Nadolig llawen [merry Christmas]

Y Nadolig in Wales is also very much about song and children. There are so many millions in the USA of Welsh extraction that it is a predominant factor. Note the surnames:

Welsh surnames were not inherited through heredity amongst the masses until the 19th century. The most prevalent Welsh surnames derive from the former patronymic system. Sons took a surname based on the given name of their father, which changed each succeeding generation. For example, Lewis, the son of Evan Jones, would not inherit his father's surname "Jones," but rather "Evans." The terminal "s" in "Evans" served as the truncated form of the English "son," in other words "Evan's son." At other times, the son of Evan Jones might receive the surname "Bevan," a contraction of the Welsh "ap [or ab] Evan," which translates "the son of Evan." According to John Rowlands, in Second Stages in Researching Welsh Ancestry, the ten most common surnames in Wales in 1856 were Jones, Williams, Davies, Thomas, Evans, Roberts, Hughes, Lewis, Morgan and Griffiths. Other ubiquitous surnames included Owen, Pritchard and Parry. The popular given names from which these surnames derived, such as Jones from John, and Davies from David, clearly depict the patronymic practice. Rowlands also cites results from a study on surnames concerning an area in Caernarfonshire, Wales, showing that 90 percent of the surnames there sprung from the top ten. When the Welsh immigrated to America, the patronymic pattern stopped, and their surnames became hereditary.

There have been several U.S. Presidents with Welsh ancestry, including Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, James A. Garfield, Calvin Coolidge, and Richard Nixon. Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America P.G.T. Beauregard, U.S. Vice President Hubert Humphrey.

The 2000 United States census provides a frequency of 0.50% of the Jones surname, providing an overall rank of fifth most frequent with 57.7% White, 37.7% Black, 1.4% Hispanic, 0.9% Native American, Jones was the fourth most common surname in the 1990 U.S. Census, behind only Smith, Johnson and Williams, the latter 2 being also quintessential Welsh. The popularity of the Jones surname in North America is in part owed to the use of Jones as an anglicized or shortened form of various cognate and like-sounding surnames from various European Languages. These names are thought to include the German Jans, Jentz, Janz and possibly Janson, as well as the Scandinavian Jönsson, Johansen and Jonasen among some others, along with Polish Janowski, French Jean and Jacques, Irish MacSeáin, English Johnson, Spanish Jimenez  and possibly Gomez, Italian Giannio, Serbian Jovanovic, Dutch Janzen and Scots Johnston (A habitational name).

In the late seventeenth century, there was a large emigration of Welsh Quakers to Pennsylvania, where a Welsh Tract was established in the region immediately west of Philadelphia. By 1700, the Welsh accounted for about one-third of the colony’s estimated population of twenty thousand. There are a number of Welsh place names in this area. There was a second wave of immigration in the late eighteenth century, notably a Welsh colony named Cambria established by Morgan John Rhys in what is now Cambria County, Pennsylvania. That same phenomenon is also true of the Southern Colonies.

A particularly large proportion of the African American population has Welsh surnames. Factors leading to this result are predominantly in adopting the surname of their former slave masters. A large number of Welsh Americans settled in the American South and were predominant in the slave trade. Examples of slave plantation owning Americans include American Founding Father Thomas Jefferson. While there were cases of slaves adopting slave holders names, there were also Welsh religious groups and anti-slavery groups helping to assist slaves to freedom and evidence of names adopted for this reason. In other situations, slaves took on their own new identity of Freeman, Newman, Liberty, while others choose the surnames of American heroes or founding fathers, which in both cases could have been Welsh in origin. Check your phone books, especially in the South and the following Welsh surnames are pages and pages of the following:

List of most common surnames in Wales

[Numbers in brackets indicate percentages]

1.     Jones (5.75)

2.    Williams (3.72)

3.    Davies (3.72)

4.    Evans (2.47)

5.    Thomas (2.43)

6.    Roberts (1.53)

7.    Lewis (1.53)

8.    Hughes (1.23)

9.    Morgan (1.16)

10. Griffiths (0.96)

11.  Edwards (0.93)

12. Smith (0.85)

13. James (0.82)

14. Rees (0.81)

15. Jenkins (0.69)

16. Owen (0.67)

17. Price (0.67)

18. Phillips (0.65)

19. Moss (0.63)

20.Driscoll (0.53)

21. Collins (0.48)

Think too in terms of names of US companies and corporation. Think of music and song of artists past and present, as well as actors and actresses.

Matthews is a Welsh patronymic surname meaning basically "son of Matthew." The given name Matthew, from which it is derived, means "gift of Yahweh" or "gift of God," from the Hebrew personal name Matityahu. In Hebrew, the name was also known as 'Mattathaigh' which translates to the "gift of Jehovah." Mathis is the German version of the surname while Matthews with a double "t" is more popular in Wales.

See this more extensive list and their root surnames in Wales. Then tell me you are “Scots-Irish”. Firstly, there is no such thing. Your DNA will delineate between Scots and Irish as will the surname. My DNA, the only DNA I can transmit is Welsh, via E. Anatolia more than 2,600 years ago. The combination of your DNA and surname will indicate to you your true ancestry quite reliably. As follows:

ap = son of

Ace — an English name found in the Doomsday Book that appeared in Wales c. 1293. Wace, Asse, Badham, Baddam.
Adams — a biblical name common as a surname in England before Wales. Adda is the popular Welsh version. Adda, Athoe, Atha, Batha, Bathoe.
Adda — Welsh version of the name Adams. Athoe appears in south Pembrokeshire. Batha and Bathoe derive from Welsh ab added to Adda. Athoe, Atha, Batha, Bathoe.
Ajax — found only in one part of Cardiganshire, and seems to belong to only one family.
Alban — from the name of the first British Christian martyr; first appeared in Pembrokeshire, spreading to Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, and Glamorgan.
Allen — an English surname brought by Norman invaders, and comes from the forename Alan. Common in England and Wales by 1853.
Andrew — from the disciple; not common in Wales, found in southeast Wales and Powys Fadog. Bandra, Bandrew.
Anthony — from the Roman name Antonius, and the name of an early saint. Found sparsely in south Wales.
Anwyl — derived from the Welsh word annwyl "beloved, dear, or favorite child". Found in north Wales. Anwell, Anwill, Annoil.
Arthur — from the legendary King Arthur; became popular as a personal and surname after Henry VII named his eldest son. Arthwys is the Old Welsh spelling, long before the appearance in the time of King Henry.
Ashton — first appears in the early 7th C. in Trefeglwys. Ashe, Aston, Ash.
Astley — from an English placename adopted by the Welsh. Records first show the name Asteley in 1574 Montgomeryshire.
Augustus — from Latin augustus "great" or "magnificent". Not widespread in Wales.
Austin — an English surname derived from Middle English name Augustine; common in Powys and southeast Wales in the 15th C. Records show an Austen ap David in 1574 Montgomeryshire. Mainly found along the coast of south Wales from Carmarthen to Chepstow. Austen.
Awbrey — Welsh adaptation of Norman name de Alberico, who arrived in Wales shortly after the Conquest. Records show two prominent families, the Awbreys of Abercynrig, and of Ynyscedwin. Aubrey, Obray.

