He’s Islamophobic! He’s homophobic! He’s a warmonger! He’s our new face to the rest of the world, so now there’s really no hiding who we are.
Watch Full Frontal with Samantha Bee all new Wednesdays at 10:30/ 9:30c on TBS!
Someone has way too much time on their hands… pic.twitter.com/sVIOQKbWBG
— Help Save America - Dump Trump (@poop_weasel) April 26, 2018
Diamond and Silk falsely claim under oath they weren’t paid by Trump campaign https://t.co/rt852DNsyN pic.twitter.com/eqS4n8t7tI
— The Hill (@thehill) April 26, 2018
Is anyone old enough to remember back before Trump was President, when lyin’ to Congress was considered a bad thing? https://t.co/zexaEracrD
— Tea Pain (@TeaPainUSA) April 26, 2018
The punishment I favor for abortion https://t.co/8Xnl6eGNpm by @KevinNR
— Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) April 26, 2018
This op-ed by Kevin Williamson not only shows how uninformed he is about abortion procedures, pregnancy, and the current state of abortion in the United States and globally, but also how callous he is towards women’s lives. https://t.co/rIs7oZEOTV
— Dr. Daniel Grossman (@DrDGrossman) April 26, 2018
Nothing Kevin Williamson wrote in that screed was based in medical fact, actual global abortion policy, or on evidence-based research about who has abortions or adoptions and why. @PostOpinions should be ashamed of publishing such a fact-less op-ed. https://t.co/nHNjCtaJZ1
— Renee Bracey Sherman (@RBraceySherman) April 26, 2018
re: #3 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Nice to see Republicans think those two clowns are worthy of time but not the enulments corruption.
re: #4 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Kevin Williamson, who claims he’s been silenced, has published columns in three publications this week, including WaPo & WSJ. I wish someone would silence me. Maybe then I could have the same platform. 🤷🏻♀️
— Britni de la Cretaz ⚾️ (@britnidlc) April 26, 2018
LOOK: A stunning image of just how many teachers are marching to the Arizona State Capitol. #RedForEd pic.twitter.com/1KygktI99N
— Matt Rodewald FOX 10 (@Matt_Fox10) April 26, 2018
Why would the Washington Post let Kevin Williamson use the word “alleged” here? pic.twitter.com/XKFa2IFyC4
— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) April 26, 2018
“I was alleged to have said what my own tweets said.”
Kevin Williamson really needs to get over himself. https://t.co/u7uTIvuvAd— Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) April 26, 2018
“U.S. intelligence agencies briefed a wider circle of officials, saying that “a member of the president’s family” was being targeted by a Chinese influence operation, echoing earlier warnings. “https://t.co/VNNEJf0cCb
— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) April 26, 2018
He erased the announcement that he was going on TV and tweeted this.
Loved being on @foxandfriends this morning. Great show!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 26, 2018
So, he’s only tweeted twice (and he deleted one) in roughly 25 hours. Has to be a record. Maybe one of his attorneys finally sat him down and told him to shut his fucking yap before the FBI busts down the Oval Office door.
re: #11 teleskiguy
Loved being on @foxandfriends this morning. Great show!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 26, 2018
yeah, everybody thought you were insane. good job. https://t.co/7xm17lG36u
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) April 26, 2018
re: #10 Backwoods_Sleuth
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The reason Republican voters like Trump: He and his family can be conned as easily as they can.
Great exhibit of conservative hypocrisy.
Truly cannot make this stuff up pic.twitter.com/CeyTem5Hc9
— Jenna (@jennaep7) April 26, 2018
Is she really accusing @ChelseaClinton of “carrying water for a bunch of douchebag male advisers” because her mother told her to? All she did was mention that there were parts of the book that weren’t correct. How is that “one of the filthiest political displays ever”? pic.twitter.com/wdVG0BRkxu
— Kara Calavera (@KaraCalavera) April 26, 2018
I have no one blocked. As Heidi has blocked me, I hope someone forwards this to her, thank you. The only water I carry is my own. And, it’s decent, not filthy, to care about facts and to ask those who purport to have fact checked, to fact check. https://t.co/2N959AVmmE
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) April 26, 2018
That’s one punchable face.
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine’s official portrait: https://t.co/5IiZRMXlH3 pic.twitter.com/5X7KTii2OG
— NASA HQ PHOTO (@nasahqphoto) April 26, 2018
ok then…
Why do I need an AR-15? Because some day the government may tell me I’m not allowed to put my sick son on a plane and fly him to Italy for treatment. And believe me when I tell you I WILL be putting him on that plane. #AlfieEvans
— Jesse Kelly® (@JesseKellyDC) April 24, 2018
“I need an AR-15 in case I need to hijack a plane to fly my son to a country with socialized healthcare”, is currently my favorite take on gun ownership. https://t.co/1rq1FQ4yWH
— Jules Suzdaltsev (@jules_su) April 26, 2018
re: #20 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
Climate changes all the time, duh!!
That’s pretty much exactly what he said in 2012.
Q: Do you believe that human activity is contributing to climate change?
A: No. The Earth’s climate has always varied substantially as demonstrated by pre-industrial human records and natural evidence. There is no doubt that human activity can change local conditions, but on a global scale natural processes including variations in solar output and ocean currents control climatic conditions. There is no credible scientific evidence that greenhouse gas atmospheric concentrations, including carbon dioxide, affect global climate. I oppose regulating greenhouse gases. Doing so will significantly increase energy prices and keep more people in poverty.
Swinging from the hips ?
