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  1. I haven't been on this forum in ages (maybe 10 years)? Came back to look up something from a long-ago thread on Trafficante and came across this post. I mention that Diaz was Trafficante's sometime bodyguard in Cuba, in my Trafficante book The Silent Don. However, I'll need to dig back into the archives both in my files and in my brain, to recall where I found that. I do know that the late Ralph Rubio told me that Santo had a big burly Cuban guy who watched him, from time to time. I'll see if I can find my notes from my interview with him. Ralph Rubio was the nephew of Tampa gangland figure Tito Rubio who was killed in the 1930. Ralph worked for Lanksy at the Hotel Riviera in Havana as a dealer and later, pit boss. He also knew Santo well.
  2. Thank you! I posted often while researching the Silent DOn, but haven't been around much in the past few years. But I'll go back and look through some threads to see where I can add some value.
  3. It's been a few years since I've posted, but started lurking around again. Whether the Mafia would fix the match if or course obvious- yes they would. It's their MO. However did Mr. Shaw see Santo Jr., Marcello, and Ragano at the Palma Ceia in late 72, early 73? Not likely. Marcello often came to Tampa (and Trafficante to New Orleans) to discuss business, but late 72, early 73 is problematic for Trafficante. As I detail in a recent piece I wrote: "The information on Trafficante during that time period is more detailed. According to an internal FBI memo dated September 12, 1975, “Trafficante left his Miami residence in late 1972 and not again physically observed in the United States until late 1974. During this Period Trafficante travelled extensively in Europe, Venezuela, Panama, and Costa Rica.” Another FBI memo relates that “On October 17, 1973, MM T2 (a confidential informant) advised that Santo Trafficante was residing in Catania, Italy, which is on the island of Sicily. According to the source, Trafficante has been residing there for approximately six months.” There are no memos or internal FBI documents that show Trafficante in Tampa at that time. Tampa PD and Sheriff’s department records from that time period have mostly been purged, so little record remains of local law enforcement surveillance." Also why didn't Ragano share this story in Mob Lawyer? His co-author Selwyn Raab never heard it, nor did another close friend Nicholas Pileggi. And Ragano's son, who had many secrets to share during my research on Trafficante,is equally dubious. We'll never know or sure, but I'd like more evidence before laying the fix at Trafficante's feet. And trust me, having him be the fixer would be great for book sales!
  4. Bill- I found the breakdown: 990 brewpubs 446 microbreweries 65 regional craft breweries 20 large breweries (the Miller, Anheuser-Busch, etc.) 25 other non-craft breweries 1545 total US breweries in 2008 http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_jLfUyEuMrHk/SpM9...f+medal+map.jpg
  5. A simple plan to at least relax the skyrocketing costs of health care would be to cap medical malpractice and purge the system of the scum ambulance chasers who prey on people' greed. In Florida we have a big problem with OB/GYN"s leaving the field altogether because of runaway malpractice insurance and the foaming-at-the-mouth lawyers. As for the public option, I am probably one of the more fiscally conservative people on here and did not vote for Obama. However I think his public option is a potentially viable plan and is being dragged through the mud by talkign heads and their sycophants. The reality is that something is needed, and fast. And finally, the funniest thing to watch in the debates is when protesters yell "Get the government's hands off my Medicare". Hello?!?!?!
  6. So basically I was wrong. It is out there enough for this forum. It's been a fun thread to read. I don't even know what to make of the Larouche stuff- bizarre. As for Obama's missing college papers- even his advisor remembers his thesis having only one or two copies- one of which the advisor had eventually lost. I mean seriously why would they be around? I know for a fact, just a few weeks ago researching some scientific theses from a local university that most of the paper ones from just ten years ago are lost or not around. new ones are in digital format and stored to some extent, especially those that were the product of grant research.
  7. The Obama birther "movement" , peddled by far right talk show hosts and incompetent reporters, is gaining traction even against overwhelming facts. But the upside is that it has given us gems, like Orly Tatiz, the birther movement's legal representative. Behold: Orly Taitz MSNBC interview
  8. The MCA/Reagan angle is the basis for the book Stiffed. I can't recall the author's name right now. Decent book- hard to say the Mafia corrupted Reagan, when under him the Justic Department launched their most coordinated offensive against organized crime. Then again, none of the MCA-connected guys were targeted.
