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Re: Mafia Books [Re: chopper] #466651
01/23/08 01:29 PM
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Just Brought.



£1.98 inc postage on Ebay

Last edited by DE NIRO; 01/23/08 01:30 PM.

The Mafia Is Not Primarily An Organisation Of Murderers.
First And Foremost,The Mafia Is Made Up Of Thieves.
It Is Driven By Greed And Controlled By Fear.

Between The Law And The Mafia, The Law Is Not The Most To Be Feared

"What if the Mafia were not an organization but a widespread Sicilian attitude of hostility towards the law?"

"Make Love Not War" John Lennon
Re: Mafia Books [Re: DE NIRO] #466706
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I Have this it's ok it covers pretty much everything you will know already,at the start it's very interesting taking about Frankie Yale and the troubles he had with the Irish mob


If i come across the table and take your f*****g eyes out ,will you remember

Aniello Dellacroce
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Re: Mafia Books [Re: chopper] #466712
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Thats what i thought, ive put off buying for about 5 years but it was so cheap. But hope its ok, i read the intro and had too laugh.


The Mafia Is Not Primarily An Organisation Of Murderers.
First And Foremost,The Mafia Is Made Up Of Thieves.
It Is Driven By Greed And Controlled By Fear.

Between The Law And The Mafia, The Law Is Not The Most To Be Feared

"What if the Mafia were not an organization but a widespread Sicilian attitude of hostility towards the law?"

"Make Love Not War" John Lennon
Re: Mafia Books [Re: DE NIRO] #467334
01/26/08 10:47 AM
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Just brought



The Mafia Is Not Primarily An Organisation Of Murderers.
First And Foremost,The Mafia Is Made Up Of Thieves.
It Is Driven By Greed And Controlled By Fear.

Between The Law And The Mafia, The Law Is Not The Most To Be Feared

"What if the Mafia were not an organization but a widespread Sicilian attitude of hostility towards the law?"

"Make Love Not War" John Lennon
Re: Mafia Books [Re: DE NIRO] #467338
01/26/08 10:49 AM
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I want that as well,how much was it?


If i come across the table and take your f*****g eyes out ,will you remember

Aniello Dellacroce
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TFI Lucky Star
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Happy Hardcore DJ Hixxy
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Re: Mafia Books [Re: chopper] #467339
01/26/08 10:50 AM
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£4.20 on Amazon..


The Mafia Is Not Primarily An Organisation Of Murderers.
First And Foremost,The Mafia Is Made Up Of Thieves.
It Is Driven By Greed And Controlled By Fear.

Between The Law And The Mafia, The Law Is Not The Most To Be Feared

"What if the Mafia were not an organization but a widespread Sicilian attitude of hostility towards the law?"

"Make Love Not War" John Lennon
Re: Mafia Books [Re: DE NIRO] #467341
01/26/08 10:51 AM
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I think i may purchase this


If i come across the table and take your f*****g eyes out ,will you remember

Aniello Dellacroce
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TFI Lucky Star
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=uw-Uw0DUAGo

Happy Hardcore DJ Hixxy
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pv7H4YkFKs
Re: Mafia Books [Re: chopper] #467521
01/26/08 01:13 PM
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from what i read in brotherhods he sounds likes a interesting charecter but a nut case.


The Mafia Is Not Primarily An Organisation Of Murderers.
First And Foremost,The Mafia Is Made Up Of Thieves.
It Is Driven By Greed And Controlled By Fear.

Between The Law And The Mafia, The Law Is Not The Most To Be Feared

"What if the Mafia were not an organization but a widespread Sicilian attitude of hostility towards the law?"

"Make Love Not War" John Lennon
Re: Mafia Books [Re: DE NIRO] #468805
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As recommended numerous times by Turnbull (he's a good man), I've started reading Selwyn Raab's FIVE FAMILIES. At almost 800 pages, it'll be quite an undertaking. But so far, so good. \:\)


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Re: Mafia Books [Re: XDCX] #471093
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Has anybody read this at all, thinking of getting on ebay..


The Mafia Is Not Primarily An Organisation Of Murderers.
First And Foremost,The Mafia Is Made Up Of Thieves.
It Is Driven By Greed And Controlled By Fear.

Between The Law And The Mafia, The Law Is Not The Most To Be Feared

"What if the Mafia were not an organization but a widespread Sicilian attitude of hostility towards the law?"

"Make Love Not War" John Lennon
Re: Mafia Books [Re: DE NIRO] #471095
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 Originally Posted By: DE NIRO
Has anybody read this at all, thinking of getting on ebay..


Get it... its a good book and easy read.


