<?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>https://ecency.com</link><image><url>https://ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>https://ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:23:05 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@straitmedia/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Fear of Cryptos Pervades Davos]]></title><description><![CDATA[csm_davos_winter_night.jpg So, here we go... Nobel prize-winning (whatever that's worth) economist (undoubtedly Keynesian) Robert Shiller claims that bitcoin will not be a "permanent feature"]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@straitmedia/fear-of-cryptos-pervades-davos</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@straitmedia/fear-of-cryptos-pervades-davos</guid><category><![CDATA[davos]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[straitmedia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2018 16:50:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZ6gRVamVbKPKSjuxNqbibub5T7k4uKgCB4qh3Xo8WbDpnP6yaF4uDKrE2b9W5yp5yRVaCUqpoG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[They Came For The Jews And I Did Nothing…]]></title><description><![CDATA[Then they came for me and there was no one left. Yeah…we’ve all heard that true story from the awesome days of the Nazis (National Socialists). Well…it’s happening again. And what are you going to do about]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@straitmedia/they-came-for-the-jews-and-i-did-nothing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@straitmedia/they-came-for-the-jews-and-i-did-nothing</guid><category><![CDATA[freedom]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[straitmedia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Aug 2017 00:09:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYrbi5XVLXk8gZ9TLBCGsoiu1DTU7x3MJuArg1sW7uWMbaNU5gjpckiyjU1LAg1KeoTCXUNw2jY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stubborn as an old mule!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Life is amazing and totally strange...and me...well...I can sometimes be as stubborn as an old mule. And, with three score plus years under my belt, I'd say the latter is an apt description. I've realized]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@straitmedia/stubborn-as-an-old-mule</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@straitmedia/stubborn-as-an-old-mule</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[straitmedia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2017 18:12:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVegA1DM1hLYztV6TSpW28b7ZT1jr8vN8y2S8AVrdiXQhFXibTzXz5tEfNFYwiaircmpt6sWXMxjeTHx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Illinois Foreshadows the Future of US Pensions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Are you paying attention to what is happening with the pensions in Illinois? If you’re like most people who don’t live in Illinois, you’re wondering why you should care since it isn’t your state, right?]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@straitmedia/illinois-foreshadows-the-future-of-us-pensions</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@straitmedia/illinois-foreshadows-the-future-of-us-pensions</guid><category><![CDATA[illinois]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[straitmedia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2017 16:08:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHVQPjDcGkFxELgGtwNAntRtiqDuEyxtrYiVGjPbsbsV2qTGMkAeQLSupoMC22yMZpDGMYii9tfFF1Npkvk5HrGAYFVLVJCKthFUcP5QTCqJ2hJhCPnDwCihzJumGC5Ae?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Lessons Learned From  9-11]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here are some of the lessons that I learned from the events of 9/11. I think I can promise you that you won’t like what I’m going to write today. It might even make you very angry with me. My dream is]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@straitmedia/lessons-learned-from-9-11</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@straitmedia/lessons-learned-from-9-11</guid><category><![CDATA[historylessons]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[straitmedia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2016 11:27:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hello...I'm Lowell]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have more, or less, been a Permanent Traveler all my life, though not realizing it formally until the last few years.  I started my life in southern California. By the time I was a year old, my]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@straitmedia/hello-i-m-lowell</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@straitmedia/hello-i-m-lowell</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[straitmedia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2016 14:26:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRqBhNBwi7cTdgsvbE22vP2ya2a2fe4n1zyDLA6UMAfEznQbZshiLkTrL5SUZHqSRRRaLUY2u3onBkanrv9ojdKKF6kxZxcQjzrBCBrdmHtkKtkaan7kFsRY5sVbYNWc4JpKEG41A8tDzK1rirSUMKMQXiSiuwb?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Minimum Wage]]></title><description><![CDATA[What's the minimum wage objective? Proponents of raising the minimum wage have stated their goal is to obtain a "living wage" for the lowest paid worker. That sounds truly magnanimous on the]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@straitmedia/minimum-wage</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@straitmedia/minimum-wage</guid><category><![CDATA[apprenticeship]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[straitmedia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2016 23:09:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why It's Easy To Remain Calm When The World Seems To Be Falling Apart]]></title><description><![CDATA[A friend wrote to me explaining how she was looking for a change in perspective, which is a good thing when you're full entrenched in frantic southern California. I complimented her on making the effort]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@straitmedia/why-it-s-easy-to-remain-calm-when-the-world-seems-to-be-falling-apart</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@straitmedia/why-it-s-easy-to-remain-calm-when-the-world-seems-to-be-falling-apart</guid><category><![CDATA[faith]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[straitmedia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2016 17:22:18 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>