AL AK AZ AR CA 151... Making AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA the winner losers!

LOL...

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dieseldog has had some classics... he even had one of his girl Tisha

@paddy - I like your avatar too

I nominate notablenotices:

http://www.hubdub.com/users/notablenotices

Yes... they should take them off ;-)

Following the Rule of Law in Honduras

"There was no military coup, the military was the tool of government and there was a peaceful transition of government. CNN and other news outlets were quick to describe the action as a grasp for power, which is a story that fits the picture that many hold when they think of Latin American governments. This was anything but that. This was a government, all parties and branches working together, trying to prevent a tyrannical ruler from running roughshod over the constitution for his own purposes -- trying to prevent a ruler from taking the country down the Venezuela road. This issue is so important to the nation of Honduras that for the first time in its history both major parties and other minor parties were galvanized in support of this necessary change. In a country of over 7 million people with 4.5 million voters, the overwhelming majority is in support of the government action. There have been only a few hundreds of Zelaya supporters seen on TV, but they are a tiny minority and not representative of the country."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-taylor/following-the-rule-of-law_b_224202.html

...dual role as herself and Michael.

Janet Jackson

Oxymoron of the day: Benevolent dictatorship
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevolent_dictator

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/humblegunner/MJMJHALFOFF.jpg?t=1245963914

lol... this is a 'life' market!

[More at the link...]

I don't know how to spell it either... I haven't seen the birth certificate ;-)

It appears stlj9174 last logged in about 8 weeks ago... When stlj9174 logs in (s)he is in for a big $urprise.

stlj9174's quarterly gain is from the sports category: H$ 899,473
http://www.hubdub.com/p/Leaderboard?cat=sport&type=2&when=

So stlj9174 probably placed bets on some extreme long shot odds (<0.5%). Any sports fans know of huge movements in odds lately, perhaps an outcome previously considered impossible jumping to the +90% range by either good fortune for the new front runner or unfortunate circumstances for the leading team(s).

It would be interesting to solve this mystery and determine (with 20/20 hindsight) if this was just dumb-luck or insightfully well placed bets on a position(s) stlj9174 believed had a slim chance of big payouts.

'Maria Belen Shapur Photo' is the Most Searched Internet Trend
http://www.postchronicle.com/news/original/article_212239908.shtml

Everyone's racing to settle this question.

Warning: Graphic

Unimaginable Horror In Tehran Today
http://threatswatch.org/rapidrecon/2009/06/unimaginable-horror-in-tehran/

Yeah, maybe someone finds Obama's birth certificate and we learn the secret he's been hiding all along is that he looks extremely young for his age ;-)

http://www.hubdub.com/m12087/Which_Happens_First_in_August__Obama_Walks_on_Water_or_Bush_Walks_With_Fire

...would she forgive blue overalls? :O)

@destry - It's based on the fixed estimate of the population - 6,790,062,216 (July 2009 est.)

6,790,062 cases or more settles as YES.

Per splman's 50,000 estimate, only 6.79 million more to go!

Obamaflation Update
http://digg.com/political_opinion/Obamaflation_Update

@nn - if the POTUS hired you to program the TOTUS he'd have enough material for monthly World Wide Apology Tours!

Oops... I apologize curios... you requested settlement on the 26th of April.

I'm late to this depressing party. ;-)

Hold your horses curios... we're almost there but per the background details:
For the purpose of this question a depression is defined as a as a cumulative decline in GDP of more than 10.0% over four consecutive quarters.

In agreement with frogchop's comments, any negative value for Q209 and this settles as YES.

BEA: Gross Domestic Product
http://www.bea.gov/briefrm/gdp.htm

Congratulations tuff!!!

I hate it whenever I misplace a million dollars... it's very annoying.

An Inconvenitent Solar Cycle for alGore
June 10, 2009

Washington DC - "If our prediction is correct, Solar Cycle 24 will have a peak sunspot number of 90, the lowest of any cycle since 1928 when Solar Cycle 16 peaked at 78," panel chairman Doug Biesecker of the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center said.

Less activity on the Sun results in Global Cooling and more activity results in Global Warming.

alGore's team of gifted science fiction writer's will release a report next week attributing solar cycle activity to Soccer Mom's SUV (SMS) and Livestock Farts (LF).

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The U.S. Department of Justice claims: \"This charge is unrelated to the Patriot Act.\"\\r
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\\nBloggers, TV, Go Nuts Over Misleading ‘Patriot Act’ Arrest Claim\\r
\\nhttp://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/05/bloggers-tv-go-nuts-over-misleading-patriot-act-claim/\\r
\\n\\r
\\nTeenage Bomb Threat Suspect Was Internet Prank-Call Star\\r
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\\nTwo sides to every story but it doesn\'t appear too promising for the Internet Prank-Call Star \"Tyrone\"

According to a Hillary supporter we\'ll see a Barry Hussein Dunham-Soetoro-Obama Jr. long form soon:\\r
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\\nOBAMA’S TEAM TO PRESENT A NEW SET OF FORGED DOCS PROVING HE’S NOT A FAKE\\r
\\nhttp://www.hillarynme.com/tag/obamas-phony-birth-certificate-berg-v-obama/

sqlman, dude, you righteously funny man. You don\'t want silly slogans but you fell for \'Change we can believe in\'.

A taxpayer approving of Obama is like a chicken approving of Colonel Sanders :-(

Sqlman must of signed up right after me... it\'s up to 375,335!!!

I was #375,334!!!

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As a Judge or Legislator? She chose the wrong career path... but I don\'t think she\'ll let that stop her.

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\\nhttp://www.hillarynme.com/tag/obamas-phony-birth-certificate-berg-v-obama/

She knows this now:\\r
\\n\\r
\\nNapolitano: 9/11 terrorists did not enter US from Canada\\r
\\nhttp://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.d980eb8e26167b5a0fce093f6d57dfd4.a1&show_article=1

Ahmadinejad vs. the TOTUS on Pay-Per-View (PPV)... Wooo-Hooo!

No, we have 57 states.

oink

And all that British tea we wasted in Boston... will Barry apologize?

The most Merciful Messiah, the Lord Barack Hussein Obama, the Global Apologizer-in-Chief, is so sorry, so very, very sorry that "America has shown arrogance". Barry will pre-empt criticism of the United States and rebuild our image into one of peace and love and tolerance.

Barry's a big spender... Michelle probably took away his credit cards years ago.

The TOTUS is very articulate.

hate is not a liberal value ;-)

WHO does.

"WHO still believes flu pandemic is imminent"

or

"WHO still believes flu pandemic is imminent?!"

;-)

"WHO still believes flu pandemic is imminent"

or

"WHO still believes flu pandemic is imminent?!"

;-)

"WHO still believes flu pandemic is imminent"

or

"WHO still believes flu pandemic is imminent?!"

;-)

Free health care.

One of the straws that buried the camel was Bush: "I've abandoned free-market principles to save the free-market system, to make sure the economy doesn't collapse." Brilliant... NOT!

Many places to lay the blame... but looking to the future we have Obama's gang of very qualified tax cheats piling up massive debt against the faith and credit of future generations... "The pain has trickled up!"

"Believe," "Hope," "Change," "Just words?"

Calling them kittens wouldn't stop me from eating fish... but I might start eating cats.

Updated: Q1 2009 GDP now available
http://www.bea.gov/briefrm/gdp.htm

@hfl13 - The screenshot for settlement proof is fine with me, but the category editor makes the final call regarding this.

I'll address this issue in future questions so that we don't have to rely on screenshots.

Public Service Announcement

Brought to you by the TOTUS as orated by the POTUS
“Keep your hands washed, cover your mouth when you cough, stay home from work if you are sick, keep your children home from school if they are sick”

Abstain from risky behaviour... don't sleep with swine. If you sleep with a pig, you sleep with all of the swine that hog slept with.

Perhaps the most merciful messiah, the lord Barack Hussein Obama, could show some compassion and loan her his teleprompter.

20877 users as of 12:54 AM GMT

http://www.hubdub.com/e/User/_20877

We're up to market 40082: http://www.hubdub.com/m40082

Approx 220 created in the last day... so in a few days we should know the question we're predicting the outcome of.

Very clever kruijs!!!

Our savior, Obama, the anointed one, gave us Aunt Janet because she understands borders: "And here's the future. The future is we have borders." - Aunt Janet

Be thankful and believe!

heehee awesome!

61.8% Wow, must be something really good in the water!!!

We're only 0.2% away from an early settlement!

@jenni - they're all my accounts so they were easy to find.











jk ;-)

I went to google (noun) to google (verb) "Leaderboard: not available yet site:hubdub.com" and google (noun) returned Results 1 - 10 of about 1,160 from hubdub.com for leaderboard: not available yet. (0.12 seconds)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&rlz=1C1GGLS_enUS291US303&ei=Z2rySbj4ForIMrvBycwO&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=leaderboard:+not+available+yet+site:hubdub.com&spell=1

Sorted alphabetically for your viewing pleasure.

The Unofficial Incomplete List of Stealth 'Dubers

http://www.hubdub.com/users/4quad
http://www.hubdub.com/users/adin
http://www.hubdub.com/users/agarrett64
http://www.hubdub.com/users/agent_ocho
http://www.hubdub.com/users/aimless
http://www.hubdub.com/users/alarmmd
http://www.hubdub.com/users/alestanga
http://www.hubdub.com/users/alienski
http://www.hubdub.com/users/badwisdom
http://www.hubdub.com/users/barackify
http://www.hubdub.com/users/brainopera
http://www.hubdub.com/users/bsawyer
http://www.hubdub.com/users/castlenak (this one's worth 31k!)
http://www.hubdub.com/users/chukhatrok
http://www.hubdub.com/users/circus1
http://www.hubdub.com/users/clocksailor
http://www.hubdub.com/users/dancingballerina
http://www.hubdub.com/users/dasorakelvondelphi
http://www.hubdub.com/users/dave_the_forecaster
http://www.hubdub.com/users/dudedudester
http://www.hubdub.com/users/eggarsuit
http://www.hubdub.com/users/fingers_of_fury me, myself & I
http://www.hubdub.com/users/flanders
http://www.hubdub.com/users/ghigo
http://www.hubdub.com/users/haxsawlc
http://www.hubdub.com/users/hubdubrob
http://www.hubdub.com/users/iceblue
http://www.hubdub.com/users/inspector
http://www.hubdub.com/users/jennybunny
http://www.hubdub.com/users/johan
http://www.hubdub.com/users/johann_sasarman
http://www.hubdub.com/users/john
http://www.hubdub.com/users/kaveh
http://www.hubdub.com/users/kearon
http://www.hubdub.com/users/kgholderman
http://www.hubdub.com/users/kida (this one's worth 41k!)
http://www.hubdub.com/users/kimbuctu
http://www.hubdub.com/users/luobete
http://www.hubdub.com/users/mark1ow
http://www.hubdub.com/users/mary7
http://www.hubdub.com/users/mikidee
http://www.hubdub.com/users/mksoren
http://www.hubdub.com/users/mollie88
http://www.hubdub.com/users/moqui
http://www.hubdub.com/users/muehli
http://www.hubdub.com/users/munchie
http://www.hubdub.com/users/napp
http://www.hubdub.com/users/nellie
http://www.hubdub.com/users/nicbak
http://www.hubdub.com/users/oppugner (this one's worth 117k!)
http://www.hubdub.com/users/piterwilson
http://www.hubdub.com/users/powerslave736
http://www.hubdub.com/users/professionaleccentric
http://www.hubdub.com/users/psyco99
http://www.hubdub.com/users/rahul8286
http://www.hubdub.com/users/ranchman
http://www.hubdub.com/users/renob
http://www.hubdub.com/users/rochy
http://www.hubdub.com/users/shadow
http://www.hubdub.com/users/shpankov
http://www.hubdub.com/users/strollboston
http://www.hubdub.com/users/tchi
http://www.hubdub.com/users/the_fake_decider
http://www.hubdub.com/users/tom37
http://www.hubdub.com/users/wirkorio
http://www.hubdub.com/users/zdenek

More on stealth:
http://www.hubdub.com/e/Topic/Not_appearing_in_leaderboards_301
http://www.hubdub.com/m15967 (comment #5)

I'm going to go exploit mysef now... good night ;-)

...and be wary of the stealth millionares

Here's video of him chit chatting with the socialist:
http://www.noticias24.com/actualidad/noticia/38602/imagenes-del-ultimo-encuentro-entre-chavez-y-obama/

'Tortured beauty' given U.S. asylum
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=94979

The POTUS never leaves home without the TOTUS ;-)

this market is a mental pool

chickens too
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOYuOO-5uLE

hee hee ;-)

yes, and your welcome ;-)

Hey dd... I sent you a challenge to test the button's functionality... it appears to work...?.?.?...

North Korea 'has launched rocket'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7982874.stm

I didn't request settlement on any North Korea questions as I have not followed this very closely, and I don't know if this rocket launch settles any of these questions. I'll leave that research to other users who are familiar with these questions.

State Department says North Korea launches rocket
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D97C20400&show_article=1

NKorea fires long-range rocket
http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-world/nkorea-fires-longrange-rocket-20090405-9szx.html

I can't wait for the Arctic to be tropical again... it's such a waste that all that land is covered in ice... oh the tourist resorts we could build!

keyeshovedenis the thirteenth millionaire!!!

keyeshoveden

Net worth: H$999,546
http://www.hubdub.com/users/keyeshoveden

Hee hee... I like what Biden said: Barack Obama is offering charming but insubstantial fluff.

Wow... since your last comment, April 3rd's average moved to 60.7% - this is going to be a close one!

@candelario - hahaha... something conservatives and liberals can agree upon.

buckeyetom is the twelfth millionaire!!!

buckeyetom

Net worth: H$999,485
http://www.hubdub.com/users/buckeyetom

Hi hfl13,

I intended for settlement to be based on RCP's poll average for 04/04, whenever the 04/04 results are published.

Re-reading the settlement details, I see your point, I didn't make that crystal clear... I apologize.

If the lack of clarity ruined the question for you (and/or others) please flag it so the category editor can clarify/fix the details or void the question if necessary. Whichever is most agreeable to Hubdub users wagering on this is fine by me.

Thanks,
fof

mrperfkt is the eleventh millionaire!!!

@rogerkni - Awesome ad... I like the digs at MS you weaved throughout the storyline.

There were 9 yesterday, 10 today... at this rate we should hit 18 by April 9th.

@alornout - true... perhaps... but watch out for the Hubdubers operating in stealth mode ;-)

Hee hee... we have Hubdub Superusers (S) and Hubdub Admins (A)... coming soon: Hubdub Arbitrator Advocates (AA).

I would love to be appointed as Chairman of the Hubdub Arbitration Tribunal (COTHAT).

Don’t stand where a tear gas canister is about to be.

The question creator is a new member - joined yesterday. This is a great first question.

@greg_burton: I/we hammer questions hard and pick apart the wording/details to prevent confusion/frustration at settlement. It happened to all of us when we were newbies too... you survived the initiation... welcome to the question-creators-club :-D

http://bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=bernard&Middle=&LastName=madoff&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=0&y=0

I don't want to be sitting on the floor in the back of a plane four seconds away from hitting Mt.Rushmore and turn, grinning, to the guy next to me to say, "Well, at least we didn't offend them."
http://www.diodon349.com/Conservative_Corner/words_of_wisdom_from_a_four_star_general.htm

thx rob!

I borrowed the O/U concept from letmewinplees.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=rhetorical+question

@dragon - I found it by googling "gample".

Other interesting news from their site:

http://www.saferidesunlimited.org/bliss-lounge-and-safe-rides-unlimited-offer-incentives-to-black-card-holders/
FoF - Will this offend the French?

http://www.saferidesunlimited.org/safe-rides-unlimited-to-launch-a-year-long-tv-ad-campaign/
FoF - That's a long commercial.

Apparently drinking and driving is the most dangerous gample:
http://www.saferidesunlimited.org/drinking-and-driving-the-most-dangerous-gample-facts-about-dangers-of-drinking-and-driving/

Gamble combined with prediction... maybe?

Motel 6 will leave the lights on.

Wow.

明天会下雨吗？Rain tomorrow where?

Please settle as NO

:-D

Global Warming Thwarted By Thinner Coats

EARTH - It appears that despite all the worry and debate, global warming has once and for all been defeated by the use of thinner jackets. Millions have feared the coming planet-wide disasters that global warming could set in motion, but now it seems the issue is moot thanks to the discovery of thinner coats by Dr. Tanner Lewis of St. Louis, MO. The doctor says the jackets can be worn whenever global warming causes winter-time temperatures to soar. In a press release Dr. Lewis said, "For example, in the month of January in Chicago, it should be between 10 and 20 degrees Fahrenheit. Should global warming cause the temperature to be 55 degrees, then people can simply wear one of my new patented thinner coats for men and women. They will then be quite comfortable."

Following the discovery, the Kyoto Protocol has been cancelled, and people around the globe have been told to pollute all they want. President Bush said Tuesday, "We can claim mission accomplished in the battle against global warming. Everyone who purchases the thinner jacket should feel free to drive giant gas-guzzling vehicles and befoul the planet as they see fit. I myself pissed in a nearby stream this morning."

http://www.bigfib.com/issue80/world4-en.html

Another Tea Party!!!!!

