<?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, 05 Apr 2026 00:23:02 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@rashard4/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[More random pics, heavy on Crosby Farm, an Alvin Kennedy African mask from recycled material...a cat or puppy or two...]]></title><description><![CDATA[![20150717_151413.jpg](]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photos/@rashard4/more-random-pics-heavy-on-crosby-farm-an-alvin-kennedy-african-mask-from-recycled-material-a-cat-or-puppy-or-two</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photos/@rashard4/more-random-pics-heavy-on-crosby-farm-an-alvin-kennedy-african-mask-from-recycled-material-a-cat-or-puppy-or-two</guid><category><![CDATA[photos]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rashard4]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2018 00:17:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP5xqHVTtgzxr9jRnPYTxeDK7ZMexdNhTKNsHSvvhHF6cqGvkje1TEwYgvUBSsiZTXu17mdnaaunBfdzYFrhwCMaY2FUGTfkCmrZZh8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Crosby Farm, Cats Thrilla and Bootsy, George Clinton at the Cabooze, and random moments and memories from when I had a functioning camera]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photos/@rashard4/crosby-farm-cats-thrilla-and-bootsy-random-moments-and-memories-from-when-i-had-a-functioning-camera</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photos/@rashard4/crosby-farm-cats-thrilla-and-bootsy-random-moments-and-memories-from-when-i-had-a-functioning-camera</guid><category><![CDATA[photos]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rashard4]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2018 11:48:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2enpt3jG7bpSC53UMKwfMUQ8dRuV9vwpybFQDgEwGsKuLyKNKnNnCdVvCjvhVWktSd4UnqHuRtFdeSokXgCLM9LA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[American Platypus]]></title><description><![CDATA[![scf.png]]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/humor/@rashard4/american-platypus</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/humor/@rashard4/american-platypus</guid><category><![CDATA[humor]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rashard4]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2018 09:56:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/62PdCouTvNPDuXRaduVYiCb9hxbZWDcAb1acVYBWP4LZ6W7kpxCQXtXN58D9sUj8Th7WEaNFj1uqGe2mZShxBSbEUYdx6qr6dCLV7qbr3nxw2dU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sinclair media company devoted to drumpf  propaganda,  force stations to comply]]></title><description><![CDATA[I got your media bias....right here! "A family of conservative multimillionaires owns Sinclair Broadcast Group. And Sinclair Broadcast Group is on the cusp of owning enough local television stations]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/trump/@rashard4/sinclair-newstation-devoted-to-drumpf-propaganda-force-stations-to-comply</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/trump/@rashard4/sinclair-newstation-devoted-to-drumpf-propaganda-force-stations-to-comply</guid><category><![CDATA[trump]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rashard4]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2018 06:59:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[From '87, very relevant today:  Bill Moyers --The Constitution in Crisis]]></title><description><![CDATA[Criminality by the US government did not appear out of a vacuum with orange drumpf. In fact, through the direct policies of the most recent republican admins going back to Nixon, aided by democratic complicity]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/constitutionalcrises/@rashard4/from-87-very-relevant-today-bill-moyers-the-constitution-in-crises</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/constitutionalcrises/@rashard4/from-87-very-relevant-today-bill-moyers-the-constitution-in-crises</guid><category><![CDATA[constitutionalcrises]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rashard4]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2018 00:31:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[NYT op-ed: Turn prisons to colleges]]></title><description><![CDATA[Confession: I have vast disdain for the NYT, WashPO (since Bezos), and my hometown Chicago Trib, just a few out of the many mainstream news sources that have dumbed down the masses for decades. And while]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/criminaljusticereform/@rashard4/nyt-op-ed-turn-prisons-to-colleges</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/criminaljusticereform/@rashard4/nyt-op-ed-turn-prisons-to-colleges</guid><category><![CDATA[criminaljusticereform]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rashard4]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2018 00:05:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bootsy + Dr. Dre.....Detox just might get released]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bootsy, Casper, Zillatron himself. Without stealing from the FUNK, there would be no gangster rap -- not that we really ever needed more than a lil o that shyt, As it is it is the sound that introduced]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bootsy/@rashard4/bootsy-dr-dre-detox-just-might-get-released</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bootsy/@rashard4/bootsy-dr-dre-detox-just-might-get-released</guid><category><![CDATA[bootsy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rashard4]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2018 23:56:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZ1DskYCgwZ2RkKuAgDPRLjP84UdXWmzwAtMdsycFY292FbqhSPveN8MGo4je13ZScktzaLF8jg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[RIP Jim Kelly, you baaad mutha!]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/abrothacandream/@rashard4/rip-jim-kelly-you-baaad-mutha</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/abrothacandream/@rashard4/rip-jim-kelly-you-baaad-mutha</guid><category><![CDATA[abrothacandream]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rashard4]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2018 23:40:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[About Me]]></title><description><![CDATA[Well I suppose I should have done this first thing last year when I first signed up. Here goes: Born and raised in Chicago, traveled the world when I was young...because Pa was a fugitive. Black survivor]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/aboutme/@rashard4/about-me</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/aboutme/@rashard4/about-me</guid><category><![CDATA[aboutme]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rashard4]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2018 22:56:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZy7jgquFGhQsWNovzHCyuk7pMRCqQywb4bBF6NQ7H2LMShQU1QRJAysdc9K234qz46LsY8w1hQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yes, we did elect a Fuhrer.