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ROMAN EMPERORS — VERSUS — USURPERS AND RIVALS

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IF TRUMP ESTABLISHES AN AUTHORITARIAN DICTATORSHIP HOW LONG WILL IT BE BEFORE SOME GENERAL OR ANOTHER BILLIONAIRE TAKES IT FROM HIM..? IF HISTORY TELLS US ANYTHING - IT WON'T BE LONG.. List of Roman civil wars and revolts... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Roman_civil_wars_and_revolts ROMAN EMPERORS — VERSUS — USURPERS AND RIVALS Political instability returned to the Empire with the Crisis of the Third Century (235–284 AD), which saw at least 26 civil wars in just 50 years as usurpers sought the imperial throne. An authoritarian regime has "a concentration of power in a leader or an elite not constitutionally responsible to the people". Unlike totalitarian states, they will allow social and economic institutions not under governmental control, and tend to rely on passive mass acceptance rather than active popular support. 193 TO 398 A.D. List of Roman civil wars and revolts. From the establishment of the Roman Republic in 509 BC until the 1st cen...

A reality-based game for Trump watchers: ‘Name that Fallacy’

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Phil 101: Decoding Trump. A BINGO CARD AND BRIEF REFRESHER ON LOGICAL FALLACIES. https://gentrylane.medium.com/decoding-trump-68179cb862f6 The logical fallacies of Donald Trump (with video) https://philosophymt.com/a-trumpian-overture-of-logical-fallacies/#google_vignette “Get thee glasse-eyes,” King Lear tells the blind Duke of Gloucester, “and like a scurvy Politician, seem to see the things thou dost not. ” {mosads}A new term in Shakespeare’s day, “politician” has retained its negative connotations. “If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents,” H.L. Mencken declared, “he would promise them missionaries for dinner.” Politicians also aim to “keep the populace alarmed (and hence, clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with a series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.” Nikita Khrushchev, of all people, noted that “politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge where there is no river.” Donald Trump was elected president, in ...

What Does Oppositional Defiant Disorder Look Like in Adults?

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What Does Oppositional Defiant Disorder Look Like in Adults? Adults with oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) display a pattern of negative, hostile, and defiant behavior that lasts at least six months and includes four (or more) of the following symptoms: Often loses temper. Often argues with family and coworkers. Actively defies or refuses to comply with rules and laws. AN ADULT WITH OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER (ODD) MAY FEEL MAD AT THE WORLD, AND LOSE HIS TEMPER REGULARLY — EVEN DAILY. THIS MAY MANIFEST AS ROAD RAGE OR VERBAL ABUSE. IT MAY CAUSE TENSION WITH AUTHORITY FIGURES, AND TROUBLE AT WORK. IT MAY TEAR APART RELATIONSHIPS. HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER AND ITS OVERLAP WITH ADHD. Symptoms of Adult Oppositional Defiant Disorder: Temper tantrums. Blaming others for their own inappropriate behavior. Irritable mood. Use of unkind and hurtful words towards others. Vindictive and malevolent intent in words and actions. Physical a...

Gaps in Melania Trump’s immigration story raise questions.

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Melania Trump - the First Lady in our nude photo shoot https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/donald-trump-melania-trump-knauss-first-lady-erections Melania Trump’s SECRET PAST Surfaces after Mar-A-Lago DISAPPEARANCE. Melania Trump's history in focus: Questions surface about her journey to U.S. citizenship. https://youtu.be/pTYyaqJZnEA Trump promised in August 2016 that Melania Trump would hold a news conference to explain her immigration status. It never happened President Donald Trump is the most vocally nationalistic president in modern history – a chief executive who has made skepticism of immigrants his political calling card. He is also the husband of an immigrant whose past immigration status has been the source of nonstop caginess from his political operation. On Wednesday, we got a little taste as to why that is. It suggests there is more than a whiff of hypocrisy beneath the surface. https://nationalpost.com/news/world/analysis-the-huge-questions-about-me...