So, Kamala Harris, do you know music?
NewsIt appears the Veep has taste.
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Her melodious giggle, or is it cackle, is sweeter than any music.
Were it a man, it would merely be described as a laugh.
Why are women relegated to being described as either prepubescent girls or witches?
So true. People never bash male politicians.
They do, but not with such obvious sexist tropes.
Not like “toxic masculinity” or anything, aye.
Absolutely priceless!!!!!!!
Indeed, Trump is never mocked by the liberal media, because he is a male.
More feminism, please.
I’m told her fave piece of music is “Cackling Rosie”.
Kamala Harris also makes a great salad – a word salad. Served with a giggle for her fans.
She had one job as the Vice President: The Border. How would you evaluate the job done? No problems?
<3
Did she really say this?
https://x.com/NiohBerg/status/1815092176352907325
You have to be a very unserious person to even watch something that ridiculous, let alone post it up. Moderators can decide how comfortable they are with people positng pure propaganda on their comment section.
Propaganda? Get your head out of your own ass and take a realistic look at the current administration, friendo.
How is that propaganda?
Your Veep has never been to Europe. Let me know if you want the video via CNN where she tells Lester Holt that she has never been to Europe. Pretty sure Sarah Palin maybe saw Europe. AS bad as Palin was, Harris is worse. “Harris defends not going to border: ‘And I haven’t been to Europe’ https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/557282-vp-harris-not-discounting-concerns-about-events-at-us-border-during/
2021. Get with the program.
Your data is outdated. She’s travelled to Europe multiple times since she became VP.
George Bush had never been to Europe when he was elected president. Was fine with the GOP then. I wonder what changed…
So that will make her a good president?
Musical tastes and skills are not necessarily correlated to integrity or effectiveness in politics. Below are two examples.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7hLY91FU0k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idmYXaIhh2A
She missed the mark on the 1959/1960 Porgy and Bess choices. The Gil Evans arranged Miles Davis Porgy and Bess album was a revelation at the time, still is. The they went on to do Sketches of Spain the next year which was a further revelation, still is. If Harris does not have either, then her musical taste is suspect.
Maybe that recording was simply out of stock in that store, or she already owns it.
Funnily enough, I just happened on an article from four years ago about Kamala Harris’ choice in music, by Melvin L. Butler (Associate professor of Musicology at the University of Miami and a Public Voices fellow of The OpEd Project).
…As we approach the 2020 presidential election, does Kamala Harris’s music matter? Maybe so. But in the end, I am less interested in the music she listens to than whether she takes our collective concerns seriously. Music can be a vehicle for expressing those concerns, but let’s not subject our politicians — or ourselves for that matter — to facile litmus tests that arbitrarily define racial authenticity or confuse musical preferences with fitness for public office.
Our fascination with politicians’ playlists may say something about the value we place on music as a cultural symbol. But the fact that we care also points to our collective need to have leaders who can hear us and willing to listen closely to the proverbial songs we sing. Let’s hope our next presidential cabinet contains men and women who listen well and strive to create national harmony from our multilayered voices.”
Let’s not forget, Rudy Giuliani loves opera…
Rudy Giuliani loves opera…And we all love Rudy. Right?
I celebrate his demise which should have happened 3 decades earlier, hopefully he will soon be rotting in a jail somewhere, best idea from his point of view would be to commit suicide.
Feel the love, tolerance, compassion and empathy from the ‘better people’.
Mr. Lebrecht should delete this post from Tom Phillips.
Suggesting or encouraging suicide is one of the worst abuses of social media.
In many states in the US, it is a felony to advise or encourage another person to commit suicide. People have been prosecuted.
At what point do people lose their humanity?
celebrate his demise? you have daddy issues.
What a nice, kind person you are.
No.
Yes.
Harris has never been to Europe. Interview with Lester Holt: https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/06/08/kamala-harris-border-visit-i-havent-visited-europe-sot-vpx-ath.cnn Printed form https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/557282-vp-harris-not-discounting-concerns-about-events-at-us-border-during/
Check the date of the interview…time marches on.
I bet he loves Fidelio, about a guy getting out of prison…
Florestan with Leonore’s help…ain’t no wife lookin’ to help Rudy. I doubt Melania will help the other one either.
