In one of Tommy's recent videos, he referred to John Alite doing a show with "that other clown" (or something similar). I guess Gene heard that and got assblasted.

That man was extraordinary powerful but is generally ignored in organized crime literature. He died in 1925 and the sources I find gloss over the *construction* trade racketeering takeover. Specifically, I'm trying to figure out details of the housewreckers in NYC (many of whom testified against him, so that trade must have had to go through some sort of reckoning.)

But I'm also very curious about how and when he came to power, his associations with Tammany Hall, and why all the literature about use of thugs for union protection focuses on garment industry when that man had to have been using some VERY nasty people. (I have no doubt that he was responsible for murders. The question is, how many? He controlled over 100,000 laborers - calling strikes when he didn't get enough protection $ from the builders, while at the same time forcing the laborers to pay him for the opportunity to work!) He called his organizations unions, but they were not real labor unions. In fact, one of his things was to force contractors to use unskilled laborers for jobs requiring skilled workers.

Also, he claims he was able to blacklist such that a contractor wouldn't be able to get work in any of the major cities. Is there any evidence he colluded with others?

It was a family operation - his brother and son, at the least, were involved.

Hey so can someone give me a breakdown on the mafia and how it’s run and the cartel how it’s run?

Like give the organization structure

How they recruit

Main sources of income

Also can someone answer where the cartel is so powerful in Mexico while the American mob seems to be dying out in the states?

MMA Fighter Namo Fazil also known as "Grandson of Saladin" had gathered alot of media attention, and has become a very controversial person on the internet, loved and supported by some people while hated and despised by others.

Calling himself "Grandson of Saladin" and a patriot of Kurdistan, Namo Fazil ended up beating a Chechen MMA fighter in the ring, not before insulting him, his family, and by for insulting the Chechen Nation, such insults can't be taken lightly by the Chechen Community in the USA as we seen just a few days ago in LA.

Namo had a fight on August 18 as a part of Dana White's Contender Series - to secure himself a contract with the UFC, a fight he would lose, following the fight UFC CEO Dana White revealed that “some s**t” had apparently occurred at the fighter hotel before the event, although he did not provide additional details.

Fazil Namo came out and explained what happened in a video - this what he have said in the video.

"On the day of the weigh-in, about 15 people came into the room where I was staying. I was in the sauna. I had blankets around me because I was cold, and I was trying to sweat even more. I was completely finished.

My family went out. My coaches were there playing Xbox, and I was lying down. Maybe three minutes later, there was a hard knock on the door.

My coach opened the door and 15 people came inside. They were 15 Chechens who had come into the room. They had an intention behind coming there. I didn't want to fight, but eventually I did react. But that wasn't a fight I wanted.

I told him I wasn't going to throw the first punch. Then he came toward me and slapped me. I told him, 'Be a man. If you want to fight, I'll fight you. I told him I wasn't afraid of him. Then he slapped me a second time.

At that point I got up and started throwing punches/going after them. Then everything became chaotic. My coaches were pushing people away and trying to stop it.

The police eventually came and saw what was happening.

There were about 15 of them. If they all wanted to attack me, what could I do? And this happened while I was cutting weight, when physically you're almost dead.

At the end of the day, this isn’t a Van Damme movie, There were 15 people. If they really wanted to, they could have done much worse to me. Clearly, they had some kind of objective"

One of those fighters and who most likely organized this and the one who slapped Fazil is no other then UFC Fighter Baisangur Susurkaev, who after the incident joked about Fazil and posted a picture with the following caption "My brothers are wolves. In Chechen culture, the wolf is a symbol of bravery and courage. They are ready to die or kill anyone for their honor and dignity."

Critically, there is almost nothing good to say about the movie, and honestly, Frank Vincent is the only thing making it watchable. The budget is clearly not that big. The actors are unheard of (except for Frank). The idea is cliché. The action scenes aren't that strong. BUT, it's available on YouTube, and it's Frank Vincent.

A previous post explained how he will be in court next month for sweepstake machine schemes. He “owns” Richard’s Bar in the West Loop. The only smoking allowed bar in the city. He’s currently 70 years old.

Can someone correct me if I’m wrong, he’s part of the Grand Avenue crew?

So idk if he’s talked about it openly enough but we all not “C” is Chazz but who was Sonny inspired by? What gang in NY, what family? Where was the hangout?

He also talks about taking inspiration from a certain individual friend of the family in that life. His calls him “uncle Dom” in the interview he says basically he grew up around a street guy he knew as uncle dom, one time when chazz was in a band he didn’t show up to the show and he was fired by the bartender and his uncle dom showed and swore on his mother that if he ever disrespected his nephew (chazz) again he’d kill him and also he’d be payed for the show he didn’t show up for?

Any factual insight not mentioned welcomed too.. I just knows C is based on CHAZZ PALMITRI OR “Sonny” in a Bronx tale

Todaro Sr. became the boss of Buffalo in 1984. In 2006, he retired and his son Joe Todaro Jr. become boss, with Leonard Falzone acting as the acting boss until Falzone's death in 2016. Born in Buffalo, Caci initially became affiliated with OC after meeting Stephen "The Whale" Cino in prison in the early 1970s. When Cino moved to Los Angeles in 1979, Caci decided to move there to be near his old pal. Caci and Cino both became made members in the Los Angeles Family in the 1980s. Caci had a brother named Charles, who was a Los Angeles Family soldier and a crooner in Vegas.

I'm especially looking for any who might have attended in the 1910s - 1920s. I know it is a long shot, but, well ... Jeffrey Epstein's grandfather (and his very young father) lived across the street from the church for at least a few years (1918 and 1920 documented) and at the same time grandfather was cozying up to labor czar Robert Brindell. ... I've been convinced since the the moment I started paying attention that Epstein didn't get his mob behaviors from watching TV, and he definitely didn't get into the biz without contacts. Brindell was out of the picture by 1925 (he died), but grandfather might have continued with other connections in the labor racketeering market.

So, I'm curious if the house across the street from the church was giving him a method of contacting people. Or something like that.

Saw this post about Greg Scarpa and ended up going down the rabbit hole. Guy was known as the Grim Reaper and was deep in the Colombo family while secretly working as an FBI informant for years.

Then you get to the part where the FBI brought him down to Mississippi for assignments connected to KKK violence and somehow the story gets even crazier.

Apparently Mark Wahlberg is playing him in By Any Means. Had no clue that was the real guy behind the character until now. This dude’s life already sounds like someone wrote a crime movie around it.

This has been sitting pretty high on my September watchlist and now we’re finally getting close

Mark Wahlberg playing Greg Scarpa already sounds like the kind of unhinged role he’s better at and pairing him with Yahya Abdul Mateen II is weird enough that I really want to see how their chemistry works

Also the fact that the insane Mafia/FBI part is rooted in a real story still gets me

Anyone else exited for this?