Orlando 'Tea Party' rally draws more than 4,000
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/orl-locteaparty21032209mar22,0,426670.story

Signs seen at the party:
"Repeal the pork or our bacon is cooked"
"Obama lied, liberty died."
"The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money"
"You can't blame Bush anymore"
"Have shovel, where's bridge"
"Stop bankrupting me!! - Future Voter"
"Hey Congress - Before you raise our taxes again... PAY YOUR OWN FIRST!"
"Teleprompter make Obama stop wasting our money"
"We are not France"
"Party like it's 1773"
"Please let a kid from Special Olympics take over it would be an improvement"
"☭bama chains you can believe in"
"Government doesn't solve problems; it subsidizes them ~Ronald Reagan~"

More photos/signs here:
http://www.rjritchie.com/OrlandoTeaParty/index.cfm

Sen. Gregg says Obama budget will bankrupt US
The senator said Obama's spending plan in the midst of a prolonged recession would leave the next generation with a country too expensive to live in.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090322/ap_on_go_co/gregg_budget

Global Warming Team Stranded by Cold Weather
“We’re hungry, the cold is relentless, our sleeping bags are full of ice,” expedition leader Pen Hadow said in e-mailed statement. “Waiting is almost the worst part of an expedition as we’re in the lap of the weather gods.”
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,509735,00.html

Fitting that he mentions the weather gods as his faith in GW is tested.

Why South Carolina Doesn't Want 'Stimulus'
By Governor MARK SANFORD
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123759827524401409.html

Interesting excerpts:
"...many people do not realize that the stimulus money runs out in 24 months -- at which point South Carolina will be forced to find a new source of funding to sustain the new level of spending, or to make sharp cuts. Sure, I could kick the can down the road; in two years, I'll be safely out of office. But it would be irresponsible.

...When you're in a hole, the first order of business is stop digging.

...Also, spending stimulus money will delay needed state restructuring. General Motors recently found itself in a similar spot. It needs to be restructured if it is to prosper, but a federal bailout enabled it to put off hard decisions. Likewise, taking federal stimulus money will only postpone changes essential to South Carolina's prosperity. Though well-intended, it forestalls hard choices we must make."

Student Claims He Smelled It, But Wasn't Responsible
"it is so stinky that you can't breathe after he does it."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29774914/

"A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver." (Proverbs 25:11)

I enjoy politically incorrect crude humor so my words are frequently spoken like applesauce of vomit in pictures of split pea soup. ;-)

LOL... this is an April Fool's joke... or espn decided to take a stab at political satire.

Half of us call CR2 a she, the other half call her a he... so is he a she or is she a he?

NN can't be a Nazi - he's opposed to socialism.

Chris Matthews felt a thrill go up his leg... a thrill.

User comments at the linked article add to the humor here:

What did he ring the doorbell with??

The monkey spanks the monkey.

The arresting officers were overheard saying "you cuff him", "no, you cuff him", "I ain't cuffing him", "you cuff him", "no, I ain't cuffing him".

@mrperfkt - ROFL!!! The admin voiding war begins.... 30 minutes later all admin's previous questions settled successfully percentages fall to earth.

@Erik - LOL

According to my unnamed and unverifiable anonymous sources, Seymour Hersh's unnamed and unverifiable anonymous sources accused my unnamed and unverifiable anonymous sources of discrediting their unnamed and unverifiable anonymous sources but my unnamed and unverifiable anonymous sources' sources claim this too was fabricated by their unnamed and unverifiable anonymous sources. All of this was confirmed by my unnamed and unverifiable anonymous sources.

According to my unnamed and unverifiable anonymous sources, Seymour Hersh fabricated his unnamed and unverifiable anonymous sources.

Everything I know about women's basketball I learned from Don Imus.

New joke floating around in the series of tubes:

Obama to tax aspirin 40% because it is white and it works.

After hearing this joke, I googled:
"Obama to tax aspirin"

Google suggested:
"Did you mean: Obama to take aspirin"

Thank you for this opportunity to bare my soul and share my painful story. It was a really bad sunburn. It turned my skin red like a lobster. I feel much better now.

@Erik - heehee... that's awesome!

This question was quoted/linked here:
http://www.thestandard.com/news/2009/02/25/stock-market-rebound-coming-soon

@Eric Holder - Hubdub's users are not cowards when discussing race issues :-D

Poor blacks today suffer from covert racism, unconscious racism, institutional racism, environmental racism and a host of other theoretically abstruse “racisms” that don’t involve cross-burning white supremacists or crude Archie Bunker-style bigots — and may not even involve racial animus or discrimination.

Wow, Kruijs, that sounds just like my old high school teachers... if I were black I would have dropped out of high school too... no sense wasting all that time and energy on homework if the whole system is rigged against me.

Thanks for the background info Destry!

"They" aren't me either.

Hee hee... I'm glad my stem cells are safe ;-)

Children in single-parent families, by Race: Percent: 2007

United States
Non-Hispanic White 23%
Black or African American 65%
American Indian 49%
Asian and Pacific Islander 17%
Hispanic or Latino 37%
Total 32%

http://www.kidscount.org/datacenter/compare_results.jsp?i=722

That wouldn't be a cease fire, although it could be claimed that the massive debts we're incurring is like shooting our babies in the feet.

My comment was in reference to the current administrations animosity toward investors and businesses. The campaign trail rhetoric marches on.

The white house condemns businesses that turn a profit and sticks it to them with higher taxes at a time when we need businesses to grow. The government criticizes businesses that fail with stern warnings to change the way they operate.

The message is basically:
"Success is evil. Failure is stupid. Everyone must sacrifice... except the government"

Will any more Obama nominees in 2009 withdraw their nominations... and miss out on all the parties?!?! No way - they'll stick around as long as they can.

Obama kicks up White House entertaining
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hjPujfKghPXUPK3LKaH2P0gDV3cQD96M06J02

Our current administration has declared war on the private sector... so far, the administration is winning.

http://recallobama.com/

Moscow would react positively to Israel joining in on the military dismantling fun.

Hope and Change Fundamentalists.

2nd U.S. soldier in Iraq challenges eligibility
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=89941

The times they are a-confusin'!

Mixed messages from the government - bailout/buyouts VS rumors of allowing bankruptcy judges to rewrite mortgages...

"Investors remain fearful that the government keeps changing the game with its bailout efforts, and nobody wants to play when they don't know the rules. The environment has killed firms like Citigroup and Bank of America, with shareholders unsure whether further government intervention will dilute their investment or even wipe them out with bank nationalization."
http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/22/briefing-americas-outlook-markets-economy_banks_37.html

It creates exciting and volatile Hubdub graphs :-D

Correction: the last nuclear test took place in 1998... unless you believe North Korea as they claimed to test a nuclear device in 2006: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_North_Korean_nuclear_test

Kruijs, you might want to keep your YES bets after all ;-)

Everyone's viewpoint changed, not because of clarifications, but after bettors learned how rare nuclear testing is.

When this question was created, I looked up when the last nuclear test occurred (1992 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_tests ) but seeing that several users were wagering YES, I followed the crowd to make a few bucks in the short term intending to wager NO later at a better price.

Destry beat me to it! He bought in at a great price: 32%. Soon after his buy-in I cashed out my YES wagers for a quick H$300+ profit and started buying NO... as did everyone else.

Gambling is like surfing... ride the waves... I know absolutely nothing about surfing so I'll stick with gambling :-D

Hee hee... and what effects, if any, will 'second hand ringtone' have on us guys?

I wagered no... but hope I lose ;-)

In 1987, the FCC abolished the Fairness Doctrine...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairness_Doctrine

hee hee... Rev Phelps might demand that Christian radio air his "God Hates the World" song an equal number of times they air any "God Loves the World" songs.

@C2R - I might be wrong, but I don't think users can erase their account. My guess is that thundercloud was suspended or removed.

I agree!

Bernard Goldberg worked for CBS for 28 years and I'm looking forward to reading his insider perspective. His first book, Bias, became a number one New York Times bestseller... it will be interesting to see if this one hits number one too.

http://youdontknowstimulus.com/holding-barack-obama-accountable-in-denver/

@adammccormicks - even though we disagree, I'm glad you're reading the bill. Transparency is useless unless we the public pay attention.

Enjoy reading the bill! :-)

I support reducing our dependence on foreign oil.
Drill, baby, drill and drill now!

8 RECOVERY ACT ACCOUNTABILITY AND
9 TRANSPARENCY BOARD
10 For necessary expenses of the Recovery Act Account-
11 ability and Transparency Board to carry out the provi-
12 sions of title XV of this Act, $84,000,000, to remain avail-
13 able until September 30, 2011.

Hee hee... transparency is expensive.

Page 91... I'm taking a break for now... I hope I'm not the only one reading this bill.

I have an economic stimulus plan that will save the tax payers nearly $800 billion... scrap this huge spending bill!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Phew... I'm only up to page 88.

12 entry, and not less than $4,500,000,000 shall be available
13 for measures necessary to convert GSA facilities to High-
14 Performance Green Buildings,

$4.5 billion for Green Buildings... next year they'll want another $4.5 billion to convert them to Blue Buildings.

21 funding round of the Community Development Financial
. 22 Institutions Program, of which up to $8,000,000 may be
23 for financial assistance, technical assistance, training and
24 outreach programs designed to benefit Native American,
25 Native Hawaiian, and Alaskan Native communities and

@VnH - Is the link you provided correct? Am I reading the correct bill? I'm not bringing this up to debate the merits of training and outreach programs... that's obviously a different subject... I'm trying to find the so-called stimulus bill... the one that Princess Pelosi claims is needed or we'll lose 500 million jobs per month.

10 (c) EFFECTIVE USE OF FUNDS.-In providing funds
11 made available by this Act for the ,'tV eatherization Assist~
12 ance ProgTam, the Secretary may encourage States to give
13 priority to using such funds for the most cost-effective ef-
14 ficiency activities, which may include insulation of attics,
15 if, in the Secretary's view, such use of funds would il1-
16 crease the effectiveness of the program.

How's your attic?

16 FOSSIL ENER.GY RESEARCH AND DE""VELOPMENT
17 For an additional amount for "Fossil Energy R€-
18 search and Development", $3,400,000,000.

I'm up to page 62! I hope this $3.4 billion is for "Drill, baby, drill and drill now!"

14 ELECTRICITY DELIVERY AND ENERGY RELIABILITY
15 _For _an_additiOllaL.3111ount fOI.''Electricity Delivery
16 and Energy Reliability," $4,500,000,000: Provided, That
17 funds shall be available for e:Arpenses necessary for elec- . , . dl.l~
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22 covery from disluptions to the energy supply, and for im-
23 plementation of programs authorized under title XIII of
24 the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (42
25 U.S.C. 17381 et seq.): PTovided furthe1~ That

Wow! I found something in this bill that we actually need!

How many nuclear plants and refineries can we build for $4.5 billion?

17 That $2,000,000,000 shall be available for grants for the
18 manufacturing of advanced batteries and components and
19 the Secretary shall provide facility funding a'wards under
20 this section to manufacturers of advanced battery systems
21 and vehicle. batteriGs that are produced in the United
22 States, including advanced lithium ion batteries, hybrid
23 electrical systems, component manufacturers, and soft-
24 ware designers

Oh great, we're wasting $2 billion on batteries... I love batteries, I own dozens of Nimh and LiPo batteries... (Lithium polymers are my favorite... paired up with a Mamba Brushless they satisfy my need for speed)...

I don't want the government ruining my batteries like they ruin everything else!

Pmvided furtlw1·, That the costs
17 of e:h'traordinary maintenance and replacement activities
18 carried out with funds provided in this Act shall be repaid
19 pursuant to existing authority, except the length of repay-
20 ment period shall be as determined by the Commissioner,
21 but in no case shall the repayment period exceed 50 years
22 and the repayment shall include interest, at a rate deter-
23 mined by the Secretary of the Treasury as of the begin-
24 ning of the fiscal year in which the work is commenced,
25 on the basis of average market yields on outstanding marU:\
2010REPT\14REPT\JANSTIM\CONF\T4CONF.OlO SEN. APPROP.
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1 ketable obligations of the United States with the remain-
2 ing periods of maturity comparable to the applicable reim-
3 bursement period of the project adjusted to the nearest
4 one-eighth of 1 percent on the unamortized balance of an~Y
5 portion of the loan

Something about a loan here having to do with water reclamation.

I'm up to page 57 of this document... a very dry read indeed.

(2) $1,500,000,000 shall be available for g-rants
for construction, renovation and equipment, and for
the acquisition of health information technology systems,
for health centers including- health center eOlltrolled
networks receiving operating grants :1ll~ . r (-I S
section 330 of the :l?:ublie H@i!Ilth &;@I3:icg; 1£60t'
withstanding- the limitation in section 330(e)(3);

$1.5 billion to invade our privacy

15 For an additional amount for "Grants and Achninis-
16 tration" , $50,000,000, to be distributed in direct grants
17 to fund arts projects and activities which preserve jobs in
18 the non-profit arts sector threatened by declines in philan-
19 thropic and other support during the current economic
20 downturn

Yeah, it's search able... they're going to force us to purchase $50 million worth of art that we probably wouldn't want anyway.

The 'green' crusade is sooo yesterday... get with the program Prince... now it's the 'blue' crusade and I have some oxygen offsets for sale on eBay.

Did you know the young boy who drown in debt here? He was my son....
His name was Jason and today is his birthday!

ROTFL!!!

Wow! I never thought we'd see the day that I agree you, C2R :-D

The GW doomsday prophets will fade into obscurity like all the doomsday prophets before them. Friends chided me for not buying into the global ice age and then global famines and then nuclear holocaust and then ozone holes and then Y2K and now GW soon to be replaced by Climate Change soon to be replaced by some new doomsday conspiracy theory.

If we invented cars with pure oxygen emissions and used them for the next 100 years some crazy doomsday prophet will scold us for increasing oxygen levels in the atmosphere depriving plants of food, or they'll claim we're screwing up the sun's rays and they'll make us feel better by selling us Oxygen Offsets, and a very profitable and popular Blue Movement will take the public and politicians by storm... everyone will want to go Blue.

During the early years of the Blue Movement it will be declared a scientific consensus and dissenters will be ridiculed for political incorrectness, but gradually it will come to light that not ALL scientists are convinced and the Oxygen Offset Blue Movement fad will fade away.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, I'll continue enjoying my SUV.

kruijs, if losing your temper causes you to hyperventilate, place a bag over your mouth and nose and breath in, breath out, breath in, breath out, breath in, breath out, breath in, breath out, breath in, breath out, breath in, breath out... you'll feel much better with a little higher concentration of carbon dioxide in your blood.

Algore, inventor of the internets, claims GW is caused by carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is not a pollutant.

Will this upset the 'Separation of Church and State' crowd? ;-)

kruijis said: "you can´t choose freely how to live nowadays. you can´t drive what you want on public roads nowadays."

Yeah, you pretty much summed it up - eroding freedoms.

WHY SO SERIOUS?

@sqlman - Why are believers so insistent? You guys can't all be on the payroll of Big Carbon, so what have you to gain by your faith? ;-)

The gain for deniers is a reversal of our eroding freedoms. Algore uses fear mongering to dictate what I drive and how I live.

Here's an interesting way to hunt wolves:
The Native Americans used two kinds of knife trap. One method was to encase a sharp blade in fat and frozen upright on a block of ice. The wolf would cut itself while licking the blade and bleed to death. The other method was a baited torsion spring which when triggered, would stab the wolf in the head.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_hunting#Knife_traps

I am an animal lover... they taste great!

You're not surprised because they're fair and balanced.

The Steve Irwin terrorist group is just trying to save the big cute furry adorable sea kittens ;-)

Wow! Hopium and pork addiction is expensive: $780,000,000,000.00

$780,000,000,000.00

I like the $150 bounty per severed foreleg proposal.

The auction offers FREE shipping!!!

Big Energy Carbon.

you and the rest of the Deniers GW believers constantly tout 'statistics' and pseudo-scientific claims from non-scientists, and when you *do* use credentialed scientists, they are *always* on the payroll of Big EnergyCarbon.

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We should all add 17961 as a friend... they'll think, "Wow! My first day and over 100 friend invites!"

Hubdub is approaching 18,000 users!
http://www.hubdub.com/e/User/_17961/

The absence of the boat doesn't prove that Nichole Kidman moved it... Was it stolen? Was it impounded? Did it just float away out to sea? Was someone using the boat during Tisha's visit?

The mystery deepens!

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/estack_12_13_06/Rush_Limbaugh_Audience_Among_Most_Knowledgeable_and_Educated_in_All_of_American_Media.guest.html

Algore doesn't hold a single one as a climatologist or scientist of any type, and that he's in bed with Big Carbon and Big Government, and it'd be very easy to dismiss anything he says about Climate Change as the words of an anything-but-objective, highly-biased nutjob. In fact, I think I'll do just that. ;)

I believe the colors are backwards:

Texas, Georgia, Arizona, Tennessee and Missouri are red states.
California, New York, Florida, Illinois and Pennsylvania are blue states.

Very cool question VnH!

http://www.c-span.org/resources/pdf/hjres114.pdf

Maybe is that third option: Maybe (H$20)

NO NOT THE THONG! ILL TELL YOU EVERYTHING JUST DONT PUT THE THONG ON MY HEAD!

@dragon - This one just might do the trick:
http://www.cafepress.com/votedem2008.269173128

ouchy mamas n papas I lost H$15k on this

MORRIS: It's not the British you have to worry about. It's a horse, a Trojan Horse. Obama's stimulus package is really a Trojan Horse, where he's bringing it up to the gates of our Congress, he's going to get it passed.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,482187,00.html

Wow! That prediction was SPOT ON!!!

PELOSI SAYS BIRTH CONTROL WILL HELP ECONOMY
Sun Jan 25 2009 22:13:43 ET

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi boldly defended a move to add birth control funding to the new economic "stimulus" package, claiming "contraception will reduce costs to the states and to the federal government."