Bach — "small" or "little"; a variation of Baugh.
Bamford — from a placename in Derbyshire and Lancashire; brought to Wales by John Bamford of Derbyshire, and settle in Llangurig in 1576. Bampford, Bamforth, Bumfort, Bumford, Boundford, Bumpford.
Barry — from ap Harry "son of Harry".
Baskerville — from Britain during the Conquest with Normans from Boscherville; long used on the border of England and Wales. Basketfield.
Bateman — first used as a personal name; from the name Bartholomew, often shortened to Bate or Batte. The man addition means "servant of".
Baugh — derived from bach "small" or "little". Rare in Wales, more common across the border into England. Bach, Beach, Batch.
Bebb — listed in records back to 1596. Families with the name immigrated to the USA. A descendant, William Bebb (1802-1873) was an Ohio governor. Bebbe, Babb, Babbs, Bibb, Bibbs.
Bedward — "son of Edward". Bedwards.
Beedle — possibly derived from Middle English word bedele "town crier"; or a placenames of Bedwell in Hertfordshire Essex, and Bidwell in Bedfordshire, Devon, Northamptonshire and Somerset.
Belth — rare surname deriving from the Welsh placename Buallt or Builth. Bealth, Buelth, Belt.
Benbow — an English surname from the word bendbow "archer"; it moved into Wales from the midlands. Believed that all Welsh families can trace their ancestry to William Bendbowe (b. c. 1510) in Prees, Shropshire. Benbough.
Bengough — from two words pen "head" + gough or coch "red". Bangough.
Benjamin — biblical name used as a surname in Wales after the Reformation.
Bennett — probably originated with the 6th C. St. Benedict.
Bevan — derived from ap "son of".
Beynon — derived from Welsh name ab Eynon, which comes from einion "anvil". Widely in use by the 13th C. and concentrated in west Carmarthenshire, west Glamorgan, Pembrokeshire, and Radnorshire. Beinon, Bennion, Baynham, Beynam, Bunyan, Beynon, ab Onion (a variant of Eynon).
Bidder — from an English surname, probably meaning "a bidder", or someone who tells assemblies of people when to stand. Other sources say it means "beggars". 1292 records show an Iduan ap Budu. Byther, Bydder, Byddir, Buddyr.
Blackwell — from an English placename, it probably came to Wales with families who can be traced to Derbyshire.
Blayney — derived from Welsh placenames blaenau "uplands," and blean "a river source". May be connected with Castle Blayner in Ireland. The name changed to Blayney in the 16th C. Blaeny.
Bonner — 13th C. records show the personal name ab Ynyr, from the Latin name Honorius. Eventually, it changed to a surname rhyming with "honor". Bunner, Bunna, Binner, Bunnell, Binnell.
Bonsall — came to Wales with Derbyshire lead miners; Thomas Bonsall of Bakewell in Derbyshire came to Cardiganshire in the late 8th C.
Boulter- an English surname deriving from a word meaning "someone who makes bolts". Bolt, Bolter.
Bound — probably from "bondsman", or the Old Danish personal name Bundi. Bond, Bounds, Bownd.
Bowdler — originated with an old Shropshire family and mainly found in along the border in middle Wales.
Bowen — derived from ab Owen or Owain, "son of Owen". It's spread through Wales, except in Anglesey in Caernarfonshire.
Bown — a variant of Bowen; or derived from Bohun or Boon.
Brace — from Welsh bras "fat".
Breese — possibly derived from the name ap Rhys or Rees; or from Norfolk and Yorshire, England, deriving from Old English word breosa "gadfly". Bryste, Bryse, Breeze (brees).
Brigstocke — from an English placename in Northamptonshire, it came to Wales through marriage when John Brigstock of Surrey married Morris Bowen of Llechdwnni's daughter in 1626. Brigstock, Brickstock, Bridgestock.
Brooks — from an English surname meaning "one who lives at the brook". It is found mainly along the English border. Brook, Brooke.
Brown — from Old English brun "brown hair or skin". Common in both Wales and England in 1853. Late 13th C. records list the variants Bron, Broun, Brun.
Bufton — from an Old English word meaning "upon the hill".
Bulkeley — ancestry traced to northeast Cheshire, and was established in Anglesey and Conwy before 1450.
Button — derived from either "one who makes buttons" or a nickname for someone with a wart or growth.
Bythell — variant of Ithell, "son of Ithell".

Caddock — from the personal name Badog. A St. Cadog (aka Caedfael) lived in the 5th C. Caddick.
Cadogan — modern spelling derived from the Old Welsh name Cadwgan. Some of the families may have had Irish roots. Carduggan, Cardigan, Gudwgan, Duggan, Kduggan.
Cadwalader — derived from personal name Cadwaladr, from cad "leader" + gadwaldr "battle". Coedwallider, Cadwaladr, Walliter.
Cantington — from an English placename, and appeared mainly in Pembrokeshire.
Canton — first recorded as Cemais with Anglo-Norman invaders. Descendants are related to the Coedcanlas family of 1670. Caunton, Caentwn.
Cardiff — from the Welsh placename.
Cardigan — from the Welsh placename, "one from Cardiganshire".
Carew — from the Welsh placename.
Charles — from the Latin name Carolus or possibly the Old English ceorl "man". Not popular until the Stewart kings took power, but appears in 15th C. records.
Christmas — originally a male personal name given to a boy born near or on Christmas day.
Clayton — "great"; probably brought with English settlers. Cleaton (CLEE-ton), Cletton.
Clement — first popular as a personal name in England in the 12th C., but shows as an English surname in the 12th and 13th C's.; used in parts of Wales as a surname by the 15th C.
Clocker — a Cornish surname that came to Wales with lead mining families pre-1800.
Clougher — pronounced similar to Clocker; probably came to Wales with a family of stationer from Ireland, where it is a placename.
Cole — either from Old English col "coal", or a diminutive of Nicholas. It came to the border counties from England with the Cole family; it eventually divided into three branches: Cole, Younge, and Mathias.
Connah — from the Welsh family names Cwna and Cwnws. Cunnah.
Conway — possibly from Ireland, where it means "wolf" or "hound of the plain". Conwy.
Coslett — arrived in Wales c. 1568 with a man name Corslett, an ironsmith. Cosslett.
Craddock — from the Welsh personal name Caradog, the same as the Latin version of Caractacus, which comes from the British name Caratacus. Mainly a surname in the English border counties, it only appears once in 15th C. records.
Crowther — from the Welsh word crythor "a player of the crwth (an early fiddle)". The word also appears in Middle English as crouthes or croude.
Crunn — from the Welsh word cron "round," but added to a personal name for description. It first appeared in the 17th C.
Cunnick — variant spelling of Welsh surname Cwnic and personal name Cynog, and was the name of a saint in the 6th C. Connick, Cwnic, Cynog.

