{"id":288,"date":"2003-08-05T14:55:42","date_gmt":"2003-08-05T21:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mortie.net\/journal\/index.php\/2003\/08\/05\/american-action-market\/"},"modified":"2008-01-21T15:00:54","modified_gmt":"2008-01-21T22:00:54","slug":"american-action-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mortie.net\/journal\/index.php\/2003\/08\/05\/american-action-market\/","title":{"rendered":"American Action Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Based on the Pentagon&#8217;s now-axed Policy Analysis                 Market <em>(from 29 July)<\/em> a group has created the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanactionmarket.org\/home.htm\" target=\"_blank\">American                 Action Market<\/a>. From their site:<\/p>\n<p><em>Some of the contracts traded on AAM will be                   based on objective data and observable events, as on a horse                   track, e.g. <\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>the next White House lie to break into the                     news <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>the next country to which the White House                     will issue an ultimatum, and when <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>the next foreign leader to move from the                     CIA payroll to White House &#8220;most wanted&#8221; list <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>the lifespan of various DARPA projects,                     such as Total Information Awareness [site] and Babylon [site] <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>the first White House staffer to resign                     in disgrace, and when <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>the President&#8217;s approval rating on the day                     before Saddam is captured or killed<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prospect.org\/webfeatures\/2003\/08\/thrupkaew-n-08-04.html\" target=\"_blank\">American                   Prospect has a thought-provoking article<\/a> on Bravo&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/Queer_Eye_for_the_Straight_Guy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Queer                   Eye for the Straight Guy<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bravotv.com\/Boy_Meets_Boy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Boy                   Meets Boy<\/a> shows. Does this reduce the GLBT community to                   a superficial stereotype?<\/p>\n<p>95% of what I own is packed in two crates on their                 way to Berkeley, California. I&#8217;ll be there Friday, but wow &#8212;                 it&#8217;s amazing to think about stuff, the space it takes up, the                 memories contained within each item, and the nonsense with stuff&#8217;s                 acquisition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"facebook\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=https:\/\/www.mortie.net\/journal\/index.php\/2003\/08\/05\/american-action-market\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share on Facebook\">Share on Facebook<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Based on the Pentagon&#8217;s now-axed Policy Analysis Market (from 29 July) a group has created the American Action Market. 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