<?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>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 18:18:28 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@jimithyashford/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The History and Context of the Second Amendment]]></title><description><![CDATA[Click Image to See Video Today I want to talk about the second amendment. Not gun control in general mind you, but specifically the Second Amendment, it’s history and it’s context. The Second Amendment]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@jimithyashford/the-history-and-context-of-the-second-amendment</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@jimithyashford/the-history-and-context-of-the-second-amendment</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimithyashford]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2017 18:19:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk2bRb9gatmwEsdvNEZvoQsycZLF36RCUPXEUFyAUYTupXRedKoHBYoso9zgn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[If You Went to a Rural Midwest School]]></title><description><![CDATA[I Can Recall Growing up in a small town in rural Missouri, and looking back now, it sticks out to me just how bizarre the culture really was. I attended middle school in a town with a population of 300,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@jimithyashford/if-you-went-to-a-rural-midwest-school</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@jimithyashford/if-you-went-to-a-rural-midwest-school</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimithyashford]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2017 18:48:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Toxic Masculinity from a Young Age: A Typical Midwest Upbrining]]></title><description><![CDATA[When I Was Growing Up I can distinctly remember one of the most common playground argument between boys was who's Dad could beat up Who's. Of course every single boy on the playground insisted, "My]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@jimithyashford/toxic-masculinity-from-a-young-age-a-typical-midwest-upbrining</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@jimithyashford/toxic-masculinity-from-a-young-age-a-typical-midwest-upbrining</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimithyashford]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2017 18:24:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVfzLDX5zMexLtx9CigHfHibcsRuhaKz8WEzQdUvoJetNjHN7sPBot77n4nZkfbKwc5mUYdYFChLe5cJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Check Out this Little Bird]]></title><description><![CDATA[I came across this little guy on the pier in Chicago when I visited a few weeks ago. He let me get very close before flying away. Friendly little fella. He's a handsome bird, and you can tell he knows]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@jimithyashford/check-out-this-little-bird</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@jimithyashford/check-out-this-little-bird</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimithyashford]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2017 19:14:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2S82RiZNBeTNucZ3tdxmG4DWKuPhBNBxwy3vNSzcQNXDLbaRvPUrgYZXgjtHbRvZ2SC871Ze37gNmYCGbZu6w8KQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Travel Photography: Under the L in Chicago]]></title><description><![CDATA[Under the L Train in Chicago]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@jimithyashford/travel-photography-under-the-l-in-chicago</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@jimithyashford/travel-photography-under-the-l-in-chicago</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimithyashford]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2017 19:23:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2SLMcFAKQqNJS658V2L6E2zgKKvXjFfsx6niLJeBJsUmX3rdec1u8WrBx5kuSPtq92S9ost3PppYWqH4aaefaLFg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Got the Bust: Remembering Bernie or Busters]]></title><description><![CDATA[Regarding the future of the party, whoever the next set of primary candidates turn out to be.....please allow me to clearly state my advice: Whichever primary candidate you like best, support them, vote]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@jimithyashford/we-got-the-bust-remembering-bernie-or-busters</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@jimithyashford/we-got-the-bust-remembering-bernie-or-busters</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimithyashford]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Jul 2017 18:30:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVgLjDM8dWK9RoD7NXeKESakw8AfQaPCntQEd1LtWCmvAW4e4QzdLaaB32SL2sCs5918aTyUC1LjK2wQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Progress Every Day: Sexism and Talking Over Women]]></title><description><![CDATA[I spend most of my time in the corporate world of spreadsheets and slide shows and conference calls.....a lot of conference calls. Today I found myself on a call with four men and one woman. Now these]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jimithyashford/progress-every-day-sexism-and-talking-over-women</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@jimithyashford/progress-every-day-sexism-and-talking-over-women</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimithyashford]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2017 23:28:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVfzLDX5zMexLtx9CigHfHibcsRuhaKz8WEzQdUvoJetNjHN7sPBot77n4nZkfbKwc5mUYdYFChLe5cJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why You Should Care About the Venezuelan Crisis, Even if you Don't Care About Venezuela]]></title><description><![CDATA[Status Check President Nicholas Maduro In case you did not know (and you would be easily forgiven for not knowing given how little coverage it gets), Venezuela is on the brink of a full scale fall of the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/news/@jimithyashford/why-you-should-care-about-the-venezuelan-crisis-even-if-you-don-t-care-about-venezuela</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/news/@jimithyashford/why-you-should-care-about-the-venezuelan-crisis-even-if-you-don-t-care-about-venezuela</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimithyashford]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2017 19:29:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJb4ARrxQxCjX4jizub4U5CAK3WwB89qFCZqXEbAPmviMYCcuZU1SRmC7jMYZKTzyXV166CdVFo8MxB6iPGB5yMSUvo4rMehSKs53nrBdY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[God Always Agrees with You: What are the Odds?