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January 23, 2014

Search of Home of Deceased "Goodfellas" Mobster, Jimmy "The Gent" Burke, Leads to Arrest of Mobsters Believed Responsible for 1978 Lufthansa Heist
— Ace

Jimmy "the Gent" Burke died in 1996.

He is believed to have killed one guy involved in the Lufthansa heist. The article notes that, as in the film, other suspects "turned up dead."

But some guys didn't get wacked. And one of them is under arrest.

Note that while five mobsters were arrested on various charges, only one of them has a Lufthansa Heist connection.

The FBI says it arrested five mobsters in pre-dawn raids on Thursday, including one connected to the 1978 Lufthansa heist at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport.
Around $5 million in cash and $1 million in jewels -- worth about $20 million today -- were netted in the robbery of a Lufthansa cargo terminal at JFK airport on Dec. 11, 1978. The heist was made famous in the 1990 film Â“Goodfellas.Â”
Federal prosecutors issued a wide-ranging indictment Thursday against five defendants, alleging murder, robbery, extortion, arson and bookmaking. One of them, Vincent Asaro, of Howard Beach in Queens, was accused of participating in the heist Â— one of the largest cash thefts in American history.
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At BurkeÂ’s home, agents found human remains that were identified through DNA testing as those of Paul Katz, who disappeared in 1969 after Burke suspected him of being an informant to the police, the New York Post reports.

I guess that's the guy depicted as a rug merchant in the movie?

Corrected: Although the FoxNews headline suggested this guy was a suspect in the heist, I don't think that's true. He's suspected of being connected to it -- via the murder of Paul Katz, who was a suspect in it.

I don't know if this guy actually had anything to do with the heist, or just killing the guys who did.

Thanks to @slublog.

Posted by: Ace at 09:45 AM | Comments (151)
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1 Either him or the couple with the furs and new Cadillac.

Posted by: EC at January 23, 2014 09:47 AM (doBIb)

2 I thought it was George bush and the jews

Posted by: navycopjoe now with 3X the hate at January 23, 2014 09:47 AM (At8tV)

3 So the feds put a bunch of old guys in jail because the mafia makes nice cushy headlines.

Maybe now they can go find the the people that murdered four Americans in Benghazi? Maybe even find Brian Terry's murderers- who they armed?

Posted by: Marcus T at January 23, 2014 09:49 AM (GGCsk)

4
I hold neither trust nor faith in today's FBI, especially since it's obama's FBI.

Posted by: soothsayer, with arms akimbo at January 23, 2014 09:49 AM (gYIst)

5 I think I need to watch Goodfellas tonight.

Posted by: Dang at January 23, 2014 09:49 AM (MNq6o)

6 1978....what difference does it make now?

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at January 23, 2014 09:50 AM (0LHZx)

7 That money was a 'gift!'

Posted by: Bob McDonnell at January 23, 2014 09:50 AM (MMC8r)

8 I believe the vernacular is "Whacked". Doesn't matter much to the target of said "Whacking", though.

Posted by: West at January 23, 2014 09:50 AM (1Rgee)

9 Wealth Distribution

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 23, 2014 09:50 AM (IXrOn)

10 Except for murder, wouldn't the statute of limitations apply?

Posted by: votermom at January 23, 2014 09:50 AM (GSIDW)

11 I guess that's the guy depicted as a rug merchant in the movie?

Not if he was killed in 1969, nine years before the airport score.

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at January 23, 2014 09:51 AM (Q9qpj)

12 Right, Katz was "Maury" in the film...

Posted by: sven10077 at January 23, 2014 09:51 AM (TE35l)

13 Maybe now they can go find the the people that murdered four Americans in Benghazi? At this point, what does it matter?? (BTW, today is the 1 yr anniversary of that statement)

Posted by: rickb223 at January 23, 2014 09:52 AM (xZxMD)

14 Far be it from me to criticize someone who got away with murder but, why would you keep the remains? This sounds like the restorations projects that go on in the Lubyanka that randomly turn up human remains.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at January 23, 2014 09:53 AM (P7Wsr)

The words 'gent' and 'mobster' should never be found in the same sentence.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at January 23, 2014 09:53 AM (AskuI)

16 Pretty sure they never found Spider.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at January 23, 2014 09:53 AM (oFCZn)

17 Barack Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a malignant traitor.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 23, 2014 09:53 AM (PYAXX)

18 Interesting. Henry Hill insisted that everyone who could be traced back to Burke from that heist was dead by the time the cops got around to indicting their inside man circa 1979-1980. Darkly funny Burke story - He had a good friend named Remo who got popped by the cops and sold out Burke's cigarette smuggling operation to the Feds. Once Burke figured out who was responsible, he killed him, buried him, and put a bocce court up there. Every time they'd go play bocce, he and Tommy DeSimone would say "Hey, Remo, howyadoin?"

