Read π‘³π’‚π’˜ 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π‘Ήπ’π’„π’Œπ’†π’•π’”: 𝑨𝒏 π‘¨π’Žπ’†π’“π’Šπ’„π’‚π’ π‘³π’‚π’˜π’šπ’†π’“ π’Šπ’ π’Šπ’“π’‚π’’. Or, read about a strange proffer, a secret intelligence network and more in 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒍 𝑨𝒓𝒃𝒆𝒛
Michael OKane

Former Miami federal criminal defense lawyer, Mexicana Airlines cargo station rep and oh yeah, Saudi Arabia.


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    You read it here first.

    My Mother the Juror

    My mother served on a petit jury when she was 75 and had the time of her life. It was an excuse to dress up for court; the jurors exchanged pictures of their children or grandchildren and brought in food to share on Fridays. They stayed in touch for …

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    App Test

    Let’s see if it works.

    Initial Thoughts about Trump Indictment

    It’s hard not to be dramatic in response to this. First, the indictment proves my point that classified information is radioactive. Lawyers should not accept a clearance in a criminal trial.

    A Roosevelt moment. Republicans pushed the 22nd Amendment …

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    With You and I

    Mind your Pronouns

    Hoss Missed Few Meals

    I heard a native speaker say, β€œThey can come with you and I.”

    This is incorrect. Here, the word β€œI,” a subject pronoun, is used instead of the correct β€œme.”

    Would you say, β€œThey can come with I?”

    Of course not. You’d say, β€œThey …

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    Patti Smith

    Patti is a poet; friend of Robert Mapplethorpe (she wrote about him in Just Kids.) She was part of the 70’s New York Lower East Side Renaissance, born too late for the Beats she nevertheless followed the spirit of Rimbaud and made friends with …

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    Before the Pandemic

    I had just returned to Saudi Arabia. This is the view from my office on the Dammam Highway.

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    Roast Beef v. Thailand

    β€œWhy do you like Thailand so much?” they asked.

    Lunch in Chicago: six chicken wings, french fries and a roast beef sandwich.

    $47.80.

    ’Nuff said.

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    Roast Beef v. Thailand

    β€œWhy do you like Thailand so much?” they asked.

    Six chicken wings, french fries and a roast beef sandwich.

    $47.80.

    ’Nuff said.

    Six Hour Delay: BA Held My Passport Hostage in Dubai

    My friend left his passport in the aircraft seatback at 0800 March 30 2023. Flt. 105 LHR-DXB. An unfortunate act, to be sure, for which he takes full responsibility. But BA made things worse: he realized that he didn’t have his passport while on the …

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    The Mandalay Bay Massacre and Saudi Arabia

    Some have suggested that the death of 58 concert-goers in the Mandalay Bay massacre in Las Vegas in October, 2017 was an attempted assassination targeting Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman. The holes in the official story of the massacre are many …

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    Underground Bahrain

    Is there a Bahrain underground? This book answers that question and tells the story of its denizens.

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    Underground Bahrain

    This book claims that there is an underground in Bahrain and tells the story of its denizens.

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    Interesting Book

    This book claims that there is an underground in Bahrain and tells the story of its denizens.

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    Instead He Wrote Howl

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    Follow the Science

    The LGBTQ Community Causes Earthquakes, Concludes Rabbi

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    Bremerton FAQ

    The U.S. Supreme Court has approved private, voluntary prayer at high school football games. The opinion raises many questions concerning the Establishment clause and the separation of Church and State. I have put together a helpful FAQ to aid …

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    The US Supreme Court

    The Court lost all intellectual integrity with Dobbs. It is now a political body whose decisions are no more persuasive than common advertising.

    Film Firearm Rules

    Alex Baldwin has some β€˜splainin to do.

    Rules on Set

    1. No clowning around! Anyone pointing firearms at anyone (other than rehearsing) will be wrapped.
    2. Do not point at anyone directly within 10 feet. Putting a gun with blanks to your head will blow a …
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    Mail in the Middle East

    Mail in the Middle East is routinely not delivered. Is this a cultural issue (mail in Riyadh was once dumped in the town square on the chance the crowd might know the addressee) an institutional issue (declining revenues from decreasing first class …

    Ten Tips for Going In-House

    Identify your Enemy

    This is probably the most important. Even if you join the large in-house legal department of a mega-corporation like Exxon, there will be an enemy. While the enemy might be individual, it might also be a group. You are in …

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    The Dark Forest Hypothesis

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    So What If He Never Said It?

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    Manufactured Crime Wastes Law Enforcement Resources

    They did it again. In the Liberty City 7 case, an FBI freelance troublemaker tried to convince a group of poor black men in Miami to blow up the Willis Tower in Chicago. The building was never at risk. The FBI and the troublemaker provided money, …