tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211405954943098401.post8940373205029969439..comments2023-11-20T00:23:16.290+01:00Comments on Stethoscope On Rome: Nuts To StarbucksSusan Levenstein, MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04664082134917253721noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211405954943098401.post-27021732861727914712018-01-07T11:53:19.628+01:002018-01-07T11:53:19.628+01:00How interesting! Coffee joins a long list - I reme...How interesting! Coffee joins a long list - I remember some Christmases back how shopkeepers in Naples were being forced by the Camorra to buy certain stars of Bethlehem in lights, and display them outside their doors as proof of their obedience. I wonder which exactly were the brands of coffee the Mafia was pushing. By the way, Riina was right to avoid coffee. An infamous character named Michele Sindona was famously killed that way in prison back in maybe the '90s.Susan Levenstein, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04664082134917253721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211405954943098401.post-13371737388021051412018-01-07T11:47:24.054+01:002018-01-07T11:47:24.054+01:00Interestingly, I heard on the radio that trade in ...Interestingly, I heard on the radio that trade in coffee in southern Italy has become the mafia's preferred form of money laundering. And the daughter of the mafia boss Salvatore Riina who died recently has started up a line of boutique coffee named after her father. Here’s a link to an article in The Guardian about coffee the new racket: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/08/coffee-is-the-new-racket-how-mafia-are-brewing-up-troubleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211405954943098401.post-12040800002000490412017-12-17T09:56:26.328+01:002017-12-17T09:56:26.328+01:00Oh dear. I've checked on another Macintosh and...Oh dear. I've checked on another Macintosh and the pictures come through fine in Safari, Chrome, and Firefox. Have checked that the method I'm using, uploading a jpeg, is the right one. If you tell me your type of computer and browser I can try to look further into it, but unfortunately I will be without an internet connection for the next week or so.Susan Levenstein, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04664082134917253721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6211405954943098401.post-51807889260213250912017-12-17T07:41:36.827+01:002017-12-17T07:41:36.827+01:00Hmm is anyone else experiencing problems with the ...Hmm is anyone else experiencing problems with the pictures on this blog loading?<br />I'm trying to find out if its a problem on my end or if it's the <br />blog. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com