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Have You Ever Noticed? Have you ever noticed how God always agrees with his followers, rather than the other way around? It is no secret that there are tens of thousands of different denominations of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/religion/@jimithyashford/god-always-agrees-with-you-what-are-the-odds</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/religion/@jimithyashford/god-always-agrees-with-you-what-are-the-odds</guid><category><![CDATA[religion]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimithyashford]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2017 22:47:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVfzLDX5zMexLtx9CigHfHibcsRuhaKz8WEzQdUvoJetNjHN7sPBot77n4nZkfbKwc5mUYdYFChLe5cJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Venezuela and the Plebiscito: The Journey to Vote (If you don't know about this, you should)]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/spanish/@jimithyashford/venezuela-and-the-plebiscito-the-journey-to-vote-if-you-don-t-know-about-this-you-should</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/spanish/@jimithyashford/venezuela-and-the-plebiscito-the-journey-to-vote-if-you-don-t-know-about-this-you-should</guid><category><![CDATA[spanish]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimithyashford]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2017 22:28:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJb4ARrxQxCjX4jizub4U5CAK3WwB89raSheMezdVh6FHqvgnWUqm74dz3V5XYwxm76MfaTcgjV4U8z4ZPkynoiHogYrygL612nPMC5ZAE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photography: Rural Decay]]></title><description><![CDATA[This picture was taken along a rural highway roadside at an abandoned farm. 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It is not often that I feel a pang of sympathy for the Conservative plight, and why should I? In my life time the GOP has stood on the wrong side of essentially every social issue of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@jimithyashford/sympathy-for-the-devil-conservatives-and-the-healthcare-conundrum</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@jimithyashford/sympathy-for-the-devil-conservatives-and-the-healthcare-conundrum</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimithyashford]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2017 23:26:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVfzLDX5zMexLtx9CigHfHibcsRuhaKz8WEzQdUvoJetNjHN7sPBot77n4nZkfbKwc5mUYdYFChLe5cJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cuantos Venezolanos Estan en Steemit: Asististies el Plebiscito? (How Many Venezuelans are on Steemit: Did you Vote?)]]></title><description><![CDATA[En el Español Roto de Un Gringo Hola y Buenos Dias Venezolanos. Primero: Lo siento, pero mi Español es solo mas o menos. Mi Novia es una Venezolana y viajamos a Chicago desde Missouri para el Plebiscito.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/spanish/@jimithyashford/cuantos-venezolanos-estan-en-steemit-asististies-el-plebiscito-how-many-venezuelans-are-on-steemit-did-you-vote</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/spanish/@jimithyashford/cuantos-venezolanos-estan-en-steemit-asististies-el-plebiscito-how-many-venezuelans-are-on-steemit-did-you-vote</guid><category><![CDATA[spanish]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimithyashford]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2017 18:44:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump Supporters: Leader Worship and Zealotry]]></title><description><![CDATA[I, like almost the entire Western World, was utterly and completely convinced, up until the very day it happened, that Trump would never be our President. I did not just think he couldn't win. 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Any news outlet reporting that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@jimithyashford/what-trump-should-do</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@jimithyashford/what-trump-should-do</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimithyashford]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2017 23:10:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Modern Myths: There is no Such Thing as "Detoxing"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Modern Myths: Detoxing As long as money has existed there have been charlatans finding clever ways to separate people from that money in exchange for little more than hot air and false hope. For all of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/health/@jimithyashford/the-modern-myths-there-is-no-such-thing-as-detoxing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/health/@jimithyashford/the-modern-myths-there-is-no-such-thing-as-detoxing</guid><category><![CDATA[health]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimithyashford]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2017 00:02:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVfzLDX5zMexLtx9CigHfHibcsRuhaKz8WEzQdUvoJetNjHN7sPBot77n4nZkfbKwc5mUYdYFChLe5cJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Photography: Busiek Wilderness Early Morning Hike]]></title><description><![CDATA[Busiek Wilderness Area: Morning Hike Busiek Wilderness is an excellent park that lies about halfway between Springfield Missouri and Branson, with 2700 acres and 18 miles of established trails. It is far]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@jimithyashford/photography-busiek-wilderness-early-morning-hike</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@jimithyashford/photography-busiek-wilderness-early-morning-hike</guid><category><![CDATA[nature]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jimithyashford]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2017 23:05:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVgVFxeWEcjDUKArEMW2249xLtn3zvoCF4wwT6a1eD9sLtu3JnF1DC5a2cH2n8DH4orgWBLCrz4WuP8A?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Advice for Trying New Wild Edibles: Test and Wait]]></title><description><![CDATA[How to Test New Wild Edibles and Not get Sick Testing new wild edibles is always a tricky business. Even if a wild edible is "safe", there is no telling what you might be allergic to. 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