{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Maryland License Plates Now Inadvertently Advertising Filipino Online Casino", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/718905411118481408/", "html": "<a href=\"https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a3xe9/maryland-license-plates-now-inadvertently-advertising-filipino-online-casino?utm_source=motherboard_twitter\">Maryland License Plates Now Inadvertently Advertising Filipino Online Casino</a>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.tumblr.com/paxamericana/718846616159780865\" class=\"tumblr_blog\" target=\"_blank\">paxamericana</a>:</p><blockquote><blockquote><p>In 2012, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812, Maryland redesigned its standard license plate to read \u201cMARYLAND WAR OF 1812.\u201d The license plates, which were the <a href=\"https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/readers-respond/bs-ed-plates-letter-20160902-story.html\" target=\"_blank\">default between 2012 and 2016</a>, have the URL <a href=\"http://www.starspangled200.org/\" target=\"_blank\">www.starspangled200.org</a> printed at the bottom. </p><p>Sometime within the last year, <a href=\"http://www.starspangled200.org\" target=\"_blank\">www.starspangled200.org</a> stopped telling people about how Marylander Francis Scott Key was inspired to write the national anthem \u201cThe Star Spangled Banner\u201d after watching British ships bombard Fort McHenry in Baltimore during the War of 1812 and started instead redirecting to a site called globeinternational.info, in which a blinking, bikini-clad woman advertises \u201cPhilippines Best Betting Site, Deposit 100 Receive 250.\u201d</p></blockquote></blockquote>"}