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at January 23, 2014 09:54 AM (/Crba)

If they were involved, I have to give it to Henry Hill to have been able to keep this info from the authorities. It also raises the question of whether they are involved because Hill gave up everyone else. Why not these guys? Hill also was an associate of the Lucchese family not the Bonano family so that may have something to do with it.

Posted by: polynikes at January 23, 2014 09:54 AM (m2CN7)

20 $1 million in jewels Pfftt... I wore that on one pinky toe.

Posted by: Elizabeth Taylor From the Grave at January 23, 2014 09:54 AM (IXrOn)

21 16 Pretty sure they never found Spider its under AtC's desk

Posted by: navycopjoe now with 3X the hate at January 23, 2014 09:54 AM (At8tV)

22 This is pretty good stuff Alex if you are interested in steels. http://www.imetllc.com/metallurgyofsteelprinciples.html

Posted by: Hobo parts, especially the gizzard at January 23, 2014 09:54 AM (GeVLX)

23 Go get your shinebox.

Posted by: blaster at January 23, 2014 09:55 AM (W6bkf)

24 one of the largest cash thefts in American history. Oh, I can think of others...

Posted by: Every Damned Obama Program at January 23, 2014 09:55 AM (FcR7P)

25 11 I guess that's the guy depicted as a rug merchant in the movie? Not if he was killed in 1969, nine years before the airport score. --- The guy that Morrie the bookmaker / toupee salesman is based on definitely got whacked if Henry Hill is to be believed. This may just be one of the other bookmakers / loan sharks that their inside guy at Lufthansa owed a ton of money to. They let him get further and further into debt hoping that he could be useful in pulling off a big score like this.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at January 23, 2014 09:55 AM (/Crba)

26 So... why did this guy kill the guys involved with the heist? I guess I missed that part.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 23, 2014 09:55 AM (PYAXX)

27 Just another crazy day on Planet Hilary.

Posted by: Bivalve Curious at January 23, 2014 09:56 AM (aGqSh)

28 Pretty sure they never found Spider its under AtC's desk It's a trap! It's the fake!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 23, 2014 09:56 AM (xZxMD)

29
There's some RNC convention going on now. Huckabee said, eloquently in my opinion, some good stuff about the Democrats' so-called war on women.

CNN presents this "news" story as "Huckabee's Controversial Comments."

It's all bullshit.

Posted by: soothsayer, with arms akimbo at January 23, 2014 09:56 AM (gYIst)

30 Poor Frankie Carbone. They're still trying to thaw him out.

Posted by: Biff Boffo at January 23, 2014 09:56 AM (YmPwQ)

31 The words 'gent' and 'mobster' should never be found in the same sentence.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada

THIS.

I don't get the glorification of thugs, murderers, and psychos.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at January 23, 2014 09:56 AM (cxs6V)

32 Oh, I can think of others... Posted by: Every Damned Obama Program Cash theft. Those aren't cash.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at January 23, 2014 09:57 AM (P7Wsr)

33 15 The words 'gent' and 'mobster' should never be found in the same sentence. --- The deal was that he'd tip everybody wherever he went, especially the truck drivers whom he was hijacking. If they were seeing a cut of the money, they'd start tipping off Burke and his crew to when they were shipping good loads of merchandise.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at January 23, 2014 09:57 AM (/Crba)

34 Those who disagree with me will sleep with the fishes.

Posted by: Barry "The Umbrella" Obama at January 23, 2014 09:57 AM (Dwehj)

35 First rule of assassination or a mob hit, kill the assassin.

Dead men tell no tales.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at January 23, 2014 09:57 AM (N8oJ5)

36 I don't get the glorification of thugs, murderers, and psychos. But they're all Robin Hood, donchaknow?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 23, 2014 09:57 AM (PYAXX)

37 It's the ~~Jews!~~ Italians!

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 23, 2014 09:57 AM (IXrOn)

38 I don't get the glorification of thugs, murderers, and psychos. Agreed. I get pleasure from the knowledge that Bonnie didn't get her wish of being buried next to Clyde.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at January 23, 2014 09:58 AM (P7Wsr)

39 I don't get the glorification of thugs, murderers, and psychos. They prefer to be called 'Senator.'

Posted by: --- at January 23, 2014 09:58 AM (MMC8r)

40
Huckabee was careful about his words, you could tell, except for one phrase, uncle sugar.

So CNN decided to make "Uncle Sugar" some sort of scandal.

