The enemy uses his tricks to stir up anger and strife among us.
Meanwhile OpenStreetMap continues to call it Lake Ontario. But for how long?
The enemy uses his tricks to stir up anger and strife among us.
Meanwhile OpenStreetMap continues to call it Lake Ontario. But for how long?
#Google Maps changes #LakeOntario to ‘Lake America’ in #US searches
Anyone in the US searching for Lake Ontario on #GoogleMaps can no longer find it as of this weekend.
Users in the country will now see the smallest of the #GreatLakes identified as “Lake America” on that site, following #Trump’s idiotic executive order on Thursday mandating the change in how the US government refers to the lake amid his tense #trade war with #Canada.
Google has now renamed Lake Ontario for US users. They don’t even show the real name in brackets.
I used a VPN to compare: Apple hasn’t renamed it (at least not yet), nor has Dutch service Here WeGo or OpenStreetMap.
Yet another reason to ditch Google, and US tech more broadly.
#tech #lakeontario #canada #cdnpoli #tariffs #digitalsovereignty
@facebita I just checked maps.google.de in a browser and it still shows "Lake Ontario".
Also, the Gulf of Mexico is still the official name of that body of water but the "Gulf of America" is given below in brackets on maps.google.de
Btw, has #Trump released the #epsteinfiles yet?
This is actually the more serious point and important not to gloss over this direct attack. This is what Charlie Angus was talking about yesterday (I will link again below).
“The argument that Trump invaded Canada today is more compelling than many realize,” posted Abramson. “The border between Canada and the U.S. runs through the middle of Lake Ontario. By claiming to have the power to rename the entire lake, Trump is claiming the lake. That's invasion by declaration.” According to Abramson, while many are being dismissive and even joking about Trump’s order, “the practicalities of what just happened today will hit like a ton of bricks in a matter of hours or days — not weeks. Trump declaring sovereign authority over a body of water half owned by Canada is a big f—— deal.”
#Canada #LakeOntario #Ontario #Trump #USA #TradeWar #Tariffs #ElbowsUp
“Abramson isn’t alone in this assessment. According to Canadian journalist Annie Dufour, “The Sharpie was the spectacle. Section 2(a) of the executive order is the territorial claim. While most people stared at Donald Trump’s big, fat signature — scribbled with his favourite instrument of international policy, the Sharpie — the fine print of the executive order went unnoticed. As always, the devil is in the details. The name change was the tip of the iceberg. And maps are more than names. Read the executive order. ‘With the deepest parts of the Lake’s waters lying within United States territory, the United States claims most of the Lake’s volume’... The verb is the weapon. Claims.”
She argues that China has been using the same playbook to seize aquatic territory: claim the deepest point, change the name in all federal databases while deleting all old references, then “order the entire federal apparatus to speak as if the deletion had always been true.” “
The leader of the #Seneca Nation in upstate New York is criticizing #Trump’s decision to rename #LakeOntario as “Lake America,” saying it #violates a more than 225-year-old #treaty and shows a “blatant disrespect” for the #Indigenous people who gave it its name in the first place.
Seneca said the renaming violated the 1794 Treaty of #Canandaigua, which was signed by President George #Washington and the #Hudenosaunee confederacy promising perpetual #peace and friendship. The Seneca are one of the six #nations of the confederacy, also known as the #Iroquois #Confederacy.
Right, the name is like 400 years old, people have long memories
#OscarBrown #OscarBrownJr
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#Trump Signs Order To Rename Lake Ontario As Lake America
The change, he said, would take effect immediately
huffpost.com/entry/trump-signs…
@benroyce
Thx 4 orig Randahl boost
The change, he said, would take effect immediately.REUTERS (HuffPost)
This exactly. Why are so many “journalists” reporting this as if it’s a real thing instead of reporting on the lunacy of the idea and that he thinks he’s accomplishing something?
Trump just issued another toothless "executive order" with his janky-ass 6.8 Richter Scale signature, which has zero legal force behind it, renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America”. Another piss-fest tantrum from the neediest, whiniest, thinnest-skinned, most insecure, most pathetic loser in the history of the world.
And fuck you Apple and Google if you do that capitulation shit again in your maps apps, you ball-gargling clowns. #USPolitics #Trump #WhinyAssTittyBaby #LakeAmerica #LakeOntario
The dumbest person on the planet
#Trump says #US could rename #LakeOntario as Lake America amid #Canada #trade war
It’s named for an Indigenous people word, not for Canada, LIKE ALL THE GREAT LAKES (except for Superior), moron.
Besides his stupidity being physically painful, he’s just such a petty little prick.
Canada open to renaming Great Lakes to end Trade War.
As a Canadian graphic designer with insider info, here is a draft of the new names our Prime Minister has proposed to Trump.
#trump #maga #tradewar #greatlakes #lakeontario #Carney #canada