Daniel — a biblical name and a form of the Welsh name Deiniol, and the name of a 6th C. saint. Possibly adopted under the English spelling in the post-Reformation era. Daniels.
David — a biblical name adopted by early Welsh Christians; also the name of the patron saint of Wales, Dewi (David). The Latin version Davidus led to the Welsh versions Dewydd and Dewi, but Dafydd is use more. Dackins, Dafydd, Dai, Dakin, Davies, Davis, Daykyn, Deakyn, Dei, Dew, Dewi, Dewydd, Dyas, Dykins, Dyos.
Dawkins — derived from Dafydd or David. A Thomas Daukyn was recorded in Castlemartin in 1480. Dawe, Dawes, Dawson, Daukyn.
Deere — derived from the Old English personal name Deora "dear".
Devonald — derived from the Welsh surname Dyfnallt. Davenold, Devenallt.
Dodd — originally an English surname derived from personal names Dudde, Dodda, and Dudda, which were all widely used in the 14th C. Family can trace their ancestry to Cadwgan Dod who settled in Cheshire during Henry II's reign.

Edmunds — an English personal name from Old English ead "rich" + mund "protector". It appears in 15th C. records.
Edwards — from the Old English personal name from Old English ead "rich" + weard "ward" or "guardian". It remained popular after the Norman Conquest because it was used by both kings and saints. It appears frequently in records of the 15th C., and it found throughout Wales. The Welsh personal name Iorwerth is the equivalent. Emment, Emont, Kedward, Kedwards.
Elias — a biblical name that came to Wales as a surname post-Reformation. Elisha.
Ellis — derived from the Welsh personal name Elisedd, which is frequently in old records. The final "dd" was dropped, producing Elisa, Elise, and Elisha. Bayliss, Bellis, Elis, Ellice, Eliza, Ellisa, Helis.
Emanuel — a biblical name possibly brought to Wales from Cornwall, where it is listed in 15th and 16th C. records. Manuel.
Ephraim — a biblical name not popular with Puritans and came into use mainly in the 18th and 19th C.'s.
Esau — "hairy"; a biblical name; not very popular in Wales. Esay.
Evans — from the Welsh name Ieuan (John), the name originated with the "u" was changed to a "v". Bevan, Evan, Evance, Heavens, Iefan, Ifan, Jeavons, Jevons, Jeavince.
Eynon — derived from the Welsh name Einion/Einon, "anvil". A very common personal name before the 15th C. Beynon, Einon, Enian, Inions, Onions.

Faithfull — an English surname and popular personal name with the Puritans; it was used rarely, and only on south Wales.
Felix — derived from the Latin name which means "lucky"; and a saint's name.
Fenna — possibly came from the Welsh name Fenn "a person who live in a marshy area". Fennah, Fenner Phenna, Phennah.
Folland — the Welsh version of Valentine. Folant, Vallant.
Foulkes — an English personal name, from German folc "folk"; it was introduced by the Normans. Ffoulkes, Ffowkes, Fuge, Volk.
Francis — brought into England in the early 16th C., it was already in use in Wales in the 15th C. Ffranch, Frenchman, Phrancis.

Gabriel — a biblical name rarely used as either a personal or surname; mainly found in north and south Wales.
Gadarn — from the forest deity Hu Gadarn (similar to the Celtic god Cernunnos), who was worshipped by the Welsh druids.
Games — rare surname derived from the Welsh word gam or cam "crooked" or "bent". It was usually added to personal names for description.
Geonor — "engineer", occupational name referring to one who built walls and possibly medieval machines. Jenner.
George — from a personal name brought to England by the Crusaders and wasn't popular until the Hanoverian kings. Until the early 18th C., it didn't appear as a surname in Welsh records, but appeared as a personal name in the 15th C.
Gethin — derived from the Welsh word cethin "ugly, hideous". Kethin.
Gibbs — an English surname from the dim. of Gilbert. Gibbon appears as a personal name in t he 15th C. The variant Gibby may derive from the Welsh name Cybi. Gibb, Gibbon, Gibbons, Gibby, Gibba.
Gittins — from the nickname for Gruffydd (Griffiths). Gittah, Gittings, Gittoes, Gtuo, Gutyn.
Goodwin — an English surname deriving from Old English name Godwine "good friend". Popular as a personal name before the Norman Conquest, and the name of King Harold's father. Goodwyn, Goodin.
Gough — derived from the Welsh word goch or coch "red", "one with red hair or a red complexion". Gogh, Goch, Goff, Goudge, Goodge, Gooch.
Gravenor — from Old French for "great hunter". The name probably came to Wales from Cheshire, where it is the family name of the dukes of Westminster.
Griffiths — from the Old Welsh name Grippiud, which became Gruffudd. Modern Welsh is Gruffydd. It was frequented as a name of Welsh princes and leaders. Old documents show it commonly abbreviated as Gr'. Griffith, Griffin, Griffies, Griffis, Guto, Gruffydd, Gruffudd.
Gronow — form of Welsh personal Goronwy, appearing in 15th records. Green, Greenaway, Greenhow, Greeno, Grono, Gronnah, Grunna, Grunnah.
Gunter — from a German personal name meaning "battle-army"; it came to Wales with Peter Gunter, a follower of Bernard de Neufmarche.
Guy — derived from an Old English word for "guide".
Gwalchmai — from the Welsh words gwalch "hawk" + mai "field"; it can be translated as "hawk of May". Also a placeneme in Anglesey. Gwalchmai fab Gwyar was a character in the Arthurian sagas; Gwalchmai ap Meyler was a 12th C. poet. It changed from a personal name to a surname by the Middle Ages.
Gwilt — derived from Welsh gwillt "wild". Guilt, Quilt.
Gynne — derived from Welsh gwyn "white" or "fair hair" or "fair complexion"; it was first used as a personal name. Gwinnett, Gwyn, Gwynett, Gwynn, Gwynne, Gwyyns, Wyn, Wynn, Wynne.
Gwyther — "worker"; from the Welsh name Gwythur, which derives from the Latin word victor. Originating from Penclawwd on the Gower Peninsular. Guyther, Wither, Withers.

