ohulancutash
@ohulancutash@feddit.uk
- Comment on ‘Harry Potter’: Nick Frost Poised To Play Hagrid In HBO Series 3 days ago:
It’s nothing to do with her. WB made the decision because revenue from the original films has slowed. This will reinvigorate the whole franchise.
- Comment on Why aren't there mass protests in the USA? 1 week ago:
If you don’t bother to vote, you’re not a voter.
- Comment on Why aren't there mass protests in the USA? 1 week ago:
I’m not a historian, but my guess is that we have lived too many generations without major political incident; the kind you’re supposed to make heads roll over.
Really though? Just off the top of my head:
Eisenhower to Nixon
- Vietnam
JFK
- Rigged elections in Illinois with aid of the mafia.
- Bay of Pigs
Nixon
- Watergate
- Being Richard Nixon
Reagan
- Illegal invasion of Grenada
- Iran-Contra
Clinton
- Executing a developmentally-challenged man as a campaign stunt.
- Lewinsky Affair
- Many rape allegations over decades
- Whitewater
Bush II
- Illegal invasion of Iraq
Obama
- Bugging of Merkel’s phone
Trump
- Everything
Biden
- Medical incapacity
- Comment on Why aren't there mass protests in the USA? 1 week ago:
There are, they are being reported. I couldn’t speculate as to why you are missing them.
- Comment on How likely is the US government going to identify and arrest every online user who have disagreed with the current administration? 1 week ago:
Not likely. There wouldn’t be enough working hours in the 4 years available.
- Comment on Wait, why is the White House using Starlink to ‘improve Wi-Fi’? 1 week ago:
It’s a military fortress housing the head of one of the most militaristic nations on Earth. It has redundancies.
- Comment on Luigi Mangione, accused of US CEO murder, depicted in London mural 1 week ago:
That’s where London is traditionally found.
- Comment on North Sea tanker: Jet fuel spills into North Sea after tanker collision, as 32 people brought ashore 2 weeks ago:
It’s Hull. Who cares?
- Comment on Just watched the movie Hacksaw Ridge. Got me thinking can people in the military turn down an order because they disagree with it on sensible grounds? Like Trump ordering them to invade CN? 2 weeks ago:
They are legally obliged to refuse to carry out illegal orders. “Just following orders” is no defence against war crime charges.
- Comment on What's easier to shoot, a bow or a firearm? 3 weeks ago:
Indeed, longbowmen can be identified as their skeletons are significantly deformed over years of training.
- Comment on Capitalist Solidarity 4 weeks ago:
It’s a campaign by the News Media Association, a trade body representing the publishers of many national and local papers and news sites.
- Comment on Why is it that in every movie podcast, when they happen to mention actor RALPH Fiennes, always say RAY Fiennes? 4 weeks ago:
For the aristocracy, the people who work “real jobs” are the black sheep. A gentleman is supposed to live off the land (rents) and to otherwise be a mere amateur.
- Comment on Why is it that in every movie podcast, when they happen to mention actor RALPH Fiennes, always say RAY Fiennes? 4 weeks ago:
The English aristocracy never quite got comfortable with English, the language of the unwashed. So they keep Norman French alive in weird pronunciations of names. The Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes family are no different.
- Comment on Why would America declaring cartels terrorist organizations be a problem for Mexico? 4 weeks ago:
See: Afghanistan, Iraq.
America are the toddlers who have found father’s gun and decide to blast at anyone withholding sugar.
The idea that the American military are competent enough to go after just the cartels is laughable. Not to mention the violation of Mexican sovereignty.
- Comment on UK: Rooftop solar could reduce energy bill for the country's poorest families by almost a quarter, study says 5 weeks ago:
Not sure I follow their sums on this. The poorest families aren’t living in the buildings with large roof spaces. So whatever the average saving from having solar fitted, they won’t ever approach anywhere near that, if anything. Who gets the savings from blocks of flats? Presumably the council would take the profit from panels on their properties to prop up their failing budgets. Housing associations are also being squeezed.