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Re: Mafia Books [Re: SC] #471096
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Thanks, im ganna go ahead and get it.


The Mafia Is Not Primarily An Organisation Of Murderers.
First And Foremost,The Mafia Is Made Up Of Thieves.
It Is Driven By Greed And Controlled By Fear.

Between The Law And The Mafia, The Law Is Not The Most To Be Feared

"What if the Mafia were not an organization but a widespread Sicilian attitude of hostility towards the law?"

"Make Love Not War" John Lennon
Re: Mafia Books [Re: DE NIRO] #471777
02/11/08 02:23 PM
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Just brought this on ebay..



£2.00 bargin


The Mafia Is Not Primarily An Organisation Of Murderers.
First And Foremost,The Mafia Is Made Up Of Thieves.
It Is Driven By Greed And Controlled By Fear.

Between The Law And The Mafia, The Law Is Not The Most To Be Feared

"What if the Mafia were not an organization but a widespread Sicilian attitude of hostility towards the law?"

"Make Love Not War" John Lennon
Re: Mafia Books [Re: DE NIRO] #471780
02/11/08 02:25 PM
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I cant see what it is mate?????


must be going blind


what is it?


If i come across the table and take your f*****g eyes out ,will you remember

Aniello Dellacroce
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Happy Hardcore DJ Hixxy
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Re: Mafia Books [Re: chopper] #471783
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A book about

THE ST VALENTINES DAY MASSACRE 1929


The Mafia Is Not Primarily An Organisation Of Murderers.
First And Foremost,The Mafia Is Made Up Of Thieves.
It Is Driven By Greed And Controlled By Fear.

Between The Law And The Mafia, The Law Is Not The Most To Be Feared

"What if the Mafia were not an organization but a widespread Sicilian attitude of hostility towards the law?"

"Make Love Not War" John Lennon
Re: Mafia Books [Re: DE NIRO] #471785
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Sound


i just couldnt see the pic properly


Who is the author?


If i come across the table and take your f*****g eyes out ,will you remember

Aniello Dellacroce
__________________________________
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TFI Lucky Star
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Happy Hardcore DJ Hixxy
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pv7H4YkFKs
Re: Mafia Books [Re: chopper] #471787
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don't know but here sthe info about the book.

THE ST VALENTINES DAY MASACRE 1929

UNCOVERD EDITIONS

ON 14 FEBRUAY 1929, THE BODIES OF SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE BUGS MORAN GANG WERE FOUND RIDDLED WITH BULLETS INSIDE A GARAGE IN NORTH CHICAGO. THEY HAD BEEN LINED UP AGAINST A WALL , THIER BACKS TO THIER KILLERS, AND SHOT WITHOUT ANY SIGN OF A FIGHT. THE EVENT WAS TO GO DOWN IN HISTORY AS THE ST VALENTINES DAY MASSACRE.

THE EXTRACTS PRESENTED IN THIS UNCOVERED EDITION ARE OF THE SELECTED FILES TAKEN FROM THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI). THE INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED BY THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT, NOT THE FBI, AS NO VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW HAD OCCURRED WHICH WOULD PERMIT THE FBI TO INVESTIGATE. NO ONE WAS EVER ARRESTED OR PROSECUTED FOR THE CRIME.

UNCOVERED EDITIONS ARE HISTORIC OFFICIAL PAPERS WHICH HAVE NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN AVAILABLE IN APOPULAR FORM.


The Mafia Is Not Primarily An Organisation Of Murderers.
First And Foremost,The Mafia Is Made Up Of Thieves.
It Is Driven By Greed And Controlled By Fear.

Between The Law And The Mafia, The Law Is Not The Most To Be Feared

"What if the Mafia were not an organization but a widespread Sicilian attitude of hostility towards the law?"

"Make Love Not War" John Lennon
Re: Mafia Books [Re: DE NIRO] #472492
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Chopper posted an article over in the Organized Crime News topic about undercover agent Jack Garcia, and after reading it I've learned that a book about his infiltrating the mob and stuff will be coming out soon. You can pre-order it by clicking on the Amazon Books link that is on this website.



Making Jack Falcone: An Undercover FBI Agent Takes Down a Mafia Family
Joaquin "Jack" Garcia
Michael Levin


It's the story about an agent named Jack Garcia, who went undercover using the name Jack Falcone. He became close with Gambino capo Greg DePalma and was eventually proposed for mebership in to the Gambino crime family.

Sounds a lot like Donnie Brasco, which I enjoyed reading. This should be a really interesting book. I'm looking forward to it.




Don Cardi cool

Five - ten years from now, they're gonna wish there was American Cosa Nostra. Five - ten years from now, they're gonna miss John Gotti.