Haines — possibly derived from the personal name Einws, or the adjective name Hen.
Hall — originally meant "one who works at or lives in a hall".
Hamer — from a placename in Lancaster and has been a surname in the area since before 1700.
Harries — "son of Harry or Henry"; possibly derives from the Welsh name Harri, an early pronunciation of Henry. Harris, Henry.
Harry — from the Welsh name Harri, first popular as a personal name because of English and Norman kings. Harri or Henry was common in Wales by the 15th C. Harrhy, Hendry, Henry, Parry, Penry, Pendry.
Hatfield — from an English placename and surname, it first appears in Montgomeryshire c. 1576. Hatfeld, Hattefeld.
Hathaway — Heathway, Hathawa, Hathawe.
Havard — brought to Wales when Bernard de Neufmarche gave the manor of Pontwilyn to Sir Walter Havard, recorded by historians as Walter Havre de Grace.
Heilyn — of Welsh origin, it only appears in the 15th C. Heylyn, Palin.
Herbert — a surname that includes the earls of Pembrokeshire and Powis as bearers; it is most prominent in Cardiganshire and Radnorshire.
Hier — derived from Welsh hir "tall" or "long". Hire, Hyer.
Hooson — a variant of the English Hughson.
Hopkins — an English surname adopted in Wales; derived from the dim. Hob (Robert) and the ending kin. A commonly listed name in the 17th C. in Glamorgan. Hopkin, Popkin, Popkins.
Hoskin — of English origin. The variant Hoesgyn is listed in the 15th C.Hoesgyn, Hodgkin, Hoiskin, Hoskins, Hoskyn, Oiskins, Poiskin.
Howard — derived from an Old Norse name. Haward, Herward.
Howe — derived from the English name Hugh. How, Howes.
Howells — (hew-el; sometimes said rhyming with "towel") from the Welsh personal name Hywel, anglicized to Howell. Hoel, Hoell, Hole, Holl, Howel, Howell, Howes, Hywel, Powell.
Hughes — from the German name Hugh, which came to England with the Norman Conquest. Hullin, Huws.
Hullin — derived from Hugh, and probably a variant of Hughes. Hoell, ap Hullin, Hullyn.
Humphreys — only appears in small numbers in the 15th C. Bumfrey, Bumphrey, Pumphrey, Wmffre.
Husband — from the English word "householder" or "husbandman"; first recorded in 1532.
Hussey — probably derived from the Middle English word huswif "mistress of a household". Husseys, Huzzey, Huzzy.

Issac — a biblical name that came to Wales with the Reformation.
Ithell — from the Old Welsh personal name Iudhael. Abethell, Beethel, Bethell, Bithell, Bythell, Eathel Ethell, Ithael, Ithel.

Jacob — a biblical name that came to Wales with the Reformation; possibly from the Latin name Jacobus. Jacobs.
James — a non-Welsh personal name that appears in the 12th C.; used by several saints and kings.
Jarman — derived from Latin germanus "kinsman". Jermin, Jermyn, Jermyne.
Jasper — derived from English Caspar; listed in small numbers in 15th C.
Jeffreys — derived from the personal name Geoffrey, it was brought by the Normans. Thomas Jefferson's family had ties with 17th C. Wales. Gregory, Jefferson.
Jehu — a nickname for John that became a surname. Jankin, Jenkins.
Jervis — derived from Gervaise, a Norman personal name. Jarvis.
Job — a biblical name that became widespread from medieval dramas in England. First came to Wales as a personal name with the Reformation.
John — a biblical name that came as the Latin Johannes and became Welsh Ieuan. John was used after the Normans arrived. It frequently written as Sion or Shone since the letter "j" is absent from the Welsh alphabet. Evans, Shone, Jones (son of John).
Jones — "son of John"; possibly derived from both John and James. Jone.
Joseph — a biblical name unknown until the Reformation.

Kendrick — from the popular medieval Welsh personal name Cynwrig.
Kinsey — an English surname derived from Old English cyn and sige "royal victory".
Kneath — (NAYTH) from Welsh personal name Cynaethwy; it changed to Kneath through English influence. Cnaitho, Cneitho, Cnaith.
Knethell — from the Welsh personal name Cynddelw.
Kyffin — derived from Welsh cuffin "border" or "boundary". Caffyn, Coffin, Cuffin, Keffin, Kephin, Kiffin.

Landeg — a mutation of the word glandeg "handsome".
Laugharne — (lahrn) derived from a Welsh placename and anglicized version of Talacharn. It became Lacharn and Lagharn by the 14th C. de Lacharn, de Talacharn, de Lagham, Lacharn, Lagharn.
Lewis — from an English variation of Llewellyn, which the English already had the name derived from the French Louise and German Ludwig. The Welsh spelling was Lewys by the 15th C.
Leyshon — derived from Welsh personal name Lleision. Ley.
Llewelyn — ancient Welsh personal name and popular name of medieval princes. Some sources say it derives from British names Lugobelinus and Cunobelinus; while others say it derives from Welsh llew "lion". 15th C. documents show the nickname Lleo. Flello, Flellos, Hillin, Hilling, Lello, Lellow, Lewelin, Lewhellin, Llewelin, Llewellin, Llewelling, Llewellyn, Llewelyn, Llewheling, Llewhellin, Llewhelling, Whellin, Welling, Wellins.
Lloyd — derived from Welsh llyd "grey-brown". Occasionally used as a personal name. Flood, Floyd, Llwyd, Loyd.
Llywarch — found in early records; and listed only in Deheubarth in the 15th C.
Lodwick — from Latin name Ludovicus.
Lougher — from a Welsh placename, the River Llwchwr. Locker, Lougher.
Lucas — a biblical name common in England; 15th C. records show a Lucas family in Gower.
Lumley — from an English placename in county Durham.

Mabe — from Welsh word mab "son"; used as a personal name before as a surname; also a placename.
Maddocks — derived from Welsh personal name Madog, the name of princes and leaders. Maddock, Maddox, Madox, Maddy, Madock.
Mason — an English surname brought to Wales with immigrant families. Masson.
Matthews — from the biblical name Matthew; popular in medieval Wales. Mathew, Mathews, Matthew, Mathias.
Maybery — brought to Wales with a Worcestershire family. Mayberry.
Mendus — said to have come with the Spanish Armanda and the Spanish names Mendes and Mendoza. Meands, Means, Menday, Mende, Mends, Mens.
Meredith — from the ancient Welsh personal name Maredudd (pronounced with emphasis on the middle syllable); udd "lord". Beddow, Bedo, Preddy, Predith.
Meyler — from the Welsh personal name Meilyr.
Meyrick — derived from the Welsh personal name Meurig, anglicized as Maurice and Morris.
Michael — a biblical name associated with Welsh churches since Norman times. Fihangel, Mejangle, Mihangel.
Miles — a Germanic name brought to England with Norman invaders and was popular in the Middle Ages. Milo.
Mills — "one who works or lives by a mill"; a placename common in southern England. Mill, Mille, Mylle.
Morgan — said to be the original name of heretic Pelagius; a popular surname since before the 15th C.
Morris — the English spelling, derived from the Welsh personal name Meurig and Latin name Mauricius. Morris is the more popular spelling than Maurice. Maurice, Morse, Morus, Morys.
Mortimer — from an influential Norman family who lived in medieval Wales.
Mostyn — from a Welsh placename that became a surname.

Nanney — from a Welsh placename and an anglicized version of Nannau, the name of the Merioneth family estate, they adopted the surname in the 16th C.
Narberth — from a Welsh placename Narberth in Pembrokeshire. Narbett.
Nash — "at the ash tree"; from Welsh and English placenames.
Nevett — derived from Welsh personal name Ednyfed. The English form is derived from Old English cniht "knight". Also abbreviated Eden, which led to Bennet in some areas. Bennett, Eden, Knevett, Nevet.
Newell — an English surname deriving from Nevill, Nowell, or Noel.
Nicholas — a persona name and saint's name in the English Middle Ages and related to the name Cole. Cole, Cule, Cull, Nicolas, Nichol, Nicholls.
Nock — "one who lives by an oak tree"; either from England, Scotland or Ireland. Noke, Oakley.
Nuttall — derives from a placename in Lacashire or Nottinhamshire and came to Wales with immigrating families.

