Based on the Pentagon’s now-axed Policy Analysis Market (from 29 July) a group has created the American Action Market. From their site:
Some of the contracts traded on AAM will be based on objective data and observable events, as on a horse track, e.g.
- the next White House lie to break into the news
- the next country to which the White House will issue an ultimatum, and when
- the next foreign leader to move from the CIA payroll to White House “most wanted” list
- the lifespan of various DARPA projects, such as Total Information Awareness [site] and Babylon [site]
- the first White House staffer to resign in disgrace, and when
- the President’s approval rating on the day before Saddam is captured or killed
The American Prospect has a thought-provoking article on Bravo’s Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and Boy Meets Boy shows. Does this reduce the GLBT community to a superficial stereotype?
95% of what I own is packed in two crates on their way to Berkeley, California. I’ll be there Friday, but wow — it’s amazing to think about stuff, the space it takes up, the memories contained within each item, and the nonsense with stuff’s acquisition.