(Part 2) Reddit mentions: The best rich & famous biographies

I posted this elsewhere, but this case is huge and leads back to a lot of what has corroded society for years.

Epstein did wunderkind financial restructuring type stuff for very rich people and became rich himself. Tax evasion? Money laundering? Not sure. All very secretive, explored here.

Ghislaine Maxwell was kind of a girlfriend/procurer of Epsteins for a while. Watch for a court case in NYC involving her.

Was Ghislaine controlling Epstein through his young girl habit? We are not sure but she was complicit in it.

Then Epstein in turn provided young girls to the rich and powerful, presumably to obtain kompromat on them. His house was wired for video, he provided girls on jets for people.

Ghislaine's father Robert, who died in mysterious circumstances, was connected with Mossad.

Robert Maxwell was the one who came up with the whole "former USSR asset stripping" mechanism. Basically anybody who was powerful at the fall of the USSR got to acquire and then to launder huge amounts of assets. Think high up members of KGB, Communist party etc. The founder members of what we now think of as the corrupt klepto-oligarch class controlling the former USSR.

Maxwell and Semion Mogilevich were partners on setting up the means for those guys to clean their stolen money.


Trump is of course a small part of this.

Trump has been running with the mob since he started out but he was presumably entrapped again fucking a 13 year old Epstein girl. He provided laundering mechanisms through real estate after 9/11.

The Patriot Act, passed shortly after 9/11, closed a lot of money movement holes by mandating reporting. This was to try to clamp down on terrorist financing but that affected general money laundering also. It had one key exception, real estate transactions.

This meant that anybody who could provide flexible real estate investment opportunities that could allow for large number of smooth transactions in and out could become the new vehicle for mob/oligarch money movement.

Hence, build idiotic luxury apartment towers all over. Trump towers in Baku, Panama etc.

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My name is Jeff Stenzel and I am the author of Beyond the Red Carpet, which chronicles my own journey from a shy midwestern nobody to spending almost 20 years in Hollywood (and still remaining a midwestern nobody, but with a lot of stories). I first went to Los Angeles at 16 years old with the hopes to learn a little about the lives of the rich and famous. I ended up networking my way onto film sets and into the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, Grammys, and numerous other Hollywood functions. I have been an extra in several films and helped produce some independent films as well. Feel free to ask me anything.


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I would be very apprehensive to look at NBA athletes, or US athletes in general, when it comes to depression. Those that do have it very rarely talk about it. It's stigmatized still, especially in a macho world.

As a result typically the guys you find out have major depression are the ones that kind of went off the deep end. Guys like Delonte West, Larry Sanders, Lamar Odom, etc. It might lead you to believe that you can't live a normal life with it.

I'm sure there are many athletes that suffer from depression. A big one to look up to is Jerry West, who has been very open about it. One of the best basketball players of all time, followed up by one of the best executives of all time.


I would recommend reading West by West: My Charmed, Tormented Life'. Best of luck with your condition and it's awesome you're taking proactive steps.

https://www.amazon.com/West-My-Charmed-Tormented-Life/dp/0316053503

Seconding the recommendations on Rothstein and Boardwalk Gangster (though I believe Boardwalk Gangster isn't the same as The Real and Fake Gangster; if I remember right Boardwalk Gangster is updated with new research and details, so I recommend getting that one) and adding a few more recommendations; to round out the New York gangsters, there's Little Man:
http://www.amazon.com/Little-Man-Meyer-Lansky-Gangster/dp/0316511684/
and while I also haven't read anything about Capone, Prohibition Gangsters gives a decent overview of, well, prohibition gangsters in general (including Capone), though being a summary it doesn't go into as much detail as it could on stuff like the Castellammarese War. Still, it's a good starting point:
http://www.amazon.com/Prohibition-Gangsters-Rise-Fall-Generation/dp/0813561159/
As far as I'm aware there's not a book on the Castellammarese War or the entire period in general, which is a shame. There is The Mob and the City, which looks at the genesis of the Mafia until Apalachin specifically within the context of New York City; it's one of the only books that covers as wide a span of time as it does, but I recommend it with some reservations. It's very revisionist and in my opinion doesn't give Luciano the credit he deserves, plus it focuses VERY heavily on the Mafia specifically and (despite Meyer being on the cover) ignores the contributions of non-Italian organized crime figures like Rothstein and Lansky, which is kind of annoying if you know how much involvement they actually had:
http://www.amazon.com/Mob-City-Hidden-History-Captured/dp/161614923X/

