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Drahthaardogs

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25. CEOs are the mafia bosses.
Wed Jan 17, 2018, 05:42 PM
Jan 2018

As a noted Cappo once said ,"When we ran the numbers, they called it racketeering. The government does it and calls it the Lottery"

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It means that some construction companies and unions were backed by organized crime tymorial Jan 2018 #1
Thanks for your insight. A helpful addition to Trump story. bobbieinok Jan 2018 #3
I don't know about being counterparts, but the FBI just rolled up about 11 of them. shraby Jan 2018 #2
Do you have sources for this? After watching videos want to learn more bobbieinok Jan 2018 #5
Here's a link mythology Jan 2018 #6
Thanks. Names, pics just like videos about gangs in 30s 40s, 50s. Same 5 crime families bobbieinok Jan 2018 #11
Graft and organized crime ran Kansas City in the first half of the 20th century misanthrope Jan 2018 #21
Truman, right bobbieinok Jan 2018 #23
Thanks! shraby Jan 2018 #16
Who is asking and why? jberryhill Jan 2018 #4
Hey!! After Kefauver? investigations, word was that mafia no longer exists bobbieinok Jan 2018 #7
Nothing tymorial Jan 2018 #8
There Are No Such People Today ProfessorGAC Jan 2018 #9
I seen a lot of crime. jberryhill Jan 2018 #10
Ok, Mr Hoover ProfessorGAC Jan 2018 #15
I was trying to track down the source... jberryhill Jan 2018 #17
Whew! ProfessorGAC Jan 2018 #19
You can often find news stories about them. NCTraveler Jan 2018 #12
Thanks for names. The videos brought back lots of memories of news stories of yrs ago bobbieinok Jan 2018 #14
Also interesting there are no longer movies about gangsters like those with James Cagney, EGRobinson bobbieinok Jan 2018 #13
Those movies died out in the late 50s LeftInTX Jan 2018 #22
This is quite interesting. Movies about boxing and horse racing? Weren't both mob infested? bobbieinok Jan 2018 #26
And there were multitudes of prison movies bobbieinok Jan 2018 #27
We just had "The Sopranos" on TV. That was fiction based on fact. They're still around. brush Jan 2018 #29
There are still some elements of the Philly mob jberryhill Jan 2018 #18
One is in the Whitehouse Le Gaucher Jan 2018 #20
Thanks for all replies. I've learned a lot. Topic interested more DUers than I ever expected bobbieinok Jan 2018 #24
CEOs are the mafia bosses. Drahthaardogs Jan 2018 #25
In the Trump Administration. nt doc03 Jan 2018 #28
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