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shrike3

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25. This guy disagrees.

Reply to greenjar_01 (Reply #24)

Tue Nov 23, 2021, 03:02 PM

Nov 2021

https://theconversation.com/how-the-mafia-uses-violence-to-control-politics-103031.

Individual politicians who threaten those business interests may find themselves in danger. Physical assaults, arson and threats are the mafia’s favored tactics. These crimes make up 70 percent of the 1,191 political attacks documented by Avviso Pubblico.

After the director of a Sicilian national park in 2016 strengthened anti-mafia checks on local firms applying to work in the park, for example, he narrowly survived a nighttime assassination attempt.

Other politicians are corrupt, contributing to Italy’s organized crime problem by sharing illegal profits with the mob.

“We all have to get our fill,” said one Naples bureaucrat who was recorded taking bribes from the mafia.

Between 1991 and 2018, Italian police dissolved 266 city councils for having ties with criminal organizations.

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This Is Where Oliver Stone Got His Loony JFK Conspiracies From [View all] Nevilledog Nov 2021 OP

The last paragraph is incorrect. former9thward Nov 2021 #1

I saw the film. shrike3 Nov 2021 #6

I agree with the mob hit. former9thward Nov 2021 #8

The CIA and the mob had a long history of working together dflprincess Nov 2021 #10

Garrison was a homophobe. Archae Nov 2021 #11

My impression exactly. n/t shrike3 Nov 2021 #22

I can tell that you never spent any time pulling butts or qualifying on a military gun range. Saboburns Nov 2021 #19

I have qualified on a military gun range, not that it is any business of yours. former9thward Nov 2021 #20

"The CIA did it" makes for an easy punchline to use against alternative theories Re:JFK, but Rustynaerduwell Nov 2021 #2

That is a good point TheRealNorth Nov 2021 #4

I have grown more skeptical about JFK conspiracies as I have gotten older, however TheRealNorth Nov 2021 #3

The mafia theory is one I find most credible. They're good at killing people and getting away with i shrike3 Nov 2021 #7

The mafia are morons greenjar_01 Nov 2021 #21

But they're good at killing people. You don't have to be smart to do that. shrike3 Nov 2021 #23

Not that good greenjar_01 Nov 2021 #24

This guy disagrees. shrike3 Nov 2021 #25

Um greenjar_01 Nov 2021 #26

So you are the final word on the mafia? shrike3 Nov 2021 #27

Not at all greenjar_01 Nov 2021 #28

And yet you know personally that they are morons. shrike3 Nov 2021 #29

Oh for goodness sake greenjar_01 Nov 2021 #30

There is one version blaming the secret service. KentuckyWoman Nov 2021 #5

That all may be true. Kid Berwyn Nov 2021 #9

And Garrison's prosecution of Clay Shaw was a complete failure. Archae Nov 2021 #12

Nor did US Government admit NAZI ties of Dulles and McCloy. Kid Berwyn Nov 2021 #13

I thought it was based on Crossfire by Jim Marss. edbermac Nov 2021 #14

Sure As Hell Wasn't Oswald WHITT Nov 2021 #15

Meh. Our Institutions Fail Us All the Time. In the Age of Transparency That Leaves Us Vulnerable AF Upward Nov 2021 #16

Oliver Stone, like Michael Moore, is very good at painting pictures and asking questions. blogslug Nov 2021 #17

The Stone JFK movie was thoroughly enjoyable... WarGamer Nov 2021 #18