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rashard here, back to just check in. It can be depressing and often thankless work fighting against racism and for social justice. But I just wanted to remind you all as I did in my last post last election]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/trump/@rashard4/yes-we-did-elect-a-fuhrer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/trump/@rashard4/yes-we-did-elect-a-fuhrer</guid><category><![CDATA[trump]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rashard4]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2017 14:00:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[CPD: A n institutional Venn diagram linking Mob, Nazis, and the political elite]]></title><description><![CDATA[From today's Chicago Sun-Times is this story of a man who lived comfortably to old age when he should have been in prison. Crime is out of hand in Chicago and has been for a while, but reform doesn't happen]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/police/@rashard4/cpd-a-n-institutional-venn-diagram-linking-mob-nazis-and-the-political-elite</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/police/@rashard4/cpd-a-n-institutional-venn-diagram-linking-mob-nazis-and-the-political-elite</guid><category><![CDATA[police]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rashard4]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2016 21:05:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dems took us all for asses]]></title><description><![CDATA[Just an observation on this weird, tragic election cycle.  And btw, when you see "dems" and "republicans" the lack of capitalized lettering is intentional. By the time Bill Clinton became president]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@rashard4/dems-took-us-all-for-asses</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@rashard4/dems-took-us-all-for-asses</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rashard4]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2016 20:01:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4CWoMnrZy8cUJ3DanNzwdVgPvSAdbtbQc6Dd?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[RE: Fake News]]></title><description><![CDATA[ "Until recently the U.S. media could usually be counted on to maintain a discreet silence about emigre' leaders with Nazi backgrounds accused of working for the CIA. According to declassified records]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fakenews/@rashard4/re-fake-news</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fakenews/@rashard4/re-fake-news</guid><category><![CDATA[fakenews]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rashard4]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2016 16:24:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4CWoMnrZy8cUJ3DanNzwdVgPvSDCtW8SUv5m?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dr. Cornell West]]></title><description><![CDATA[Professor West breaks it down in TheGuardian.com in this article I'm sharing, as it reinforces one a primary point of my thesis: Progressives are under political assault from not just republicans, but]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/neoliberalism/@rashard4/dr-cornell-west</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/neoliberalism/@rashard4/dr-cornell-west</guid><category><![CDATA[neoliberalism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rashard4]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2016 19:59:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Letter to my persistent steemit troll, Katrina]]></title><description><![CDATA[RE: Your "response" to my article "Amerikkka gets its fuhrer"  Um, understand something child. Though your sense of self-importance as at a very high-level, it is apparent you have a vested interest]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/personal/@rashard4/letter-to-my-persistent-steemit-troll-katrina</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/personal/@rashard4/letter-to-my-persistent-steemit-troll-katrina</guid><category><![CDATA[personal]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rashard4]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2016 18:53:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4CWoMnrZy8cUJ3DanNzwdVgPvSCbpHw8dDKa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A few books that may help demystify this hateful new world]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/books/@rashard4/a-few-books-that-may-help-demystify-this-hateful-new-world</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/books/@rashard4/a-few-books-that-may-help-demystify-this-hateful-new-world</guid><category><![CDATA[books]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rashard4]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2016 02:07:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4CWoMnrZy8cUJ3DanNzwdVgPvSCbL1pVSxvW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[America gets itself  der fuhrer it's long desired]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rashard Zanders -- Amerikkka Uber Alles -- Despair not. There is some small good in all this gloom.  A great demystification is underway where there had been a great denial Why we spell Amerikkka]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fuhrer/@rashard4/america-gets-itself-der-fuhrer-it-s-long-desired</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fuhrer/@rashard4/america-gets-itself-der-fuhrer-it-s-long-desired</guid><category><![CDATA[fuhrer]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rashard4]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2016 00:40:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4CWoMnrZy8cUJ3DanNzwdVgPvSCbK2RRzYZp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[They're Lucky its not Burnin'!: Around the Horn distractedly]]></title><description><![CDATA[America; we, us all of us... is the loser in last nights debates..in this election...unless we all contribute something to assist in pluralizing our nation's political parties.  From what I could]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@rashard4/they-re-lucky-its-not-burnin-around-the-horn-distractedly</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@rashard4/they-re-lucky-its-not-burnin-around-the-horn-distractedly</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rashard4]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2016 16:37:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4CWoMnrZy8cUJ3DanNzwdVgPvSCbstz8JWyq?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Hurricane Clinton ransacked Haiti]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most relief organizations have a history of ripping off the small nation, which, coincidentally, was the first successful Black national revolt against slavery --Haiti hasn't been permitted to experience]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hurricanemathew/@rashard4/how-hurricane-clinton-ransacked-haiti</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hurricanemathew/@rashard4/how-hurricane-clinton-ransacked-haiti</guid><category><![CDATA[hurricanemathew]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rashard4]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2016 17:08:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[POtUS vetoes 9/11 Saudi Bill: Hilarity ensues.]]></title><description><![CDATA[October 1 thu 4, 2016 I must get a new device, my old one was working fine before I stepped on it a few months ago. I don't mind scrolling the internet on a spiderwebbed tablet, but taking pictures with]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/news/@rashard4/potus-vetoes-9-11-saudi-bill-hilarity-ensues</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/news/@rashard4/potus-vetoes-9-11-saudi-bill-hilarity-ensues</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[rashard4]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2016 15:23:09 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>