Posted by: soothsayer, with arms akimbo at January 23, 2014 09:58 AM (gYIst)

41 Striking resemblance to union leaders...

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 23, 2014 09:58 AM (IXrOn)

42 pffftttt small potatoes

Posted by: John Corzine at January 23, 2014 09:58 AM (zOTsN)

43 As far as Paul Katz goes, no fucking way he was a suspect in the Lufthansa heist if he disappeared in 1969. OTOH, he COULD have been a suspect in the Air France heist pulled off by Burke, Henry Hill, "Frenchy" McMahon, and others which was pretty lucrative for the mob.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at January 23, 2014 09:59 AM (/Crba)

44 The Lufthansa heist was peanuts compared to the Isabella Stewart Gardner job. I'm still holding out hope they'll crack that one, but I'm afraid most of the art is probably sitting in some Chinese or Russian plutocrat's secret lair.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 23, 2014 09:59 AM (ZshNr)

45 Striking resemblance to union leaders... Now why would you say that?

Posted by: (Zombie?) Jimmy Hoffa at January 23, 2014 09:59 AM (PYAXX)

46 I don't get the glorification of thugs, murderers, and psychos. What are you, a commie? Football's the best!

Posted by: t-bird at January 23, 2014 09:59 AM (FcR7P)

47 chump change

Posted by: John Corzine at January 23, 2014 09:59 AM (zOTsN)

48 queue the shinebox

Posted by: tangonine at January 23, 2014 09:59 AM (x3YFz)

49 The words 'gent' and 'mobster' should never be found in the same sentence.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada

THIS.

I don't get the glorification of thugs, murderers, and psychos.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 23, 2014 01:56 PM (cxs6V)

I lived in NYC during some of the John Gotti trials and I got in many an argument with my friends on the glorification of this thug.

Posted by: polynikes at January 23, 2014 09:59 AM (m2CN7)

50
Is Tommy's mom the same lady who plays Paulie Walnut's mom in Sopranos?

Posted by: dan-O at January 23, 2014 10:00 AM (D0bIN)

51 Sheesh, calling Jimmy Burke "the gent" isn't glorifying crime; it was his underworld nickname, no more, no less.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 23, 2014 10:00 AM (pFqpP)

52 I only made that comment since, you know, the FBI now changed its mission from "law enforcement" to "national security".

I am a little unclear how chasing a bunch of old timers, err, mafioso's, and not going after terrorist, murdering scum in Benghazi or Mexico fulfills their new "mission".

Posted by: Marcus T at January 23, 2014 10:00 AM (GGCsk)

53 I got that much rolling around in the cup holder of my car

Posted by: John Corzine at January 23, 2014 10:00 AM (zOTsN)

54 44 The Lufthansa heist was peanuts compared to the Isabella Stewart Gardner job. I'm still holding out hope they'll crack that one, but I'm afraid most of the art is probably sitting in some Chinese or Russian plutocrat's secret lair. --- Lufthansa was the biggest cash theft in history, which makes it notable because it was all untraceable. The Gardner job? Those paintings may be worth $500m or more but good luck unloading those for cash and not having it traced back to you.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at January 23, 2014 10:01 AM (/Crba)

55 Retaliation against ~~rats~~ whistleblowers... Sounds familiar.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at January 23, 2014 10:01 AM (IXrOn)

56 THIS. I don't get the glorification of thugs, murderers, and psychos. Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 23, 2014 01:56 PM (cxs6V) Envy of power and imagining that you will be the Godfather not the one sleeping with the fishes. Thank you to everyone for the links to metallurgy stuff, I appreciate it.

Posted by: alexthechick - Skittle fueled Godzillette at January 23, 2014 10:01 AM (VtjlW)

57 Is Tommy's mom the same lady who plays Paulie Walnut's mom in Sopranos? --- Doubtful. Tommy's mom is played by Goodfellas director Martin Scorsese's mom.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at January 23, 2014 10:01 AM (/Crba)

Chicago has never changed.

They cheered Al Capone at a White Sox game and booed Hebert Hoover.

Posted by: polynikes at January 23, 2014 10:01 AM (m2CN7)

59 seriously how much do you have to steal to get a nickname?

