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  • J jon-nyc
    23 Jan 2025, 12:05

    My guess is they’ll wait until the US Geological Survey officially changes the name.

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    Doctor Phibes
    wrote on 23 Jan 2025, 15:28 last edited by
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    @jon-nyc said in Gulf watch:

    My guess is they’ll wait until the US Geological Survey officially changes the name.

    Or possibly until America's more serious problems have all been solved. So, maybe 2026?

    I was only joking

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    • D Doctor Phibes
      23 Jan 2025, 15:28

      @jon-nyc said in Gulf watch:

      My guess is they’ll wait until the US Geological Survey officially changes the name.

      Or possibly until America's more serious problems have all been solved. So, maybe 2026?

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      Renauda
      wrote on 23 Jan 2025, 15:52 last edited by
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      @Doctor-Phibes

      😆

      Elbows up!

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      • C Copper
        23 Jan 2025, 14:52

        @jon-nyc said in Gulf watch:

        Europeans named it the Gulf of Mexico

        Europeans?

        Maybe the Europeans who came by way of the Alaskan land bridge about 15,000 years ago.

        The name "Mexico" originates from the Nahuatl (Aztec) word "Mēxihco," which is believed to mean "the place of Mexi" or "the navel of the moon," referring to the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan's location on an island in Lake Texcoco, which was seen as the center of the world by the indigenous people; "Mexi" is thought to be related to the Aztec war god, Mexitli, who is associated with the moon.

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        89th
        wrote on 23 Jan 2025, 16:58 last edited by
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        @Copper said in Gulf watch:

        @jon-nyc said in Gulf watch:

        Europeans named it the Gulf of Mexico

        Europeans?

        Maybe the Europeans who came by way of the Alaskan land bridge about 15,000 years ago.

        The name "Mexico" originates from the Nahuatl (Aztec) word "Mēxihco," which is believed to mean "the place of Mexi" or "the navel of the moon," referring to the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan's location on an island in Lake Texcoco, which was seen as the center of the world by the indigenous people; "Mexi" is thought to be related to the Aztec war god, Mexitli, who is associated with the moon.

        Nah, the Spaniards named it the Gulf of Mexico after they whooped up on the Aztecs but I guess felt bad enough to let them keep their name on the body of water.

        Personally I'd rename it to Hurricane Alley.

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          Doctor Phibes
          wrote on 23 Jan 2025, 18:33 last edited by
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          St. Petersburg, FL could be renamed New Leningrad.

          I was only joking

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            jon-nyc
            wrote on 23 Jan 2025, 18:39 last edited by
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            It’s Florida so just Leninsville.

            Only non-witches get due process.

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              Mik
              wrote on 23 Jan 2025, 18:49 last edited by
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              We have a national debt of x trillion dollars. The name of the Gulf is not a national priority.

              “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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              • M Mik
                23 Jan 2025, 18:49

                We have a national debt of x trillion dollars. The name of the Gulf is not a national priority.

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                Horace
                wrote on 23 Jan 2025, 19:00 last edited by
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                @Mik said in Gulf watch:

                We have a national debt of x trillion dollars. The name of the Gulf is not a national priority.

                I don't think renaming it, detracts from other priorities.

                Education is extremely important.

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                  89th
                  wrote on 23 Jan 2025, 19:12 last edited by
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                  Could kill two birds by selling the naming rights. For example, for $1 billion it could be Gulf of Pepsi.

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                  • H Horace
                    23 Jan 2025, 19:00

                    @Mik said in Gulf watch:

                    We have a national debt of x trillion dollars. The name of the Gulf is not a national priority.

                    I don't think renaming it, detracts from other priorities.

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                    Mik
                    wrote on 23 Jan 2025, 19:28 last edited by
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                    @Horace said in Gulf watch:

                    @Mik said in Gulf watch:

                    We have a national debt of x trillion dollars. The name of the Gulf is not a national priority.

                    I don't think renaming it, detracts from other priorities.

                    I think that is exactly what it is intended to do. Look over here! No, don't look over THERE!

                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                      Doctor Phibes
                      wrote on 23 Jan 2025, 19:31 last edited by
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                      Sure, food still costs a bloody fortune, but hey, I renamed something after AMERICA!

                      I was only joking

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                        LuFins Dad
                        wrote on 23 Jan 2025, 19:47 last edited by
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                        So glad everyone is focused on this rather than the other stuff…

                        The Brad

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                          Renauda
                          wrote on 23 Jan 2025, 19:53 last edited by Renauda
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                          Trump along with his discipleship are welcome to call the Gulf of Mexico whatever it wants or, as in this case, decrees. He ought not however claim the US being treated unfairly, when the rest of the world continues to refer to it as the Gulf of Mexico.

                          Elbows up!

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                            Copper
                            wrote on 23 Jan 2025, 21:34 last edited by
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                            Names change, it's ok.

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                              jon-nyc
                              wrote on 23 Jan 2025, 22:58 last edited by jon-nyc
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                              I propose we rename the South China Sea the West Philippines Sea.

                              Only non-witches get due process.

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                                Copper
                                wrote on 23 Jan 2025, 23:45 last edited by
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                                And rename China to West Hawaii

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                                  jon-nyc
                                  wrote on 24 Jan 2025, 01:55 last edited by
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                                  Or maybe Covidastan.

                                  Only non-witches get due process.

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                                    George K
                                    wrote on 24 Jan 2025, 02:15 last edited by
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                                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                    • C Copper
                                      23 Jan 2025, 23:45

                                      And rename China to West Hawaii

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                                      taiwan_girl
                                      wrote on 24 Jan 2025, 02:26 last edited by
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                                      @Copper said in Gulf watch:

                                      And rename China to West Hawaii

                                      There was some memes going around Taiwan to refer to people from mainland China to be from West Taiwan.

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                                      • C Copper
                                        23 Jan 2025, 21:34

                                        Names change, it's ok.

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                                        Renauda
                                        wrote on 24 Jan 2025, 04:24 last edited by
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                                        @Copper said in Gulf watch:

                                        Names change, it's ok.

                                        Glad you feel that way. I can think of a few times in past I’ve changed your name on this forum.

                                        Elbows up!

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                                          Axtremus
                                          wrote on 24 Jan 2025, 11:42 last edited by
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                                          Just call it Trump Gulf and be done with it.

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