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the Fet
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Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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Oct 18, 2011 - 08:24pm PT
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commiecrats... This data is a prediction, not the results of a poll.
Lol. Not the sharpest tool are you capt obvious?
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Norton
Social climber
the Wastelands
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Oct 18, 2011 - 09:52pm PT
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Intrade is not a "poll"
No one gets a phone call and gets asked any questions.
Anyone in the world can open an account on Intrade or the Iowa Electronic Market and put their own money in an account there.
They then choose how much of their own money they want to bet on all kinds of things,
including how they see the current political scene playing out on election day 2012.
Because they are betting with their own money, they tend to be much more astute, knowledgeable about the subject matter.
As a result, the "odds" that are established by that pool of betting is highly accurate in "predicting" outcomes.
FAR more accurate than a "poll" of supposedly random people asking what they "thought" about something after eating dinner.
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Norton
Social climber
the Wastelands
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Oct 18, 2011 - 10:08pm PT
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Yes Donald, that is correct.
As news changes and evolves daily, so do the betting participants "bets".
The closer the event being bet on gets in time, the more accurate the final pool bets are.
But then, you knew all that already didn't you.
Being experienced in electronic betting and all, in addition to your in-depth knowledge of all issues.
You towering intellect, you.
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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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Oct 19, 2011 - 01:10am PT
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You posted it as if it were a legitimate poll with partisan significance.
Yeah, that's why I put "from intrade" to make it look like a poll...
The significance was in regards to people's place on the political spectrum not what party they were partisan to. The people who are willing to put their money where their mouths are think the moderate republican has the best chance. But Obama has the best chance of all.
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cliffhanger
Trad climber
California
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Oct 19, 2011 - 11:38am PT
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An Alternative Model to Private Profiteering on Wall Street: Public Banks
Ellen Brown, Truthout: "Publicly owned banks were instrumental in funding Germany's 'economic miracle' after the devastation of World War II. Although the German public banks have been targeted in the last decade for takedown by their private competitors, the model remains a viable alternative to the private profiteering being protested on Wall Street today."
Read the Article:
http://www.truth-out.org/public-option-banking-another-look-german-model/1318444344
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Oct 19, 2011 - 11:41am PT
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We had plenty of small Community banks until Dodd Franks made it impossible for them to stay in buisiness.
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Robb
Social climber
The other side of life
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Oct 19, 2011 - 03:14pm PT
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Enjoy
Dear Investor:
Up until now, Goldman Sachs has been silent on the subject of the protest movement known as Occupy Wall Street. That does not mean, however, that it has not been very much on our minds. As thousands have gathered in Lower Manhattan, passionately expressing their deep discontent with the status quo, we have taken note of these protests. And we have asked ourselves this question:
How can we make money off them?
The answer is the newly launched Goldman Sachs Global Rage Fund, whose investment objective is to monetize the Occupy Wall Street protests as they spread around the world. At Goldman, we recognize that the capitalist system as we know it is circling the drain - but there's plenty of money to be made on the way down.
The Rage Fund will seek out opportunities to invest in products that are poised to benefit from the spreading protests, from police batons and barricades to stun guns and forehead bandages. Furthermore, as clashes between police and protesters turn ever more violent, we are making significant bets on companies that manufacture replacements for broken windows and overturned cars, as well as the raw materials necessary for the construction and incineration of effigies.
It would be tempting, at a time like this, to say "Let them eat cake." But at Goldman, we are actively seeking to corner the market in cake futures. We project that through our aggressive market manipulation, the price of a piece of cake will quadruple by the end of 2011.
Please contact your Goldman representative for a full prospectus. As the world descends into a Darwinian free-for-all, the Goldman Sachs Rage Fund is a great way to tell the protesters, "Occupy this."
Sincerely,
Lloyd Blankfein
Chairman, Goldman Sachs
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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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Oct 19, 2011 - 03:16pm PT
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Communism sucks. The supertopo conservatives are right we need the conservative version of communism Facism! We need the government telling us what to believe and being totally involved in our most private of affairs, as long as they don't take any of our money. Because that's what freedom is all about.
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Gary
climber
Desolation Row, Calif.
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Oct 19, 2011 - 03:22pm PT
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Gary
climber
Desolation Row, Calif.
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Oct 19, 2011 - 04:46pm PT
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The Conservatives are against this revolution
Just like the First American Revolution
Yeah, the funny part, Dr. F, is that in 1776, skipt would have wanted to hang the minute man he uses as an avatar!
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CrackAddict
Trad climber
Canoga Park, CA
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Oct 19, 2011 - 04:48pm PT
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The Conservatives are against this revolution
Just like the First American Revolution
and the Cuban revolution.
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HighTraverse
Trad climber
Bay Area
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Oct 19, 2011 - 07:46pm PT
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Dellums is senile. At least that's what the Repubs said when he was Oakland Mayor. So now he's a Repub. What goes around comes around.
Dingus, don't try to talk sense. You won't be understood by your intended audience.
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TGT
Social climber
So Cal
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Oct 19, 2011 - 11:29pm PT
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Here ya go.
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dirtbag
climber
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Oct 20, 2011 - 08:38am PT
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Yeah public employees are certainly evil.
I'm going to dress up as one for Halloween.
BOO!
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Gary
climber
Desolation Row, Calif.
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Oct 20, 2011 - 08:49am PT
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Darnold: Left wing street demonstrations...
Donald would have been on the sidelines cheering on the British to shoot.
The great dichotomy of the right: they despise revolution, and yet claim to be like the patriots of 1776. No wonder they are confused.
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rockermike
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Oct 20, 2011 - 09:35am PT
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figures don't lie, but liars figure ^^^^^^^^^ (don't believe it)
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