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Redditors fed up with ‘BS’ surcharges call out more than 200 LA restaurants for extra fees

Users on Reddit are fed up with surreptitious surcharges at restaurants — and have begun crowdsourcing a list of Los Angeles eateries that tack on additional fees.

So many responses poured in that the list was compiled into a public Google spreadsheet that has nearly 250 entries in a subreddit called r/LosAngeles.

In Pasadena, Agnes Restaurant & Eatery adds a “4% Healthy LA” fee to all dine-in checks to help pay for workers’ health and wellness benefits.

https://nypost.com/2023/08/14/redditors-compile-list-of-200-la-restaurants-tacking-extra-fees-onto-checks/

Covert and confusing ‘service charges’ anger US diners

They’re not tips – and sometimes, they’re only revealed on itemized receipts, which patrons call dishonest

If you order the roasted chicken and Italian chopped salad at Marvin, a hip and Goop-approved French bistro in Los Angeles, it will cost you $56. But when your bill comes, you’ll be asked to pay $67. That’s part of a service charge, which the menu says goes to the front of house, kitchen staff and managers. But you’ll still be expected to tip your waitstaff and pay sales tax – meaning you could easily end up spending $86, $30 more than the sticker price .

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/aug/07/restaurant-service-charges-us-los-angeles

Of course Democrats are cheating – and why wouldn’t they?

Democrats cheated in 2020, and they’re cheating again right now – and why wouldn’t they? It does not require a Ph.D in Skinnerian Behaviorism to understand that: a) given that Democrats were rewarded handsomely for their cheating in 2020, and b) given that they suffered no punishment for their treachery, it follows that c) they cheated more in 2022 than in 2020, but this time they were two years more practiced at it.

https://thelibertyloft.com/2022/11/11/of-course-democrats-are-cheating-and-why-wouldnt-they/

Trump Indictment Continues Pattern: Day Of, or After, Bad News for Biden

Special Counsel Jack Smith’s indictment of former President Donald Trump on Tuesday matched what has become a familiar pattern: Trump is indicted on the same day as, or the day after, bad legal news emerges about President Joe Biden and his family.

if the writers really stick to the plot arch this season, the Biden DOJ is totally going to indict Trump again tomorrow, aren’t they?

— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) July 31, 2023

It has happened four times:

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/08/01/trump-indictment-continues-pattern-day-of-or-after-bad-news-for-biden/

Federal Judge Delivers Big Win to the Premium Cigar Industry

On August 9, a judge in the District Court of D.C. issued a ruling that vacates the “deeming rule” that subjected premium cigars to the same regulations the agency uses on cigarettes. In so doing, he struck a blow against the bloated federal administrative state and for common sense.

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/jeff-reynolds/2023/08/16/federal-judge-delivers-big-win-to-the-premium-cigar-industry-n1719736

Ugly Laws: A 1867 San Francisco Attempt At Making Ugly People Stay Home
https://historydaily.org/ugly-laws-1867-san-francisco