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billh··on How changing my name to “Spider Mann” ruined my life
There is a school teacher in Wisconsin whose birth name is Marijuana Pepsi. She has a rather interesting story: http://archive.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/40874017.html/
billh··on What Vizio was doing behind the TV screen
Which will be settled with a coupon for $12.00 off the purchase of your next Vizio Smart TV.
billh··on I Turned a Routine Traffic Ticket into a Constitutional Trial
>If the seller left his plates on the car, well, that was a mistake.

That's not always the case. In some states the plates are "owned" by the vehicle, not a person and are transferred with the vehicle on sale.

billh··on Grateful Dead Fan Timothy Tyler Has Been Granted Clemency
VICE did a documentary on Krystle Cole, a friend of Mr. Skinner's prior to his arrest. It includes a tour of the missile silo that Skinner had been using as a lab.

(NSFW - Drugs, Sex, etc.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7qliVpGEk0

billh··on Did the US Plan a Nuclear First Strike Against Russia in the Early 1960s?
Hell, it's likely that the US had first strike plans on her allies too.

The world can be an unpredictable place, it's better to plan for the worst but hope for the best.

billh··on First Tesla Taxi in America after 100k miles
Not from what I've read. The Tesla battery pack has some sophisticated heat management capabilities that dump the excess heat generated while super charging.

The most damaging things you can do to the batteries is keeping them 100% fully charged or completely discharging them.

billh··on I'm a Judge and I Think Criminal Court Is Horrifying
Just to give you an idea of how difficult it is to actually impeach a judge, only fifteen(15) Federal judges have been successfully impeached in the entire history of the United States.[1]

1. http://www.fjc.gov/history/home.nsf/page/judges_impeachments...

billh··on Master Plan, Part Deux
>Electric cars cause pollution; they run on mostly coal or natural gas.

There's also a ton of energy going into the cracking of crude into its constitutions parts before it even enters the supply chain for use in ICE vehicle.

Further, centralized power generation does a much better job at filtering and removing toxic elements from its discharge stream than gasoline/diesel vehicles filtering mechanisms do.

Notwithstanding the above, fossil fuel electric plants can be removed from the grid and replaced by cleaner energy solutions without having to replace or modify the consuming vehicle.

billh··on U.S. Proposes Allowing Foreign Officials to Serve Warrants on Internet Firms
Yes, the article states that this would take the form of reciprocal agreements between the countries involved.
billh··on Finding an ATM Skimmer: It pays to be paranoid
I think this picture captures what you're friend saw: https://i.imgur.com/z5p3M2f.png
billh··on Robocalls have triumphed over the Do Not Call list
I take the same approach. If the number isn't in my address book it goes straight to voice mail and my voice mail message explains to the caller that I don't listen the messages and directs them to text or email.

If it's important enough that someone needs to get a hold of me they should be having a human calling that can follow through with that simple request.

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