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The Caucus of African American Leaders of Anne Arundel County (CAAL) has called on officials to consider renaming the recently-collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, arguing that the author of the national anthem “demeaned black people” with the song's lyrics and that he had slaves. Key, a Maryland native who wrote a poem that served as the basis for America’s national anthem the Star Spangled Banner, should have his name scrubbed from the new bridge when it is built, and that it should instead honor Parren J. Mitchell, the first black man from the state to be elected...

The American Ornithological Society says it will alter the names of North American birds named after humans, starting with up to 80 of them After two years of discussion and debate, the nation’s premier birding organization has decided that birds should not have human names. The American Ornithological Society announced Wednesday that it will remove names given to North American birds in honor of people and replace them with monikers that better describe their plumage and other characteristics. The group said it will prioritize birds whose names trace to enslavers, white supremacists and robbers of Indigenous graves. Among them is...

The Alexandria City, VA Council discussed what will go into three renamings per year for streets with Confederate references.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III has approved new names for nine military bases, including Fort Gordon and Fort Benning and other military assests. In a memo released last week, Austin stated that the Department of Defense accepted the Naming Commission’s recommendations for the new names of the military bases. “I fully support the efforts and recommendations of the Naming Commission on this important matter, and I am committed to implementing all of the Commission’s recommendations as soon as possible,” Austin said in the memo. There is a 90-day waiting period until all recommendations made by the commission can...

The Black Bitch in Linlithgow, West Lothian is named after a legend about a dog Brewers Greene King want to change name over fears it could be seen as racist They have turned to the Scottish government after council deferred planning decision Historians say the name has been associated with the town for hundreds of years

KILLEEN, Texas -- Fort Hood likely will be renamed Fort Cavazos after a blue-ribbon commission recommended that the Confederate-named Army base receive a new name along with eight other military bases nationwide.The Naming Commission, which was created by Congress and is responsible for recommending new names or removal of names and symbols that commemorate Confederate figures within the Department of Defense, called for Fort Hood to be named after Gen. Richard Cavazos, a native Texan and the Army's first Hispanic four-star general.The Army's largest active-duty armored post, with about 40,000 soldiers, was named after Gen. John Bell Hood, who led...

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland formally declared "squaw" to be a derogatory term Friday and ordered a task force to find replacement names for valleys, lakes, creeks and other sites on federal lands that use the word. The order, which takes effect immediately, stands to affect more than 650 place names that use the term, according to figures from the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. "Racist terms have no place in our vernacular or on our federal lands. Our nation's lands and waters should be places to celebrate the outdoors and our shared cultural heritage — not to perpetuate...

A city councilwoman is asking homeowners in an Oklahoma college town to rename a street honoring a prominent former university professor and Ku Klux Klan member. Norman Councilwoman Breea Clark has posted an online petition asking residents to help change the name of DeBarr Avenue. If at least three-fourths of Norman homeowners agree, the city — home to the University of Oklahoma — would be among several cities nationwide renaming monuments and streets named after prominent KKK members. […] The block-long street honors Edwin DeBarr, one of the university’s first professors and founder of its chemistry department. DeBarr became a...

Why is every Democrat calling president elect Trump presidential nominee Trump? This is beyond disrespectful. This the another case of framing an image into the minds of the pliable public. Is there something even more ominous intended?

ST. PAUL, Minn. — The troublesome fish currently known as Asian carp may get a new name in Minnesota over concern that the current one casts people from Asian cultures in a negative light. Proposals advancing in the Legislature would require the Department of Natural Resources to refer to the fish as "invasive carp," a reference to the threat the non-native fish pose to Mississippi River-area ecosystems. ...

Life goes on, and so does the pillaging of the dictionary by the enemies of free speech. If you can't shut people up, the logic seems to go, the next best thing is not to let what they say signify anything. "Tolerance" has come to mean forced acceptance, "rights" to mean special privileges for those with highly paid lobbyists, and "freedom" to mean the freedom to oppress others. The Constitution upon which our government is based has come to mean just about nothing at all. Read more: Pillaging the dictionary http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=335621#ixzz1VY06EXge

