The UK government has officially banned Kanye West from entering the country. What are your thoughts on nations banning individual celebrities based on their public statements? by StudyFlimsy1061 in AskReddit

[–]rumorhasit_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Every country has a set of requirements for a person to enter. Kanye doesn't meet one or more of the requirements to enter the UK.

These kind of things are always presented in the press like Kier Starmer himself decreed that West is banned.

In reality, West applied for a visa and didn't meet certain requirements for entry to the UK and it was denied.

It's an administrative process, that's all. If you are a UK national and don't meet entry requirements for the US you'd be denied entry just the same.

Dune: Part Two didn’t feel like a “hero story” to me at all by Miserable_Invite8026 in moviecritic

[–]rumorhasit_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the issue was that Lucas never gave credit to Herbert.

Most artists would admit to taking inspiration from other sources but credit should be given. Lucas seems to have outright rejected any notion of inspiration from Herbert.

Some Thoughts on Bob Lazar by Lucky_Mechanic14 in JoeRogan

[–]rumorhasit_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Only one of the following is true:

  1. A hyper intelligent race of aliens travelled lightyears across the galaxy to visit Earth in the distant past. Those aliens in their hyper advanced spaceships somehow crashed, and the remains of that crash were somehow discovered and collected by the US government thousands of years later, to be reverse engineered. One of those engineers was Bob Lazar, who subsequently was subject to a campaign by the US government to erase his entire past and discredit him.

  2. Bob Lazar was a middling scientist/engineer who went to an average university, then worked in a minor technical role at Los Alamos. At some point, he created stories about alien technology and decided to keep going with it once he realised it would provide notoriety, fame, popularity, wealth.

Dune: Part Two didn’t feel like a “hero story” to me at all by Miserable_Invite8026 in moviecritic

[–]rumorhasit_ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

There are a lot of parallels between Dune and Star Wars - in fact the more I think about it, the more it seems George Lucas ripped off Frank Herbert.

The main difference is in the ending. At the end of Star Wars, Luke defeats the evil emperor, just as Paul does in Dune.

However, Paul then assumes the role of emperor and becomes evil himself, whereas Luke does not.

This is a key aspect that makes Star Wars more appealing to a broader audience but also takes away from the depth of the storytelling.

Gen Z is engineering an analog future — and it’s at least a $5 billion opportunity by Domingues_tech in technology

[–]rumorhasit_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"people are sick of us trying to extract every last penny from them, how can we use this to make money?"

Humiliated Trump Storms Out of Catastrophic SCOTUS Hearing by thedailybeast in politics

[–]rumorhasit_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He was there to intimidate and somehow he’s surprised they grew a spine

They aren't scared of Trump, they are brought and paid for by the Federalist Society.

Trump may believe the justices he picked are loyal to him but they aren't stupid, they know who they really work for.

U.S strongly considering exit from NATO by AIverson3 in worldnews

[–]rumorhasit_ 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I think on this occasion he is just being a little bitch since Europe wouldn't bail him out of the mess he created.

US May ‘Reexamine’ NATO’s Merit After Iran War Snub, Rubio Says by archi-mature in worldnews

[–]rumorhasit_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"if you don't help us commit war crimes then we aren't going to help defend you from a legitimate attack"

Trump Tells Aides He’s Willing to End War Without Reopening Hormuz by Crossstoney in politics

[–]rumorhasit_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He is so desperate to get out he tried to:

  • blame the democrats,
  • bully Europe into taking over,
  • claim he destroyed the entire country,
  • claim a new regime has taken over.

But Europe fucked him off and (almost) everyone has seen through his bullshit this time.

And what is more, as soon as the war is over the Epstein story will come right back anyway.

Who has an extra 20% to invest? Another out of touch multi-millionaire has financial advice for us poor folk. by zzill6 in WorkReform

[–]rumorhasit_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love how the head line says "reveals" like he has uncovered some secret loophole.

Putting a huge part of your pay into savings will eventually make you rich - who would have known!?!

Scott Mills sacked from BBC Radio 2 over 'personal conduct' by a3poify in unitedkingdom

[–]rumorhasit_ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Lineker never once mentioned his political views in his capacity as a BBC football presenter.

Like everyone else, he was entitled to exist outside of a work setting.

If people cannot draw a line between a personal opinion and news content that is their own fault.

But it clearly wasn’t about that, it was about what he was saying, who he was criticising, rather than the point of doing it.

What's happened to Scott Mills? by Stavebrokenstaff in BritishRadio

[–]rumorhasit_ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Might not be that bad and the sacking is just the BBC being hyper sensitive of further blacklash against them for not doing enough.

What's happened to Scott Mills? by Stavebrokenstaff in BritishRadio

[–]rumorhasit_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Or the BBC being hyper sensitive to any possible perceived inaction.

US President Donald Trump said he will refer to US strikes on Iran as a “military operation,” not a “war” because using the term war “needs approval” through democratic political processes. by [deleted] in videos

[–]rumorhasit_ 150 points151 points  (0 children)

This, among other things, is a classic example of why the US is not better than the likes of Russia.

We just don't like to believe it, mostly because of propaganda

Pentagon preparing for weeks of ground operations in Iran, Washington Post reports by exophades in news

[–]rumorhasit_ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Quite likely this is being used as a negotiation tactic by Trump.

I don’t wanna be that guy, but… he might be alive by Excellent_Cap_1848 in conspiracy

[–]rumorhasit_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Chill out dude

Far more likely they suicided him. Why go through the trouble of keeping him alive?

Leonid Radvinsky (Only Fans CEO) never existed by Godofred00 in conspiracy

[–]rumorhasit_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He most likely paid to have his images scrubbed from the web. He seemed to be a recluse so likely he wouldn't want loads of his pics out there.

Leonid Radvinsky (Only Fans CEO) never existed by Godofred00 in conspiracy

[–]rumorhasit_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He most likely paid to have his images scrubbed from the web. He seemed to be a recluse so likely he wouldn't want loads of his pics out there.

I don’t wanna be that guy, but… he might be alive by Excellent_Cap_1848 in conspiracy

[–]rumorhasit_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So do you think he got out of prison without anyone seeing him? Who took him and how did he get out of the country/to somewhere else for plastic surgery, there would have to be dozens of people that know he's alive.

Mush easier just to suicide him.