Posted by: John Corzine at January 23, 2014 10:02 AM (zOTsN)

60 This place is great if you are looking for specialty metals: http://www.rotometals.com Because of awesomeness http://www.rotometals.com/category-s/77.htm

Posted by: Hobo parts, especially the gizzard at January 23, 2014 10:02 AM (GeVLX)

61 That's from whence my hope springs, that someone, somewhere will try to sell a work to the wrong guy. Hasn't happened yet, though.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 23, 2014 10:02 AM (ZshNr)

62
Oh wow, nevermind, Tommy's mother is played by Catherine Scorsese, Martin Scorsese's mother.

Posted by: dan-O at January 23, 2014 10:02 AM (D0bIN)

63 59 seriously how much do you have to steal to get a nickname? --- You have to be "in" with a crew. Like Johnny Roast Beef, Stacks Edwards, Sally Balls, etc.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at January 23, 2014 10:03 AM (/Crba)

64 I got all the art come and get me

Posted by: John Corzine at January 23, 2014 10:03 AM (zOTsN)

65 >>>The words 'gent' and 'mobster' should never be found in the same sentence.

eh. The media just refers to him by the nickname he has been given. I suppose it would be nice if mafiosos only gave their friends derogatory names, like Jimmy "The Scumbag" Burke, but I don't imagine they are going to be too much affected by your outrage.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 23, 2014 10:03 AM (IN7k+)

66 how much do you have to steal to get a nickname?

Posted by: John Corzine at January 23, 2014 02:02 PM (zOTsN)

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Oh .... you've got one..... fuckweasel.

Posted by: fixerupper at January 23, 2014 10:03 AM (nELVU)

67 its because I'm not Italian, isn't it!

Posted by: John Corzine at January 23, 2014 10:03 AM (zOTsN)

A childhood friend of mine was doing her high school homework at the kitchen table in a town not far from Chicago. Apparently, her father had not paid the appropriate bribes to the mob, so they sent a fellow to encourage him, and this fellow got her father's brains all over the homework when he used a shotgun point blank as the encourager.

Drug addicts are thee steps up the food chain from mobsters.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at January 23, 2014 10:03 AM (AskuI)

69 how much do you have to steal to get a nickname?

Posted by: John Corzine at January 23, 2014 02:02 PM (zOTsN)

Now that's a damn good question.

Posted by: Barry "Choom Boy" Obama at January 23, 2014 10:04 AM (pFqpP)

70 49 polynikes, I have little use for the mob, or the democrats who enable them...

Posted by: sven10077 at January 23, 2014 10:04 AM (TE35l)

71 eh. The media just refers to him by the nickname he has been given. I suppose it would be nice if mafiosos only gave their friends derogatory names, like Jimmy "The Scumbag" Burke, but I don't imagine they are going to be too much affected by your outrage. --- Depends on the mobster. Most of them are known by their underworld names. A notable exception is Tony "The Ant" Spilotro, who got his name from the press as a cleaned-up version of what FBI agent Bill Roemer used to call him, "that little pissant".

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at January 23, 2014 10:04 AM (/Crba)

72 Goodfellas -one year shy of a quarter of a century old.

Posted by: RWC at January 23, 2014 10:04 AM (fWAjv)

73 58 They cheered Al Capone at a White Sox game and booed Hebert Hoover. white sox fans.... not real Chicagoans

Posted by: navycopjoe now with 3X the hate at January 23, 2014 10:04 AM (At8tV)

74 jeez I even did my schtick in New Jersey

Posted by: John Corzine at January 23, 2014 10:05 AM (zOTsN)

75 What about Johnny Coldcuts?

Posted by: blaster at January 23, 2014 10:05 AM (W6bkf)

76 I'm smart! Not like everybody says... like dumb... I'm smart and I want respect!

Posted by: Fredo Biden at January 23, 2014 10:05 AM (Dwehj)

77 But did they catch Jimmy Two-Times? But did they catch Jimmy Two-Times?

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at January 23, 2014 10:05 AM (7ObY1)

78 This blog is funny.

Posted by: RWC at January 23, 2014 10:06 AM (fWAjv)

79 The media just refers to him by the nickname he has been given. Yeah, but why *couldn't* (or shouldn't) they just use his name? No reason. They *do* use his nickname because it drives eyeballs. It's evocative, even provocative to the right people. And that's completely understandable, but it *does* have the side effect of glamorizing (or, at least, white-washing) these very bad men.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 23, 2014 10:06 AM (PYAXX)

80 Posted by: Vashta Nerada at January 23, 2014 02:03 PM (AskuI)

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Wow.

My wifes teaches for a Catholic school system. Every once in a while.... one of the Eyetalian Dad's gets busted and goes off to "college".

