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Was there something wrong with my service?
Posted by Villagenyc
by Cody Lyon
EXCERPT:
The practice of tipping was actually a European import. In the United States, tipping took off in the 1920s after overcoming great opposition from those who saw it as patronizing and un-American.
And, up until the 1970s, waiters and waitresses could expect to earn an average 10 percent gratuity on restaurant checks. At some point, during the period from 1970 to 1980, servers across the country got a raise to the current 15 percent.
But even among individual American patrons, tipping habits can vary wildly.
Air America Radio Host Randi Rhodes Suspended for Calling Clinton and Ferraro "Whores"
Posted by gmc1
Air America Radio Host Randi Rhodes has been suspended for calling Hillary Clinton and Geraldine Ferraro 'whores' on her radio show. A statement was posted on their website. Have people not learned from the Imus controvery?
Randi Rhodes Suspended by Air America
Posted by theangryindian from Angryindian.blogspot
New York - Air America has suspended on-air host Randi Rhodes for making inappropriate statements about prominent figures, including Senator Hillary Clinton, at a recent public appearance on behalf of Air America in San Francisco which was sponsored by an Air America affiliate station.
U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow: Husband Tom Athans in Police Prostitution Sting (Photos)
Posted by gmc1
Michigan liberal Air America talk show VP and husband of U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow was caught up in a police sting. Tom Athans admitted to paying $150 to a prostitute at a suburban Detroit Residence Inn. He cooperated with police and was not charged with a crime - which is a real CRIME.
NOAA Launches Final Two Buoys to Complete U.S. Tsunami Warning System
Posted by okami
NOAA deployed the final two tsunami detection buoys in the South Pacific this week, completing the buoy network and bolstering the U.S. tsunami warning system. This vast network of 39 stations provides coastal communities in the Pacific, Atlantic, Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico with faster and more accurate tsunami warnings.
Institute for Policy Studies: Iraq War Entering Year Six: Multiple Crises Rising in Middle East
Posted by okami
Gaza is under murderous assault and the United States is escalating regional threats while pushing new sanctions against Iran.
National security agencies have failed in Iraq, Afghanistan (3/10/08) -- www.GovernmentExecutive.com
Posted by okami from GovExec
America's national security institutions have failed and the military has been left holding the bag in places such as Iraq and Afghanistan, conducting nation-building tasks for which it is ill-suited, according to the final report of a House Armed Services Committee panel established in 2007 to examine military roles and missions.
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