That’s how you salsa dance.
There is “Swinging for the fences”
There is “Shooting from the hip”— Jeff Farias (@jefffarias) April 26, 2018
re: #22 thecommodore
I’m not sure where Trump was swinging from, but it wasn’t from the hips. The hips don’t lie, but Trump does nothing but.
re: #22 thecommodore
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Sourdough rolls for burgers & hotdogs. I am ruined now, I can never eat a burger or a hotdog on a regular roll. pic.twitter.com/6EQRq8IYAf
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) April 26, 2018
re: #25 The Vicious Babushka
I need these. Drool….
This Guy!
The U.S. has put together a STRONG bid w/ Canada & Mexico for the 2026 World Cup. It would be a shame if countries that we always support were to lobby against the U.S. bid. Why should we be supporting these countries when they don’t support us (including at the United Nations)?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 26, 2018
re: #20 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
It snows in Minneapolis in May! What global warning??!!
re: #27 Single-handed sailor
This Guy!
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re: #27 Single-handed sailor
This Guy!
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I was going to like this tweet
— Brenden M Dilley (@TheRealHublife) April 26, 2018
But, then I saw the tweet after where he says Trump will unite us with America First via Kanye, and then I noticed the Qanon down in the bottom corner of the picture.
re: #27 Single-handed sailor
I hope FIFA figures out a way to give the 2026 World Cup to both Canada and Mexico.
re: #27 Single-handed sailor
Fuck This Guy!
FIFY
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🎥WATCH🎥
The awesome @tedlieu speaks TRUTH during the social media hearing featuring Diamond and Silk: “This is a stupid and ridiculous hearing.”🔥pic.twitter.com/dAvyGedQJC— Dr. Dena Grayson (@DrDenaGrayson) April 26, 2018
One of the most chilling abandoned places in the world is France’s Red Zone, or “Zone Rouge”.
Over 100 years ago, the First World War so devastated the landscape here that people are still forbidden to enter, & the zone has become a ghostly & overgrown place. pic.twitter.com/fPDL4URKmV— Paul 🌹📚 Cooper (@PaulMMCooper) April 25, 2018
Amazing thread https://t.co/CNkztjT41n
— paul mcleary (@paulmcleary) April 26, 2018
re: #34 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
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The Verdun battlefield is beautiful nowadays but it is nevertheless the saddest and most tragic place I have ever visited. The thing about Verdun, compared to the other Great War slaughterhouses, is that the battle area is so small, just 20 square kilometers. You can easily see the whole thing from the roof of Fort Douamont, which was the focus of the battle. A quarter of a million men died in that area in the space of 10 months. It is a national forest now, with the remnants of craters and trenches still visible. The rangers still find human remains every week. These go into the giant crypts of the Douamont Ossuary.
re: #33 gocart mozart
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It is stupid considering the things the House should be having hearings on. But they need to give Diamond and Silk their additoinal 15 minutse of fame to lie and cry about how hard it is being a conservative.
re: #36 HappyWarrior
It is stupid considering the things the House should be having hearings on. But they need to give Diamond and Silk their additoinal 15 minutse of fame to lie and cry about how hard it is being
a conservativepaid frauds.
FIFY
Some folks here might find this interesting.
People know that their privacy is going out the window when they do these ancestry tests, right? https://t.co/bQhYEeWMUP
— Sarah Parvini 🦅 (سارا) (@sarahparvini) April 26, 2018
The frenetic pace of the news cycle in the era of the Trump Horror gets exhausting. It’s the Olympics of Bad Craziness.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 27, 2018
re: #39 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Some folks here might find this interesting.
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How about that heh.
The Tour de France of Bad Craziness, if you will. Without any EPO.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 27, 2018
re: #39 klys (maker of Silmarils)
These DNA tests are becoming quite popular, which means that they are also popular topics for stories for websites, newspapers, etc.
Of course “privacy is out the window”, but not in the way implied by the headline.
No one is going to steal your DNA.
And, the reason people use DNA on genealogical sites is to be found.
That’s the whole point of using DNA for genealogy - so your relatives can find you.
Now, if that bothers you then don’t do the DNA tests.
There are probably people who take these tests who don’t know what they are doing. But having looked at the websites of the legitimate companies, it appears to me they go to some length to provide information telling people what is involved.
The criminal case that made the headlines yesterday gathered DNA from evidence - not from strangers. The data was used to compare to public or semi-public data in genealogy databases (it appears, though the police accounts are a bit murky on the details).
But herein lay a great truth - we are all related to each other. Now, we all won’t show up as cousins to each other on these tests because the purpose of the tests are to find close-ish relatives and not relatives separated by a thousand years.
Yet I bet that I share at least one common ancestor, probably more, with nearly all the members here within the past 500 years.
re: #39 klys (maker of Silmarils)
Some folks here might find this interesting.
People know that their privacy is going out the window when they do these ancestry tests, right? https://t.co/bQhYEeWMUP
— Sarah Parvini 🦅 (سارا) (@sarahparvini) April 26, 2018
I’ve long had the held a suspicion that those sites were probably CIA front companies.
re: #43 freetoken
These DNA tests are becoming quite popular, which means that they are also popular topics for stories for websites, newspapers, etc.
Of course “privacy is out the window”, but not in the way implied by the headline.
No one is going to steal your DNA.
And, the reason people use DNA on genealogical sites is to be found.
That’s the whole point of using DNA for genealogy - so your relatives can find you.
Now, if that bothers you then don’t do the DNA tests.
