[FoxNews] Gambino family's 'Joe Brooklyn,' 'Vinny Slick' and 'Fifi' among 10 indicted.
The plot turned out to be garbage.
Ten New York-based mobsters and another six in Italy have been charged in an international conspiracy case that alleges they conspired to dominate the Big Apple's trash hauling and demolition industries while scamming unions and beating up people who got in their way, according to the Justice Department.
The suspects, all alleged members or associates of the Gambino crime family, face federal racketeering charges on allegations that include extortion, arson, multiple assaults and union fraud.
The alleged ringleader is Joseph Lanni, according to court documents, also known as "Joe Brooklyn" and "Mommino," a purported mob captain who the Justice Department alleges was involved in the unrelated beating of a man and woman who owned a New Jersey restaurant in September.
And so forth. Who knew garbage, even NYC garbage, was so valuable?
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Garbage is really valuable if you don't pay to dump it. Someone is paying for it to be picked up, and if they have a strike I'm sure some would be more than willing to pay more to get rid of it.
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I thought this was common knowledge for decades? Who didn't get paid off?
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Justice Department alleges was involved in the unrelated beating of a man and woman who owned a New Jersey restaurant in September.
Now if they suddenly took up that hobby in the streets of NYC on some obvious miscreants, I suspect that no one would say a thing, other than pay their respects to whom ever is doing it.
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I used to take our dog down to Spuyten Duyvil station at 9 pm for the first of the nights garbage trains. Special treat- she couldn’t believe the smells rolling by.
[American Thinker] In a swing district in the Virginia suburbs, something interesting happened on election day yesterday: Democrat Susanna Gibson, who had been caught posting videos of her sex life on a pornographic website, calling for 'tips' for particular sex acts from the public, didn't win her election for a seat in the Virginia statehouse. During her campaign, she attempted to brazen it out, not apologizing for her disgusting activity, and laughably calling the news of her very public doings an 'invasion of privacy,' as if knowledge of her activity, and not the activity itself, was the bad guy.
After all, isn't it just sex? Isn't it just consenting adults? Doesn't everyone do this?
Isn't that the conventional wisdom ever since the Clinton era?
The voters didn't think so, and while many didn't care that what this person does in her internet-is-forever bedroom, they sure as heck didn't want someone with her values representing them in the statehouse. So, in a wave year for Democrats in Virginia, she didn't win her seat. All the same, many Democrats still voted for her, unconcerned about her values.
Which brings us to the next scandal rocking the Virginia suburbs -- that a huge brothel network full of trafficked Asian women got rolled up by lawmen after operating a brisk business in the area. The brothels had been operating in Boston, and the D.C. suburbs, all very wealthy areas full of government money and lots of Democrats.
BOSTON, Nov 8 (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday charged three people with running a high-end brothel network out of apartment complexes in greater Boston and northern Virginia whose customers included elected officials, tech and pharmaceutical executives, lawyers, professors and military officers.
Federal prosecutors in Boston did not identify any of the "wealthy and well-connected clientele" that they say paid up to $600 per hour for sexual encounters with predominantly Asian women who were being exploited through sex trafficking.
It suggests there's a lot of demand, which goes alongside the lot of money it takes to frequent one of these higher-end brothels. And sure enough, prosecutors have revealed that the clientele list is pretty influential.
But somehow, they don't want to release the client list. Unlike what Gibson did, there was a crime here, with foreign women being trafficked, possibly against their will. But as in the case of Jeffrey Epstein, the client list is being protected?
Why the heck should they be protected? Shouldn't the public know which members of Congress, the Pentagon and other places of power think it's just about sex? As Gibson demonstrated, there is no shame in that. With that the new low bar for morality in the suburbs, maybe the public has a right to know just how bad the background checking process is going, just how many secrets are vulnerable to being spilled or have been spilled as a result of this activity and just how hypocritical the Democrats, and probably some Republicans have been as they support the human-trafficking trade while telling us in public that they are against it. It's hypocrisy cubed.
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As long as the list is not revealed, the government still exercises power over the clients, and everyone keeps their wife and TS-SCI clearance.
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"High Class Brothel" - not to be confused with the less than high class work now being carried out by hordes of illegals working off their cartel debt on the streets. All made possible by the Big Guy Inc.
