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PsychoBabble

(837 posts)
Wed Mar 22, 2017, 02:34 PM Mar 2017

The problem with people in power is that

... so few can resist the tendency to overreach.

Republicans, meet ... "false mandate." (often stated as "The American People ... whatever whatever ...")

Worldwide, Erdogan meet ... "getting too big for your britches:

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Europeans across the world would not be able to walk safely on the streets if they kept up their current attitude.

Turkey has been embroiled in a row with Germany and the Netherlands over the barring of campaign appearances by Turkish officials seeking to drum up support for an April referendum on boosting Erdogan’s powers.



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/erdogan-europeans_us_58d28aa7e4b0b22b0d18b361?
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