Machine Gun Kelly

Machine Gun Kelly was Italian, not Irish, as his name would otherwise suggest.

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Causeway Questions Clear Up

The Causeway/border mystery has been resolved. The Causeway is open. But the reason why there has not been much cross-border traffic is because crossing is now expensive–to get into Bahrain, you need a Covid-19 test. The cost of testing in Saudi is SAR 850 ($226). If your lab isn’t on the list, you have to repeat the test in Bahrain at a cost of 60 BD ($160). In Bahrain, you’re supposed to self-quarantine for 24 hours, but if you have a positive test, they’ll come and get you for mandatory quarantine.

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How the Indian Education System Teaches Students to Game the System

A devastating analysis of Jugaad, the Indian education system and gaming the system as a way of life: pulkitsharma07.github.io/2020/10/0…

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Second Wave: Ireland

Ireland’s Covid-19 task force is now recommending a full, Stage 5 lock-down as cases increase to levels not seen since last April. Donegal, bordering on Northern Ireland, has been under Stage 3 restrictions.

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Second Wave: French Bars to Close

The French will be forced to drink at home as the number of cases of the Sickness increases.

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Saudi Arabia and Vitamin D

Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to susceptibility to the Sickness. Fully 83% of Saudi citizens have “Vitamin D issues.”

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Juliette Binoche and E-Books


Dealmaking in the Middle East

It is common in the Middle East for a party to enter into a transaction only to find strangers claiming commissions when the transaction is to close. What are the legal ramifications? Here’s the scenario: Buyer contracts with Seller for a product. Seller doesn’t have the product, and eventually admits this to A, saying the product is difficult to find. Seller promises to source the product. Eventually, the product is found.

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Looking Back at the Roger Stone Arrest

I still believe that the (televised) Roger Stone arrest was the result of a deliberate leak by the FBI to CNN. “everybody knew something was going to happen…” Secret grand jury proceedings. Indictment sealed. Without a tip-off, there was no reason to send anyone to Broward county. Stone could have been anywhere. The question is, why not simply request that he show up in D.C. as he had so many times in the past?

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There is no "Kavanaugh Rule"