So here's the deal, recovery.gov needs its name changed to something more realistic, heres what I think certain people would suggest. Add your ideas by commenting below! Rahm Emmanuel: getf**kedupandraisetaxeswoooohoooo.gov John Kerry: close-loopholes.gov/or-theyll-miss-the-boat Nancy Pelosi: dont-tax-my-stuff.com/botox Tim Geithner: notmyproblem.gov/haha Vice President Biden: recession.bfd President Obama: cling2change.gov/yours Al Gore: buycarboncredits.mobi/private-jet Chris Dodd: i-gots-mine.net/gain/countrywide Hillary Clinton: howdoyoulikemenow.f.u/2012 Eric Holder: i-dont-read.info/?recession Barney Frank: no-fannie_yes-freddie.org/y Michelle Obama: my-sacrifice-is-none-of-your.biz The Looking Spoon is a conservative humor/satire/art/commentary blog, visit www.thelookingspoon.com to see more posts and art

A memo leaked to Narco News by some brave soul within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) offers a revealing insight into the so-called war on terrorism. In short, the memo seems to show that for at least one federal law-enforcement agency, investigating terrorism is not unlike the childhood game of “Duck, Duck, Goose.” The memo, issued on March 28 by a high-ranking official with DHS’ Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE), essentially orders supervisors in the field to sanitize terrorism-related case files maintained in a major law-enforcement computer system called TECS. All told, TECS contains about 12,000 terrorism-related...

HAMPTON, Va. - At Jefferson Davis Middle School, a civil war of words is being waged over a petition drive to erase the name of the slave-owning Confederate president from the school. Opinion is mixed, and it's not necessarily along racial lines. "If it had been up to Robert E. Lee, these kids wouldn't be going to school as they are today," said civil rights leader Julian Bond, now a history professor at the University of Virginia. "They can't help but wonder about honoring a man who wanted to keep them in servitude." That argument isn't accepted universally among Southern...

Educators Debate Efforts to Rename Schools HAMPTON, Va. - At Jefferson Davis Middle School, a civil war of words is being waged over a petition drive to erase the name of the slave-owning Confederate president from the school. Opinion is mixed, and it's not necessarily along racial lines. "If it had been up to Robert E. Lee, these kids wouldn't be going to school as they are today," said civil rights leader Julian Bond, now a history professor at the University of Virginia. "They can't help but wonder about honoring a man who wanted to keep them in servitude." That...

HAMPTON, Va. - At Jefferson Davis Middle School, a civil war of words is being waged over a petition drive to erase the name of the slave-owning Confederate president from the school. Opinion is mixed, and it's not necessarily along racial lines. "If it had been up to Robert E. Lee, these kids wouldn't be going to school as they are today," said civil rights leader Julian Bond, now a history professor at the University of Virginia. "They can't help but wonder about honoring a man who wanted to keep them in servitude." That argument isn't accepted universally among Southern...

In the parking lot of Jefferson Davis Middle School, a civil war of words is being waged over a petition drive to erase the name of the slave-owning Confederate president from the school. Opinion is mixed, and it's not necessarily along racial lines. "What are they going to name it, Allen Iverson Middle School?" asks an eighth-grader, who is black and says she doesn't pay much mind to the petition effort, which she and her mother call ridiculous. Iverson, the spectacularly talented NBA player who has a knack for attracting trouble, attended Jeff Davis. Cam Hanson, waiting for his two...

Maynard Jackson, Atlanta's first black mayor, cast a huge shadow Tuesday over his white predecessors as the campaign to rename Atlanta's airport developed into raw racial politics. "This really shouldn't be about what the white business establishment would allow," said state Rep. "Able" Mable Thomas, a former Atlanta City Council member. "It's really what the strength of the African-American community will allow. What will we stand for? The real deal is we stood too long silent. Atlanta is being gentrified every day. So, while you do still have a majority, as Maynard would say, use the power you have today."...

Woodrow Wilson was not one of America's great presidents. But in the 1960s, he was so revered by the people of Middletown that they put his name on one of their middle and high schools. As a professor and football coach at Wesleyan University from 1888-90, he also had a local connection. President Wilson's progressive idealism planted the seeds for many domestic and international debacles, including the federal income tax, the League of Nations and Prohibition, but he was not without accomplishment. He won the Nobel Peace Prize. During his administration, Congress passed the 17th Amendment to provide for the...

MIDDLETOWN -- Low-key is the byword for the 11-member committee that has begun considering whether the city’s middle school should keep President Woodrow Wilson as a namesake. The Board of Education formed the committee after Middletown High School students Vincent Crawford, 18, and Andy Beatman, 17, requested the board rename the school in May, saying that based on historical evidence the 28th president was racist. "Our charge is to determine whether we’ll ask the Board of Education to consider renaming the middle school," said committee chairman John Hennelly, the assistant superintendent of schools for curriculum and instruction. "It’s not to...