<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:36:56 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@blue1950/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[OMG, IT'S A BOMB! BUT... BUT... IT'S NOT TERRORISM, IS IT?]]></title><description><![CDATA[News about the terrorist bombings in New York and New Jersey by an "Afghan-American," who obviously did not have a high opinion of his adopted country, was again awash in desperate official]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/islamic-terrorism/@blue1950/omg-it-s-a-bomb-but-but-it-s-not-terrorism-is-it</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/islamic-terrorism/@blue1950/omg-it-s-a-bomb-but-but-it-s-not-terrorism-is-it</guid><category><![CDATA[islamic-terrorism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[blue1950]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2016 19:18:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2jNqjhGDgC31VtMFaY3ZmaxHp2agCddpbptUbGK2nTi2SenHoGKYDJNpUqZDc7LCAaZQoSdvgYyeoYKLcVWdkRpPzPemUcZQ354jskRKyiHSUwKsuszXEsYQrJnrHfkyf49UpxJgFa9UmgKXdDCpuRgL5DWmAxnHXvcYCTNGdZB8LQyWZYNpoWqjjyLQNi8kA4PdxgHBwCnHXjm1XVJPQMyQJ6FR5cTNdde3VrvmEeNZgbigU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[DO YOU WANT THIS HAND ON THE NUKES?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Think. "The lesser of two evils" is no longer a valid argument.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/election/@blue1950/do-you-want-this-hand-on-the-nukes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/election/@blue1950/do-you-want-this-hand-on-the-nukes</guid><category><![CDATA[election]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[blue1950]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2016 04:04:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3MxaK27PJLaXTyEhXM9a5pFB6Ysqi1ChgeQxJKkHcAAPZVp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[MENTAL ILLNESS, CHILDREN, ENABLING PARENTS: Dangerous conundrum]]></title><description><![CDATA[With the U.S. mental health crisis growing by the day, the narrower issue of parents as enablers of mentally sick children is a dangerous issue that is not being addressed sufficiently. Consider these]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/mental-illness/@blue1950/mental-illness-children-enabling-parents-dangerous-conundrum</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/mental-illness/@blue1950/mental-illness-children-enabling-parents-dangerous-conundrum</guid><category><![CDATA[mental-illness]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[blue1950]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2016 17:44:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4PYjjVeteBF6UQCXyNZRvn895PA5Zn66AhQbVonbhyX2M4eth4RjJ8C8eLssKbCEeSBQkPigHTRBWveRLe6QynE6PQ71Q83DSqBLGA5sbta?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Strange things on Steemit -- How can new members get in when the door is blocked?]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I fist joined steemit I just went on posting. Now, it appears, things have changed for the worst. I got this image from a young man who has just joined but is being stopped from posting: How can anybody]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@blue1950/strange-things-on-steemit-how-can-new-members-get-in-when-the-door-is-blocked</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@blue1950/strange-things-on-steemit-how-can-new-members-get-in-when-the-door-is-blocked</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[blue1950]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2016 15:19:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Y2iXpNqZ2GJKoTNEfbhhqPuXdRGc8VBLCVMSodPGbERP4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[WAR PHOTO CENTRAL - Eastern Front - Infantry]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a shallow trench somewhere on the Eastern Front, two German infantrymen look at the combat photographer as shelling produces plumes of smoke on their horizon. Note the man nearer the camera wearing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ww2/@blue1950/war-photos-central-eastern-front-infantry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ww2/@blue1950/war-photos-central-eastern-front-infantry</guid><category><![CDATA[ww2]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[blue1950]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2016 17:53:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5CEvyaAfMXdNjtYFnAz8K4bSGquwqHimqoNANnpJkih1xPNYLoq1KvQn47EQShLMDRWmWjr6fBTzurNsQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[WAR PHOTO CENTRAL - Eastern Front]]></title><description><![CDATA[Two German soldiers on the Eastern Front don local fur coats in the absence of standard issue polar clothing for the German army. Undated. During the first Russian winter of the German campaign on the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ww2/@blue1950/war-photo-central-eastern-front</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ww2/@blue1950/war-photo-central-eastern-front</guid><category><![CDATA[ww2]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[blue1950]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2016 17:31:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4PYjjVeteBF5WHEJnDcJXpVXxDdw29DdPfD9yq6MPNeUxXJ6N7jzBEkpFjc8NMxwhySUPJtRNKMJU1vDKKttEkW2iYD2VDRCMLFx9ZszB7U?