<?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 16:25:03 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@voder/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Kurds and Catalonians get the Federalist stick (no carrot provided)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Studies of Federalism for me really started this summer in a Virginia bookstore with a $2 copy of the Federalist Papers. Then through openlibrary.org I found a number of other works from the 1776-1789]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@voder/kurds-and-catalonians-get-the-federalist-stick-no-carrot-provided</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@voder/kurds-and-catalonians-get-the-federalist-stick-no-carrot-provided</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[voder]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Oct 2019 23:53:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxHph6BpuX7mnxAB8T28h6bJEgebcx7rnrA692R5kd1aiSa2DPFVbhH5jKU2JyKvwiNDGVWRRVBVFbPSEwAKDcCA8PU1sbtcUj2MLqpvRu9H8BGsrsLczyM8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A few words about Syria]]></title><description><![CDATA[So Orange-Man-Bad has successfully started to limit foreign wars. I called it, two years ago. When Erdogan said he was heading for Manbij (Jan 2018), clearly the route was on. (EDIT: Ismail Coskun WSAV)]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/informationwar/@voder/a-few-words-about-syria</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/informationwar/@voder/a-few-words-about-syria</guid><category><![CDATA[informationwar]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[voder]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 Oct 2019 19:18:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/D5zH9SyxCKd9GJ4T6rkBdeqZw1coQAaQyCUzUF4FozBvW7DA4URuGEgEe9wbr2hrPzjfqi7ZcTDyuGFiPmYR8eFSURkPCKK3bQUYmS1toYjg1QgrYzYpqBSMYGRXe8Nc6UFpGe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Virginia]]></title><description><![CDATA[James Madison as a junior congressman from Virginia, wrote half of the Federalist Papers. He was experiencing significant backlash among his constituents and to justify his 1789 vote he needed to explain]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/informationwar/@voder/virginia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/informationwar/@voder/virginia</guid><category><![CDATA[informationwar]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[voder]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 12 Oct 2019 20:07:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9UpT6QwmH6HShi5RB48Rjbmv1DgCGyudRT2UKsQhwJyWVAkuzy4d7vQUYmnNVrevjvhy5TRrYBb3CWz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Statist Divide]]></title><description><![CDATA[To protect your pharmaceutical induced delusions, you'll be wise to cut me off early. If you want to believe in something like government protection or democratic socialism, don't ever get close. If its]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/informationwar/@voder/the-statist-divide</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/informationwar/@voder/the-statist-divide</guid><category><![CDATA[informationwar]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[voder]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2019 03:00:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3zpz8WQe4SNGWd7TzozjPgq3rggennavDx3XPY35pEAVnpoxz3BjhGtWZ84ChxbDmnAncnpSkSnVc8d1zCvmoYneVzzj1ypf3gW2yyvgexKBCFuNZXh16qZiLkpkPWjCZUQv8qVfghhzhhR6Vgvz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do the right thing, or keep your job?]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the nineteen forties, some people did horrific things for reasons of self preservation. To kept their jobs (and not be jailed themselves) they murdered others because orders. I'm sure it happened in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@voder/do-the-right-thing-or-keep-your-job</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@voder/do-the-right-thing-or-keep-your-job</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[voder]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2019 03:42:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UonXkTjiTwb47pe1fNBA7h2thLuaRDQ6SN6TUEBUtNz6M548cwekSj4sjoh5FhzRbfjNkivExR7EKkbCMqf3xX3QNjgV1pP1f6gohYy2V5jc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[California Fires update, forest management and 8 original photos of America]]></title><description><![CDATA[The day after the smoke inversion gave us that orange sky, the particles apparently descended to our level. Although today air quality is way better than Friday, its hard to say how much. The van is covered]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@voder/california-fires-update-forest-management-and-8-original-photos-of-america</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@voder/california-fires-update-forest-management-and-8-original-photos-of-america</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[voder]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2018 03:08:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/32FTXiZsHoAW6noHJDhrg3W8ZKHVFSsLYM859aTDCF8iErL7x2caQv9RAadJxFMeDSVUgpGoPW4FFQPJqcRMNPv1RzwcB9pQ4CQTRP4xBBiiL7FpJ9hm1agCNXd6FymNcKrvBLZctjhmxUAz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[California Fires - 13 original images, Nov 8 2018]]></title><description><![CDATA[We saw the cloud roll in. At first it seemed like fog, then a brown cast became subtly visible. Looked again minutes later and the whole world had changed. If I had any idea this was about to happen, I'd]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@voder/california-fires-13-original-images-nov-8-2018</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@voder/california-fires-13-original-images-nov-8-2018</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[voder]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2018 