Monthly Archives: August 2009

The CFTC is seeking a bigger budget to cover ambitious plans to expand its policing of commodities markets.

The CFTC is seeking a bigger budget to cover ambitious plans to expand its policing of commodities markets.

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Big flaw in Google Search results

Instead of featuring: – HOME, Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s film/movie — Download HOME — The Earth From Above Google Search ranks #1 a post that has nothing to do with Bertrand’s film, but that just mentions the post above, at the end, … Continue reading

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BetFair Growing 30%, Easing over the Pond, and Hiring 50 Valley Engineers

BetFair Growing 30%, Easing over the Pond, and Hiring 50 Valley Engineers TechCrunch republishes BetFair’s PR material. No independent analysis in this TechCrunch story. Nothing about problem gambling, for instance. Nothing about InTrade, BetFair’s competitor. TechCrunch = stenographers

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Fall of the Republic: The Presidency of Barack Obama — by libertarian Alex Jones

Our good friend Max Keiser (who appears in both the film and the teaser trailer) tells me that Alex Jones’s channel on YouTube has had 4,592,178 views. Wow. YouTube video: The Obama Deception on DVD

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Your LinkedIn group on Prediction Markets now has a job board.

Companies, You are welcome to use it to make your “help wanted” announcements. 333 members —growing every day.

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How to download Capitalism: A Love Story — Michael Moore’s film/movie

How to download the “CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY” movie/film trailer. Scroll down this page. “Capitalism: A Love Story” is a documentary film directed by Michael Moore. The film centers on the financial crisis of 2007-2009, the transition from the Bush … Continue reading

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Unpacking the Wisdom of Crowds – Video by Scott Page

Scott Page presents three models for explaining the wisdom of crowds phenomenon, in which collections make better predictions than the individuals that comprise them. The first two models will be traditional models based on error cancellation and averaging. The third … Continue reading

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Right-wing nut Bill O’Reilly and film director Spike Lee met at the urinal. What did they say to each other?

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InTrade.net = cr*p

It is “le degré zéro” of collective forecasting. It is the worst prediction website I have ever seen.

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Max Keiser buldozers the hush-hush world of central banks.

Following Max Keiser’s harsh questioning about the Bundesbank’s reserves of gold, the German central bank has acknowledged that some of its gold is held outside of Germany at “trading centers” where the bank conducts “its gold activities”. So, now, Max … Continue reading

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