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Lunch at Marfa Table, Marfa, TX

 

Willow loitering on my white chair

 

A gift of a tin Fiat Cinquecento from my Facebook friend, Italy-based designer Derek Stewart

 

 

Cousins Lulu Clementine and Willow Lin in Marfa, TX

 

Small Press Exhibit at the Marfa Bookstore in Marfa, TX

 

Little Bear Show on iPod Nano flying back from Orlando

 

Stuffed giraffe and Barbie doll at home. Photo by Willow

 

Sister-in-law Shirley and Lulu at Judd Compound, Chinati Foundation, Marfa, TX

 

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Sunday
Feb152009

Who ever said the Chinese can't innovate were (dead) wrong

Makers of death vans say they save money for poor localities that would otherwise have to pay to construct execution facilities in prisons or court buildings. The vans ensure that prisoners sentenced to death can be executed locally, closer to communities where they broke the law.

That "deters others from committing crime and has more impact" than executions carried out elsewhere, Kang says. 

[thx to Jay Stallard]

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Reader Comments (3)

tastefully brutal! very respectful to those in need of revenge!

February 23, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterChris

Maybe this is why SquareSpace is banned in China. Thanks Gong.

March 30, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterRoss Connard

Hey Gong..

very interesting.. quite the contrary of what Dubai intended with the healing buses :)

http://www.ideaconnection.com/new-inventions/the-hospital-on-wheels-02442.html

May 17, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterRandah Taher

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