Pelosi, the mother of 5 children and 6 grandchildren, who once said, "Nothing in my life will ever, ever compare to being a mom," seemed to imply babies are somehow a burden on the treasury.

The revelation came during an exchange Sunday morning on ABC's THIS WEEK.

STEPHANOPOULOS: Hundreds of millions of dollars to expand family planning services. How is that stimulus?

PELOSI: Well, the family planning services reduce cost. They reduce cost. The states are in terrible fiscal budget crises now and part of what we do for children's health, education and some of those elements are to help the states meet their financial needs. One of those - one of the initiatives you mentioned, the contraception, will reduce costs to the states and to the federal government.

STEPHANOPOULOS: So no apologies for that?

PELOSI: No apologies. No. we have to deal with the consequences of the downturn in our economy.

Developing...
http://www.drudgereport.com/flashpbc.htm

Did somebody spike her punch?!?!

"contraception will reduce costs to the states and to the federal government."

Firing Pelosi would save us even more.

PELOSI SAYS BIRTH CONTROL WILL HELP ECONOMY
http://www.drudgereport.com/flashpbc.htm

Thanks, dd.

If would be a real kick in the pants if Time prints a cover shot of POTUS & vPOTUS surrounded by the new cabinet settling a bunch of these questions all at once!

I didn't finish all of Obama's cabinet, might add more another day, might not... if any hubdubers would like to, please feel free to copy these.

If this hadn't been canceled, ...hotel staff members apparently will be tasked with cleaning up the various forms of potential infectious biological waste left behind.

Now there's a job that Americans won't do.

Club Gitmo Only $42/ Night
http://www.inquisitr.com/23/club-gitmo-only-42-night/

Purchase Club Gitmo Gear and be the envy of your neighbors:
https://members.premiereinteractive.com/store/28566/41841.html

My personal favorite:
The Club G'itmo T-Shirt - Your Tropical Retreat from the Stress of Jihad

OBAMA RE-SWORN IN
http://www.drudgereport.com/flashoaa.htm

The LDS is enjoying way too much credit for the success of this proposition. It was a multi-religious, multi-race, multi-gender, multi-class team effort. Even Islamic Mosques sent out emails urging YES votes.

The following list comprises a detailed, though not exhaustive, account of the demographics voting Yes on Prop. 8 from the CNN exit poll:
84% of weekly churchgoers - (32% of those polled);[note 1]
82% of Republicans - (29% of those polled);[note 2][note 3]
81% of white evangelicals - (17% of those polled);
70% of African Americans - (10% of those polled);[note 4][note 5]
68% of voters married with children (31% of those polled);
65% of all Protestants - (43% of those polled);
65% of white Protestants - (29% of those polled);
64% of voters with children in household - (40% of those polled);
64% of Catholics - (30% of electorate);
61% of age 65 and over - (15% of those polled);
60% of married people - (62% of those polled);[note 6]
59% of suburban dwellers - (51% of those polled);
58% of non-college graduates - (50% of those polled);
56% of union households - (25% of those polled);
53% of Latinos - (18% of those polled);
51% of white men - (31% of those polled).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Proposition_8_(2008)

Very interesting story, mrperfkt!

"We cannot tolerate the presence of these type of faceless, anonymous groups," said Manuel del Castillo, a spokesman for the state government.

If they had that attitude about the drug gangs, perhaps the citizens wouldn't feel compelled to take matters into their own hands.

5-ton ice sculpture of a “shivering” Gore
http://newsminer.com/news/2009/jan/19/al-gore-ice-sculpture-unveiled-fairbanks-invitatio/

A pardon is the forgiveness of a crime and the penalty associated with it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon
Commutation of sentence involves the reduction of legal penalties, especially in terms of imprisonment. Unlike a pardon, a commutation does not nullify the conviction and is often conditional.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commutation_of_sentence

I wish Bush had granted them pardons. The commutation definition sounds kind of like Monopolies' get out of jail free card.

A friend told me that it may be that Bush could not pardon them because they didn't plead guilty, so his only option was to commute their sentences. I don't know if that's true or not... but if I had heard this a week or two ago I would have researched this, and if I had found this to be true I would have flagged the question to have it voided or changed to include commutation. Research pays well on Hubdub!

Were they pardoned? No.

Hi Curios, this is a cool site... Thank you for keeping it alive!

Heehee... in the time I spent requesting settlement and adding a comment, Destry found this and fixed it... he's the fastest category editor on the planet :-)

Thanks for creating the question Willma... from my settlement request in the more info section under the graph above you'll see why this had to be voided. Without specifying a location or an event there's a 100% chance that someone will be killed on Tuesday the 20th.

After dumping H$70k on this, I searched the news, and wow, this didn't take long at all... body counts are already piling up early Tuesday morning around the world.

My wagers were made too late, so mine will probably be voided... but congratulations to everyone that bought into this market early.

this will not be altered in any way without permission of myself
Wow, Curios, did you buy Hubdub?!?!

@cheesenips - Nice car!!! I don't care whose butt sat in the driver seat, but I would like my butt to be the next... I'm willing to negotiate. Would you accept H$750,000 for your car?

@tf427 - Yeah, I have my doubts too... BHO seems to be hiding something

Philip J. Berg, Democrat, PA, said, “I am disappointed for the 300+ million U.S. citizens, our ‘Forefathers’ and for the tens of thousands that have died defending ‘our’ Constitution."

Philip J. Berg, Democrat, PA, continued, "I am committed to keep our efforts going to continue litigation until the truth of Obama being ‘not qualified’ for President comes out. The Obama candidacy is the biggest ‘HOAX’ ever to be put forth to the citizens of the United States in 230 years."
http://www.obamacrimes.com/

It is unknown if, Philip J. Berg, Democrat, PA, plans to attend the inauguration.

Philip J. Berg, Democrat, PA is no stranger to conspiracy theories. He is a well known participant of 911truth.org.

People are not amoral like rocks, trees or candy wrappers.

"so wiping out a human's life is perfect accordable to having respect for humans life."
Yes, because morally, not all choices humans make are equal. Respect for life does not require respect for or tolerance of evil.

This is objectionable to some because it introduces further questions, such as: "who decides which actions and which people are good/evil?" and "isn't this like playing God?", but these questions assume a moral distinction between good and evil.

I suspect that the root of our debate is relativism.

Murder is taking an individuals life without due process. Contrast murder with self defense and capital punishment - non-criminal homicides.

Hmmm... the anti-war crowd prefers the draft over individuals freedom to choose their vocation on their own.

@jsevigny - It doesn't matter if Rob is 19 or 99 or what hairstyle he chooses... it is not who is say but what is to say.

@ccv - Those numbers represent a count-down to 1,000,000... 998,183 euros to go, in other words, the amount left to earn to reach 1 mil.

@dieseldog - heehee... we will miss you

@C2R - Yes, very helpful, thank you!

Neglect only: 'parents are being investigated for something else'
Neglect plus: ' combination of above'

Would child neglect settle as something else? Neglect is the most common abuse, but it could be argued that it's also a form of physical and mental abuse.

Please advise/clarify C2R, thanks!

Wow! How could any parent be so cruel as to name their child Adolph or Hussein... such a sad commentary of our times.

The environmental cost of a Hubdub bet:
- 2 teaspoons of boiling tea

The environmental cost of a Hubdub comment:
- 3/4 cups of boiling tea

The environmental cost of splitting H$10,000 into 500-H$20 wagers:
- 1 dehydrated-sagging-humps camel and 2 dead penguins

Listening to Algore try to sound sophisticated while blaming cold temps on "global warming":
- Priceless!

elected by an overwhelming margin?!?!
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/TheAnchoress/EricAllie110608.jpg

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hsET3AfuAoTChx5t6o2BcA9_YMbgD95MM24O0

@eric ss - lol... we voted for hope, change, inexperience.

Hmmm... maybe the Chosen & Anointed & Famous One had the right idea voting present nearly 130 times after all...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l46t_nrySg4

heehheeehehhheee... commenting on predictions cracks me up...

OBAMA ANTHEM LYRICS (Add the Soviet National Anthem)

All hail the messiah
Obama, Obama
The path to the new socialist motherland
Our savior, our savior
Obama, Obama
The leader more famous than Lindsay Lohan
Bow down and praise the one
Give him your money and your guns
Give us a country
That makes your wife proud
Lord Barry heal the bitter ones
White and Clinging to faith and to guns
Hope for the change of the hope of the change</h3>

The background video is hilarious:
http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=4674671n

thank you

Jenni made it!!! Net worth: H$1,002,270
http://www.hubdub.com/users/jenniandboys

Now she just needs to hold on to it for a couple weeks.

Re: fof suprised i didnt see u weighing in on the "Spain No God bus signs" question

It's actually a "Spain probably No God bus signs" question.

Eat whale and save the planet
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSEIC37493020080303?sp=true

I refuse to worship at the altar of radical environmentalism but I'm hungry and a whale burger sounds great... where can I buy one in the states?

dean's link describes the surfer as a teenage girl, curios' link describes the surfer as a man, thought to be aged in his thirties...

If these are the same story with the same victim... wow this shark might be a practicing plastic surgeon ;-)

He'll fill our tires with hot air

Hope and change and the hope of the change :-D

Help is on the way

9 out of 10 Islamic Terrorists picked Club Gitmo as their favorite retirement destination.

I don't know much about him yet, but CNN's biography states he is a "practicing neurosurgeon and an assistant professor of neurosurgery"
http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/gupta.sanjay.html

Perhaps this is what curious intended:
Will-amnesty international's call for decisive action in Gaza be acted upon by the UN?

Here's one Muslim extremist's opinion of where Liberals can go:
http://www.bnp.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/muslim-march.jpg

Don't feel bad though, they want Conservatives to go there too :-D

So what is Huggington's excuse for their actions outside the Gaza Strip where the terrorist cowards didn't have to hide behind women and children? Does Hugg's n Kisses approve of strapping suicide vests on women and children? Do they mind that Muslim extremists are anti-gay? Most religions are anti-gay, but other religions aren't interested in chopping their gay heads off, they just call them sinners... which seems to make them hysterically angry... but perhaps they put up with Muslim extremist's wacky ideology because they fight Israel.

Will-amnesty international call for decisive action in Gaza be acted upon?
Amnesty International called on the UN Security Council on Monday to condemn the Israeli military offensive in Gaza and take action to ease the humanitarian situation there.

so do we settle this as YES now since Amnesty International called for decisive action in Gaza?!

best question ever... in the history of Hubdub!

Poor Obama... good people are so hard to find.

Whatever you subsidize, you get more of...

Mayor Bloomberg braved embattled Israeli neighborhoods today during a solidarity visit - and found himself hustled into a bomb shelter as rockets landed less than a mile from where he was standing.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2009/01/04/2009-01-04_mayor_bloomberg_whisked_into_bomb_shelte.html

I think capecod is referring to water boarding, a technique that liberals do to each other for fun and for attention: http://www.indybay.org/uploads/2007/11/15/waterboard-11-14-07_2.jpg

they forgot to take their pills again?!

@tarpash - this market refers to Jan 30, 2009, not 2008, so dean's suspend date is correct.

My, I felt this thrill going up my leg.

Barack got what?

I love the chart, but the option to hide it would be useful.

Philip J. Berg, Democrat, Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania, may still have his day in court. Berg, Democrat, Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania, stated, “I am determined, on behalf of the 320 million citizens in the United States, to see that “our U.S. Constitution” is followed. "I am appalled that the main stream media continues to ignore this issue as we are headed to a ‘Constitutional Crisis.’", continued Berg, Democrat, Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania.

Here is the latest court docs from Berg, Democrat, Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania:

12/30/08 U.S. Supreme Court Complaint for Interpleader and Declatory and Injunctive Relief
http://www.obamacrimes.info/Copy%20of%20ComplaintSoetoroInterpleader122708.pdf

King George is the current head of state in our monarchy.

Fun fact for the night: "Yemen has one of the world's highest birth rates; the average Yemeni woman bears seven children." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yemen

His wife will be proud for the second time in her life

I can't wait to own a wrist watch branded: Made in Iraq

Here we go from King George the socialist to BHO the socialist... wheee

I would love to create a question: will this question hit 100 comments during 2008? but it would be way too easy to game ;-)

and we elected BHO

@notable - Well then... I hope the Palestinians and the Israelis obtain their desires.

I was just going to say the same thing. The UN has no regard for anything but what they feel is in their best interests, even in the face of WORLD disapproval.

No wonder people want them wiped off the map.

hee hee ;-)

Dec. 29th 2008 is a really good buy at only 2%

Oooopsss... you'll have to copy/paste link... or the 'an is chopped off... Qur has a different wikipedia entry

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qur'an

I found it on the internet, so it must be true :-D

Qur’an (Arabic: القرآن‎ al-qur’ān, literally "the recitation"; also sometimes transliterated as Quran, Qur’ān, Koran, Alcoran or Al-Qur’ān) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qur'an

Dan Patrick did not say nuke Palestine... thevoiceoftexas_org said nuke Palestine.

"Nuke Palestine" pales in comparison to offensive comments from Muslim extremists directed at Israel and the West and all other free societies that refuse to bend over and kiss the Qur'an.

Go Israel!!! Go thevoiceoftexas_org!!!

Hmmm... I wonder if they named him after his grandma, Sherry Johnston... apparently she likes tripping

maybe she's still looking for herself

Listening to Rush Limbaugh doesn't speak to anyone's IQ (for better or for worse). His audience includes millions of people from all walks of life. However, concerning Lilia's IQ, I possess insider knowledge... she's not just a hot chick... she's a hot chick with a brain!

so, based on that, Israel has until midnight of the last night of 2008 Israel local time... is Barak aware of this deadline?

2.2.3 Time, Time Zones and Geography
If the question is on a prediction that happens in a particular locale it will be assumed that it refers to local time, unless otherwise specified.
http://www.hubdub.com/public/rules

@dt - which treaties?!?! and imperialists?!?! If they're imperialists, they're sure not very good at it judging by the size of their borders...

The Under Under Under Under Secretary of Defense is way down deep undercover.

She speaks his language:

Letterman: Barack Obama "Uh" Count:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThEAO0lt4Dw

CAROLINE KENNEDY SAYS ‘YOU KNOW’ 138 TIMES DURING INTERVIEW
http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=249773

"Hamas issued a statement in Gaza City taking responsibility for the rockets. Leaders of Hamas, an Arab acronym for the Islamic Resistance Movement, say Israel has no right to exist and condemn Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas as a stooge for conducting peace talks."

Peace is for stooges ;-)

Tripp is not in the top 1000 names for any year of birth in the last 8 years.
Please enter another name.

@C2R - what agreement did you sign today?

Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston

This was incorrectly voided. Per the article supporting the void: "Zuniga still holds the Miss Sinaloa title from a Mexican state beauty contest in July."

She "has been stripped of her crown in the Hispanoamerican Queen pageant" by "Bolivia-based pageant organizing company Gloria Promociones"

This question concerns her title of Miss Sinaloa that she won in Mexico and still holds today.

@jbrown - I was seriously serious ;-)

The poll is still up/open @ drudge.

{{{DRUDGE POLL}}}SHIRTLESS:
B. Hussein Obama: 33% 41,707
KGB star Vlad Putin: 67% 83,499
Total Votes: 125,206

Fascinating article! It reads like an educational sci-fi-spy espionage thriller.

"Imagine, for example, a China-Russia axis that collectively employs substantial political power within international insti-tutions and markets to hold key American interests at risk.

...purposeful opponents could synchronize nonmilitary effort...

...Imagine “a new era of containment with the United States as the nation to be contained” where the principal tools and methods of war involve everything but those associated with traditional military conflict.

The aforementioned are admittedly extreme. They are not, however, implausible or fantastical.

There is a tendency in our planning to confuse the unfamiliar with the improbable. The contingency we have not considered seriously looks strange; what looks strange is thought improbable; what is improbable need not be considered seriously—Thomas Schelling

In the words of the 9/11 Commission, “Imagination is not a gift usually associated with bureaucracies.”

As a community, the defense establishment swears to protect and defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. DoD’s role in combating “domestic enemies” has never been thoughtfully examined. Thus, there is perhaps no greater source of strategic shock for DoD than operationalizing that component of the oath of service in a widespread domestic emergency that entails rapid dissolution of public order in all or significant parts of the United States.
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB890.pdf (same link as provided above by question creator)

@dean - this question is about criminal charges, not law suits or birthday suits (if he had not stopped with the shoes ;-)

@dieseldog - How do we opt out of Social inSecurity? Sign me up!

The UN <del>resolutions are</del> is a farce

No, you are not the only one disturbed by the out-of-control enviro-fascist movement

another victim of the public school system?

test

Washington already runs a $300+/- billion budget deficit and $10,011 billion debt so what's another $70 billion more? There's so many problems in the world we could throw $$$ at, let's increase the budget deficit to $500 billion!

Oreo cookie video appears to be based on discretionary spending stats which might explain the lopsided out of wack results.

Discretionary spending 2007: Defense: $549 billion. Non-defense: $493 billion. Total: $1,042 billion.
Mandatory spending 2007: Social security: $581 billion. Medicare and Medicaid: $561 billion. Other programs: $308 billion. Total: $1,451 billion.
Net interest 2007: $237 billion.
Total outlays 2007: $2,730 billion.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2009/pdf/apers/dimensions.pdf

Spend spend spend!!! To bad we wont be around to thank our great-great grandchildren for paying for all these wonderful toys.