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[WAR PHOTO CENTRAL - Josip Broz Tito, President of Yugoslavia]]></title><description><![CDATA[Marshal Josip Broz Tito, who united the Yugoslav partisans in the fight against the Nazis, poses for the camera with his dog in June 1944. Tito ruled Yugoslavia until his death in 1980. Within a decade]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/tito/@blue1950/war-photo-central-josip-broz-tito-president-of-yugoslavia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/tito/@blue1950/war-photo-central-josip-broz-tito-president-of-yugoslavia</guid><category><![CDATA[tito]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[blue1950]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2016 14:16:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3q52DkcPcpmKTWa4r2cVFGUn1wFmJPhPm8VHRn4TnrtpXnpVqjVdg6mGvuaca1MjtZyPNhc7z1ajp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[WAR PHOTO CENTRAL: Canadian pilot Cliff Horncastle KIA 1942]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this news photo, Canadian fighter pilot Cliff Horncastle prepares to take off from an unidentified UK airfield. Horncastle flew the P-40 Tomahawk fighter and belonged to 414 Fighter Squadron, RCAF.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/war-photos/@blue1950/war-photo-central-canadian-pilot-cliff-horncastle-kia-1942</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/war-photos/@blue1950/war-photo-central-canadian-pilot-cliff-horncastle-kia-1942</guid><category><![CDATA[war-photos]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[blue1950]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2016 14:07:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3q52DkcPcpmKTWa4r2cVFGUn1wFmJPhPm8VHRn4TnrtpXnpVqjVdg6mGvuacVESrUQBcaDyPqoCDt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[DIS-UNITED EUROPE: TIME TO PUT AN END TO ITS MISERY]]></title><description><![CDATA[This man is after my own heart: "Merkel's Sidekick Says Brexit Makes Europe Unstable - Good, The EU Should Collapse." Way before Brexit, my feelings about the EU -- now rapidly becoming 'European]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/european-union/@blue1950/dis-united-europe-time-to-put-an-end-to-its-misery</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/european-union/@blue1950/dis-united-europe-time-to-put-an-end-to-its-misery</guid><category><![CDATA[european-union]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[blue1950]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2016 16:13:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/gPCasciUWmF6VmjRP7nBFzbcnwRx5acsNEMt2gtNH21PXiRg1q24f98bxcqy6S4VfHXvXcqABYZFtTgcJSQVkSHnsuu62WXzUHGev273bUMjaDJfnV5Dr1V489PZverASe5vX9w2pb3NapyKzw?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[FIRST LADIES:  OFTEN A PROBLEM FOR "DEMOCRACY"]]></title><description><![CDATA[First ladies in the United States have no constitutional role. The first lady has no official duties. For all we know, she should stick to the household and being nice to visitors. The word "hostess"]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/first-lady/@blue1950/first-ladies-often-a-problem-for-democracy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/first-lady/@blue1950/first-ladies-often-a-problem-for-democracy</guid><category><![CDATA[first-lady]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[blue1950]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2016 16:18:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Y2iXpNqZ2GJKo6DXu6S38T7RT4JLhdwSHrFrTNScUTmHx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[BASIC 'MUST' WHEN WRITING POSTS: IT'S LENGTH, STUPID!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Newspaper editors in the old days had two must-do prompts for their story tellers: Keep it SHORT, keep it FOCUSED. These prompts are as relevant today as in the 1930s. Unless you are a star reporter with]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@blue1950/basic-must-when-writing-posts-it-s-length-stupid</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@blue1950/basic-must-when-writing-posts-it-s-length-stupid</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[blue1950]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2016 15:02:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3MxaK27PJLaXTz3NjKNAfEc6rBk7t43NKcQ1QyVHPVDCUmk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[STEEMIT: Which Are the Steam-ing Posts That'll Give You Lots of $$$??? - Some ST Ecosystem Observations]]></title><description><![CDATA[I joined Steemit two weeks ago. In that span of time I learned some and I still scratch my head on some. What's "hot" and "trending" and "active" and winning on Steemit? What]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@blue1950/steemit-which-are-the-steam-ing-posts-that-ll-give-you-lots-of-usdusdusd-some-st-ecosystem-observations</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@blue1950/steemit-which-are-the-steam-ing-posts-that-ll-give-you-lots-of-usdusdusd-some-st-ecosystem-observations</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[blue1950]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2016 01:39:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3MxaK27PJLaXTye38LFsNXRdyNJyo2d31RjJb3meigMGYrz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I AM WRITING FOR MYSELF AND STRANGERS]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am writing for myself and strangers. Gertrude Stein Indeed I do. Writing as self-medicine has been recognized by many. But few accept they write for strangers. Or, when they implicitly do, they speak]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@blue1950/i-am-writing-for-myself-and-strangers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@blue1950/i-am-writing-for-myself-and-strangers</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[blue1950]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2016 