Vegas "Death Ray" Hotel: Architectural Mishap, or Military Experiment?

News in recent days has been inundated with reports of a particular hotel in Las Vegas, the Vdara, and its peculiar ability to burn skin, char hair, and melt plastic.

It seems the unique design of the hotel, along with its reflective windows and exterior, acts as a magnifying glass, amplifying the rays of the sun to potentially dangerous levels.

Hotel officials claim this is simply an accident caused by unscrupulous architects and contractors. But some say otherwise.

A military official, who wished to remain anonymous, claims the hotel is in fact an applied experiment on technology the U.S. Airforce and NASA have been developing for over a decade.

"This is a controlled experiment," says the official. "What we've been trying to do for the last 13 years is develop a technology to potentially use in satellites as part of a new defense system."

The project is part of the infamous "Star Wars" concept first brought to light by President George W. Bush a decade ago. In this scenario, says the source, satellites equipped with lenses and mirrors could magnify the rays of the sun and focus them on a specified enemy target on Earth to burn, melt or start fires.

But the potential for greater catastrophe is not to be taken lightly, says the source.

"We've run various scenarios in which this technology could become dangerous not just to the targets on the ground, but to the Earth in general ... Enough of these satellites being used at once could potentially heat the atmosphere to dangerous levels in a relatively short amount of time."

Science fiction fanatics may see a connection here. In the 1974 novel "A Flash of Light," by James F. Buckthorn, an advanced alien civilization used a similar technology as a weapon against their enemies. The name of that civilization? The Vdaran Empire.

Whether this technology will be put into practical use in the military is still a matter of debate. As for the hotel, the military official believes it will soon be demolished, as many hotels and casinos often are in Las Vegas long before they have outlived their structural integrity.

"Once the experiment is done, it will probably be demolished or retro-fitted to eliminate the 'death ray' qualities ... And then we may see whether [the technology] was deemed sufficient
for actual military use."

I saw this on a news story's comment section. The original writer suggested people repost it, so here it is. Sorry, I don't know who the original author is.

Teabaggers are:

A misinformed, right-wing corporate media consumer who often fails to understand that BOTH major parties represent a corrupt plutocracy that steals from the middle class by taxing labor and profiting from corporate tax subsidies.

A teabagger also often fails to acknowledge that George W. Bush and his neo-conservative minions perpetrated one of the boldest and most egregious executive power grabs in the history of the United States. Furthermore, teabaggers mistakenly continue to blame a newly elected President Obama for all that ails the United States of America, based on a grossly flawed perception of reality (including latent racial prejudice) and despite the fact the U.S. economy collapsed on the previous administration's watch.

Teabaggers are also known to base their misguided, right-wing-media-inspired beliefs about President Obama on stupid conspiracy theories about totalitarian takeovers, FEMA camps, etc., despite the fact these very same theories have been circulating around on the Internet for years, and were originally ascribed to neo-conservative cabalists at a time when Barack Obama had not even entered national politics. Teabaggers also are known to be particularly paranoid, xenophobic and intolerant, especially with regard to immigrants and anyone who isn't white.

Additionally, teabaggers generally echo stupid myths about entitlement spending (it actually only accounts for about 1% of federal budget spending), have no idea that most poor people in America are not lazy, actually do work and don't want to be on welfare, and have no idea what socialism actually means or that socialist reform in this country is actually what allowed a middle class to flourish and ultimately make the U.S. one of the most prosperous nations in human history.

Furthermore, teabaggers incorrectly equate socialism with Stalinism, think a system that rewards greed (capitalism) is the divine preference (despite Gospel evidence to the contrary), and are shameless champions of a misguided belief in American exceptionalism. Teabaggers also fail to recognize the inherently unpatriotic nature of their failed every-man-for-himself ideology that ultimately vilifies anyone who supports public policy aimed at reaching out to fellow Americans in need. They celebrate an exploitative corporatocracy (holy creator of jobs, blah blah blah) while denigrating the little guy for being "weak."

Interestingly, teabaggers uphold an immoral, morbidly obese, twice divorced, draft-dodging, college dropout and known drug addict as their de facto leader, and are even known to advocate burning books. Of course, teabaggers fail to recognize the blatant hypocrisy within the GOP and tend to oversimplify all political debate and social issues, much like their pseudo-intellectual, fat-@#$% leader.

Finally, incredibly, teabaggers fail to recognize the hysterical double entendre associated with their proudly adopted teabag moniker.

Every village has its idiots, of course, but it's sad when citizens of any nation allow themselves to be whipped into a frenzy en masse by a state-run propaganda machine masquerading as a legitimate, fair, balanced and independent news organization. Teabaggers are right to believe the future of the U.S.A. is in jeopardy, but sadly they have not yet correctly identified the real enemy. Perhaps when teabaggers finally grow up and mature into thinking adults, they will see the right-leaning power establishment for the oppressive and cunning beast that it is.

Teabagger: We don't care that George Bush tripled the deficit and lied us into a war. The new administration only cut taxes for 90% of the population... fascists. Let's go throw some Lipton tea bags into a fountain

Please feel free to cut and paste this where the right wing-nuts are pushing their angry agendas. It seems to be driving them crazy.

The Sun reported today that Britan is preparing mass graves for the upcoming H1N1 outbreak, which is expected to gain severity as back-to-school season arrives, followed by the regular northern hemisphere flu season.

Has anyone read The Stand? Unfortunately I have not -- I've only recently become a huge Stephen King fan -- but I have seen the movie several times and therefore know the basic premise: a super-flu sweeps through the population and kills all but a handful of people who are mysteriously immune to the disease. The government covers it up as best they can at first, but as the bodies pile up the attempt to hide the facts becomes futile. Still, massive government crack downs lead to the slaying of journalists, the detainment of the immune for medical study, and other terrible, apocalyptic revelations, before finally all that will die have died.

Then, the survivors are divided into two groups: the good-natured folks, who have dreams of an old black woman singing hymns on her porch, and the not-so-good folks, who dream of a scary man with no face. As dreams become more intense, the two groups seek out the apparitions from their dreams and find that they are real people.

Pictured above is Randall Flagg, who Stephen King fans know is a recurring character throughout his novels. He's the "Walkin' Dude," the man with no face, the devil. He wants to use this opportunity of death and destruction to take over the world, and will stop at nothing to do it. Only the other group, who flock to the good Mother Abigail, stand in his way.

I'm not really going anywhere in particular with this... just kind of reminiscing and stoking the flames of fear. Muahahaha.