Notices by John Coates (jciv@mastodon.social)

TIL:

"The [tipping norm in the US] was born out of exploitation. After the Civil War, restaurant owners facing demands for higher wages from white workers instead hired newly freed slaves to work for gratuities alone."

FT

When does a discovery of a valuable asset threaten the security, stability and viability of a country? When the asset is oil, the country's partner is Exxon, and Exxon is already leaning on its "reputation" as a way to assure everyone that everything will be fine.

https://www.ft.com/content/2e4b2015-27e6-4b26-a02f-0040a71c6852

Nothing see here, just typical summer rain, says GOP

How can the media focus be on Cohen in response to this testimony:

“During cross-examination, Cohen admitted to stealing from Trump’s company. He kept money that was meant to go to a tech company hired to rig polls in Trump’s favor”?

Hired to rig polls? This is part of Trump’s defense? Cohen stole money I wanted him to spend committing election fraud, so we shouldn’t believe him when he says I committed election fraud?