Jimmy's gonna fuck Kramer right up the dump chute.

Deleted scene.

Hey PB I think I'll take you up on that,the grand opening live in Boca.Got the grill to go.

Merlino on the commission lol. He rules over a street gang and has the feds up his ass for it.

Philly Phanboys.

You were number two, Buffalo was number one. Buffalo lost it—turned in his wings.

You guys are number one.

And only a marginally succesful street gang at that. He kissed the ass of black heroin dealers and appalachian biker sociopaths.

Not to get off subject here... But just a thought I had while reading some parts of the thread. I agree with whomever stated that there was a natural interest for the Genovese to back Merlino. They would have backed the corner guy selling hot dogs if it was trying to shift power in its favor and away from the Gambinos. But more importantly, we have all been discussing how Chickie Chang Sr, Chuckie Merlino, etc were backing the Merlino faction from prison (I think that was the general consensus despite some contradiction from some sources). Where I am going with this is since the high ranking Scarfo guys seemed to be closest with the Genovese then they probably had connections with these guys even from jail. I think it's a strong possibility that the Scarfo guys (ex-Nicky) reached out to the Genovese guys and did some back room/cell politicking essentially striking the same deal that nicky made in '81 except using the Merlino crew as a proxy.

Also, in my opinion, I'd agree that it's all relative. LCN doesn't control all the crime in the city as much as it may have in the 50s-80s, and of course Merlino was not as powerful as the NY families / bosses - it's all relative. I don't think NYC fams control all the crime in the boroughs let alone as much as they may have back in the day and furthermore, probably don't wield as much power as they once did. My point is both families have experienced decimation to LE and progression of society and other sophisticated criminal groups etc etc. The point being is that the scale of NYC makes their families bigger and more powerful. Even at Philly's height NYC was that much more powerful because of the scale. Big picture here. As a side note, I give Merlino props for being innovative. He's adapting and evolving with the times/LE. He has single handily gone against the stat quo and changed the structure of how LCN operates (in Philly). If Joey came back to philly there would be too much heat and everyone would go down with him. Through various proxies and acting bosses and fronts he has made the Philly family a complete mystery. We have no idea what they do outside gambling and shy let alone who does what. We or the Feds can't even figure out who the actual boss is for sure let alone the admin and capos. I'd say that's what LCN is supposed to be - a secret criminal org. One thing is clear, everyone that we thing is involved seems to be living pretty comfortably so take that for what it's worth...

so he's the one who came up with the acting boss role?

oh for the love of god




that's what they do plus some dope and minor protection scams

their last big thing is having mob groupies fronting money for them apparently




so if we don't know then the feds don't know either?

come on now pal




the word "secret" is the very last word I'd associate with Merlino...along with "organization"




comfortably?

let's just say that they are getting by...

This is where I laugh and return to watching Bill Murrey in 'Stripes'.

Damn you Sean Young. Damn you.

Fuck South Philly. I'd like to give her the Aunt Jemima treatment.

I know, the ice cream scoop scene was with the blonde. But you get my meaning, Sonny .

My point is no one can confidently say what the admin or structure of the family is currently let alone in the last trial. That being said I don't think we know all the scams. Haha that's funny about the old man scam I'll give ya that.

It's clear who the top guys on the street are though, Mazzone, Chang, Merlino, Lance, Ligambi if he hasn't retired, a lot of talk about Narducci but who knows what's going on with him.

I posted this on another thread about merlino's dad, but whether he was powerful or not you have to give it to him and most of the neighborhood guys from S Philly and their loyalty to that neighborhood and to one another...THEY DO NOT RAT....the rats are not from the neighborhood and that has alot to say about growing up around passyunk and the family bond that has stayed intact forever

Pizza what time is cheerleading practice tonight,I thought I would bring out a new routine.if you remember I said this before,if you agree with somebody suddenly you are a cheerleader,fighting his battles,etc.here's how I see it,PB has a stellar reputation on here,as witnessed by the half-dozen or so posters on here that seem to agree with him,nuf said.

I appreciate it, 22. But let it go. The kid is a troll, and something tells me that if he keeps it up that he won't be here much longer. Call it a hunch .

lucibello wen he is released

Exactly let all the bullshit go.

Pretty sure he was only a soldier when he went away? I don't know much about him tbh.

He was on the administration at one poin , acting consigliere I believe

I don't know why these kind of comments should have you banned!!

If I was saying stuff like this I would be banned, SC should do something about DellaCrotch

Big fella this DellaCrotch is nothing but a troll and trouble, just ignore him, he has some homosexual tendencies!! Lol

It's a mob blog,

You guys deserve a beating for your comments!!

Lol I think your right, I like pizza but his fanboys are worse than any mobster fan boy on here

Another pathetic poster!!!