<?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>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 10:08:26 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@frogman18/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Australian Federal Election 2019 Week 6 ~ Faites Vos Jeux]]></title><description><![CDATA[These are the betting odds for each party as collected by Frogman. Note that the odds are determined by the betting patterns more than the opinion polls. Always gamble responsibly. Party/Bookmaker]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@frogman18/australian-federal-election-2019-week-6-faites-vos-jeux</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@frogman18/australian-federal-election-2019-week-6-faites-vos-jeux</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[frogman18]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2019 02:31:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/USgKoryE83j1Wi3PbtRzYy9AGaq27Vbtzq7UmN2cQdW5PxpQDGr2ifNRRoDQ4YhG2Wv6VieMDMpPELna381rmU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australian Federal Election 2019 Week 5 ~ Faites Vos Jeux]]></title><description><![CDATA[These are the betting odds for each party as collected by OddsChecker: Note: The only party with a candidate in each seat is the United Australia Party. Fellow blogger buggedout suggests "I also follow]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/teamaustralia/@frogman18/australian-federal-election-2019-week-5-faites-vos-jeux</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/teamaustralia/@frogman18/australian-federal-election-2019-week-5-faites-vos-jeux</guid><category><![CDATA[teamaustralia]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[frogman18]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2019 21:47:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/USgKoryE83j1Wi3PbtRzYy9AGaq27Vbtzq7UmN2cQdW5PxpQDGr2ifNRRoDQ4YhG2Wv6VieMDMpPELna381rmU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australian Federal Election 2019 Week 4 ~ Faites Vos Jeux]]></title><description><![CDATA[The opinion polls have often been unsuccessful in predicting the Federal election outcome. The usual results are in favour of a Labor victory and the preferred Prime Minister being the Coalition leader.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@frogman18/australian-federal-election-2019-week-4-faites-vos-jeux</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@frogman18/australian-federal-election-2019-week-4-faites-vos-jeux</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[frogman18]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2019 23:42:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/USgKoryE83j1Wi3PbtRzYy9AGaq27Vbtzq7UmN2cQdW5PxpQDGr2ifNRRoDQ4YhG2Wv6VieMDMpPELna381rmU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Climate Change Reality ~ I Reject Your Reality And Substitute My Own]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are many people rabbiting on about 'the science of global warming' what they are really saying is 'I reject your reality and substitute my own'. I for one am becoming impatient with the stupidity]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/climate/@frogman18/climate-change-reality-i-reject-your-reality-and-substitute-my-own</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/climate/@frogman18/climate-change-reality-i-reject-your-reality-and-substitute-my-own</guid><category><![CDATA[climate]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[frogman18]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2019 01:34:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/368La1qZAv72RG89Ykz1K26o1unJwufF2WFMbYop7HGnPff7PFa4BsnkDYxYWxAmjag9wMmfMd4Vg37wPbwMEnoY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal Election Week 3 ~ Faites Vos Jeux]]></title><description><![CDATA[The election is officially up and running. The various parties can use all the bus's, cars and planes that they decorated in the party colours for the NSW election, just finished. Already the party leaders]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/teamaustralia/@frogman18/federal-election-week-3-faites-vos-jeux</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/teamaustralia/@frogman18/federal-election-week-3-faites-vos-jeux</guid><category><![CDATA[teamaustralia]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[frogman18]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2019 00:04:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/USgKoryE83j1Wi3PbtRzYy9AGaq27Vbtzq7UmN2cQdW5PxpQDGr2ifNRRoDQ4YhG2Wv6VieMDMpPELna381rmU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal Election 2019 ~ Week 2, Mes amis font votre jeu]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Labor Party and the Coalition are out on the hustings (stump in the US) for the next few weeks and babies will be kissed, flesh pressed, protesters arrested, candidates egged and media events staged.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@frogman18/federal-election-2019-week-2-mes-amis-font-votre-jeu</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@frogman18/federal-election-2019-week-2-mes-amis-font-votre-jeu</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[frogman18]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2019 06:08:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/USgKoryE83j1Wi3PbtRzYy9AGaq27Vbtzq7UmN2cQdW5PxpQDGr2ifNRRoDQ4YhG2Wv6VieMDMpPELna381rmU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Long Is A Lifetime?]]