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Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in Maps after government updates(www.cnbc.com)

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RxBrad@infosec.pub
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The IHO proposes names which world nations may or may not use.

Such is the case with the “Southern Ocean” around Antarctica since the early 2000s, which is randomly recognized & not recognized by world nations.

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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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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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