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marshall

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60. Each country has its own names for places

Sat Jan 11, 2025, 09:04 PM

Jan 11

Vietnamese calls the USA “starry flag.” Whatever we might call the body of water in question has no impact outside of Trump’s mind.

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Wowww ‼️ Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum responds to Trump on his proposal to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico [View all] riversedge Jan 8 OP

Good for her! She will find that she'll need that wonderful sense of humor often while he's in charge. nt CaliforniaPeggy Jan 8 #1

Trump will invade Baja California, make it the 53rd state after both Canada and Greenland are annexed. sop Jan 8 #2

Baja California IS Lower California JoseBalow Jan 8 #4

Does the link to her press conference exist anywhere else besides Twitter/X ? h2ebits Jan 8 #3

She should simply say that they're gonna rename these parts of the US as Mexico. LeftInTX Jan 8 #5

I mean...if all those nations applied for statehood tomorrow, Volaris Jan 8 #27

I meant, Mexico can simply rename TX, NM, AZ, CA, NV, UT, and CO as "Mexico". Who is stopping them? LeftInTX Jan 9 #32

Way too many people already think that soldierant Jan 9 #28

That's so weird LeftInTX Jan 9 #31

It is. Yet it keeps on happening. soldierant Jan 9 #34

I used to be a Master Gardener. One woman was constantly calling wanting to grow "tropical this and tropical that". LeftInTX Jan 9 #37

When can we start using the Spanish pronunciation for Colorado? delisen Jan 8 #6

I'm ready! EmmaLee E Jan 8 #11

Any time you want. soldierant Jan 9 #29

Take no prisoners, President Sheinbaum. Paladin Jan 8 #7

President Claudia is Leader of Free World in Norteamerica. Hail to the Chief. delisen Jan 8 #8

Her humor ampm Jan 8 #9

¡Claro que si! notKeith Jan 8 #10

I am waiting for Canada DENVERPOPS Jan 8 #12

Me too!! Dem2theMax Jan 8 #13

I read somewhere DENVERPOPS Jan 8 #14

If I had the money, I'd have already moved. nt. Dem2theMax Jan 8 #18

Canada is swinging to the rght lately. wnylib Jan 8 #19

I know. The world is insane. Dem2theMax Jan 8 #20

Adolf had admirers and followers outside of Germany. wnylib Jan 8 #23

A whole Madison Square Garden full of Americans, just in New York, soldierant Jan 9 #30

I was thinking a few in comparison to the entire wnylib Jan 9 #33

Yes, I saw that ( still have links to it) by Rachel. soldierant Jan 9 #35

I can't understand why the Church did not wnylib Jan 9 #36

The way the church responded to Naziism was shameful all the way up to the Pope. soldierant Jan 9 #53

From what I've learned about that period in history, wnylib Jan 10 #54

You are a decent person soldierant Jan 10 #58

Decades of abuse? Much longer than that wnylib Jan 11 #59

I was probably thinking of the decades soldierant Jan 13 #61

Austria shouldn't have been a surprise, nor should Spain DFW Jan 9 #40

Yes, Hitler was Austrian by birth, but became a German citizen wnylib Jan 9 #41

Hitler was born in Braunau Austria. VGNonly Jan 10 #55

Yes, but the Conservative Party in Canada is nowhere near as nutso extreme as the MAGA Republicans. Wiz Imp Jan 9 #43

COVID, inflation & immigration OrangeJoe Jan 9 #44

COVID &inflation OrangeJoe Jan 9 #45

A friend sent me a video catchnrelease Jan 8 #24

That sounds fair. ChazInAz Jan 9 #42

I predict she'll soon get to join the Nasty Woman Club! tanyev Jan 8 #15

Any woman the Shartfuck can't exploit B.See Jan 8 #16

it actually DOES sound pretty Skittles Jan 8 #17

USONA. United States of Noth America. usonian Jan 8 #21

Sheinbaum, True Dough Jan 8 #22

The Gulf Of Mexico coastline. VGNonly Jan 8 #25

No it doesn't! Florida has over 5,000 and Texas has over 3,000. Louisiana has the most: 7,721 miles! LeftInTX Jan 9 #38

Those numbers are really misleading. Wiz Imp Jan 9 #46

Yes, but that's what NOAA says. Mexico doesn't measure coastline the way we do. LeftInTX Jan 9 #47

That's because the NOAA measurements have nothing to do with most people's understanding of coastline. Wiz Imp Jan 9 #48

So using driving distances: Mexico: 1,392 US: 1,710 LeftInTX Jan 9 #49

Driving distances are meaningless (and yours are wrong anyway) Wiz Imp Jan 9 #50

The Coastline Paradox VGNonly Jan 9 #52

I did learn something: It will take me 32 hr (1,648.1 mi) to drive from San Antonio to Cancun LeftInTX Jan 10 #56

Back in the 70's VGNonly Jan 10 #57

She's GOOD! elleng Jan 8 #26

K&R William769 Jan 9 #39

ZINGGGGG! Jilly_in_VA Jan 9 #51

Each country has its own names for places marshall Jan 11 #60