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- Steven Krivit continues to trash Andrea Rossi and his LENR technology. — [LINK]
- Interview with Adam Lashinsky — [VIDEO]
- Why some people are more innovative — [VIDEO]
- Forbes editor deciphers Steve Jobs’s Apple. — [VIDEO]
- Jason Ruspini rebuts Eric Zitzewitz on the regulation of political prediction markets. — [COMMENT]
- Eric Zitzewitz petitions the CFTC in favor of real-money prediction markets about politics. — [TEXT]
- Global warming is a big scam. — [LINK]
- A Swarm of Nano Quadrotors — [VIDEO]
- The Tragedy of the Commons — [VIDEO]
- Guy Kawasaki on Steve Jobs — [VIDEO]
- Inside Apple — [VIDEO]
- Mitt Romney’s taxes — [LINKS]
- A critique of Apple’s multimedia iBooks. — [LINK]
- Does Apple lack “generosity”? — [LINKS]
- Apple Education Push — [LINKS]
- Water Crystals — [DOCUMENT]
- Apple’s e-book software will allow publishers to make textbooks more interactive. — [LINKS + VIDEO]
- Alain Soral is France’s most dangerous intellectual… (dangerous for the French plutocrats, that is). — [VIDEO]
- Computers thru time — [CHART]
- NASA has finally understood the theorical basis of LENR (low-energy nuclear reactions). — [VIDEO]
Tag Archives: Washington Post
Don’t worry too much about the Dubai World default.
Posted in Finance, Financial Markets, Politics, The Global Economy
Tagged Abu Dhabi, bankruptcies, bankruptcy, Ben Bernanke, buildings, China, Chris Dodd, credit, creditors, debt, dollar, Dubai, Dubai World, Federal Reserve, Finance, Financial Markets, housing boom, housing market, international housing market, investing, investments, morgages, office buildings, Peter Schiff, property prices, public debt, real estate, real estate prices, Ron Paul, skyscrapers, United Arab Emirates, US currency, US dollar, US economy, US housing market, US monetary policy, Washington Post
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NEWSPAPERS ARE DOOMED: CraigList is killing BOTH the offline Washington Post AND the online Washington Post.
Silicon Alley Insider The Internet is dismembering everything in little bits. We’re living in a period of intense changes. -
Posted in Business, Prediction Journalism
Tagged circulation, CraigList, Journalism, newspapers, online revenues, Washington Post
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The Dark Side… is Dick Cheney, of course.
I have just watched a great documentary about the US reaction to 9/11. It’s called The Dark Side, and it’s very informative on how Dick Cheney and the neo-cons twisted the US foreign policy to the point of total absurdity. … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Dick Cheney, George Bush, Jimmy Carter, President, United States, Washington Post
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The OTHER 2008 political election
— BetFair does not cover it yet. Neither does NewsFutures. Thank God we have inTrade-TradeSports. — Sergei Ivanov to win 2008 Russian Presidential Election Very few trades, as of today. — Washington Post Sergei Ivanov – Wikipedia
Posted in Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities
Tagged Sergei Ivanov, Washington Post
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Veteran Republican Vic Gold describes VP Dick Cheney as a MEGA-MANIACAL PARANOID whose secret empire within the government has captured the George W. Bush presidency and helped bring the Republican Party to the brink of ruin.
Eleanor Clift: A longtime confidant of the Bush and Cheney families describes the dangerous influence of the vice president. Vic Gold’s book: Invasion of the Party Snatchers: How the Holy-Rollers and the Neo-Cons Destroyed the GOP Washington Post’s dossier on … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Exchanges & Markets, Market Prices & Probabilities, Politics
Tagged Bush administration, Colin L. Powell, Dick Cheney, Dick Cheney Resignation, Eleanor Clift, MANIACAL PARANOID, President, Republican Party, Secretary of State, Supreme Court, Vic Gold, vice president, VP, Washington Post
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Harry Potter will NOT die? Don’t Bet on It.
Prediction markets work well in some cases and less well in others. The Justin Wolfers and Andrew Leigh article appearing in The Melborne Review states the pertinent point: “attempts to set up markets on topics where there are insiders with … Continue reading