"UN Human Rights" hee hee

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dinky-die

coolkraft - "I am sick of hearing how safe we are"
LOL Are you planning on doing anything about that?

conspiracy said: "d-dog, might you be sweet on lilia, trying to impress her by showing her you are just as loud as her hero, Rush Limbaugh? you sneaky little peacock...."

Tisha might become jealous!

Did Las Vegas enjoy it? ;-)

...and donuts ;-)

If they recount the votes enough times, they'll eventually overturn the voters and give the undemocratic democrat the seat.

@conspiracy - individuals do not have the right do demand that another country(ies) pay for their medical bills. The "foreign organizations" mentioned in the article above are not forced to accept US aid... they are free to reject $$$ from the US. Charity funding is rarely given without strings attached.

You probably wouldn't want your tax dollars funding the barbarous act of female circumcision. Abortion is equally reprehensible to me, so I shouldn't have to pay for it. If you like abortions, feel free to pay for as many of them as you want. US aid is a controversial and debatable subject, but if it exists it should be spent on items most everyone would be in favor of - like food, shelter and medicine.

@VnH - Awesome... LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Congress tallies the outcome of Monday's vote at a joint session scheduled for Jan. 6" http://www.freep.com/article/20081216/NEWS15/812160336

they look like the same color

me 2 :-D

Waterboarding's no big deal, but exposing terrorist's to Rap Hip Hop... now that's torture!!!

Floridian: "I can see Russian Warships from my house" :-D

@steph_v2 - Welcome back!!! What's wrong with your old profile?

Saddam Hussein would have condemned the Shoe Lobber to execution, but not before ordering his guards to chop off the Lobber's toes.

well, if you don't know... who can we ask?

@emmag - Is he mad at "news women," too? He worked with Slick Willy, so maybe not? idk?

ok

too early to settle... he might forget his name by then ;-)

Please add my name to the list of people that worked every day this week and last week too...

@notable - Awesome picture!!! Barry's memory is worse than Scooter Libby's!

@deanthoreau - Heehee... offensive enough to make you throw firebombs?

marsha friedman believes in Xenu:
http://www.truthaboutscientology.com/stats/by-name/m/marsha-friedman.html

Tom Cruise should have kept paying the monthly retainer... the pay-for-performance plan sunk his PR

What do you call a large crowd of celibates? Celebrants :-D

@curios - What's the proper expression in Australia? Does it differ from town to town or public? Politics is fascinating!

oooops... meant to type remain pre-suspended... my deepest apologies

@kruijs - ha haa... looks like it will remain un-pre-suspended... replaced here: http://www.hubdub.com/m25185/Will_William_Jefferson_be_found_guilty_of_bribery_or_money_laundering_charges_before_2010

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/10/justices-to-mull-obama-citizenship-again/

What's in his freezer?

LOL! “They are shorter than everyone else; they can be stepped on,” Carole Florman, an inauguration spokeswoman, told the Washington Post.

hold yer horses

This question is not ready for predicting yet

test

this is a pre-suspend to the suspend

first

I'm late to this party ;-)

@deanthoreau - there are many other options besides those two: "spread the wealth" or "give it all to the richest CEo's". Open minded people can see a thousand shades of gray between those two choices you offer.

@emmag - disrespectful?! I'm giving all the praise and respect I can muster for the Cult of Obama... and you are correct, Dubya's economic policies are too liberal (just like his dad)

In this BBC video, the protesters are chanting, "Allahu Akbar"

Athens inner city racial timebomb warning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFuEgnRuhD8

Do we have any hubdub users from Greece here that can give us some insight into what's really going on over there?!?!

The shooting of a 15 year old is very tragic, but destroying a city and overthrowing a government seems a bit excessive.

G.A.S.S!!!!!!!!!!!

Due to tears of laughter, I probably missed several acronyms... too funny... LOL...

M.A.D. M.A.N!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

P.O.O.P!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<h3>

W.H.A.C.K.E.D!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

P.E.E. Y.O.O!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

F.A.R.T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

S.O.A.P. S.C.U.M!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, since we can't deport the Anointed One, the Celebrity more famous than Lindsay Lohan, I would settle for the Most Merciful Lord Barry behind bars! Nothing personal against the Messiah, of course... I'm just opposed to his Carter-esque spread the wealth nonsense.

•From Jay Leno: "Barack Obama's mother-in-law might be moving into the White House with him. See, Joe Biden was right: Hostile forces will test him in the first few months."

•From David Letterman: "A mother-in-law in the White House? Honestly? I thought this was the administration that was against torture."

One of my favorite bumper stickers: "Save the planet... kill yourself!"

I'd like to introduce these wackos to this group: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntary_Human_Extinction_Movement

http://www.mrjohnclarke.com/clarkedawe-episodes-02.shtml

http://www.mrjohnclarke.com/clarkedawe-episodes-03.shtml

@robamichael - heehee, in that context, scarification makes sense too: http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=scarification
:-D

This sounds like a redundant 'regulation' to me. We already have the right to refuse to participate in acts we deem morally objectionable. What am I missing here?

He could bring his own chair

Selling something you do not own... yet.

hee hee :-D

"We are the one's we've been waiting for" Michelle's proud of her country for the first time in her life "BELIEVE" and the High Priest of Carbon standing stiff as a tree spread forth his arms and proclaimed "The earth is beginning to heal" but the Rev Wright replied, "he was ridin' dirty!"

I expect he'll walk on the Potomac :-)

@deanthoreau - Are you referring to the sermon that the Most Merciful Messiah, the Lord Barack Hussein Obama delivered on the Temple Obama at the mount of Denver Invesco Field? If so, the pearls before swine analogy is applicable.

Re: "There would be rioting in the streets - literally."

If this happens, the rioting should be focused on the MSM and the DNC for failing to properly vet their favorite candidate... if I was a liberal, I would be seriously ticked off at the dismal choices offered... although as a conservative I was ticked off that there was no conservative to vote for... in a way, the MSM does me a favor digging deeper into the background of conservative candidates... most elections I know exactly what I'm voting for...

Liberal voters didn't have that luxury. They had to vote for Obama without access to: his Occidental College records, Columbia College records, Columbia Thesis paper, Harvard College records, Selective Service Registration, Medical records, Illinois State Senate schedule, law practice client list, Harvard Law Review articles published, University of Chicago scholarly articles and Illinois State Senate records.

@deanthoreau
1. I'm against pork barrel spending too... I support less government.
2. I highly doubt that.
3. People don't have to eat there... they don't have to make stupid choices.
4. I agree... the tax rates are too high.
5. I don't place my faith in the supposed 'consensus'.
6. That's why I don't eat there very often.
7. Less government, please!
8. Of course it's a non-live able wage... it's a place to learn some skills, pay for college text books and move on.

@deelilley - big difference between torturing animals needlessly or raising them for food... my cousin did not grow up to be a serial killer... he became a doctor.

Wow, deanthoreau... first McDonald's and now Merrill Lynch is stealing your money too?!?!

@deanthoreau - How did McDonald's steal money from you? Every time I give them money they give me something in return, food, not the greatest food, but they didn't force me to eat there. How much money did they steal from you?

hahahhehheheaahhee... awesome video!!! One year I watched my cousin slaughter chickens and rabbits that he raised... he didn't have a clue what he was doing... it was great fun watching him try to keep the dogs from chasing the headless chickens... he didn't have the stomach for it so he told his younger brother that if he finished the job he could sell the meet and keep the money. So he lost the money he invested in the animals and feed, he lost the money he spent on supplies to build cages, and his younger brother finished the job and was paid!

Sarah Palin is no wimp... she would finish the job too.

QUICK! take pictures of your wife (or wives) and leave your phone in a store, hire a layer like John Edwards or the French looking J. F. Kerry and you just might hit the jackpot!!!

For us USA hubdubers, a hosepipe is what we refer to as a hose. (I have to admit that I looked up the definition in the series of tubes we call the internet) 8^D

Hon. James David Manning Produce the Dog Gone Birth Certificate
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJc6uczdhE0

then... how will his followers worship him?!?!

take our governor too... we can't afford her spending sprees anymore!!!

everybody knows that he was born in a manger

I'm guessing he's tired of church... he slept through Rev Wright's angry "G damn America chicken's coming home to roost and riding dirty" sermons

I have no wagers here... I'm just interested in the topic as I'm anxious for Janet to get out of town before she drives our state any deeper into debt.

I have to agree with tarpash concerning our governor, Napalitano... the local radio stations here in Arizona are quoting unnamed sources that say she will accept if the position is offered... and they are also quoting Janet as admitting that she's being vetted for the position.

As far as other cabinet picks go, I'll let the rest of you fight over those, but as of my Friday afternoon commute home through rush hour traffic Janet's new job was still unofficial

Copied from link above, other records he's hiding:

Occidental College records — Not released
Columbia College records — Not released
Columbia Thesis paper — ‘ not available ‘
Harvard College records — Not released
Selective Service Registration — Not released
Medical records — Not released
Illinois State Senate schedule — ‘ not available ‘
Law practice client list — Not released
Certified Copy of original Birth certificate — Not released
Embossed, signed, paper Certification of Live Birth — Not released
Harvard Law Review articles published — None
University of Chicago scholarly articles — None
Your Record of baptism- Not released or ‘ not available ‘
Your Illinois State Senate records- ‘ not available

Somali pirates are Muslim terrorists like Al-Qaeda and Ayers

@autotom - wow! breath in... breath out... breath in... breath out... feel better?

I like this question... but if I don't like it, Hubdub allows me to create questions that do interest me.

I sold it on ebay a few years ago... I don't know where it is now... now we just need a major mainstream news source to report my 'claim' ;-)

hahhaaahhaa.... yer funny peace_of_mind... nice satire... Sadam keeping the peace utilizing rape and torture rooms... hee hee, you're right, that's harsh... I love your sadistic sense of humor

@faisal - Will you wager on this? If yes, will you make your wagers on this question public? Just curious.

@dragon - Here's an update for you on that:

U. S. SUPREME COURT AWAITS RESPONSE TO
BERG'S WRIT OF CERTIORARI
FROM OBAMA, DNC and Co-DEFENDANTS
Accordingly, the U. S. Supreme Court has set dates in which Barack Obama, the DNC and all co-Defendants are to respond to the Writ, which is on or before December 1, 2008.
http://www.obamacrimes.com/

@zeal - You are correct, sir.

Walnuts and his team ran such a poor campaign that they lost... even with the good fortune of an endorsement from Joe the Plumber.

Recent president addressed by their entire name: Barrack Hussein Obama

Because it annoys liberals.

Based on that video, it's going to easily make the top 1000 names, possibly even place 57th or better.

Towards the end of this news report, there is a mention of babies named Barack:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3_95F5e-Ac

Hee hee... the Govenator could also help Obama with his squats :-D

I was cautioned that some might consider it racist to use his middle name... taking that under advisement and considering he's not racist (I know because he disavowed his racist pastor) NO might be a safe bet.

hee hee... she's worth $2.7 billion... that ought to be worth an ambassador or two ;-)

@john1 - you are correct, it's a great buy, but kind of a long wait.

Tina Fey

Perhaps some Johns will be flushed out by some Joes

Whoo hooooo!!!

Check out comment #113... I've been slammmmed by the nicest person on hubdub!!!

Hee hee... awesome comeback response to my comment #112, Jeni!!!

Where are the 2012 election map predictions?

Anyone with H$ on me...
SELL SELL!!!

Too late... I'm already at 0%

@jsevigny - My pleasure... you're welcome... I enjoyed every minute of it :-)

Palin 2012

yeah... it takes all the fun out of watching the results coming in

hahaha heeee he...

I put a H$100 on this long shot just in case... I wish I'd wagered more... and it happened more than once... too funny... amazing!

Statewide Precincts Reporting: 56.77%

McCain - 46.47 % - 1,404,121
Obama - 51.25 % - 1,548,614

http://vote.sos.state.oh.us/pls/enrpublic/f?p=130:14:0

EXCUSE ME!!!

This settled too early... count every vote!!!

As of 11/4/08 9:15 PM
32 of 861 precincts reporting (4%)

Obama - 40224
McCain - 29530
Paul - 1359
http://sos.mt.gov/ELB/elections/2008/general/StatewideRaces/President/index.asp

8:15 pm 0.01% reporting:

McCain - 214,268 - 38.02 %
Obama - 338,835 - 60.12 %
http://www.silverstate08.com/General.aspx

11/4/2008 8:49:56 PM Counties Reporting: 15 of 33

OBAMA - 147529 - 57.5%
MCCAIN - 106006 - 41.3%
http://67.192.207.121/county0.htm

UNOFFICIAL ELECTION NIGHT RETURNS
(may not include absentee or provisional ballots)

Generated: 11/4/2008 10:57 PM
McCain - 48.6% - 3,576,534
Obama - 50.6% - 3,719,917

http://enight.dos.state.fl.us/

Statewide Precincts Reporting: 45.84%

McCain - 48.25 % - 1,204,490
Obama - 50.11 % - 1,250,866

http://vote.sos.state.oh.us/pls/enrpublic/f?p=130:14:0

UNOFFICIAL ELECTION NIGHT RETURNS
(may not include absentee or provisional ballots)

Generated: 11/4/2008 10:26 PM
McCain - 48.7% - 3,356,088
Obama - 50.5% - 3,482,087

http://enight.dos.state.fl.us/

Statewide Precincts Reporting: 38.75%

McCain - 47.94 % - 883,104
Obama - 50.42 % - 928,804

http://vote.sos.state.oh.us/pls/enrpublic/f?p=130:14:0

UNOFFICIAL ELECTION NIGHT RETURNS
(may not include absentee or provisional ballots)

Generated: 11/4/2008 10:15 PM
McCain - 48.7%% - 3,282,431
Obama - 50.5% - 3,406,828

http://enight.dos.state.fl.us/

Ohio @8:08pm - Statewide Precincts Reporting: 23.59%

McCain - 48.51 % - 620,558
Obama - 49.84 % - 637,566

http://vote.sos.state.oh.us/pls/enrpublic/f?p=130:14:0

oops... forgot the link:

http://vote.sos.state.oh.us/pls/enrpublic/f?p=130:14:0

Nail Biter!!!

Ohio @7:50pm - Statewide Precincts Reporting: 18.64%

McCain - 49.34 % - 454,049
Obama - 48.95 % - 450,442

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Don't mess with Texas!

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It is with mixed happiness no tape was released...

As much as I would love for Obama bin Laden to endorse Osama bin Biden...
I love it even more that, if he's still alive, he's just an impotent fool in a cave.

I wonder if anyone thinks they can impress any Hubdubber by campaigning for Obama here all around.

I can't speak for Notable, but IF Obama wins, life will go on. The people will oppose him if he tries to enact radical left wing redistribution policies. If BHO takes us back to the '70s, it won't be pleasant, but we will eventually recover. A BHO presidency would usher in another 1994 in 2010. He could do a lot of damage in 2 years, but a repeat of 1994 would render him impotent for his last 2-6 years. Universal health care (socialism, as I call it) under Billary was, in my opinion, largely responsible for 1994... In the long run a BHO win, while painful in the short run, could be the best thing to happen for the conservative movement.

Conservatives don't have a candidate this time around. The choice is between a moderate and an extreme left wing socialist. Whoever wins, conservatives will have to rebuild the Republican party and bring it back to it's conservative roots.

If Obama wins... what will I do? I will be bummed for a day, and then I'll have fun watching the circus that is sure to ensue... the most entertaining aspect will be the MSM blaming any and all BHO failures/setbacks on the minority party (Republicans). If Democrats had 99% control they would still blame their failures on the opposition. Listen closely to the current Democrats that control D.C. - they love the blame game.

I trust our system of checks and balances will protect us in the future as it has in the past.
Gridlock, baby! Gridlock and bipartisanship... slow those meddlers down!!!

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24 potential Electoral College electors are filing action Monday morning in court also demanding proof
http://peoplespassions.org/Press_Release_08_10_31.htm

Where's the option for less than 0? Thanks to ACORN this is possible ;-)

Where's the option for higher than 9? Thanks to ACORN this is possible ;-)

Something about this case just doesn't smell right

Murtha losing his seat is a start...

@deelilley - frivolous?! Did you think that journalists digging for dirt on Palin was frivolous? If journalists had taken the time months ago to dig for dirt on Obama too, perhaps the Democrats wouldn't be stuck with an unvetted and unknown candidate and his allegiances to dangerous radicals.

One speaker likened "Zionist settlers on the West Bank" to Obama bin Biden, saying both had been "blinded by ideology."

They don't need a marriage visa... they can visit on a temporary visa and take advantage of San Francisco's sanctuary policy for illegal immigrants. ;-)

Gotta love those intolerant liberals and their tolerance ;-)

This settled in my favor, thanks for the H$... but according to my calendar today is October 27th... Barry Soetoro still has about 8 days left during which he could decide (or be forced) to release his Birth Certificate.

@notable - I guess people aren't willing to pay for what the MSM provides free of charge ;-)

I love how the MSM kept trying to blaming conservatives for spreading this story when it started in the Hillary support forums and the lawsuit was filed by a democrat.

Thanks for the video notable... it's great that it's finally being reported accurately.

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Love that picture ;-)

ACORN was here last week... they tried to register my neighbor's cat - even though it was dead!

Interesting, judy... see you on the leaderboards.

8^)

Ahhh, yes, perhaps that's why it took so long for Michelle to finally feel proud...

"campaign accessories" Hee hee.... Now there's an all inclusive definition of expenditures :-D

How much did the DNC spend on The Temple Of Obama (“The Barackopolis”)?

