Crying racism is the first refuge of the moron. Libertarianism is applied autism. If, as immigrationists often claim, the economy benefits so much from low skill workers, why continue to spend money educating native born Americans? Think of the economic boom to result if we stopped funding high schools and colleges in order to increase the homegrown pool of unskilled labor. I dream that someday in the far future the lost art of minstrelsy will be revived. Last time I was in a Las Vegas casino I noticed the hookers were dressed less whorish than the female tourists. Horse betting isn't gambling, it's pari-mutuel wagering. Successful betting requires knowledge, intellect, and the ability to evaluate and take risks. One learns that reality is too complex to be reduced to a mechanical system. It's a gentleman’s sport, of great tradition. When wagering you compete with other bettors, as opposed to passively sitting in the stands unthinkingly adulating various egomaniacal million...
From Wikipedia, because I had to know: "The village is recorded in the Domesday Book as Wetuuangha. There are two interpretations of the name, one from the Old Norse vaett-vangr, 'field for the trial of a legal action'. Another theory is that it was the "Wet Field" compared to the nearby dry field at Driffield."
ReplyDeleteIn the olden days they didn't have real estate developers, which is why places could get named Wet Field and Dry Field instead of Paradise Shores and the Tranquil Glade Estates.
DeleteFamed Whitby Labour Party councillor makes Breitbart:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.breitbart.com/london/2015/02/24/labour-councillor-claims-putin-controlled-by-aliens/
It's nice to see the Nordic aliens mentioned, you hardly ever hear about them these days.
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