tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post395039912255657299..comments2024-03-28T00:23:01.632-04:00Comments on Lem's Levity: When the Mob whacked Reporters....you know the good old daysTrooper Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-10443096887651126022017-01-31T01:21:01.372-05:002017-01-31T01:21:01.372-05:00Thanks for getting the levity back, MamaM!Thanks for getting the levity back, MamaM!chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-74009263712039349882017-01-31T01:18:24.256-05:002017-01-31T01:18:24.256-05:00Sheesh, my comment about "whacking bags"...Sheesh, my comment about "whacking bags" was supposed to be a set for Trooper's spike. instead, he got all serious. chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-58531364977090258792017-01-31T01:07:32.938-05:002017-01-31T01:07:32.938-05:00No stain is sacred!
https://www.youtube.com/watch...No stain is sacred!<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dVwAFkCUG4MamaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00300520132972757396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-26686981502400669952017-01-30T10:51:19.684-05:002017-01-30T10:51:19.684-05:00bags, You're a good man. The attempts here to...bags, You're a good man. The attempts here to vilify you during this election are a stain. Good luck to you, and the people fortunate to work for you. ndspinellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446291993043775612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-10715096985879952042017-01-30T10:16:36.472-05:002017-01-30T10:16:36.472-05:00Yea, I'm just unusually busy, and will be all ...Yea, I'm just unusually busy, and will be all year moving my factory and the 80 families I'm trying to persuade to follow. So far, so good, but it's an overwhelming challenge. Moving tons of equipment and creating new supply chains is hard enough, but I also need to find homes for all those people. The hardest part is convincing people to take a risk. We really fear change when the decision shows up. I personally thrive on it, but most people prefer a known bad situation to an unsure opportunity. <br /><br />I've always only wanted the people who work with me to achieve middle class lifestyles, which is still how I live, and all I ever wanted. In Los Angeles, I'll never be able to provide them all that opportunity. The corruption of state and local governments take too much of our time and money, and the crazy cost of living takes the rest. Besides, L.A. is old and worn out, and Vegas is new, growing, and affordable. I'm moving into my new home there today. Twice the house for half the money as my one in L.A. on a lot 8 times the size. The dogs can run, I have room to tinker, and enough room for the harem to spread out, which reduces their infighting now that the small trinkets I used to placate them with have lost their power.bagoh20https://www.blogger.com/profile/10915174575358413637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-12582741327208753662017-01-29T22:06:07.568-05:002017-01-29T22:06:07.568-05:00Crap, only read him for 15 years and still misspel...Crap, only read him for 15 years and still misspelled his name.<br /><br />Herb Caen. Thinking of Abel I guess.XRayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845325507655999168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-7333256819174794522017-01-29T22:04:14.257-05:002017-01-29T22:04:14.257-05:00Gossip, though it may be 95% BS, does have its use...Gossip, though it may be 95% BS, does have its uses on occasion. Herb Cain, and Winchell, made a damn fine living off of same, too.<br /><br />It is the 5% that may be the truth of gossip that bothers certain people who want zero exposure.<br /><br />Then again, they took serious measures back in the day to prevent such...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/no-gossiping-gluttony-lying-or-eavesdropping-european-metal-masks-would-021197" rel="nofollow">Metal Masks</a>XRayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845325507655999168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-85959899038362147042017-01-29T21:48:48.638-05:002017-01-29T21:48:48.638-05:00What did in the mob was old age and government doi...What did in the mob was old age and government doing the job that mob guys wouldn't do anymore.ampersandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17145013352755061465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-81145245746556556622017-01-29T21:47:57.569-05:002017-01-29T21:47:57.569-05:00The only thing they found in Dorothy's closet ...The only thing they found in Dorothy's closet was Johnny Ray.ampersandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17145013352755061465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-30472193343097563682017-01-29T21:45:42.589-05:002017-01-29T21:45:42.589-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.ampersandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17145013352755061465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-52545242220399258402017-01-29T21:43:12.043-05:002017-01-29T21:43:12.043-05:00I don't know how good a reporter Kilgallan act...I don't know how good a reporter Kilgallan actually was. She was a gossip columnist, no?<br />I know she gets some sort of credit for Sam Sheppard's retrial. She spoke to the judge during his first trial,it wasn't an interview, the starstruck judge invited her to his chambers to chat and he told her Shepperd was guilty as hell. She obviously didn't know what she had and sat on the information for a long time.ampersandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17145013352755061465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-31758551666124146032017-01-29T21:27:51.326-05:002017-01-29T21:27:51.326-05:00So, Troop, if the mob were involved this investiga...So, Troop, if the mob were involved this investigation will go nowhere, right, as the mob is still involved. Maybe not quite like the old days but still.XRayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845325507655999168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-63508006986710106972017-01-29T21:23:42.701-05:002017-01-29T21:23:42.701-05:00Didn't they find a note "I can't go o...Didn't they find a note "I can't go on chinless" in Dorothy's chiffarobe?