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    Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Aug 29
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    My 98–year-old grandpa just told me a story about an Italian mob enforcer in 1930s Newark named “Baloney” who was nice to all the neighborhood kids but ruthlessly beat up hoodlums and miscreants on command

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      1. Ashley‏ @simplerusername Aug 29
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        You need to have him on the podcast.

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      2. Lomez‏ @L0m3z Aug 29
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        This is Hundoism @paul_hundred

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      3. Funeral Pall Hundred‏ @paul_hundred Aug 29
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        No other word for it

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      1. cordial‏ @cordial Aug 29
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        This sounds like Baloney to me.

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      1. Charles Clarke‏ @CharlesClarke81 Aug 29
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        Baloney sounds charming. He should primary Trump.

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      1. Epictetus 🇭🇰‏ @HighTideCapital Aug 29
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        Back when people were decent. It's a new breed of mobsters with no respect for anything but money.

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      2. Kalkin Trivedi  🇺🇸‏ @KalkinTrivedi Aug 29
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        1/Not unlikely true actually. I can remember Sicilian mafia when I was a lad. Most were family men & highly protective of own families & communities. Might launder drug receipts but would quickly deal w/anyone who dared try to sell their kids any.

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      1. verum obdurat  🌺 ⏳‏ @leucinedreams Aug 29
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        I assume he was never sent to DC or we would’ve heard about it.

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      1. Filippo Gatteschi‏ @SbrindGatto Aug 29
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        It's part of their territorial control, a way to enforce a certain system of values and laws. That's partly a reason why mafia and such are so hard to eradicate from communities

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      1. Amalie Schuck‏ @SchuckAb Aug 29
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        Just like on the Sopranos

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      1. Lord Commander‏ @MitchLeeD763 Aug 29
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        #OG

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        Taking the time to talk with our grandparents is a priceless experience. I wish I had done it more.

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      1. Bellerophon Murungu‏ @ineffableimages Aug 29
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        Can we get a photograph of Baloney?

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      1. ebolatracksuit‏ @eugeniabee Aug 29
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        I'm 36 and we had guys like that in my neighborhood

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      1. steven r. moore‏ @mrmoore98 Aug 29
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        Congrats on the genes, mike.

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      1. Mutated Sea Bass‏ @cornfef Aug 29
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        There is actually an optimum amount of organized crime for a safe society. Optimum meaning greater than zero.

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      1. VACUOUS CIPHER‏ @THE_DAILY_BLEAT Aug 29
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        I heard tale of his great-grandson T-Bone, from the Ironbound.

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        that would make a great movie

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