Posted by: fixerupper at January 23, 2014 10:06 AM (nELVU)

81 Goodfellas is the only mob film you need.

Posted by: garrett at January 23, 2014 10:06 AM (pxqZ+)

82 and when I got in bed with the unions I literally got in bed with the unions

Posted by: John Corzine at January 23, 2014 10:06 AM (zOTsN)

83 75 What about Johnny Coldcuts? --- Or Jimmy Twotimes, Jimmy Twotimes?

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at January 23, 2014 10:06 AM (/Crba)

84 These guys aren't much different from Geithner threatening to break S&Ps legs.

Posted by: --- at January 23, 2014 10:07 AM (MMC8r)

85
whoa, outtanowhere, Danny Bonaduce takes a swipe at David Cassidy!

CNN is interviewing Bonaduce to comment on Bieber. Ya'rly.

Posted by: soothsayer, with arms akimbo at January 23, 2014 10:07 AM (gYIst)

86 78 "This blog is funny." The fact that you find this blog funny raises some serious issues about you.

Posted by: jwest at January 23, 2014 10:08 AM (u2a4R)

87 84 These guys aren't much different from Geithner threatening to break S&Ps legs. --- The difference is that those guys really DO feed people to the lions up there.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at January 23, 2014 10:08 AM (/Crba)

88 white sox fans.... not real Chicagoans You tell'em, Joe!

Posted by: Clark Cub at January 23, 2014 10:08 AM (pxqZ+)

89 my crew at Goldman, we were better than these guys! we were the best!

Posted by: John Corzine at January 23, 2014 10:08 AM (zOTsN)

90
in b4 "Goodfellas insists upon itself"!

Posted by: soothsayer, with arms akimbo at January 23, 2014 10:08 AM (gYIst)

91 These guys aren't much different from Geithner threatening to break S&Ps legs. At least they never pretended what they were doing was legal. Which, in retrospect, does make them better than many (most?) politicians.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 23, 2014 10:08 AM (PYAXX)

92 amateurs

Posted by: John Corzine at January 23, 2014 10:09 AM (zOTsN)

93 Anthony "The Moron" Mirabella Worst mob nick ever.

Posted by: Hobo parts, especially the gizzard at January 23, 2014 10:09 AM (GeVLX)

These guys aren't much different from Geithner threatening to break S&Ps legs.

The difference is that once in a while, a mobster will actually get tried and convicted.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at January 23, 2014 10:09 AM (AskuI)

95 Is it just me or can anyone else hear the second part of Layla?

Posted by: Mega at January 23, 2014 10:09 AM (hHFOx)

96 >>>>>Darkly funny Burke story - He had a good friend named Remo who got popped by the cops and sold out Burke's cigarette smuggling operation to the Feds. Funny? Like a clown?

Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 23, 2014 10:09 AM (V4CBV)

97
Helicopter. Im telling ya.... a helicopter been following me ALL morning....

Posted by: fixerupper at January 23, 2014 10:09 AM (nELVU)

98 well fuck you guys I'm too big to jail

Posted by: John Corzine at January 23, 2014 10:10 AM (zOTsN)

99 $5 million in cash? Sounds like TFG is due for another vacation.

Posted by: GnuBreed at January 23, 2014 10:10 AM (wNF3N)

100 Posted by: fixerupper at January 23, 2014 02:09 PM (nELVU) You should moon 'em.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 23, 2014 10:10 AM (PYAXX)

101 Sure glad I'm outta jail but Mom's gonna spank my hairless little butt beet red when I get home. FML.

Posted by: Justin Beaver at January 23, 2014 10:10 AM (Dwehj)

102 Funny? Like a clown? Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 23, 2014 02:09 PM (V4CBV) Funny, how? Like, funny ha ha, or like....

Posted by: Mainah at January 23, 2014 10:10 AM (659DL)

103 I'm too big to jail Posted by: John Corzine at January 23, 2014 02:10 PM (zOTsN) No, I'm pretty sure that's your replacement...

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 23, 2014 10:10 AM (PYAXX)

104 88 You tell'em, Joe! Posted by: Clark Cub damnit!!!

Posted by: navycopjoe now with 3X the hate at January 23, 2014 10:10 AM (At8tV)

105 78 "This blog is funny." I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh, I'm here to fuckin' amuse you? What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny?

Posted by: jwest at January 23, 2014 10:10 AM (u2a4R)

106 96 >>>>>Darkly funny Burke story - He had a good friend named Remo who got popped by the cops and sold out Burke's cigarette smuggling operation to the Feds. Funny? Like a clown? --- Do I make you laugh? Do I amuse you? What the fuck is so funny about me?

