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Tag Archives: Pat Buchanan
HUBDUB PUNDIT WATCH: TechCrunch is the bottom of the pool, while VentureBeat and Pat Buchanan are stellar.
I am not surprised at all by the results. Maybe a non-profit organization should sponsor PunditWatch. Robin Hanson (mister “Track Records”), take notice.
No blog reaction about Justin Wolfers’ prediction market piece in the WSJ.
Yet. That’s key to see whether his flavor of prediction market journalism (heavily based on a single technique called prediction market event study) can take off. As I said in yesterday’s blog post, even though his work is interesting, he … Continue reading
Separating cheap talk from truly held beliefs
— In his book, Plight of the Fortune Tellers, Riccardo Rebonato describes how an invitation to bet can be used to separate cheap talk from truly held beliefs (and, in the process, ruin an otherwise engaging dinner conversation). In the … Continue reading
Posted in All Best Posts Ever, All Guest Authors's Posts, Analysis (Market Calls), Betting, Prediction Journalism
Tagged Ann Coulter, author, Chris Masse, CJD, Julian Simon, London, Long bets, mad cow disease, Michael Moore, Naomi Klein, Pat Buchanan, Paul Erhlich, prediction markets, Riccardo Rebonato, Robin Hanson, simon exchange, United Kingdom, United States, university lecturer
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Could Pat Buchanan’s socio-economic ramblings lead to the creation of socially interesting, long-term prediction markets?
Economist Michael Giberson: It would be a real public service to run well-conceived prediction markets based on the grandiose political pronouncements of the ‘chattering classes.’ Get the book author to cooperate in specifying a handful of significant, meaningful, testable claims … Continue reading
Pat Buchanan laments the end of WASP America.
— Drudge Report: Pax Americana, the era of U.S. global dominance, is over. A struggle for global hegemony has begun among the United States, China, a resurgent Russia and radical Islam. Bush’s invasion of Iraq was a product of hubris … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis (Market Proposals), People
Tagged Afghanistan, America, Bush, Canada, China, Iraq, Mexico, North American Union, Pat Buchanan, Russia, Southwest, Sovereign Wealth Funds, State Of Emergency, United States
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Michael Bloomberg for US President??
Michael Bloomberg to run as Independent in 2008 Previous: Under this hypothetical scenario, the money would support a targeted advertising campaign to sell an Electoral College strategy to voters. — The McLaughlin Group (MP4 file): MR. MCLAUGHLIN: Issue Four: Back … Continue reading
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities, Politics
Tagged 2008 US elections, 2008 US presidential elections, Al Gore, Bill Clinton, California, Democratic candidate, electoral college, Fred Thompson, good and successful administrator, head, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, Lawrence O'Donnell, mayor, McLaughlin Group, Michael Bloomberg, Mike Bloomberg, New Jersey, New York, Pat Buchanan, Perot, Politics, President, Ralph Nader, Republican Party, Ross Perot, Rudy Giuliani, targeted advertising campaign, United States, US elections, US politics, US President, US presidential elections, USD, vice president, Winchester
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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
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities
Tagged Luis Guiterrez, NBC, Pat Buchanan, Senate, Tim Russert, United States
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Sinking Feeling in Iraq
The McLaughlin Group: MR. MCLAUGHLIN: So what’s the verdict on the surge strategy, to clear this up? Is it working or is it failing? Be brief, please. Pat Buchanan. MR. BUCHANAN: It is not succeeding, but it has not yet … Continue reading
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities, Politics
Tagged Iraq, Pat Buchanan, The McLaughlin Group
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Who Was Right –Rudy Giuliani or Ron Paul?
Pat Buchanan: [...] Lest we forget, Osama bin Laden was among the mujahideen whom we, in the Reagan decade, were aiding when they were fighting to expel the Red Army from Afghanistan. We sent them Stinger missiles, Spanish mortars, sniper … Continue reading
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
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities, Politics
Tagged Alan Greenspan, Brian Williams, Central Intelligence Agency, China, CNN, Donald Luskin, Gulf of Mexico, Iraq, Islamic Republic of Iran, mainstream media, Mid-East terrorist, Middle East, NBC, Pat Buchanan, Reagan, Republican presidential candidate, Ron Paul, Rudy Giuliani
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