Oliver — personal name from England by the Norman invaders, and probably a form of Olaf. It appears as a surname in Wales in the 15th C. Bolver, Bolvier.
Owen — an old personal name possibly from Latin Eugenius or Audoenus; the name of princes and leaders; common by the 15th C. Owen, Bowen from ap Owen "son of Owen".

Parker — "keeper of the deer park"; an English surname found along the border.
Parry — derives from ap Harry "son of Harry". The second most common name in Wales.
Pask — came from England and Cornwall; from the name Pascall, a 9th C. saint and pope. Originally may have derived from Latin pascha "Easter". Paish, Pascoe.
Paskin — similar to Pask, derived from the Old Welsh personal name Paskent or Pascen.
Peate — English surname derived from Middle English word for "pet" or "darling". It came to Wales before 1600. Pate, Peat, Peete.
Peregrine — from either Latin peregrinus "pilgrim"; or the anglicized Perkin.
Perkins — from the personal names Piers and Peter. Perkyn was a personal name, later becoming a surname. Perkin, Perkyn.
Peters — from a personal name that became a surname in late Welsh history.
Phillips — derived from Greek name Phillippos "lover of horses"; and the name of several saints. Common by the 13th C. Filpin, Phelps, Philpin.
Picton — from Picton Castle in Monmouthshire, built by William de Picton.
Pierce — from Old French name Piers. Pearce, Pearson, Piers, Pirs, Pyrs.
Powell — from ap Howell "son of Howell".
Price — from ap Rhys or ap Rees "son of Rhys".
Pritchard — from ap Richard "son of Richard". Prickett, Uprichard.
Probert — from ap Robert "son of Robert". Probart, Propert, Roppert.
Probyn — from ap Robin "son of Robin"; Robin is a dim. of Robert.
Profit — possibly from Old French prophete "prophet"; the Welsh probably heard it in medieval mystery plays. Prophet, Propert.
Prosser — from ap Rosser "son of Rosser".
Prothero — from ap Rhydderch "son of Rhydderch". Prydderch, Rothero.
Pugh — from ap Hugh "son of Hugh". Tugh.

Rees — from medieval Welsh personal name Rhys, the name of several leaders and princes. Creese, Preece, Resius, Rheseus, Rhys, Rice, Riceus.
Reynolds — derived from Germaic personal name Reynold, which came with the Normans. The Welsh version is Rheinallt. Reynold, Rheinallt, Rynallt, Rynalt.
Rhydderch — "liberal"; ancient Welsh personal name and name of 6th C. leader Rhydderch Hael. Common in the Middle Ages. Rothero, Ruddock, Ruddz, Ruther.
Richards — derived from the Germanic personal name, from ric "power" + hard "strong" or "hardy". Crichard, Crichett, Prichard, Pritchard.
Roberts — a Germanic name that came with the Normans, derived from hrod "fame" + berht "bright". Probert, Robin, Roblin.
Roch — from a Welsh placename. Anglo-Norman Roch Castle is built on a promontory in Pembrokeshire. The name went to Ireland with the Norman invasion, becoming Roche there.
Roderick — of Germanic origin, but connected with the Welsh personal names Rhodri and Rhydderch.
Rogers — derived from German name Roger, from hrod "fame" + gar "spear". It came to Wales and England with the Norman invasion. Prodger, Rosier, Rosser.
Rowlands — from German personal name Roland, from hrod "fame" + land "land," brought by the Normans. Rowland.

Salmon — derived from the personal name Solomon in the post-Reformaion era.
Salusbury — from an English placename. William Salesbury (1520-1584) translated part of the Bible into Welsh. Salbri, Salebiri, Salesbury.
Sambrook — from an English placename; occasionally used as a personal name. Sambroth, Samrook, Sandbrook, Shambrook.
Samuel — a biblical name that began as a personal name. Samwell.
Savage — began as a descriptive nickname. Sayvage.
Sayce — derived from Welsh sais "English speaking". Saer, Saies, Sais, Saise, Says, Sayse, Seys.
Sheen — from the Old English word for "fair" or "handsome"; also an English placename.
Sheldon — brought to Wales from Derbyshire in the late 18th and early 19th C.'s.
Smith — an occupational name; claimed to be the most common surname in England, Wales, Scotland and the USA, and the 5th most common in Ireland.
Smout — probably from Derbyshire and a possible variant of Smith. Smout is also found in Scotland. Smooth, Smout, Smoth, Smuth.
Stephens — from the Greek stephanos "wreath", "garland" or "crown". The name of early popes, it was brought England by the Normans. Immigrants to the US changed the spelling to Stevens.
Stradling — a Tudor family name, they helped Robert fitz Hamo conquer Glamorgan. They trace their ancestry to John de Estatlinges from Strattligen, Switzerland, during Edwards I's reign. Estatling.
Swancott — from an English placename from Shropshire.

Tannatt — from the river Tanad or Tannat in Montgomeryshire, taken as a name by gentry family in the 16th C. Tanat.
Taylor — an English occupational name; listed as the 4th most common name in England in Wales in 1853.
Teague — either from the Irish personal and surname Tegan; or a derivation of Welsh teg "fair" or "beautiful". Deage, Degg, Teage, Tecka, Tegan, Tegg, Tegue.
Tew — derived from Welsh tew or dew "fat".
Thomas — a biblical name derived from Greek didymos "twin". Until the Norman Conquest, it was only a priest's name; it became popular after Thomas à Becket; not listed as a surname in Wales until the 15th C.
Tibbot — from the personal name Theobald, originally French Thibaud; brought by the English. Tibbett, Tibbetts, Tibbitt, Tibbitts.
Timothy — biblical name from Greek personal name Thimotheus "honoring God". Not used in Wales until the post-Reformation.
Treharne — an anglicized version of Trahaearn, from tra "over" or "excessive" + haearn "iron".
Trevor — an early Welsh placename, usually connected with estates.
Trewent — derived from a Welsh placename recorded from medieval times to the 20th C.
Trow — derived from the Old English word for "faithful" or "true"; others say it began as a Devon placename from Old English trog "trough".
Tucker — from an English occupational name meaning "one who fulls cloth". It is interchangeable with Fuller.
Tudor — from a north Wales placename. Most notable of this name were the Tudor monarchs. Henry VII's grandfather's name was actually Owain ap Meredith ap Tudor, aka Owain Tudor. Tudor is confused with Tewdwr, which derives from a first name. Tewdwr, Tidder, Tither, Tutor.
Turner — from an English occupational name, meaning "one who works with a lath". Turnor, Tyrno'r.

Vaughan — derived from Welsh Ibychan a mutated form of fychan "younger". It was a descriptive name to distinguish father from son. In English the word fychan became vychan. Baughan, Bawn, Fychan, Vain, Vane, Vayne.
Voyle — from Welsh moel a mutated from of foel "bald". Foel, Moel.