She is a disaster who dated Montel Williams and has never been to Europe. She cackles like she is on coke and will most likely drive the USA further into the ground. Her daughter looks like she has severe mental illness and her husband kisses Jill Biden on the lips. Doubtful Harris knows anything regarding geopolitics at all, she probably does not know what language they speak in Russia. She is worse than that lady from Alaska. The Democrats have turned into a train wreck.
“has never been to Europe”
Your statement is patently not true. Do a little basic research.
Enough with the disinformation.
In an interview with Lester Holt on the border crisis she said she has never been to Europe, kumquat. Dems do zero research.
Before you go around calling people names…
June 2021 – Lester Holt interview
March 2022 – Poland and Romania
February 2024 – Munich Security Conference
Who knew that the internet can provide facts???
February 2024 — she went to Munich to make statements that further fuelled the war. So that makes it alright. Checkmark. Been to Europe now.
It’s amazing how quickly y’all lined up in support of this nightmare who just bypassed the entire season of primary elections.
She is over 50 years old and ginally went to Europe on a wittle business? That is not visiting Europe. She never traveled around, she is your Sarah Palin.
Here ya go, 25 second mark, start there…. even on your CNN network. “I have never been to Europe” https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/06/08/kamala-harris-border-visit-i-havent-visited-europe-sot-vpx-ath.cnn
Harris has never been to Europe. Interview with Lester Holt and in printed form, take your pick. “Harris defends not going to border: ‘And I haven’t been to Europe” https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/06/08/kamala-harris-border-visit-i-havent-visited-europe-sot-vpx-ath.cnn Printed form https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/557282-vp-harris-not-discounting-concerns-about-events-at-us-border-during/
Did you check the date of that interview???? Are you trying to audition for the Kelly Ann Conway of SlippedDisc?
Sarah Palin of Dems. You people have no critical thinking skills.
So who was that black female American VP at the Munich Security Conference last year: a body double? And weren’t British officials annoyed at her appearance at an AI conference also last year? The UK may no longer be united with Europe politically, but it is still part of Europe geographically.
Has she ever toured Europe? Gone to the Louvre! Seen Big Ben. My shart has seen more culture. Sarah Palin.
giuliani sounds italian.
italians love opera
“The significance of the passage of time, right? The significance of the passage of time. So when you think about it, there is great significance to the passage of time…there is such great significance to the passage of time.”
As with past VP Dan Quayle, she probably wished she had studied Latin more carefully to better communicate with Latin Americans.
The Left sought a minority female VP for “inclusion” and “appeal to certain demographics,” and this sad situation is what happens when one is chosen by race rather than rhetoric; the Left shot itself in the foot in choosing her for VP alongside a presidential candidate who has obvious vulnerabilities. Russia and China will walk over America “with the passage of time,” and so it’s highly unlikely there will be enough support for her+against Trump to win in November.
I have my fingers crossed Michelle Obama might get nominated instead; she’s smart enough to know politics is more than just buying the right used LPs.
“As with past VP Dan Quayle, she probably wished she had studied Latin more carefully to better communicate with Latin Americans.”
Absolute blather…..
You’re probably right: Latin and the idea of learning it never crossed her mind in the first place.
Consider her approach at dealing with the border crisis: absence.
She will bring San Fran policies to the national level: looting for all.
Symphony concerts under a Harris presidency: laughing in the minor key, ‘unburdened by what has been.’
I hope she has a chance, but she lacks an edge, which is needed to face Trump. It’s not like she’s popular as VP.
She bought some LPs. Cheers to the shop.
She was a DA and an Attorney General. She might know some Latin.
This clearly went over your head…maybe you be unburdened by what has been.
She had an affair with some old judge who gave her her job. Since she has never been to Europe per her interview with Lester Holt I am thinking Latin was not a part of her world either. https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/06/08/kamala-harris-border-visit-i-havent-visited-europe-sot-vpx-ath.cnn
Wrong time for Michelle Obama. And she can hardly start a launch by putting down the first black female VP in US history.
Pity, as she is just about the only person I can think of who could knock off Trump.
2028 was probably always her game. but if Harris is slaughtered — not a gimme, but a possibility — the Dems may think twice about another black woman.
