, talks of "sovereign cloud" infrastructure where the data centers are still on US soil, etc.

In the end, there may come a unified EU online/card payments solution, but it will not be quick

@ashtime @Brad_Rosenheim @davetroy

Show threadZelgaavFeb 21
@joykill @ashtime @Brad_Rosenheim @davetroy I can use Blik in every shop or ATM. Or I can send money to other persons directly, because sending money "to phone" also work.
Show threadJoykillFeb 21

@zelgaav
Okay, that's kind of cool. If you never leave Poland I guess you can manage without US payments. Wish we had anything like that in Lithuania, here everything is either Visa or Mastercard it seems.

@ashtime @Brad_Rosenheim @davetroy

Show threadZelgaavFeb 21
@joykill @ashtime @Brad_Rosenheim @davetroy Outside of Poland l encountered oposite - you have to use cash in Germany, as it is hard to find a place which accepts cards. As far as I know there is initiative to bring national payment systems - including Blik - to other EU countries.
Show threadJoykillFeb 21

@zelgaav
In the Netherlands it's a bit of a mix of both - online payments to national companies can be done through their iDeal payment system (and I believe there are some other European countries/banks are on board with it such as Belgium and Germany, but not too sure about it), but cash withdrawals and in-person payments mostly use Visa/Mastercard.

@ashtime @Brad_Rosenheim @davetroy

Show threadZelgaavFeb 21
@joykill @ashtime @Brad_Rosenheim @davetroy I believe iDeal was also mentioned as potential payment system for EU. It will take some time to adopt in other countries, but the snowball is already rolling and may become avalanche wiping US payments.
Show threadJoykillFeb 21

@zelgaav
one can only hope, but having a centralized system based in the Netherlands is not a great solution. A unified framework of independently functioning systems would be much more robust to future shenanigans.

@ashtime @Brad_Rosenheim @davetroy

Show threadZelgaavFeb 21
@joykill @ashtime @Brad_Rosenheim @davetroy I seen a slide with 6 or 7 existing solutions. It is not known yet if it will be one of them, all or something new being a mix.
Show threadHighlandLawyerFeb 21

@joykill @zelgaav @ashtime @Brad_Rosenheim @davetroy
Most UK bank apps have a direct payment function using "Faster Payments" (replacement for CHAPS) and/or SEPA & many EPOS systems can send a direct payment link- I'd be surprised if the same doesn't apply to most EU banks.

Not as convenient as tapping your card, but it wouldn't take much to issue non Visa/Access cards with similar functionality given the banks saw a need to do so.

Show threadDan HattonFeb 21

@ashtime @davetroy @zelgaav @Brad_Rosenheim @joykill

Also, I was wondering about this the other day: in English domestic law, intimidating or retaliating against an ICC official is a criminal offence carrying substantial jail time. Isn't this also the case in other European countries? And if it is, why aren't the CEOs of the European subsidiaries of Visa, Mastercard, etc. being arrested?

Show thread🍄🇪🇺ashtime🇪🇺🍄Feb 21
@only_ohm @davetroy @zelgaav @Brad_Rosenheim @joykill Yeah good question. To add on this-why are we inviting war criminals to security conferences in Europe?
Show threadBrad RosenheimFeb 21

@ashtime
And why is the President of the United States, a convicted felon, allowed to travel internationally? The rules are different for them. #AgeOfImpunity

@only_ohm @davetroy @zelgaav @joykill

Show thread🍄🇪🇺ashtime🇪🇺🍄Feb 21
@Brad_Rosenheim @only_ohm @davetroy @zelgaav @joykill Exactly - where is the illegal immigrants-criminals brigade now? Probably having drinks with the anti trans guys, who are hiding in a cave from the word Epstein.
Show threadRFanciolaFeb 21
@Brad_Rosenheim @davetroy It is not the BoP, it is the BotPoS: the Board of the Piece of Shit.
Show threadAnonaxFeb 21
@davetroy
Who has the power to sue JP Morgan (or others) for violating KYC laws? If it's just the federal government there's not much to be done through that avenue, but if states or individuals can it would be interesting to see a company pay legally for going along with/supporting Trump's crimes.
Show thread@martlund 🌲🐶🇸🇪🇨🇱🌈Feb 21
@davetroy Congress is worthless, should have impeached him 3 times ago
Show threadJoykillFeb 21
@davetroy it shouldn't surprise anyone that it's just another rugpull in a long line of rugpulls since Trump was elected.
Show threadAxel HartmannFeb 21
@davetroy - you seem to go on an assumption that it has any meaning other than grift, corruption, and extortion.
Show threadPhilFeb 21
@davetroy

1. There is no legal entity for terrorist organizations, but they're subject to every country's laws where their members are regardless.

2. See 1.
Show threadlostprototypeFeb 21

@davetroy - There is most definitely a law that enshrines it. It's the law of "fuck you, I'm winning."
This law transcends all political, geographic and cultural boundaries. It governs all people and all nations equally.

Don't like it? Then take to the streets and be prepared to set up consequences for all conservatives. Not just the easily convictable ones.

Americans can keep hesitating or they can manifest politically. Even if it is a little economically inconvenient and socially awkward.

Show threadCartyBostonFeb 21
@davetroy serious question, can't we just ignore it?
Show threadSmiling HereticFeb 21
@davetroy Have people not realised yet that this is just another grift by this man? Just like Trump University, Trump Steaks, his casinos, etc., etc.
Show threadTaran RampersadFeb 21

@davetroy it is reminiscent of the 'coalition of the willing' circa 2006 about wmd.

It has no legal basis, no agreed upon position. It looks like a bully pulpit on the back of the US military to me. As a veteran, that's... irritating.

Show threadSueDiOhFeb 21
@davetroy This is why he's doing it: blackmail by treaty. Anyone paying the vig is a fool. Donald will steal their money and blackmail them for more.
Show threadTim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPEFeb 21
@davetroy It's a straightforward scam whereby not-very-bright countries are conned into donating £1bn to Trump and his family, isn't it?
Show threadFediThing Feb 21

@davetroy

Yup. FWIW the BoP's own constitution explicitly says Trump is chair in personal capacity, he personally controls BoP and he cannot be removed against his will by anyone.

It's being presented by media as some kind of US thing or international treaty but it isn't. There's no accountability or control at all.

Show threadfelizFeb 21
@davetroy
Trump is funnelling a lot of government funds into the #BoardOfPeace, an organization for which he is chairman for life. There are no accountability procedures in place to ensure that the money is spent and accounted for properly.
Show threadStarkRGFeb 21
@davetroy It's literally just an open conspiracy.
Show threadJokerFeb 21
@davetroy
Ok the world is watching. How long before the ppl in the USA wake up,???
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