and then watch the rest of what pops up. there are more new videos and a few from last year (about the 51st weirdness). Plus revisits to Greenland and the Penguin Republic.
That has a similar look and feel to the amazing video from some months ago about the Greenland resistance army led by polar bears and walruses. Sorry I don’t have a URL handy.
Clever, especially considering the amount of manure a big goose produces on a daily basis, but without the benefit of a Goose Diaper. Not sure? Just find a local pond with some geese and walk around the shore.........
If he does, I will sue to get him to clean up the mess they leave on my lawn and driveway. They are relentless, and, since I live in the South, they are here a good deal of the year.
At the edge of the Shore of Stupidity overlooked by the Mountain of Monstrosity, fed by the River of Bile, adjacent to the Sea of Incompetence, ruled over by the Nation of Fools and eventually overthrown by the Tsunami of Righteousness.
Just want to make a plug for a movie about a woman whose words were sharp and effective. It's on YouTube and it's free: "Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins". It even features the commentary of one Paul Krugman. It's a great reminder of our right to free speech, even under duress.
Wow, I suddenly got a flashback to the Mountains of Ignorance Milo journeys through in The Phantom Tollbooth. The Terrible Trivium seems especially terrible now.
Because he can't name them all Trump, unless he numbers them Trump 1, Trump 2, etc.
I guess he could charge a renaming fee in bitcoin if people want one named after themselves. Mars would probably be renamed Musk or Elon and Bezos might buy the moon for his wife, etc.
Rarely does a narcissist care that much about their kids. In fact, unless they can bask in the limelight of a child's fame, and then take credit, they tend to be jealous of their own children if they get attention,, so no, one would assume it would dim his own light to have attention focused on his kids. Sure some can pay because it would be something they get from him and where they got it will always be linked to his power. Just my view.
Does Trump even realize that when he renames these areas the Gulf of America and the Lake of America, that he is simply naming them after our shared continent(s) anyway?
People may say America for short, but we are the United States "of" America the "of" referring to the continent, in reality. The continent is also often referred to as 2 of them, North and South, in many places.
Unless he names them the Gulf and Lake of the United States, or rather, the United States of America, he is not actually even claiming them as ours.
So, it seems he thinks, in his immature way, that he is poking them in the eye and calling them names for not doing as he wants, when in reality, he is accidently sharing ownership in a broader sense naming them after a very large section of the globe.
Stupid is as stupid does.
However, whenever I type that, or call others "dumb", I tend to have done something rather dumb in the process - comeuppance I guess, but it still fits.
This confirms what I said. He can have his regime refer to "The Gulf of America" and "Lake Trumpkopf", but he can't make the rest of the world - or congress - recognize it. He can, of course, also coerce Google into displaying it on it's maps.
Any name changes established by EO will last only until the next (presumably Dem) administration. It takes an act of congress to make it official. Just like the decision to wage war - at least according to the constitution.
Actually using 'America' he is honouring the Florentine explorer Amerigo Vespucci, a member of a noted bankimg family of the Tuscan city.
The cartographer Waldseemüller Latinized and made feminine Amerigo, on the model of Asia and Africa in 1507. But one cannot expect the grsndson of a Bavarian peasant to be cognisant of these facts.
No, the USA did not exist in the early 1500s, and Amerigo never set foot on any swamp which would later be subsumed into it. His explorations were in the Southern continent.
Bavarian draft dodger. He emigrated to the US to find the success he couldn't achieve in Bavaria, failed again, and went back to Bavaria. There, he learned that he would be drafted, and skipped out to the US again. I understand the draft dodger gene skips a generation, although I didn't see any of Donnie’s kids volunteering.
I hope all the American readers see how incredibly pathetic the Donald has become. What could be more ridiculous than trying to rename Lake Ontario? If this is the best shot Mango Mussolini has, this will be another face plant. Check around the Internet and you'll see he's already losing the humor (or should I say humour) war bigly.
The Welland Canal, which enables freighters to bypass Niagara Falls on their voyage between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie, is totally within and owned by Canada.
I am sure there is already a US-based conspiracy theory about Canada blocking the St. Lawrence Seaway. Oh, Trump could use that as an excuse to attack us.
Did he secure any votes with this tomfoolery? Did he lose any? After ten years of his psychopathy, I remain baffled that anyone could find him appealing in the slightest. But I'm not a racist.
Let's summarize the week: The Trump administration's attempt to say that Mark Carney is lying about the US changing the deal at the last minute fails to convince, because, as Trump himself admitted when questioned by CNN journalist Jim Sciutto, "That sounds like me." Spending political capital to sign an executive order to rename lake Ontario did change the conversation on social media. Unfortunately, it also creates an image of Trump fiddling while the US burns.