Posted by: Tommy DeSimone at January 23, 2014 10:11 AM (/Crba)

107

Henry Hill used to make appearances on Howard Stern a lot. He was a sad, broken , alcoholic and I had not one ounce of sympathy for him. He never really expressed any sincere regrets. And to be frank, he really wasn't that interesting.

Posted by: polynikes at January 23, 2014 10:11 AM (m2CN7)

108 Crime doesn't pay, unless you are a skeevy politician who happens to be a democrat. See Corzine and McDonnell.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humantiarian at January 23, 2014 10:11 AM (HVff2)

109 Posted by: Clark Cub

*snicker*

Posted by: HR at January 23, 2014 10:11 AM (ZKzrr)

110 There is a tremendous amount of genuine LCN (La Cosa Nostra) nostalgia in certain cities such as mine. I belong to a local history Facebook page and several local historical societies. Whenever anyone posts some memorabilia or even mentions the old LCN days, you might not believe the comments they get. I'm talking 90 % positive. Our local boss was Stefano "The Undertaker" Magaddino. The man is still considered a local hero long after his death. (He really was an undertaker, it wasn't just a mob nickname. His old funeral parlor still stands, vacant, in Niagara Falls, NY.) Kind of weird. Growing up in an Italian household, we were forbidden from even saying the word "Mafia." My mom was like Tony Soprano: "There's no such thing as the Mafia." The older generation had been raised to always say that, especially around the "Medigans" (Americans) My mom still to this day cringes a bit when someone says the "M" word.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at January 23, 2014 10:12 AM (7ObY1)

111
Awwww . . . . Jwest..... whadjoo go and shoot the kid for????

Posted by: fixerupper at January 23, 2014 10:12 AM (nELVU)

112 How does everyone get those quotes so quick?

Posted by: jwest at January 23, 2014 10:12 AM (u2a4R)

113 Crime doesn't pay, unless you are a skeevy politician who happens to be a democrat. Crime pays quite well. It just has lousy retirement options.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) Ah, F It. at January 23, 2014 10:12 AM (PYAXX)

114 Cigarettes? Those things are too tightly regulated. The real money is in hijacking trucks of tuna and diapers.

Posted by: garrett at January 23, 2014 10:12 AM (pxqZ+)

115 Crime doesn't pay, unless you are a skeevy politician who happens to be a democrat. See Corzine and McDonnell. Posted by: Misanthropic Humantiarian at January 23, 2014 02:11 PM (HVff2) Finally! Some respect!

Posted by: John Corzine at January 23, 2014 10:12 AM (zOTsN)

116 What the fuck you looking at? Come on. Make that coffee to go. Let's go.

What the fuck are you doing? It's a joke! A joke! Put the fucking pot down!

Posted by: Tommy DeVito at January 23, 2014 10:12 AM (UzPAd)

117 Kind of weird. Growing up in an Italian household, we were forbidden from even saying the word "Mafia." My mom was like Tony Soprano: "There's no such thing as the Mafia." --- My mom grew up in a union household. They were forbidden to say "Teamsters" so that my grandfather didn't get the shit kicked out of him or his house firebombed like the one up the street, which belonged to a relative of a guy who testified against Jimmy Hoffa.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at January 23, 2014 10:13 AM (/Crba)

118

I literally got in bed with the unions

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Me too!

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at January 23, 2014 10:13 AM (eytER)

119 How does everyone get those quotes so quick?

Posted by: jwest at January 23, 2014 02:12 PM (u2a4R)

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memory....... Ive only seen this movie about a hunnerd times.... ;-)

Posted by: fixerupper at January 23, 2014 10:13 AM (nELVU)

120 You know TFG, you're a fuckin' mumbling stuttering little fuck. You know that?

Posted by: RWC at January 23, 2014 10:13 AM (fWAjv)

121 Union of the Snake

Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 23, 2014 10:14 AM (V4CBV)

122 119 How does everyone get those quotes so quick? Posted by: jwest at January 23, 2014 02:12 PM (u2a4R) ---- memory....... Ive only seen this movie about a hunnerd times.... ;-) --- Seen the movie and read the book a bunch of times. Good storytellers are great at putting an oral history together that sticks in your mind.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at January 23, 2014 10:14 AM (/Crba)

123 I wonder if you had to sign an oath of omerta to get into The Mooch's birfday bash?

Posted by: GnuBreed at January 23, 2014 10:15 AM (wNF3N)

