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jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 05:02 PM Sep 2018

"Lodestar" is not the most common word


https://www.vsotd.com/featured-speech/vigilance-and-resolve-will-be-our-lodestar

Vigilance and Resolve Will Be Our Lodestar
"The United States of America will soon unveil the toughest and most aggressive round of economic sanctions on North Korea ever."
Address by Mike Pence, Vice President, United States of America
Delivered at the Kantei, Tokyo on February 7, 2018

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We may no longer have Senator McCain. But we will always have his example — a lodestar for restoring honor to public life

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Interestingly, this line was delivered by Henry Kissinger at McCain's funeral:

Honor was John’s lodestar.
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"Lodestar" is not the most common word (Original Post) jberryhill Sep 2018 OP
I noticed that too. It was so different from the rest janx Sep 2018 #1
It was the Merriam-Webster word of the day just recently eleny Sep 2018 #2
The guy from Spaceballs?!! nt Guy Whitey Corngood Sep 2018 #3
That was Lonestar Revanchist Sep 2018 #12
McCain--lodestar--Navy? n/t janx Sep 2018 #4
Yeah. Noticed that too. irisblue Sep 2018 #5
Somebody else notice it too :) blogslut Sep 2018 #6
Ah, I've been googling names and "lodestar" jberryhill Sep 2018 #7
They did use the word "lodestar" in the piece, not a very common word JuJuYoshida Sep 2018 #8
Could be a diversion as well dalton99a Sep 2018 #9
What will trump do when he finds out that the author is pence? Gothmog Sep 2018 #10
Great question jberryhill Sep 2018 #11
Does trump know this? Gothmog Sep 2018 #14
I doubt he knows it jberryhill Sep 2018 #15
at first I thought Lodestar was a free game on PS4 JuJuYoshida Sep 2018 #13

eleny

(46,166 posts)
2. It was the Merriam-Webster word of the day just recently
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 05:09 PM
Sep 2018

Like within the last week or so. Just sayin'.

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
7. Ah, I've been googling names and "lodestar"
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 05:55 PM
Sep 2018

But it is a certainty that someone with actual statistical text analysis software has this nailed already.

The other interesting aspect is the use of the word in connection with McCain specifically, in the speech given by Kissinger at the funeral.

JuJuYoshida

(2,215 posts)
8. They did use the word "lodestar" in the piece, not a very common word
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 06:00 PM
Sep 2018

It's a marine navigation term. Also says it's a "senior" official so my guess is Mattis or Kelly, both Marines.

The only thing that sucks is that the Times dropped this during the Kavanaugh hearings taking the spotlight away from showing what a real unsympathetic prick that guy is.

Either way, we pretty much have a de facto coup on our hands and I fail to see how disobeying the POTUS is any better than invoking the 25th to get his ass out of there.

And this bothered me:

"The bigger concern is not what Mr. Trump has done to the presidency but rather what we as a nation have allowed him to do to us. We have sunk low with him and allowed our discourse to be stripped of civility."


Speak for yourself, a majority of us knew what he was before he got elected and decided, nah, we'll pass, but YOU and others like you voted for him.

Thanks for trying to keep him from destroying the world I guess but you and your buyer's remorse can go fuck off on the horse you rode in on.

dalton99a

(81,532 posts)
9. Could be a diversion as well
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 06:10 PM
Sep 2018

Something that the writer normally doesn't use and has never used before in published writings or transcripts

Gothmog

(145,374 posts)
14. Does trump know this?
Wed Sep 5, 2018, 07:11 PM
Sep 2018

Pence should immediately announce that he is the author and dare trump to try to fire him

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