Wouldn't surprise me if that 'conspiracy theory' was actually true, unlike literally EVERY other member of the royal family she was a decent person.

Maybe, maybe not. While nicodemo certainly has the goods on most of the higher ups (since he did come up under the merino faction), it's hard to say that the Feds can make a case on just the word of a man looking at life on a separate charge when the murders are 10-15 years old. There is a little talk on the skins tapes by scoops about getting long john I think, but that's about it. Look, I wouldn't bet against the Feds but I think they have a good shot at beating it with Ed Jacobs. Just a thought.

Amazing how this crap starts on here, I did hear the Queen had JFK whacked, God bless her!

How could the miserable old wench have whacked JFK? We all know it was LBJ who did that.

You guys can't wait to see the philly family tear each other apart, guess what, it's not going to happen, and then you have these know it all "mob insiders" that gets on here and say what's going to happen and what's not going to happen and when thier proven wrong they never admit it. Merlino, ligambi, and mazzone can all get locked up and the philly fam will be just fine

I couldn't agree with you more. It's also frustrating when I read these threads and you have like ten people who have never even been to philly all spewing a bunch of BS and claiming philly is dead or extinct. That couldn't be further from the truth, there are people who are all the way at the bottom who are making great money. Just remember when you're reading people post things like "I'm surprised they have a consig" "there's too many chiefs and not enough Indians" "joe ligambi is in big trouble" it's all bullshit speculation from people who are guessing or piecing together bits of other gossip or speculative news pieces. Also to compare Joe Ligambi to Massino, Gravano, or Leonetti is completely absurd.

Hate to break it too you Vegas, but that's what EVERYTHING posted on here is. Speculation.

Except when The Arm posts. He has a finger in every Borgata's pie.

Just like that report that said merlino is not safe in florida and the local mobsters don't want him there, that joey has balls lol

Like when so called mob insiders said new york have no say so in philly and they didn't pick merlino as boss, then I posted an article that said new york asked him to be the boss and he turned it down and put up natalie as his front, again, "mob insiders never admit when there wrong but it's ok for them to speculate and be wrong, but when someone else speculate we're just fan boys ...lol gotta love it

Just like new couldn't tell al capone what to do in chicago, nobody tells merlino what to do in philly, merlino is the new al capone

Come on guys, Philly is known for being the City Of Brotherly Love.
"Can't We All Just Get Along"

Are you talking about me, BigFella?

Because awhile ago I posted that it was twenty years ago that Merlino last had any juice in New York, and that TODAY the New York families couldn't give a fuck who's shaking down poker machines at the Jersey Shore. And they don't.

I didn't say your name pb, I said so called "mob insiders", and new york do sent give a fuck about philly but still they had a meeting with ligambi, go figure

I was bruised and battered, I couldn't tell what I felt.
I was unrecognizable to myself.
Crazy Phil saw my reflection in a window and didn't know my own face.
Oh brother are you gonna shoot me away
On the streets of Philadelphia.

I extorted on the avenue, 'til my legs felt like stone,
I heard the voices of Scarfo, vanished and gone,
At night Stanfa took the reins,
It was just as black and whispering as he made me,
On the streets of Philadelphia.

Ain't no angel gonna greet me.
It's just the boss and me my friend.
And my clothes don't fit me no more,
A thousand miles
Just to call in.

Night has fallen, I'm lyin' awake,
I can feel myself fading away,
So receive me Stanfa with your faithless kiss,
Or will we whack each other like this
On the streets of Philadelphia.

First of all, you can table the fucking sarcasm with me. Because I generally don't even post about that town. But there hasn't been a working relationship there in years. That's all I'm trying to say.

Go ask Stevie or Barney or Cefalu to name three of Ligambi's captains. See if they care. But you probably won't get an answer. Because they're too busy counting their money from the unions, and construction, and the waterfront, and all of the other traditional mob rackets that Philly has steadily been pushed out of since the '80s.

And I've never once said that the Philly mob is "dead." It's just that they are what they are: A small group content to make a middle income living off gambling.

go WESTSIDE!!!

I think we better get this thread back on track. Because when Cook starts posting, it's never a good sign.

Is Ligambi still hands on with his book?

The only reason we found out about the ligambi - gambinos meeting is because of skins, we don't know about the meetings they've had that wasn't recorded, you just said you don't know nothing about philly then out of the other side of your mouth you swear there's no relationship between new york and philly, so which one is it, are you informed about philly or not???

*DING* *DING*....Here we go...Round 1!

There's no relationship between New York and Philly TODAY. I don't have to be "informed about Philly" to know that because I'm informed about New York. And they couldn't give a shit about that family TODAY.

Now I strongly suggest that we move on, and let the Philly guys keep this thread active before it gets out of hand and closed by the mods.

like you said uncle phils playing with house money guy was doing natural life in the pa. prison system. never coming home. made a lot of money as acting boss for 10+ yrs. philly like 7 million people that's a lot of gambling money. and if he as good a bookie as crazy phil said he was and he didn't gamble it he must be loaded.

im guessing he still official underboss.the eagles are doing good this year so people are doing stupid bets. its getting cold he should be down florida already.

I'm just saying...am I allowed to speak my peace? You know what, let's move on before the mods make me apologize for speaking subversive

Like pb said, do ligambi still have his hands in the books?

No one would criticize him if he did, that's for sure. The guy is 75 years old.

I've heard that he's not rich compared to his predecessors (like Bruno and Scarfo). But I have to believe that he's well off enough to live out the rest of his life in Florida luxury. In my opinion, he'd be crazy not to do just that.

You "called" it? You called what, Phil flipping? If that's what you insinuating that's laughable.

He was being sarcastic, Gram. Moe wasn't even born yet when Leonetti flipped .

And it's good to see you posting again, buddy .

Thanks for clarifying PB I guess these "wise" guys should wink a little harder or use those cartoon icons you always attach your posts with!