This election is simply about getting the vote out. Fox News and conservative media have had 4 years to play the “incompetent DEI hire” baloney against Harris, and yet, is there a more DEI pick than JD Vance? He is on the record stating he was most likely accepted to Yale because he was poor. Vance rode his impoverished childhood story to great riches and he is now the darling of Peter Thiel, having received untold millions in political financial support. As for Harris work on the border “problem”, it would be cool (but not realistic) for her to select for VP one of the Republicans who helped write the bipartisan immigration bill which Trump told the party to vote against (because, let’s be honest, a broken border is what the GOP actually wants). The GOP is scared of Harris, as evidenced by their disorganized and overblown response to their new challenge.
Oh, and she has great taste in jazz!! Go Kamala!
Dems think? That’s the oxymoron of the century.
“Feel the love, Tolerance, compassion and empathy from the “better people” – Sue Sonata Form – July 23, 2024.
But you don’t do research. A person up top was accused of spreading misinformation regarding Harris never going to Europe, when in fact she has said that she has never been to Europe. Those words came out of her mouth last year. You don’t think or do research. Harris defends not going to border: ‘And I haven’t been to Europe’ https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/06/08/kamala-harris-border-visit-i-havent-visited-europe-sot-vpx-ath.cnn
Interview from 2021…keep up.
If you repeat it often enough and the sheeple will believe it to be true.
Even for you, that’s pretty asinine.
Harris was a U.S. Senator, State Attorney General, and District Attorney, but since she’s Black you automatically doubt her qualifications.
Got it.
I’m keeping my fingers crossed for Michelle Obama, who is black, and dare I say more African American than Kamala Harris, who partially raised white kids of her Jewish husband. Ms Harris’ mother is Indian and father a British-Jamaican who arrived in the US in 1961 at around age 23.
Wait, wait, wait…are you advocating for a purity test? How very ‘30s.
I would never vote for anyone that has no problem stating that they have never been to Europe. She lacks qualifications and acts like it. https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/06/08/kamala-harris-border-visit-i-havent-visited-europe-sot-vpx-ath.cnn
Keep repeating it …. LOL
Her race has nothing to do with it. She’s disgustingly woke and it’s virtually impossible to imagine her deterring our adversaries from taking aggressive action whenever they see fit.
I am not a Trump fan and will probably write someone in on election day, but one thing he is good at is deterring aggression, even if it’s because of how unpredictable he is. It’s not a coincidence that his administration was the only one of the past four (Bush, Obama, Trump, Biden) during which Putin didn’t invade a neighboring country.
We’ve all got our own priorities when it comes to judging candidates. And being anti-woke/DEI and having the ability to deter aggression are at the top of my priorities list.
As much as I dislike Trump, the thought of four more years of him is less disturbing to me than a President Harris.
You do realize that the buildup for the 2021 full invasion of Ukraine occurred in 2020. It’s not like he would not have taken what he considers rightfully his had Trump been in office in 2021.
Also not like he just stopped fighting in Luhansk and Donetsk while Trump was in office.
You also seem to have blinders on when it comes to Africa, where Russia intervened in the Central African Republic and Mali while Trump was still in office.
But, yeah, wokeness must be the reason for everything bad in the world. Just using the word “woke” absolves you from having to prove any casuality.
Her wokeness and the difficulty I have imagining her being able to deter adversaries are two separate issues. On the one hand, she has a track-record of total support for a DEI approach to business and education along with supporting the transitioning of minors (not to mention using pronouns). On the other, she behaves in a manner that is very unlikely to inspire fear in the likes of Putin, Xi or Khamenei.
And the buildup of Russian troops and military hardware near the Ukraine border wasn’t reported until late 2021. Trump left office in January of ’21. He also provided weaponry to Ukraine that Obama refused to provide.
I’m afraid you and I are in a minority on here, the liberal lefties with their hands in the sand simple refuse to see Kackala for what she is. Except I like Trump!
Don’t forget woman. A more unforgivable sin in the US.
No we thank Willie Brown for all he did to help her. Without him she’d still be in California. Yup. She’s now been to Europe and barely to the border. I’m really hoping there’s more to her than we’ve seen. Our country deserves it. BTW wonder if she’s ever been to the opera and knows any old white men composers. That would be a welcome surprise. Time our leaders brought some classical music into the White House.
Josef Stalin truly loved and knew music, according to Kotkin’s magisterial three volume biography. He was the star tenor of the choir at the seminary where he studied briefly. Churchill, not so much. He favored tub thumping jingoistic military marches.
