Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in Maps after government updates
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A line joining Cape Catoche Light (21°37′N 87°04′W) with the Light on Cape San Antonio in Cuba, through this island to the meridian of 83°W and to the Northward along this meridian to the latitude of the South point of the Dry Tortugas (24°35'N), along this parallel Eastward to Rebecca Shoal (82°35'W) thence through the shoals and Florida Keys to the mainland at the eastern end of Florida Bay and all the narrow waters between the Dry Tortugas and the mainland being considered to be within the Gulf.
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I support this.
But we should probably at least have a conversation with Mexico about it, since something like half of their country borders it.
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Why would the name have any bearing on the laws that govern what can, and can't be done there?
This is so freaking dumb I can't even.
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California should just change Gulf of California to Gulf of Mexico
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Biden outlawed oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. Trump used executive order to rename it so the Gulf of Mexico “doesn’t exist”.
I'd be very surprised if all laws/treaties cease to exist if you just rename the "counterparty"/location. Declare Mexico to be named South Texas, and laws no longer apply there?
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It still requires Congress to pass legislation. I think they would have to leave the organization entirely or amend the resolution to join it and recognize it's naming convention. The executive order is illegal.
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Except when it is frustrating and continually tries to send you through tiny "technically paved" service roads so you know anyone unfamiliar to the area would risk car damage because there is no way to mark a road as "low priority" or "only use if you live on that road".
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I don't disagree.
But recent interpretation of the use of executive order is hurtling toward the president having near-monarch authority
So, until the reach of executive orders gets reigned in... here we are.
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Geolocation is done by IP address if nothing else is available. It's not exact, but if, for example, you use a US-based internet provider, all their customer IP exit points will already be marked as US-based, and any access from one of those to a Google service will get the new name.
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They're on this stupid renaming kick. Renaming all the "woke" names back to the "original" white slavers and racists these places originally honored. There are few enough brain cells and energy in government and this is what Trump is making them waste it on. Gulf of THE AmericaS would make sense but obviously the intent is to claim it as the US's.
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Probably true.
But until a court actually steps up to say it, it's the Wild West out there. And as soon as this gets shot down, another executive order will get wedged back in there to keep the rigs drilling.
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If this was a different admin, it was an international agreement and the name change was to refer to the the continent, I'd be on board. As it stands, this looks like the sort of BS power play the CCP does with the South China Sea.
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yeah, America was a continent long before US was a thing. Which makes the "MAGA" slogan hilarious, as if he's governing for the other countries in America too.
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W.r.t Pluto then you're no better than those people denying the science. The golf of Mexico's renaming is due to ego and politics, Pluto's classification is not
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Do. Not. Comply.
Giving in is what gives them the power.
I absolutely will call out people who think it's ok to just go along with the new fascist regime.
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gilf
I've heard of MILFs... but i've only seen GILFs in Japan. That's not the geography we're discussing here.
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iirc it was not just to troll rusians, it was because it was found kalinin was a murderous psycho killing a lot of poles for the red army.
