"A man is known by the company he keeps." ...Aesop
Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris refuses to sit down for a serious interview with mainstream media, despite the fact these are friendly leftists who will only throw softball questions at her. Or more correctly, her handlers and the monied class of donors who hold the strings to the marionette do not want to expose her lack of cranium depth. More so than ever now that some, not many, but a few, in cable news media like CNN and MSNBC are beginning to ask serious questions and fact check Democrat lies.
Of all places, Harris turned up for an interview with a controversial podcaster in her show called "Call Her Daddy". The podcast offers a frank and often humorous perspective of modern dating, hookups, and relationships. It discusses sex in unfiltered and explicit manners.
At a recent rally, Harris had rapper Megan The Stallion perfrom her rap tune called 'Body". Critics say the composition empowering anthem celebrates body positivity, self-confidence, and the embrace of sexuality. That's overtly kind. The lyrics don't potray that. It has the "N" and the "F" words and explicit sexual overtones. It is so inappropriate that in her performance at the rally, Megan had to leave out probably 80% of the lyrics.
Apparantly Harris thinks a hook-up song with dancers twerking and jerking for grandmas and grandpas is meaningful for the ocassion. Heck, she thinks a VP pick of a governor who regulated that tampoons be placed in boys' dormitories in schools in his state is a good tandem. Don't understand these Liberals on a mission to collapse a country's culture.
On the other side of the aisle we have conservative values on full display. Trump returned to Butler, the place where he was almost assasinated on July 13. He wanted to be on the same spot where he was shot (but this time behind a protective bullet-proof glass. He said "Where was I ....." and continued from where he was interupted in July. Trump paid honour to Corey Comparatore, the lone supporter who lost his life 3 months ago. He consoled his family which gave them closure. The rally was graced by opera singer Christopher Maccio who sang with this power-filled song "How Great Thou Art".
Christopher closed the rally with his power rendition of "Neesun Dorma" at Butler. Trump seems to have chosen this song in several of his rallies. This song was also played at the closing of the Republican Party convention. For those who don't know this song, it is the last aria in the Guacomo Pucinni's opera play "Turandot". An aria is a solo vocal piece accompanied by instruments in an opera. Many may recall Luciano Pavarotti sang this in the 1990 World Cup in Italy. Even if you are no lover of opera songs, the famous ending will blow your mind. I have Andrea Bocelli's version here which I think is more powerful. (To enjoy the song, play it as loud as possible.)
For those who don't know, "Turandot" is an opera set in old Peking. A beautiful but cold and aloof Princess Turandot decrees that any suitor wishing to marry her must answer three riddles correctly or face execution. The crowd loves the challenges and the executions. An unknown Prince Calaf falls in love with Turandot and takes up the challenge. He solves the three riddles but the princess repulses at the thought of marrying him. Calaf gives her a way out with a challenge. If she can guess his name by the morning, he will not demand her promise of marriage. Thus the princess decrees "Neesun Dorma" (None Shall Sleep). Her subjects must all try to find out the name of Calaf. "Nessun Dorma" is sung by Calaf expressing his hope and triumph, anticipating victory even as the princess has ordered that no one in the kingdom shall sleep until his identity is discovered.
When Trump started using "Neesun Dorma" to close his rallies, some over-active minds started suggesting he was teasing the public. They surmised Trump was giving hint to a well known conspiracy theory. This one has it that Trump has all the evidence of wrong doing by the Deep Staters, he has laid traps for them and has caught many. He will bring justice in the end as these traitors will be persecuted.
And all these excitement because "Neesum Dorma" was played in the closing scenes of the 2002 movie "The Sum Of All Fears". The protagonists were played by Ben Affleck as a CIA agent and Morgan Freeman as his mentor. The story involved a failed assasination of US President to trigger a nuclear conflict with Russia by planting a nuclear bomb in Baltimore and framing terrorists. In the final scene, after the plot was uncovered, with "Deesun Dorma" on the soundtrack and US and Russian presidents signing an understanding agreement, state assassins executed the insurgents on both sides. Here is the closing scene clip (3 mins):
Some are suggesting "Neesun Dorma" is a message from Trump to expect what is to come. I think this is hogwash. When things look too crazy, I try to find the simplest explanation, the Occam's Razor. Melanie Trump had once remarked that her husband likes music. I will leave it at that.
I can hear Kamala Harris' cackle. For the high-falutin world of liberal elites cannot imagine Trump whom they see as a 'racist, narcissistic, uncouth, mysogyistic, facist' outsider can appreciate "Neesun Dorma". Conservatives on the other hand, understand why Harris appreciates the rap tune "Body". It's a difference of values and class.
The only message from Trump is obvious - Vincerò.
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