Re: Mafia Books [Re: Don Cardi] #472521
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Thanks DC im ganna check this one out.


The Mafia Is Not Primarily An Organisation Of Murderers.
First And Foremost,The Mafia Is Made Up Of Thieves.
It Is Driven By Greed And Controlled By Fear.

Between The Law And The Mafia, The Law Is Not The Most To Be Feared

"What if the Mafia were not an organization but a widespread Sicilian attitude of hostility towards the law?"

"Make Love Not War" John Lennon
Re: Mafia Books [Re: DE NIRO] #472526
02/13/08 04:33 PM
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It's due out in September.


"I got news for you. If it wasn't for the toilet, there would be no books." --- George Costanza.
Re: Mafia Books [Re: DE NIRO] #472528
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Product details

Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Touchstone Books (16 Sep 2008)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1416551638
ISBN-13: 978-1416551638

when is it release in the US, September in the UK.


The Mafia Is Not Primarily An Organisation Of Murderers.
First And Foremost,The Mafia Is Made Up Of Thieves.
It Is Driven By Greed And Controlled By Fear.

Between The Law And The Mafia, The Law Is Not The Most To Be Feared

"What if the Mafia were not an organization but a widespread Sicilian attitude of hostility towards the law?"

"Make Love Not War" John Lennon
Re: Mafia Books [Re: DE NIRO] #473230
02/16/08 07:03 AM
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 Originally Posted By: DE NIRO
Finally brought this book.



This was a decent read, not sure what to believe in the book though..


The Mafia Is Not Primarily An Organisation Of Murderers.
First And Foremost,The Mafia Is Made Up Of Thieves.
It Is Driven By Greed And Controlled By Fear.

Between The Law And The Mafia, The Law Is Not The Most To Be Feared

"What if the Mafia were not an organization but a widespread Sicilian attitude of hostility towards the law?"

"Make Love Not War" John Lennon
Re: Mafia Books [Re: DE NIRO] #473232
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I couldnt belive he admitted there was a commision,in theory he should have been wacked for that.


If i come across the table and take your f*****g eyes out ,will you remember

Aniello Dellacroce
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Happy Hardcore DJ Hixxy
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Re: Mafia Books [Re: chopper] #473235
02/16/08 08:37 AM
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just brought these..


The Mafia Is Not Primarily An Organisation Of Murderers.
First And Foremost,The Mafia Is Made Up Of Thieves.
It Is Driven By Greed And Controlled By Fear.

Between The Law And The Mafia, The Law Is Not The Most To Be Feared

"What if the Mafia were not an organization but a widespread Sicilian attitude of hostility towards the law?"

"Make Love Not War" John Lennon
Re: Mafia Books [Re: DE NIRO] #473243
02/16/08 11:12 AM
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Ive read killing pablo it's a great book


If i come across the table and take your f*****g eyes out ,will you remember

Aniello Dellacroce
__________________________________
TFI 2nd Bday - Dj Topgroove + Mc Domer
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wN58sasrpYc

TFI Lucky Star
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=uw-Uw0DUAGo

Happy Hardcore DJ Hixxy
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pv7H4YkFKs
Re: Mafia Books [Re: chopper] #473247
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i picked it up today from woolworths 2.99


The Mafia Is Not Primarily An Organisation Of Murderers.
First And Foremost,The Mafia Is Made Up Of Thieves.
It Is Driven By Greed And Controlled By Fear.

Between The Law And The Mafia, The Law Is Not The Most To Be Feared

"What if the Mafia were not an organization but a widespread Sicilian attitude of hostility towards the law?"

"Make Love Not War" John Lennon
Re: Mafia Books [Re: DE NIRO] #473249
02/16/08 11:18 AM
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Definetly worth 3 quid mate,you got yourself a bargain


If i come across the table and take your f*****g eyes out ,will you remember

Aniello Dellacroce
__________________________________
TFI 2nd Bday - Dj Topgroove + Mc Domer
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wN58sasrpYc

TFI Lucky Star
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=uw-Uw0DUAGo

Happy Hardcore DJ Hixxy
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pv7H4YkFKs
Re: Mafia Books [Re: chopper] #473255
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thats what i thought.

ive got like 5 new books to read..


The Mafia Is Not Primarily An Organisation Of Murderers.
First And Foremost,The Mafia Is Made Up Of Thieves.
It Is Driven By Greed And Controlled By Fear.

