<?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>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 22:31:56 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@geke/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Tomorrow I prove I can speak English to the Danish government. Wish me luck!]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's been almost a year since Allan (@hanedane) and I moved to Denmark. We live in a town called Præstø which means "preists' island." It's not an island, it does occupy a little land mass in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/denmark/@geke/tomorrow-i-prove-i-can-speak-english-to-the-danish-government-wish-me-luck</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/denmark/@geke/tomorrow-i-prove-i-can-speak-english-to-the-danish-government-wish-me-luck</guid><category><![CDATA[denmark]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[geke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 19:42:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/AmRc67RgYaWTamZtjiRVK9pxDgRdg2RtnXmG5dbeGuzK3WNfkBktwpfcvUonLbZVyX3EacVtn6Ziigisw4ePMu2V1u6EVWdUEQeeewitcQa9e4KfenqgUvhoep2rb6TBm98iJ4EBB3EL5tJdTrUpMeARHDKsi1jU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Take two]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've poked around a bit and am beginning to suss the platform. I couldn't figure out how to get over here back when the split happened. Not sure how I was able to manage it this time, but happy it worked.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/books/@geke/take-two</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/books/@geke/take-two</guid><category><![CDATA[books]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[geke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 07:47:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45dupucp3RPA5oxxZcuNUM95XsNizsYe8RBc2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I'm back]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hello. I've been away for a minute... five years or so. Testing, testing... 1,2,3. Trying to figure the PeakD thing out.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gekevenns/@geke/im-back</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gekevenns/@geke/im-back</guid><category><![CDATA[gekevenns]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[geke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 20:55:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Federal Reserve stimulus / easing is “banking communism” that drives consumerism and punishes saving]]></title><description><![CDATA[Somebody asked me today if the $1.5 trillion in “capital” injections by the Federal Reserve would be helpful to the economy. The question terrified me because it really brought home the fact that most]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/stimulus/@geke/federal-reserve-stimulus-easing-is-banking-communism-that-drives-consumerism-and-punishes-saving</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/stimulus/@geke/federal-reserve-stimulus-easing-is-banking-communism-that-drives-consumerism-and-punishes-saving</guid><category><![CDATA[stimulus]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[geke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2020 00:30:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVs3Hye1oHX44R9EcpQD5C9xXzj68nJaq3CeBywJBPYkuJWCXw8z6QL6iLh6ATX6sHT1BR3VZ1jcVx2Fxf9E8YQ7HCjDedBDa9qMJ2Lz36Ai?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The High Cost of Health Care: is Bernie Sanders' "Medicare for All" the solution?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is democratic socialism the solution to what is, admittedly, a huge problem in the U.S. healthcare system? If we break down all its various definitions and iterations, socialism boils down to one, pretty]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/the-high-cost-of-health-care-is-bernie-sanders-medicare-for-all-the-solution</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/the-high-cost-of-health-care-is-bernie-sanders-medicare-for-all-the-solution</guid><category><![CDATA[deepdives]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[geke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2020 22:53:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QBt9MXeXNdDuyd4Bmd63j7zJymDTWgdcJjo1TuwBbk8o2yC6HjAPjRbrGXSn1CfskTR4PNjEd5LWxEohgcvMmwuMUWzsbcERVPBtF44EzaAuRmhJdkRU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instagram accounts up & running for Cost Benefit Jr. and GekeVenns (plus a few more!)]]></title><description><![CDATA[After much tinkering and sub-dividing accounts, I think we've got the various Instagram marketing prongs where we want them. I posted a few weeks back about my plans to promote Cost Benefit Jr. and economics]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/instagram/@geke/instagram-accounts-up-and-running-for-cost-benefit-jr-and-gekevenns-plus-a-few-more</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/instagram/@geke/instagram-accounts-up-and-running-for-cost-benefit-jr-and-gekevenns-plus-a-few-more</guid><category><![CDATA[instagram]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[geke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2020 21:48:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVJ2SVhDmmumdPfnVEcahMce9nMwwksSDdRvaH98vfSmipUv4g66EC4fDAvLHXFxR8sUSP2EKp2J1oZrUUgwVad5uZ1p2BSLSiMgJdDMM8CD8FjRSSz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A new direction for 2020]]></title><description><![CDATA[The military posts have stopped because, after almost two years documenting how the DoD is spending our tax dollars, daily, to enrich ten or so multinational corporations, I decided I needed a new, more]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/instagram/@geke/a-new-direction-for-2020</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/instagram/@geke/a-new-direction-for-2020</guid><category><![CDATA[instagram]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[geke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2020 02:11:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMp8dW6yuJTR9MKNu8P8DCXDU9qmmiySNVbigTuVvpLmJv9u6FurreBXszZ4jyPCKEKKSGRJr5W6JkPTJVkXzuUVN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Looking and feeling young over 50]]></title><description><![CDATA[I turned 53 a few weeks ago and I'm sometimes told I look young for my age. 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Yesterday's breakdown: BAE: -- Boeing: -- General Dynamics: -- L3: --]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd946-million</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd946-million</guid><category><![CDATA[deepdives]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[geke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 20:35:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNhvhBjaz6L9QYXqTGR9rRfTf5z5ZJxBWivxsW5FAwjiNJ7AxBC4gGGyrbd5kTT41eVBw4sy4wPqWCQWvHN4DU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My favorite sweet potatoes]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving! Yesterday I made my favorite sweet potatoes and thought I might share a few photos. I love fall flavors and this very simple dish includes a few of them: molasses]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/recipes/@geke/my-favorite-sweet-potatoes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/recipes/@geke/my-favorite-sweet-potatoes</guid><category><![CDATA[recipes]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[geke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2019 20:01:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrUMp8dW6yuJTR9MKNu8P8DCXDU9qmmoSws8uM6cJLWJG77i8a27LZwUPWxUN7xNqRGe8xBR9Wwi5p69RMETEu2QAu3?