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In the good old days, newspapers used to publish the names of would-be johns who propositioned undercover police women posing as street walkers. The idea was that if johns knew they could be arrested and publicly shamed they'd stay away from certain areas and then the street walkers would go somewhere else. Respectable businesses could then continue to attract respectable shoppers. I guess that's not so much of a concern anymore.
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Every time I have ever seen pictures of hookers under arrest in the papers or online, my first thought is "No. Just no. Not for free let alone for money. Not with my worst enemy's peter..."
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[HOT AIR] Law enforcement in Maine identified 270 suspected properties used for Chinese illegal marijuana grow operations that could produce an estimated $4.37 billion in revenue, the July memo states. Chinese nationals who either have resident status in the U.S. or asylum claims that prevent them from being removed from the country tend to operate such grows, a federal law enforcement source, who requested anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly, told the DCNF.
"We think the Chinese are taking advantage of rural areas, like Maine, to produce marijuana to sell across state lines and funnel the profits back to China," the federal law enforcement source said.
Emphasis added.
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"We think the Chinese are taking advantage of rural areas, like Maine, to produce marijuana to sell across state lines and funnel the profits back to China,"
Yes, let's call it what it is. It's an international dope (and sex) syndicate.
Triad
"Criminal organization based in China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Southeast Asia and other areas with significant Chinese diaspora
A triad is a Chinese transnational organized crime syndicate based in Greater China with outposts in various countries having significant Chinese diaspora populations. The Hong Kong triad is distinct from mainland Chinese criminal organizations. In ancient China, the triad was one of three major secret societies. It established branches in Macau, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Chinese communities overseas." Wikipedia
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders would take care of that weed encroachment pronto.
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In a sane world, the local LE would arrest the operators, seize the property under felony forfeiture laws, and refer the perpetrators while in custody holds to ICE for expedited criminal deportation hearings. Oh, and I want a pony for Christmas....
Michele Pettiford was in her driveway with her 12-year-old daughter when they were attacked by two carjackers
The thieves stole her Audi A7 after threatening her and her husband at gunpoint
Police have an ongoing investigation and no suspects have been arrested
As of early November, the Chicago Police Department has reported 25,269 motor vehicle thefts this year, which is a 56 percent increase from 2022 and a 193 percent increase from 2021.
The number is expected to rise as the year ends. Sources close to CPD say the department de-emphasizes solving these crimes to devote more resources to more serious crimes.
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...You know, I wonder if some techie isn't working on a cell phone operated kill switch that can be fairly quickly bolted on to the car. You get carjacked or it gets stolen, dial the number, enter your pin, and it bricks the car.
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Good old Phu Bai. Hadn't thought of it in years. It was our recovery area in 67 and 68. I'd guess your dad was in the 101, I was in 82nd attached to the 101.
[AFRICANEWS] **At least sixteen people were maimed Wednesday in new demonstratons that turned violent mostly peaceful at the Stade des Bareas Antananarivo, Madagascar's capital.****Among the injured were four coppers.**The latest incident comes as Madagascar reels from tensions ahead of the November 16 presidential election.
Wednesday’s umpteenth march by the opposition coalition 'Collectif des candidats' saw the opposition politician for Antananarivo's fifth constituency, Fetra Ralam/boza/fimbolo/lona, arrested for questioning by the police.
The protests by the coalition of opposition candidates taking part in the upcoming elections, are being held to denounce what they have called "an illegitimate electoral process".
Thirteen candidates are running for next week's election including the incumbent president Andry Rajoelina who is seeking a second term. But things seem to have gotten to a rocky start.
Last month the Constitutional Court dismissed appeals to have Preident Andry Rajoelina's candidacy declared void over his dual French nationality, sparking opposition anger.
Rajoelina, 49, resigned last month in line with the constitution in order to run for re-election.
The president of the Senate, Herimanana Razafimahefa, was supposed to take over but declined for "personal reasons", leaving the task to a "collegial government" headed by the prime minister, an ally of Rajoelina.
The move was accepted by the country's top court, which also dismissed appeals to have Rajoelina's candidacy declared void over his dual French nationality, sparking the anger of the opposition.
The 11 opposition candidates have since led almost daily, unauthorised marches in the capital, which have been met with a heavy police presence and tear gas.
