Tinpot tyrants have a way of seducing people out of their democratic yearnings.
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Americans used to find the antics of these regimes, with their tinpot dictators, funny.
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It was, pure and simple, like getting paid to play God, or at least a tinpot dictator.
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The result is that promises from the U.S. government are now as worthless as those from a tinpot dictator.
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In the past, we the people has seen through every charlatan, every would-be tinpot dictator and ideological extremist.
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Even if it fails to stop a catastrophe in progress, it may give second thoughts to another tinpot tyrant watching from a distance.
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After his mayoralty ended in 2002, Rudy went to work for what seemed like every rich bad guy and tinpot dictator who called.
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And for all that it now possesses nuclear weapons, Mr Kim's regime is still tinpot and decrepit, atop a mountain of resentment and wasted human lives.
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The idea of 'local radio' has, thanks primarily to Alan Partridge, always seemed a bit naff, a bit tinpot, a bit, well, local. Smalltime. Parochial. Provincial.
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By a tinpot demagogue stomping on checks and balances he can't even fathom or a shadowy authoritarian expertly and quietly dismantling checks and balances he knows are sacred?
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We need to rebuild our military, and this president has let it diminish to a point where tinpot dictators like the mullahs in Iran are taking our Navy ships.
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There's not much people can agree on these days, but Donnel, the lovely tinpot-wearing child from Fire Emblem: Awakening, a boy capable of both terrible violence and undying affection?
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For some reason, and I can't imagine why, this week has got me thinking about the rise of charismatic tinpot tyrants — and how a supposedly democratic society can fall for this sort of thing.
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This is a wide and general rule: whenever some tinpot official says something painfully dumb has to be done Because Security, the odds are better than even that they're lazy, lying, and/or incompetent.
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Is this the opening salvo in dragging Africa into a new Cold War, in which tinpot dictators play Russia and the United States off against each other on the African side of the strategic Red Sea corridor?
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Ever since Trump's election a year ago, we've seen business leaders attempt to play up to Trump's tinpot tendencies by agreeing to show up to public events with him and telling him they are taking his concerns Very Seriously.
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"Boss and owner of everything" on the island, according to those who loathed the man, this tinpot despot didn't deserve his peaceful death, any more than he deserved the loyalty of his daughter, Madeleine, or the islanders who depended on him for survival.
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Finally old enough to realize his dream — and egged on by his imaginary friend Hitler, played by Waititi as part tinpot hothead, part bestie — he enthusiastically joins the ranks of true believers at a training camp run by Captain Klenzendorf (Sam Rockwell) and Fraulein Rahm (Rebel Wilson).
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All of it is so crazy and convoluted, beholden to intertwined egos and conflicting ideas of what wrestling should be, that it's almost refreshing, a throwback to the decidedly stupid days of the territories, when tinpot dictators of thimble-sized wrestling domains would act like the stuff outside the ring was the most important thing going.
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In fact, well through the Cold War and all the way into the neoliberal decades that preceded Trump, the received wisdom in America about writers functioning under state patronage was that it was a feature of totalitarian societies and tinpot Third World republics, redolent of the constrictions of socialist realism and the power of culture apparatchiks who measured writers according to their conformity with approved ideas, dealing out censorship to the brave and prizes to the most compromised.
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Tinpot Island is a small island classified as a conservation area within Norfolk Bay, Tasmania.
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Boxalls Bay is a small bay located on the western side of the Forestier Peninsula, facing Norfolk Bay. It lies south of Tinpot Island and North of Eaglehawk Bay.
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The north and east sides of the community are part of the Potomac River watershed via Licking Run, Cedar Run, and the Occoquan River, while the west and south sides are part of the Rappahannock River watershed, via Tinpot Run and Bowens Run.
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Merchant worked for seven months at XFM 104.9. The Saturday show never had a large audience. Gervais says: "It's a tinpot radio station... It's not even the biggest radio station in the building." He created the features 'Hip Hop Hooray', 'Make Ricky Gervais Laugh' and 'Song for the Ladies'.
