Kamala Harris' time is up

[Pickman's model]

Hadn't realized there are Senate elections in November, too. Wonder whether the Harris effect will (a) continue and (b) affect these elections, too.

Republicans trail in three Senate races in new poll

While the White House race takes center stage, control of the U.S. Senate is also up for grabs in November.

www.newsweek.com

Would need to swing the House too, though.

Everyone wants congress to swing, trump very happy to have that happen through insurrection, others through the ballot box

 

[a_chap]

I want trump to swing too.

From a lamppost.

 

[ska invita]

What's bigoted about saying her name with the stress on the second syllable? I mean, I've heard lots of people say it that way.

This is really interesting if you want to go into a 13 minutes dive....basically even Kamala says her name "wrong" so what is right has a bunch of socio-linguistic factors to navigate

 

[Wkdloz]

Sounds more foreign if you stress that 'a' however her name always makes me think of me of 'Pamela'

 

[maomao]

Sounds more foreign if you stress that 'a' however her name always makes me think of me of 'Pamela'

Which 'a'?

 

[Wkdloz]

Which 'a'?

Second a.

 

[scifisam]

This is really interesting if you want to go into a 13 minutes dive....basically even Kamala says her name "wrong" so what is right has a bunch of socio-linguistic factors to navigate

I love that guy - his videos are always worth watching. He talks about trisyllabic shortening in a way that probably makes sense to most people.

You guys are probably right that Trump is being racist with his pronunciation, because when he's talking about Kamala Harris every word will be loaded with racism and sexism. And also bullies often do do that thing of intentionally mispronouncing someone's name even when it's not for racist reasons (for Trump, it'll be bullying and racism).

It's just that, to me, it didn't stick out as obviously racist the same way adding and emphasising Obama's middle name is, and that's probably because I'm not American. I mean, I've known at least one Kamala who pronounced it Kəm-AH-la, but that was in England, and she was probably Anglicising it when speaking English, like Dr Lindsey up there talks about.

My GF and her siblings also say their Bangladeshi names in English ways even when talking to each other on the phone in English. She also says it the English way when speaking in Sylheti - don't know about her siblings. For her, that is the right way, and an English speaker insisting on saying it in a Bangladeshi way would be being the opposite of thoughtful. It seems that's actually similar to Kamala Harris, who doesn't pronounce it the way Tamil speakers do.

So, for other people who say Kəm-AH-la, I wouldn't jump to assuming racism. Especially Brits, for whom, as Dr Lindsey explains, saying it exactly the same way as Kamala Harris herself does - which is the politest thing to do - requires using a vowel we don't actually have in British English dialects, and not just that, using it in a way that isn't a feature of our dialects (unusually, this is true for all British dialects, not just one or two dominant English ones. If anyone doesn't believe me, watch the video and listen to the difference between the sounds).

We can get close, and we should try to, but it's unrealistic to expect us to get it "right."

 

[VivaE]

Biden, Harris hail Medicare drug price cuts that will save billions​

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-expects-6-bln-savings-first-medicare-drug-price-negotiations-2024-08-15/

 

[PR1Berske]

Walz jokes in a new Youtube video about liking 'white man's tacos " and it's all done in good humour. The right wing worm-brains are going nuts over it. They don't allow any humour or lightness go by without hammering it to death with po-faced absurdity.

 

[HAL9000]

 

[krtek a houby]

Wondering how KH will react to the demonstrations during the DNC, and will it sway the party's position on the situation.

Tens of thousands of activists prepare protests over Gaza war at Democratic National Convention

Pro-Palestinian protesters are expected to gather outside the convention in Chicago seeking to influence party policy on Israel’s offensive in Gaza

www.theguardian.com

Hopefully it won't go all '68

 

[petee]

in the past 12 hours I've seen two things, this



and this

Kamala Harris "drinking problem" rumors are being spread by Republicans

James Blair, the political director of the Trump 2024 campaign, made the unsubstantiated claims on social media this weekend.

www.newsweek.com

these are desperate okay, but they're the kind of thing that will give trumpers talking pionts as the convention starts.

not to mention the old chestnut

 

[teqniq]

I knew there was a good reason the Repugs acquired their deliberate misnomer.

 

[moochedit]

in the past 12 hours I've seen two things, this



and this

Kamala Harris "drinking problem" rumors are being spread by Republicans

James Blair, the political director of the Trump 2024 campaign, made the unsubstantiated claims on social media this weekend.

www.newsweek.com

these are desperate okay, but they're the kind of thing that will give trumpers talking pionts as the convention starts.

not to mention the old chestnut

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New york post is a murdoch rag isn't it? Very sun like front page.

 

[cupid_stunt]

New york post is a murdoch rag isn't it?

It sure is.

 

[petee]

New york post is a murdoch rag isn't it? Very sun like front page.

yes, that's right.

 

[petee]

New york post is a murdoch rag isn't it? Very sun like front page.

yes, that's right.

 

[cupid_stunt]

I hear an echo.

 

[petee]

I hear an echo.

that was the subway tunnel.

 

[Jeff Robinson]

RNC thought they'd reached peak lit with Hulk Hulgan, but...



lol

 

[ska invita]

RNC thought they'd reached peak lit with Hulk Hulgan, but...



lol

Reminds me of a documentary I saw once.... The Running Man I think it was called

 

[King Biscuit Time]

Really weird to see that on the Betfair exchange market KH's odds have been lengthening slightly since the DNC started (only from 1.89 to 2.1).

Obvs it's only a betting market and the usual caveats apply, but strange that this last week has made some folk at least think her chances are getting slightly worse

 

[nino_savatte]

I want trump to swing too.

From a lamppost.

Where I come from, we call it the Piazzale Loreto solution.

 

[belboid]

RNC thought they'd reached peak lit with Hulk Hulgan, but...



lol

I thought Lil Jon was the pony from Parks & Recreation

 

[breadandcircuse]

I thought Lil Jon was the pony from Parks & Recreation

I thought he was a Dumpster fan, but perhaps I'm mixing him up with another rapper, who was on The Apprentice with the monster?

 

[Jeff Robinson]

I thought he was a Dumpster fan, but perhaps I'm mixing him up with another rapper, who was on The Apprentice with the monster?

Lil Wayne probably - a rapper from New Orleans. Lil Jon is from Atlanta - he's an MC, producer and DJ who was a leading light of the 'crunk' scene - a subgenre of hip hop that involves agressive yelling over electronic dance beats.

 

[skyscraper101]

Perhaps Labour should up their game for party conference season and get Little Mix to do a rendition of The Red Flag.

 

[two sheds]

with cutout heads of starmer and streeting bobbing up and down

 

[Sue]

Perhaps Labour should up their game for party conference season and get Little Mix to do a rendition of The Red Flag.

Do you think Girls Aloud's Kronstadt song would be a step too far...?

 

[Jeff Robinson]

Do you think Girls Aloud's Kronstadt song would be a step too far...?

Is this song actually real? I've heard lots of talk about it but never heard the song.