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Turkmenbashi orders "ice palace" | |
2004-08-12 | |
Sneer quotes mine. "Let us feed our families", said the Turkmenis, "and scratch out a meager existence in this blasted wasteland of a country." President Niyazov made the announcement in a speech broadcast on Turkmen television, which in effect made it a presidential order. The idea is to build the palace in the Copa Deg Mountains outside Ashgabat, now baking in the summer heat, with a long cable-car running up from the city. " Um, okay, if you say so... Ice palaces were popular in the Soviet Union, to which Turkmenistan once belonged, but they were built in the freezing cities of the north, far away. The Turkmen mountains are relatively high, but it is hard to imagine the palace Cable cars! Cafes! Skiing! Shopping!!! When's the next plane to Turkmenistan?
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Posted by:Seafarious |
#7 And soon: "We the Turkmenbashi declare only melons may be members of the legislature. Therefore when We go and consult with them, and We have dissent. We can eat the offending politician. When Our session with the new Melonatti is done, We can go outside Ashgabat, and counsult with our new ministers at the Equine Leisure Center." "Scribes- chisel this in stone. We desire it!" |
Posted by: BigEd 2004-08-12 5:04:41 PM |
#6 Ed, you frighten me. |
Posted by: Secret Master 2004-08-12 11:46 |
#5 "bring me... |
Posted by: Frank G 2004-08-12 09:50 |
#4 I doubt that Ed. Some wiseguy like Vlad would have offed him first. |
Posted by: Spot 2004-08-12 09:33 |
#3 Niyazov was the head of the Turkmen S.S.R. Communist Party when the Soviet Union fell, so the post fell into his lap. Just think, the USSR could still be together, and Niyazov could have risen to become the head of the USSR. |
Posted by: ed 2004-08-12 01:34 |
#2 I've become convinced Kerry isn,t modeling his life after JFK, instead it's Martin Sheen movies. First there is Apocalypse Now and going upriver into Cambodia. Then the War at Home and Chicago 8. Now he is imitating Senator Sleazebag in the Dead Zone. For the 2005 viewing season, Kerry wants to do a West Wing reprise. Aren't there anti-stalking laws to prevent this? |
Posted by: ed 2004-08-12 01:26 |
#1 >>When’s the next plane to Turkmenistan? I'm packing my |
Posted by: laughing 2004-08-12 01:18 |