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Iowa Electronic Markets’s George Neumann on InTrade prediction markets for Lloyd Blankfein resignation: “it’s in bad taste”.

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

George, les goûts et les couleurs, ça ne se discute pas.

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Bill O’Reilly interviews Lou Dobbs.

Posted on November 17, 2009 by Chris F. Masse
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Hubdub Hot Predictions This Week

Posted on June 8, 2009 by Ryan

Hubdub’s Hot Predictions this week, as decided by Hubdub users and staff, are selected based on their newsworthiness for the week. These stories are bound to be big news this week – and we have forecasts on how they’re likely … Continue reading →

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Eliot Spitzer has simply demonstrated once again that those who rise to the top of organizations are very often the most demented, conflicted individuals in any group.

Posted on March 15, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

The only question that remains for those who work for such people and vote for them when they run is why we continue to be grossed out, shocked and scandalized when the very personality attributes that got them to the … Continue reading →

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“Prostitution is inevitable, so we might as well legalize and regulate it.”

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

That’s what many libertarians think, right? But Nicholas Kristof has a piece in the New York Times that is well informed and balanced… and that could change the mind of some libertarians… – “Kristen” (outed in today’s NYT), photographed in … Continue reading →

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Justin Wolfers is a wise man.

Posted on March 12, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

- Zubin Jelveh highlights this piece of wisdom (which I didn’t quote in my previous post): It seems to me that the truly important violations of the public trust are when the power we give our government officials is sold, … Continue reading →

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Ratted by his bank, sex-addict New York governor Eliot Spitzer (alias “Client 9″) resigns.

Posted on March 12, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

- New York Times What brought him down

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Never talk when you can nod, and never nod when you can wink, and never write an e-mail because it’s death. You’re giving prosecutors all the evidence we need.

Posted on March 12, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Dixit Eliot Spitzer, the then-New York attorney general. Frightening. New York Post Reason magazine ABC News Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Slate – - Psstt… Somebody registered Client9.com just after news broke…

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The information technology that caught Eliot Spitzer

Posted on March 11, 2008 by Chris F. Masse
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Eric Zitzewitz’s 10 minutes of fame

Posted on March 11, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Turns out he has published a paper on Eliot Spitzer —PDF file. – New York Post New York Times Wall Street Journal Portfolio ABC News ABC News Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal -

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