I guess this is one way to show your disapproval of an 11th Circuit opinion requiring felons in Florida to pay all their outstanding fines before they may vote.
Former Miami federal criminal defense lawyer, Mexicana Airlines cargo station rep and oh yeah, Saudi Arabia.
Better than an Appeal
Kosher Salt in Bahrain
Diplomatic relations with Israel were only established last week and look what’s already on the shelf.
DiBlasio and Netanyahu
DiBlasio and Netanyahu bob have the same problem when it comes to getting the haredim to obey social distancing and masking rules.
About Latinx
There are serious people on both sides of this argument. Grammatical gender is a feature of many language families. Removing it to make the language more politically correct…
won’t work.
Besides, “latin” already comprehends β¦
The Difference between Canada and the USA
Which is why the US has more cases than any country in the world.
Nothing Wrong
I told you, there’s nothing wrong with my passport.
Journalists Beware
The US DoJ has argued in the Assange extradition case that US journalists can be convicted under the Espionage Act for publishing leaked information.
The NYTimes is not covering the proceedings. At their peril, I would say.
Aztec Plague Advice (from David Bowles)
The Aztecs treated their kings harshly for failing to follow plague protocols.
Where's Walid?
Prince Walid bin Talal, famous Saudi billionaire, the most well-known of all those incarcerated in the Ritz, has yet to leave the country after his release.
Or has he? Has Prince Walid’s travel ban been lifted?
Here he is on his 747 prior to β¦
The Ultraviolet Solution
Russian Vaccine
Sputnik V, the name of the Russian Covid-19 vaccine, seems to be effective. Vaccinations have been undertaken in the UAE.
Opening Postponed
Based on the more than doubling of new Covid-19 cases in the past two weeks, Bahrain announced today that it is postponing the relaxation of restrictions for another month.
The Long Game
Would a Trump victory insure the nomination of a progressive by the Democrats in 2024?
With another loss by centrist, Debbie Wasserman-Shulz/Donna Brazile Democrats, perhaps the party would turn towards its Roosevelt roots.
Bernie would be too old. β¦
Underground Bahrain
Someone sent me this…
Fake News
It was 61Β° F in New York today; not 31Β°. The source was an Arab television station.
38/32
It’s 38Β° C in Bahrain; 32Β° F in NYC.
Assange Extradition
Unfortunately, you canβt trust the United States government when it comes to extradition. Just ask Austria:
Exorcism or Prosecution? The Nimitz Loses a Sailor
USS Nimitz Loses Sailor, Time for an Exorcism
A sailor assigned to the USS Nimitz, an American aircraft carrier on patrol in the Arabian Sea, was lost overboard on August 6th. The Nimitz is assigned to the Fifth Fleet, headquartered in Bahrain.
The β¦
The Gates Foundation and Journalism
Subsidized news without or with little disclosure.
What's the Difference between Indie Publishing and Vanity Publishing?
The difference is sales to strangers. Vanity publishing means printing and ordering books. After giving a few copies to friends and family, the undistributed books sit on a pallet in the garage. Indie publishing means getting a book into a β¦
The Drug War and Napoleon
No one anticipated that a wealthy Saudi who took up our invitation to throw the Russians out of Afghanistan would turn against us and cross oceans to wage war in New York. After 2001, the drug war became an afterthought; like the empty Venetian β¦
M. Duras Spoke Vietnamese
Marguerite Duras, author, film director, Resistance fighter grew up speaking Vietnamese. Though she wrote many works in French, she never wrote in Vietnamese.
Discuss.
Never Grill a Rubber Chicken
Always sound advice.
You Should be Using It
For typesetting.
Sturgis v. Peru in the CoronaBowl
(From David Stockman)
“Finally, thereβs this. When over 460,000 motorcyclists descended upon Sturgis, South Dakota in the Black Hills for the annual Sturgis motorcycle rally, it was the largest event in the entire country this year β without β¦