<?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>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 06:37:42 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@brentruss/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Time For Criticism To Take A NAP]]></title><description><![CDATA[Are there any valid critiques of the Non-Aggression Principle? Have any aspersions been cast against the NAP that cannot be dismissed with good old fashioned logic, reason, and evidence? I took a gander]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@brentruss/time-for-criticism-to-take-a-nap</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@brentruss/time-for-criticism-to-take-a-nap</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brentruss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 19:25:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVs3Hye1oHX44R9EcpQD5C9xXzj68nJaq3Ce7e8Erwj2KEaKqgpDpn5Na2727u7tyBcLRzvkRSj66RjQgHrd2YnJNMz3WejGFxNgzjo1De3Y?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anatomy Of A Liawyer]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is nothing more pathologically dishonest, morally bankrupt, and ethically corrupt, than ordering someone to prison just because they violated the law - but then completely ignoring someone else who]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/law/@brentruss/anatomy-of-a-liawyer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/law/@brentruss/anatomy-of-a-liawyer</guid><category><![CDATA[law]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brentruss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 13 Oct 2019 16:48:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8JxyWvtbhvcm5k3roJwHBR4WTALx7XaoRovWxw3dVfuNk1GyGnaYCPEcYpMgrS36qfF64rkYXpzFzjorx9Jzp5Tq3ResTUg9SczS41ffRbC3CdRA7PUVC7RiPg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[FBI Response....If You Can Call It That]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you may recall my letter to the FBI back in January of this year asking them to honestly answer some questions so I could pick up my property in their possession - Here is their deflection: Now, if]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/law/@brentruss/fbi-response-if-you-can-call-it-that</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/law/@brentruss/fbi-response-if-you-can-call-it-that</guid><category><![CDATA[law]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brentruss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 Oct 2019 23:51:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLy2ofdgrJNxeZC3WCHPBwR7MjUDzY4kBNr81QuKCiMBDfpcBHQhxQumXFLiqbGq8x2H9vDyv6ZWspCdMz5zCRLuYtcSGxGFefK6jXUthMN2fizcUBSBNhZwpAJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Open Letter To US Attorney Joseph Harrington]]></title><description><![CDATA[(No response so far....from anybody) April 6th, 2019 U.S. Attorney Joseph Harrington P.O. Box 1494 Spokane, WA 99210-1494 cc. Chris Heinen, Mark Peterson Dear Joseph, The other day I volunteered to help]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/law/@brentruss/open-letter-to-us-attorney-joseph-harrington</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/law/@brentruss/open-letter-to-us-attorney-joseph-harrington</guid><category><![CDATA[law]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brentruss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2019 03:10:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[“Democracy” Advocate Shawn Vestal, Who Supports New Gun Laws, Is A Threat To Moral Principles]]></title><description><![CDATA[No individual possesses the moral right (God given, or natural) to initiate force and violence against anyone else in furtherance of their political or social objectives. This is a plain and simple fact.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/vestal/@brentruss/democracy-advocate-shawn-vestal-who-supports-new-gun-laws-is-a-threat-to-moral-principles</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/vestal/@brentruss/democracy-advocate-shawn-vestal-who-supports-new-gun-laws-is-a-threat-to-moral-principles</guid><category><![CDATA[vestal]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brentruss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2019 00:48:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iQHbbE8PfSGHJFimG3VZQCz7L4H71pHzmZBp4DTd1VY95oiNPJf8cuySWK6QCc7bezNEEcKS1SN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Open Letter To The FBI]]></title><description><![CDATA[Following is a copy of a letter (annotated for your researching pleasure) I mailed to my resident FBI office on January 9th, 2019. As you might imagine - they have not responded, and they have not taken]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fbi/@brentruss/open-letter-to-the-fbi</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fbi/@brentruss/open-letter-to-the-fbi</guid><category><![CDATA[fbi]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brentruss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2019 14:21:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[LEGAL v. MORAL]]></title><description><![CDATA[What kind of sick people would herd a bunch of Jews into camps, steal their property, and execute them because "it was the law"? What kind of depraved sociopaths would arrest someone for simply]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/justice/@brentruss/legal-v-moral</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/justice/@brentruss/legal-v-moral</guid><category><![CDATA[justice]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brentruss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2019 13:57:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Evidence Proves The Divinity Of Christ?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Do you believe that the eye-witness testimony of the Gospels is sufficient evidence of Christ's divinity? If not, what facts and evidence do you rely upon to determine that Christ is Lord and could you]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@brentruss/what-evidence-proves-the-divinity-of-christ</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/christianity/@brentruss/what-evidence-proves-the-divinity-of-christ</guid><category><![CDATA[christianity]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brentruss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2018 19:23:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Woe Unto You Liawyers]]></title><description><![CDATA[As most of my readers are aware – I’m pretty ruthless against badgefags and politicians who think they have the magic power to use force and violence against others in furtherance of political or social]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/law/@brentruss/woe-unto-you-liawyers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/law/@brentruss/woe-unto-you-liawyers</guid><category><![CDATA[law]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brentruss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 04 Aug 2018 02:48:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pEPvDbJDzhdNXM7mjt1tbr2kM3X28F6SraZkmfPQvby7f2QpqnzHurCrPiGsT9xr5CgNUGUxgc2s1UBUTfichNxGGgGFMnUXXdWLUe2j4sB9ti?