[Digger]

To the fine Col: The Congress of the U.S. is nothing less. The true ENEMY IS WITHIN.

[Commander8]

I can tell you that the Russian mafia is for real. There is a Russian organized crime presence in California's Central Valley where I live. Most of what they do involves cell phone theft, credit card fraud and extorting "protection" money from Russian, Ukrainian and Lithuanian immigrants.

[DBtoo]

It's been said these guys make the Sicilian mafia look like a bunch of girl scouts. I wonder how Putin deals with them. I suspect either he's against them or he works with them. Since we don't hear much about that issue, I suspect he works with them, but I would very much like to hear otherwise.

[gcruse]

The American mafia is no slouch, either. Maybe a merger?
"Make him an offer he can't refusenik!"

[monday]

"Currently, Russian officials and the government-controlled media are trying to give the international community a wrong idea – that the notorious Russian or "Red" Mafia exists largely in the imagination of Western intelligence experts. "

LOL...good luck to them. Not only does the "Red" Mafia exist, but about 20,000 "Red" Mafias exist. Trying to claim they don't is an exercise in futility. Anyone trying to do business in Russia has to deal with mafia.

[Libertarianize the GOP]

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