ECP NetHappenings Protection racket extortion scheme

The Godfather

“Finance is a gun. Politics is
knowing when to pull the trigger.”

“Politics and crime
they are the same thing.”

THEY GOT CAPONE ON HIS TAXES

ECP NetHappenings Trump is a Russian Asset codenamed “Krasnov”

Protection racket extortion scheme
by Suzanne Vranica at Su*************@*sj.com

” A protection racket is a type of racket and a scheme of organized crime perpetrated by a potentially hazardous organized crime group that generally guarantees protection outside the sanction of the law
99% of Twitter’s advertisers had returned made no sense to us… outside of fear of retaliation bordering on extortion from frivolous lawsuits.

And now I read this in the Wall Street Journal.
New brand safety tools that help advertisers avoid having their ads appear near content they deem as unsuitable and extra premium content, like from the NFL, have helped X convince some brands and agencies to return, industry executives said. They said the rebound may also be driven in part by fear over the continuing federal antitrust lawsuit and Musk’s growing power in Washington.

We now see brands returning in quite significant numbers, because the easiest route is to just spend a minimum viable amount on the platform,” said Ebiquity’s Schreurs. “Not because they want to advertise there and run their ads adjacent to the content on X, but because they are afraid of legal and political ramifications of not doing so.”

Fascist Musk gives Nazi salutes, Big Tech rushes to advertise on his
platform, after giving Fascist Trump millions for his inauguration and
joining him on the Fuhrer platform.

The biggest reasons
we have a severe budget deficit

The biggest reasons we have a severe budget deficit is NOT Medicaid or foreign aid or school lunches.  We all know the reasons: the Reagan tax cuts, the Bush tax cuts 1 and 2, the Trump tax cuts, and the economic crisis created by deregulating the banksters by Clinton and Bush.  That is the source.  Yet the Cowards (aka Republicans) are going to try to slash all sorts of programs so they can cut taxes on Musk and Bezos again.   Can you really not mount a good argument against all that?  You know what’s coming, start beating it back.

When Melania Trump sold her documentary, Netflix & Apple passed. Disney offered $14M. Amazon — a company notorious for frugality — offered three times its nearest competitor, an eye-popping $40M.  Melania is getting more than 70% of that sum.

The Death of Roy Cohn, Resorts International, and Donald Trump’s Financial Downfall | by Peter Grant

Trump expected to take control of USPS, fire postal board, officials say. Trump and his sick cronies lie endlessly — you KNOW they’re after the USPS to kill postal services.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/02/20/trump-usps-takeover-dejoy/

THEY LIE ENDLESSLY:
White House denies published plans to privatize postal service, end rural deliveries

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/21/business/trump-postal-service-privatization/index.html

NIGHTMARE: DOGE claims “AI” could replace many federal workers

Call it what it is: Nazi salute, not “Roman” salute:
Steve Bannon gives Nazi salute at CPAC

https://boingboing.net/2025/02/21/steve-bannon-mimics-elon-musks-salute-as-he-vies-to-stay-relevant-video.html

Self-serving SOB: Musk fires half the government team regulating autonomous vehicles That team needs to be massively EXPANDED.

Origin Stories: Plantations, Computers, and Industrial Control

Gianni Russo The Hollywood GodFather

Gianni Russo Actor, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and Mafia associate

THIS IS JUST THE BEST!

Gianni Russo detailed his family’s mafia ties in Italy, including his mafia boss uncle being hanged in Italy. After speaking about having polio as a child and being quarantined, Gianni spoke about moving to America with his family and working for Luciano mob boss Frank Costello when he was 13. It was while working with Costello that Gianni got to know Marilyn Monroe, who Gianni lost his virginity to when he was 16 and Marilyn was 28. The two stayed close throughout the remainder of Monroe’s life, and Gianni recalled being with her days before her death, which Gianni says was a murder carried out by Monroe’s former lover, Bobby Kennedy.

During the conversation, Gianni spoke about being cast as Carlo Rizzi in The Godfather, which was his first-ever film, and he detailed threatening Marlon Brando at the first rehearsal for the movie. He went on to explain how he was kidnapped and beaten after Pablo Escobar put a hit out on him, and how Escobar stopped the hit after realizing Gianni was in The Godfather. To hear more, including his friendships with Frank Sinatra and Bill Clinton, hit the above clip.

BEFORE THE VACCINE
The oral polio vaccine was developed by Albert Sabin and came into commercial use in 1961. In 1963, I gave my children an oral vaccine developed by Albert Sabin in a sugar cube and was grateful that I did not need to fear this dreadful disease. In 1965 there were only 61 cases in the U.S. By 1994, polio was declared eliminated from the Americas.

The Hollywood Godfather Podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hollywood-godfather-podcast/id1452958267

Hollywood Godfather podcast. Actor, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and Mafia associate, Gianni Russo has teamed with an unlikely ally, Patrick Picciarelli, retired NYPD lieutenant, and current private investigator to put together a thought-provoking, tragic, funny, and often shocking view of Gianni’s life in the mob and the movies.

Carlo Rizzi gets whacked

Gianni Russo–Rare 1993 TV Interview, The Godfather