tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post8499481320936577433..comments2024-03-28T12:01:08.192-06:00Comments on The Blog Fodder: Bombs in Dnipropetrovs'kThe Blog Fodderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-21217882129413778522012-05-01T01:45:47.819-06:002012-05-01T01:45:47.819-06:00It's a crazy world we live in. Around here we ...It's a crazy world we live in. Around here we get the occasional street gangs randomly shooting people. Don't know if we really have a "mafioso" here just your run of the mill embezzlers and scam artists. Nothing very messy to report here except a few mental cases.Demeurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01935263659097273535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-3321154646440833662012-04-29T04:52:17.639-06:002012-04-29T04:52:17.639-06:00Thanks, Ahab. If it is just petty crooks engaged ...Thanks, Ahab. If it is just petty crooks engaged in extortion they will be found and fixed. However if it is serious stuff, it depends who is on whose side and whether or not they have gone too far and will be abandoned by their "cover".<br /><br />Ol'B, that must have been an interesting trial. The Mafioso had "class". did he get off and who was murdered as a result The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-37106664547625196102012-04-28T17:36:37.518-06:002012-04-28T17:36:37.518-06:00In the 1960's I attended a Mafia trial in Sici...In the 1960's I attended a Mafia trial in Sicily: When the judge read off the list of the accused crimes he stood up and proudly bowed to the audience. <br />the Ol'BuzzardOl'Buzzardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075162476463971258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-28179367205438796042012-04-28T13:02:35.813-06:002012-04-28T13:02:35.813-06:00Best wishes to the city and its inhabitants in the...Best wishes to the city and its inhabitants in the wake of this mess.<br /><br />I too had assumed that the attacks were rooted in terrorism, but I hadn't considered organized crime. If the latter is the culprit, you are right to doubt what law enforcement can/will do to those responsible.Ahabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675629709031865432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-52837657617790883842012-04-28T12:51:54.545-06:002012-04-28T12:51:54.545-06:00Thanks RB and JLS, appreciate your concerns for th...Thanks RB and JLS, appreciate your concerns for the safety of all in Dnipro. Tanya lived there for many years. We lived there for one year before moving back to ZV which is 130 km west. We go there fairly frequently and have friends there all of whom are safe. We are far freer than in Russia though there has been some progress there lately. Corruption in both countries is the number one The Blog Fodderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-59486446535277937282012-04-28T12:30:49.963-06:002012-04-28T12:30:49.963-06:00I just came in from Rob-bear's blog. May I add...I just came in from Rob-bear's blog. May I add to what Rob-bear said... I take my safety for granted, though not my freedom with what is happening in the States of late. I cannot imagine going through what you do, let alone being able to write coherently. I wish you all safety. I hope your civil liberties are not further limited. It is an increasingly volatile, dangerous world, it seems to meJeannetteLShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528285846408727632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-26412105408956095172012-04-28T10:43:49.176-06:002012-04-28T10:43:49.176-06:00What a thoroughly delightful way to ruin everybody...What a thoroughly delightful way to ruin everybodys' weekend. May you keep calm and cary on. <br /><br />Blessings and Bear hugs.Rob-bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00171692478879522588noreply@blogger.com