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[FRONTPAGEAFRICAONLINE] Immigration and customs authorities in the US city of bankrupt, increasingly impoverished, reliably Democrat, Detroit ... ruled by Democrats since 1962. A city whose Golden Age included the Purple Gang... , Michigan, have deported an alleged Liberian warlord back home.
Varfley Dolleh, 56, was deported on June 21st, but news of his deportation, which is in connection with his alleged role in Liberia’s first civil war, was only made public by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), two days ago. Dolley is a former executive of the United Liberation Movement of Liberia for Democracy (Ulimo), a rebel group accused by Liberia’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), of widespread human rights ...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions... violations, including rape, murder, torture, and sexual enslavement. Dolley is not named in the final report, which former TRC commissioners have repeatedly said it’s not exhaustive.
"ERO Detroit officers will continue to work towards safer communities in Michigan and Ohio," said Robert Lynch, Director of Detroit ERO Field Office. "It is essential for ICE to enforce final orders of removal for known or suspected human rights violators. These individuals deserve to be held accountable, and they may not evade due process here in the United States no matter how much time has passed."
Dolley’s deportation comes, amid renewed calls for a war crimes court to prosecute alleged perpetrators of the country’s civil wars—calls that have been ignored by the Sirleaf and Weah administrations. Except for Cllr. Tiawan Gongloe, standard bearer of the Liberia People’s Party (LPP), and Alexander Cummings, standard bearer of the Collaborating Political Parties (CPP), no other leading Liberian presidential candidates have committed to the court if they win October’s election.
Dolley, who had initially been admitted to the US state of New York in 1998, travelled to Canada in 2019. But his application for admission to Detroit-Windsor port in 2022 was denied. He was "served a notice and order of expedited removal and arrested by U.S. Customs and Border Protection."
The ex-Ulimo official was then taken into custody, and ordered deported to Liberia by an immigration judge, a decision he did not challenge. Dolley is the second alleged Liberian warlord to be deported to Liberia from the US in connection with Liberia’s civil wars. Representative George Borley, leader of the Liberia Peace Council (LPC), was also deported by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 2012.
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[AFRICANEWS] After a lengthy investigation, French judges decided on Monday 6 November that they had enough evidence to charge and prosecute former Congolese militia leader Roger Lumbala.
He led the RCD-Ngang during the Second Congo War. He will stand trial for complicity in crimes against humanity committed in Ituri and North Kivu in 2002 and 2003. This indictment comes after almost three years of investigation during which victims, supported by NGOs, were able to testify despite the state of siege and restrictions imposed by Covid.
Twenty years after the trauma, victims have left their villages to travel to La Belle France and tell Sherlocks about the executions, rapes and looting they experienced during the murderous "Erase the board" campaign. This was an operation carried out at the end of 2002 and the beginning of 2003, in the final months of the second Congo war, by the gang RCD-N and its allies (including the MLC) to take control of territories in the east of the DRC.
The testimonies gathered by the French Sherlocks during the investigation phase, which began in early 2002, have been added to existing documentation, in particular the United Nations ...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships... mapping report, which documented hundreds of massacres committed in the DRC between 1993 and 2003.
The French Sherlocks were also able to draw on the report of the Minority Rights Group, an NGO that has worked in particular with organizations such as the International Federation of Red Thingy and Red Islamic Thingy Societies.
[YouTube -IndependentTV] Two people have died after a motorist fired shots during a protest against a disputed mining contract in Panama on Tuesday, 7 November.
Panama's national police said they apprehended an adult allegedly linked to an incident in Chame District where two people died.
State prosecutors said in an X/Twitter post that one person had been arrested in connection with the deaths.
Demonstrators were protesting after the government fast-tracked a contract to allow a Canadian mining company to restart an open-pit copper mine surrounded by rainforest for the next 20 years.
[News13] LORIS, S.C. (WBTW) — Buy an air-conditioning unit and get a free AR-15?
That’s what one Loris air conditioning company is promoting on social media, which has sparked a lot of conversation.
Tyler Wigner started his business, Arctic Air Conditioning, in March, and with the slower season rolling around for HVAC companies, he said he needed to get creative.