02:50:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UonXkTjiTwb47pe1fNBA7h2thLuaRDQ6SN6TUEBUtNz6M548cwekSj4sjohSrThen553cNzzAF6oRGiNYNDG9ouLs8opCE5Bh5taRDjrzmgi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Socialism and the Means of Production]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gallup just released a poll regarding modern perspectives on socialism. (link) One question allowed respondents to mention government ownership of the means of production. Implications in a minute, first]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/informationwar/@voder/socialism-and-the-means-of-production</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/informationwar/@voder/socialism-and-the-means-of-production</guid><category><![CDATA[informationwar]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[voder]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2018 21:29:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UonXkTjiTwb47pe1fNBA7h2thLuaRDQ6SN6TUEBUtNz6M548cwekSj4sjoh9DusFQWVpB8ghFEx8xiZnoubR7wgyoCxSEYEtemRdogD7zhre?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Questions for democratic socialists]]></title><description><![CDATA[The DNC just tried to stop the appointment of Kavenaugh with 40 year old accusations (that pale in comparison to Bill's) and thus missed the opportunity to question him about the 4th amendment, search]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/informationwar/@voder/questions-for-democratic-socialists</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/informationwar/@voder/questions-for-democratic-socialists</guid><category><![CDATA[informationwar]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[voder]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2018 10:54:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UonXkTjiTwb47pe1fNBA7h2thLuaRDQ6SN6TUEBUtNz6M548cwekSj4sjohTGuM2UWMkrJDQRQwVAuVUCohcwSJz8SQVUpw6kKdmZHXL46ZC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love is a weapon - How people reflect their government]]></title><description><![CDATA[A professor was big on culture and spoke of athenian theatre between dative conjugations. A mask on a stick was the performer's means to portray the character; the mask was the persona. Acting as a person,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/informationwar/@voder/love-is-a-weapon-how-people-reflect-their-government</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/informationwar/@voder/love-is-a-weapon-how-people-reflect-their-government</guid><category><![CDATA[informationwar]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[voder]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2018 01:14:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/32FTXiZsHoAW6noHJDhrg3W8ZKHVFSsLYM859aTDCF8iErNe1JUW3uiHDGRco33pT6kxtkAXy4kduHwrQxmxHfane9qFxP1qinVbNfMcB8FLJBA6J8iXtVixf94NnSuGnQ8iabqCtxBLZiTG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A liberal dinner]]></title><description><![CDATA[So it was me with a pile of preconceived notions. Expecting four democrats to argue the relative merits of big government while anticipating shame for my lack of regard for order, probably they would call]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/informationwar/@voder/a-liberal-dinner</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/informationwar/@voder/a-liberal-dinner</guid><category><![CDATA[informationwar]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[voder]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2018 01:44:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/32FTXiZsHoAW6noHJDhrg3W8ZKHVFSsLYM859aTDCF8iErF1Yhfo1daoSymchCZekCaLUiN7bEXzhdqfeZRx8MG4agP8ESkL4dxHG9BN14nja5Gzuv5F4t7sbMNKvHVkyrv5DYFGfKb9oqdG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What team decides your perspective?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tonight we are hosting four liberals. One of my first times ever I have an opportunity to really hear directly from the modern left. If my job is to not offend anyone, I'll have to be quiet more often]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/informationwar/@voder/what-team-decides-your-perspective</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/informationwar/@voder/what-team-decides-your-perspective</guid><category><![CDATA[informationwar]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[voder]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2018 21:54:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/32FTXiZsHoAW6noHJDhrg3W8ZKHVFSsLYM859aTDCF8iErJRzPpae7CH6pSmcgJLj55WTqRWUohXfAqSNGxAfC7g2npnaCtadH4QNPWKAniC1qcVLacoKyXQs459fnRru9dFdgytyn5J5Uvi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[bring Byzantium back again]]></title><description><![CDATA[They say Byzantium was founded in 667BC, but that is clearly not true. I think wiki meant in 667 BC it was first taxed by a foreign occupying force. Prior to any imposition of foreign government, there]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@voder/bring-byzantium-back-again</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/politics/@voder/bring-byzantium-back-again</guid><category><![CDATA[politics]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[voder]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2018 15:35:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/D5zH9SyxCKd9GJ4T6rkBdeqZw1coQAaQyCUzUF4FozBvW6n7wzqFH4vbWQf51ghxJ3ytpvZVCn8vutQnNFWamPtA52DBgZq3RsqRqHDf2MxzoMGnFZzcsruJqQybZbLFe1B7Dg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[construction in norcal - not exactly chronological]]></title><description><![CDATA[I like hanging out with plumbers and electricians, guys who cannot really write in english, who don't access email with a phone, who's contracts have typos. They have thumbs half the size of a