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Part Two: Turkmenbashi: The Dictator Who Declared Himself Jesus

Behind the Bastards

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The Pros and Cons of Having Gold Teeth

In Turkmenistan, an EZov lifestyle tip is as good as law in a Pavlovian response to his remarks. People rushed to swap their gold teeth for porcelain. I love that they call it lifestyle tips. Like this is goop, like it's Gwyneth Paltrow as a dictator. This guy's like, you know what cigarettes are bad for me. Nobody gets to smoke. Cigarettes are out. So are gold teeth. She wants some bones. And then everybody would have to stop doing it because it's a police state. Right.

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