124 I literally got in bed with the unions ----------- Me too! Posted by: Sandra Fluke I had to buy the teachers union broad her own condo in Hoboken overlooking the water and $250,000! And that was during contract negotiations! Still cheaper than alimony

Posted by: John Corzine at January 23, 2014 10:15 AM (zOTsN)

125 Take the phrase "cfuk" out of Goodfellas script and its size is halvedÂ… Still a good flick, IMHO.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] [/u] at January 23, 2014 10:15 AM (HsTG8)

126
What'd I tell ya.... huh.... WHAT'D I TELL YA..... lay low..... nuttin big. But NO..... you gotta go get new caddy. FUCK!!!....

Posted by: fixerupper at January 23, 2014 10:15 AM (nELVU)

127 Lorraine Bracco was hot in that.

I didn't feel like it glorified the mob. Everybody got whacked or in jail at the end, and the women were made to look awful.

Posted by: eleven at January 23, 2014 10:16 AM (KXm42)

128 #117 My mom grew up in a union household. They were forbidden to say "Teamsters" so that my grandfather didn't get the shit kicked out of him or his house firebombed like the one up the street, which belonged to a relative of a guy who testified against Jimmy Hoffa. Wow. My grandmother (who recently passed at the age of 105, bless her) lived right down the street from a house that got bombed by the Mob. At first she was worried that it was meant for her...her surname happened to be the same as one of the Five Families. But it was a coincidence.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at January 23, 2014 10:16 AM (7ObY1)

129 Fuhgeddaboutit.

Posted by: that guy who messes up movie quotes at January 23, 2014 10:17 AM (RUvjp)

130 I see dead people.

Posted by: Layla scene kids playing ball at January 23, 2014 10:17 AM (MhA4j)

131

What's interesting is connecting the real life players and time period of Donnie Brasco and Goodfellas.

Posted by: polynikes at January 23, 2014 10:17 AM (m2CN7)

132 Ray Liotta is one ugly fucker. I never liked that face.

Posted by: fb at January 23, 2014 10:18 AM (JVEmw)

133

I ordered some pasta with marinara sauce and I got egg noodles and ketchup. I'm a nobody. I get to live the rest of my life like a schnook.

Posted by: fixerupper at January 23, 2014 10:19 AM (nELVU)

134 128 #117 My mom grew up in a union household. They were forbidden to say "Teamsters" so that my grandfather didn't get the shit kicked out of him or his house firebombed like the one up the street, which belonged to a relative of a guy who testified against Jimmy Hoffa. Wow. My grandmother (who recently passed at the age of 105, bless her) lived right down the street from a house that got bombed by the Mob. At first she was worried that it was meant for her...her surname happened to be the same as one of the Five Families. But it was a coincidence. --- Yeah, I hear all these stories now, WAY after the fact, of what my grandfather went through as a union electrician living in a blue-collar neighborhood with my mom and uncles in the 50s and 60s. The one that turns my stomach the most is him having to bring my mom and uncles with him to a job site to retrieve his tools, as the Teamsters were picketing and he had to ensure they knew he wasn't going there to work.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at January 23, 2014 10:19 AM (/Crba)

135 Snitches get stitches, bitchez!

Posted by: Timmy "Turbo Tax" Geithner at January 23, 2014 10:23 AM (59PVd)

136

75: "white sox fans....
not real Chicagoans"

What is the difference?

Posted by: Azenogoth (Freedom or Fire) at January 23, 2014 10:23 AM (/qzu7)

137 Whatever happened to Jimmy Two-Times? Whatever happened to Jimmy Two-Times?

Posted by: Mike at January 23, 2014 10:23 AM (Rk8LS)

138 Funny, how?

Posted by: Mike at January 23, 2014 10:28 AM (Rk8LS)

139 There were some great videos of Harry Hill hanging out with the Venice Beach winos a few years ago. But his bitchy wife had them removed.

