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President JD Vance
Part of JD Vance's authenticity when running for office was his Hillbilly roots and in particular, is Scots-Irish (Ulster Scots) heritage. https://www.ucdclinton.ie/commentary-content/q01ap6pj0cy5ti3db9scmv28i6jqdz Cue the Democratic Unionist Party commissioning some geneological research, and present a nice report confirming that James Bowman was indeed a boy of County Tyrone of sound Prod Blue Nose stock. https://www.irishnews.com/news/northern-ireland/gordon-lyons-to-present-jd-vance-with-history-of-his-scots-irish-roots-AMZESCSJXZDVLLEMV46DV4TSBQ/ But, a mistake was having someone from the Northern Irish Government use public funds to do the research, making it subject to the Freedom of Information Act. https://www.thetimes.com/world/ireland-world/article/jd-vance-scots-irish-family-history-682pjm5j5 JD Vance claims his Irish heritage through Andrew Williamson Vance, who was born in Ireland, and emigrated in 1733. Andrew Vance was a descendant of Lancelot Vance, the son of a Scots preacher, and who had died during the Siege of Derry defending it from murderous hoardes of Catholics. Stirring stuff. "Hillbillies" is a term that cames from "Billy Boys". The Billy Boys were the Protestants (well all of them) who pledged allegance to Prince WIlliam of Orange, aka King Billy. A statue of him stands near the beach at Carrickfergus. To call yourself a Hillbilly, you really do need that Ulster-Scots Prod heritage, otherwise you are a phoney. Resemblance to a cartoon in the Dandy comic doesn't count. It was assumed all Vances in the US are descended from this Vance. FOI requests showed that the Public Records Office for Northern Ireland had advised the Minister that "it has not been possible to establish conclusive proof of a direct Vance link back to Ulster at this stage" and "had run into the proverbial brick wall". The Minister quickly arranged the production of 25 copies of a bound dossier to present to the Vice President, as part of a suck-up effort to the Americans. It does present a story of the Tyrone Vances as they emigrated to North America. But the wrong Vances. The Vance Family Association, who has been running a DNA-based project for a while, feels certain the VP is not a direct descendant of the Reverand John Vance, who's son perished at Derry. So where does "Vance" come from, if not from John Vance? Vance is an English name. From the 1891 UK Census 26% in Lancashire, a solid 21% in London. So he might well be an English, or even a Cockney Vance. Another explanation is a mistake at Staten island; very common, especially with Middle European names. Another reason is an ancestor hid a past, on the lam or something. Lastly, and peculiar to the US, Vance is the descendant of the results of slavery. Slaves took the names of their masters. In Tennessee, at an Alumni meeting, I was approached by someone who shared the same name as me. He had earnestly researched the history of the family in North America. But he was a black man. We remain email buddies after 35 years. There are many cases of liasons with slaves, some consensual, many not. Vance might have a bit of Nigerian in him. Which is ironic, because it turns out President Obama was more Irish. -
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Report Warning Issued: Even Indirect Defamation Remains Illegal Under Thai Law
Off topic deflection posts and replies about free speech is dead in the UK have been removed. -
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If there is no life after death...
And take you're opinions and do likewise, as the believers here aren't listening. By the way, I don't thump bibles, and neither does a lot of believers. We are supposed to spread the word, and not force it down throats. Some do, and that doesn't help. I proved you wrong, and that link shows the stats, and you can find it in a lot of places. Over 2/3 is quite the majority. -
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Dating 22-Year-Old Thai Bubble Tea Girl - She Just Asked for 30K/Month – Am I Being Played?
You're paying like everyone else. Stop pretending you don't. -
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French Report Warns of Islamist Infiltration Threatening National Unity
While your claim about unemployment is broadly accurate (there are no statistics about religion in France but it can be derived from the country of origin, I.e. Northern Africa), you are fully wrong about where they allegedly don't want to work. You just need to go to bars, restaurants, food retailers and hotels to see many Muslims working there or even owning the business. Statistics are even showing that they are disproportionately employed in several activities you mentioned: For example, they represent around 20% of employment in restaurants and hotels (including cooks), compared to around 10% on average accross all industries. (Sorry, it's in French) https://fr.statista.com/infographie/32533/secteurs-activites-metiers-avec-la-plus-grande-part-travailleurs-immigres-en-france/#:~:text=Outre les employés de maison,de l'hôtellerie-restauration. -
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Trump refuses to accept that for Netanyahu and Putin forever war is the only option
Yeah. Because they've been doing such a good job...
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