Former president Saparmurat Niyazov, whose authoritarian eccentricities were world renowned, sacked several executives after drunken technicians failed to screen the new year's address to the nation . The bulletin eventually aired at 3am.

Do you ever get the feeling that no matter how menial your life and job are here, you could go to one of these countries and run the place?

Fox should fire the cockroaches that they call reporters.

Niyazov was completely batshiat crazy though.

Cult of personality to the extreme. Named a month after his mother, had hospitals closed everywhere in the country, made gold teeth and ballet illegal. Also shut down libraries because "ordinary Turkmen dont read".

When he died, the country had no foundation on which to rule. He was a totalitarian dictator and the world is better off without him.

Turkmenistan tag, please?

"Thirty workers at a Turkmenistan television network have been sacked after a cockroach was seen scuttling across the newsreader's desk during a live broadcast, it has been reported."

Could that be called a roach clip?

Whittaker Walt
Could that be called a roach clip?
Har De Har Har

With picture of said workers.

That country has a name that makes me sound like Porky Pig.

Turkmi-- Turkemenin-- Turkeminni-- That Country Over There.