By Matthew Hayward I am done playing nice. I have been far more understanding, empathic and reasonable with COVID fear pushers than most people I know that share my sentiments, probably more reasonable than was warranted. I have given many a pass based on the premise that people believe what they are doing is well-intended and noble. In fact, I still believe that to be true, but I am no longer willing to continue the same respect I have given in the past. It is truly time to start standing our ground before it's too late. Any businesses that gives preference to people who are vaccinated for COVID19 will be boycotted. That includes airlines and sporting events. Sometimes fighting for freedom isn't convenient. But giving in to the gradual erosions of liberty comes with far greater inconvenience. We must stop enabling this insanity, we must stop allowing the government to get away with intimidating and manipulating us into oppressing each other.  We must start pushing back and for...

If you want to get into crypto, here are five things to get started. If all you want to do is invest in Bitcoin,  skip to step 3 and then jump to my referrals to get started right away. Step 1 – Do Your Homework And Learn The Lingo (See additional Resources below) Step 2 – Don't listen to me, a podcast, or read an article and decide to buy some random cryptocurrency you think is going to be the next big thing. You need to do your homework before you invest. Believing someone talking up a project, a token, or an alt-coin without doing your own research is foolish. Never trust anyone pushing a project; often, they have some benefit from others buying in. Step 3 – Decide where you are going to keep your investment -  digital wallet (s) - an exchange - stake it... (I do all three, but personal ownership through a cold wallet is the safest.) Step 4 – Identify the token(s) you want and then learn how to buy them. The two most common places are exchange or a  decentralized ...

I woke up on Dec 17 2020 with a question. So I did what most people do when they want an answer, I asked Google. "Hey Google, is Coinbase a publicly-traded company?" I learned that it was not, but that in July they had made comments about possibly going public. I set a Google alert on my phone to notify me of any articles that included 'Coinbase.' That night while taking out the trash I got an alert, Coinbase announced they were submitting paperwork to the Security Exchange Commission (SEC) to have an initial public offering (IPO). I called the next day to start the process to refinance my house to lower my interest rate, lower my monthly payment, and pull out equity to invest in Coinbase, Bitcoin (BTC), and other cryptocurrencies. Few times have I been more confident that this was an investment opportunity I did not want to miss, this is a once-in-a-lifetime moment. Sadly there wasn't a lot I could do knowing they would be going public. I could not figure out how...

What if most people don't want to know the truth when it's uncomfortable or forces them to question their worldview? What if the average person is a follower, not a leader? What if most people value comfort and convenience more than truth and freedom? What if it is easy to control and manipulate people because of these facts? This is not a conspiracy, just science. The conspiracies are related to those who are exploiting human nature.  Just think about the stimulus checks everyone's getting right now, and the idea of universal income and then consider Maslow's hierarchy of needs. If they can keep everyone's lowest level basic needs met, people will tolerate and accept anything and never revolt.