…and Hitler loved Lehar and Wagner. He also ‘took one for democracy’ when they blew up his conference room and he then attributed his survival to God’s will and saw it as a sign that he should continue to pursue his agenda. Ho hum…
Something about Stalin is ‘magisterial’?!!
Reading comprehension issues? Try again.
Harris has never been to Europe, this should bother everyone on here: https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/06/08/kamala-harris-border-visit-i-havent-visited-europe-sot-vpx-ath.cnn
Once more from the top! LOL
“We must distinguish between ‘sentimental’ and ‘sensitive’. A sentimentalist may be a perfect brute in his free time. A sensitive person is never a cruel person. Sentimental Rousseau, who could weep over a progressive idea, distributed his many natural children through various poorhouses and workhouses and never gave a hoot for them.
A sentimental old maid may pamper her parrot and poison her niece. The sentimental politician may remember Mother’s Day and ruthlessly destroy a rival. Stalin loved babies. Lenin sobbed at the opera, especially at the Traviata.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Lectures on Russian Literature
One particular side of politics is characterized by sentimentality, fantasy and histrionics. But grown-ups never are.
What a minuscule amount of musical taste it takes to please some people.
Trump and his Project 2025 along with all its draconian elements also plan to slash the national endowment for the arts. Let’s go Kamala
And the NEA is so important for the arts. I’d rather have lower taxes and decide who I donate too.
You are a perfect example of the “stupid know nothing voter” You hear something that sounds good to your agenda and you run with it without checking the information. Trump has zero to do with project 2025 and has publicly denounced any association with the group. However, you will continue to chant the falsehood without checking because it is another arrow in your quiver of attacks on evil orange man bad. Try some research before placing your ignorance before the world.
Oh yes, forget the idiotic Green New Deal policies, the Inflation Reduction act, and that 34 trillion dollar debt.
Don’t know about Kamala, but Trump certainly loves classical music. His favorite conductor is Othmar Maga. 🙂
Yes, he loves it so much he’ll grow the economy so that the arts can be properly funded.
The downvotes prove the Dems are ignorant about the economy. Luckily no black man will vote for her per my black friends. I heard a black guy say he would rather bring back slavery than vote for Kamala.
Herbie G: “…and Hitler loved Lehar and Wagner.”
FWIW, he was also into art and painting. One of his other hobbies was architectural design. And although he certainly butchered homosexuals, he apparently was a participant in same-sex activities himself.
His ideology was a form of socialism that mixes together aspects of both fascism and communism.
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https://news.uoguelph.ca/2014/04/historian-uncovers-nazi-animal-laws/
“The Nazis are remembered for their brutality and cruelty, so it is surprising to many that when the party was in power it also passed laws to protect animals….The first law…was passed in 1933, not long after the Nazis rose to power.
“Under the Animal Protection Act, it was forbidden to mistreat or handle animals in any way that would harm them. Force-feeding fowl was banned, and the law also provided protection to animals in circuses and zoos. In the initial version of the act, experimentation on animals was prohibited as well. People who neglected their pets could be arrested and fined.
“These laws were very progressive at the time,” says Piper.
“A year later, the Nazis passed an act that dealt with hunting wild animals…. This law prohibited hunting on horseback, poisoning wild animals and using traps. In addition, only German citizens and those who met the Aryan racial standards were permitted to hunt.”
You know the left killled way more than Hitler right? Ever read up on communism or you like your head in the sand.
Per my post, his ideology was a blend of so-called fascism and so-called communism. A fascistic-type system – which is generally the state/government in solidarity with the corporate (& visa versa) – exists in today’s People’s Republic of China.
She has just referred to the President as “Kid”.
Pass.
And President Biden has also publicly referred to Vice President Harris as “Kid”. So, what exactly is your point, kid?
She attended the 2022 Kennedy Center Honors: that year’s honorees included George Clooney, composer Tania León, U2, Amy Grant and Gladys Knight.
https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/kamala-harris-kennedy-center-honors-2022-vera-wang-dress-1235438334/
Composer Candace Forest has set Harris’ words to music for the excellent SF Girls’ Chorus:
https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/10/18/kamala-harris-speeches-inspire-a-hopeful-new-musical-work/amp/
She recommends some of her favorite popular, funk, R&B, Motown, and other music here:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/447DQxPqltGdQq5WqhzIZ5
Excellent taste. Doubt any British politicians would be caught dead buying British artist records – if they knew any.