></title><description><![CDATA[One often hears people saying things like 'once in a lifetime event' or 'it will last a lifetime'  or 'not in living memory'. This got me thinking that a lifetime is very insignificant time when you]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/teamaustralia/@frogman18/how-long-is-a-lifetime</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/teamaustralia/@frogman18/how-long-is-a-lifetime</guid><category><![CDATA[teamaustralia]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[frogman18]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2019 02:00:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc1692QWn5tsEUJJ1Fx46t7qvtMPMU5DkTcWfj136JncVrHEpsgv3CuoDCk3RK3fsX6r7hhFqJajTPfpG8iiPLS3Q1YYX5DLzYvjggDcqT9BrQjtdvW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dont Flag Without A Comment]]></title><description><![CDATA[I had a small message from @freezepeach offering a solution to flagging "If you feel you've been wrongly flagged, check out @freezepeach, the flag abuse neutralizer. See the intro post for more details,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/howto/@frogman18/dont-flag-without-a-comment</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/howto/@frogman18/dont-flag-without-a-comment</guid><category><![CDATA[howto]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[frogman18]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2019 22:26:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/D5zH9SyxCKd9GJ4T6rkBdeqZw1coQAaQyCUzUF4FozBvW7JzfaA3jJYs51hDWqShqwJovZVghRizRLbqGZ2H8rbFpNDo73baeUq4jke8R1yiJsde8sc3AjnfMFXbGRj9Yaj7en?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal Election 2019 ~ Place Your Bet While The Odds Are Still Good]]></title><description><![CDATA[I votes according to me conscience, and them that tips the most! Punch circa 1800 Now that the NSW election has tested the water for the main political parties its time for an Australian Federal election.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/teamaustralia/@frogman18/federal-election-2019-place-your-bet-while-the-odds-are-still-good</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/teamaustralia/@frogman18/federal-election-2019-place-your-bet-while-the-odds-are-still-good</guid><category><![CDATA[teamaustralia]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[frogman18]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2019 03:40:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/USgKoryE83j1Wi3PbtRzYy9AGaq27Vbtzq7UmN2cQdW5PxpQDGr2ifNRRoDQ4YhG2Wv6VieMDMpPELna381rmU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Another Victim Of Global Companies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kimberly Clark announced on April 3rd that they were closing the Australian Huggies factory with a loss of 220 jobs. Obviously service providers lost contracts and jobs as well. Just as well they didn't]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@frogman18/another-victim-of-global-companies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@frogman18/another-victim-of-global-companies</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[frogman18]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2019 23:07:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/TZjG7hXReeVoAvXt2X6pMxYAb3q65xMju8wryWxKrsghkKeniGAFpcGzVbQdsK7VYsqKpmUE6MHkT49TLqyeF3BegpeeHBdorHgbfM6tADSGPQ9B2SuxcKtb8HHVPoshwYBHhSSqGrsjyG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swamp News 1st April 2019]]></title><description><![CDATA[As an inhabitant of the local wetlands (swamp) I was horrified when Trump said he was going to drain the 'swamp'. I was much relieved when I realised he was talking about Congress and government. The people]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/news/@frogman18/swamp-news-1st-april-2019</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/news/@frogman18/swamp-news-1st-april-2019</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[frogman18]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2019 23:57:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QBt9MXeXNdDuyd4Bmd63j7zJymDTWgdcJjnzmsWgtYtd6sh8RabpVQSrvNbSeuH5kCyjnZaoFMXtwczRuzJjyNB7gQ7jd2hrx5DaY3YBT1Smn1Vh2zD4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beauty And The Beholder]]></title><description><![CDATA[There have been a number of university projects to try and quantify beauty, but when it comes down to it, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. This reminds me of Michelle Obama who said just that recently.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/beauty/@frogman18/beauty-and-the-beholder</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/beauty/@frogman18/beauty-and-the-beholder</guid><category><![CDATA[beauty]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[frogman18]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2019 04:47:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/EEEoA8oLaAxsTkPYAARp78o5cJA1o6Chv9x98TzCFT6v5HfbNFoHPLfHQjannbuu2NhXz98iZ41JJgfS2L5suXj6L2QbK8xSKcNwbZBLfLxc3CbzbrMyc7KQi3k8E3AZjtupQpvNxNxMu4pquWwkA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[To Brexit Or Not To Brexit, That Is The Question]]></title><description><![CDATA[The UK joined the Common Market (EEC), now known as the EU in 1973. Then the union consisted of three countries, it is now a 28 country circus. Fortunately the UK stayed with the Pound Sterling avoiding]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@frogman18/to-brexit-or-not-to-brexit-that-is-the-question</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@frogman18/to-brexit-or-not-to-brexit-that-is-the-question</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[frogman18]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2019 00:24:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/99pyU5Ga1kwqSXWA2evTexn6YzPHotJF8R85JZsErvtTWXyxXwUK1JDz6LxgA3z5A5nAvKYitNReB53Rw3fV8MEWEaah4d8yhpdFhkJGjcEg7AXyuLC7EQ1Ficc7rFAtBG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah Sweet Jasmine!]