Google Maps to Rename 'Gulf of Mexico' to 'Gulf of America' for US Users

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/google-maps-rename-gulf-mexico-gulf-america-us-users-2025-01-27/

by andsoitis • 1 year ago

30 23 1 year ago

legitster• 1 year ago

What a crazy fever dream. Absolutely surreal.

The Trump administration's Interior Department said on Friday it had officially changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and the Alaskan peak Denali, the tallest mountain in North America, to Mount McKinley.

Somehow renaming Denali is even dumber. No one even cared about "Mount McKinley".

m2f2• 1 year ago

Do not be mistaken.

While everyone worries about such minor trivia, the Chief is replacing a host of public servants with his own cronies, all in the name of DOGE. For those familiar with medieval history, that's exactly what every tyrant/lord/baron/... did to get rid of any enemies, and ensure his own son would rule after his death.

Also, I guess a significant part of public spending will be redirected to the oligarchs that attended his crowning ^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H nomination. That could be a problem with those on a minimum wage, or already working two jobs, but hey, isn't everyone in the US a millionaire?

maeil• 1 year ago

Medieval? Par for the course for modern dictators, see Putin or Xi Jinping. It's the default modus operandi.

beardyw• 1 year ago

From an English perspective I think the Tudor period fits even better than Medieval. A semblance of government with an unpredictable and capricious monarch.

esbranson5• 1 year ago

I'm sure your TV told you it was a thing of the past, hence your anger. Stupidity is often taken advantage of. Imagine that.

It's called the "spoils system" and it's still very much alive and very common among leftists in the US, eg New York State and City.

Truth will tamp down the anger, mostly because you'd be angry all the time and get exhausted. I recommend books, personally. "Tales from the Sausage Factory: Making Laws in New York State" for example discusses your topic. You will have to really, really put in work in to be angry at [checks notes] Trump or anyone anywhere near associated with the GOP.

pacerwpg• 1 year ago

Stupidity was certainly taken advantage of in November.

childintime• 1 year ago

Got his sharpie out again.

michaelhoney• 1 year ago

how about they don’t, and maintain a shred of integrity. this is the stupidest timeline

esbranson5• 1 year ago

What do (completely arbitrary) geographic names (as maintained by the US government) have to do with integrity?

belter2• 1 year ago

"If Mr. McMurphy doesn't want to take his medication orally, I'm sure we can arrange that he can have it some other way. But I don't think that he would like it."

conartist62• 1 year ago

I think he should have named it The Gulf of Trump.

There's as much chance of my calling it one thing as t'other.

conartist62• 1 year ago

Everyone still remembers when George W. Bush was gonna rename French Fries to Freedom Fries though, right?

rchaud• 1 year ago

It is funny that a common refrain on social media regarding Deepseek is "try looking up anything about Tiananmen or Taiwan", when this is the kind of thing happening at home. What's next, Google Maps redraws the American borders to include Canada? The Russian borders to include Ukraine?

belter2• 1 year ago

https://youtu.be/P2PIco48G4k

esbranson5• 1 year ago

A name is not a drawing, nor is a name a map. Nor is a name change a territorial change.

Confusing, yes. All the more confusing when one wants something to be wrong, but there isn't.

Google Maps to Rename 'Gulf of Mexico' to 'Gulf of America' for US Users

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