Walbeoff — derived from an Anglo-Norman family in Brycheiniog. Waldebeuf is listed from the mid-12th C.
Walters — derived from the German name Walter, from wald "rule" + heri "warrior," brought by the Normans. The Welsh adopted the name Gwallter. Walliter, Waters, Watt, Wattars.
Warlow — derived from Middle English warloc "warlock, wizard". Wardlow, Warlach, Warlaz.
Warren — from the German name Warin, and Old French Guarin or Guerin, becoming Gwaren in Wales.
Watkins — used at one time as a personal name in some parts; a dim. of Walters. Gwatkin, Watkiss.
Watts — dim. form of Walter; found in Wales and Scotland.
Weal — from an English placename, referring to one who lives by the waterwheel. The Cornish version is whel "mine-working". Wheal, Wheels.
Weaver — an English occupation name from Old English wefan "to weave".
Whittal — derived from a placename, White Hill or Whitwell. Whettal, Vittle.
Wigley — from a Derbyshire placename.
Wild — from the English surname Wilde, meaning "one who lives in wild places". Documents show a Wild family in 1292. Wilde.
Wilding — from an Old English name, either a personal name or nickname.
Williams — from the German name Wilhelm, a combination of the words "will and "helmet," brought by the Normans. The Welsh adopted it as Guilielm and Gwilym, becoming Gwilliam and Gullam. Guilielm, Gwilym, Gwilliam, Gullam, Wilson.
Wogan — possibly came with migrating Irish families; or deriving from the Welsh Gwgan.
Woosencraft — derived from the Lancashire placename Wolstencroft, from the personal name Wulfstan + croft "enclosure". Woosencroft.
Woosnam — from the Lancashire placename Wolstenholme, from the personal name Wulfstan + holm "a dry land in the fen". It first appeard in 1596.
Worthing — derives from either a Shropshire placename, Worthen; or from Old English name Worth "worthy".
Wynne — mutated version of Welsh name Gwynne. Wynn.

Yorath — from Welsh name Iorwerth, derived from ior "lord" + berth "handsome". Common in medieval times. Iorwerth, Yerward, Yorath.
Young — English surname that began as a nickname meaning "junior". Yong, Yonge, Yongue.

Nadolig llawen

Military in Harms Way vs DACA

Of the US Navy's seven fleets, three are deployed in or near potential hotspots around the world. The Navy's 6th Fleet is stationed around the Strait of Gibraltar; the 5th is by Saudi Arabia; and the 7th is near Japan and the Pacific Ocean. The USS Carney, Ross, Porter, and Donald Cook are destroyer ships part of the 6th Navy Fleet, which contains 17 ships and 12,638 sailors.

The USS Bataan and George H.W. Bush are part of the 5th, which consists of 24 ships and 16,731 service members. The Bush is patrolling the Persian Gulf, while the Bataan is south of Yemen.

The USS Reagan, Bonhomme Richard, Carl Vinson, and Makin Island are part of the 7th, which consists of 53 ships and 37,935 sailors.

The 7th fleet has experienced three high-profile accidents of late that resulted in deaths. The USS John S. McCain and USS Fitzgerald both collided with merchant ships, and the USS Antietam ran aground in Tokyo Bay.

There are 37,500 on or near the DMZ, separating South Korea from a Man Moron.

In Afghanistan, about 11,000 US troops, in Iraq, about 4,000 to 6,000 soldiers, in Syria, 500 US special forces and 250 Rangers, in Kuwait, about 18,800 soldiers, in Poland, about 3,500 soldiers, in Ukraine, approximately 250 Oklahoma National Guardsmen, in Somalia, about 40 US soldiers.

In Syria, approximately 400 Marines are taking part in Operation Inherent Resolve. In Afghanistan, 300 Marines are taking part in Resolute Support.

In South Sudan, approximately 40 US Marines are providing security to the US Embassy. In Norway, about 300 Marines are stationed as part of a bilateral agreement between Oslo and Washington to undergo winter training and reinforce Norway's border with Russia.

Two F-35s were recently deployed to Bulgaria for training and "reassuring allies and partners of US dedication to the enduring peace and stability of the region." Another two F-35s recently deployed to Europe and will visit multiple NATO countries in support of European Reassurance Initiative. Four hundred airmen from the 5th Bomb Wing recently deployed to the Middle East in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. Twelve F-16 fighters are in South Korea to "help maintain a deterrent against threats to regional security and stability." Multiple B-1, B-2, and B-52 bombers are also stationed there.

Here's a view from across the military. In total, about 69,300 troops are assigned to Pacific Command, with 41,990 in Central Command, 34,520 in European Command, and 9,150 assigned to Africa Command. We have another 5,800 in “Unknown”, which tells me they really ARE in some SHIT! And, there are many who never made it home for Christmas!

Folks, the above will NOT be home for Christmas! These are the folks I’m concerned about; they are our very best in harm’s way. While here at home, we have charlatans and professional liars worried about something as ethereal, insignificant and impertinent as DACA. These 800,000 DACA hanger’s on are safely ensconced in the safe and peaceful USA while we have real citizens abroad in danger 24/7/365. I have two words for DACA in re: to the above—F*^K DACA, and especially those “chicken little” fools stirring it up. SHAME on you! 