I'd also recommend getting your hands on The Last Testament of Lucky Luciano and Mogul of the Mob, if you can. There are some issues with how reliable they are, considering how involved Luciano and Lansky were in their publication (and there are additional, somewhat notorious issues surrounding The Last Testament especially), but they're very good reads for entertainment value alone, and there is some truth to at least SOME of the things they talk about. Mogul of the Mob tends to be a bit pricey, but The Last Testament got a relatively recent reprint and ebook publication so it's easy to get ahold of:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Last-Testament-Lucky-Luciano/dp/1936274574/
http://www.amazon.com/Meyer-Lansky-Mogul-Dennis-Eisenberg/dp/044822206X/

Basically until someone writes a definitive reliable single volume on the era, you kind of have to piece stuff together from various sources, which can get kind of expensive depending on how in depth you want to go, but it's all fascinating stuff.

I would absolutely love, with a passion this Book

Alan Sugar is one of my life idols and I'm really excited to read his books when I get the chance.

>Lipstadt also lashed out at the "over-the-top pandering" of Republican presidential candidates, describing their fawning support for Israel as "embarrassing" and "unhealthy." Of last week’s appearance of the top Republican candidates at a Washington forum organized by the Republican Jewish Committee, she said: "It was unbelievable. It made me cringe. I couldn’t watch it."

Hey Debs, I know exactly how you feel! I often cringe too, when I see the way American politicians bend over before Israel in that charming way they do.

Yep, way too much pandering going on. As you said, it's over the top. There should be just the right amount of pandering, tastefully done. Like this maybe?

Really? I don't see why, especially if she's enigmatic and not much is known about her. Kind of makes someone more interesting, like Howard Hughes. Really interesting book on all the things he was entangled in.

This is a strong theory, although I don't think Kate would've been quite as successful if she was taking pictures of Will nude in bed after the night on the lash for 750k people to see. Although we can only hope Caro's contribution to literature can equal Pippa's. (see https://www.amazon.co.uk/Celebrate-British-festivities-families-friends/dp/0718176782 )

I always stick to 3 books at a time.

Main:

Jurassic Park by Michael Critchon. I love this book. I have about 9% left and will finish it during bedtime tonight. Crazy thing is everyone tells me The Lost World is the superior novel. Will start on it after I'm done with this.

Secondary:

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemmingway. Gustavo is just getting his fish to bite. It's okay. I don't have a ton of time to read it, but once it's my main book, I'm sure I'll put a lot more time into it.

Just Starting:

Slobberknocker: My Life in Wrestling by Jim Ross**.** I'm a huge wrestling fan, and this is the autobiography of Jim Ross, a man that has been in the business for many decades. I am only a few pages in, but I know I will kill this book in a few days once this is my main book.

Next Books to Start:

The Lost World by Michael Crichton

Without Remorse by Tom Clancy

Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama (Suggested by a Reddit User's post)

Note: I DO NOT have an Amazon Associates account so I do not get any income if you click on the link or not. I just wanted to make things easier for anyone who may wish to purchase or get more info without copying and pasting into google and whatnot. :-)

Great book about the building of this beauty.

Mine's Bigger: The Extraordinary Tale of the World's Greatest Sailboat and the Silicon Valley Tycoon Who Built It https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000TDGGS8/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_0nQRBbEBJY9D2

Here are some of my favorites. Paper Tiger (The writer tries to get down to scratch and complete Q-School), The Big Miss (Hank Haney's take on being Tiger's coach), John Daly - My life in and out of the rough cause well, John Daly. And I'm currently reading Slaying the Tiger which is really good so far.

Ha! I just noticed it in your picture... apparently David Prowse has an autobiography called Straight From the Force's Mouth.

Pretty funny title.

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> What's everyone reading this week?

"Understanding Jesus" by Alister McGrath, and two graphic novels: a biography of Alexander Hamilton and
an autobiography by Stan Lee (who was at Marvel Comics)

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By the way, if anyone is interested in learning about Hamilton,
I recommend the two-hour episode of "American Experience" about him, which can be found on YouTube. See also this page at pbs.org.

Obstacle is the Way is a awesome awesome book. I would also recommend Bill Bartmann's Bouncing Back - http://www.amazon.com/Bouncing-Back-Life-Bill-Bartmann-ebook/dp/B00FK6XFZQ

That guy's life is a rollercoster and he keeps fighting back. Incredible story!

There is a great and comedic book and Tom Perkins and his story behind this boat. Its called "Mine's Bigger" by David Kaplan.

Check out Sonny Barger's book. He tells the story from the HA side and answers your question.

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