Their assertion cracks me up: God probably does not exist. Sounds like they're not very confident in their faith. ;-)

Put on your dancing shoes, grab your coat! We're going to paint the country red ;-)

Hee hee... nice catch dragon01... I didn't notice that... placing an explosion somewhere like handling a hot potato :-D

They don't want to hurt the 'elite packs' feelings ;-)

Why should one group (homosexuals, in this case) have the right to do something (decide to change the definition of a word) that another group (heterosexuals) cannot? Oh wait, they can... but in a civilized democratic society there is a legal process to do so... vote. It would be un-democratic to allow a small group to arbitrarily change the definitions of words.

If gay marriage is banned, the law will apply equally to both heterosexuals and homosexuals. Both could legally marry the opposite sex and both could not marry the same sex.

uhh, yeah, if you could, uhhh, go ahead and uh create a uhhh, question, uhh predicting how many, uhhhh, pregnant pauses Obama, uhhhhh, occur during that uhhh 30 minute, uh, thingy... that would be great.

Joe Six Pack
Joe the Plumber
Joe the Hubdubber

and introducing:
Journalist Joe!!!

Sadly, no

@deelilley - Awesome profile picture of Walnuts!!!

Wow! So that's three lawsuits in three states that I know of... something to keep his lawyers busy... unless he ends all this non-sense by just releasing his birth certificate already.

Palin - Joe Six Pack the Plumber '08 :-D

Here's the audio:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ymy0Woaz81U

@dieseldog - I heard that... stuff like this is why Obama's been hiding him from the media lately.

Here's the quote:
"Mark my words", the Democratic vice presidential nominee warned at the second of his two Seattle fundraisers Sunday. "It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. The world is looking. Were about to elect a brilliant 47-year-old senator president of the United States of America. Remember I said it standing here if you dont remember anything else I said. Watch, were gonna have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy."

@curios - that is true, Australians have more knowledge in their little finger than yanks have in their little finger ;-)

I hope so... I'm tired of McWalnuts playing nice... He kind of started to unload on Obama during the third debate... It seems "Sarah Barracuda" and "Joe the Plumber" want Walnuts to win more than Walnuts wants to win himself.

Another suit in Washington:
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/seattlepolitics/archives/151678.asp?source=rss

Related question:
http://www.hubdub.com/m18729/Berg_v_Obama__will_Barack_Obama_produce_the_documents_before_Nov_4th_2008

Great question curios! I hope you repost it.

And if his name was Alan Keyes I would vote for him.
http://www.alankeyes.com/

The death rate is one per person. We're all going to make it.

When I expire and assume room temperature, it probably wont be reported, but in the unlikely event that my passing on is newsworthy, please feel free to wager on my demise.

destry is FAST!!!

Hmmm.... I didn't realize he wasn't alive yet... I sure hope he's alive by the settlement date ;-)

What race does Mickey Mouse belong to? :-D

@pixelpaws - 57 states: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpGH02DtIws

<weird>I was just being</weird>

except when preceding the second Thursday during preliminary odd months or even.

Because I couldn't find My dearest dragon and notable. I'll add that to Wikipedia later so I can plagiarize it :-D

Some people use "quotes", some use italics, some use <0>nothing at all</0>... it's kind of like 'paper or plastic' --- who cares?!?!

Yeah, to highligh the sections I plagiarized from Wikipedia :-D

My dearest dragon and notable...

I propose a compromise solution... we will use the red and blue only in the context of red state/blue state (as coined by Tim Russert) to graphically depict voter preferences in the various states

This unofficial system used in the United States of America is a stark reversal of political colors in most other long-established democracies, where blue represents right wing and conservative parties, while red represents left wing, communist and socialist/socially liberal parties
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_states_and_blue_states

Yeah, that Ayers is a class act guy: http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/john-stephenson/2008/05/05/obama-s-buddy-bill-ayers-stomping-american-flag

Maybe he'd pay us H$100/hour to work at ACORN registering dead people to vote.

Mmmmm.... pie... I'm getting hungry... Do you like pie?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZOxqVl5oP4

RE: http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=owA2geM8OGg

So if Obama wins, will I be allowed to work less hours and receive supplement checks for lost wages from the wealthy? Or would I have to stop working altogether? He's up in the polls, so I need to prepare for the possibility that BHO wins.

Obama likes to say, "Pie"... I like pie too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZOxqVl5oP4

Are you calling Chris Matthews a republican pundit? I think that would hurt his feelings.

destry is FAST!!!

Does this settle on my opinion, yours, or whose?

Which republican pundits have started saying that if Obama is elected there will be a terrorist attack?

@s99j - Biden isn't that old... and Obama's good looking enough... but Barbie?!?! I don't think Obama compares to Barbie... but then, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.

wow, jsevigny, impressive... I have $3000 on John 'Lettuce' & Walnuts McCain... I'm risking H$3k for the chance to win H$16k... You're risking H$4k to get what... 5k? 6k or 7k? Haa haa!

Jk about the 'haa haa' :-)

Higher Vibration of Love goovy baby :-D

McCain 2006 Letter for Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Regulation
http://www.liberallyconservative.com/?p=2575

Hahhaa... hurtful comments... like comparing Bush/Cheney to Hitler and claiming people are bitter and clinging to guns religion... heeehee

The Hubdub election map is currently 365 BHO - 163 JSM!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-O

Democrat majority 8^)

http://images.politico.com/global/obamaguns.jpg

@dd - fascinating theory on who "jane doe" might be!!!

Before this story hit the MSM, I enjoyed reading about this in the Hillary supporters forums. Their theory was that the Clinton's didn't want to appear to be the 'bad guys' by breaking this and were waiting for others to break the story. The Hillary supporters believe the RNC possesses a copy of his Indonesian birth certificate and intend to release it as an 'October Surprise'. They read alot in Bill Clinton's comment that BHO would be a great president if he's eligible.

I suspect that the Indonesian birth certificate doesn't exist and that BHO is eligible and that his refusal to release his birth certificate is due to one of two possibilities:
1 - If he was born out of wed lock, he might be trying to protect his mom
or
2 - His birth certificate might reveal that his birth name was not BHO

Welcome back!!! :-)

He admitted this was above his pay grade... why does he make decisions about issues he doesn't understand?!?!

Eventually, BHO's shady allegiances will haunt him.

Definitely a conspiracy... the letters "Barrack Osama" aren't even close to "Barry Soetoro"

hahaa... great link... I love conspiracy theories... I feel honored, as an official member of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, that I'm included in that theory... thanks deelilley :-D

I love this over extension: Powerful and Continuing Nationalism: Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays. Hee hee... guilty as charged! I have the flag of the USA on the back of my evil SUV and on a few t-shirts too

Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights: Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of "need." The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc. I plead Not Guilty to this one... I fully support every human's right to defend their person, family and property... although I guess I'm guilty of supporting longer prison sentences for murders and rapists and, although I don't approve of torture, I don't define torture as sleep deprivation, loud music or water boarding... (loud music... hmmm... depends on the music... Rap and Country would torture me but I hear it's quite popular with others)

Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause: The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial, ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc Enemies (yes/no): Racial - no, Ethnic - no, Religious Minorities - no, Liberals - no way, their entertaining, Communists - yes, Socialists - yes, Terrorists - yes. RESULTS: No - 4 Yes - 3. Hmmm - almost a hung jury here... I identify 3 out of 7 as my enemies.

Supremacy of the Military: Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized. GUILTY as charged, but this is seriously misleading... the oldamericancentury's statistic are based on discretionary spending which is only 30% of total spending... Military spending as a percentage of total spending is much lower than oldamericancentury's opinion.

Rampant Sexism: The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to abortion is high, as is homophobia and anti-gay legislation and national policy Obama and Walnuts aren't man enough to be the woman Sarah Baracuda is... she's working on that glass ceiling. Anti-gay legislation... huh?!?! Maybe in Iran.

Controlled Mass Media: Sometimes the media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common. NOT GUILTY I am against any and all government regulation or control of the media and I oppose the 'Fairness Doctrine'.

Religion and Government are Intertwined: Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government's policies or actions.

Corporate Power is Protected: The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite. Yeah, like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

Labor Power is Suppressed: Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed I suppose I'm guilty on this one... I used to be a union member (not by choice) and it seemed to me that the unions were the suppressing fascists... but my opinion is not the popular opinion.

Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts: Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts Like Brittney Spears? :-D My opposition to government funding the arts is that I don't believe ALL art deserves to be funded, I prefer freedom for individuals to decide.

Obsession with Crime and Punishment: Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations I'm thankful for my freedom and I'm not willing to forego any of my civil liberties. Just in case Cheney's listening to my phone calls I enjoy telling him "hi! keep up the good work!" but I highly doubt he's interested in my calls.

Rampant Cronyism and Corruption: Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders This is SPOT on! ACORN won't get away with this forever!

Fraudulent Elections: Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections. Kerry tried to steal an election but thankfully he failed.

Thank you for the nice time, deelilley! I don't believe everything you read but I do enjoy the variety.

Wow, I've had this all backwards... Obama accused me of bitterly clinging to religion and guns... rather than call me his friend, he shared his honest opinion of me.

On the other hand, I find the "my friends" annoying too... I prefer something along the lines of "my fellow Americans"

@robamichael - I was wrong, too.

It's funny that they're fighting this... it would be so much simpler to just provide the birth certificate... unless there's something to hide...

Dual citizenship = dual allegiances

I'll save my compassion for individuals more deserving than a bunch of selfish pirate thugs

Dear Madonna,

Please feel free to ban me from your shows and party's too.

Thanks!
FoF

Good ole faithful Communist News Network (CNN): They maintain their 0% Republican Debater win and made me some H$ :-)

Obama has admitted dual citizenship:
“When Barack Obama Jr. was born on Aug. 4,1961, in Honolulu, Kenya was a British colony, still part of the United Kingdom’s dwindling empire. As a Kenyan native, Barack Obama Sr. was a British subject whose citizenship status was governed by The British Nationality Act of 1948. That same act governed the status of Obama Sr.‘s children.

Since Sen. Obama has neither renounced his U.S. citizenship nor sworn an oath of allegiance to Kenya, his Kenyan citizenship automatically expired on Aug. 4,1982.
http://fightthesmears.com/articles/5/birthcertificate

Photo Documents Barry Soetoro: Indonesian Citizen, Muslim Religion
This registration document, made available on Jan. 24, 2007, by the Fransiskus Assisi school in Jakarta, Indonesia, shows the registration of Barack Obama under the name Barry Soetoro into the Catholic school made by his step-father, Lolo Soetoro. The document lists Barry Soetoro as a Indonesian citizen, born on August 4, 1961 in Honolulu, and shows his Muslim step-father listed the boy's religion as Islam.(AP Photo/ Tatan Syuflana)
http://www.daylife.com/photo/01u33pL9Ns06D

If Lolo Soetoro adopted him he ceased to be a US Citizen in the mid 1960s, BY INDONESIAN LAW. He also ceased to be a Kenyan Citizen, BY INDONESIAN LAW. By Kenyan and US Law he retained his Original Citizenships, until his 21st Birthday. By Indonesian Law he could have given up Indonesian Citizenship at age 18, but did he? If he didn’t he was, albeit accidentally, displaying a Legal Intention to void his US Citizenship, since he knew he could not Legally hold both Citizenships.
http://texasdarlin.wordpress.com/2008/09/25/breaking-obama-admits-dual-citizenship/

@gadget666 - you'd be kicking the wrong nuts... please instead kick the movie director and producers for all of us :-D

@greggles - excellently worded settlement and background details, and a great question too!

If the wise category editor decides this can't be settled yet, I humbly request that an admin use their magical powers to rephrase the question to: Which of these individuals will score an interview with Sarah Palin before the election?

Hmmm... I think notable & erik have a point... Who will get the next one-on-one interview with Sarah Palin? Answer: Carl Cameron. Who will get the second one-on-one interview with Sarah Palin? Answer: William Kristol

Since she's already conducted one-on-one interviews, the potential interviewers above cannot possibly settle this market. If Barbara Walters interviews Palin tonight, it wouldn't be the next one, it would be the third (or more) one.

@sqlman - perhaps this would help? http://www.hubdub.com/e/Market/Will_John_McCain_publicly_endorse_an_erectile_disfunction_drug_claiming_that_it_helps_him_take_care_of_business_6686

Man, I wish judges could be sued in civil courts by future victims.

Cool idea! This would be a fun, and frustrating, market!

Thanks for trying, tocm... I would have wagered YES

@dragon - economically feasible... heehee... imagine the mass production difficulties associated with this... and what words would we use to replace Dairy Farm and Dairy Cow?!?!

Fascinating... why are we discussing the bail out on Palin's garment question?!?! I have H$0.00 on this question because I don't know or care what she will wear... bizarre that we exceeded 100 comments on a question about clothes.

The NAACP was three years too late seeing the problem (see the 2004 C-Span video linked above) and the problem was regulation - NOT deregulation. The government (Bush included) wanted poor people (high risk borrowers) to get house loans. Without government intervention (regulation) no one in their right mind would have loaned poor people money (excepting for acts of charity). Yes, I'm throwing blame at Bush and his Compassionate Conservatism too... Compassionate Conservatism is just a more palatable catch phrase for Socialism and just as bad IMHO.

The government created the problem and now the government wants to burden our economy by forcing us to pay for it. I feel sorry for everyone that was ripped off by the governments stupid scheme to give loans to high risk borrowers... but feel-good-kind-hearted-politics is contrary to common sense and profitable business practices.

Amen to those crazy Oregon gas laws, dragon... I used to live in Oregon and hated waiting for the gas attendant to pump my gas.

WOW! Excerpt from notable's link:
The NAACP and Fannie Mae, the nation's largest funding source for home mortgages, has entered into a five-year partnership to provide expanded mortgage financing and home ownership counseling to help underserved and minority families become borrowers.

Hmmm.... I wonder what the definition of underserved is in this context... "bad credit, no credit, no problem"... perhaps?!?!

Obama would love these odds ;-)

I care... so can we settle this as YES now?

Hugh Hewitt masterfully articulated what I feebly attempted to communicate:
The Palin pile-on from the the Manhattan-Beltway media elite also is working a strange and important reaction in the electorate, driving liberals deeper into their blind hate of the accomplished and popular governor, and rallying the conservative base to her cause.

@deelilley - disaster is your word for it, not mine.

@dd - My pleasure... I've been busy lately, but love to chat/type when I can.

C-Span, 2004 Hearing: Covering up the Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Scam that caused our Economic Crisis: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs

@deelilley - you sound very concerned about Palin's lack of experience... her experience is almost as short as Obama's... so isn't this good news for you as an Obama supporter?

As a conservative myself, I was thrilled and joyful by Obama's selection of gaffe prone and bumbling stumbling and liberally extremist Biden. I was shocked and amazed and thankful for such a silly choice of VP, and now I sit back and laugh as he embarrasses Obama. I criticize Obama frequently because his celebrity rock star status actually gives him a chance to win bubblegum voters, but I don't waste my breath criticizing Biden as much... Biden will defeat Biden.

My point in all of this? I suspect that you fear Sarah Barracuda might be a wonderful, qualified and formidable opponent. If her performance under Katie Cupcake's scrutiny was as poor as your opinion suggests it was, then you have nothing to fear.

Imagine the tables turned and Obama or Biden interviewed by someone with the opposite political persuasion of Katie Cupcake's... could Biden handle the pressure... would Obama avoid controversy by voting present... would that sort of test be above his pay grade?

Have a nice day.

I could game this question by un-installing XP and reinstalling 95 ;-)

I thought she was in love with that other celebrity, what's his name... Obama

Obama campaign is asking Missouri law enforcement to target anyone who lies or runs a misleading TV ad: http://video.yahoo.com/watch/3570822/9872219

Missouri Governor's response:
http://governor.mo.gov/cgi-bin/coranto/viewnews.cgi?id=EkkkVFulkpOzXqGMaj&style=Default+News+Style&tmpl=newsitem

To whichever admin reads my flag concerning the multiple predictions bug:

I forgot to mention the other part of this bug... the percentage price I was charged was for the opposite prediction... very weird.

no

yes

Notable's wager dropped me from 97.04% to 96.74%... I need to get out of this market ASAP - Just in case Obama or McCain don't win =D

If they break them, who will fix them? 8^)

@deelilley - Very true... said that they did.

This is a weird night... I agree with my ideological opponents on this bail-out... I'm against it for different reasons, but hey, we found something we agree on :-)

SWEET! If Obama or McCain wins I gain H$3.00!

@tocm - WOW! You and I agree on this one!

@jenni - that glassbooth.org is seriously cool... Thank You!!!

I scored:
74% similarity with Bob Barr (I know very little of Barr but not surprised I lean Libertarian)
59% similarity with John McCain (I expected this one to be closer to 30%)
30% similarity with Barack Obama (Huh?!?! I expected this one to be closer to 0.01%)

Group hug time ;-)

I'm truly non-partisan... I criticize both John the Lettuce-Cross-the-Aisle McWalnuts and the Most Merciful Messiah, Lord Barack Hussein Obama. 8^)

@dragon - LOL... that would be hilarious if safeway sold laptops... they could display the Apples in the produce section under the misters to keep them fresh and the Windows 'puters in the Rx section beside the cold/flu/virus/pain medications.

Wow, notablynoticeable, thanks for that link... that was one seriously tight and close race for first place between Christopher Dodd, the French looking Kerry and the most merciful messiah himself, BHO! Second place is a pretty decent showing for the new guy, BHO. He shouldn't feel too bad losing to Dodd - after some more political experience BHO will probably top the list.