Between The Law And The Mafia, The Law Is Not The Most To Be Feared

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Re: Mafia Books [Re: DE NIRO] #473600
02/18/08 12:43 PM
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Veteran political writers Bob Ingle and Sandy McClure do: In "The Soprano State" (St. Martin's Press), their tough-minded new book about New Jersey's culture of corruption, we meet Michael Taccetta on page 229: "Taccetta," described by law enforcement as a capo (mob lingo for a captain), "was sentenced (in 1991) to 25 years. Court TV's online Crime Library describes the 5-foot-7, 215-pound Taccetta as the real-life Tony Soprano."

Taccetta, capo of the New Jersey organized crime Lucchese family, popped right out when Garden State native David Chase was writing "The Sopranos," the long-running, much acclaimed HBO TV series about New Jersey's mobsters that concluded its run last year.

As viewers know, "The Sopranos" could be titillating, and it could be a downer. You have a similar see-saw feeling reading this exhaustive new book by Ingle, the Trenton bureau chief for Gannett's New Jersey newspapers, and McClure, a political reporter who previously wrote "Christie Whitman: A Political Biography."

But mobsters are not the writers' primary target: Elected officials from small towns to the highest office in the state, employees on the public payroll and political "bosses" are the object of the writers' damning scalpel.

"No matter who gets elected, it doesn't make a difference," they muse with regret as they begin their sorry tale of what's ailing New Jersey. Ingle and McClure dedicate their book "for taxpayers everywhere."

Ingle and McClure spell out how the heavily burdened New Jersey taxpayer pays for the political favoritism and corruption that leads to rip-offs in pension systems, bond repayments, hiring practices, noncompetitive bidding contracts and inflated employee rosters.

They cull their stories from their own and other staffers' previously published reporting in Gannett newspapers, which include the Courier-Post, Asbury Park Press, Courier News and Home News Tribune, as well as the Record of Hackensack, The Star-Ledger, the Trentonian and The New York Times.

Ten briskly written chapters, laced with appropriately acerbic humor, have such titles as "Lots of Power, Less Common Sense," "All Aboard the Gravy Train," "On the Boardwalk: Sand, Sea, Sun, and Scandal" and, my favorite, "The Soviet Socialist Republic of Jersey."

Ingle and McClure tell us that the leading corrupt local government is in Monmouth County. With the fourth largest population, it has the second largest government payroll and "many employees got there the old-fashioned way -- their political connections."

Bribery in high places

Citing the 2005 "Club Monmouth" series that ran in the Asbury Park Press, they write that "Decades of single party control by the GOP (Republican Party), (and a) windfall of tax dollars from soaring property values have produced a culture of perks, patronage and fiscal excess."

But this particular tale, which includes bribery in high places (a developer, a mayor) isn't unique: Similar incidents occur statewide, Ingle and McClure say.

In dozens of examples, the authors lay the blame at a political system ripe for financial exploiting, including 566 municipalities, each requiring its own judge, police chief and staffs, all receiving generous pensions and health coverage for life; 616 school districts, with suburban taxpayers supporting less prosperous urban districts, thus hiking their own property taxes to make up the difference at their districts; and 50 state authorities floating billions of dollars in bonds with no supervision or public vote.

The authors say there are 81 government workers per square mile in New Jersey, versus the national average of six. Your tax dollars also are high because of "tacking," whereby public employees string jobs together in the public sector to enlarge their pension.

There are no-bid contracts, a powerful political boss receiving kickbacks, state legislators with too many other jobs to spend much time legislating with acumen and even an attorney general who was fined by the state ethics committee, the first time that had happened in its history.

As the writers say, "You can't make this stuff up."

Ingle and McClure provide countless stories of chicanery in high and low places. Frankly, it's depressing. Don't read "The Soprano State" at one sitting -- it's too disheartening.

Yet there are heroes among the dreck -- "prosecutors like U. S. Attorney (Chris) Christie who keep pursuing the crooks, and the efforts of whistleblowers" who speak out for what's right.

In their last chapter, Ingle and McClure offer some well-reasoned advice about how New Jersey can climb out of the sewer of corruption. Their suggestions include eliminating "senatorial courtesy," whereby a senator can block anything he wants for any reason; better and quicker disclosure of the origin of campaign money; banning handing out no-bid contracts to campaign contributors; requiring the attorney general be elected rather than be appointed by the governor; eliminating pensions and health care for part-time government employees, including elected positions; replacing overly generous public pensions with 401(k) plans; and banning carrying over of unused sick leave and vacations.

Again and again, Ingle and McClure say brazenly corrupt New Jersey is the butt of snide quips and is

http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080217/LIFE11/802170311/1006


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Re: Mafia Books [Re: chopper] #474044
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Reading this now, very interesting.

Whitey Bulger is definitely an interesting character.




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