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am sitting at my desktop computer experimenting with page headers and the scent of jasmine is almost over-powering. I get to enjoy this scent for nothing and other people have to pay big bucks for it.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@frogman18/ah-sweet-jasmine</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@frogman18/ah-sweet-jasmine</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[frogman18]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2019 22:44:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/D5zH9SyxCKd9GJ4T6rkBdeqZw1coQAaQyCUzUF4FozBvW7JzfaA3jJYs51hDWqShqwJovZVghRizRLbqGZ2H8rbFpNDo73baeUq4jke8R1yiJsde8sc3AjnfMFXbGRj9Yaj7en?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Phone Spyware AKA Stalkware]]></title><description><![CDATA[The technical magazine Motherboard has been running a series of articles on mobile phone apps that spy on the phone user. Just about everything the user does is collected on a database and even the microphone]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/spyware/@frogman18/phone-spyware-aka-stalkware</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/spyware/@frogman18/phone-spyware-aka-stalkware</guid><category><![CDATA[spyware]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[frogman18]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2019 04:51:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9vWp6aU4y8kwSZ9Gw15LFL3aMdhmgmBBFMpDJregpdP328jAojmZBFSSC3ZbAgZWF9UZ3xzNQYK6Ls459Np1cBiweamqyE4wfoFLg4CJe9PDofR8M9Pxyic34ucRp2bgCXAz1TA1DBcZHV9AW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mr Chad Returns]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was born during WWII and lived during shortages of food, clothing and everything else you can think of. We all had ration books and were limited to so much per person per week. Very often a shortage]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@frogman18/mr-chad-returns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@frogman18/mr-chad-returns</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[frogman18]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2019 05:00:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLy2ofdgrJNxeZC3WCHPBwR7MjUDzY4kBNr81Nkr2NTBAHPa6bVfqBzFUcni1M3QfmqvUJyKpEhGDQax1A5MjBbRztJozUr2UoBV4KrAtfkNQECBRT5m3mXWNJr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defibrillator Warning And The Black List]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thought for the day. What have a defibrillator warning and 'The Black List' TV series got in common? They both show how easy it is to hack an implanted medical device and in the case of the TV show, how]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/teamaustralia/@frogman18/defibrillator-warning-and-the-black-list</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/teamaustralia/@frogman18/defibrillator-warning-and-the-black-list</guid><category><![CDATA[teamaustralia]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[frogman18]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2019 23:01:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3HaJVw3AYyXBgjKMvyZUnbwXcm3zhV6upopHRuYMn8zsefvE1tE58aUUrQoernkVka1MzZCEiA422446vQSSZd1pUYEbSNxRd2EsxeA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gladys Berejiklian Wins New South Wales, Australia]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a move that astonished the pundits and the Australian Labor Party, Gladys Berejiklian has taken the Coalition to victory. She has created history by being the first female to have been elected by voters]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/teamaustralia/@frogman18/gladys-berejiklian-wins-new-south-wales-australia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/teamaustralia/@frogman18/gladys-berejiklian-wins-new-south-wales-australia</guid><category><![CDATA[teamaustralia]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[frogman18]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2019 04:31:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FxX5caie56yqrvm3vhwqxbz8R18KZfTXPF8dqVL3FceL1cFkyEDjngnVbenqxqGx26u9XK4sovX5hKsyYGvniw9ryDsYd3dztG178CnmhKa6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The End Of The World In 2030?]]></title><description><![CDATA[You may have heard or seen some high profile personality's, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bob Geldof, Ellen Page to name a few, predicting that the world was going to end in 2030 or at the latest 2031. As]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/teamaustralia/@frogman18/the-end-of-the-world-in-2030</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/teamaustralia/@frogman18/the-end-of-the-world-in-2030</guid><category><![CDATA[teamaustralia]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[frogman18]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2019 20:52:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8DAuGmrW5imHBhU6wkZiq2eu4GLuiYVuEGyMRQ3DFvfqkcYf4CwJvCraWEyLoJWfqLWcPdmzJsyAbbZ6BYWCP7uDUiSoRbd7yEPrnUoAKqNrwNXiWnaMYZMxCC9kKHz1E7EdK2axoQdiKvcayjqMpxNzAraDu9eFjdFDcFN3vuC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Standard Disclaimer For All My Posts]]></title><description><![CDATA[This article is written in Australian English with some vernacular. All content on this website including reference data is for informational purposes only and this information should not be considered]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/disclaimer/@frogman18/standard-disclaimer-for-all-my-posts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/disclaimer/@frogman18/standard-disclaimer-for-all-my-posts</guid><category><![CDATA[disclaimer]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[frogman18]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2019 23:27:57 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>