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All bets are final!
by NotLarry at 6:13 pm EDT, Jul 28, 2003 |
The American governments plan to predict terrorist acts by watching market investors predictions of terrorist acts? |
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RE: All bets are final!
by BridgetAG at 12:16 pm EDT, Jul 29, 2003 |
NotLarry wrote:
] The American governments plan to predict terrorist acts by
] watching market investors predictions of terrorist acts? This is both brilliant AND utterly appalling. I think it is an amazingly clever and efficient way to harness the powerful information of the global financial market, truly genius but so completely inhumane that it reminds one of the very efficient places designed to exterminate "undesirable" humans last century. I am inordinately proud that SOMEONE in this administration stood up and pointed fingers. Now let's see if they can wrangle with the Patriot Act. |
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Pentagon sets up Jim Bell's Assassination Politics!
by Decius at 9:30 pm EDT, Jul 28, 2003 |
] The Pentagon is setting up a commodity-market style
] trading system in which investors would be able to bet on
] political and economic events in the Middle East
] including the likelihood of assassinations and terrorist
] attacks. To quote the Onion: Holy Fucking Shit. But, this isn't a joke. |
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RE: Pentagon sets up Jim Bell's Assassination Politics!
by Elonka at 10:43 am EDT, Jul 29, 2003 |
Decius wrote:
] ] The Pentagon is setting up a commodity-market style
] ] trading system in which investors would be able to bet on
] ] political and economic events in the Middle East
] ] including the likelihood of assassinations and terrorist
] ] attacks.
]
] To quote the Onion: Holy Fucking Shit. But, this isn't a joke. Agreed. This is an astonishly dumb idea. I'm glad this one is getting shot down fast. |
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