<?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>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 05:02:06 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@joe-boyko/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Remember Back When People Weren't so Uptight:]]></title><description><![CDATA[Remember Back When People Weren't so Uptight: Remember the days when 'Seinfeld' was funny and not offensive? Remember when you could just laugh at the absurdity of our culture without being branded as]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@joe-boyko/remember-back-when-people-weren-t-so-uptight</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@joe-boyko/remember-back-when-people-weren-t-so-uptight</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joe-boyko]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2019 06:22:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2N61tyyncFaFVtpM8rCsJzDgecVMtkz4jpzBsszXjhqan9moJneui8tfS3vnLthdgY4oVM6nY1dzReHWcRsQt8gYjUrxAtvWMXk7mvqaS8FFbA5eExAmrqSDQrkaGkAD31KgR2MbbdKL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why a Minimum Wage Increase Would Hurt Those Who it Claims to be Helping The Most:]]></title><description><![CDATA["Raise the minimum wage!!!" "Power to the PEOPLE!!!" What a bullshit and shortsighted fucking concept... I have this stupid discussion with people on an almost daily basis. It doesn't]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@joe-boyko/why-a-minimum-wage-increase-would-hurt-those-who-it-claims-to-be-helping-the-most</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@joe-boyko/why-a-minimum-wage-increase-would-hurt-those-who-it-claims-to-be-helping-the-most</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joe-boyko]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2018 00:07:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFU89taP2MgKXzwntUGAvkoQiKU7VxyD37q9Yoh6C51a5fdd6SHq7NCdu3LGuze79mmse1Muu6QWiZ7riqJXTcYs9q8m5VyKAQtfyg5KbDp5iJut?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[20 Skills Every Man Should Know In Order To Be A Better Man:]]></title><description><![CDATA[20 Skills Every Man Should Have In Order To Be A Better Man: This is an example of an impressive stereotype Most people think of "manliness" as a negative stereotype. They get the image of some]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@joe-boyko/20-skills-every-man-should-have-in-order-to-be-a-better-man</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@joe-boyko/20-skills-every-man-should-have-in-order-to-be-a-better-man</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joe-boyko]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2018 10:55:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVJ2SVhDmmumdPfnVEcahMce9nMwwksSDdRvSK2sfEv8as4yygNzRbYjSvrwziUKFHovDkhJ6CGCFBboYz1M7Nzb2NLYgRZobiLgPjHuRZ9f5L2QThg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[United States Entering Into a "Holy War"? An Editorial Opinion...]]></title><description><![CDATA[Trump making this decision to move the US embassy to Jerusalem has allowed the United States to symbolically pick a side, in what is essentially, a religious war of the three largest Abrahamic religions.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/news/@joe-boyko/united-states-entering-into-a-holy-war-an-editorial-opinion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/news/@joe-boyko/united-states-entering-into-a-holy-war-an-editorial-opinion</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joe-boyko]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2018 08:49:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/62PdCouTvNPDuXRaduVYiCb9hxbZWDcAb1acVYBWMeAJRQomwSWCTFEa1tkTqbfJ359J1afUrCr9nfuU2xPCr6Ccc1LM8Wz264MKXh1ktVF2e7G?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Quick Observation About Arguing The Wrong Points on Foreign Policy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Eisenhower warned in his farewell address about the emergence of war profiteers dictating foreign policy for their own personal benefit... Everyone always pisses and moans about perpetual warfare, but]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/syria/@joe-boyko/a-quick-observation-about-arguing-the-wrong-points-on-foreign-policy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/syria/@joe-boyko/a-quick-observation-about-arguing-the-wrong-points-on-foreign-policy</guid><category><![CDATA[syria]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joe-boyko]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2018 21:18:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/D5zH9SyxCKdBnJaFeHnL3svQi9ZN2XzXDbzH7Wc9qUAXxKFKxCjmiH49TdaoBGYei4SjNohZTq482f4Rp5D6KkkGwcg5itwiEFphrApGeqfQGpvfbWsLJiJ8tjg4Kx2jU7tLoQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Another Silly Observation from Another Silly Nobody:]]></title><description><![CDATA[Well, I thought I was over it, but I just got hit with the second round of this season's flu... 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That's really what this is]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/youtube/@joe-boyko/the-youtube-purge-is-just-another-example-of-book-burnings-for-the-digital-age</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/youtube/@joe-boyko/the-youtube-purge-is-just-another-example-of-book-burnings-for-the-digital-age</guid><category><![CDATA[youtube]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joe-boyko]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2018 05:54:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP5xqHVTtgzxr9jRnPYTxeDK7ZMexdNyT5mmBSQxwB9KJ2xF6hxsPRaQ1qpERxPoob2ZnpRgneuTrUh8o4DhcsKi2CYUtLVq8gaA1ft?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[2016 Election Fraud Admitted to by Russians? Nope. But the NYC Election Board Did:]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is kinda old news, but I thought I'd just remind everyone who's still checking for "Reds under the bed", that actual election fraud did take place in 2016... 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Let me just address the people on the lunatic fringe on both]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/black/@joe-boyko/black-panther-a-controversy-about-nothing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/black/@joe-boyko/black-panther-a-controversy-about-nothing</guid><category><![CDATA[black]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[joe-boyko]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2018 06:42:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVZ5NRzV2o8MyJEzowAL6rjbt8w3dTGqC5tAxpALQYcQCzSm2B43TVHTSG8FWwM88Q2owZmMwRBksEJqmjLH9tVYJoqL4n7RAEha1woaxDFt2C5hQA2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quick Thoughts on Illegal Immigration:]]></title><description><![CDATA[People speaking Spanish doesn't make me uncomfortable. A persons language, color, or custom is of no concern to me... 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PSYCHE!!!:]]></title><description><![CDATA[An emergency alert was issued today warning the citizens of Hawaii that an incoming ballistic missile strike was imminent. Well it's safe to put down the defribillator and change your drawers now. 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