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Cocky Justin Wolfers wants to be invited by the TV networks on Election Day.

Resident Publications: [...] More than 2 million shares have already been traded in presidential primary contracts on Intrade this year. John Delaney, the company’s CEO, is convinced 2008 will be the market’s biggest year yet. “Our ’08 volumes are already … Continue reading

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Should AEI-Brookings have allowed Midas Oracle to re-publish the text of the economists’ petition on prediction markets?

New York Times: Content Makers Are Accused of Exaggerating Copyright An association of computer and communication companies, including Google, Microsoft and Yahoo, on Wednesday accused several professional sports leagues, book publishers and other media companies of misleading and threatening consumers … Continue reading

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US Legislation – Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act 2007

NBC News – Meet The Press with Tim Russert – Sunday, June 24, 2007 – Rep. Luis Guiterrez vs. Pat Buchanan on immigration reform Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act 2007 to be passed by House and Senate on/before 31 Dec 2007

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The Hollywood Stock Exchange, Max Keiser, and their Wikipedia entries.

— Hollywood Stock Exchange entry at Wikipedia: The Hollywood Stock Exchange, or HSX, is a web-based, multiplayer game in which players use simulated money to buy and sell “shares” of actors, directors, upcoming films, and film-related options. [...] HSX is … Continue reading

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Will Michael Bloomberg be the 44th President of the United States?

Tim Russert of NBC Nightly News said this Wednesday evening (June 19, 2007) that Michael Bloomberg is giving up his Republican Party membership and is preparing an Independent run for the White House in 2008. This seems in total contradiction … Continue reading

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How HSX co-founder Max Keiser views the financial markets –> rigged

Al Jazeera’s Max Keiser: Rigged Markets – Free markets are meant to be fair, but are they really? The smallest investor in the stock market is meant to face the same odds as the richest, and that is what makes … Continue reading

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The mainstream media try to silence Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul. It’s a giant conspiracy.

— The two-sentence excerpt run by NBC News (Brian Williams – Thursday, May 17, 2007): They attack us because we’ve been over there. We’ve been bombing Iraq for 10 years. And then Alan Greenspan’s spouse cut Ron Paul abruptly to … Continue reading

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Financial Times + InTrade || XXXXXXXXX + Large Media Company

#1. FT Predict was basically a British newspaper going play money with InTrade in the US (and with another play money operator in Germany). #2. I got it from the Horse’s mouth that a prediction market firm is dealing with … Continue reading

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Quick update on French president prediction markets

Case#1. If things stay as they are today, the next French president is Republican Nicolas SARKOZY. Case #2. If Centrist Francois BAYROU manages to gain one or two points in the polls, so as to be above the Socialist Segolene … Continue reading

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TradeSports-InTrade: United Nations > John Bolton as US Ambassador to United Nations

I’m curious to see who’s going to be on the “yes” side of this brand-new contract. From what I heard yesterday on NBC Nightly News, this neo-con is toasted. But maybe I don’t know the full story. Addendum (November 15): … Continue reading

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