Let me take the opportunity to apologize to a Canadian for everything this putz has done and tried to do to your country. I assure you that the overwhelming majority of my compatriots look forward to repairing the damage an restoring our relations no later than 2028 when a Dem is elected president.
An unusual thing happened this week in WV. Neither Capito nor Moore, both running for reelection to the senate and house, mentioned Trump in their newsletters. This is a considerable departure from the "all hails" that they typically include.
Next he'll be renaming Canada Geese Donald's Ducks.
I have been having fun with this Canadian Resistance Army video on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SUAdxU9CDE
Brilliant. Thanks for the link. Elbows up!
Elbows, and middle fingers, up!
So funny! So uplifting. We're all Canadian today (in spirit).
I loved watching it it was great.
Trump has totally lost it. Maybe Canada should rename Lake Superior "Lake Saskatchewan."
"The Great Canadian Lakes"!
I like their map that shows Lake Michigan renamed Lake Epstein.
😂Awesome. Just awesome.😂
Aren’t tomahawk missiles and Apache helicopters too Native American , they ought to be named Harp missiles and Natalie helicopters .
He doesn't name things for aides, no matter how much of a crush he has on them. He would name them Trump missiles and Trump helicopters.
And have them all gold plated.
Harpy missles and Natacoptoers? Oh, my. Turnips would be world would be all a'tremble. But I think Henry Cohen's correct.
I watched it, too. Very entertaining, very clever. I'm proud to be a Canadian.
And I wish I was one too!
I actually got tears in my eyes watching that clip....O Canada! You don't know how beloved you are by your neighbors to the south.
The sensible ones, anyway. Love you!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAbisg02JD4
I have Canadian heritage and am working on obtaining Canadian citizenship. I look forward to the day when I can proudly fly a Maple Leaf Flag.
This is great! Thank you!!!
I'm playing with Hugo and the Moose from Canada Resists here. They're wonderful and hysterical.
Watched it twice with tears. Thanks.
Definitely too funny, such a great parady!
This is great! Thanks for sharing!
and then watch the rest of what pops up. there are more new videos and a few from last year (about the 51st weirdness). Plus revisits to Greenland and the Penguin Republic.
Choice
I love it! Thanks so much!
Absolutely brilliant - so inventive !
That has a similar look and feel to the amazing video from some months ago about the Greenland resistance army led by polar bears and walruses. Sorry I don’t have a URL handy.
There was one about Iceland, too!
🦆🦆🪿🦆🦆🪿🩵💚💙🧡💛THIS!! Inspired pithiness, BRAVO!!🩵🩵🌍🩵🩵☮️🌊🌊🌏🌊🌊
Drump's next: San Andreas Fault becomes Joe Biden's Fault!
Well, duh!
Thanks for the laugh!
👏🏻👏🏻🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
It's quackers! Just like him.
Those Canadian Geese aka Donald Ducks do crap all over everything!
On Malcolm Nance's Substack someone wrote MAGA=Moscow Agents Govern America.
Could be Moscow Agents Grifting Again.
David, You might like this video of the Canada Trade War.
https://malcolmnance.substack.com/p/you-asked-for-it-the-canadian-trade?r=f0qfn&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
OMG, hilarious!
LOL!
B A Z I N G A
Clever, especially considering the amount of manure a big goose produces on a daily basis, but without the benefit of a Goose Diaper. Not sure? Just find a local pond with some geese and walk around the shore.........
😆
Excellent. No notes.
If he does, I will sue to get him to clean up the mess they leave on my lawn and driveway. They are relentless, and, since I live in the South, they are here a good deal of the year.
Washington DC is renamed Trump DC.
Hilarious!
Trump should rename the Atlantic after himself and call it the Ocean of Ignorance.
At the edge of the Shore of Stupidity overlooked by the Mountain of Monstrosity, fed by the River of Bile, adjacent to the Sea of Incompetence, ruled over by the Nation of Fools and eventually overthrown by the Tsunami of Righteousness.
Just want to make a plug for a movie about a woman whose words were sharp and effective. It's on YouTube and it's free: "Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins". It even features the commentary of one Paul Krugman. It's a great reminder of our right to free speech, even under duress.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh4RTjYd-Yg
OMG! Molly Ivins? I LOVED her! She was brutally cut down in her prime. We need her now! 💕
The movie made me laugh and cry. I miss her and boy could we use her wit and wisdom in these dark times.
Andy Borowitz has some good stuff on his column about Molly Ivins, who was a treasure.
Molly Ivins and Ann Richards - omigod what they’d be doing in Texas now.