Wooo Hooo!!! - Arnold S (I can't spell his last name) could balance his budget and contribute to our energy needs.

because people just feel very poor

Stores in my area, price comparisons of things I purchase frequently::

Safeway - $1.89/2-liter Diet Pepsi
$0.89/can of cat food

Walgreens - $1.50/2-liter Diet Pepsi
$0.79/can of cat food

Walmart - $1.28/2-liter Diet Pepsi
$0.57/can of cat food

Whether I feel poor or rich, those are some pretty hefty price differences... and Walmart saves me a lot of time by letting me ring up and bag my own groceries... and if I need toiletries, clothes, automotive supplies, or almost anything else I save even more time and gas by making only one trip.

If I won the lottery I would still shop at Walmart (until other retailers figure out an efficient business model that lowers prices and saves time).

IMHO, Walmart is recession proof.

@banana - tocm is predicting McWalnuts loses which would void this question... I'm predicting that the Messiah, Lord Barack Hussien Obama, loses which would void the other question.

Whichever way the election goes, only one of these questions can last 4 years. I wagered on both questions for an average wait of only 2 years... I can't wait!

Wikipedia on Wikipedia!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia

then we could call them "lucky wackos" ;-)

@dd - Obama's VP must be a pretty smart guy ;-)

If you are indeed who you claim, I'm so sorry for your loss. I've followed the search/rescue efforts everyday... Thousands of people worldwide know that John Parsons is missing, that his family loves him, that the search is extremely difficult due to terrain and wet conditions.

Among the thousands following this story, hundreds pray and hope for his safe return.

I can understand your feelings regarding your families loss appearing here on a news prediction site. I won't defend it or disagree with you. As hope dims it is with frustration and disappointment that I change my predictions. Every morning I check my Google News Alerts hoping to see that Mr. Parsons is found, reunited with his family and in good health.

"Top Democrats say Obama unready"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Re0Z5xOC6w&NR=1

@Erik - YES!!! it gives me the chuckles too... they finally realized they're not running against Bush :-D

@Erik - and Televangelists calls higher donations a godly act ;-)

It's a photoshoped fake of Sarah Palin on the cover of Vogue.
The real pictures from the December 2007 issue of Vogue can be seen here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/29/sarah-palin-mccains-vp-pi_n_122389.html

@dragon - NO, she's his only chance at winning.

I would like to request that Election 2008 be voided so we can resubmit Election 2008 with different options. I'm no more excited about McCain than the democrats are about Obama. Pretending to be excited about nothing is taking a toll on the DNC and the MSM, so I extend the olive branch of peace and love and prosperity... let's start the whole thing over. Void Election 2008, resubmit and redo the primaries. This time the RNC could pick a real conservative and the DNC could choose a candidate with experience. It's a win-win for both sides. We'd get a conservative and the democrats wouldn't have to depend on hollow phrases and rock concerts and celebrities and Greek coliseums.

Could we possibly void the election if Palin loses?

Oh, that brings back memories... the French looking candidate from Vietnam!

Curios, did you see this game? Man it was close... the twists and turns knocked me out of my chair! Completely unpredictable but in the end you were spot on it all the way! We would have made a fortune!

Kind of like McCain saying he's a proud liberal conservative ;-)

yeah, dead people disagree with my ideology

@destry - LOL... vote early and vote often ;-)

Prominent Clinton backer and DNC member to endorse McCain
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/16/prominent-clinton-backer-and-dnc-member-to-endorse-mccain/

Wooohooo.... I'm gaming this question! I just voted by absentee ballot for Palin (the first Woman vice president) :-D

Maybe Rev Wright scared him away from Christianity ;-)

LOL... Rush say's of this: Where do they come up with this stuff? It's the gift that keeps on giving.

heehee... I just googled it... man bloggers are having fun with this one :-D

They're looking for a sleepover with people they like!
Huh?!?! What in the heck does that mean?! I wonder if Biden even knows what it means... how did this guy get elected in the first place?!

Maybe I'm just a crazy, but who I want to sleep with is the last thing on my mind when I vote :-)

they need to switch to paper/plastic plates and utensils for domestic tranquility :-D

"Tasergate" - the Democrats are defending a trooper that tasered an eleven year old boy...

Who needs entertainment when there's Politics :-D

I'm looking forward to more of these questions... I'm excited for a YES win :-D

I agree with you too, curios, but will play it safe by betting my hedges.

I think YES will win ;-)

So, are you saying YES wins? ;-)

@randburg - hee hee Cricket is especially confusing today... Who will win...? YES vs NO

Ohhhh... I see... this is an ongoing discussion... the preemptive part was already clarified above... from my backward reading of comments it was like a preemptive clarification :-D

Yes, every president issues pardons... but this question is referring to "preemptive pardons"

Who will win...? YES vs NO... These Cricket questions are above my pay grade.

Hmmm... interesting... Who will win...? YES (70%) vs NO (30%)... YES is the clear leader so far.

The winner is the first object hit

I hope I don't win then :-D

@ratel - That is true... but McCain doesn't need all of the Hillary supporters to win the female popular vote, because Hillary would never have won 100% of the female vote. In 2004 Bush received 48% of the women vote, while 51% of women voted for Kerry.

Some factors to consider:
1. Even against Hillary, McCain was going to win some unknown percentage of the female vote.
2. Some unknown percentage of Hillary supporters might defect to McCain.
3. Some unknown percentage of Hillary supporters might stay home - Voter Disenfranchisement.
4. Palin has energized the conservative base.

I agree with you that most Hillary supporters "would really have to hold their nose as they vote for sarah and whatisname", but since US Elections tend to be such close races, this question could easily go either way.

@dieseldog - is that arrow pointing at me, your user name or your dog? :-D

Ouchy mama... that's harsh... most of those women you consider fat and ugly have husbands that love them very much.

Yeah, real cool! If she's going to be a Lemming she may as well be a rich Lemming ;-)

On Jim's lap ;-)

"in" just means the comment was included in her defense, but not necessarily her defense

"to" would mean the close proximity IS the defense, IOW "to defend"

So rather than agree with Cindy that one of her credentials is geographical distance she instead expanded on the "very close to Russia" comment to highlight how small the world is and her commitment to working with our allies.

Cindy's comment put her in a difficult situation. To avoid calling Cindy's statement silly (which it was) she instead paraphrased it to give Cindy the benefit of doubt that Cindy really meant to say: "Sarah Palin's security credentials include her understanding of and commitment to working with our allies to make the world a better place."

Now, Cindy can say, "yeah, that's what I meant, when I said that." Cindy's face saved.

It would have been so much easier for Palin to respond: "I didn't say that," and after a moment of silence Gibson would add/ask: "then what are your security credentials?" But the more difficult path let Cindy keep her dignity.

Wooo hooo.... McCain for only 41%!!!! 10 less than intrade.com!!! I love a bargain :-D

Hee hee... all those years that I drove around on flat tires I just blamed Ford for making a stupid car... but with air in the tires it runs so much better... who would'a thunk?!?!

LOL... I like your HD socialism idea, diesel :-D We could take it a step further and everybody returns all their HD$ to Hubdub and then we all just chat about how we voted and we'd all feel really good because we'd never lose and if a question was settled wrong we'd just hold hands and laugh about it :-D Every once in a while Hubdub Admins would tell us the collective worth of all our predictions and we'd all have warm fuzzy feelings knowing we all contributed. 8^)

And yes, this is a civil discussion. Like iron sharpening iron, we are challenging ourselves and sharpening our ideas/beliefs... I don't expect to change anyone's minds and they probably wont change mine... but we'll all improve our debate skills.

I pity the poor-old-average-innocent-citizen that one day starts a debate with a person on the street that just happens to be a Hubduber... intellectual blood will flow and my $$$s on the Hubduber :-D

Sarah is more gracious than I am... I would have said, "I agree with Cindy on a lot of things but have to disagree with her on that point... my security credentials are:..."

She managed to save face for Cindy and express her commitment/ability to work with our allies all the while keeping her cool across from Gibson as he leaned way back in his chair staring at her down his nose.

It's very subjective but she did mention that Russia is Alaska's next door neighbor's, that you can actually see Russian land from a certain place in Alaska and that with this perspective the world is a very small place and we must be committed to working together with our allies... (my paraphrasing from memory)

Per the question: Will Palin mention that Alaska is very close to Russia in defending her security credentials? it appears this question was settled correctly and I lost... I wagered NO.

If the question had been worded this way:
Will Palin mention that Alaska is very close to Russia to defend her security credentials? then I would be fired up and hotly contesting this, since Gibson said it first and she repeated it (equivalent to mentioning it) and added the small-world-commitment-allies perspective.

SWEET!!!

10 gallons is just barely half a tank, but hey, it's FREE!!!

Thanks for the free gas, dieseldog!

I apologize for the broken link... my bad... second attempt:

<http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c107:5:./temp/~c1073wYLml::>

How exactly was Iraq the center of the war on terror
Liberating Iraq was about a whole lot more than just the MSMs focus on the terror and weapons of mass destruction aspect.
Here's a refresher for those of us that forgot the other reasons:
Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Enrolled as Agreed to or Passed by Both House and Senate)--H.J.Res.114--
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c107:5:./temp/~c1073wYLml::

@notable - WOW! What a moving video... I wish I'd watched the before rephrasing the above questions... that young man knows what true sacrifice is and articulates way better than I ever could.

Here's how I would phrase those questions:

1) Why do you want to lose the war Iraq?

2) Why don't you believe that people should be judged by the content of their character instead of by race and quotas?

3) If you believe, as you say, that the economy is in bad shape, why would you increase the burden with tax increases? Why add tax burdens to the corporations that create jobs and put food on working people's tables? Why bite the hands that feed us?

So, consumer spending is an indicator of economic health but doesn't cause economic health.

The MSM and liberal republicans are wrong on this... IMHO

Kind of like a nice house and flashy-car is an indicator of someone's personal wealth, but not the reason for it. If you don't believe me, go out and finance a house and car above your means and see if it makes you rich.

come on you guys and girls get out there and save

Spending is one of the many indicators of economic health but not the reason for it.

Yeah, it was the Whig Party that opposed the Mexican-American war. There was a deep anti-slavery divide in the Whig Party that led to it's leaders changing parties or quiting politics altogether (including Lincoln for a while). The anti-slavery Whigs switched to the Republican Party.

It is my biased opinion that the American-Mexican war was the wrong war at the wrong time and the wrong place.

General Zachary Taylor positioned troops across the river from Matamoras, and rumor has it that he intended to provoke the Mexican army into starting a conflict so President Polk could persuade Congress to support the war. There are no surviving videos of the conflict on Youtube but the MSM reported that the Mexican army killed 16 of Taylor's men.

"American blood on the American soil," Polk said to congress.

Abraham Lincoln didn't trust the MSM or Polk so he asked: Where on US soil did this happen?!?! Show me the blood ground before I show you the money!! Well, Lincoln belonged to the minority party so the war for oil began... oh wait... not THAT war... the American-Mexican war. IMHO it could be titled: Operation Imperialism... or as bayoubear pointed out: Manifest Destiny

Many American Wars required artistic finesse to win support of congress and citizens. Lincoln feared that the young fighting men of the anti-slave north would be unwilling to risk their lives to free slaves. They were willing to vote against slavery, but not willing to die for it. So Lincoln declared that the purpose of the war was to reign in the rebelious states. In a way it was a war between the federal government and states rights. Big Government Republicans vs. States Rights Democrats. The Democrats didn't verbally support slavery, they said they wished it didn't exist, but blocked anti-slavery efforts with the cliché “States Rights”. (Sounds to me an awful lot like their pro-abortion stance of today... )

Lincoln snuck in the slavery prohibition laws to the cease fire agreement. Slavery was already pretty rare in the north and later made illegal by the 13th ammendment.

To anyone that took the time to read this, please understand that this is a combination of my memory and my freely admited biases and opinions. As bayoubear correctly noted above when the Republican Party was formed, I probably have some of my facts distorted due to memory lapse or bias. I'm sharing this cause it's something that interests me a little bit but not enough to become an expert at. So, anyone who wants more, for the rest of the story read a good book or take a history class.

:-D

Tragedy was the correct category... IMHO

WHAT?!?!?!?!

This story doesn't interest me much, so I've only seen the headlines... but I would have NEVER guessed anyone would pay that much $$$... I thought this would cost several thousand, top $10K on a good day... but $250,000 is sheer lunacy!!!

Biden living up to his gaffe-prone reputation
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/11/america/biden.php

@Erik - Unfortunately she has to take McCain with her. ;-)

dugg it

I'm concerned that Obama has a hearing problem.... the question was: "What's the difference between a hockey mom and a pit-bull..." pit-bull... not pig... I commend him for hearing the lipstick part correctly.

@loriphoward - Yeah, I hear you, mom's shouldn't work, they should be barefoot, pregnant and in the kitchen!!!

we have a train to nowhere project here that's WAY over budget... I wish our governor had the courage to say, "Thanks, but no thanks".

@dragon - ROTFL!!! at your comment #18...

@dragon - I replied before reading your comment... You wager on the background question while I wager on the title question ;-)

@schitale - thanks for creating the question!

haaahhaahhaaa... nice preemptive thanks! notable!

Excellent... question makes perfect sense now... thanks, destry

Wow! Destry hasn't explained flagging to me yet ;-)

Does YES mean, "YES - he keeps his job" or "YES - he's fired"?

When, as a child, I complained to my mom that I was bored, she told me to think of something to do. Rather than solve my boredom she taught me to take responsibility for my feelings.

I'm not going to lie and claim that I'm never bored, but if/when it happens I remind myself that it's just a feeling. Excluding cases of mental illness, we are in control of our feelings. Sometimes I forget that and the temptation is there to blame the feeling (boredom in this discussion) on something outside of myself.

If I allow myself to blame my feelings on anything outside of myself, I give up control of my feelings to that something else. I give that something else power over me.

So, if I ever feel bored, I ask myself WHY? Often the answer is that I'm occupied and focused on something meaningless.

If we genuinely seek and desire meaning, we will find it. When our life is full of meaning we will have a purpose. When we have purpose we will know what to do. When we do it we will be doing what is right. When we do what is right we are busy (meaningfully busy). It is difficult to feel bored while we are meaningfully busy.

Easier said than done? Yes. No one seeks, no one understands and no one does right... by default.

Woo hoo!!! This will be my first time in one of these questions too! 8^)

@notable - I think it's time for you to upgrade to digital ;-)

...a comedian from England can't even criticize our president?

YES, Russell Brand can call our president a "retard cowboy"... and we have a right to call Russell Brand a "retard comedian"

yeah, fantastic discounted odds here thanks to the HOPE and CHANGE and BELIEVE propaganda

Guys, can we please do a little less propaganda spreading here?

My favorite propaganda strategy is to quote him! He generously hands me ammo on a silver platter ;-)

@dieseldog - McCain and Palin aren't newsworthy because they can't elicit feelings of a "Thrill up my leg" (Chris Matthews) or take you back to the ninth grade...

Case in point:
"JOE SCARBOROUGH: Especially when you have the media loving one candidate as much as they love Barack Obama.

CARLSON: But it's more than love. I mean, it's the kind of love that anybody who's been a 9th-grade boy understands this species of love. Do you know what I mean?"

Yup, yup, ...things that make ya say hmmm.

She flip-flopped on a bridge and made a decision that was in my opinion the correct one while others argue it was the wrong one. Leaders are faced with many dichotomous decisions that result in criticism from some and praise from others. Weak leaders avoid the controversy by voting present.

she has to take a negative dig against Obama's "organizing" for no particular reason other than to be nasty and sound superior
came after
he has to take a negative dig against Palin's experience for no particular reason other than to be nasty and sound superior

terrifying balloons! it's amazing she survived!

wow, jenni... that is seriously cool... I would love to place a buck on that wager... fun collectors item :-)

she's too old and too feminine for him

LOL... too funny!!!

I love confusing people concerning my opinions of McCain ;-) He's way to moderate (reaching across the aisle) for me... but as far as John McCain the soldier goes, he loves this country and sacrificed greatly to defend it.

Oh, I missed comment #8... yeah, you're right about that... I wish we conservatives had picked a Governor... McLame secured the nomination before I had a chance to vote... I prefer presidential candidates with executive experience... I'm voting for Palin, unfortunately she has to take John with her to the Whitehouse.

True that destry... I can't speak for all conservatives, but this conservative is energized!

I gleefully look forward to celebrities and pundits and leftist bloggers and democrats criticisms of her. :-D

BHO is stuck on hope and change and hope and change and hope and change, and when asked for specifics he speaks of hope and change and believe and hope and change and believe... now I understand Barakopolis... he's inflating his image to a celebrity messiah like status to fool the masses... don't ask him tough questions... just hope and believe and hope and believe...

I haven't heard a politician speak my mind like she did tonight since Ronald Reagan :-)

uuhhhhmm... destry, I think we listened to different speeches... they spoke of his service, his placing country first, his sticking with decisions popular or not, his willingness to die for his country...

Voting present 130 times is indecision and represents inexperience... making a decision is above BHO's pay grade...

Woo Hoo!!! She's wearing a ring... I'm happy for her.
A ring is seen on the left hand of Bristol Palin, 17, daughter of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, as she walks off a bus to meet Republican presidential candidate John McCain on his arrival in Minneapolis, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008
http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Sen-John-McCain-Minneapolis-vice-presidential-candidate-Republican-presidential-candidate-John-McCain-Sarah-Palin/ss/events/pl/082801mccain/im:/080903/480/daeff3d1f1a44e8f82ffc37798c053e8/

@nw - LOL :-)

@dieseldog - They're just jealous.

SWEET I want one!

...for the children.