<br /><br />ricpichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01321511130788764861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-26868402972257006712017-01-29T20:12:39.283-05:002017-01-29T20:12:39.283-05:00Old song sung by Rocky Graziano(?), "Hey, Goo...Old song sung by Rocky Graziano(?), "Hey, Goombadi".edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-59413522734300189482017-01-29T19:36:09.555-05:002017-01-29T19:36:09.555-05:00Goomba means cousin in slang Chip. Or friend or me...Goomba means cousin in slang Chip. Or friend or mentor. It is somebody close to you who is not your immediate family. Sort like a compadre in Spanish. <br /><br />It is also just slang for low class Italians like the more popular gavone. Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-69039576273149236082017-01-29T19:32:55.901-05:002017-01-29T19:32:55.901-05:00Exactly ed. Fake News has always been with us. The...Exactly ed. Fake News has always been with us. The mainstream media lies all the time. They don't have a clue about the real story of what is going on.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-67598616587620458462017-01-29T19:32:41.256-05:002017-01-29T19:32:41.256-05:00What's an Italian Goomba? I know Goomba from N...What's an Italian Goomba? I know Goomba from Nintendo's Mario Bros. as a species of sentient mushroom. <br /><br />Apparently this video is hilarious. Apparently epic. Apparently they "obliterate" Hollywood leftists. But I'm too thick of comprehension to appreciate it properly. <br /><br /><a href="http://theblacksphere.net/2017/01/italian-guys-obliterate-hollywood-leftists/" rel="nofollow">These two Italian goombas were having none of it. To hell with political correctness, as they went after Hollyweird with a vengeance.</a> The sound is so tinny it cracked my eardrums, clawed my hammer, pounded a horseshoe on my anvil, kicked cowboy boots into my stirrups, collided gondolas in my semicircular canals, cocked up my cochlea, squeezed my eustachian tube right in the middle, plucked my last good auditory nerve like a banjo, and clogged up my ear canals with nobody's bee's wax. <b> TURN DOWN THE TREBLE ALREADY!</b> But apparently it's funny. Chip Ahoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12597726289890879627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-16795833499589578092017-01-29T19:30:47.495-05:002017-01-29T19:30:47.495-05:00One thing about Kitty Genovese if it was a mob hit...One thing about Kitty Genovese if it was a mob hit - suddenly all that "I didn't want to get involved" takes on a whole new significance.<br /><br />Which makes it a lot more understandable.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-16750768878091900672017-01-29T19:16:29.421-05:002017-01-29T19:16:29.421-05:00Another interesting fact. She was a muff diver and...Another interesting fact. She was a muff diver and you know how those old school mob guys thought about that. <br /><br />Vito Genovese murdered a made guy so he could marry his wife. He was ubatz and he actually caused the end of the Mafia. Valachi was in prison with him and thought he put out a contract on him and that was why he became a rat. It was the beginning of the end for the Mob.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-17537279157197203852017-01-29T19:11:39.198-05:002017-01-29T19:11:39.198-05:00Never heard that about her.
Interesting.Never heard that about her.<br /><br />Interesting.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-49684276019061730942017-01-29T19:09:26.774-05:002017-01-29T19:09:26.774-05:00People have no concept of history and what is was ...People have no concept of history and what is was like.<br /><br />I was on a blog the other day and they were talking about the Kitty Genovese case and mangling the whole story. What is never talked about was that Kitty was a bar maid and a cousin of Vito Genovese who was one of the most feared and hated mobsters of his day. Her murder had something to do with that. The mook they arrest was just as much as pasty as Lee Harvey or Jerome Johnson. The mob specialized in getting patsies to take the fall for mobbed up guys. Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-27562598902463914262017-01-29T19:06:00.504-05:002017-01-29T19:06:00.504-05:00The old ways are the best ways ed.
Some of these ...The old ways are the best ways ed.<br /><br />Some of these journalists need to have a terrible car accident. Maybe a hit and run with a driver-less Uber or something like that there.Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-3436933732354133302017-01-29T19:02:48.048-05:002017-01-29T19:02:48.048-05:00Hitting journos was a competition sport back then,...Hitting journos was a competition sport back then, as I recall.<br /><br />Boy, glad I didn't mention that.edutcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15033144261502435196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-75714235051831328852017-01-29T18:41:07.586-05:002017-01-29T18:41:07.586-05:00He is moving his business out of Cali and I think ...He is moving his business out of Cali and I think he is very busy.<br /><br />He was just on vacation before the big move.<br /><br />Trooper Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978703998566102194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717986195212622043.post-19671329024148328862017-01-29T18:39:15.692-05:002017-01-29T18:39:15.692-05:00Which one of you wise guys whacked bags? He doesn...Which one of you wise guys whacked bags? He doesn't come around here anymore.chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.com