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US Government renames Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America

7 pointsby master_crab4 months ago

4 comments

rsynnott4 months ago
This is prime “insane dictator” behaviour. One assumes that the next step will be renaming the calendar (Trumpuary, Muskuary, Bighandsuary, etc), a la <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Saparmurat_Niyazov" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Saparmurat_Niyazov</a>
master_crab4 months ago
Gulf of Mexico has been renamed by the Interior Department to Gulf of America. Denali was also renamed back to Mt. McKinley.
wryoak4 months ago
Gulf of America doesn’t bother me, but I’m going to have to keep calling the mountain Denali. Better name by far imo
jjgreen4 months ago
In other news, the UK government renames the USA to &quot;The West Cornish Islands&quot;