Did you know that you can legally become a pirate? Congress can grant you a letter of marque that allows you to "engage in reprisals against citizens or vessels of another nation." Yarrr, me hearties!
And I didn't know that slavery is still legal in the US for a distinct class of people: convicted criminals. According to the 13th Amendment, "neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States." There is a booming business in providing convict labor for private companies and it has quite an effect on local employment in some small towns. Oh, the convicts are being paid, as much as a whopping couple of dollars a day for their work for such companies as Whole Foods and Victoria's Secret. It's an interesting story.
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It only took a couple of minutes but I found the YouTube video that shows Uncle Ken's balcony. It would have looked better in color, but what are you going to do?
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