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« on: January 23, 2009, 02:18:16 PM »
The former NY State Semate Majority leader who had some notable tussles with Spitzer and had some legal issues of his own during the time has been indicted.

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« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2009, 05:27:37 PM »
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« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2009, 07:32:14 PM »
the whole "three men in a room" system of government that NYState had for the longest time (Pataki, Bruno, and Sheldon Silver) was inherently 'corrupt' though it may be difficult to pin anything on anybody...
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« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2009, 08:08:49 PM »
Bruno even looks utterly corrupt!
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« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2009, 10:30:07 PM »

Let me guess. The last name is Bruno so...
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« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2009, 11:05:29 PM »
All of our politicians here in NY are corrupt.  Our politics are so tribal (everyone looks out for their own kind and couldn't care less about everyone else) that it's inevitable.
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« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2009, 06:51:22 AM »
Quote from: Keystone Phil on January 23, 2009, 10:30:07 PM

Let me guess. The last name is Bruno so...

Haha, no. I just mean, well, look...
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« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2009, 08:11:00 AM »
Quote from: Alderman on January 24, 2009, 06:51:22 AM
Quote from: Keystone Phil on January 23, 2009, 10:30:07 PM

Let me guess. The last name is Bruno so...

Haha, no. I just mean, well, look...


He looks more Roman (medieval or modern, not ancient) than corrupt.

And his name sounds Roman to me, too. Smiley
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« Reply #8 on: January 24, 2009, 08:23:43 AM »
Meh. Upon checking that name is typical for Rome but for other places as well.


Turin and Milan is probably migration-related.
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« Reply #9 on: January 24, 2009, 12:47:56 PM »
Quote from: unempprof on January 23, 2009, 11:05:29 PM
All of our politicians here in MDNY are corrupt.  Our politics are so tribal (everyone looks out for their own kind and couldn't care less about everyone else) that it's inevitable.
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« Reply #10 on: January 24, 2009, 01:16:10 PM »
Quote from: unempprof on January 23, 2009, 11:05:29 PM
All of our politicians here in NY are corrupt.  Our politics are so tribal (everyone looks out for their own kind and couldn't care less about everyone else) that it's inevitable.

Yup.  It was no secret that Bruno's retirement was partly due to his pending indictment.


Quote from: ican'tbelievei'mnotverin on January 24, 2009, 08:23:43 AM
Meh. Upon checking that name is typical for Rome but for other places as well.

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Turin and Milan is probably migration-related.


Typically, any Italian surname you see in America is Southern (I know a ton of Brunos).  This is why you don't see many Allighieris, DeMedicis, Sforzas, or Berlusconis in America. Tongue
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« Reply #11 on: January 24, 2009, 01:42:15 PM »
Quote from: Alderman on January 24, 2009, 06:51:22 AM
Quote from: Keystone Phil on January 23, 2009, 10:30:07 PM

Let me guess. The last name is Bruno so...

Haha, no. I just mean, well, look...



Right...he...looks Italian...
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« Reply #12 on: January 24, 2009, 04:43:08 PM »
Quote from: paul718 on January 24, 2009, 01:16:10 PM
Typically, any Italian surname you see in America is Southern (I know a ton of Brunos).  This is why you don't see many Allighieris, DeMedicis, Sforzas, or Berlusconis in America. Tongue
No, that's because they're not very common names (though Berlusconi is indeed as ultra-Lombard a name as a man).







As to the Sforza's, I suppose you just haven't met any... as the name is neither uncommon nor, er, unsouthern.
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« Reply #13 on: January 24, 2009, 05:05:14 PM »
Played around to find a highly common, yet highly northern name with political implications. Didn't take long. Cheesy
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« Reply #14 on: January 25, 2009, 12:06:07 PM »

This hole-digging business is fun. Is there anything I can add to make it deeper [qm]
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« Reply #15 on: January 25, 2009, 12:07:48 PM »
Quote from: Alderman on January 25, 2009, 12:06:07 PM

This hole-digging business is fun. Is there anything I can add to make it deeper [qm]

You should found a photo with pasta falling out of his mouth and a picture of Uncle Benito hanging in the background.
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« Reply #16 on: January 25, 2009, 12:13:34 PM »
Quote from: Keystone Phil on January 25, 2009, 12:07:48 PM
Quote from: Alderman on January 25, 2009, 12:06:07 PM

This hole-digging business is fun. Is there anything I can add to make it deeper [qm]

You should found a photo with pasta falling out of his mouth and a picture of Uncle Benito hanging in the background.

I looked but couldn't find one Sad
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« Reply #17 on: January 25, 2009, 12:30:49 PM »
Quote from: Alderman on January 25, 2009, 12:06:07 PM

This hole-digging business is fun. Is there anything I can add to make it deeper [qm]
Repeat after me:

"Yeah. That's what I was saying."
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« Reply #18 on: January 25, 2009, 02:46:28 PM »
Yeah, I'm not sure how he "looks corrupt..." He does look like he has a botox pipeline hooked up to his house. Isn't he pushing 80?
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« Reply #19 on: January 25, 2009, 06:52:11 PM »
« Edited: January 25, 2009, 06:55:03 PM by paul718 »
Quote from: ican'tbelievei'mnotverin on January 24, 2009, 04:43:08 PM
As to the Sforza's, I suppose you just haven't met any... as the name is neither uncommon nor, er, unsouthern.

Migration. Grin

Edit: Perhaps my examples were bad (I just chose fancy-sounding names of notable aristocrats), but I have been told that Italians laugh at how Italian emigrants all have Southern last names.
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