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Who’s team are you on?

Website re-launch: https://briandoleary.com Los Gatos Review (quarterly magazine): https://losgatosreview.com The O’Leary Letter: http://OLearyLetter.com O’Leary’s Laws O’Leary’s First Law: Nice is not a virtue. O’Leary’s Second Law: You can’t cast yourself out of a tangle. O’Leary’s Third Law: While apologies are often necessary or appropriate, never should you have to explain yourself, particularly for something you …

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They're now calling it discourse … not disinformation

Column at Substack: https://briandoleary.substack.com/p/theyre-now-calling-it-discourse For our regular emails: https://briandoleary.com/letter Find us on ?-Twitter : https://x.com/BrianDOLeary This column on ?-Twitter : https://x.com/BrianDOLeary/status/1814045579301019731 Text of article follows: They’re now calling it ‘discourse’ What happened to disinformation? By now, you’ve probably seen a host of graphics in the swampwaters of social media, hastily cobbled together by run-of-the-mill milquetoast …

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Surround yourself with better people

BrianDOLeary.com Straight to the email list + our FREE Time Management checklist : BrianDOLeary.com/letter O’Leary’s First Law: Nice is not a virtue. O’Leary’s Inner Sphere : http://OLearyInnerSphere.com The Vintage Mencken (gathered by Alistair Cooke) “As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.” Since we tend to “Serious Content Amidst an Unserious Culture,” we don’t …

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Biden v. Trump – where do we stand right now?

The first and perhaps only presidential debate happened on June 27. Adam Haman and Brian O’Leary have the definitive smackdown of the whole thing. The fellows awarded a winner and offered some commentary. Hilarity ensues (though not necessarily intentional – it’s a factor of who was “debating.”) Adam Haman – https://hamannature.substack.com/ Brian O’Leary – https://briandoleary.com/ …

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Save Standard Time — Ditch Daylight Saving

https://briandoleary.com/ep97 Links: https://briandoleary.com/time/ O’Leary and Company https://olearyandcompany.com/ Brian O’Leary on ?-Twitter https://twitter.com/BrianDOLeary Save Standard Time on ?-Twitter https://twitter.com/SaveStandard

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Jason Purcell on the Petrodollar System (part 3)

Links: Tucker talks to Vlad about the role of the U.S. dollar as the world’s reserve currency. They must have been listening to Purcell and O’Leary … https://x.com/TCNetwork/status/1755748344465342565?s=20 O’Leary side project (Natural Order Podcast) breaks down the entire Tucker-Vlad interview… https://naturalorderpodcast.com/ep18/ Possible definitions of “petrodollar” 1. Revenues from petroleum exports. Dollars paid to oil-producing nations …

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Remembering Buddy Holly and Friends

https://briandoleary.com/ep95 Links: Winter Dance Party Tour Schedule, 1959 Buddy Holly The Big Bopper Ritchie Valens Waylon Jennings Dion DiMucci Don McLean, 76, steps out with his model girlfriend Paris Dylan, 28, ahead of his performance at Manchester Bridgewater Hall Why the Beatles owe their success to the Comanche Indians

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Bitcoin w/ Wesley Schlemmer

The Brian D. O’Leary Show January 27, 2024 Wesley Schlemmer – Bitcoin Bay Ep. 94 Wesley Schlemmer is a leading bitcoin (₿) evangelist and educator in the Tampa Bay region. One of the goals of his 501c3 organization — Bitcoin Bay — is to create a circular economy with bitcoin at the center of it …

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Jason Purcell — The Petrodollar System (Part 2)

The Brian D. O’Leary Show December 5, 2023 Jason Purcell – The petrodollar system (Part 2) Ep. 93 Check us out on Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/briandoleary/p/jason-purcell-the-petrodollar-system?r=3c44f&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web We welcome financial analyst Jason Purcell on the program for the second part in a series on the history of money and banking. We’re talking about the “petrodollar” once again. Jason …

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