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Re: Skinny Joey

by johnny_scootch » Sat Sep 21, 2024 4:32 pm

Mods on vacation I assume.

Re: Skinny Joey

by jmack » Fri Sep 20, 2024 7:12 pm

This discussion feels like the Rizzuto situation in Canada. I’m still trying to figure out who’s on what side.

Re: Skinny Joey

by Newyorkempire » Fri Sep 20, 2024 6:23 pm

Such losers

Re: Skinny Joey

by Teflon Dom » Fri Sep 20, 2024 6:17 pm

classic

Re: Skinny Joey

by Manf » Fri Sep 20, 2024 6:12 pm

The usual suspects

Re: Skinny Joey

by johnny_scootch » Fri Sep 20, 2024 6:01 pm

A once good thread now in shambles, ship this garbage to the graveyard where it belongs.

Re: Skinny Joey

by Manf » Fri Sep 20, 2024 12:23 pm

Literally an entire section for you guys to do this bullshit.

Re: Skinny Joey

by CornerBoy » Fri Sep 20, 2024 8:04 am

i don't have time to bother w you. good luck and hopefully you get the help you need.

Re: Skinny Joey

by Wiseguy » Fri Sep 20, 2024 7:51 am

CornerBoy wrote: ↑Fri Sep 20, 2024 7:19 ami told you not to talk back. what has he gotten wrong?
What has he gotten wrong? The fact that you even ask that question with any amount of seriousness just shows you are so ignorant of any of this, it is pointless to engage you. How long have you been on these boards exactly?
The sopranos? good use of yyour time to watch a TV SHOW over and over and over.
Who said I watched it over and over?
if you disagree with him, politely offer your point of view. Don't borderline slander him.
I was slandering him. There was no "borderline" about it.
keep believing everything you read and all the government bullshit.
You and others always talk about the government and it's "bullshit." Where would any of us be without the information that comes from the feds, either directly through press releases, indictments, reports, etc., or indirectly when the media uses them as a source? Take all that away and there goes 90% the information we all depend on, including you.
im too busy to bother with you, keep quiet and limit your input to your stupid lists- stop besmirching ppl. Scott is in an entirely different category than jeff nadu etc.
If you're too busy, than stay the hell out of it. Who are you, Scott's attorney? Nobody was talking to you anyway, bud.

Re: Skinny Joey

by CornerBoy » Fri Sep 20, 2024 7:19 am

Wiseguy wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 8:58 am
CornerBoy wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 8:46 am How dare they besmirch the good name of the greatest fiction author in the western hemisphere. And what's with the British accent? Who does Joey think he is, Sir Walter Raleigh?

WHY are you so jealous of Scott. maybe he got a few things wrong but he knowss more than most oc journalists and certainly knows a lot more than someone like you. he could give interesting shit to the forum but prob wont b.c of assholes like you. try being nice. highly doubt you're this confrontational in real life.
First, learn to use the quote function. Second, he's gotten a lot more than "a few things" wrong. Third, he knows more about making elaborate mob fantasy charts but that's about it. Fourth, my comment above was pure wit mixed with some Sopranos, not confrontational. Now mind run along and mind your own business.
i told you not to talk back. what has he gotten wrong? The sopranos? good use of yyour time to watch a TV SHOW over and over and over. if you disagree with him, politely offer your point of view. Don't borderline slander him. keep believing everything you read and all the government bullshit. im too busy to bother with you, keep quiet and limit your input to your stupid lists- stop besmirching ppl. Scott is in an entirely different category than jeff nadu etc.

Re: Skinny Joey

by Brovelli » Fri Sep 20, 2024 7:16 am

End of the day why is there all this back and forth? Everyone is on this forum because they are interested in the mafia, everyone has the same interest so why this bullshit back and forth all the time among like minded people. Question Scott and them on reports for sure, reports have been questionable but as we’ve seen some have proven accurate. I just duno how people have the energy to argue about it all, it’s a secret society that until there’s an indictment or an informant we do not know anything for a fact. Speculate and debate but why sit around arguing about things that no one knows for a fact unless you’re in the life or are an fbi agent.

Re: Skinny Joey

by Ivan » Thu Sep 19, 2024 2:24 pm

B. wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 2:09 pm My understanding is Scott previously published that the NYC Families were putting pressure on Merlino and Philly over the podcast.
He's posted about it many times starting from about February.

https://gangsterreport.com/joeys-pals-n ... mediately/

Re: Skinny Joey

by B. » Thu Sep 19, 2024 2:09 pm

My understanding is Scott previously published that the NYC Families were putting pressure on Merlino and Philly over the podcast.

I "heard" the same thing independent of him a while back as well. Nothing specifically about being shelved or taken down, but it was certainly implied that the Genovese and Gambino Families saw his behavior as a disgrace to Cosa Nostra and we know what that entails. What I was told (I know who the original "source" was, who is 100% in a position to know, but I myself am not in touch with them) is that after the release of the podcast NYC Families were instructing members not to meet with Merlino or have anything to do with him.

Re: Skinny Joey

by B. » Thu Sep 19, 2024 1:21 pm

It's a very interesting story and you were leading the charge on it but it's not the most compelling / historically consequential story of the last 25 years, or even one of them. Come on, Scott haha.

Re: Skinny Joey

by Wiseguy » Thu Sep 19, 2024 1:01 pm

scott22 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 19, 2024 11:45 am Wiseguy ,

Can you at least acknowledge I was out in front of this NYC/Merlino story when NOBODY else was and people like you were (continue) to slander me ?

At least give me credit for telling everyone the most compelling/historically consequential LCN story of the past two and a half decades 8 whole months before your boy Capeci did who you and others are praising.

Can we just agree this was MY scoop from the jump or will you and your crew of arm chair experts just conveniently forget that part ?

Scott
I'll always give credit where it's due. I've done that in the past with you and your Leonetti book which I thought was great. I don't recall your reporting on Merlino being shelved/Borgesi taking over, but if that was the case, then I'll give you credit for the "scoop."

The issue is, with a lot of your reporting - and I say this keeping in mind how difficult reporting on a criminal organization would be - comes down to what is the rule and what is the exception. Speaking of Capeci, when he gets something wrong and has to do a retraction, people tend to be surprised because it's rather unusual for him. It's the exception, even in the more recent years when he's been "phoning it in" a lot. With much of your reporting, it's the other way around. You report something, and it ends up being right, and people are genuinely surprised. Getting it right is the exception.

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