One aspect of the mafia less talked about was their role in protecting exploited and marginalized communities who couldn’t get justice from the police or the courts. Sometimes people have to go outside the legal system to settle disputes and wrongs perpetrated against them.
I showed up as a freshman at Michigan State in September 1975, when all of Michigan was abuzz with wondering what happened to Jimmy Hoffa. I can't seem to resist every new theory about the whereabouts of his body, having followed four years' worth in the Freep while I was a student.
I have never understood Americans' l ionization of mobsters. They always just seemed like poorly educated thugs creating problems and violence that hurts the innocent people around them.
No. What gave us TACO is the cesspool of so-called "reality TV" that turns the most talentless people into TV "celebrities." Mark Burnett took a massive failure of a businessman who was really only famous in the NYC gossip columns (because of fake info provided by his alter egos John Barron and David Dennison) and for movie cameos, and created his persona as some sort of successful dealmaker - of which he was neither.
I am from Massachusetts. We had Whitey. I didn’t follow closely then but I read every word in the newspaper and I mean I read every word about all the topics. It made me more aware. Of course, we all know much more now about the Whiey saga.
I find it fascinating that many people are fascinated by mob intrigue.
Agree. The sports world goes out of their way to polish up criminal turds. They even put them on their shows. And nobody can lionize better than a sports pundit who acts as if they're discussing a brilliant brain surgeon, an astronaut, or a climate scientist, instead of a person who can fucking catch a ball.
Kobe Bryant raped a young woman at a hotel and got away with it, we then lionized him to the point of weariness, and he died because we paid him so much money, he couldn't just drive his daughter to her game.
The thing about these mysteries is that the simplest solution usually turns out to be what happened. I heard a retired Detroit OC investigator from that time give his conclusion. Hoffa got in the car and was dropped off, killed, and his body burned in an incinerator at a nearby business owned by an associate. No 55 gallon drums under a bridge in NJ. No burial in the end zone of the Meadowlands. In today's world there are cameras everywhere so these kind of things are much easier to sort out than in the good old days.
One aspect of the mafia less talked about was their role in protecting exploited and marginalized communities who couldn’t get justice from the police or the courts. Sometimes people have to go outside the legal system to settle disputes and wrongs perpetrated against them.
I showed up as a freshman at Michigan State in September 1975, when all of Michigan was abuzz with wondering what happened to Jimmy Hoffa. I can't seem to resist every new theory about the whereabouts of his body, having followed four years' worth in the Freep while I was a student.
This has to be part of their amazing sense of humor, right? Bc this shit is almost beyond parody.
I have never understood Americans' l ionization of mobsters. They always just seemed like poorly educated thugs creating problems and violence that hurts the innocent people around them.
I saw what you did there, using the word "chestnut". Calling Dr. Sarah Taber...
i thought he was buried under a football stadium at the 20 yard line - well that's what i heard
I heard it was in the end zone.
"𝘏𝘢𝘴 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘧𝘪𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺?"
No. What gave us TACO is the cesspool of so-called "reality TV" that turns the most talentless people into TV "celebrities." Mark Burnett took a massive failure of a businessman who was really only famous in the NYC gossip columns (because of fake info provided by his alter egos John Barron and David Dennison) and for movie cameos, and created his persona as some sort of successful dealmaker - of which he was neither.
I spent two-and-a-half hours in the dentist's chair getting my mouth prepped for a bridge. They had Masterchef playing on the TV.
Watching that was more painful than any of the dental work.
good stuff .
I am from Massachusetts. We had Whitey. I didn’t follow closely then but I read every word in the newspaper and I mean I read every word about all the topics. It made me more aware. Of course, we all know much more now about the Whiey saga.
I find it fascinating that many people are fascinated by mob intrigue.
Why?
OK; let's re-cast the Godfather movies. I'll start: Trump is the title character, obviously.
Nominations for the other characters?
The next mob movie will be all about this government.
"Has American film culture lionizing criminals and mafia figures led to us having a felon as a president today" sadly it appears the answer is yes...
"Has American film culture lionizing criminals and mafia figures led to us having a felon as a president today?"
I think it's more a general tendency towards cults of personality.
Agree. The sports world goes out of their way to polish up criminal turds. They even put them on their shows. And nobody can lionize better than a sports pundit who acts as if they're discussing a brilliant brain surgeon, an astronaut, or a climate scientist, instead of a person who can fucking catch a ball.
Kobe Bryant raped a young woman at a hotel and got away with it, we then lionized him to the point of weariness, and he died because we paid him so much money, he couldn't just drive his daughter to her game.
Sports is an excellent example. Thank you! I hadn't even thought of that one.
Next up will be the files on Judge Crater…
RELEASE THE CRATER FILES!!
The thing about these mysteries is that the simplest solution usually turns out to be what happened. I heard a retired Detroit OC investigator from that time give his conclusion. Hoffa got in the car and was dropped off, killed, and his body burned in an incinerator at a nearby business owned by an associate. No 55 gallon drums under a bridge in NJ. No burial in the end zone of the Meadowlands. In today's world there are cameras everywhere so these kind of things are much easier to sort out than in the good old days.
Occam‘s razor.
Meanwhile Judge Crater sits quietly in the corner awaiting his turn..
Along with B. Traven and Ambrose Bierce.
Silly waste of time. Sabres fans (what few are left of us) all know Where Jimmy Hoffa Is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh1WVLnGv3Q