Monthly Archives: March 2017

Mechanical Grape Harvester Day!

Posted on 31 March 2017 by E.M.Smith

Let’s hear a great cheer for Cesar Chavez and the Mechanical Harvester Day! Continue reading →

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Nigeria, Electricity, Power, News – AfricLiveTV Roku

Posted on 30 March 2017 by E.M.Smith

What can you learn from “Local News” from the other side of the planet? Quite a lot. Especially about the ubiquity of what makes private businesses run and how management works, how unstable electricity is a Royal Pain, and that folks will adapt, if they must. Continue reading →

Posted in Energy, Human Interest, News Related | 12 Comments

White House, Trump, Briefing Room, Undoing Regs, and Roku

Posted on 29 March 2017 by E.M.Smith

Little covered, President Trump has repealed 4 more regulation bundles under the Congressional Review Act. Found easily on the ROKU channel “Briefing Room”, unedited and without arguing talking heads or sneering news anchors. That, alone, makes the ROKU a positive value for me. Continue reading →

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A Billion Here, A Billion There – pretty soon, talking real oil

Posted on 29 March 2017 by E.M.Smith

A billion bbls here, a billion bbls there, pretty soon you are talking real oil… and that in the middle of an ‘oil glut’… So, about that whole idea we are “running out”?… Continue reading →

Posted in Economics - Trading - and Money, Energy | Tagged , , , , | 14 Comments