Extract: -- but the Palestinians should look at October 7 they brought this on themselves and I hope Israel doesn't destroy them completely they could do it in no time.
Originally Posted by Hollander
Extract: -- But hey Hamas declared war on them and wars are always ugly release all the hostages and Israel will def calm down a bit.
Originally Posted by Hollander
I agree Meyer Israel is subdued/moderated/ mild in their actions so far, but in international political world they are accused of genocide and crimes against humanity that are the worst crimes.
Israel seemingly is not the mighty and powerful it was -- among others, 1. fatal complacency 2. Mossad intelligence failure 3. asleep at the wheel 07 October 2023 4. still unable to locate the hostages How many are still alive -- sadly only retrieving bodies 5. unable to subdue / moderate / defeat Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis 6. war raging on -- coming to 8 months
It seems, Hamas has been gearing up for 16odd years in Israel's backyard Yet....
It is the innocent civilians indeed [as in other wars as well] Palestinian in particular between a rock and a hard place, paying the price
Terrorists Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis keep attacking Israel and counter attacks, more attacks but International law enforcement applies only to Israel
Some in International political world aggravating the Israel-Palestine situation by their ill-timed recognition of Palestine statehood, accusing Israel of genocide and crimes against humanity but little to no accountability of the terrorist organisations
No linking of Hamas' brutal atrocities of 07 October 2023
well couple of things : first (2) mossad didn't fail at all because from the get go you cannot gather information in a place like gaza, where everyone know each other and any snitch will get himself and his family killed in torture way by hamas. (4) hamas metro is insane by the size of it and by how difficult it is to reach there. and guard who here idf forces coming by will kill the hostages he keep, so this is why they find bodies all the time (5) real war with hezollah will lead to the craziest situation for all, israel will go back 50 years, and lebanon will go back 1000 years because of the mass destruction that going to happen in case of real escaltion that lead to real war. houthis are far away. hamas are more then half destroyed, gaza in 70% in the control of israel hands now. this is not an easy war, the world ties israel hands and watch everystep of the way to stop israel from giving it 100% force power.
as for the ''No linking of Hamas' brutal atrocities of 07 October 2023'' as someone who saw it by his own eyes (i was there fought against them, you can also go back and read the posts i posted here in real time live from there in that crazy and horrible morning) it's just shows that as much as i hate jewish people constant complains about 'antisemitism', now i just see how much it's true these last couple of months. no other country in the world would react like we did since the 7.10 ! us will wipe mexico off the planet if they did something like that ! and that goes to every other country in the world ! we are not even 1% of the world population, our country land is maybe one of the smallest in the world, yet somehow we are the most hatred and everyone is against us wanting to erase us from earth and wanting hitler's plan to be back and completed ! it's insane !!!!
this all war is not a wat about land. it's islam cannot deal with jewish people have their own country and don't live under islam. this is why no 2 states solution will never work, because we are not talking about land or ideology, it's a religious conflict. and this war is not - israel vs hamas, it's iran who's behind it. hamas is an iranian proxy.
Also due to this criminal activity, during law enforcement operations, the clan's representatives have been intercepted or arrested throughout the world and in particular in Spain , Portugal , the Netherlands , Canada , the United States , Mexico and the Dominican Republic . In northern Italy, members close to them were detected as well as for drug trafficking for the acquisition of contracts in Milan and Turin.
H-8 was Salvatore “Don Turiddo” Maranzano (Genovese)
This infamous early Mafia power needs no introduction. “Don Turiddo” Maranzano is legendary to underworld history. From his native Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily to the streets of America he was one of the primary moving forces in the early development of the Mafia.
I thought Maranzano was the head of his own family until his murder, after which it became the Bonanno family. He forced Luciano to betray his boss, Masseria, and rewarded Lucky by putting him in charge of that family, which became Genovese.
You are correct, Turnbull. That was my faux pas. I didn't notice that I had inadvertently inserted Genovese instead of Bonanno for Maranzano. That was a good catch and correction. - Maranzano was, of course, the former head of the Castellammarese clan that later became known as the Bonanno Family.
PS: Here's an interesting side note about Salvatore Maranzano. He was, like most founding and future members of that borgata, born in Castellammare del Golfo. And he had allegedly been a Mafia power there, before immigrating to the U.S. His wife's maiden name was Minore, a well-known Castellammarese surname connected to a notoriously powerful blood-family dating back many years in the Trapani Province of northwestern Sicily.
All the time. During the 1950s and 1960s was when there was a lot of splits due to the families doubling in size from the new members and once the FBI started to go after them so they made their crews smaller many of them did. Example. Bonannos- Joseph Notaro crew which was Carmine Galante old crew was split in 1965 after Notaro demotion into the Mike Sabella crew, Armando Pollastrino crew, Joseph Zicarelli crew, and Michael Zifferano crews. Notaro crew was the biggest crew in the family for decades, then was split between Brooklyn, Manhattan, Bronx, and New Jersey. A lot of powerhouses came out of that crew all the way up to Sonny Black.
One thing stands out to me with Capone with al the violence going on he was a master spin doctor. He was a master of 'spinning', long before that concept existed, a clever manipulator who could think off the cuff and usually knew exactly what he wanted to say and what not.
The first time he attempted to directly influence public opinion was in January 1927, shortly after the body of Theodore "Tony the Greek" Anton was found. Anton had been tortured, frozen and dumped to such an extent that it was supposed to serve as a warning that the murderers could go about their business with impunity if they wanted. Several days later and without referring to Anton, Al Capone held a special press conference. The special thing about it was that he did not let the journalists come to his headquarters in the hotel, but invited them to his house on Prairie Avenue. There he received them in slippers and dressed in a pink apron(!), waving the large wooden spoon with which he had been stirring his mother's spaghetti sauce (not homemade because he liked to eat but hated cooking). He treated them to a meal in the dining room, consisting of all kinds of dishes prepared by Teresa, and accompanied by a good red wine (which of course they did not mention in their articles about the good, kind and happy family man that he was). The press conference temporarily had the calming effect it intended: in their articles about the gang wars, the journalists casually noted how much Al Capone regretted the violence.
Infamous Joe Valachi once explained how old-time ‘Camorra’ leader, Alessandro Vollero, while they were both serving time in prison, warned him about the differences between he and Valachi (who were fellow Neapolitans,) and the Sicilians….
Valachi recounted, “Alexander told me, he expressed it this way. If you hang out with a Sicilian 20 years and you have some trouble with another Sicilian, this Sicilian that you hang out with for 20 years will turn on you.”
There's like zero hype going on about the EC at the moment. It seems like nobody gives a shit.
True, although the commercial things are now slowly coming here. In de Albert Heijn and other stores we see more and more Orange. It's a big business around these tournaments.
One day, a tribe of 40 Gypsies all suddenly died and went up to Heaven.
They turned up at the Pearly Gates, asking St. Peter to let them in.
Upon seeing the huge crowd, St. Peter told them he did not have room to accommodate all 40 of them, that he only had room for 10. So he then advised them to go away and discuss among themselves which 10 would come in.
…A short while later, St. Peter went to see God and told him, “They’re gone!”