@scott - Bristol is currently 5 months pregnant. Sarah disclosed this during the vetting process, and in Wasilla the pregnancy was not a secret: http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1837862,00.html?xid=rss-topstories

Should we create a new pregnancy rumor market for Willow (age 14)? ;-)

@djc2008 - Just a public service announcement

...and don't let him anywhere near your baby!!!
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=11799

Will The Most Merciful Lord Messiah Barack Obama accuse the Palin's of punishing their daughter with a baby? ;-)
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=12231

@newswrangler - LOL!!!

thanks, jenni

Troopers found four instances in which Wooten violated policy, broke the law, or both:

-Wooten used a Taser on his stepson
-He shot a moose without a permit, which is illegal. At the time he was married to McCann, who has a permit but never intended to shoot it herself.
-He drank beer in his patrol car on one occasion.
-He told others that his father-in-law - Palin's father, Chuck Heath - would "eat a f'ing lead bullet" if he helped his daughter get an attorney for the divorce.

Palin released a recording of a phone call in which one of her aides (Frank Bailey) pressured a trooper lieutenant to fire Wooten.

Palin has put Bailey on paid administrative leave during the investigation. She said she never asked Bailey to make that call.
http://www.kansascity.com/444/story/773278-p2.html

Interesting... I'm going to research this...

I like this comment from the article:
"One thing I have learned campaigning against her in 2006," said Halcro, "I have a high respect for her and secondly, I've learned you never underestimate her."

Again, thanks :-D

@jenni - another great question... thanks!

I can't wait to see the bio video and learn more about her.

Either a mention of NRA membership or a photo of her with a gun in hand

@jenni - Great question... thank you!

Will hunting photos count w/out gun in hand?

haahahaheehaehheehee

@VnH - How's it feel to live in the second smallest state?!?!

@dd - PalinMcCain08!!!

I need to clean my glasses... I'm cross eyed and seeing double

http://www.hubdub.com/m14416/Will_the_heavy_toilet_flusher_be_evicted_in_2009

ummmm, yeah, this is crazy... maybe they sue Honda for not making cars that blind people can drive...

Believe you me, it is news if she blows her nose, picks her nose, or looks both ways before sipping a latte.... it will be reported.

Have H$ available... ready to go... will wager...
Unsuspend this... please oh please :-D

I support the Green Parties desire to cut the $1 billion of subsidies given to Ford, GM and Chrysler in Ontario... that could make it more attractive financially for them to move their Canadian production across the border into the states... we'd love the extra work and you Canadian's can cash in on your guaranteed annual income ;-)

I'm salivating at all those 0% odds!!! Unsuspend this... please oh please :-D

Hey Buckeyetom,

My sample ballot arrived in the mail... Joe Arpaio is the only name I see under sheriff and the other option is a write-in candidate... did Saban and Will miss some deadlines or something?

I like these odds on "Rings around sun or shafts of light thru clouds"... it would be a great photography moment so in the unlikely event it happens, we'll have pictures to prove it

V&H - why did you suspend your question and ask for a void? You put a lot of work into this... Please unsuspend or repost.

John 'Lettuce' McCain invented the first computer: the Salamis Tablet
;-)

I vote for changing to "in 2008"

SHOCKER!!! Michael Phelps to replace Jay Leno
The television latenight world has just been turned upside down. NBC has just announced that Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps will be taking over the Tonight Show, replacing Jay Leno. The development is a major setback for Conan O'Brien who was supposed to take over the show.
http://www.datelinehollywood.com/dateline_hollywood/2008/08/shocker-michael.html

Dozens arrested after clash near DNC site
Some of the protesters threw bags containing a colored liquid.
http://www.wwmt.com/articles/site_1352685___article.html/dozens_convention.html

Thankfully, no bodily fluids yet...

I just HAD to look it up... 10,000 Ringgits is approximately 2969.56 USD or approximately 2009.79 Euros

Correction: idiot white supremacists!

I mixed up the "Related: Anarchists And Police Clash In Downtown Denver Monday Night" link to a different article with this one:
http://cbs4denver.com/investigates/assisination.plot.obama.2.802827.html

idiot anarchists!

Any attack on a President (past/present or future) is an attack on the people of this country.

ditto the thanks to jenni for this question

Polls are a funny thing... I was surveyed in a shopping mall once, something to do with marketing, and on one of the questions I answered, "Both" and she checked off, "Other/Don't know". People like to make fun of the "Don't know" percentages... but sometimes it's not a problem with the respondents but with the way the question is asked.

I'm predicting/guessing this one stays close right up to the end.
I just don't see much that will motivate the "silent majority"... this election has a 1992ish-1996ish feel to me... but, then again, my feelings make no difference whatsoever to how the rest of the country views 2008... which is why I'm only predicting/guessing.

There's also the Battleground Poll... check this out!
The Biggest Missing Story in Politics
http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/08/the_biggest_missing_story_in_p.html

I like Destry's warning on the "subjective analysis" of the Hillary Whip Team question. If he decides to let this question run, then he's the referee... if we're warned up-front we can decide to stay away or go-for-it and accept the settlement.

I, for one, will go-for-it, and now that I'm on record I won't have a leg to stand on if I disagree later.

Haaheehahee... I've got an idea... everybody that wagers on this must digitally sign here in the comments section promising to accept the settlement decision.

Here's my digital sig:
FoF

On NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, the speaker (Nancy Pelosi) twice seemed to suggest that natural gas – an energy source she favors – is not a fossil fuel.
“I believe in natural gas as a clean, cheap alternative to fossil fuels,” she said at one point. Natural gas “is cheap, abundant and clean compared to fossil fuels,” she said at another.
http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2008/08/25/fuel-for-debate-pelosi-suggests-natural-gas-isnt-a-fossil-fuel/

too funny!

It's beginning...
Fox News Crew Assaulted by out of control Protesters
http://www.nowpublic.com/world/fox-news-crew-assaulted-out-control-protesters-0

Another great song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXr1mkYWeCU

Hope for the change of the hope of the change!
heehheeehee

@dragon - it wont succeed... it's just a conspiracy theory... Philip J. Berg is the same guy that filed a lawsuit against President Bush and other high level members of his administration based upon prior knowledge of 911; knowingly failing to act, prevent or warn of 911; and the ongoing obstruction of justice by covering up the truth of 911 Both will go no where, no where at all.

but... if something like this did happen, Hillary is ready to jump right back in for any reason... any reason at all.

I enjoy following this conspiracy theory in the Hillary forums. Whenever anyone tries to refute it with logic, that very logic is twisted to fit the theory. "If this is true, why isn't Hillary doing anything about this?" and the response is that she doesn't want to be the bad guy in this and is waiting for the media to find it. "If this is true, why aren't the Republicans doing anything about this?" and the response is that they're saving it for an October Surprise.
When Obama ignores the conspiracy, they see it as proof and when he responds they see it as a cover up.

It might be true (although somewhat of a long shot) that Obama has/had dual citizenship, but that wouldn't necessarily disqualify him.

@curios - yes, unfortunately, we yanks are obsessed with law suits.

@curios - yeah, they don't make them open in my mind either ;-)

reminds me of the illegal immigration marches

@kbear - we have that question too :-)

http://www.hubdub.com/m9361/Who_will_have_the_higher_approval_rating_when_the_111th_Congress_is_sworn_in

@dragonfangxl - "Barry" was his childhood name.

In related news, Philip J. Berg (Hillary supporter) has filed a Civil Complaint against Obama in Pennsylvania and refers to the defendant as: "Barack Hussein Obama, alk/a Barry Soetoro, alkla Barry Obama, alk/a Barack Dunham, a/kla Barry Dunham
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066207/posts

WEATHER FORECAST:

Tuesday Night
Thunderstorm. Low: 77° F. / 25° C. Wind light. Chance of precipitation 80%.

Wednesday
Chance of Rain. Scattered Clouds. High: 91° F. / 33° C. Wind light. Chance of precipitation 20%.

Wednesday Night
Thunderstorm. Low: 77° F. / 25° C. Wind light. Chance of precipitation 70%.

Currently: YES

and you better study for your exam:
Aug 27 W National Career Assessment Exam (NCAE)

Colin the whale stuggled to the end
GROWN men were in tears as Colin the abandoned baby humpback whale stuggled as he was dragged behind a boat before being left to thrash on a beach after he was injected with a fatal dose of anaesthetic this morning.
The local community was outraged at how the NPWS dragged the baby whale, bucking and thrashing, across 300m of water.
It was still thrashing when it was pulled up on the beach.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24222924-29277,00.html

Very sad ending...

Good question pixelpaws... for the last 3 months DS outsold the Wii by 1.7 million consoles

The frequency is pretty low
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@chatarra - just when I thought this circus couldn't get any better!!!

Who is that lady... anybody ever seen her show?

"We have a pamphlet called the Constitution. A lot of us have read it already," he said - Glenn Spagnuolo, co-founder of protest group Recreate 68

touché!!!

That new guy, the Lord Messiah Barack Hussien Obama, can't tell us anything about himself with specificity... it's above his pay-grade ;-)

Strange... what ThisNation.com calls a SOTUA was actually a Address of the President to the Joint Session of Congress http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/02/20010228.html

wow! I gotta pee... brb

I suppose it's possible, markc, but with the changing of the guard I'm wondering if the outgoing President delivers one, and it would seem strange for the new President to issue one so soon...

Any thoughts oh wise hubdubers?

I like this question... I think Jenni created it perfectly... it will add to her 93% of previous questions settled successfully score

I care... and you can bet yer bottom dollar on it 8^)

It's nice that they let them out in time for the lunch hour 8^]

Position at 2100 17th August HST, 0700 18th August UTC: 22 38.295'N, 150 02.297'W.

And I have crossed 150 degrees West - woohoooo!!!! Waikiki lies just this side of 158 degrees. I am now into the last 500 nautical miles. Too soon to say that the end is in sight, but it's definitely drawing nearer.
http://www.rozsavage.com/blog/

@markc - the qualification requirements in order to sign the Global Warming Petition Project doesn't list dentists. Medicine is on the list: Medicine includes 3,069 scientists trained in the functional and environmental requirements of human beings on the Earth.
http://www.petitionproject.org/gwdatabase/GWPP/Qualifications_Of_Signers.html

Hubdub doesn't currently restrict users based on ideology, race, creed, religion, opinions, etc. Please feel free to create pro-global warming questions to counter mine. If you do, I'll wager on it.

They could stop feeding him, for several weeks, until he's thin enough for a proper execution... that seems the most compassionate solution to me.

@nw - Thanks! I didn't request settlement... was just sharing the latest update on this.

@jbolli - hahaha... nice one! I'm trying to imagine the look on Hillary's face!!!

11-year-old runaway, 3 brothers put in foster care
An 11-year-old Tacoma boy, who has twice sneaked past airport security, once hitched a ride on a plane to Texas, stolen a car and is accused of breaking into a neighbor's house, has been taken from his mother's home and is in foster care.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008117556_semaj16m.html

Secret BBC News Video Shows Russian Troops Deep Inside Georgia
http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=154073

hahahaha that 3-legged race photo is hilarious!

Russia digs in 20 miles from Georgian capital
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4547797.ece

Hey, Michael, I would love to wager on this but how do I track it?
I searched Myspace for Hubdub and Own your friends but I couldn't find it.

Wow! Nice view, destry!

Hey Hubdubers... you can game this question by helping to pay down the debt!

How do you make a contribution to reduce the debt?
Make your check payable to the Bureau of the Public Debt, and in the memo section, notate that it is a Gift to reduce the Debt Held by the Public. Mail your check to:

Attn Dept G
Bureau Of the Public Debt
P. O. Box 2188
Parkersburg, WV 26106-2188
http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/resources/faq/faq_publicdebt.htm#DebtFinance

@yonemoto - the other options are still there... just hidden

Here's Hillary:
http://www.hubdub.com/e/MarketOption/hillary_3483/Open

30 miles, 24 days, 10% odds... I'm sticking with YES

According to Reuters they advanced to only 30 miles away yesterday

A Russian military convoy advanced to a village 45 km (30 miles) from Tbilisi on Friday
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSLF9676120080815?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=22&sp=true

by my clock there's 30 minutes left for them to find her

is Molly a hubdub user... she could game this question 8^]

;-)

interesting... I never caught on the HP craze and thought the movies were just OK... that Twilight trailer looks awesome!

oddschecker?

I doubt the Arab part is the problem... after all, his name is Barack Hussein Obama

Once again... I type too slowly!

Comment #8 written before I read #7

Thanks Notable.... that is the exact link that I tried to include with this question

thanks, vnh!

I'm waiting for clarification on Market is not accurate and will go from there.

I noticed that I ran out of characters in the background info, and the second link didn't make it. I'll do some searching to find it.

his choice is going to 'blow folks away'

What would blow me away is if he chose someone I wanted to vote for: Fred Thompson, Alan Keyes, J.D. Hayworth, etc. If he chose someone more conservative than John McCain I'd consider voting for him.

Putting myself in Obama's shoes though... who would he think would blow people away... I'm guessing Algore, Hillary, Paris Hilton... actually, I have no clue!

If he chooses someone that's at least 6% Arabic, there's a huge payday here:
http://www.hubdub.com/m13643/Will_the_DNC_ticket_be_two_Arab_guys

comment #4 was response to vnh's comment #1

Well, the MSM tries to pass him off as the first Black President with 6.25%, so lets make it an even 6% of Arabic descent to settle as Yes

My, how times have changed! Lincoln's opponents nicknamed him "Abraham Africanus the First"... and now, 130+ years later that title is one of distinction and honor, thanks to his contributions to the US.

what's it worth now?

@buckeyetom - LOL... yeah... and the students right to self defense should not be infringed upon... with Profs like him walking the halls all students should be allowed concealed carry on campus

his choice is going to 'blow folks away'

Ooohh.... I can't wait! Who in the world could the Celebrity Lord Messiah, Barack Obama choose that would 'blow folks away'?!?!

Wow! This guy must be friends with Rev. Jeremiah Wright!

Fullerton Woman Gives Birth On Front Lawn
Higgins, 36, Says 'Everything Happened So Fast'
http://www.knbc.com/news/17186699/detail.html

Olympic Fever
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFoH8CuQBT4

Obama girl - Giuliani girl - McCain girl...

Introducing: Nobama Girl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MADZnsIkpdQ

the messi-uh on Letterman!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThEAO0lt4Dw

One can only hope... Shut 'er down!

Ron Paul supporters already gave their $$$ to Ron Paul... they can't afford to buy soda

@notable - not sure what weather Barry prefers... storm clouds and darkness play well with his 'hope', 'change', 'hope for change', 'hoping for hope', 'believe', believing in hope', 'we are the ones we've been waiting for' messages...

@buckeyetom - Yup! I'm a ways east of you over in Mesa... My flood insurance is all paid up 8^)

If the Barack Obama, Lord Messiah, the Most Merciful, wins in November the lame will walk and the blind will see.

Do I belong to the other 16% or the rest of the group?

@newswrangler - I dunno where the "smart" money is on this either...

I'll change my mind several times 8^)

My comment #6 was typed during and before I read comment #5

Hi Lizzielizzie,

Thank you for the comment. I hope I can clear this up for you.

Short explanation:
Will Obama's August unique visitors minus McCain's fall to 999,999 or less?
YES - Obama leads by 999,999 or less
NO - Obama maintains a lead of 1 million or more.

Long explanation:
Basically we're predicting the movement of Obama's website visitors lead over McCain's. For July Obama was ahead by by 1,020,311 Unique Visitors.

The news that there is Obama fatigue (which could also be interpreted as 2008 election fatigue) suggests that there might be less visitors to Obama's site which might reduce Obama's lead to less than 1 million. During July Obama's site fell by more than 1/2 million unique visitors. If that trend continues in August, his lead will easily fall to less than 1 million. If you think this will happen wager YES.

Destry wisely observed that the Democrat National Convention (DNC) is in August. The DNC could re-energize the fatigued and reverse the drop in unique visitors to Obama's site. An increase in visitors to Obama's site would mean his lead does not fall to less than 1 million. If you think this will happen wager NO.

He is concerned about the anesthesia not working properly (due to trouble finding his veins)and without the proper anesthesia, the lethal injection process will be excruciating.

I wonder if he is concerned about what those two college students felt after what he put them through

I'm glad you like it nw

I made a little H$ on this settlement Yeah!!!... I would have wagered much more if I'd known that attempts include threats.

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Clarification Please - Will this settle as YES if anyone reprimands him? Does Paris Hilton or a MD newspaper count?

I believe eric was referring to this:
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2008/02/20/n-y-times-suggests-unproven-adultery-mccain-unlike-clinton
http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/03/08/why_is_john_mccains_non_affair/

COOL! if he leaves I hope Laurence Fishburne replaces him

white hair dude

She's got my vote

Bunny commented on the demise of Scrabuluos in her last video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H4MwNvBV9U

In my tank ;-)

Dear Barry, if you decide to leave the country please take Johny with you!

Which country will win the most medals in the "terrorist" event?

Only 99 calories and 3.1 carbs

I like Paris' ad better than McCain's ad:
Paris Hilton Responds to McCain Ad
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/64ad536a6d

Paris 2008!!!

Paris Hilton Responds to McCain Ad
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/64ad536a6d

SF just might be crazy enough to do this

#$^&*&^%$#

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@dieseldog - lmao! funny man!

hee hee... two ways to read 'overexposed' :-D The obvious one and the other one that could be compared to outgoing and talkative.

During and/or after the Olympic games, I predict there will be a great deal of news concerning this. These issues will make top headlines on the Odd-News section, possibly in other sections as well.