It was nice to see and remember Ann Richards, who was also in the movie.
Throw in Barbara Jordan and they'd be unstoppable!
Molly Ivins was great.
It’s a fantastic documentary!
In one of his NYT coulumns Paul wrote a nice obituary for Molly Ivins
Wow, I suddenly got a flashback to the Mountains of Ignorance Milo journeys through in The Phantom Tollbooth. The Terrible Trivium seems especially terrible now.
Why not rename the solar system! All things revolve around trump!
Because he can't name them all Trump, unless he numbers them Trump 1, Trump 2, etc.
I guess he could charge a renaming fee in bitcoin if people want one named after themselves. Mars would probably be renamed Musk or Elon and Bezos might buy the moon for his wife, etc.
I guess Trump would name the sun after himself and the planets after his minions. But which one would be Uranus? Lotta competition for that one.
hey, if Atlanta can have a multiplicity of roads called "Peachtree"...
The problem with Trump 1, Trump 2, etc., is that he has repeatedly demonstrated that he doesn't know how to count.
How about… Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV. Unmemorable remnants to remain unnamed.
how about Don Jr, Eric, Ivanka, Barron…
Rarely does a narcissist care that much about their kids. In fact, unless they can bask in the limelight of a child's fame, and then take credit, they tend to be jealous of their own children if they get attention,, so no, one would assume it would dim his own light to have attention focused on his kids. Sure some can pay because it would be something they get from him and where they got it will always be linked to his power. Just my view.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Perfect! 😅
Hmmm. That might presume that Clockwork Orange has progressed to post-Galileo revolutionary theory.
Then he would have to rename the sun.
Does Trump even realize that when he renames these areas the Gulf of America and the Lake of America, that he is simply naming them after our shared continent(s) anyway?
People may say America for short, but we are the United States "of" America the "of" referring to the continent, in reality. The continent is also often referred to as 2 of them, North and South, in many places.
Unless he names them the Gulf and Lake of the United States, or rather, the United States of America, he is not actually even claiming them as ours.
So, it seems he thinks, in his immature way, that he is poking them in the eye and calling them names for not doing as he wants, when in reality, he is accidently sharing ownership in a broader sense naming them after a very large section of the globe.
Stupid is as stupid does.
However, whenever I type that, or call others "dumb", I tend to have done something rather dumb in the process - comeuppance I guess, but it still fits.
It doesn't really matter though - he doesn't have the authority to name anything.
I think the name changes hold for the US. Clearly he can’t control what other countries do.
Only in his mind. It takes an act of congress to make it official.
Google AI says he can order the federal government to use it.
That's true, but only within the regime. He can't force either Congress or the SCOTUS to use it - not that he won't try of course.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/27/politics/trump-rename-lake-america?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
This confirms what I said. He can have his regime refer to "The Gulf of America" and "Lake Trumpkopf", but he can't make the rest of the world - or congress - recognize it. He can, of course, also coerce Google into displaying it on it's maps.
Any name changes established by EO will last only until the next (presumably Dem) administration. It takes an act of congress to make it official. Just like the decision to wage war - at least according to the constitution.
Don't forget that our southern neighbor is named the "United Mexican States" (Estados Unidos Mexicanos).
Good point!
It's still part of North America.
Yeah, good point!
Actually using 'America' he is honouring the Florentine explorer Amerigo Vespucci, a member of a noted bankimg family of the Tuscan city.
The cartographer Waldseemüller Latinized and made feminine Amerigo, on the model of Asia and Africa in 1507. But one cannot expect the grsndson of a Bavarian peasant to be cognisant of these facts.
so, the US is named after an illegal italian immigrant...
who self-deported.
No, the USA did not exist in the early 1500s, and Amerigo never set foot on any swamp which would later be subsumed into it. His explorations were in the Southern continent.
Bavarian draft dodger. He emigrated to the US to find the success he couldn't achieve in Bavaria, failed again, and went back to Bavaria. There, he learned that he would be drafted, and skipped out to the US again. I understand the draft dodger gene skips a generation, although I didn't see any of Donnie’s kids volunteering.
Far too conceptual for Trump’s deteriorating mentation!
The real Gulf of America is between Trump's ears.
"The Dum Oshun"
Swampo largo
One can sail on the Ocean of Ignorance in any direction and still end up at the "Isle of Covfefe" so that seems about right.
Which makes drowning in ignorance a literal thing.
Lake Placid becomes Lake Rage Tweet.
One wag on Bluesky suggested that Canada rename their half of Lake Ontario as "Lake Obama."
😂Another good one that's going around is Canada naming it "Lake Epstein".😂
😉😄😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Or the Slew of Despond.
