<?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, 10 Apr 2026 01:37:59 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@truthandanarchy/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[I Was Actually Considering Offing My Steem...]]></title><description><![CDATA[...Glad I didn't. I wonder if some of this gain will hold? I haven't had the time or the inclination to post in nearly 6 months. Hopefully that will change soon. Cam]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/crypto/@truthandanarchy/i-was-actually-considering-offing-my-steem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/crypto/@truthandanarchy/i-was-actually-considering-offing-my-steem</guid><category><![CDATA[crypto]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[truthandanarchy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2018 07:00:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVfB3SVhz5TaiuFFziWnzuKbKDTunZrsx2uK3GHbWeY32Fhtx7HsEzLVg5RoWGW1ySDWSVqWsAoBDgKFPWtk41HHGiMhUFcGQ2iS63yF1R4skPXSBXqpev4GfUJUnS6kkNqCNUkgHhT6fNavwDCBrw9SjY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Me (Cam) Through The Years]]></title><description><![CDATA[My dear Mum popped around the other week for a visit and bought me a little surprise- a little pile of photographs of me that had fallen out of their albums over the years. You remember those old photo]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@truthandanarchy/me-cam-through-the-years</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@truthandanarchy/me-cam-through-the-years</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[truthandanarchy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jul 2017 09:49:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961FJnQyYGLyUDYayU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seven 80s Songs In Seven Days]]></title><description><![CDATA[As I mentioned in a previous post, some friends and I ran a series of 'musical challenges' last year in order to showcase our favourite music to each other. Following on from the 90s we moved onto the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@truthandanarchy/seven-80s-songs-in-seven-days</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@truthandanarchy/seven-80s-songs-in-seven-days</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[truthandanarchy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 02 Jul 2017 09:45:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961WT2AykcJn9Nk3s4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 Songs In Seven Days]]></title><description><![CDATA[A little over a year ago some good friends and I ran a few 'challenges' to get to know each other's musical tastes a little better. The first challenge was to post our seven favourite 90's songs, one song]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/music/@truthandanarchy/7-songs-in-seven-days</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/music/@truthandanarchy/7-songs-in-seven-days</guid><category><![CDATA[music]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[truthandanarchy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2017 11:38:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961WT2AykcJn9Nk3s4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Possessed Toothbrush]]></title><description><![CDATA[Instead of writing something new tonight I thought I'd share this little tale I told a couple of years ago on another social media platform. Every time I remember this story I smile a little more. Ladies]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@truthandanarchy/the-possessed-toothbrush</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@truthandanarchy/the-possessed-toothbrush</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[truthandanarchy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2017 10:16:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961Siis9F5ShV2iZ2v?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feynman On Not Knowing]]></title><description><![CDATA[I was trying to think of something to post about tonight and was having a bit of a struggle. I kinda want to post at least once a day, but I don't want to post any old rubbish either (I have muted many]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/feynman/@truthandanarchy/feynman-on-not-knowing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/feynman/@truthandanarchy/feynman-on-not-knowing</guid><category><![CDATA[feynman]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[truthandanarchy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2017 11:28:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961UFD9dGYKyNh8Ccv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mencken #22 - Government Is The Worst Failure Of Civilized Man]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anyone who has followed me here or on Facebook for any length of time will know that I am no fan of government; neither, it seems, was H.L Mencken. He knew then, as we know now, that they are filled with]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@truthandanarchy/government-is-the-worst-failure-of-civilized-man</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@truthandanarchy/government-is-the-worst-failure-of-civilized-man</guid><category><![CDATA[mencken]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[truthandanarchy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jun 2017 08:34:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961QiwUNbRNcvNaKgr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mencken #21 - What The Common Man Longs For]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here's another quote from that wonderful Mencken book, Notes On Democracy. Published in 1926, it may as well have been published last week because nearly every quote contained therein hits home as though]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@truthandanarchy/mencken-21-what-the-common-man-longs-for</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@truthandanarchy/mencken-21-what-the-common-man-longs-for</guid><category><![CDATA[mencken]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[truthandanarchy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2017 10:04:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961WDY9gwAag446G6J?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mencken #20 - All Government Is Against Liberty]]></title><description><![CDATA[...and if you think otherwise you haven't been paying attention. The government definitely does not want you to be free and making decisions for yourself. That would be a threat to their very existence.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@truthandanarchy/mencken-20-all-government-is-against-liberty</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@truthandanarchy/mencken-20-all-government-is-against-liberty</guid><category><![CDATA[mencken]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[truthandanarchy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2017 02:37:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961G2krXeo9WPPvLce?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mencken #19 - Liberty Means Self-Reliance]]></title><description><![CDATA[Quite a poetic quote from Mencken today as he describes what liberty means to him. I feel like he is describing anarchy - taking responsibility for yourself, with no man or god to blame for your failures.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@truthandanarchy/mencken-19-liberty-means-self-reliance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@truthandanarchy/mencken-19-liberty-means-self-reliance</guid><category><![CDATA[mencken]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[truthandanarchy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2017 10:30:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961KXJSgfHw1twE53U?