Most of us have had awkward/funny/frustrating experiences communicating with Americans that speak English as a second language... imagine the confusion during the Olympics! Overworked and stressed out Chinese in the security and service sectors trying to instruct a half drunk foreigner to take a sip from their H2O bottle and the drunk foreigner freaks out thinking someone's trying to steal their drink, or they refuse to take a swig "because I'm NOT thirsty".

Then there's also several dialects/accents (Brit/American/Aussie/Spanglish) to further confuse the Chinese hosts...

Then there's also the wise crackers that can't resist ordering Flied Lice...

"Foreigners must respect Chinese laws while in China and must not harm China's national security or damage social order."

"Anyone with mental illnesses or sexually transmitted diseases is banned." "...and Beijing is being rid of petitioners, the homeless and migrant workers."

My daily behavior would be considered damaging to their 'social order'... I shop at convenience stores that are frequented by the sorts of people Beijing wants to ban or get rid of... I hold the door open for them and I thank them when they hold a door open for me... If an employee tried to chase someone out of the store (without just cause) for any of the reasons above I would argue with the clerk in defense of the victim... I'm even nice to the panhandlers when I refuse to give them $$$ (unless I'm in a bad mood - then I just ignore them - but even in my worst moods I know it's wrong to be mean to them and they have just as much right to be there as I do)

I've observed the mentally ill at various ticketed events, and as long as they've got a ticket and aren't breaking any laws or disturbing the peace (the U.S. definition of 'disturbing the peace' is nothing like the China definition) they're welcomed into the establishment.

Talk about a serious moral dilemma for foreigners!!! The mentally handicapped person in line with a ticket is refused entrance! If that happened to me waiting in line at the Olympics I could remain silent and forever regret not speaking up, or I could speak up and risk getting in trouble...

Waving banners or large signs: "Prohibitions range from the usual bans on smoking, gambling and assaulting athletes and officials, to more peculiar restrictions on opening umbrellas and standing up in your seat."

"...foreign visitors questioned whether the signs were in the spirit of the Olympic ideals, even if they did conform with Chapter Five of the Olympic Charter which bans "any kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda ... in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas"."

This means that even if someone's banner or large sign complies with the rules, authorities have and may again question visitors on whether the signs are in the spirit of the Olympic ideals. I'm sure a YES answer would probably be followed with a request for clarification/defense.

Beijing Olympics: Spectators ordered not to stand up, protest or open an umbrella

Spectators at the Beijing Olympics are to be left in no doubt about the high standard of behaviour expected of them by the Games's Chinese organisers, with giant signs erected detailing the draconian rules imposed on visitors.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/2498920/Beijing-Olympics-Spectators-ordered-not-to-stand-up-protest-or-open-an-umbrella.html

The nagging – from omnipresent officialdom – has been relentless as the Games neared.

Pamphlets on proper conduct were sent to 4.3 million households and 5 million people attended classes on how to behave in public, including 100,000 volunteers actually working the Games. Those recruits received 18 months of instruction on everything from sports rules to how to stand about (with hands clasped behind the back or folded over one another in the front).

@cognos & all - Thanks for the memories :-D

"Slow down, wake up, pay attention, stop it, don't touch that, watch where you're going, quiet down, no, no, NO!"

That's it... I'm NOT going to the Olympic Games this year! ;-)

@bayoubear - Thanks for the clarification on this

The GOP drives me nuts!!! When they are large and in charge they do nothing. As soon as they are the underdogs they get busy and work hard.

The goals of the American Energy Act (http://www.gop.gov/energy/americanenergyact/) are nothing new. While the rest of the world expanded energy production we sat on our hands for the last decade to avoid offending some squirrel or moose or tadpole. We have the best technology in the world so I'm sure we can drill here, drill now and pay less in a much safer manner than third world countries do.

Maybe I'm wrong, but from my memory it seemed the GOP accomplished more during Clinton's Presidency than during Bush's Presidency... maybe during an Obamama Presidency the GOP would work hard on privatizing social security, controlling govt spending, lowering taxes, school choice, expanding domestic drilling, securing our borders, etc etc

They didn't do these things when they had the Whitehouse, Congress and Senate and I doubt they'd do any of this with John McCan't as president either.

@dieseldog - Great question!

By tradition and by law, Congress recesses for the month of August, so since it's pretty unlikely that the August Recess will be broken for any reason, I'm ok with a YES settlement if they come back for any reasons.

I'm hoping that pressure from the people and from the president and from the GOP will bring them back.

Just testing the Commenting on Wagers functionality... and hoping the Speaker calls Congress back to work on this!

American Energy Act
http://www.gop.gov/energy/americanenergyact/

definite void

@chatarra - oh yeah lmao hee hee best laugh I've had all day!

The Beijing Olympics - Are They A Trap?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqNaAU2vXlI

Thanks, newswrangler.

Regarding this story, this is my favorite quote: "People act like they never heard of a kid who didn't behave before," she said. LOL It's a bit of a stretch to describe stealing cars, high-speed police chases, breaking into and vandalizing an apartment, etc. etc. etc. as typical 9-year-old misbehavior.

So, he's currently at home with his mom, under 24-hour house arrest.

Does this satisfy any of the settlement options? Would house arrest count as Semaj sentenced to some form of detention or as Any other outcome?

Mother's parenting skills will be reviewed
In an action that appeared to surprise both prosecutors and defense attorneys Thursday, Pierce County Superior Court Judge Frank Cuthbertson ordered the court's probation officer to file a dependency petition with the state, which would look into whether Semaj and his siblings are being responsibly cared for.

Semaj was released to 24-hour house arrest this week after spending more than three weeks in juvenile detention.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008085340_semaj01m.html

HEEHEEE... FUNNY!

@nigel - even more hilarious: send BeHappy2day.com an itemized bill for advertising services rendered, complete with stats on how many unique page views their question collected... who knows... they just might send in payment... stranger things have happened! :-D

I hope so... that was awesome! I support Obama's right to free speech

I just flagged it with a request to edit the second option to include Never

I apologize, I intended the second option to include or not at all

Executed Before 2009
Executed After 2008 or Never

google junkie too, destry. I would love a google alternative. I wish Cuil had the Web-Images-Maps-News-etc tabs at the top to filter search results.

but then again... cool Corvette... loud exhaust... who knows...

Anywho, hope he beats the tumor

Yeah, I find it hard to believe that he didn't know he hit someone...

Thank you, bayoubear!

hahaha... funny!

If Casey used Caylee as collateral to borrow money... would this settle as YES?

Another unlikely (but possible) scenario could be that Caylee was kidnapped by someone Casey owed money too, which would obviously settle as NO.

This is a strange case, indeed.

Probably not dying, but I wagered H$100 YES just in case...

Seriously, someone buy this guy dinner!

Singer Barry Manilow worries fans with frail appearance
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2270501/Singer-Barry-Manilow-worries-fans-with-frail-appearance.html

somebody buy this guy some food!
http://www.smh.com.au/news/people/barry-manilows-extreme-weight-loss/2008/07/18/1216163107882.html

Triplets would be cool and make it an even 20 kids :o)

WOW! Beautiful family!

Thank you Jenni!
Thank you Cognos!

@bayoubear, superusers and admins:

HELP!!!

This question is being spitzered!

Per the background info:
The price for 'gasoline-all grades' as reported by the Energy Information Administration has been above $4 for five weeks now, dating back to the June 2 report.

When will this price drop below $4?

Data is the weekly report from the EIA for gasoline-all grades, an average of all types of gasoline blends sold in the US.

http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/pet_pri_gnd_dcus_nus_w.htm

The price for 'gasoline-all grades' as reported by the Energy Information Administration is currently $401.0 but users are requesting settlement based on regular gas price as reported by other sources.

@bobbyedwards - that article concerns regular gasoline. This market is tracking 'gasoline-all grades' as reported here: http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/pet_pri_gnd_dcus_nus_w.htm

The average price for 'gasoline-all grades' is currently $411.8

Barack Obama: The Child - The Messiah - The Obamessiah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0drwfnGlF_E

dugg it!

Read the background article destry... this has happened before...
Indian athlete Santhi Soundarajan was stripped of an Asian Games silver medal in 2006 after failing a gender verification test.

True that, Destry... that's why "None of the Above During August" is the highest percentage as there may not be any news reported concerning Bush touring/surveying fire damage or attending Bar-B-Qs or Obama swimming or walking over wet surfaces.

If Obama takes Cameron's advice to spend some time at the beach, it would certainly be reported in the news where he vacations to: "You should be on the beach," Cameron told Obama. "You need a break. Well, you need to be able to keep your head together."

WOW! Thanks for the compliment kruijs!!!

I must confess though that I possess a great deal less valor and honor than valornhonor :-D

Hey Ryanj... yeah - that's a good idea. I would prefer liberal settlement rules on this one so that there's at least a 50% chance that one of the first two options occur during August so that our wagers are predicting which first. Obama in an area where it's extremely likely he walked on water (including walking on a wet surface) or Bush walking with fire (including Bush visiting an area damaged by fire or in an area commonly known to burn candles)

What prompted my imagination on this one is Obama's superstar status and a question in the user comments section of one of the news articles, something to the effect of "...what will he do next, walk on water?" (not exact quote... I'm paraphrasing from memory)

Then there's also a great deal of satire on the net likening Obama to a messiah. For example: Is Barack Obama the Messiah? http://obamamessiah.blogspot.com/

So this is my feeble attempt at joining in on the fun of creating satire centered around the news.

I welcome any and all suggestions/comments from you and other users to nail down the settlement details so we know which news articles to watch for during August.

Thanks!

http://www.dat-e-baseonline.com/front/a.asp?arg=8F7D995F927C7D5F686E797B628B73798C70756A867F

LOL - great photo!

another FIRE example: Bush attends a Bar-B-Q... the coals of fire!

haahhahahahahahaa... I like it... awesome car and clever marketing... stand out from the crowd - buy our sportscar!

Predatory Lenders are morally reprehensible scumbags... but San Diego's city attorney has lost his mind!

http://www.hubdub.com/m8140/Will_Barack_Hussein_Obama_See_Dead_People_During_June_2008

heehee

@newswrangler - I just commented on your get satisfaction thread... Thanks!

In my experience, when I cash out the next day, my cash out adds to the activity - when I cash out on the same day they cancel each other out.

@curios - are you referring to the Lowy Family?

@curios - are you referring to the Lowy Family?

They caught him!
Arrest In B'klyn Hit-And-Run Accident
Jerry Coleman, 41, Accused Of Leaving The Scene And Driving Without A License
http://wcbstv.com/topstories/hit.and.run.2.775628.html

What's really sad is that she dashed across the street when neighborhood kids joked that her brother was waiting for her at a window.
Heckled hit-run girl 'victim of prank'
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=601468

Those neighborhood kids must feel terrible about this tragedy... I'm thankful none of my stupid childhood pranks hurt anybody.

@curios - ROFL... when/where did buckeyetom claim that Australia is the largest continent?!?!

For some reason this is really really cracking me up!!! :^)

we're not predicting whether or not the ban can be enforced... just whether they pass a law banning tobacco

@hubdubbob - the difference it makes depends on how you wagered ;-)

I flagged this settlement. There's 11 days left during which Pakistani soldiers might become casualties too.

Quoted from background info above:
Question should not suspend until the end of July or until all options have had an opportunity to play out.

@bayoubear - clarification please: the question refers to "regular gasoline" and the background reads "We're using the gasoline-all grades for settlement"

Which is your intent for settlement? (regular or all grades)

Thank you!

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/07/20/europe/EU-Italy-Pakistan-Mountain.php

...the system is in “crisis.”
http://www.albertleatribune.com/news/2008/jul/16/founder-canadas-system-leaning-private/

@curios - are you referring to the Lowy Family?

Lowy Family Faces Tax-Shelter Probes
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121642655534166887.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

I followed my initial NO wager with a YES wager after clarification from coolkraft (comment #3 above)

I've invested HD$ on opposite sides of two different questions today... I should have stayed in bed today ;-D

@curios - yeah, the placement of electrocution at the end threw me off too. Moving electrocution to the middle of the sentence changes the meaning: "Will any US contractors be punished for the electrocution deaths of American soldiers in Iraq?"

There... I fixed it... hedged my bets with HD$5K on YES and NO :-D

OOOOOPPPSSS!!! I overlooked the "Jan-Jul" in the title question... my bad!

Oh well, looks like Entertainment will remain one of my weaker categories

Some describe Obama as messiah and the Joker as devil.... scary, scary, I'm wagering evil prevails (or at least the lesser of the two evils)

Yup... a singly bid by me... Entertainment is one of my weaker categories... so this HD$ 5K might change that

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTsbu85G98w

My knee jerk prediction is YES... but I like to research all sides... I'm searching google for Crane Safety Facts and Statistics and I am curious to know how many construction cranes operate on a daily basis and the historical safety track record of cranes.

Anyone here with construction knowledge? Anybody have links to share?

We need Epicur!!! Please come back and share your knowledge!!!

@gluckman - You are correct... if one is lost or stolen prior to 2009 we may never hear about it. Per the background details, "Will a major mainstream news source report that one of these devices have been lost or stolen prior to 2009?", this will settle as YES if it's reported and NO if there are no reports.

Do I understand this correctly, that for a YES settlement, a US contractor must be punished by electrocution?

@intlibber - WOW... You put some serious research into GW... thanks for sharing!

anyone have any links to more info on this?

Message from Bunny's mom concerning this question:

Thursday, July 17, 2008 2:39 PM
"Thanks for writing! We love that people are still enjoying the show!
Bunny has been very very busy lately-which is why there aren't that many
shows. But we do have plans to continue making them when we can!

That's very funny-We've never heard of Hubdub. But we do want to continue
doing the show--so we'll try to do another one in July just for you guys!

Cheers,
Bunny's Mom"

Denver Works To Ban Human Waste From Protesters
The proposed bill would also make it illegal to possess any noxious substance, such as human waste.
http://cbs4denver.com/denver2008/denver.protesters.convention.2.772440.html

@tisha - you look Great!

come on bunny... don't let us down!!!

@scott - it's the exchange rate

oh phew, I was going in circles on that one ;-)

Sure, a natural disaster could wipe out the entire east coast, and that'd kill this movie, otherwise, Will Smith will reign once again on the mega 4th of July weekend!

Hey Lucid, that would be a cool and fun and wacky Hubdub question: Will it be reported that any natural disasters diminished Will Smith's mega 4th of July weekend?

@chatarra - You're probably right about that... I imagined a 'leaper' would go limp and go with the flow... but as you say that would require one to be a "pretty cool cucumber".

That’s apparently why “fingers of fury” suggests that opendna’s posting is where the alleged forgeries may have originated…….presumably because they would be easier to alter
http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/06/28/daily-kos-an-obama-activist-and-forged-birth-certifications/

A blogger quoted my comment #21 above!!!

http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/06/28/daily-kos-an-obama-activist-and-forged-birth-certifications/

He even credited my screen name
I almost fell famous :-D

Olympic nightmare: A red tide in the Yellow Sea
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/30/asia/china.php

A citation/ticket/fine for speeding serves the purpose of "ordering" drivers to obey the speed limit.

Pabst's citations and potential fines serves the purpose of "ordering" Pabst to remove the signs.

A spokeswoman for the city Department of Licenses and Inspections says Pabst has received four citations for not having the proper permits. The spokeswoman, Gayle Johns, says the company will be fined if the ads are not taken down within 10 days.
http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/state/pennsylvania/20080626_ap_pabstcitedformuralstyleadsinphilly.html

Sounds like an "order" to me... but I'm H$10k biased.

Awesome video mork!!! This could possible explain some of the Bigfoot sightings

Janet Napolitano

Is it possible to edit the outcomes to correct the overlaps so the question doesn't have to be recreated?

The reports that her arms were crushed made me wonder if she changed her mind and reflexively tried to break her fall.

Ruslana: 'I'm So Lost. Will I Ever Find Myself?'
The emotional Kazakh stunner appeared to be longing for true love and meaning--a stark contrast to the glitz and superficiality of her chosen career path.
"Do not confuse love and desire. Love is the sun, desire - only flash. Desire dazzles, and the sun gives life." Love does not take away from one in order to give to another. Love - this is the essence of life. But you will not give your life to another."
http://www.theimproper.com/Template_Article.aspx?IssueId=4&ArticleId=1818

Here's another one I found:
City: Beer Wall Murals Illegal Advertisement
"...the city said the quasi-murals are illegal because a permit is needed.
The city is warning business owners that they need permission before they allow Colt 45 to put up billboards like these in the first place.
The city has sent a letter to Pabst, and they are now issuing citations to businesses with the billboards, saying they must paint over them."
http://www.nbc10.com/news/16721108/detail.html

Controversial Ad Painted Over
PHILADELPHIA (CBS 3) ― A fresh coat of paint has been placed over a controversial graffiti-style ad for malt liquor seen on Philadelphia buildings.
CBS 3 cameras were at Girard Avenue and Palmer Street where a large mural ad for Colt 45 was painted over after causing controversy in the neighborhood.
Philadelphia's Department of Licenses and Inspections issued four citations to Pabst Brewing, the maker of Colt 45, for not having proper permits for the large displays.
Members of the city's non-profit Mural Arts Program complained the ads were distasteful and should be removed because they were not placed in an area zoned for advertising.
http://cbs3.com/local/colt.45.graffiti.2.758639.html

In light of this news, will this settle as a YES or NO?

She says she's happy with her curves... I am too ;-)

Kareena Kapoor adds weight for Mr and Mrs Khanna
From a size zero look in Jab we Met and Tashan, Kareena Kapoor has added some kilos for her new movie, Mr and Mrs Khanna. For her latest role in Mr and Mrs Khanna where she plays a house