phone. These]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/california/@voder/construction-in-norcal-not-exactly-chronological</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/california/@voder/construction-in-norcal-not-exactly-chronological</guid><category><![CDATA[california]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[voder]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2018 17:20:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9vWp6aU4y8kwSZ9Gw15LFL3aMdhmgmBBFMpDJregpdP328TrsWQQX6LdmL7noZRiii3xLCv3RKzcqCi93ktLwXDsGXQ1HZPVh7fq8gVhma2rS5wCSpCw4yxETNzU9qdNyz7tAagzXcgfJqnVk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[mendocino fires 2018 - a photo essay]]></title><description><![CDATA[The two big fires started a few miles from here. We've really had an incredible view. That was shot a week ago tonight. Federal dollars showed up and now our little town is covered in fire crews. While]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/california/@voder/mendocino-fires-2018-a-photo-essay</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/california/@voder/mendocino-fires-2018-a-photo-essay</guid><category><![CDATA[california]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[voder]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2018 03:45:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9vWp6aU4y8kwSZ9Gw15LFL3aMdhmgmBBFMpDJregpdP328LhiUoY4wEscaKR9aZSxaFBSaYWaPSAKZsBzDwHw8UqE1EF1MGineW2qcvcA6wU61XfqPPhywFmLpkBwcU7TuAMf9kAJUfDewsKC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[over - ex]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am really quite good with silicone. Painting french windows, ceramic tile, I can even rock drywall trowels. But excavation? I've never worked commercial construction in my life, and that I have keys]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/california/@voder/over-ex</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/california/@voder/over-ex</guid><category><![CDATA[california]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[voder]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2018 03:39:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/32FTXiZsHoAW6noHJDhrg3W8ZKHVFSsLYM859aTDCF8iErKHEoA5yFFryzgmUbGJEmjGAR6L4hbhedp2hZrQXZd9mkhq5frtHXcwByTQNPEWhHCWp44n3tYuTr26UCuB9Skrt84KpwvQbwc2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[begin the beginning]]></title><description><![CDATA[It took a couple years. Bank loans and engineered drawings, I helped frame a house (shown prior), cleaned some toilets (not shown) and closed multiple deals with unrelated clients. Richard kept saying]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/california/@voder/begin-the-beginning</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/california/@voder/begin-the-beginning</guid><category><![CDATA[california]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[voder]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 23 Jun 2018 21:30:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/32FTXiZsHoAW6noHJDhrg3W8ZKHVFSsLYM859aTDCF8iErHQRMjUUPxiDMRo7s9hHK1LKpGoTYogMMTE7VJ1HKgaanjTFkXY1KqcZiqg6JuFVrvhQpHBtD84PqqL5R4rC6Hoey8mMiECrZPt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Catholicism (and 12 mardi gras photos)]]></title><description><![CDATA["Sin tonight, for tomorrow we repent." A good protestant would consider that an abomination. Yet inlies a liberty I didn't know prior. I spent half my life in the Yankee north and didn't understand]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@voder/catholicism-and-12-mardi-gras-photos</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@voder/catholicism-and-12-mardi-gras-photos</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[voder]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2018 03:30:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHVQPjDcGkFxELgGtwNAntRtiqDuEyyB1E5LKvKjCCHkDFgoZGoFjs3HpaBep5VafBx4ey1mRzCiaYsujCpNddVoAKYTFuutXqitfaLFe8LHofjBdLC3GDxiQJMXo5S62?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anarchy ( + 13 original landscapes of south Florida)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Cabeza's walk from Florida to Mexico 1527 - 1531, (link) is the story of anarchy. Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca was ship wrecked somewhere maybe around here. Of the 50 survivors from four boats, three made]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/liberty/@voder/anarchy-13-original-landscapes-of-south-florida</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/liberty/@voder/anarchy-13-original-landscapes-of-south-florida</guid><category><![CDATA[liberty]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[voder]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Feb 2018 01:05:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHVQPjDcGkFxELgGtwNAntRtiqDuEyxrDioqfvcPvXskn8vzUhBRZV2Dq9zxS63EpGsk81o8jBW9QhxBExgMrfqs96YYbgSfbSX3tdzG8fYV7KSjXGpTYZqYDqU9kAoYJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capitalism ( + 9 street photos from San Francisco, Dec 2017)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Trump's SOTU proved he is just another Democrat. More spending, more government, more of everything except fiscal conservatism. A campaign speech. I could only tolerate a couple minutes. Incredible to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/liberty/@voder/capitalism-9-street-photos-from-san-francisco-dec-2017</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/liberty/@voder/capitalism-9-street-photos-from-san-francisco-dec-2017</guid><category><![CDATA[liberty]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[voder]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Feb 2018 02:13:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHVQPjDcGkFxELgGtwNAntRtiqDuEyxxHB3HkUdZzJAUfCstvpb95F6DhRExTqPs6qVzSBw4tt3WckdMiAe2GZ1TC61bCZWjGhnp1ErUTYKfZTf3Q1qTZMqHMRmWDQJM4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>