"Just trying to think out of the box," he said. "I kind of followed somebody on TikTok, you know. We’ve seen a little bit of promoting with a similar thing. I believe it was a roofing company, [and I] thought it was a great idea, so the next day I was like ’alright, let me implement this.'"
The Facebook post had more than 700 people talking. Some people were excited about the promotion, while others weren’t.
Regardless, though, it begs the question: How do you offer a free AR-15 with the purchase of an air-conditioning unit?
"They’re like, ’hey man, you got like, an arsenal back there?'" Wigner said. "I’m like, ’no, dude, we’re not carrying these things around. You definitely have to go through the right channels.'"
That’s what a lot of people thought when they first saw the post, but Wigner said they’re actually working with 701 Guns and Gold, also based in Loris.
He said once customers purchase an air-conditioning unit, they head to the gun store and go through the required background checks. If they’re approved, the store calls Wigner and he pays for it.
Wigner said regardless of the opinions online, business is booming.
(ET via ZERO] The Minnesota Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit that sought to keep former President Donald Trump off the state's Republican primary ballot on Wednesday, after having heard arguments on whether they should take the case.
In a brief opinion and order written by Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Natalie Hudson, the justices said the petition was dismissed without prejudice.
Free Speech for People, a liberal group, had sued on behalf of eight local voters, arguing that the secretary of state putting President Trump on the ballot would be an "error."
In the opinion, Chief Justice Hudson wrote, "there is no 'error' to correct here as to the presidential primary election if former President Trump’s name is included on the presidential primary ballot after the Chair of the Republican Party of Minnesota provides his name to the Secretary of State."
"Because there is no error to correct here as to the presidential nomination primary, and petitioners’ other claims regarding the general election are not ripe, the petition must be dismissed," she wrote.
She added that this dismissal would not prevent the petitioners from bringing forth the claim again regarding the general election ballot.
President Trump commented on the decision in a Truth Social post.
"Ridiculous 14th Amendment lawsuit just thrown out by Minnesota Supreme Court. Without Merit, Unconstitutional. Congratulations to all who fought this HOAX!" he wrote.
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Given as we get closer to the 2024 election cycle, we are now seeing increased efforts of "Block-Trump" stunts pulled in various forms and ways by the Biden Regime Controllers & LSD Party leaders.
It is clear, the LSD's are in CYA mode and understand that if Trump is allowed to run, the odds are in a honest election he will be elected.
As he will flush out the ANTI-USA subversives, simply just by restoring strict adherence to the US Constitutional, the Bill Of Rights and the application of US LAW in the US Justice system.
Question: But will the US Media Owners carry the Court Trials live of those charged with Treason, Subversion, False imprisonment, Murder, and other Criminal Acts? Or go NEWS-SPEAK to hide their own complicity in these crimes?
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..can't wait to see Plan Z* when all others fail to stop him. * termination with extreme prejudice. The idiots don't think it'll start a civil war, one giant insurgency.
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i do what i can. i aum several times a day him,the speaker,israel and others. he and they are in gods hands. wish them well. aum brings them angelic support. i also have two pistols.
One datum does not a trend make, but oh! it is nice to see.
[PJMedia] The co-founder and former Senior Director of the Rhode Island chapter of BLM, Mark Fisher, is now on tour stumping for Donald Trump and advocating for the rights of the Jan. 6 protestors.
In an interview with political analyst Kim Iverson earlier this week, Fisher called the policies of Democrats anti-capitalist and disastrous for blacks.
“We want to create wealth. We want to gain wealth, leave something for our children, you know.” Fisher also spoke out against abortion and liberal policies that promote it, saying that the act “goes against the laws of nature" and the "laws of procreation.”
Then, taking aim at the Democrats and whether or not they benefit the black community, he added, “I’m not here to judge anybody, or to hate on anybody. I’m just telling you what’s beneficial and what’s not for my community, and the Democratic Party is not.”
Fisher believes that black Americans have “been mental slaves” who have historically pledged universal loyalty to the Democratic Party. However, that party has not delivered results or tangible improvements in return.
He lamented that “we’ve been used and abused for so long by that party. They don’t value our vote. Their policies are basically racist policies, and I believe it’s a racist party that strikes at the heart of the black family and the nuclear family in general.”