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Response to @Diginaut Re: Anarchy and Some Thoughts on HF19]]></title><description><![CDATA[I dropped an article last night my time with my thoughts on a quote from the great H.L Mencken.  A Steemian by the handle of @diginaut responded to my article thusly:- "While I am aware of the fallibility]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@truthandanarchy/a-response-to-diginaut-re-anarchy-and-some-thoughts-on-hf19</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/anarchy/@truthandanarchy/a-response-to-diginaut-re-anarchy-and-some-thoughts-on-hf19</guid><category><![CDATA[anarchy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[truthandanarchy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jun 2017 10:40:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961M2VZ6KGj4rYgNPG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Liberty and Democracy Are Eternal Enemies]]></title><description><![CDATA[What's an Australian bloke writing and posting memes about a Yank with a German-sounding name for? The short to medium answer is that during my journey to Anarchy I read a lot of stuff (a hell of a lot),]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@truthandanarchy/liberty-and-democracy-are-eternal-enemies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@truthandanarchy/liberty-and-democracy-are-eternal-enemies</guid><category><![CDATA[mencken]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[truthandanarchy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2017 08:32:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961F5JXda8UDkSL5qG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Urge To Save Humanity]]></title><description><![CDATA[This meme always seems to ruffle feathers for some reason. When I posted it over on Facebook a couple of months back it had a reach of nearly 90,000 with over 1200 shares. By way of comparison my Truth]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@truthandanarchy/the-urge-to-save-humanity</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@truthandanarchy/the-urge-to-save-humanity</guid><category><![CDATA[mencken]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[truthandanarchy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2017 11:08:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961GpwgfPWJhFb1Bxi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mencken On Chiropractors]]></title><description><![CDATA[I'm a self-confessed skeptic and I take a real evidence-based approach to everything. One of the things I love about H.L Mencken is that he doesn't sound like he was one to be fooled into believing anything]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@truthandanarchy/mencken-on-chiropractors</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@truthandanarchy/mencken-on-chiropractors</guid><category><![CDATA[mencken]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[truthandanarchy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jun 2017 09:36:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961SzAio5peWdSd2Ht?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The White House Will Be Adorned By A Downright Moron]]></title><description><![CDATA[You've all seen the quote by H.L Mencken - "As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@truthandanarchy/the-white-house-will-be-adorned-by-a-downright-moron</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@truthandanarchy/the-white-house-will-be-adorned-by-a-downright-moron</guid><category><![CDATA[mencken]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[truthandanarchy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jun 2017 06:11:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSg3j52kokyfvD831NZXpxDLsaLKFUieQH3xZTC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memorial Service]]></title><description><![CDATA[This essay is one of my favourite Mencken pieces, and I present it here in text form as it is way too large to turn into a meme. It concerns all the gods/Gods that have been worshipped over time and their]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@truthandanarchy/memorial-service</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@truthandanarchy/memorial-service</guid><category><![CDATA[mencken]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[truthandanarchy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2017 07:47:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSg3j52kokyfvD831NZXpxDLscpJNTiUCwN2Qy4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Believe...]]></title><description><![CDATA[H.L Mencken This quote doesn't need any comment from me. One of the truest things Mencken wrote in the millions of words he produced in his lifetime.   “I believe that it is better to be free]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@truthandanarchy/i-believe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@truthandanarchy/i-believe</guid><category><![CDATA[mencken]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[truthandanarchy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2017 06:30:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSg3j52kokyfvD831NZXpxDLsNbuwabPv4Nnfok?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Five Years of Prohibition]]></title><description><![CDATA[H.L Mencken Prohibition doesn't work and Mencken and everyone else knew it. I suspect he would speak similarly of the failed War On Drugs of our own age.   “Five years of Prohibition have had,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@truthandanarchy/five-years-of-prohibition</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@truthandanarchy/five-years-of-prohibition</guid><category><![CDATA[mencken]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[truthandanarchy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jun 2017 07:39:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSg3j52kokyfvD831NZXpx9VnjxsvsmjBRBRWo8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mencken on the Press]]></title><description><![CDATA[H.L Mencken Leave it to Mencken to take the piss out of others in his chosen profession. If he harboured no love for the media of his day imagine how he would feel today!   “What chiefly]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@truthandanarchy/mencken-on-the-press</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@truthandanarchy/mencken-on-the-press</guid><category><![CDATA[mencken]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[truthandanarchy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2017 10:27:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSg3j52kokyfvD831NZXpxDLsNUmnwhzctp1Txz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Progressives]]></title><description><![CDATA[H.L Mencken I'm back and refreshed after an incredible weekend camping in nature, and I am ready to chew gum and rustle jimmies. And I'm all out of gum, or as we call it down here, 'chewy.' Here Mencken]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@truthandanarchy/progressives</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/mencken/@truthandanarchy/progressives</guid><category><![CDATA[mencken]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[truthandanarchy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2017 11:37:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/o1AJ9qDyyJNSg3j52kokyfvD831NZXpxDLsaDkBNysKdiDarz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>