[deadrock]

It looks beautiful.

[vrwcagent0498]

To prop up the opinion that Islam is stuck in the 9th Century?

[Cornpone]

I think they would do better to get a postal service first.

[SamAdams76]

I would like to see the United States build tall towers once again. I do not think it unreasonable to build skyscrapers a mile high. Let's do it.

[Born to Conserve]

The only place you can build a tall building is in the heart of Islam, because they will attack any others.

I say knock it down on priciple.

[wireplay]

Well, I would put SAMs all around this thing and on top. Fly within a quarter mile and get shot down.

[asgardshill]

I'd hate to have to clean the windows on that thing.

[ThePythonicCow]

[Nick Danger]

[nkycincinnatikid]

That thing is gonna need a whole lot of rugs.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Let's see. Contributions flow as follows...
1. U.S. - architecture, engineering and foundation construction
2. South Korea - construction & construction management
3. Middle East - petrodollars and demolition

[CindyDawg]

It looks like a space ship to me.

[Arkinsaw]

Its a beautiful building, but I sure has heck wouldn't work on top of it. Hope the UAE has good relations with the crazies, cause they would get a kick out of knocking something like that down if they got half a chance.

[Texas_Jarhead]

wonder how deep the foundation will go

[F16Fighter]

A key challenge will be the logistics involved in construction, Zikri told New Scientist. "You need things to be delivered with military precision or you will have chaos on the ground."

Not without some irony here....

Btw, I failed to see where they're painting the red bullseye?

[diggerwillow]

I think I saw that tower in Lord of the Rings

[Thinkin' Gal]

Funny, just this morning I was looking up...

02180 zanab {zaw-nawb'}
from 02179 (in the original sense of flapping); TWOT - 562a; n m
AV - tail 11; 11

1) tail, end, stump

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cf. Arabic deneb (z to d, as in zahav and dahab)

How does a tail become a 'head' (chief point)?

Alpha Cygnus (Deneb): The name of this star means "tail" and having a magnitude of 1.2, is located 1500 light-years from Earth. Deneb is 10,000 times brighter than the Sun and has a superficial temperature of 11,000 Kelvin degrees. Its color is white-yellow and its diameter is 60 times greater than the Sun.

NGC7000: Located near and towards East from Deneb, this is the famous North America Nebula. It is very big and you would need as little as 10x magnification to see the whole object.

[mhx]

will be surrounded at its base by a man-made lake

A moat! Now, that's cool.

[Nexus]

[Nexus]