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[11 Ways to Test If Libertarians Are Hypocrites – A Response]]></title><description><![CDATA[In response to R.J. Eskow’s article "11 Ways To Test If Libertarians Are Hypocrites" Backup here 1. “Their political philosophy all but died out in the mid-to-late-20th century, but was revived]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/libertarian/@brentruss/11-ways-to-test-if-libertarians-are-hypocrites-a-response</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/libertarian/@brentruss/11-ways-to-test-if-libertarians-are-hypocrites-a-response</guid><category><![CDATA[libertarian]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brentruss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2018 19:16:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/D5zH9SyxCKd9GJ4T6rkBdeqZw1coQAaQyCUzUF4FozBvW78H3niLaet1csi6nbvqYSHMNpcTznFjdiFjEWV65M1TN2rggyzzk59v6B53ZQtWnWxGDiFqXecAfRzwbDNRLeSjbt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Entirely Reasonable Yet Satirical Case For Banning Revolvers]]></title><description><![CDATA[WARNING: If you have not yet made yourself familiar with the concept of satire, I highly recommend doing so because the following will certainly trigger you. (pun intended) With all the recent banter regarding]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/guns/@brentruss/the-entirely-reasonable-yet-satirical-case-for-banning-revolvers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/guns/@brentruss/the-entirely-reasonable-yet-satirical-case-for-banning-revolvers</guid><category><![CDATA[guns]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brentruss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2018 07:52:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/TZjG7hXReeVthqpTJZmwvzsLcvMeG4TU4Gjdfy25sfiVnWHv1j43dWxNnvRXszyWShAjKSQ2QqHJNKBmsDJr3iGVA5hFCqBZmxXnCspDWNcUYbgaqDaS4GzTquYBNitFgeGA1YpyvZJiLE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Open Letter To General Dunford - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]]></title><description><![CDATA[January 21st, 2018 Brent Everett Russ 3016 W 17th Ave Spokane, WA 99224 General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr. Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 9999 Joint Staff Pentagon Washington, D.C. 20318-9999]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/law/@brentruss/my-open-letter-to-general-dunford-chairman-of-the-joint-chiefs-of-staff</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/law/@brentruss/my-open-letter-to-general-dunford-chairman-of-the-joint-chiefs-of-staff</guid><category><![CDATA[law]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brentruss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2018 19:54:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Open Letter To Gerard Lynch Regarding Ross Ulbricht]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dear Gerard, I am completely baffled at the reasoning in your ruling regarding Ross William Ulbricht and I was wondering if you could answer a couple questions to help me understand precisely what you]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/freeross/@brentruss/my-open-letter-to-gerard-lynch-regarding-ross-ulbricht</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/freeross/@brentruss/my-open-letter-to-gerard-lynch-regarding-ross-ulbricht</guid><category><![CDATA[freeross]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brentruss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2017 19:19:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hindsight Should Be 420/20]]></title><description><![CDATA[For 80 years now, the United States Federal government has battled the cannabis plant and those involved in spreading its incredible attributes. State, county, and city governments also joined in on this]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cannabis/@brentruss/hindsight-should-be-420-20</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cannabis/@brentruss/hindsight-should-be-420-20</guid><category><![CDATA[cannabis]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brentruss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Apr 2017 15:18:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[SECESSION PROGRESSION THROUGH NON-AGGRESSION]]></title><description><![CDATA[As Ron Paul has mentioned before, a de-facto secession movement is well underway in the United States. The political left is also now open to that idea and building a coalition to withdraw California from]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/voluntarism/@brentruss/secession-progression-through-non-aggression</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/voluntarism/@brentruss/secession-progression-through-non-aggression</guid><category><![CDATA[voluntarism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brentruss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2017 20:05:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Serenity In Awakening]]></title><description><![CDATA[What if an event occurred in your life that caused you to question everything you thought was true? What if you were faced with the overwhelming task of determining reality without any frame of reference?]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@brentruss/serenity-in-awakening</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/philosophy/@brentruss/serenity-in-awakening</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brentruss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2017 22:10:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45dxhTDgCAGiuLWfqdgN211Utnab929SiLXxJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Predestined For Suffering?]]></title><description><![CDATA[What do the Abrahamic religions have to say about God’s nature and their respective notions of predestination and eternal punishment in Hell? How do these viewpoints compare and contrast with Deism’s]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deism/@brentruss/predestined-for-suffering</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deism/@brentruss/predestined-for-suffering</guid><category><![CDATA[deism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brentruss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2017 22:20:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Progressive Demagoguery]]></title><description><![CDATA[The most frequent fallacious argument I hear from Progressives is; “You want to cut government spending on program X which helps virtuous cause Y, so you are bad for not supporting cause Y!!!” On it's]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/voluntarism/@brentruss/progressive-demagoguery</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/voluntarism/@brentruss/progressive-demagoguery</guid><category><![CDATA[voluntarism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brentruss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2017 20:47:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961XgscX5jctwoi1Pc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Imagine A World]]></title><description><![CDATA[Watching our world lope head-on towards the edge of an abyss right now is probably the most disturbing thing I have ever witnessed. Not just because the impending calamity is going to be unpleasant, but]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/voluntarism/@brentruss/imagine-a-world</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/voluntarism/@brentruss/imagine-a-world</guid><category><![CDATA[voluntarism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brentruss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2017 22:10:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Legal Lunacy]]></title><description><![CDATA[“When a hypothesis is deeply accepted it becomes a growth which only a kind of surgery can amputate. Thus, beliefs persist long after their factual bases have been removed, and practices based on beliefs]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/law/@brentruss/legal-lunacy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/law/@brentruss/legal-lunacy</guid><category><![CDATA[law]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[brentruss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2017 16:22:27 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>