\u201cI will not relent.\u201d
\n\u2014John Brennan, former CIA director<\/p>\n
Maven is a borrowed word from the Yiddish word \u201cmeyvn.\u201d It means expert, or connoisseur. A maven is a trusted expert in a particular field, who passes timely and relevant knowledge on to others in that fiel<\/em>d. My all-time favorite maven was Anne Leahy, my beloved mother My \u201cMaven of the Month\u2019\u201d whose nomination seems self-evident For the month of August 2018 then my favorite maven \u201cI will not relent.\u201d \u2014John Brennan, former CIA director Maven is a borrowed word from…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[22445,22446,22447,22448],"class_list":["post-282997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinion","tag-anne-leahy","tag-john-brennan","tag-mc-raven","tag-respect"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282997\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nDo you remember the old B&W TV show My Favorite Martian
\nor The Sound of Music classic song My Favorite Things
\nrecent NRA\/Russian collusion gave us Butina\u2019s maven Torshin
\ndeep RESPECT for maven Aretha Franklin in everything she sings.<\/p>\n
\nwho shared her wisdom and love with her five casarean offspring
\nshe taught domestic diplomacy dealing with father and brothers
\nbaking cookies, bread, pies, cleaning and kitchen skills, everything.<\/p>\n
\nis a retired admiral who oversaw the Osama Bin Laden raid
\non Trump\u2019s removal of John Brennan\u2019s security clearance he said
\n\u201cRevoke my security clearance, too, Mr. President.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nis US Navy retired Admiral William H. Mc Raven.
\n\u00a0
\nNo and Yes I Must Lie I\u2019m That Kind Of Guy<\/strong>
\n\u00a0
\nYes, I must lie what other kind of guy can fake a viper\u2019s hiss
\nnonsensical repetitive tweets full of twit more and more BS
\nto lie boldface now, even admitting obstruction of justice
\na tongue-tied knot of snake oil in a poisonous viper\u2019s pit
\nto delete a Twitter rant I could but really must say I can\u2019t
\nscreens light up in red and blue states in my divided nation
\nthe \u201cdisgusting\u201d \u201cfake news\u201d in a frenzy all rush and pant
\nquickly fact checking every single lie in every situation
\nmy sycophantic dependent base defends my every move
\nat my most egregious nothing I say or do seems to shock
\nmoney scandals, nepotism, lies about it are in my groove
\nthough I won about Obama and Hillary I\u2019m ready to mock
\ndespite danger from perjury, impeachment, imprisonment
\nmy prevarication pathway proves to be time well-spent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"