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The High Cost of Health Care: the Flexner Report (Part 3 - its German-pharmaceutical angle)]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a series on the history of health care, exploring how and why health care costs in the US have risen beyond the levels a free market would normally bear. Other posts in this series: Is health insurance]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/the-high-cost-of-health-care-the-flexner-report-part-3-its-german-pharmaceutical-angle</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/the-high-cost-of-health-care-the-flexner-report-part-3-its-german-pharmaceutical-angle</guid><category><![CDATA[deepdives]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[geke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2019 21:27:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QBt9MXeXNdDuyd4Bmd63j7zJymDTWgdcJjo1TuwBbk8o2yC6HjAPjRbrGXSn1CfskTR4PNjEd5LWxEohgcvMmwuMUWzsbcERVPBtF44EzaAuRmhJdkRU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much did the military spend yesterday? $1.22 billion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yesterday Raytheon broke the $1 billion barrier with another $386 million modification (increase) to an existing contract. General Dynamics is poised to do the same thing any day now. (Note that included]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd1-22-billion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd1-22-billion</guid><category><![CDATA[deepdives]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[geke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2019 19:48:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNhvhBjaz6L9QYXqTGR9rRfTf5z5ZJxBWivxsW5FAwjiNJ7AxBC4gGGyrbd5kTT41eVBw4sy4wPqWCQWvHN4DU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much did the military spend yesterday? $1.02 billion]]></title><description><![CDATA[Research into the origins of our ridiculously expensive healthcare industry has been overwhelming my time so I apologize (again) for not posting daily on military spending. 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Spending is still somewhat slow as we approach the middle of this spending quarter with only three companies on our watchlist]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd501-million</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd501-million</guid><category><![CDATA[deepdives]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[geke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2019 16:44:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNhvhBjaz6L9QYXqTGR9rRfTf5z5ZJxBWivxsW5FAwjiNJ7AxBC4gGGyrbd5kTT41eVBw4sy4wPqWCQWvHN4DU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The High Cost of Health Care: the Flexner Report (Part 2 - its discriminatory angle)]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a series on the history of health care, exploring how and why health care costs in the US have risen beyond the levels a free market would normally bear. Other posts in this series: Is health insurance]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/the-high-cost-of-health-care-the-flexner-report-part-2-its-discriminatory-angle</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/the-high-cost-of-health-care-the-flexner-report-part-2-its-discriminatory-angle</guid><category><![CDATA[deepdives]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[geke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2019 00:06:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QBt9MXeXNdDuyd4Bmd63j7zJymDTWgdcJjo1TuwBbk8o2yC6HjAPjRbrGXSn1CfskTR4PNjEd5LWxEohgcvMmwuMUWzsbcERVPBtF44EzaAuRmhJdkRU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much did the military spend yesterday? $4.1 billion]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've been wanting to replace Booz Allen Hamilton on the watchlist with either Rockwell Collins, General Electric, or L3. 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The latest one ..... “In what ways has centralisation failed us?” might be my favorite so far and I'm excited to give my]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ecotrain/@geke/my-answer-to-the-ecotrain-qotw-in-what-ways-has-centralisation-failed-us</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ecotrain/@geke/my-answer-to-the-ecotrain-qotw-in-what-ways-has-centralisation-failed-us</guid><category><![CDATA[ecotrain]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[geke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2019 18:01:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJZo6c43w4Bg9ysSuq4sua46yAeUgxyy3WnRJ2vSgsYa6T5u6as4KhqGxLZPvZN1oUmegYD8psuHa3QW3HG252T7k5ezRjZaRcY1V87o7t?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How much did the military spend yesterday? $1.2 billion]]></title><description><![CDATA[With several smaller contracts and one large one the Pentagon was able to break a billion dollars in spending yesterday. None of the companies on our watchlist received contracts or modifications (increases]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/ehxd3-how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd1-2-billion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/ehxd3-how-much-did-the-military-spend-yesterday-usd1-2-billion</guid><category><![CDATA[deepdives]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[geke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2019 16:22:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNhvhBjaz6L9QYXqTGR9rRfTf5z5ZJxBWivxsW5FAwjiNJ7AxBC4gGGyrbd5kTT41eVBw4sy4wPqWCQWvHN4DU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The High Cost of Health Care: the Flexner Report (Part 1 - its progressive efficient-monopoly angle)]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is a series on the history of health care, exploring how and why health care costs in the US have risen beyond the levels a free market would normally bear. Other posts in this series: Is health insurance]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/the-high-cost-of-health-care-the-flexner-report-part-1-its-progressive-efficient-monopoly-angle</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/deepdives/@geke/the-high-cost-of-health-care-the-flexner-report-part-1-its-progressive-efficient-monopoly-angle</guid><category><![CDATA[deepdives]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[geke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2019 00:53:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QBt9MXeXNdDuyd4Bmd63j7zJymDTWgdcJjo1TuwBbk8o2yC6HjAPjRbrGXSn1CfskTR4PNjEd5LWxEohgcvMmwuMUWzsbcERVPBtF44EzaAuRmhJdkRU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>