18:32:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[CONTRARY TO WHAT USUAL SUSPECT MEDIA WANTS U TO BELIEVE, HILLARY TREADS  ON THIN ICE]]></title><description><![CDATA[Latest poll from Pew Research (not exactly your paid-per-poll clown outfit) shows Hillary separated from Donald by a mere four points, viz. within range for statistical error. Now, if you follow the so-called]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hillary/@blue1950/contrary-to-what-usual-suspect-media-wants-u-to-believe-hillary-treads-on-thin-ice</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hillary/@blue1950/contrary-to-what-usual-suspect-media-wants-u-to-believe-hillary-treads-on-thin-ice</guid><category><![CDATA[hillary]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[blue1950]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2016 15:09:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJbFHDbZTe1BxNJ6aRUvF52hbS1j1NoZUNyfwa4w5ZEkqPfGZBCtGvLZpougbtkDp5KUU6VHmNzSv1k9uUNvkUBnSwQoggtiCRnznTuvdk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Orthodox Jew Stabbed in French City by Man with "Psychiatric History" screaming "Allahu Akbar"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here's the news story: I wonder. Every time a madman screaming "Allahu Akbar" stabs or blows up innocent people in Islamic fury he is miraculously discovered to suffer from "emotional]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/news/@blue1950/orthodox-jew-stabbed-in-french-city-by-man-with-psychiatric-history-screaming-allahu-akbar</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/news/@blue1950/orthodox-jew-stabbed-in-french-city-by-man-with-psychiatric-history-screaming-allahu-akbar</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[blue1950]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2016 21:07:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[TURKEY: MENACE TO THE WEST AND ENORMOUS NATO LIABILITY]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the most persistent myths of American diplomacy has been Turkey as the "key ally" of the West in Asia. The history of this myth begins in the immediate post-WW2 years, when Stalin was]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/turkey/@blue1950/turkey-menace-to-the-west-and-enormous-nato-liability</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/turkey/@blue1950/turkey-menace-to-the-west-and-enormous-nato-liability</guid><category><![CDATA[turkey]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[blue1950]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2016 16:38:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Y2iXpNqZ2GJKnzvrhy7cxDQtuU4GqvdRMJQKuoPucaSCE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[STEEMIT IN THE NEWS: RECAP August 18, 2016]]></title><description><![CDATA[Quick recap of Steemit news stories in the last few days. Steemit Is Like Reddit, But Where Upvotes Equal a Cryptocurrency Payout At present, Steem has enjoyed an explosive growth in value in only a few]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@blue1950/steemit-in-the-news-recap-august-18-2016</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@blue1950/steemit-in-the-news-recap-august-18-2016</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[blue1950]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2016 04:22:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[WW2 - Quad Maxim AA gun on a terrace in Moscow]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/moscow/@blue1950/ww2-quad-maxim-aa-gun-on-a-terrace-in-moscow</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/moscow/@blue1950/ww2-quad-maxim-aa-gun-on-a-terrace-in-moscow</guid><category><![CDATA[moscow]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[blue1950]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2016 03:56:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2ufhwNX7Nip7EdK4fqaxKxC5MBWbN3H38PbL3bQTB6ugLVRK1N1TpLaFgx8jyP8F4ejUBDJWJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[WW2 - The assembly war in a Soviet arms factory]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/war/@blue1950/ww2-the-assembly-war-in-a-soviet-arms-factory</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/war/@blue1950/ww2-the-assembly-war-in-a-soviet-arms-factory</guid><category><![CDATA[war]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[blue1950]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2016 03:50:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgGXrYiyDp6FiQshgUR47reVZefUPNN5raYFh7CpKeNEmVMyHUV2ZziTsWJeD5mHAQufdhJmXmUwcvzE6ZpP1rXB3ebYV1jRrn6cTJCVEKczyPrJZ7Xz7x?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[OBAMACARE THREATENED BY FOR-PROFITS: Twist some arms, read them The Act]]></title><description><![CDATA[As I said in a previous post, surrendering the Affordable Care Act (ACA) a.k.a. Ombamacare, to for-profit insurers could be the kiss of death for health care reform. Now, we have blatant in-your-face evidence]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/obamacare/@blue1950/obamacare-threatened-by-for-profits-twist-some-arms-read-them-the-act</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/obamacare/@blue1950/obamacare-threatened-by-for-profits-twist-some-arms-read-them-the-act</guid><category><![CDATA[obamacare]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[blue1950]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2016 00:49:42 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>