We have a wannabe mob boss in the WH and now that sh*t's hitting the fan, some witnesses might need to disappear real quick. Either that or some other gang rivalry.

Since "Frankie" was heavily involved in opioid and heroine trafficking and the manufacturers are being scrutinized, ya just never know. We'll find out eventually, I guess.

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This may only be interesting to me, but I'm going to put some things here just to document so that I can come back to it.

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Looks like somebody got offed and then there was a response. It's a very complex network in that neck of the woods. I worked for some sketchy folks for short spell who had connections in Pawtucket. It was not uncommon to be driving down the Interstate outside that city to find a vehicle completely engulfed in flames in the breakdown lane. That was decades ago but the employers were definitely involved and I didn't feel good about working for them so I moved on.

Never liked any of the jobs I had in the northeast. I came out here and stayed.

Sounds like a good move.

Every outfit I ended up working for in the trucking trade was "connected" and once I figured that out, in a rather short time, I decided I needed to go west and I did.

must be my age ... I remember being fascinated by the senate hearings when I was young

in the paper or news or conversation for a long time before before it was signed into law. I remember Joe Velachi testified in Congress in 1963 and I think was the first member of the Mafia to do so ... I was 7 but already knew there were gangsters. Don't know how or why I knew about them, just seems like I always knew there was an Al Capone and a Lucky Luciano. My dad was a history teacher so maybe that's why I had heard about them.

I grew up poor in a red area, people here talked about Jesus and getting a chance at winning a second civil war. I didn't know about gangsters until college.

[div class="excerpt"]Cops eye link to Gene Gotti in Staten Island mob hit that whacked Gambino crime boss: sources

Just-out-of-jail Gene Gotti — released from prison six months ago after serving 29 years for dealing heroin — may be under the watchful eye of authorities looking for links to the brutal execution of a reputed Gambino gangster, sources told the Daily News Thursday.

Cops are chasing down several theories over who was behind the bloody assassination of Frank (Franky Boy) Cali, an alleged Gambino boss — including whether Gotti, the younger brother of late Gambino godfather John Gotti and a capo before going to prison, is now looking to claw back his stake in the family business.

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Cali’s family didn’t cooperate with police requests to review the surveillance video captured on their home security system — forcing cops to get a warrant to review the recordings, sources told The News.

His execution ignited fears of a civil war within the Gambino family sparked by the 73-year-old Gotti’s return — or a mob war, if it turns out Cali was killed by a member of a rival family.

“It’s total speculation,” a source said about a possible Gotti link. “But it’s also something to look out for. Was Gene trying to reclaim some of his business and Cali wasn’t going for it?”

Investigators are looking at other angles as well: a rubout by Cali’s underlings or someone who had a personal beef with the Sicilian-born mobster.

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Cali’s ties to the mob ran deep. His wife is the niece of Gambino capo John Gambino. His brother Joseph and brother-in-law Peter Inzerillo are reputed Gambino soldiers.

More: https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-metro-gambino-cali-gene-gotti-nypd-staten-island-20190314-story.html

Now that’s funny.

Interesting. I'm sure it's just a coincidence.