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Today’s Lesson – How the DeRegulated Free Market just Freeze Fkd Texas!

Today’s Lesson – How the DeRegulated Free Market just Freeze Fkd Texas!

But first, a word from Ronnie… Ah, yes, the seldom discussed flip side of Mr. Reagan’s infamous “from the government” quote returns to bite near frozen texans right in their ongoing, deregulated ERCOT energy experiment. I would ordinarily expect some light bulbs to finally be going off concerning the exploitive tendencies of privately run utilities, but with the the lengthy power outages, I may have to make an exception. And from my research down this latest Texas (& US) energy…

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A Question of Flea (Free?) Market Values

A Question of Flea (Free?) Market Values

It seems that in Flea Market Land, everyone’s buying criteria and willingness to exploit, or not exploit, is different. Over twenty years ago as I was out and about on a Saturday morning cruising yard sales for vintage vinyl, a yard sale seller asked me if I’d heard a recent radio broadcast of a rock station DJ interviewing a big time, east coast record dealer about his best vinyl score. That sounded interesting, “Do tell!” Apparently, the big shot was…

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