<?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>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:05:19 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@redbloodedguy/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Colion Noir Responds to David Hogg’s White Privilege]]></title><description><![CDATA[One thing that really irks me about this marching the people involved, along with the mainstream media, is the selective outrage. Dana Loesch gets up and says a very true statement that crying white mothers]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@redbloodedguy/colion-noir-responds-to-david-hogg-s-white-privilege</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@redbloodedguy/colion-noir-responds-to-david-hogg-s-white-privilege</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[redbloodedguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2018 03:20:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e2fpHkmWxY73GKCv7g4TwXarWn5ZzoxPwJN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Protesters Talk Gun Control at March For Our Lives]]></title><description><![CDATA[“I have face tattoos. Like…I don’t need to be owning a gun. I’m irresponsible already.”]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@redbloodedguy/protesters-talk-gun-control-at-march-for-our-lives</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@redbloodedguy/protesters-talk-gun-control-at-march-for-our-lives</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[redbloodedguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2018 02:31:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e4eWHrwB6ZX7bC6K41NEAe9K2jTcQpM9n5C?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Actors Cold Read Gun Facts Off of a Teleprompter]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@redbloodedguy/actors-cold-read-gun-facts-off-of-a-teleprompter</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@redbloodedguy/actors-cold-read-gun-facts-off-of-a-teleprompter</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[redbloodedguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2018 02:21:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eM81QhJijygV12wT6uHSk1zpyuzWhhE4oYa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The True Meaning of the Second Amendment]]></title><description><![CDATA[Well, it may be the most controversial and the most contentious right that we have as Americans – the right to keep and bear arms. Now, the root of that contention is in the often misunderstood intention]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@redbloodedguy/the-true-meaning-of-the-second-amendment</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@redbloodedguy/the-true-meaning-of-the-second-amendment</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[redbloodedguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2018 02:15:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45dwTidWXtALMdvR4RqfnhcwkhnKb2VhXRkra?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gun Control Marchers Have No Idea About Guns]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are a lot people who unfairly criticize Charlie Kirk, but he deserves a lot of credit for going out and exposing how utterly clueless these nitwits are.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@redbloodedguy/gun-control-marchers-have-no-idea-about-guns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@redbloodedguy/gun-control-marchers-have-no-idea-about-guns</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[redbloodedguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2018 01:46:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eK6xY529FxgtZyam2jfM8sSeuFgvC9xR7U2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is Gerrymandering?]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 1787, our Founding Fathers came to an agreement known as “The Great Compromise”. The deal called for two chambers of Congress to be created to form the legislative branch of the federal government.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/gerrymandering/@redbloodedguy/what-is-gerrymandering</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/gerrymandering/@redbloodedguy/what-is-gerrymandering</guid><category><![CDATA[gerrymandering]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[redbloodedguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 18:52:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eJoMu2UWk8PVow38HrV6TtFNg9nykhtHNP8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Arguments Against International Trade]]></title><description><![CDATA[International trade is a controversial subject. There’s a lot of arguments surrounding it. We’re not going to go through all of them by any means. But here are some of the most common: That trade reduces]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@redbloodedguy/arguments-against-international-trade</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@redbloodedguy/arguments-against-international-trade</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[redbloodedguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 18:13:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eMBUeZENVtgXMN1BfMVC1Db3MSt7sbMKqkS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Backwards, Nationalist, Progressive Neomercantilism]]></title><description><![CDATA[@anders216 said: You are seeing this from the consumer point of view they’re talking about the gross domestic product having a deficit means we are importing more goods and we are exporting meanwhile we]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/trade/@redbloodedguy/backwards-nationalist-progressive-neomercantilism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/trade/@redbloodedguy/backwards-nationalist-progressive-neomercantilism</guid><category><![CDATA[trade]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[redbloodedguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 18:04:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45dwngVg1Xw6qBZGvTgAU1LRBcD4NTPfMbKmQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justification for Gun Ownership]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yesterday’s incident at Great Mills High School in Maryland highlighted the principle that only good guys with guns can stop bad guys with guns.[1] Because of an armed good guy, the casualty was limited]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@redbloodedguy/justification-for-gun-ownership</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@redbloodedguy/justification-for-gun-ownership</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[redbloodedguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 17:54:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYXpfUGaR24SjoLBkmbFcfFADj1Ki8iFBoPk3k3CpLkbeyDLYxrfmHYwKFmYWfxnqw6rdF7ZXRY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Political Value of Crisis]]></title><description><![CDATA[There’s one pattern in which you generate political support by creating a “crisis”. Now, since all human situations have some negative features to them, nothing is easier than to find something to complain]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@redbloodedguy/the-political-value-of-crisis</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@redbloodedguy/the-political-value-of-crisis</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[redbloodedguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 16:58:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e5TjQgBCxbaRbMSZHHX4y4L2RV8BJYch454?