I saw the video and you know that dude has thoroughly ingrained experience in how to use his corn-fed body to physically bully people.
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Ha ha. For my ancestors itās mostly a question of whether they paid steerage or stowed away.
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Iāve been saying this for years.
In 1781 we defeated the tyranny of British monarchy
84 years later, in 1865, we defeated the tyranny of southern plantation oligarchs
80 years later, in 1945, we defeated the tyranny of Nazi fascism
Itās 80 years since 1945 and we are facing the tyranny of tech oligarchs.
Will we step up and defeat them too? Or rollover because itās just easier and weāve given up?
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Howdy colonial neighbor! My earliest ancestor arrived with his bride in Scituate in 1635.
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How about before - Hispanic or Native American?
I get a little tired of the Mayflower/13 colonies fixation.
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As a big fan of Henry Louis Gates Jr. and PBSās āFinding Your Rootsā, your story immediately brought to mind one of former Brat Packer Rob Loweās ancestors who was a Revolutionary War Hessian.
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The Dutch government made a deal with the US government in 1950 or thereabouts. Dutch people could sign up to immigrate, the Dutch government would pay the ship fare and $100 when the ship got to New York. The US would issue the immigrants a green card. If you were on the waiting list and got married and/or had kids while you were waiting, all of them got to go when your name came up. My father signed up in 1952 and was able to immigrate in 1955 along with his new wife, my mother. Some people waited ten years or more. A lot of people that wanted to immigrate went to Canada instead, including one of my dadās brothers. Canada allowed more people in, so the wait was shorter.
In the 50ās, Holland was still rebuilding after the war. There was no where near enough housing, so married couples lived with their parents, or lived in tiny efficiencies if they could find one. My Dad lived with his mother and my mother lived in a dorm at the hospital where she was training to be a nurse. Jobs were also scarce. The Dutch called the 50ās āthe black decade.ā
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French fur trappers? Jesuit priests?
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Trumpās appointments seem bonkers in the context of policy and governance, but if you consider it more like a casting call for āBold and the Beautifulā soap opera, it makes good sense. If policy is hard to understand, a slobbering boor like Hegseth trying to bone Bondi or Gabbard isnāt. The criminality in power struggles is also forgivable if it moves the plot along. And the oligarchs add yet another layer to them. What is still missing is a the core narrative of the star-crossed lovers, like Ridge and Brooke, or Taylor or Caroline. The youthful exploits of Barron could be fun. Trump sees himself as the patriarch, the war-scarred alpha male, which is kind of odd as he never shows much compassion for anything. Anyway, the return seems to need a producer to keep up the rating of this show. Many of us never expected it to come back for a few more seasons, but the People have spoken.
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Hey Iāve got British and Germans in my genetic tree. Now my two nephews have British, German and Hispanic in their genetic trees. Diversity takes time.
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Yeah, I hear you. Iām not a joiner. No DAR registration or anything. I still think elementary school geography would be far more interesting if students aso had dna tests to explore.
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