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Evening Reading

by Brian Leahy, Dec 31, 2010 5:00pm PST

Everyone have a safe and happy New Years celebration tonight, unless you're already reading this from 2011. If not, I'll see you on the other side.

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Out of all the different places shooting fireworks, it seems like fireworks in Dubai is a bit different from the others.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2N0uOY-c8U

Dec 31, 2010 7:53pm PST

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- by that comment, I mean it seems the most elaborate. I suppose it's all that money from Arabs, and the... : Maddog_Delphi97
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  Without even looking I'm guessing it cost about 10 million dollars and they blew up 10 ferrari's / burned... : jingletard
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    I wouldn't be surprised if they did break some records for spending money on fireworks. : Maddog_Delphi97
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      Here's a great article on Dubai that talks about how it's on the verge of collapse and how fucking strang : jingletard
      
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      Haven't we been seeing news articles about it being on the verge of collapse for years? Kinda like the y... : boarder2
      
      No, not really. It did collapse and is now in some funny limbo. : terath
      
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      oil is $90/bbl they aren't on the verge of collapse : retardhumper
      
      There are better places to invest the money then in buildings in Dubai. : Maddog_Delphi97
      
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      they're pretty much out of oil iirc. they used their remaining money to build this luxury city with huge ... : Flying h4x0r
      
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      Who wouldn't want to party it up with arab women who wear full body burka's? I hear that in their strip c... : thecatinthehat
      
      lolololol : Maddog_Delphi97
      
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      Can you paraphrase the article? Seems a bit long. : Maddog_Delphi97
      
      dubai is one giant blood diamond : thechunder
      
      Fascinating but scary. It's a gilded cage at best for some, built on the back of slave labor. I'll stic... : Donborvio
  - If only they had money for a decent camera. : notdeadyeti
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  That's pretty sweet.
  
  Dec 31, 2010 8:40pm PST
  
  That's pretty sweet. : Ride-My-Rocket
- So, is that city going to crash hard economically in 10 years, or what? : slax0r
- got to use that empty tower for something : GloriousCow
- I thought it was going to be a surprise demolition at first. : zombie man
- Fireworks always look better when they use a landmark as the centrepiece The London ones this year we... : Beady
- Tower Defense 2011. : laidback