There are probably people who take these tests who don’t know what they are doing. But having looked at the websites of the legitimate companies, it appears to me they go to some length to provide information telling people what is involved.
The criminal case that made the headlines yesterday gathered DNA from evidence - not from strangers. The data was used to compare to public or semi-public data in genealogy databases (it appears, though the police accounts are a bit murky on the details).
But herein lay a great truth - we are all related to each other. Now, we all won’t show up as cousins to each other on these tests because the purpose of the tests are to find close-ish relatives and not relatives separated by a thousand years.
Yet I bet that I share at least one common ancestor, probably more, with nearly all the members here within the past 500 years.
I always thought it would be funny to find out where my common ancestor would be among my friends or parents heh. My mom and dad have different ancestry but all it takes is one person. But you’re right. People take the tests wanting to be found.
re: #27 Single-handed sailor
This Guy!
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diplomacy by blackmail…it hasn’t worked out good for him so far, but what the h*ck…
re: #42 Charles Johnson
It’s the Hard Rock 100 of bad craziness.
— Charlie Vogel, aka His Teleness the Charlie Lama (@teleskiguy) April 27, 2018
re: #46 Backwoods_Sleuth
He is a one trick pony. That is all he knows.
re: #11 teleskiguy
Put away the phone. You’re drunk. And you’re destroying the nation one tweet at a time.
— lawhawk (@lawhawk) April 27, 2018
re: #49 lawhawk
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FFS, there’s more important things than us getting the World Cup. Do your fucking job instead of whining about your paranoia about our allies. Funny that you never bitch about Vlad but you love to bitch about Mexico and Canada, it’s almost like they have something on you and you’re Vlad’s little playtoy.
re: #44 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀
I find it comical that white supremacists love to take these tests to prove that they’re truly white - and the results come back that they are anything but causing nothing but problems for these idiot extremists. They see percentages of anything outside of Europe as a problem and most people have that.
And that these tests are now being used to take down criminals is great.
If only law enforcement had a ready source of test material they could work against and which could help solve tens of thousands of crimes across the nation.
You know - untested rape kits. Lots of DNA evidence there. Could put away a lot of rapists and sex predators. If only the states put that as a priority.
They’d rather drug test people seeking SNAP aid or welfare.
So, the CTE class of 2018 is assembling. Woo.
Yeah, that’s me showing no interest in the NFL draft. I stopped paying attention when the leage was forced to admit they knew of CTE risks and buried evidence for years.— lawhawk (@lawhawk) April 27, 2018
re: #16 teleskiguy
That’s one punchable face.
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Everyone trump appoints has a problem with integrity - and it shows. Worst administration since forever. Most unqualified group of goons bringing the USA to its knees.
There will be books. They will all be called “Who caused the Collapse of the United States of America”
Does anybody but me think Donald Trump is dangerously unhinged and getting worse by the day? That call to Fox and Friends was funny on a dark level, but very disturbing if you think about the implications of having someone like this as the leader of the United States.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) April 27, 2018
Chili dog on sourdough roll. pic.twitter.com/ypmSdiTsKP
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) April 26, 2018
re: #56 The Vicious Babushka
All those in favor of establishing a new company, called “Vicious Babushka’s genuine Detroit Sourdough”, raise your hands….
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re: #57 The Major
All those in favor of establishing a new company, called “Vicious Babushka’s genuine Detroit Sourdough”, raise your hands….
/
She needs a bakery and she should have my one cousin join her and they can make Kosher and Rusyn baked goods together.
re: #56 The Vicious Babushka
One of the local bakers is selling 100 Year Old Sourdough Starter kits for $5!! Going to give it a try. Nothing is more Alaskan than sourdough bread.
re: #43 freetoken
I haven’t done them, in part because I have absolutely zero interest in genealogy. What has recently caught my eye are some of the ones that look at some of the markers that matter from a physical fitness point of view, but that’s because I have a running obsession problem addiction hobby.
From a health perspective I am both curious and don’t know if I want to know if BRCA1/BRCA2 are in my maternal line. Along with other prospective health issues. Thus far I have decided not to know and it’s working just as well. Plus this way no insurance companies can charge me more, when the Rs finally allow them to start doing shit like that.
re: #59 Cheechako
Nothing is more Alaskan than sourdough bread.
Strange - I always associated San Francisco with sourdough….
Get out and vote, get out and run, for those that no longer can. pic.twitter.com/XbWRBwguqD
— David Hogg (@davidhogg111) April 26, 2018
A motion as fresh as the days headlines.
footnote 1
In fact, Defendant Trump this morning repeatedly emphasized that in the investigation, “they’re looking [in]to something having to do with his [i.e., Mr. Cohen’s] business” and not the legal work hedid for Mr. Trump in this case, that Mr. Cohen did “absolutely nothing wrong,” that Mr. Cohen is pleading the Fifth because “he’s got other things—he’s got businesses,” and that no campaign funds were used to pay the $130,000.[See<#sp=show-clips>">video.foxnews.com; at 14:15-16:00.]These statements—which contradict the position taken by Mr. Cohen in this declaration (and by Defendants in their stay application)—further underscore why the absence of any meaningful detail in Mr. Cohen’s declarationto enable the Court to make an intelligent assessment of his Fifth Amendment claimis fatal to Defendants’position.
Here is a link to the response we just filed in support of our opposition to Mr. Cohen and Mr. Trump’s effort to delay our case. We specifically address the 5th amend. declaration from yesterday.https://t.co/ZtELdgeaxC
— Michael Avenatti (@MichaelAvenatti) April 26, 2018
Tomorrow morning on Fox & Friends:
Phone rings. “Hi, it’s me, Donald Trump!”
“I’m sorry,” replied Steve, a worried look instantly crossing his face. “I don’t know who this is.”
“It’s me,” Trump replied, “the President of the United States. I just wanted to talk to -“
Brian grabs his coffee cup and slams it into the table. “I’m sorry sir, but there’s been an ambush. Gunfire everywhere. You’re going to need to get somewhere safe.” And then he gives the cutoff signal to the camera.
re: #61 The Major
Strange - I always associated San Francisco with sourdough….
The Old Timer Cheechakos brought sourdough on their quest for gold. It was the only way they could make bread for survival. Many carried their starter in pouches they hung round their neck under their clothing to keep the starter from freezing. Without the starter their flour was worthless.
I just has some fabulous pho, restaurant next to hotel tyvm. Full, satieted.
Why tf am I craving hot dogs & sour dough bread…ya’ll are killers.
re: #39 klys (maker of Silmarils)
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re: #66 Stanley Sea
I just has some fabulous pho, restaurant next to hotel tyvm. Full, satieted.
Why tf am I craving hot dogs & sour dough bread…ya’ll are killers.
Whereas me, last time I ate pad thai, my credit card number got stolen. Can’t go back there again.
re: #61 The Major
Strange - I always associated San Francisco with sourdough….
Alaskan sourdough came from SF during the Gold Rush from what I’ve read.
re: #56 The Vicious Babushka“Chili dog on sourdough roll.”
Why did you have to make my favorite food and post it here? My mouth is watering just looking at the pic. I love totally homemade food. That’s how I cook my meals. I’m not a take-out food kind of person. I made some yeast rolls recently, took lunch to one of my former students and her colleagues, and none of them knew the rolls were homemade until I told them. Cooking is my passion next to the remodeling work I’m doing on my house. The guy doing the work was here last week and said it looks as if I’m finished with everything. I told him I can always find something else that I want to change, and I can. In fact, I already have, so I’ll be calling him tomorrow with a new list to complete. Cooking and working on my house keep me busy since my daughter graduated college and took a job in another state.
$40 for a Wakanda Forever shirt. OK, I’ll bite!
A regular T-shirt is $30. I got that one.
— Desert Frogger (@BT0731) April 26, 2018
it’s always something…
An enormous number of viruses get sucked up into the outer atmosphere and then fall out of the sky, scattering across the globe, new research suggests. https://t.co/N66RSDacmM
— NPR (@NPR) April 27, 2018
@addyKapur the earth and its atmosphere are one big air-blower-hand-dryer in a public restroom.
— Laura Diviney (@mummacity) April 27, 2018
and of course:
yes, that’s why viruses are falling out of the sky… #chemtrails #maga pic.twitter.com/oGSCzhxuXC
— Xmas Tree til Feb Doge Groyper (@Calavante3) April 27, 2018
these people…
Heh. Watching Lawrence O’Donnell and he is contending that the Trump Fox ‘n’ Friends segment this morning was cut short by Rupert Murdoch. He thinks Murdoch was watching and called to have Doocy hurry Trump off.
He is saying that there is no way anyone would cut a President off as Doocy did, without the command coming from the top. He feels Murdoch, an early riser, watched the show because it may have been his creation as a friend to Trump.
Then he realized it was going off the rails and Trump was hurting himself and so the call came to cut it.
Interesting conjecture. Who knows, but it makes some sense as it is all a big TV production anyway. It’s how Trump got elected.
re: #22 thecommodore
Listening to @realDonaldTrump having fun and swinging from the hips on @foxandfriends and wondering why he hasn’t been doing this more. This works. He’s the best promoter of his own record and people.
— Hugh Hewitt (@hughhewitt) April 26, 2018
Why does Hugh Hewitt want Trump’s insanity more widely publicized?
Trump blurting on Fox News this morning stomped all over the case his lawyers have been trying to make for attorney-client privilege. pic.twitter.com/DP7GHNQZeU
— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) April 27, 2018
WINNING!
Iran threatens to sink U.S. warships as Trump mulls leaving nuclear deal https://t.co/XONruKOcVJ pic.twitter.com/1vJSCdKbZw
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) April 27, 2018
re: #73 Backwoods_Sleuth
I wonder if they know viruses were around before jet planes.
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Why does Hugh Hewitt want Trump’s insanity more widely publicized?
I’m old enough to remember when Hugh acted like a never Trumper.
re: #79 jaunte
I wonder if they know viruses were around before jet planes.
Yeah, but they were spread by old-fashioned methods like sex and sneezing and vaccines, not by chemtrails. Come on, man, get woke!
re: #51 lawhawk
I find it comical that white supremacists love to take these tests to prove that they’re truly white - and the results come back that they are anything but causing nothing but problems for these idiot extremists. They see percentages of anything outside of Europe as a problem and most people have that.
And that these tests are now being used to take down criminals is great.
If only law enforcement had a ready source of test material they could work against and which could help solve tens of thousands of crimes across the nation.
You know - untested rape kits. Lots of DNA evidence there. Could put away a lot of rapists and sex predators. If only the states put that as a priority.
They’d rather drug test people seeking SNAP aid or welfare.
I was surprised when my DNA test showed Iberian Peninsula, with me thinking I was part Hispanic! That lasted long enough for my brother to inform me that’s where all the French part came from and we weren’t Hispanic. We are white as white can be. I was frickin’ disappointed!
re: #76 Joe Bacon 🌹
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— CHIKA (@oranicuhh) April 26, 2018
re: #52 lawhawk
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I don’t like football because of CTE. My ex wanted me to sign a permission slip for my girl to play football. I refused. He said that he had stats on concussions and football that would alleviate my concerns. I told him that I doubted that very much, that in my job, I see lots of reports on people with traumatic brain injury from concussions and have done a lot of personal research on CTE because it interests me. He’s got nothing. I told him that that would be a hill I would die on should he decide to fight my decision on that one.
re: #82 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
I was surprised when my DNA test showed Iberian Peninsula, with me thinking I was part Hispanic! That lasted long enough for my brother to inform me that’s where all the French part came from and we weren’t Hispanic. We are white as white can be. I was frickin’ disappointed!
I was surprised to have so relatively little Western European. I’m 25% German and I’ve researched that side well but people tell me that people with German ancestry get the UK and Scandinavian in their results.
Zedushka got the idea for chemtrails 45 years ago when we were living in Israel. Everybody was always going around wound up as fuck, smoking everywhere, nervous wrecks. This was during the 1973 war btw. Z thought that as long as the planes were going up anyway they should drop a load of reefer on the population.
re: #52 lawhawk
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Breaks my heart to see Tony suffering.
re: #35 Shiplord Kirel, Friend of Moose and Squirrel
The Verdun battlefield is beautiful nowadays but it is nevertheless the saddest and most tragic place I have ever visited. The thing about Verdun, compared to the other Great War slaughterhouses, is that the battle area is so small, just 20 square kilometers. You can easily see the whole thing from the roof of Fort Douamont, which was the focus of the battle. A quarter of a million men died in that area in the space of 10 months. It is a national forest now, with the remnants of craters and trenches still visible. The rangers still find human remains every week. These go into the giant crypts of the Douamont Ossuary.
And in the surrounding area further from the center of the Verdun battlefield there are still signs about not going off the road since there are unexploded munitions about, just not quite in the same concentration. Saw some of those while driving northwest of Verdun up towards some of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive battlefields.
re: #85 HappyWarrior
I was surprised to have so relatively little Western European. I’m 25% German and I’ve researched that side well but people tell me that people with German ancestry get the UK and Scandinavian in their results.
Interesting. I’ve got some lots of UK and some Scandinavian, but what has been traced back has not led to Germany, but directly to Norway.
re: #79 jaunte
I wonder if they know viruses were around before jet planes.
These are probably the same people freaking out about aluminum adjuvants in vaccines. They think aluminum was invented in the 1960s and they refuse to believe it’s the #3 element in the Earth’s crust. Wish I was kidding.
re: #80 HappyWarrior
I’m old enough to remember when Hugh acted like a never Trumper.
Maybe he’s a secret Pencer.
re: #89 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
Interesting. I’ve got some lots of UK and some Scandinavian, but what has been traced back has not led to Germany, but directly to Norway.
My surname is German, Paternal grandfather’s Dad came from Germany as a boy and his mom had a German immigrant father and a mother whose parents emigrated. I’m all over the place.
re: #81 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
I mean, their local weather man can tell them dust from the Sahara desert is falling on their town, but viruses blowing around in the atmosphere have to be a secret gubmint plot.
re: #82 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
I was surprised when my DNA test showed Iberian Peninsula, with me thinking I was part Hispanic! That lasted long enough for my brother to inform me that’s where all the French part came from and we weren’t Hispanic. We are white as white can be. I was frickin’ disappointed!
I found out my 2nd classification was eastern Europe Jewish. My mom is a mystery & I am thrilled. I also got my results on passover.
Mazel Tov!
re: #92 HappyWarrior
My surname is German, Paternal grandfather’s Dad came from Germany as a boy and his mom had a German immigrant father and a mother whose parents emigrated. I’m all over the place.
I got Great Britain at 56%, Ireland/Scotland/Wales at 17%, Iberian Peninsula which accounts for my French Canadian roots at 14%, and Scandinavia at 6%. That’s it. I was hoping for something interesting!
re: #94 Stanley Sea
I found out my 2nd classification was eastern Europe Jewish. My mom is a mystery & I am thrilled. I also got my results on passover.
Mazel Tov!
Oh wow, that’s quite a surprise from what you were telling me over email.
re: #95 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
I got Great Britain at 56%, Ireland/Scotland/Wales at 17%, Iberian Peninsula which accounts for my French Canadian roots at 14%, and Scandinavia at 6%. That’s it. I was hoping for something interesting!
Yeah no real surprises for me either.
re: #94 Stanley Sea
I found out my 2nd classification was eastern Europe Jewish. My mom is a mystery & I am thrilled. I also got my results on passover.
Mazel Tov!
Very cool!
I had a friend who is adopted do the DNA test and the results came back with her actual biological mother and aunt! She spent some days wondering what to do, but then decided to contact them because she figured they wouldn’t have done the DNA if they hadn’t wanted to be found.
re: #86 The Vicious Babushka
Legalized reefer could save the species, I’m semi-convinced.
I so wanted something interesting and exciting and I got nothin’. Nothin’!!!! There was nothing interesting on my ex’s DNA, either, so the kids got nothin’, too.
re: #82 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
I was surprised when my DNA test showed Iberian Peninsula, with me thinking I was part Hispanic! That lasted long enough for my brother to inform me that’s where all the French part came from and we weren’t Hispanic. We are white as white can be. I was frickin’ disappointed!
I find that the ethnicity stuff is mostly low on precision, especially at the nebulous levels of terms like “Hispanic”. I know only a few tests gives one metrics to evaluate precision. Some human populations with enforced marriage rules (like endogamy) probably give a higher precision.
The cousin matching is very powerful though, and through that one can find connections to all sorts of places.
Regarding being “white”, I notice that quite a few Americans with colonial American ancestry who, all things considered, think of them as “white” who get cousin matches to African Americans, which gives a rather direct view into our American history.
re: #96 HappyWarrior
Oh wow, that’s quite a surprise from what you were telling me over email.
My brothers results didn’t show that.
I’m the only blue eyed in my known fam.
I do, however, know for a fact that I have ancestors who came to this country on the Mayflower. I suppose that’s interesting. Glad I’m an atheist and not a Puritan, though. LOL.
re: #102 freetoken
I find that the ethnicity stuff is mostly low on precision, especially at the nebulous levels of terms like “Hispanic”. I know only a few tests gives one metrics to evaluate precision. Some human populations with enforced marriage rules (like endogamy) probably give a higher precision.
The cousin matching is very powerful though, and through that one can find connections to all sorts of places.
Regarding being “white”, I notice that quite a few Americans with colonial American ancestry who, all things considered, think of them as “white” who get cousin matches to African Americans, which gives a rather direct view into our American history.
The Iberian peninsula was a merry mixture. The literal Iberians were probably Berber-speakers from across the Straits, but the main population of the Peninsula were Celts before the Romans took over. Then of course, the Visigoths. I’m ignoring the Carthaginians, because they never amounted to much populationwise.
re: #104 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
I do, however, know for a fact that I have ancestors who came to this country on the Mayflower. I suppose that’s interesting. Glad I’m an atheist and not a Puritan, though. LOL.
My earliest direct as far as I know were in Washington’s first term. Latest in 1921. Moms grandma just missed the 1924 Immigration Act that put quotas on Eastern Europeans.
re: #105 The Very Reverend Battleaxe of Knowledge
The Iberian peninsula was a merry mixture. The literal Iberians were probably Berber-speakers from across the Straits, but the main population of the Peninsula were Celts before the Romans took over. Then of course, the Visigoths. I’m ignoring the Carthaginians, because they never amounted to much populationwise.
All predated by Neanderthals. It appears that Iberia was their last stand.
re: #103 Stanley Sea
My brothers results didn’t show that.
I’m the only blue eyed in my known fam.
We’re predominantly blue eyed so imagine my shock when I saw my great grandfather, a dark haired, dark eyed German. My cousin said he looked Slavic but Dad has little Eastern Europe.
re: #108 HappyWarrior
Inheritance is quite random.
And, because recombination rates are lower in males, many men will pass on chromosomes in whole to their offspring, which means the child will not inherit DNA from many distant ancestors.
re: #109 freetoken
Inheritance is quite random.
And, because recombination rates are lower in males, many men will pass on chromosomes in whole to their offspring, which means the child will not inherit DNA from many distant ancestors.
Which is a good thing. Persistent passing down of the same DNA would increase the probability of inheriting defective genes.
re: #109 freetoken
Inheritance is quite random.
And, because recombination rates are lower in males, many men will pass on chromosomes in whole to their offspring, which means the child will not inherit DNA from many distant ancestors.
For sure.
DNA is a hot topic right now, but I wonder how many people understand that we’re really discussing evolution?
I’ve always wondered if creationists take these DNA tests, and if they do what they make of them.
In my genealogy circles I don’t encounter obvious creationists. Cryptic ones may abound, but I think if they do they must be under some hush-hush order.
re: #106 HappyWarrior
My earliest direct as far as I know were in Washington’s first term. Latest in 1921. Moms grandma just missed the 1924 Immigration Act that put quotas on Eastern Europeans.
See? I want to find actual interesting facts! I need to find the time to actual do some research as well as on my ex’s side for the kids. Unfortunately, his bio dad is not forthcoming with any info and I’ve been trying to get info from his half-brother to do a family tree.
re: #107 freetoken
All predated by Neanderthals. It appears that Iberia was their last stand.
My brother did his DNA through a different service which gave him his percentage of Neanderthal. I think it was 7%.
re: #106 HappyWarrior
My earliest direct as far as I know were in Washington’s first term. Latest in 1921. Moms grandma just missed the 1924 Immigration Act that put quotas on Eastern Europeans.
My ancestors mostly came over before the Revolutionary War began. The most interesting fact in my family - and I’ve mentioned it before - is that I believe that a major gap in the documentation in my paternal lineage occurred because a son of the family escaped Kentucky with some slaves and a family friend and ran to the free state of Indiana, where he met and married his wife and they all settled down together.
One of the side effects of doing genealogy is that one gets to study history. Well, genealogy is family history, but I mean in the larger sense.
For example, until I got into my family tree I was very ignorant of American history of the period from the middle 18th century to about 1830, ignoring the actual Revolutionary War.
Now, though, I feel I’ve learned quite a bit.
I am finding this genealogy stuff fascinating and would love to talk more about it and learn some more from you all, but I’ve got to get up super early to get to work (work from home ) and get the kids up and ready for school (they get up at 5:00).
re: #114 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
My brother did his DNA through a different service which gave him his percentage of Neanderthal. I think it was 7%.
Sounds too high, unless your brother is a Papuan.
Typical Europeans get around 2.5%. East Asians a bit more.
re: #116 freetoken
One of the side effects of doing genealogy is that one gets to study history. Well, genealogy is family history, but I mean in the larger sense.
For example, until I got into my family tree I was very ignorant of American history of the period from the middle 18th century to about 1830, ignoring the actual Revolutionary War.
Now, though, I feel I’ve learned quite a bit.
Considering I love history, genealogy fits right in. I’m particularly interested in the history of the western part of the U.S., so lots of Spanish Colonial and American Indian histories. Just reading a fascinating biography on the life of Crazy Horse.
re: #113 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
See? I want to find actual interesting facts! I need to find the time to actual do some research as well as on my ex’s side for the kids. Unfortunately, his bio dad is not forthcoming with any info and I’ve been trying to get info from his half-brother to do a family tree.
I have a lot of neat stories. Did some digging with people with one of my Irish surnames from the village. IRA men in the war of independence in Ireland in the 20’s! More rebels since moms dad had partisans in WWII and moms Mom might have too. Now if only I can find my Germans were anti Hitler. But I’m not asking the German cousins I have. It’s a sensitive subject for them given they both grew up in WWII.
re: #120 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
Considering I love history, genealogy fits right in. I’m particularly interested in the history of the western part of the U.S., so lots of Spanish Colonial and American Indian histories. Just reading a fascinating biography on the life of Crazy Horse.
Mrs. Fish might interest you. Her great-grandmother was an immigrant from Denmark to the great state of Minnesota in the post-Civil War era. It makes a striking contrast, her the descendant of the late-arriving Norsemen, myself the son of some of the country’s oldest and proudest citizens.
re: #120 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
Considering I love history, genealogy fits right in. I’m particularly interested in the history of the western part of the U.S., so lots of Spanish Colonial and American Indian histories. Just reading a fascinating biography on the life of Crazy Horse.
I like to try to find my family’s place in that history or imagine. I’m probably a distant cousin of the man who gave us the word Boycotf. Not afraid about revealing that since it’s a surname not used in my direct line for years.
I’m not going to hold my breath.
On the other hand, it’s nice to see a positive result come out of the Republicans shoddy work in putting together the budget behind closed doors
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re: #119 freetoken
Sounds too high, unless your brother is a Papuan.
Typical Europeans get around 2.5%. East Asians a bit more.
I’m supposed to go to bed, but let me see if he texted or emailed that to me. LOL.
Glad I went and looked. It’s actually 1.5% Neanderthal. His results differ from mine a little bit in the percentages, but basically the same regions.
Interestingly, I completely forgot that he has written a history of what he has found thus far from our paternal side of the family (my paternal grandfather). He’s a historian so it’s good stuff and it’s very interesting because my family were part of the first whites in Wyoming and were prosperous (too bad that didn’t trickle down, LOL).
re: #122 HappyWarrior
I have a lot of neat stories. Did some digging with people with one of my Irish surnames from the village. IRA men in the war of independence in Ireland in the 20’s! More rebels since moms dad had partisans in WWII and moms Mom might have too. Now if only I can find my Germans were anti Hitler. But I’m not asking the German cousins I have. It’s a sensitive subject for them given they both grew up in WWII.
Since it has been so long ago and they are cousins, I probably would dare to ask them. After all, it’s your history, too.
re: #123 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.
Mrs. Fish might interest you. Her great-grandmother was an immigrant from Denmark to the great state of Minnesota in the post-Civil War era. It makes a striking contrast, her the descendant of the late-arriving Norsemen, myself the son of some of the country’s oldest and proudest citizens.
My ex’s maternal grandmother has a fairly extensive Danish history in a book. They lived in the state of Washington. I just need to track down which relative has the book since I gave it to the ex when we got divorced. I could use that to put together the family tree.
And I am absolutely positively sure that I would love Mrs. Fish, genealogy or not!
re: #127 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
Since it has been so long ago and they are cousins, I probably would dare to ask them. After all, it’s your history, too.
I just might. One I know her father was on the Eastern Front and had PTSD. She’s an interesting lady. She came to the US as a young woman and married an African American.
re: #124 HappyWarrior
I like to try to find my family’s place in that history or imagine. I’m probably a distant cousin of the man who gave us the word Boycotf. Not afraid about revealing that since it’s a surname not used in my direct line for years.
I do that, too. I don’t really care who knows my real name. It’s not like someone can’t figure out who I am or where I live since I give enough information. It’s Shannon O’Farrell. Born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, second generation Nevadan (which is a rare thing). Look me up on FB. LOL.
re: #43 freetoken
Ancestry retains ownership of the dna test results. I use the site for genealogy research. Every time I get a begging email telling me the wonders of their dna tests - I write back and tell them I prefer to retain the right to my heritage. I also don’t put my family tree online. I’ve found relatives in many countries of the world without the need for dna or having my family details online.
I pay them to use their site. I don’t pay for them to own my personal details.
re: #131 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
I do that, too. I don’t really care who knows my real name. It’s not like someone can’t figure out who I am or where I live since I give enough information. It’s Shannon O’Farrell. Born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, second generation Nevadan (which is a rare thing). Look me up on FB. LOL.
Ha true. I’m just reluctant ya know. My surname is very rare.
re: #130 HappyWarrior
I just might. One I know her father was on the Eastern Front and had PTSD. She’s an interesting lady. She came to the US as a young woman and married an African American.
I can’t image not having PTSD after being on the Eastern Front. However, it does sound like she might be just the person to answer your questions. She didn’t live it. Her father did. I think that’s much different than asking the person who has suffered because of what they went through.
re: #133 HappyWarrior
Ha true. I’m just reluctant ya know. My surname is very rare.
