April 19, 2019, T+7, Part 2

Poor space? North Dakota governor signs "pore space" bill opposed by North Dakota landowner group. Right, wrong, indifferent: transparent; good discussion; informed decision-making process.

The bill approved by the House and Senate this week has implications for saltwater disposal wells, which are necessary for oil and gas production, and enhanced oil recovery operations. The original bill included language related to temporary storage of natural gas as an alternative to flaring, but those references were removed in the final bill.

“With the clarifying amendments, we’re confident that the bill protects landowners and preserves their compensation opportunities,” Burgum said in the statement.

North Sea Dated: previously posted. Worth re-posting; link here. This would not have happened under a Beto, Bernie, Buttigieg, or Biden administration. And, Pocahontas, wants to put a lot of American oil workers out of work, taking a page from Hillary's play book when the latter promised to put a lot of US coal miners out of work.

McDonald's: just in time for dinner tonight with Sophia. This is what makes McDonald's great: focusing on the bottom line. I always thought "going premium" at McDonald's was a huge mistake. Folks don't select McDonald's for "premium" hamburgers.

McDonald's Corp said it would remove costlier, premium burgers from its menus in favor of its more popular Quarter Pounders, shifting its focus to simpler and quickly-served burgers.

The burger chain added the Signature Crafted burgers to its menu two years ago to keep up with competition from Wendy's and Shake Shack, which serve more premium burgers using fresh ingredients.

But putting together the burgers took time, slowing down service lines at drive-thrus and at stores.

These premium beef, grilled or crispy chicken burgers came with condiments like pico guacamole, sweet BBQ bacon or maple bacon dijon, compared with the Quarter Pounders, which are beef patties served with ketchup, pickles and onions.

The company said its new deluxe and bacon Quarter Pounders received good feedback and it would continue to focus on such items.

State income taxes: I could look at this graphic all day.

Keeping America great: workers responding to recent midwest snowstorm. Remember those photos of all those utility poles laying down after the "spring" winter storm. When America needs to respond, it does it in style. Look at all those cranes putting new poles in place: