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Subject: Re: gulf of america
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2025 16:04:26 +0100
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On 11.02.25 15:34, Rick wrote:
> On 2/11/2025 8:17 AM, badgolferman wrote:
>> The change follows an executive order by US President Donald Trump
>> renaming the area. Google has previously said it has “a longstanding
>> practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in
>> official government sources.”
>>
>> https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/11/business/trump-gulf-of-america-google-maps-hnk-intl/index.html
>>
> I believe the legislation has 30 days to take effect.

Bullshit! The Trumpistan executive bodies have no direct say in such
matters. The whole thing looks the same as when the Sowjetunion renamed
Wolgograd to Stalingrad or St. Petersburg to Leningrad and all lick
spittles obeyed. Until 1990.

https://www.usgs.gov/us-board-on-geographic-names/what-geographic-names-information-system-gnis

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