I haven’t run into a lot of O’Farrells. In fact, I’ve run into none, although interestingly when I was a kid, we were at the San Diego Zoo and they have the different markers that show the names of donors. There was one that was an O’Farrell family and listed the siblings who had the exact names as me and my brother and sister. That was a little strange!
I do love the fact that I’ve been spending a lot of time in San Pedro, California, and they have an O’Farrell street. How can I not love that? Oh, and I know San Francisco has an O’Farrell street as well.
re: #132 fern01
I also don’t put my family tree online.
Well, I’m of the school of thought that drives me to intentionally put my family tree online.
I want to be found (he wrote, having used a pseudonym here for 12 years…)
And, since I have greater confidence in my own research than a lot of what I find online, the presence of my tree online helps correct possible errors for others.
re: #136 freetoken
Well, I’m of the school of thought that drives me to intentionally put my family tree online.
I want to be found (he wrote, having used a pseudonym here for 12 years…)
And, since I have greater confidence in my own research than a lot of what I find online, the presence of my tree online helps correct possible errors for others.
Check out my private link to happywarrior and look me up.
I’m with you on your own research. I discovered a family tree started by some one in the family that didn’t have my grandmother’s name correct nor one of her brother’s. That’s just not right. When I add some one to my family tree, I make sure that I add all the links to proper information to back it up. I wish more people did that instead of trying to go with their memory. It’s tiring.
re: #136 freetoken
Well, I’m of the school of thought that drives me to intentionally put my family tree online.
I want to be found (he wrote, having used a pseudonym here for 12 years…)
And, since I have greater confidence in my own research than a lot of what I find online, the presence of my tree online helps correct possible errors for others.
My tree being public allowed my Slovene cousin to find me.
re: #128
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re: #142 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
Yeah!!!
I can’t find you. I’ll give you my info and quickly delete. ;)
re: #137 Sionainn, the Nasty Devilbitch
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Deleted. If anyone else wants it. I’ll provide.
If anyone else wants to add me that’s fine I guess. I’m private though since I revealed my real name in private here.
re: #146 HappyWarrior
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re: #136 freetoken
Well, I’m of the school of thought that drives me to intentionally put my family tree online.
I want to be found (he wrote, having used a pseudonym here for 12 years…)
And, since I have greater confidence in my own research than a lot of what I find online, the presence of my tree online helps correct possible errors for others.
I have sent messages to folks with errors in their online trees - most ignore you but the ones who have replied usually tell me they “don’t care”. I did have one person remove the errors. My favorite was a tree where my ggggg grandfather married his 8 year old niece - had 14 children with her during which she bigamously married her correct husband.
Maybe I’ve been lucky but have have back to the 1600s without needing dna & no great need to go back further. I’ve met with up to 5th cousins - sometimes found via google.
re: #143 Kragar
He’s well learned the GOP lesson. “Never apologize - just lie”.
re: #149 fern01
I have sent messages to folks with errors in their online trees - most ignore you but the ones who have replied usually tell me they “don’t care”. I did have one person remove the errors. My favorite was a tree where my ggggg grandfather married his 8 year old niece - had 14 children with her during which she bigamously married her correct husband.
Maybe I’ve been lucky but have have back to the 1600s without needing dna & no great need to go back further. I’ve met with up to 5th cousins - sometimes found via google.
Wow! To all of that!
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re: #149 fern01
I’ve gotten some people to make changes to their trees. In my communications with people found by looking at their trees, I’d say about half are appreciative of being contacted.
Once someone had my own grandmother in the wrong family! I think that one was eventually changed.
The tough nut to crack is the “one tree” at FamilySearch, where anyone can edit. Some people get quite determined to assert a particular relationship, even when it’s wrong. Or to kill off living people, etc.
Regarding DNA - all I can say is that it has been useful to me. And more importantly, I’ve been able to help some people who did not know their biological parents/father, or discovered the hard way that the person who was supposedly their father was in fact not the biological father.
Everyone makes a deal of FDR marrying his cousin but it was his fifth. TBzhre: #154 teleskiguy
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Everyone makes a deal of FDR marrying his cousin but it was his fifth cousin. TBH I wouldn’t know my fifth cousin if I saw them. Your fifth cousins are people who you share common ancestors from about 150 years ago maybe longer.
Haven’t done my DNA yet. Are people here mostly using 23 and me?
re: #159 Hecuba’s daughter
Haven’t done my DNA yet. Are people here mostly using 23 and me?
Ancestry. I’m not interested in the ethnic breakdown but finding cousins. Just heard from a lady whose great grandmother was mine’s older sister and her dad remembers my grandfather’s family in Pittsburgh.
re: #157 meteor
They are laughing about that Fox and Friends interview all around the world, even Pakistan Dawn.
This will probably kill the thread, since a new post is up, but doing paper genealogy, no dna, I’ve discovered that my husband and I are 11th cousins. And that I really should have given my great aunt’s Old Fashioned recipe to my father in law, since he was also related to her husband. Tangled trees.
re: #164 LadyBehir
This will probably kill the thread, since a new post is up, but doing paper genealogy, no dna, I’ve discovered that my husband and I are 11th cousins. And that I really should have given my great aunt’s Old Fashioned recipe to my father in law, since he was also related to her husband. Tangled trees.
That’s pretty amazing. It’d be shocking if I found how my parents relate. Their families were from totally different parts of Europe.
re: #128 Skip Intro
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