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catbyte

(39,315 posts)
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 07:32 AM Feb 2025

Gov. Pritzker Says Lake Michigan Is Now Called Lake Illinois

Thems fightin' words to us Michiganders. pal. I would imagine the cheeseheads, too.



My favorite reply to the video:

"I heard they are changing the name of Air Force One to Con Air!"
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Gov. Pritzker Says Lake Michigan Is Now Called Lake Illinois (Original Post) catbyte Feb 2025 OP
Lol SheltieLover Feb 2025 #1
Could you please explain to those of us in the lower 48 what this is about? Please? Thanks. efhmc Feb 2025 #2
What do you mean, "lower 48?" I'm confused. catbyte Feb 2025 #5
Thank you for the explanation. Used the term lower 48 wrong. Sorry. efhmc Feb 2025 #6
I take comfort in knowing my Governor will flip the MAGATS off, davsand Feb 2025 #3
As Punch from Punch and Judy says.... some_of_us_are_sane Feb 2025 #4
He may have a rumble with Governor Whitmer about that 😆 Clouds Passing Feb 2025 #7
Not An Issue ProfessorGAC Feb 2025 #8

efhmc

(17,001 posts)
2. Could you please explain to those of us in the lower 48 what this is about? Please? Thanks.
Wed Feb 12, 2025, 04:51 PM
Feb 2025

catbyte

(39,315 posts)
5. What do you mean, "lower 48?" I'm confused.
Thu Feb 13, 2025, 01:17 PM
Feb 2025

The Governor of Illinois was mocking that thing for "renaming" the Gulf of Mexico and wanting to steal Greenland "for national defense."

efhmc

(17,001 posts)
6. Thank you for the explanation. Used the term lower 48 wrong. Sorry.
Fri Feb 14, 2025, 06:22 PM
Feb 2025

When I looked it up, it refers to to all of the states between Canada and Mexico.

davsand

(13,446 posts)
3. I take comfort in knowing my Governor will flip the MAGATS off,
Thu Feb 13, 2025, 11:44 AM
Feb 2025

Every day I wake up and check to see if that orange shit stain did the planet a favor and choked on Big Mac. Once that hope is exhausted, I move on to looking at what JB is saying and what the Illinois legislature is doing to monkey-wrench the MAGAT F^^^^ery.

I loved his Green Bay shade!


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