JFK Reagan and Trump

JFK did 4 things that were nothing short of a stroke of brilliance. His stimulus package was a tax cut, jobs, investment program that was nothing short of remarkable as it was prescient. His Jobs/ Investment Tax Credit was founded in a very simple premise. A Tax Credit is preferable to small business rather than big business which prefers a reduction of income rather than tax. Secondly, he instituted "Operation Twist". It also had a very simple but brilliant premise. It was to lower, by various mechanisms, the long-term interest rates, while increasing, also by various mechanisms, short-term interest rates; thereby, halting inflation while causing long term investment in plant and equipment [JOBS]. The Tax Credit and Operation Twist operated in tandem to spur a boom in the economy. His third prong was to maintain the Gold Standard, also by various mechanisms, at all cost. Finally, he assembled the best WH staff in modern history. That is how a Democrat is supposed to do it. His stimulus was so successful, the IDIOT who followed him thought it would be cute to use that new revenue to the Treasury to put an entire generation on the dole. His premise was simple too, VOTES! Now we have three successive generations on the dole, along with unmitigated open borders, both having the same premise--VOTES. I am still not sure which was the bigger FOOL; Johnson or Carter. In my years here as the Intergovernmental Liaison for a brilliant political scientist and governor, I worked directly, face to face and hand in hand with 3 presidential administrations--Carter, Reagan and Clinton. Carter's WH staff was a bunch 'o damn Georgia Crackas who were the most ineffective collection of dolts I ever saw. Then, along came Reagan; he put together the most formidable WH staff, comparable and maybe even equal to the JFK White House. They got things DONE and were effective in what they did. That was why both JFK and Reagan had unrivaled success. If you don’t surround yourself with the right staff, forget about it.
I will give Clinton kudos for putting together a darned good staff. However, JFK and Reagan get the honors for the best of the best in the 20th Century, without parallel. Both JFK and Reagan had as their centerpiece, a Tax Cut/ Reform program with a design to win. Both received all but a kicking of dirt in their respective face from their own respective parties. Neither gave a S*^T; they both kicked the dirt right back in their antagonist’s faces. They believed what they were doing was right and the rest is history. Unfortunately, JFK did not live to see the fruits of his labor.
Now enter Stage 3, the 21st Century, and Donald J. Trump. He is about as popular with both parties as both JFK and Reagan. Guess what; he doesn’t give a S*^T either. In fact, I believe he relishes that fact. I believe he him to be the best Democrat since JFK :-) That, by the way, is neither a typo nor an auto-correct poofaw. He is putting together a first-class, “Dollar a Year” bunch that will be comparable to that of JFK and Reagan. He is doing it in spite of the Idiots on Capitol Hill. The votes are there for his proposed Tax/ Jobs Investment Tax Cut & Reform. Like his two predecessors, he believes it to be the right thing to do and that it will be a Boom in the economy. It already has been and has largely been discounted in the Stock Market. The premise is both as simple as effective as that of JFK and Reagan. The kingpin in this case will be the $4 Trillion in a return of capital in accounts abroad of USA corporations. If you have even a basic understanding of macro-economics, you will know that will come back in spades. That $4 Trillion has what are known as economic and employment multipliers. In terms of those multipliers, that $4 Trillion will provide an additional “bump” of another $3 Trillion, at a minimum, in additional capital created. The employment multipliers will have about the same factor in terms of jobs. For every job created, another 3-4 jobs in the secondary industries will result. Simple, but brilliant! My political science “degree” was “On the Job Training”, hands on and as a student of truly brilliant political geniuses. I can be objective about who had the best staff, notwithstanding party or an uneducated bias or two. Following this tax cut and the brilliant stroke of dismissing the wholly unconstitutional ObamaCare Mandate especially will be a boom. I am pretty sure I know who will win the war between the powers that be in Congress and the White House, and add to that, the Judiciary. If history is any guide, and it is, Trump wins. Following the Tax Cut/ Reform, watch the whiteboard. He will be putting up one mark on it after the other. Washington, DC is actually built on what was a swamp and that is not just a silly metaphor. I watched that swamp become a sewer, living there for over 25 years. It became a sewer; I think he is about to return it to its former swamp status, in the least and maybe even better.
JFK, Reagan and now Trump believe[d] in the Constitution; it is best you don’t mess with my Constitution, you will lose in the end. I think what I find most humorous about Trump is that he is not from the “Swamp”; he is not one of them. They don’t know how to take him because he is a wholly unknown factor in that sewer. I’m sure they believe they are smarter and more politically astute than he; that is why they struggle and look silly most of the time. It is a losing battle for them. Trump wins! BTW—all three, JFK, Reagan and Trump had some major blunders in office, and all three would admit that, but that is part of a learning curve in the White House. The whole is always greater than the sum of the parts, even in the White House. 

The Dossier

35 Pages of Fiction

Journalist sources told The Washington Times that Fusion founder Glenn Simpson pushed the idea of a close relationship between Mr. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, who pleaded guilty in 2008 to soliciting sex from an underage girl.

Ken Silverstein, the reporter who ultimately wrote an Epstein-Trump report, confirmed to The Times that Fusion had sourced the story. Mr. Silverstein, founder and editor of WashingtonBabylon.com who wrote the story for Vice.com, defended Mr. Simpson as a solid source of information that must first be confirmed.

Behind the scenes, the private intelligence firm run by former Wall Street Journal reporters was particularly active last year working to defeat Mr. Trump. Fusion leader Mr. Simpson, who railed against sleazy opposition research as a reporter, harbored a strong desire to bring down the builder of hotels with, well, opposition research.

NOTE: The Wall Street Journal is owned in part by the same owner as FOX News.

Fusion representatives met with New York Times reporters during the Democratic National Convention in July 2016.

Ironically, it appears The Times was the first to out Fusion on Jan. 11 as the source of the scandalous dossier that BuzzFeed posted the previous day. BuzzFeed did the posting without identifying Fusion or dossier writer Christopher Steele, a former British spy.

 “I have worked with them,” Silverstein said. “I have gotten tips from them and stories from them. And every time I do, I go out and re-report … because I assume it is for a client and it is not 100 percent accurate. And I’ve never gotten anything from them that was 100 percent accurate. Not because they were slanting or lying or twisting. Every time I’ve gotten something from them, ‘This is a report. You’ve got to check it out.’ I have a great relationship with those guys.”

During summer 2016, Fusion’s juicy tidbits enticed a number of elite journalists to heed Mr. Simpson’s call to meet Mr. Steele in person.

“Fusion has filed a ton of [Freedom of Information Act] requests on Trump, especially in New York,” said the journalist source who asked not to be named and has had contact with the firm. NOTE: Another unnamed source.

A Washington Times inquiry found that Mr. Simpson and crew were dishing out other supposed dirt on Mr. Trump and friends not contained in the 35-page dossier. Some of those tips have proved to be as shaky as Mr. Steele’s election collusion charges.

Besides the Jeffrey Epstein dump, Fusion pushed the story that a special email server existed between Trump Tower and Moscow’s Alfa bank, the journalist source said. The report has failed to catch on. Internet sleuths traced the IP address to a marketing spam server located outside Philadelphia.

Devin Nunes, California Republican and chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, signed subpoenas forcing Fusion to disclose who pays it and whom it pays. His probe unmasked the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic Party as dossier financiers.

The unmasking agent was Fusion’s own product: Mr. Steele’s dossier. It has proved to be so unfounded on its core collusion charges yet so influential in prompting investigations of the president that Republicans demanded to know its roots. Those roots are: After Democrats paid Fusion through a middleman law firm, Mr. Simpson in June 2016 hired Mr. Steele with Clinton campaign cash. Mr. Steele in turn handed out money to unidentified Kremlin operatives who sullied Mr. Trump and associates.

Mr. Steele wrote in July, the month he briefed the FBI and it began its probe, of an “extensive conspiracy between Trump’s campaign team and the Kremlin.”

NOTE: Why was this asshole briefing the FBI?

Democrats began to cite the dossier’s unconfirmed Trump charges at hearings and on TV.

Three Russian businessmen-bankers are suing Fusion for libel, creating a second legal front. Fusion is paying at least two law firms to fend off Mr. Nunes’ incursion in U.S. District Court.

Part of Fusion’s defense is that it enjoys First Amendment rights just like its founders’ days at The Wall Street Journal. [Simpson]

Fusion jealously guards the list of its journalistic recipients and, in turn, is treated as a confidential source to the point that there are rarely Simpson fingerprints on its investigative products. But the dossier’s disclosure broke the code of silence. In one of three libel lawsuits, Mr. Steele has been forced to explain how he and Fusion worked together. In a court filing in London, he named names: In Washington in September, Mr. Steele met with The New York Times, The Washington Post, Yahoo News, The New Yorker and CNN — a who’s who of America’s liberal media establishment. Fake News outlets emeritus.

