Valuetainment: Confessions of the Mafia hitman for Tony Spilotro

 

[VIDEO] This interview was uploaded to YouTube in June 2019. Frank Cullotta was an associate of Chicago mob caporegime Tony Spilotro and was very involved in the criminal activity occurring in Las Vegas. That was until a botched robbery and fearing Spilotro would kill him led Cullotta to turn informant.

Cullotta speaks of his life how he met Spilotro, surely he speaks of his involvement in the film Casino. And his life after leaving the criminal underworld. His interview with Patrick Ben David was very interesting.

Cullotta died in 2020 of coronavirus and probably time to watch Casino again.

The Latin Language: Not as DEAD as you think

 

[VIDEO] I have a very dubious history with foreign languages, however, I did find this almost half-hour long video very interesting. The history of Latin the language of the Roman Empire and whether or not the language is still around today.

I feel as if the world would be better off today if college students actually learned some of the classical languages such as Latin or Greek. Of course also learn a modern language also such as Chinese or Spanish for example.

Some to think of it some English words are based on Latin and of course some European Romance Languages are based on Latin. As far as Romance Languages think Spanish, Italian, French, or Portuguese for example.

WrestleTalk: What is happening to WWE & Vince McMahon?

 

[VIDEO] The more details I hear about this the more disturbed I am. Of course I'm going to say there are two sides to every story, however, this just sounds bad all around. Just remember this all started with an alleged cash payout (company money) to the WWE employee a paralegal. And also there was a "leaker" involved....

I don't think WWE writers could come up with this.....horrible! 

Currently Stephanie McMahon has taken over WWE as Chair and CEO

I've never seen 'Blow' however if I can find it on streaming

 

[VIDEO] I'm sharing this "Mob Movie Monday" review from former mobster Michael Franzese due to the untimely passing of actor Ray Liotta. I've never actually had the chance to see Blow, but if you want to know in what ways crime doesn't pay watch this film released over 20 years ago. It's based on a true story.

New cam at Flagstaff, Arizona

 When did Virtual Railfans installed a new camera at Flagstaff? They used to have only a static webcam pointed eastbound now they have a Point Tilt Zoom cam for the east. When you see a train arrive well, now you can see it arrive and you no longer have to wait until the train is in view of camera. Check it out below!

[VIDEO] I'll miss the static east cam, however, this is a bit of an upgrade I'm liking the new perspectives. Of course there is still a static west cam so that way you can still see trains arrive at the Flagstaff stop. However, the train when it departs will slowly but surely roll out of full view.

Flagstaff, Arizona was where me and my party departed from Arizona after a day at the Grand Canyon. It's a nice town and it was interesting to set foot there. I'm going all the way back to July 2016 of course! Hmmm I shot some video of that day! [VIDEO]

And I've updated the railcam page.

Railcam is back!

 I've put it on the "Beta" blog this time and this is especially special since Amtrak trains are now running on seven days a week schedule. So on these cams which are along the route of the Southwest Chief the schedule is now seven days. I think that changed since earlier this year due to a surge in coronavirus cases although we're largely back to normal now most states and cities have no mask or vaccine mandates.

However, we're currently hearing about surges in cases.

Dylan's Travel Reports: Amtrak Southwest Chief roomette review

[VIDEO] This video was uploaded to YouTube in 2019 and what a different world we see from back then before the pandemic era. A lot of those storefronts you see at Chicago Union Station are now closed such as a newsstand and a Pret-a-Manger. I look forward to showing you how this major rail hub in Chicago looks in 2022.

This makes me want to take a train somewhere this year. California is always a great place to visit and it's great to see the midwest, the plains and of course the southwest of America. I think it's great to see these places that you might only imagine what it's like to live there.

Now from what I know of Dylan is he is a British national. This is certainly very different for him and he appears to be an ardent world traveler. His more recent videos now have him give narration and he's showing his face. I really do like his presentation and in this earlier example the narration is provided in text form more than via voice.