​ Minimum Wage Massacre: Wendy’s Unleashes 1,000 Robots . . .


. . . To Counter Higher Labor Costs.

In yet another awkwardly rational response to government intervention in deciding what’s “fair”, the blowback from minimum wage demanding fast food workers has struck again. Wendy’s plans to install self-ordering kiosks in 1,000 of its stores – 16% of its locations nationwide.

Another law of economics asserts itself. Sorry, folks.

Chicago ‘hood named after swindler

Not my ancestor!

Bowmanville, a small neighborhood in the Lincoln Square community area, was first developed in 1850s by a local inn keeper named Jesse Bowman.

Not one to follow the rules, Bowman “made the cart paths and forest near present-day Foster and Ravenswood Avenues his own,” laying claim to many of the plots of land in the area without actually owning them.

“He then sold the land — that wasn’t his — to unwitting buyers,” and disappeared before the new “owners” discovered that he did not actually own the land he had sold.

I swear!

What I looked up yesterday: feature phones, Eric Hoffer as Trump predictor, book-selling webinar, INSTAPUNDIT, AP News

Using “Send tab URLs” Google app, BTW. Neat.

On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 10:02 AM, Jim Bowman wrote:

1. Smartphones Have an Unexpected New Rival – Bloomberg View
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-02-07/smartphones-have-an-unexpected-new-rival?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_content=business&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

2. The ‘Longshoreman Philosopher’ Saw Trump Coming in 1970 – WSJ
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-longshoreman-philosopher-saw-trump-coming-in-1970-1488144135

3. How to Get 10,000 Fans Webinar
https://intentionalblog.com/Webinar/

4. Instapundit
https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/

5. News from The Associated Press
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_TRUMP_SPEECH?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2017-02-27-17-08-54