What's In A Name?

What's in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. Wm Shakespeare

The Associated Press announced that it had been banned from covering the White House because its style guidelines continue to call the body of water west of Florida and east of Mexico the "Gulf of Mexico" instead of the "Gulf of America" as directed by 47.

https://x.com/TaraCopp/status/1889429565619183940

Much of what 47 says/does is purely for show intended to stir up controversy i.e. give his opponents easy targets to vent their spleen. Threatening to annex Canada, Mexico, and Greenland would fall this in this category.

Why stir up faux controversies? To create a smokescreen of chaos obscuring the more deadly and authentic plans afoot e.g. "taking over" Gaza, whatever that is supposed to mean. Buying it from Hamas or individual owners who have no desire to sell? Invading it with U.S. boots on the ground (already there) and occupying it in perpetuity? Sending all Gazans to Egypt and Jordan who have emphatically stated they will not accept them?

Renaming is just getting rolling though because now comes word that the warriors of anti-wokeness are overturning names that had replaced racist namesakes with more admirable ones.

Pentagon head Hegsweth directed the Army to stop calling the former Fort Bragg in North Carolina "Fort Liberty" and return to calling it "Fort Bragg." Previously named after Confederate General Braxton Bragg (a traitor to the U.S., by definition, and a slave holder to boot), it's now named for Pfc. Roland Bragg.

I heard about this because Pfc. Bragg was a WWII veteran from Maine where I live. Who could make up something this absurd? 

It could be because I'm reading Eli Valley's Museum of Degenerates right now, but I often feel like I'm living in a Mad Magazine satire.

On that note, I'll leave you with a funny meme about Hegsweth and the war on DEI.

Turning Point In Global Public Opinion On Israel's Treatment Of Palestinians

"Von der Leyen visited the Kfar Aza kibbutz where Hamas militants murdered scores of civilians in an attack last week that killed more than 1,300 Israelis | Bea Bar Kallos/EC Audiovisual Service"  Source: Politico.EU

Irish member of the European Parliament Clare Daley has a particular loathing for the smiling while lying EU president Ursula von der Leyen. Previously I've seen statements where she addresses von der Leyen's false claim to speak for the EU. Here she does a scathing takedown of threadbare Zionist propaganda that was shared when von der Leyen spoke in Israel a few days ago. "Making the desert bloom" -- really? In 2023??

Western media are busy on the disinformation front, changing the word "Palestine" to "Palestinian Territories" and putting those weasel words into the mouths of thousands (millions?) marching all over the globe demanding justice for Palestine.

https://twitter.com/ben_0207/status/1711206018502234247

https://twitter.com/AlanRMacLeod/status/1713498386018582881   

Click the link to see more footage of protests around the U.S.

Meanwhile, European capitals responded to news of Israel's plans to ethnically cleanse Gaza with massive protests in support of Palestine. Many of the protests were met with riot police, arrests, and official bans.

Thousands marching in Scotland  Source:https://media.bnn.network

In her own words, a teenager who survived Hamas' attack on the Kibbutz Be'eri explains why she's mad at PM Netanyahu and holds him -- and those who support him -- responsible for the suffering of her family and neighbors. She adds:

How can I wake up in the morning knowing that 4.5km away in Gaza there are people for whom [this] is not over. 

Anyone who talks of revenge should be ashamed.

And some analysts are sharing their view that Israel's humiliation by Hamas is consistent with U.S./NATO's defeat by Russia in Ukraine: signs that the days of Western hegemony are coming to an end.