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GOLDEN IDOLS….Did you know that Turkmenistan’s president, Saparmurat Niyazov, has installed a golden statue of himself in his capital that rotates with the sun? Me neither.
UPDATE: In comments, Lisa Williams points out that he has also renamed the 12 months of the year, including one after himself and one after his mother.
The Supreme Court’s ruling eviscerating Section 2 of the landmark law is only part of its project.
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