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Why I Break the Law Every Day

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Mr. Beat tells the story of how "jaywalking" not only became a thing, but became an illegal thing to do.

Uh ok, so this is, like, the description of the video so keep reading. Produced by Matt Beat. Filmed by Shannon Beat and Matt Beat. Additional images used under fair use guidelines or found in the public domain. Music by Dyalla, Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band), Jake County, and TrackTribe. Creative commons credit: Suesen.

@zanytime referenced videos:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDjy6QWBR3o (as of 12/19/24, no comments and 91 views)

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/14e4Q9M7LL1siJNjQo2-Nf97SAfNrtINngXny78LO3Uo/edit?usp=sharing

Sources/further reading:
Street Rivals: Jaywalking and the Invention of the Motor Age Street by Peter Norton (2007)
https://www.academia.edu/958183/Street_Rivals_Jaywalking_and_the_Invention_of_the_Motor_Age_Street
https://www.vox.com/2015/1/15/7551873/jaywalking-history
https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/why-is-it-called-jaywalking
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaywalking
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-04-24/the-invention-of-jaywalking
https://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=34392
https://magazine.publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/brief-history-traffic-deaths-us

#jaywalking #jaywalker #history

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Letters to Santa Throughout the Years

Mr. Beat shares some of his favorite, actual letters written to Santa since the 1800s.

Produced and filmed by Matt Beat. Music by E's Jammy Jams.

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Sources/further reading:
https://about.usps.com/who/profile/history/santa-letters.htm
https://www.rd.com/article/vintage-letters-to-santa/
https://blog.newspapers.com/victorian-letters-to-santa-shining-a-light-on-a-bygone-era/
โ€‹โ€‹https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/kids-send-thousands-of-letters-to-santa-each-year-heres-what-really-happens-to-them-180967542/
https://time.com/4147998/history-letters-to-santa-claus/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Pole,_Alaska
https://www.tampabay.com/arts-entertainment/2019/12/18/read-childrens-letters-to-santa-from-1899-to-2006/


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What is the most peaceful country?

What is the most peaceful country in the world? Mr. Beat tells you the answer.

Produced by Matt Beat. Filmed by Matt Beat.

#geography #funfacts #worldfacts

Sources/further reading:
โ€‹โ€‹https://www.visionofhumanity.org/maps
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2024-06-11/as-peace-falls-globally-which-countries-are-the-most-and-least-peaceful

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Should We Get Rid of the Pardon Power?

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Mr. Beat examines the history of the pardon power. I beg your pardon, but he also looks at the pros and cons of pardons.

Uh ok, so this is, like, the description of the video so keep reading. Produced by Matt Beat. Filmed by Matt Beat. Additional images used under fair use guidelines or found in the public domain. Music by @ElectricNeedleRoom(Mr. Beat's band), Oatmello, Media Right Productions, Kevin MacLeod, Cheel, Dyalla, Audionautix, and Jimmy Fontanez.

Here's an annotated script with footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kQqmEKhtWpsla-79DP0rXh-NtHojQ_uZWH7wxPxQr_k/edit?usp=sharing

Sources/further reading:
The Presidential Pardon Power by Jeffrey Crouch
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https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/arzjl51&div=6&g_sent=1&casa_token=&collection=journals
https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/ylr106&div=33&g_sent=1&casa_token=&collection=journals
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/01/11/get-rid-of-the-presidential-pardon/
https://www.freeadvice.com/legal/clemency-vs-pardon/
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/01/22/trump-used-his-clemency-power-sparingly-despite-a-raft-of-late-pardons-and-commutations/
https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=14190&context=journal_articles
https://www.whitehousehistory.org/the-history-of-the-pardon-power
https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/article-2/section-2/clause-1/historical-background-on-pardon-power
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/self-pardons-president-cant-pardon-himself-so-why-do-people-think-he-can
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S2-C1-3-1/ALDE_00013316/

#pardons #legal #apgovt

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Sam Altman's new $200 ChatGPT has a big Elon problem...

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You Can't Film the Supreme Court

Don't get any ideas, you punk. Or maybe DO get some ideas? mwhahahahahahaha
Anyway, Mr. Beat explains why it's illegal to film the Supreme Court of the United States while they are in session, but also goes through the history of people doing just that anyway.

Produced by Matt Beat. Music by Dyalla.

Sources/further reading:
https://mymodernmet.com/supreme-court-in-session-known-photographs/
https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/photos-inside-supreme-court-in-session/
https://sgp.fas.org/crs/secrecy/RL33706.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPNIYw3j-JY
https://web.archive.org/web/20100106004545/http://www.pennumbra.com/debates/pdfs/Televising_Supreme_Court.pdf
https://judicature.duke.edu/articles/shooting-from-the-hip-concealed-cameras-in-the-united-states-supreme-court/
https://web.archive.org/web/20220728104916/https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2012/10/the-supreme-court-forbids-cameras-in-the-courtroom-but-twice-rogue-photographers-have-snapped-a-picture-of-the-justices-at-work.html

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Why These 5 Travel Destinations Are Overrated In 2025

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