Before Mr. Steele’s D.C. visit, Fusion turned to old colleagues at The Wall Street Journal. In July, a reporter contacted Carter Page, a Trump campaign volunteer. Mr. Steele had spun a web of deceit and lawbreaking by Mr. Page on a trip he took to Moscow to deliver a public speech at a university. The call blindsided Mr. Page, a New York energy investor who had no idea a dossier time bomb lay ready to destroy his life. The call also showed that Fusion can summon the top of Washington’s journalism food chain to run down its tips.

Mr. Steele said he warned journalists that they must confirm his intelligence before reporting. Mr. Steele “understood that the information provided might be used for the purpose of further research, but would not be published or attributed,” his attorneys said. Two journalists did write stories. Yahoo News’ Michael Isikoff wrote of the charges against Mr. Page, attributing them not to the dossier but to a Western intelligence source. The story blazed across the internet and became red meat for Clinton campaign surrogates. Mr. Page has filed a libel lawsuit against Yahoo News.

On Oct. 31, 2016, a second dossier story appeared, this one by David Corn in the left-leaning magazine Mother Jones. He is also a co-author with Mr. Isikoff of “Hubris,” a book on the Iraq War that is critical of former President George W. Bush. Bush.

Mr. Corn conducted perhaps the only published interview with Mr. Steele during the election campaign, though he hid the ex-spy’s identity as a “former senior intelligence officer.” The story refers to Fusion but not by name.

Mr. Steele’s quotes conveyed an energized source as he bragged about his ability to get the FBI to accept his memos beginning in early July and then starting an investigation into the Trump campaign. The FBI has refused to publicly answer dossier questions. The Mother Jones story is among the best-known evidence that the bureau began investigating the Trump campaign based on a Democratic Party-financed scandal sheet that remains unconfirmed.

source for anything, other than growing hydroponic pot in one’s basement. WTF is Yahoo News?! If you have not marked these off your list of credible news sources, now you might want to consider that. Question is, was the FBI duped or were they hungry for anything, credible or not, to go after Trump? I know what my assertion would be. DIRTY!

In January 2016, as candidate Trump scrambled to stitch together a presidential campaign against 16 Republican opponents, Vice.com ran a story on his ties to Epstein, the billionaire sex offender who owns a Caribbean island called Little St. James. Reporters have confirmed Mr. Clinton’s visits to the island aboard Epstein’s “Lolita Expres,” based on court records.

Mr. Silverstein, who wrote the Vice.Com story, was asked by The Washington Times if Fusion pushed the Epstein-Trump story. “Since you asked, yes, they helped me with that,” Mr. Silverstein said. “But as you can see, I could not make a strong case for Trump being super close to Epstein, so they could hardly have been thrilled with that story. [In my humble opinion], that was the best story written about Trump’s ties to Epstein, but I failed to nail him. Trump’s ties were mild compared to Bill Clinton‘s.

Mr. Silverstein takes delight in taking the left and right to task. In a Dec. 8 story in WashingtonBablyon.com, he wrote of the latest CNN goof: “Well, well, well. A central ‘fact’ of the whole Russia-Trump collusion story turns out to be fake news. The original ‘fact’ was reported by CNN, President Donald Trump’s favorite Fake News Network, so Trump is going to be popping corks on champagne bottles this weekend. Nice job, CNN!”

Then there is Fusion’s own Russia connection. While Fusion is exposing supposed collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, its operatives have been working for Russians to dishonor Bill Browder, a prominent opponent of President Vladimir Putin. The web of connections is complex: Russian money is funding Fusion to destroy the reputation of Mr. Browder, a U.S.-British banker, for his work to persuade Congress to enact the 2012 Magnitsky Act. The act is a sanctions law against Moscow, and the Putin regime wants it repealed. Mr. Browder told the Senate Judiciary Committee that Fusion received Russian money via the law firm Baker-Hostetler to launch “a smear campaign against me.”

In another case, Fusion allowed Planned Parenthood to identify it as the firm that analyzed hours of secret video taken by the pro-life group Center for Medical Progress. The group said it captured Planned Parenthood leaders talking about selling fetal body parts.

In a sense, the dossier was a failure in that Mr. Simpson could not persuade a large number of reporters to spread its smut during the election campaign. The dossier’s 35 pages ultimately subjected Fusion to an unwanted limelight, a congressional investigation and steep legal fees. In January, The New York Times described the failure to confirm the dossier’s charges before Nov. 8. “Fusion GPS and Mr. Steele shared the memos first with their clients, and later with the FBI and multiple journalists at The New York Times and elsewhere. … Many reporters from multiple news organizations tried to verify the claims in the memos but were unsuccessful.”

But in another sense, the dossier — with all its unproven and far-fetched tales — has been a political success for Trump haters. It influenced the FBI to launch a counterintelligence investigation into the Trump campaign that has grown into a full-blown special counsel inquiry with nearly 20 prosecutors and scores of FBI agents. The dossier created thousands of social media devotees who are convinced its felony charges against the president and his aides are true. Back in London, Mr. Steele can take pleasure in a special counsel investigation that could dog the Trump White House, the president, and current and former aides for months, maybe years.

Extracted from an investigative report by the Washington Times newspaper, by, Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times - Sunday, December 10, 2017

That’s it folks, that is how the game is played in the “Swamp”, that last paragraph, above. That is exactly what Fake News is designed to do. It is introduced in a campaign, knowing that nothing will be done after the campaign. That is the part they have underestimated. This time, it will be. If I were Trump, I would be hiring personally, a private investigator to investigate each of his accusers, all 16 of them, of “salacious conduct.” I would tie each directly to its source—Fusion GPS. Then I would compile a collated report on the entirety of the investigation. I would find out what each had done since the 1^st Grade, include medical reports, NCIC reports, school and college reports, organizations affiliated, tax returns, ownership records, bank accounts, etc. If you think money cannot buy a full life story of each, then you are hopelessly naïve. I am quite familiar with opposition research and how to refute it. I have had direct involvement with both. Good luck Fusion GPS, you are just now getting ready to drop your drawers and take one for the team.

Now that we all know where ALL of this came from, how do we feel about the dishonesty of spreading the fake news all over social media? Have we no shame?! Pi$$ on the Constitution, eh? “We the people, in order to form a perfect Union…” Did we forget where we came from only to design a new and dishonest direction for our progeny; one which George Soros would find to be the perfect solution? Sham on US!

With a private investigation, we will find out whether those “private parts” these young ladies speak of are really “private” or, maybe about as public as Yankee Stadium. We will also learn that to a man, the Mueller Team is as dirty as any DC Ho. We will learn that the entire upper echelon of the Justice Department and its FBI, including the Secretary, need to be purged, tried and jailed. They too are DIRTY. So, if you are spreading this stuff on social media or otherwise, does that not make you DIRTY?

Special Investigator and high echelon of management, Bruce Orr, was removed from the investigation then fired, due to his close relationship with Fusion GPS. His wife, Nellie Orr, was actually employed by Fusion GPS. That is the company of sleeze in which you find yourself. God Bless.

The Face of Sleeze, pictured below, Peter Strzok and his paramour, Lisa Page. Soon to be seen in a Post Office near you.