--- title: "The Universe of Discourse : Crooked politicians love crab cakes!" url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-universe-of-discourse-crooked-politicians-love-crab-cakes--oj5pdz0ns source_url: https://blog.plover.com/law/crab-cakes.html type: article source: "Planet Haskell" published: 2026-01-29T06:15:55.570Z updated: 2026-01-29T06:16:12.289Z tags: ["ethics"] reading_time: 2 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Universe of Discourse : Crooked politicians love crab cakes! **[Planet Haskell](https://daily.dev/sources/phaskell)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A humorous observation about three separate political corruption cases in Philadelphia and New York spanning 2013 to 2026, where crab cakes appeared as part of the bribes accepted by public officials. The pattern includes Philadelphia Traffic Court judges in 2013, union boss John Dougherty in 2024, and New York mayor's aide Ingrid Lewis-Martin in 2026, all of whom received crab cakes among other forms of compensation for corrupt activities. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Schneier on Security](https://daily.dev/posts/schneier-on-security-cufdsxz44) · Schneier on Security · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Crooks compromise WordPress sites, spread infostealers](https://daily.dev/posts/crooks-compromise-wordpress-sites-spread-infostealers-usqnj2nup) · The Register · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ethics](https://daily.dev/tags/ethics) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-universe-of-discourse-crooked-politicians-love-crab-cakes--oj5pdz0ns)