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The Mafia to Fight ISIS?

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  • The Mafia to Fight ISIS?

    What a novel concept.

    Maybe another aspect of "my enemy's enemy is my friend"?

    And, from the article
    The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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    Make ISIS and offer they can't refuse.

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    • #3
      That's what
      - She

      Without a clear-cut definition of sin, morality becomes a mere argument over the best way to train animals
      - Manya the Holy Szin (The Quintara Marathon)

      I may not be as old as dirt, but me and dirt are starting to have an awful lot in common
      - Stephen R. Donaldson

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      • #4
        I've heard that crime syndicates like stable societies, the idea being that they don't have to deal with so many uncertainties. Don't know if that's accurate....
        Watch your links! http://www.theologyweb.com/campus/fa...corumetiquette

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        • #5
          Originally posted by DesertBerean View Post
          I've heard that crime syndicates like stable societies, the idea being that they don't have to deal with so many uncertainties. Don't know if that's accurate....
          Yeah, and they don't like police nosing around, so they police themselves and the neighborhoods the .. um... "protect".
          The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
            What a novel concept.

            Maybe another aspect of "my enemy's enemy is my friend"?

            And, from the article
            They can't do any worse than Obama (peace be upon his name).
            Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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            • #7
              Originally posted by seer View Post
              They can't do any worse than Obama (peace be upon his name).


              Ok, that one was actually funny.
              I'm not here anymore.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Carrikature View Post


                Ok, that one was actually funny.
                Even a blind squirrel finds a nut now and again...
                Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by seer View Post
                  Even a blind squirrel finds a nut now and again...
                  Are you the squirrel or the nut?

                  The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                    Yeah, and they don't like police nosing around, so they police themselves and the neighborhoods the .. um... "protect".
                    IIRC realtors back in the 60s and 70s loved neighborhoods where a mafia bigwig lived in that they could emphasize how crime free the area was -- although they never mentioned why.

                    I'm always still in trouble again

                    "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
                    "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
                    "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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                    • #11
                      Just today I happened to come across this amusing article listing 10 ways that the mafia is better than the state.
                      http://www.notbeinggoverned.com/10-r...han-the-state/

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                        What a novel concept.

                        Maybe another aspect of "my enemy's enemy is my friend"?

                        And, from the article
                        I wonder who wants out of jail this time.
                        To say that crony capitalism is not true/free market capitalism, is like saying a grand slam is not true baseball, or like saying scoring a touchdown is not true American football ...Stefan Mykhaylo D

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by jordanriver View Post
                          I wonder who wants out of jail this time.
                          No! you don't suspect a deal in the works!!!!
                          The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by jordanriver View Post
                            I wonder who wants out of jail this time.
                            The tens of thousands in the Soviet gulags.

                            Oh, wait...

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by klaus54 View Post
                              The tens of thousands in the Soviet gulags.

                              Oh, wait...
                              revolutions are messy

                              yup
                              To say that crony capitalism is not true/free market capitalism, is like saying a grand slam is not true baseball, or like saying scoring a touchdown is not true American football ...Stefan Mykhaylo D

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