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leftwing Lobbyists and Donors]]></title><description><![CDATA[You’ve probably heard a lot of claims that the Koch brothers are trying to control American politics with their giant checkbook. They’ve been called “homegrown oligarchs” who have “cornered the market]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/lobbying/@redbloodedguy/leftwing-lobbyists-and-donors</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/lobbying/@redbloodedguy/leftwing-lobbyists-and-donors</guid><category><![CDATA[lobbying]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[redbloodedguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2018 20:07:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e2FD2tDQKbwpWwoqov222YgorayYR17kgrz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Four Legitimate Functions of Government]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’m not an anarchist. I believe in a government, but a limited government. And the government should be limited, in my opinion, to very simple functions. Number one: to defending the country against foreign]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@redbloodedguy/the-four-legitimate-functions-of-government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@redbloodedguy/the-four-legitimate-functions-of-government</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[redbloodedguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2018 20:00:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e8huBYTU9PYJ4NtN2arjCnYVqP4i8jASq42?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Debunking Fake History About Ronald Reagan]]></title><description><![CDATA[This meme from Snarky Pundit (recently shared by Occupy Democrats) pretends things used to be better before Reagan came along. This forgets the 1970s was a time of economic malaise, with stagflation and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ronald-reagan/@redbloodedguy/debunking-fake-history-about-ronald-reagan</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ronald-reagan/@redbloodedguy/debunking-fake-history-about-ronald-reagan</guid><category><![CDATA[ronald-reagan]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[redbloodedguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2018 19:36:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYrXHjs6ZsfVhvzsjnqfQkgF9hismzGrnPk1nN1CBEDueYMUcDFQX2Wbxfo6XK1mmPLstgsNRoL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trade War: What is it Good For?]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Trade wars are good and easy to win. When we’re down $100 billion with a certain country, we just don’t trade anymore with them…we win big. It’s easy!” Oh, boy, that’s dead wrong. When you spend $100]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/trade/@redbloodedguy/trade-war-what-is-it-good-for</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/trade/@redbloodedguy/trade-war-what-is-it-good-for</guid><category><![CDATA[trade]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[redbloodedguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2018 18:04:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eHAYxC9iTZG7xweD4kVbMcgguJ7dsfh8BrE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[He Survived a School Shooting. Now He’s Fighting to Allow Guns in Schools.]]></title><description><![CDATA[So, I was 15 years old when Columbine happened. My friends and I were outside the school when the shooting broke out. Immediately after the shooting, we all actually gathered in my elementary school. I]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@redbloodedguy/he-survived-a-school-shooting-now-he-s-fighting-to-allow-guns-in-schools</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@redbloodedguy/he-survived-a-school-shooting-now-he-s-fighting-to-allow-guns-in-schools</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[redbloodedguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2018 16:55:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eJkckx9YEEEw3wiJz2UTeaf85aUgMLcFBYz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[China’s Freedom-Crushing ‘Social Credit Score’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is your privacy under threat? If you think your privacy’s threatened, be glad you don’t live in China. Facebook and Twitter are banned in China, so people use WeChat – one of the world’s most popular mobile]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@redbloodedguy/china-s-freedom-crushing-social-credit-score</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@redbloodedguy/china-s-freedom-crushing-social-credit-score</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[redbloodedguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2018 15:17:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45dtCiSN4gDmbmNLmRLpWBMyYjP3UN6RziBnN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Understanding the "Amazon Paid No Taxes" Claim]]></title><description><![CDATA[You’ve likely seen the numerous memes and headlines circulating claiming that Amazon paid no income taxes in 2017. Below, we’ll walk through exactly what happened and how. For starters, understand that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@redbloodedguy/understanding-the-amazon-paid-no-taxes-claim</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@redbloodedguy/understanding-the-amazon-paid-no-taxes-claim</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[redbloodedguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2018 14:50:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYh6juor5JfR2Gr5y6qRxLhTMXLjLWS8LFuwkfvZfFc9p1CsH184Who4v9M2FP7P2rKkn1PhR3t?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Colion Noir Blasts #MarchForOurLives]]></title><description><![CDATA[What if we didn’t exploit the trauma of kids to push a political agenda? What if the media actually covered the kids who completely disagreed with students like David Hogg? What if we had put armed guards]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/marchforourlives/@redbloodedguy/colion-noir-blasts-marchforourlives</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/marchforourlives/@redbloodedguy/colion-noir-blasts-marchforourlives</guid><category><![CDATA[marchforourlives]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[redbloodedguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2018 12:58:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e2cvBrxWu5E7UHvxQRAMT8jLiRgQPhceKJE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Paris Climate Fraud]]></title><description><![CDATA[Another hot year. Global warming! What will we do about that? Politicians for most every country promised to deal with it by signing something called the Paris Climate Agreement. But when President Trump]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/climate-change/@redbloodedguy/the-paris-climate-fraud</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/climate-change/@redbloodedguy/the-paris-climate-fraud</guid><category><![CDATA[climate-change]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[redbloodedguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2018 20:21:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eFwiN7cQBfFv6GA19vuu2952NXwGXhbCAUn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Let Kids Be Kids]]></title><description><![CDATA[Summer—glorious summer! Time to dig in the sand, gulp from the hose, play at the park, and leap with joy! Unless you’re a kid—in which case, find yourself a comfy sofa in a dark, quiet room and settle]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/parenting/@redbloodedguy/let-kids-be-kids</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/parenting/@redbloodedguy/let-kids-be-kids</guid><category><![CDATA[parenting]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[redbloodedguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2018 19:57:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45e2hf3tH1XDXMAk8qSQAPn25NxbRNBSMMuzn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>