Intrade Trending Favorably for a Brown Win in Mass.

The Intrade market on winning the Senatorial special election in Massachusetts is trending toward a Brown win:



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Obama goes to the land of Teddy Kennedy and Discovers the Chappaquiddick is Chilly

Obama goes to the land of Teddy Kennedy gets heckled and can't fill the hall. Meanwhile, Teddy's stand-in, Kirk, can't function as a Senator after January 19th More here. Currently inTrade, the most accurate predictor of election outcomes, is trending toward a decisive victory by Brown. This is getting very interesting. I agree with Cramer, a Brown victory will go a long way toward reducing the uncertainty that paralyzes business leaders and is stunting the economy; a Brown victory will unleash the markets.

In case you were wondering, it's all Bush's fault.

Umm ... yeah. Right.

Is Election Fraud the New Normal?

Massachusetts senatorial candidate Scott Brown's Chief Legal Council is calling for volunteers for Scott Brown's legal team to assemble:

a volunteer team to ensure that every legally cast ballot is accurately counted. The citizens of Massachusetts deserve a fair and honest election.

Given the gyrations the Wisconsin Comedian's legal team executed, this seems a wise move. If the election is close, cheating will occur. It saddens me to conclude that election fraud is the new normal.

UPDATE: Here's a nice summary of a systemic effort to implant election fraud as business as usual.

Is it possible that healthcare "reform is really ...

President Obama met today with union leaders. Is it possible that health care "reform" is actually cover for relieving the unions of their massive health care pension obligations?

Update: Bingo!

Is global warming ...

Is global warming the best policy money can buy? Just wondering.

What's with all this App Envy?

TechCrunch opines Palm’s WebOS Now Has 1,000 Apps. Only 99,000 To Go To Catch Up To Apple.

OK folks, help me out here. What's with all this app envy? On what planet is the number of apps a useful indicator of anything meaningful? Acknowledging the long-tail implications, what's the point of claiming 1,000,000 apps if 90% are of marginal value?

Obama's Longest Gig

Presidential fatigue has been much in the news of late. And has been, since the dawning days of the Obama presidency (recall the excuses for the DVD set gifted to the British?). Why is anyone surprised? This is, as far as I can tell, Obama's longest running gig since college. Unless Obama pulls a Palin, he's locked into the longest obligation he's ever had to navigate.