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Vdara's Death Ray in Las Vegas


Vdara, Las Vegas, originally uploaded by W&Ps Photos.

I caught the Upshot blog at Yahoo today talking about Swanky new Vegas hotel’s ‘death ray’ proves inconvenient for some guests. Why would the build a giant magnifying glass in the middle of the Mojave Desert? Crazy! And, kinda stupid. Or should I say ... swanky!

Mirrors on a curved building in the desert? Was it in their business plan to bake ants on the sidewalk? (For the record, I never ever killed an ant with a magnifying glass as a child as I loved bugs too much.)

Apparently all the money our government has paid over the years having Smokey the Bear remind us that "only you can prevent forest fires" has been for naught.

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