We're definitely sending NineEnder to a penal colony in Greenland. Freddie is healthy and useful with or without passing the citizen tests... but NineEnder... we'll arm him with a pick and snow-shovel plus 2 squares per day so he can dig through the perma-frost and hopefully find us some strategic metals that Trumpy knows are there.
Right.... this is much better... You voted for Elon Musk as president right? Today Ellen Knickmeyer of the Associated Press reported that yesterday two top security officials from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) tried to stop people associated with Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, from accessing classified information they did not have security clearance to see. The Trump administration put the officials on leave, and the DOGE team gained access to the information. Trump declares the constitution...unconstitutional... We only got to choose between a lazy useless leader and a ego maniac who wants full control over everything much like a dictator..... not sure we are in a better position.
china sea it was. https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20250205-the-alabama-museum-grappling-with-the-gulf-of-america But as visitors to the museum learn, the Gulf has actually had many names throughout its multi-cultural history. The name Gulf of Mexico, for example, first appeared on Spanish maps in the mid-1500s as a way of honouring the Mexica people who founded the Aztec empire. Yet, the 218,000-sq-mile oceanic basin – which borders five US states and a longer stretch of shoreline along the eastern coast of Mexico, along with the north-west coast of Cuba – has had other names too. According to John Sledge, the museum's maritime historian in residence, when the Spanish first reached the Gulf in 1513, they thought they had found a route to Asia and initially called it the Chinese Sea (a name unlikely to appeal to Trump, Sledge noted). Other early explorers called it the Gulf of Cortés or the Gulf of New Spain.
Mexico Is Threatening Google Over Ridiculous ‘Gulf of America’ Name Change Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum pointed out that the United States' claim to name the ocean area only applies for up to 12 nautical miles off its coastline. https://gizmodo.com/mexico-is-threa...culous-gulf-of-america-name-change-2000565003 Following President Trump’s executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America,” many online were quick to point out that the body of water overlaps with the territorial waters of America’s neighbors, Mexico and Cuba, and therefore the United States should not alone be able to dictate its name. Now, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is threatening Google with a lawsuit if it does not change the boundaries and restore the “Gulf of Mexico” for territory outside the U.S. maritime area. As it stands right now, users looking at Google Maps from the United States will see “Gulf of America; those in Mexico continue to see the Gulf of Mexico label; and the rest of the world sees both names displayed side by side. Sheinbaum makes the case that the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea only extends a nation’s sovereign territory up to 12 nautical miles off its coastline, and so only that 12-mile area should display “Gulf of America,” regardless of where users are located. President Trump has pulled the United States out of international governing bodies, so that argument would fall on deaf ears. Sheinbaum has been quite vocal about the Gulf of Mexico issue and used a news conference on Monday to share that Mexico had recently threatened Google with legal action if it does not make a change. Google has told Mexican officials that the change to “Gulf of America” was “consistent with our normal operating procedure to reflect on our platforms geographic names prescribed by different authoritative government sources, including where authoritative sources may differ.” Google also complied in renaming Alaska’s Mount Denali to Mount McKinley, even though residents there were largely opposed to the move. But that mountain, being on U.S. federal land, was open season for President Trump. Google has long had measures in place to deal with territorial disputes. Kashmir is a region in northwest India that has long been disputed by India, Pakistan, and China, and users in those countries see different boundaries reflected on Google Maps. Maybe Canada should demand that Google name it the “Gulf of Canada” and see how Trump reacts. Trump’s administration, for its part, has taken its own actions to try and enforce the name change, including barring the Associated Press from press gatherings for continuing to use Gulf of Mexico. The AP, for its part, says as an international wire service it uses the name most consistent with global standards. The move by President Trump is something of an ideological litmus test, revealing who the sycophants are, and who should be rooted out as disloyal. It is also probably just fun for Trump to wield his power in chaotic and messy ways. Does how the name is displayed on Google Maps really matter that much in isolation? Not quite—it is the broader implication of testing who will bend to power that is more concerning. Tech companies like Google and Meta have been quick to acquiesce in any way that might get them on Trump’s good side. It is at least assuring to see Mexico’s president is willing to push back against such power moves, rather than sit idly by, even if it will not result in much change.
Maybe Trump could compromise a little and just rename it to Gulf of Magaco. Just trying to help because I am a giver.