Posted by: Judge Pug at January 23, 2014 10:28 AM (E4MKN)

140 Well, we weren't married to nine-to-five guys, but the first time I realized how different was when Mickey had a hostess party. They had bad skin and wore too much make-up. I mean, they didn't look very good. They looked beat-up. And the stuff they wore was thrown together and cheap. A lot of pant suits and double knits. And they talked about how rotten their kids were and about beating them with broom handles and leather belts. But that the kids still didn't pay any attention.. so true

Posted by: Karen Hill at January 23, 2014 10:28 AM (zOTsN)

141 Thank god they stopped this crime spree... I hear they are about to crack the case on a bunch of Saudis attending filght schools; something about expired visas.
Also after a couple of Chechyn dudes with illegal fireworks and a stolen pressure cooker.
Priorities mother fuckers, priorities!
Jackasses

Posted by: Bad Lt. Cmdr. at January 23, 2014 10:35 AM (/4yYG)

142 It is said that the old Italian-American mafia acted in coordination with the US WWII effort on more than one occasion. It is also said that the old wise guys left alone those who weren't in the organization. That's folly, given that the private businessmen and citizenry at large were held in contempt by mafia, demanding "protection" money, threatening and inducing bodily harm to any irritation. But as if the Italians were the only people succumbing to organized crime, or boasted the most violent organized crime rings. No excuse for it, regardless of ethnicity. Truly ugly, Italian mafia, Irish mob, Russian mob, various Eastern European mobs, Arabic Muslim "assassin" sects including contemporary hate-crime jihadists, various Spanish speaking cartels, and all others, corrupt unions, post-constitutional federal authoritarians. Parasites uber alles, hurting the working class the hardest. Look what came from them, where things have gone culturally. Whatever nostalgia for the old corruption, just because people are uglier today than ever hardly means to please bring back the old corruption. If you have to go through an upheaval, as as society or individually, it may as well be to reinvigorate constructionist Constitutional Rule of Law. Get what you ask for. Make it worth the effort. Liberty with all its responsibilities, equality under the law as "justice".

Posted by: panzernashorn at January 23, 2014 10:38 AM (MhA4j)

143 132. Au contraire, imho. Saw "Nark" (2002) the other night.

Posted by: panzernashorn at January 23, 2014 10:45 AM (MhA4j)

144 Take the phrase "cfuk" out of Goodfellas script and its size is halvedÂ… Still a good flick, IMHO. Posted by: Krebs -------------- Take word 'motherfcuker' out of 'Scarface', and there's no dialog at all.

Posted by: Mike Hammer at January 23, 2014 11:15 AM (aDwsi)

145 If you like your doctor...Fuck you! Pay Me!
If you like your health insurance plan...Fuck you! Pay Me!
If you want to save $2500 a year in premiums...Fuck you! Pay Me!

Posted by: The IRS at January 23, 2014 11:22 AM (61B4w)

146
One company I worked for here in SoCal bought out an IT company in New Jersey. After a few months, the clueless VP Ops here in CA was reviewing costs and noticed the high price of trash removal at the NJ facility, so he told the manager there to get a couple of other quotes. The manager almost lost his job because he refused, saying that he'd rather lose his job than to lose his life.

Took awhile for the VP to realize he was deadly serious.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 23, 2014 11:46 AM (TIIx5)

147 Ray Liotta is one ugly fucker. I never liked thatRicotta Posted by: fb at January 23, 2014 02:18 PM (JVEmw) You think he is ugly? Google Henry Hill. The makeup people would have had to beat Liotta with a sack of doorknobs to make him as ugly As Hill.

Posted by: elliot at January 23, 2014 11:46 AM (C8vxs)

148 I guess that's the guy depicted as a rug merchant in the movie? No, "Morrie" was based on small time bookie and associate Marty Krugman who did manage to die along with the others involved in the heist Many of the characters in the movie were composites of the real associates in the book "Wiseguys" by Nicholas Pileggi based on Henry Hill's life in the mob Now go home and get your fuckin' shine box!

Posted by: kbdabear at January 23, 2014 12:48 PM (aTXUx)

149 148 "No, "Morrie" was based on small time bookie and associate Marty Krugman who did manage to die along with the others involved in the heist"

Krugman got the tip about the money from a Lufthansa worker who owed him gambling debts, and passed it along to the Burke crew through Henry Hill. The Burke crew had to clear the heist with Vinnie Asaro, the guy who just got arrested, because JFK airport was Bonanno family territory and Asaro was their head guy at the airport. Krugman was eventually killed at a location belonging to Asaro. Maybe the Feds finally found some more solid evidence tying Asaro to Krugman's murder?

Posted by: Alex at January 23, 2014 01:23 PM (/yzYn)

150 hmmmmm. Lived in Boy's Town on Chicago's North Side, joined the Navy, Cubs fan, living in Hawaii.... one could surmise a pattern......

Posted by: whitesoxfan at January 23, 2014 02:15 PM (1Gzen)

151 "I am telling you there is a fucking helicopter following us, and stir that sauce damn it."

Posted by: Nip Sip at January 23, 2014 03:45 PM (0FSuD)

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