  9. I agree the real issue with this summit were the poor beer choices- so many great Americna mocrobrews to be had, though I will say Sam Adams, now the largest American-owned brewery makes outstanding beer, including their Boston lager (my fave), and the Summer Ale. The article is not entirely accurate though. America now has over 1500 independent breweries, compared to less than 50 in 1980. We are definitely pushing against the grain in beer production. One only needs to look at the great beer snob websites like beeradvocate or ratea-beer. All the best are coming from the US- now easily the cutting edge of global beer production. I may stop for a Maduro growler at the Cigar City Brewery on the way home- locally produced ale aged in cigar box wood. Hey Scott, Thanks for paying attention, but I can't believe your 1500 independent brewers, up from 50 in 1980, unless that includes the pub brews - where the beers are made at the pub and sold there, but not for outside distribution, as I assume the Cigar City Brewery is one. Correct? Bill Kelly I htink you may be right- But I can tell you a local store by me has over 400 American microbrews (individual breweries) for pick your own six pack bottles, and those are only the ones distributed here in FLorida. In any case there are exponentially more American breweries now that in any time since probably pre-Prohibition. Cigar City Brewery distributes across central Florida and is adding South Florida. Or you can get your growler filled up at the brewery (conveniently located on my drive home). http://www.cigarcitybeer.com/
  10. I agree the real issue with this summit were the poor beer choices- so many great Americna mocrobrews to be had, though I will say Sam Adams, now the largest American-owned brewery makes outstanding beer, including their Boston lager (my fave), and the Summer Ale. The article is not entirely accurate though. America now has over 1500 independent breweries, compared to less than 50 in 1980. We are definitely pushing against the grain in beer production. One only needs to look at the great beer snob websites like beeradvocate or ratea-beer. All the best are coming from the US- now easily the cutting edge of global beer production. I may stop for a Maduro growler at the Cigar City Brewery on the way home- locally produced ale aged in cigar box wood.
  11. Santo Trafficante Sr. and Jr. were working with the Corsicans to finance some of the drug shipments through New York as far back as the 1940s. Drugs coming through Tampa , certainly in the early part of the 20th centruy, were primarily funneled through Cuba as they came from South America, or through part of the French Connection. The New York families, especially the Bonnao and Genovese were heavily into that connection, as were the Cotronis out of Canada. I never saw much indication that the Patriarcas were involved in the Boston heroin business, certainly not the Irish gangs of Beantown. I might look more into that angle.
  12. ] Hey, it's great for book sales. Hey Scott, What do you think of the thesis that the mafia - Roselli/Giancana/Traficante/Marcello mob were behind Dealey Plaza? And then what do you think of the (Waldron?) thesis that these mafia mobsters hijacked a plot to kill Castro that JFK/RFK had devised? As somone knowledge about the mob in Florida, you're opinion weighs more. Thanks, Bill Kelly I have not had a chance to read Legacy yet. I like the old school , 1"f" in Trafficante. The familial surname of Traficante in Sicily was changed to Trafficante after Santo Sr. emigrated to Florida through Ellis Island. Probably a slip of paperwork, but it stuck. I think there is certainly very many circumstantial pieces of evidence linking Marcello and Trafficante to Dealey's events. Problem is that everyone was playing together in the same sandbox and the dirt gets spread around. For me the complete invovlement of the Mafia does not account for enough of the plan to make it viable. Rather the Mafia's involvement as a subconsultant is more feasible IMO. Marcello, Trafficante, and Roselli were certainly in position to supply men (Santo had a virtual Cuban Mafia with him Miami full of refugee crime bosses from Havana), money, and connections. Trafficante was certainly happy about Kenendy's death as I spoke to eyewitnesses who saw him toasting the death many times the weeks after. Also, on a earlier post about Ralph Slaerno saying FBI wiretaps would have picked up any Mafia chatter- wiretaps were far from ubiquitous in 1962/63. Tampa had a few to none- there is no record of any wiretap of Trafficante from any where near that time period that I have found. I do not know enough about Marcello to make that same assertion for New Orleans.
  13. Hoffa was killed by the Detroit Mafia because of Teamsters/internal Mafia business. NO political motive there. He just pissed off the Giacalones and Tony Provenzano.
  14. As a scientist , I can say that there has yet to exist one single solitary piece of experimental evidence supporting either creationism or intelligent design. It just doesn't exist- nothing, nada. Every month there are dozens, even hundreds (in a good month) of experimental peer-reviewed scienctific papers from dozens of fields of inquiry all supporting evolution. In the last 100 years there has not been one single experiment, data analysis, or peer-reviewed published paper supporting ID or creationism. The one thing that will always trip up a creationist is to ask them to explain the mechanics of the actual creation. They don't have any idea because they never bother to theorize how creation happened. They postualte a theory basically stating, if we can't understand it, then it must have been created. It's intellectually lazy, and incredibly frustrating to hear people speak out against evolution and not be able to come back with an alternative. And of course the ultimate question is: If humans are too complex to have evolved and therefore must have been designed by a creator, who designed the creator? That question alone shatters their basic logic.
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