Fisher's comments come as the Biden campaign and Democrats in general face a crisis with black voters who are leaving the radical left in droves as illegals continue to flood urban areas. Inflation is unchecked and many in the black community feel abandoned and ignored by their representatives.
Turning his attention to Trump, Fisher had this to say:
“Well, you know, I like Trump, and I think right now who we have sitting in the Oval Office is just a deep disappointment, you know? I deeply have disdain for him, and I really dislike the Vice President as well.”
He then added, “And I believe Donald Trump, he’s the opposite. He’s gonna tell you how it is. He’s gonna give it to you straight. He’s not gonna be a hypocrite and stab you in the back like the Democratic Party loves to do.”
Fisher has also been outspoken in his defense of those being held for the events that took place on January 6, 2021. In an interview with the Epoch Times, he said:
“They’re lambs led to slaughter to be sacrificed as an example for all who might want to dissent in the future. This is what the government does to those who express independent thought and want to stand up for what they believe."
We can only hope that Fisher’s message resonates with others in the black community. He’s correct in his assessment that Democrats target minorities in the election cycle and then kick them to the curb once elected. A repetitive pattern of lies has existed for far too long and needs enlightened voices within the community to initiate real change.
A few votes here and a few votes there, and after some years the entire country is on a different track — except for the deep blue states, anyway, and they deserve to get all they demand, good and hard.
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This guy has me more confused than Bruce Jenner’s gynecologist. He has unilaterally blocked a Bee featured article.
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If you are going to grift you need something to grift for. If the stooges currently running things don't stop, there won't be that much to grift. Or in other words, not worth robbing a bank if there's no money in the bank.
[Space.com] The U.S. Space Force's shadowy X-37B is set for launch atop a SpaceX rocket.
The reusable space plane will launch atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Dec. 7 for its seventh overall mission, designated USSF-52.
This marks the first time that the X-37B will launch on a Falcon Heavy, according to a Space Force statement. Little is known about the capabilities and operations of the space plane, but Space Force says the mission will follow previous flights that used the X-37B as a test bed for launching experimental payloads and returning them to Earth.
"We are excited to expand the envelope of the reusable X-37B's capabilities, using the flight-proven service module and Falcon Heavy rocket to fly multiple cutting-edge experiments for the Department of the Air Force and its partners," said Lt. Col. Joseph Fritschen, program director for the X-37B, in the statement.
It isn't known why the X-37B is launching atop a Falcon Heavy for the USSF-52 mission. Five of the space plane's previous missions launched on United Launch Alliance Atlas V rockets, while its fifth mission, USA-277, took off on top of SpaceX's smaller rocket, the Falcon 9 (Falcon Heavy consists of three Falcon 9 boosters strapped together).
Such a change could suggest that the space plane is carrying heavier payloads or is sporting a new hardware configuration. So far, Space Force has only stated that the mission will "expand the United States Space Force's knowledge of the space environment by experimenting with future space domain awareness technologies," according to the statement.
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Or they are shooting for a non-standard orbit.
Kinda exciting if they are going to reactivate some of the geo-dinos, or explore the Lagrange clusters.
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It could just be a scheduling thing. Pad 39A is used for the Falcon Heavy. If a Falcon Heavy launch was near the time they want to launch this rocket there might not be enough time to reconfigure the rocket support frame to a normal F9 mode.
There are FH and F9 frame modifications that take about 30 days to do.
The other F9 pad itself at the military side of the cape is being modified so it can do crewed launches too. Currently only 39A (the heavy pad) can launch crew. They are trying to make both FL pads able to do crew.
Another pad is up for permission to be built (CA and SpaceForce) at California's Vandenburg AFB to be able to launch a Falcon Heavy. This would get around constantly modifying the launch support. Vandenburg does NOT launch any crew.
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Maybe part of why Clark Construction is working there? Or is it just housing?
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A lot going on at the Cape and outside it. Blue Origin has just installed the largest crane at Port Canaveral to unload recovered New Glenn boosters from the ocean going landing barge. Previously "abandoned in place" facilities at the Cape are being demolished to make way for new facilities.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[AFRICANEWS] **At least sixteen people 
[AFRICANEWS] After a lengthy investigation, French judges decided on Monday 6 November that they had enough evidence to charge and prosecute former Congolese militia leader 
