Just Some Words

I love words. Here are some I like.

--deportment n. Demeanor; mien.

--constellate v. To form as a group or cluster.

--barrelhouse n. A cheap drinking and dancing establishment.

--Olympian adj. Majestic or aloof.

--wamble v. To move unsteadily.

--apace adv. Quickly or swiftly.

--alarums and excursions (Phrase. Humorous.) Confused activity and uproar.

--pecksniff n. A hypocritical person who pretends to have high morals.

--sententia n. A maxim; proverb.

--Aaron's rod n. A powerful force that overcomes others around it.

--Cyclopean adj. 2. Huge; massive.

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Former Trump Staff Now Opposing Trump

The list is formidable:

--Mike Pence. Vice president under Trump, 2017-2021.

--John Bolton. National Security Advisor, 2018-2019.

--Dan Coats. Director of National Intelligence, 2017-2019.

--Mark Esper. Secretary of Defense, 2019-2020.

--John F. Kelly. White House Chief of Staff, 2017-2019.

--Jim Mattis. Secretary of Defense, 2017-2019.

--H. R. McMaster. National Security Advisor, 2017-2018.

--Ty Cobb. White House Special Counsel, 2017-2018.

--Stephanie Grisham. White House Communications Director and White House Press Secretary, 2019-2020.

That's enough for now.

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Some More Euphonic Phrases and Sentences

--"as a pretext for a greater crackdown"    Brian Beutler

--"Trump's king-like behavior"   Brian Beutler

--"An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered."  G.K. Chesterton

--"a nausea of the cells and soul"  David Foster Wallace

--"Butt cracks and beer bellies"

--"metaphysical angst"

--"a dirge about enduring in the face of meaninglessness"  Ed Simon

--"and the streets were lined with leafy sycamore trees"  Ronald Munson

--"untethered to the facts"  Judge Karin Immergut

--"his formerly full face deeply wrinkled and shrunken"   David Kertzer

--"a rueful recognition"

--"Marriage is the classic betrayal."   Joan Didion

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