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Lawrence is now a successful freelance comics illustrator, working on titles such as A.T.O.M., Doctor Who Adventures and 2000 AD. He is currently working on several projects for IDW Publishing and is self-publishing his creator-owned title Tinpot Hobo which he writes, pencils, inks, colours and letters. Lawrence lives in Maidstone in Kent.
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Lying within Norfolk Bay are Smooth Island, King George Island, Fulham Island and Dart Island. Norfolk bay also contains the following small rock islands: The Mackerel Islets, Tinpot Island and Mason rock. Frederick Henry Bay, Dunalley Bay and King George Sound, Connellys Bay and Lime Bay are all located adjacent to Norfolk Bay. The following suburbs surround Norfolk bay: Connellys Marsh, Dunalley, Murdunna, Eaglehawk Neck, Taranna, Koonya, Premaydena and Saltwater River.
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The settlement was originally known as "Tin Pot". It formerly had a hotel, the Tin Pot Inn, which served as a stopping point for travellers; it closed in 1867, and some ruins of the building survive today. The area also benefited from the successful Wheal Ellen mine, located in adjacent Highland Valley. Tinpot Post Office opened on 25 November 1857, was renamed Woodchester Post Office on 29 October 1858, and was closed on 31 March 1973.
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Rosenthal has released 5 albums to date, all of them self-released on his own label Tinpot Records, beginning with Keep a Private Room Behind the Shop in 2011, and the latest being Z-Sides in 2018. His songs have had over 200 million streams on Spotify and his music videos over 75 million views on YouTube. Rosenthal's works are currently published by Universal Music Publishing Group. Rosenthal's music is typically accompanied by music videos with a diverse style.
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Tsemel criticized Camp 1391, an Israel Defense Forces prison camp for high-risk prisoners in northern Israel,BBC News (December 2, 2003). Israel court lifts prison secrecy BBC News Retrieved on February 2, 2014 stating, "anyone entering the prison can be made to disappear, potentially forever, it's no different from the jails run by tinpot South American dictators."Cook, Jonathan. Facility 1391: Israel's Guantanamo, Le Monde diplomatique (November 2003), reprinted in CounterPunch (12 November 2003) Retrieved on February 2, 2014.
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Eight survivors of a sunken German U-Boat, including their surly captain, have been picked up by a fishing boat and taken to Walmington-on-Sea. The Home Guard unit is to be responsible for providing security until the proper military escort can arrive. Captain Mainwaring refers to Adolf Hitler as a tinpot dictator resembling Charlie Chaplin, annoying the captain, who starts to make a list of names of who he will seek out for retribution once the war ends. Pike sings a song in which Hitler is called a "twerp"; the captain says that his name will also go on the list, and asks what it is.
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Currently playing in the Tameside Football League, they are notoriously known for their comedy sideline and physical playing style. Playing their home games at the 100 capacity middle pitch of Bowlee Stadium since 2019, you can regularly see star player, Brad Hough, beasting and feasting on the unlucky opponents he finds himself against. Managed by Middletons most famous swinger, Mickey Grainger, the club is on the up and looks set for a successful 2020. However, they do have many doubters throughout the area, with Louie Sweeney, notable frontman of The Demo, going as far as saying; “They are a tinpot club with no culture or fans”. Another non-believer, local dog groomer, Ollie White has been quoted saying; “I believe they need to sack the manager and bring in a proper man”.
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"If I had a title I'd be on the board of directors at the bank!" he shouts at Sergeant Wilson when the latter gains a title in the episode "The Honourable Man". Despite his arrogance being encouraged by his status as the bank manager (having started as a clerk and working his way up to assistant chief clerk, chief clerk and eventually manager), Mainwaring reveals in the same episode that he considers it a mere "tinpot branch" and his career is at a seemingly permanent standstill, as revealed in A. Wilson (Manager)?: whenever he applies for promotions he is always turned down due to his unimpressive background. Mainwaring's pomposity and snobbery work against him, as he is frequently dependent on those in the Home Guard that he considers beneath him, such as Sergeant Wilson, his chief clerk at the bank with whom he shares an antagonistic friendship and Private Walker, a black-marketeer who interrupts during Mainwaring's lectures with a quip or a sly revelation that Mainwaring is benefiting from underhand deals.
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