I hope all the American readers see how incredibly pathetic the Donald has become. What could be more ridiculous than trying to rename Lake Ontario? If this is the best shot Mango Mussolini has, this will be another face plant. Check around the Internet and you'll see he's already losing the humor (or should I say humour) war bigly.
BWHAHAHAHAHA! That’s a Big FAT hairy winner!!!🥇
Too small... that would have to be the pacific
The best one I’ve seen is renaming San Andreas Fault to Joe Biden’s Fault.
With the change he made, the mnemonic for naming all the lakes changes from HOMES to SHAME.
2 marks.
Next president can rename Florida to Hell's Waiting Room.
We used to say that you can't go the Hell in this part of the country (the South) without changing elevators in Atlanta.
And the USA can become the States of Chaos. Oops, too late. There's already a plan afoot to rename it Kakastan,
Excellent
Kkstan isn’t subtle but with the 47th that would be wasted, so well done
I have a sharpie and I’m not afraid to use it.
I was born in Dollyparton land, and now live not far from Lake Ontario in the town of Timcurryville, state of Krugman, NTA (not trumps America).50501.
So there!
Many thanks!!
".."My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away."
Wonder if he even knows that the The Americas were named after an Italian ....oops.
Am sure the Canadians will be able to find an enormous landfill and name it accordingly.
Europe has some swampy areas, so am waiting for the Trump Swamp.
You mean the TRUMP DUMP?
Canadians are ignoring him. Changes nothing for us.
Could re-name The Reflecting Pool, The Trump Dump.
or the trump sump
It's already been renamed the Straight of Warm Ooze.
What an excellent way for them to make a satirical analogy that everyone everywhere will understand.
Most of us are too
That's a reply to Anne H
Florida could be name the Trump Swamp since all governing bodies are crooks as well.
The Trump Dump
The former reflecting pool already claims that name.
Sigh. "Swamp" is a negative way of thinking about wetlands that serve useful purposes.
Can we find another word, such as trash heap?
Sure, but first explain to some people that they shouldn't drain the swamp but clean the trash heap.
I live in a state that is destroying wetlands, then cannot figure out why we are having floods.
Long drives in torrential rain are the worst! Rest well!
Does the administration realize that the St. Lawrence Seaway is largely within Canadian territory?
Could this result in a similar situation to the Strait of Hormuz (sorry America)?
Or will the Canadians simply rename the Seaway as the Epstein Passage?
So that’s why suggestions to rename it the Strait of Our Moose started cropping up yesterday.
that's hilarious. I am still laughing, and will have to pass that one on.
The Welland Canal, which enables freighters to bypass Niagara Falls on their voyage between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie, is totally within and owned by Canada.
I am sure there is already a US-based conspiracy theory about Canada blocking the St. Lawrence Seaway. Oh, Trump could use that as an excuse to attack us.
The good news is that US Abraham Lincoln will not fit through the Welland Canal!
But it doesn’t touch US territory, so how is it any of their business?
it's a joke.
But, FYI: American trade relies heavily on both the St. Lawrence and Welland Canal to move goods lto and from the Atlantic.
Thank you.🇬🇧
I love Substack too. Phillips O'Brien, Timothy Snyder and Anne Applebaum Substacks are fab.
He needs an excuse?
You truly deserve a break
Stay loose and gather your wits. We are in a battle royale against the worst among us. Lets throw the bums out!
No. Let's throw them under the jail.
My sediments exactly, George.
The Greeks called the Black Sea the Euxine (hospitable) as a euphemism, hoping to placate the decidedly inhospitable sea-gods
Did he secure any votes with this tomfoolery? Did he lose any? After ten years of his psychopathy, I remain baffled that anyone could find him appealing in the slightest. But I'm not a racist.
Let's summarize the week: The Trump administration's attempt to say that Mark Carney is lying about the US changing the deal at the last minute fails to convince, because, as Trump himself admitted when questioned by CNN journalist Jim Sciutto, "That sounds like me." Spending political capital to sign an executive order to rename lake Ontario did change the conversation on social media. Unfortunately, it also creates an image of Trump fiddling while the US burns.
Let me take the opportunity to apologize to a Canadian for everything this putz has done and tried to do to your country. I assure you that the overwhelming majority of my compatriots look forward to repairing the damage an restoring our relations no later than 2028 when a Dem is elected president.
An unusual thing happened this week in WV. Neither Capito nor Moore, both running for reelection to the senate and house, mentioned Trump in their newsletters. This is a considerable departure from the "all hails" that they typically include.
A lot of Republicans are starting to claim that they're "Independents." See Constantly Concerned Collins, for example.
He still has fans. Unfortunately.