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ccradio t1_je8aiad wrote

Reply to comment by Morrigane in On March 28, 1984, Bob Irsay (1923-1997), owner of the once-mighty Baltimore Colts, moves the team to Indianapolis. Without any sort of public announcement, Irsay hired movers to pack up the team's offices in Owings Mills, Maryland, in the middle of the night, while the city of Baltimore slept. by DfcukinLite

It was kept so under wraps that the Colts didn't even hire the local Mayflower franchise. Despite that fact, they were given the blame for it.

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DMelanogastard t1_je89g84 wrote

Reply to comment by M3g4d37h in On March 28, 1984, Bob Irsay (1923-1997), owner of the once-mighty Baltimore Colts, moves the team to Indianapolis. Without any sort of public announcement, Irsay hired movers to pack up the team's offices in Owings Mills, Maryland, in the middle of the night, while the city of Baltimore slept. by DfcukinLite

Me personally I just can’t relate to being alcoholic, racist, capitalist prick

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DMelanogastard t1_je890t9 wrote

Reply to On March 28, 1984, Bob Irsay (1923-1997), owner of the once-mighty Baltimore Colts, moves the team to Indianapolis. Without any sort of public announcement, Irsay hired movers to pack up the team's offices in Owings Mills, Maryland, in the middle of the night, while the city of Baltimore slept. by DfcukinLite

Important detail is that he moved it because the city was set to take over the team. The prick robbed us of a TRULY publicly owned NFL franchise (even better than the Packer’s public stock ownership model)

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Nolubrication t1_je88vod wrote

Reply to comment by pk10534 in West Baltimore gang takedown: 33 indicted on drug, gun and attempted murder charges, police say by Dr_Midnight

The problem was that Purdue was marketing their "heroin" as safe. Nobody thinks actual heroin is safe. And nobody is suggesting it shouldn't be regulated. Just not illegal. We shouldn't be locking up addicts, and there shouldn't be a black market ruled by violence.

Seriously, read up on how successful Portugal has been with their drug policy. The results speak for themselves.

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M3g4d37h t1_je888od wrote

Reply to comment by pistonslapper in On March 28, 1984, Bob Irsay (1923-1997), owner of the once-mighty Baltimore Colts, moves the team to Indianapolis. Without any sort of public announcement, Irsay hired movers to pack up the team's offices in Owings Mills, Maryland, in the middle of the night, while the city of Baltimore slept. by DfcukinLite

Bullshit. You don't get better than the Colts HOF members from Bmore. Unitas, Mackey, Marchetti, and so on. The Ravens ain't even close.

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M3g4d37h t1_je88084 wrote

Reply to comment by Morrigane in On March 28, 1984, Bob Irsay (1923-1997), owner of the once-mighty Baltimore Colts, moves the team to Indianapolis. Without any sort of public announcement, Irsay hired movers to pack up the team's offices in Owings Mills, Maryland, in the middle of the night, while the city of Baltimore slept. by DfcukinLite

Dude, this was a direct result of Mayor Shaefer's direct threat to Robert Irsay that Baltimore would try and take the team by eminent domain. This is precisely why it happened the way it did.

As much as I can't stand the Irsays. I'd have done the same thing.

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jabbadarth t1_je87ztf wrote

Reply to Final Epic Bar Crawl™️ by prufrocked42

Wiley Gunters- great beer selection both on tap and in cans. Also quality bar food

Barflys- amazing whiskey selection and super knowledgeable bartenders and owner (seriously they have been invited to and get special casks from distilleries because of how much whiskey they eml)

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Nolubrication t1_je85xmk wrote

Reply to comment by pk10534 in West Baltimore gang takedown: 33 indicted on drug, gun and attempted murder charges, police say by Dr_Midnight

First off, the gray market pill mills did not come with the same level of violence associated with the black market drug trade.

Second, the actual root of the issue you're referring to is that Purdue conned medical professionals into believing their product was safe and non-addictive, thus turning millions of straight-laced, law-abiding, unwitting patients into hardcore drug addicts.

Lastly, cutting off their cheap "legal" supply drove all of those new addicts to turn to street heroin.

Purdue being scumbags is an entirely different issue that does nothing to change the fact that prohibition is not an effective policy.

EDIT: Decriminalization works. Addiction needs to be addressed as a health issue, not a criminal issue. Just look at Portugal. They're leading the way in drug policy.

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=portugal+decriminalization+of+drugs&hl=en&as_sdt=0&as_vis=1&oi=scholart

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