[ClearCase_guy]

And what's with “Sasha” ? That's not a Negro name. It's cultural appropriation at its worst, a Russian name Саша to which she is not entitled.

Note that the other one is Malia Ann Obama (MAO).

Got the Chinese communists on the one hand, and the Bolsheviks on the other hand.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

#44: "Note that the other one is Malia Ann Obama (MAO)"

Wow! Good one. I never would have thought of that. You are so right. After your comment, I stumbled across this gem from Russia Beyond:

During the first years after the Bolshevik Revolution, the Communist authorities actively promoted new names that reflected the arrival of a new era. Usually, they were formed by abbreviating the names of the leaders of the revolution (e.g. Vilen was formed on the basis of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, or Melor, which was formed from Marx, Engels, Lenin, and October Revolution; or a girl's name Ninel, which was Lenin read backwards).

Perhaps the most bizarre of those new formations was the female name Dazdraperma, an abbreviation of the Russian phrase for “long live May Day.” There were also some rather strange sounding names inspired by advances in science and technology, e.g. Elektron or Industri, while the female name Domna, which in Russian means a blast furnace, turned out to be an ancient Roman name.

Everything about Barry Soetoro screams Communist.