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Report Alleges Police Use Secret Evidence Collected By Feds To Make Arrests

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Report Alleges Police Use Secret Evidence Collected By Feds To Make Arrests

"Branches of America's federal law enforcement and intelligence services may be secretly helping state and local police arrest suspects every day in ways that raise fundamental questions about defendants' civil and due process rights, according to a recent Human Rights Watch report."

"The report makes the case that federal law enforcers, police and local prosecutors are concealing the origins of evidence and intelligence in scores of criminal cases, especially drug arrests. The intelligence may include National Security Agency mass surveillance programs, wiretaps, computer and phone surveillance, and physical surveillance."

Governor George Wallace Rally in Albany, 10/10/1968

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Independent candidate for President known for his pro-segregation views, came to Albany during October 1968 and spoke to a crowd of supporters and a much larger crowd of protestors on the steps of the Capitol. This video captures his speech and some of the sounds of the protesters at his rally.

How to Drive a Trabant

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The COMMUNISTS made the BEST CARS!

" In a rare informational video, I show you how to steal my Trabant if you happen to find it with the keys inside. Typically, I don't let this happen, but you'll be prepared to make off in my communist box if I do. I'm not worried. You won't exactly outrun the police in a Trabant. Of course, all of these instructions assume you already know how to drive a car with a manual. I'm not letting you near my Trabant if you don't already know that."

Why don’t electric cars have transmissions?

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Why don’t electric cars have transmissions?

"Electric motors do not have the same limitations as internal combustion engines. They produce the same amount of torque at near zero as they do at high rpm. Turning slower does not use less battery power. The load is what determines how much power the car uses. Eliminating a gearbox also has the advantage of eliminating weight and gearbox losses, which makes the load smaller. And finally, doing so conforms to a long standing wisdom that engineers often forget. It called the KISS principle."

How To Tumble With Care When It Gets Slippery Outside

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How To Tumble With Care When It Gets Slippery Outside

"It's that time of year when a simple walk down the street can be a treacherous undertaking because of the icy sidewalks. Emergency rooms in the U.S. treat more people injured in falls than for any other kind of injury, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The agency estimates that falls account for more than a third of all injury-related ER visits. Even though most of those injuries happen to older people, falls happen at any age and can cause serious injury. If you know you're about to slip and fall on the ice, there may be no way to prevent it, but there are things you can do reduce your risk of serious injury."

Old New York 2-color traffic signal sequence

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From Youtube: "When I was a kid in the 70's, there were still a bunch of 2-color signals around New York city, and this is how they changed indications. I was fascinated by these...especially since we didn't have them in Jersey."