The Encyclopedia Britannica defines Cognitive dissonance in a very complicated and wordy way HERE. I define it as a process that occurs in a person's brain when they encounter evidence that goes against or even blows away a major foundation of their thinking, then as a defense mechanism, their brain rejects the evidence. They just... Continue Reading →

  “Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded..."  

This a Part 3 in a series of articles in which I answer a listener's questions. Part 1 which includes these questions can be found here. In the last post of this series, I tackled the question raised by Jake stating what we would do with all of the people who would be affected by... Continue Reading →

  This article is a response to the first set of questions which I received from a podcast listener. It can be found here. These questions are about government, the current state of affairs in the U.S. & what could happen if we moved towards being a freer society by shrinking the size and scope of government. His other questions about the FED, Interest rates and the political process will be talked about in future articles.   First I must say Jake's questions are very legitimate, great questions! Questions,... Continue Reading →

I received this message recently from Jake who is the Brother of my friend and Podcast mate, Comedian, Pat Oates. He was responding to a comment I made on this week's episode of the Pat Oates is Sad Podcast episode 193 referencing my feelings about our current form of government. The way I feel about... Continue Reading →

 I am NOT a fan of cable companies. Their customer service is generally terrible. (I will say though that every "Cable Guy or Gal" I've ever dealt with were super cool.) I am referring mostly to the experiences I've had on the phone as well as stories I've hear about people visiting their service centers. ... Continue Reading →

Has Brandon gone mad?! DON'T buy Bitcoin?? This is the short version of how I came to the conclusion that buying gold may be (as I write this in early December 2017) a better idea than buying Bitcoin. From what I am seeing on social media many people would most likely disagree with me on... Continue Reading →