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this story was run on GlobalTV in Edmonton. The News was running a story on how the story had made it to the world wide web and they used this web page as proof. Now that's validation of this site as a source for world wide news.
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/USElection/2008/10/27/7222046-ap.html
Assassination plot targeting Obama foiled

By Lara Jakes Jordan - THE ASSOCIATED

good thing this question got voided
And to think they voided my Obama assassination question
@jenni
this question was posted as a lark to test of hubdub's sensiblilities (Destry failed) but you gotta check this out. Obama, George, and George W. are listed in some interesting company !
http://www.nostradamus.org/mabus.php
@ jenni it will take some time to find the quatrain (michel was not known for writing cronologically) but here's a good place to look for some interesting translations
http://www.michelnostradamus.org/quatrainsfuture.html
@ chuck
which administration is going to start the war? the current one or the next one?
since there is a full moon on tuesday, everyone is invited to my house. we'll have a seance and see if we can get nostradamas and get him to re-word the quatrains to suit the hubdub editor's sensibilities and priorities
the funny thing is that the editor has decided that Nostradamas' predictions are not newsworthy (being the bum that Nostradamas was at predicting news) and that the colour of ties, pantsuits, jackets of candidates are very important as newsworthy stories
that's funny Nostradamas predicted that the third world war would be started by a great orator wearing a blue hat, i guess Barack being a great orator is not newsworthy
sorry infernal, i didn't see that you had already added as background
i guess background needs to be more than an editorial comment

this question is based on an american documentry that was done in a "newscast" format that predicted that al-qeida would attack the loading docks in saudi arabia right after a major hurricane striking the united states exactly where ike struck today. this question was posted two days before ike made landfall and would have given those that pay attention to the "big picture" time to decided if the american producers of the documentary had inside information or were just looking for a worst case senario.
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/storm_watch_stories3&stormfile=Hurricane_Ike_09_09_2008&eccode=WWCAAB0007&warningdisplay=noec&warningtype=aw

Ike will begin to bend to the northeast later today, and eventually be picked up by the fast moving jet stream winds dropping down through the western U.S. The key to the forecast for Central and Eastern Canada lies in a vigorous jet stream disturbance which tracked through Southern Alberta on Friday. This disturbance will capture Ike's moisture later today and direct a swath of heavy rain into Southern Ontario and Quebec later Sunday. In advance of Ike's rainfall, a separate area of low pressure will bring rain across Southern Ontario Saturday through Saturday night, meaning that rainfall totals by Monday morning could be 50 to 100 mm in the hardest hit areas. Localized flooding is possible, especially if rainfall totals exceed 75 mm. The exact amounts will be refined by The Weather Network's forecast team throughout the weekend as Ike's remnants move northeast.
Ike will begin to bend to the northeast later today, and eventually be picked up by the fast moving jet stream winds dropping down through the western U.S. The key to the forecast for Central and Eastern Canada lies in a vigorous jet stream disturbance which tracked through Southern Alberta on Friday. This disturbance will capture Ike's moisture later today and direct a swath of heavy rain into Southern Ontario and Quebec later Sunday. In advance of Ike's rainfall, a separate area of low pressure will bring rain across Southern Ontario Saturday through Saturday night, meaning that rainfall totals by Monday morning could be 50 to 100 mm in the hardest hit areas. Localized flooding is possible, especially if rainfall totals exceed 75 mm. The exact amounts will be refined by The Weather Network's forecast team throughout the weekend as Ike's remnants move northeast.

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/storm_watch_stories3&stormfile=Hurricane_Ike_09_09_2008&eccode=WWCAAB0007&warningdisplay=noec&warningtype=aw
@ kruijis too much "tamping" will do that to a guy
@destry you gotta watch the movie "pay it forward", it's tragic but a true story
is now chuckling at the anal retention that can be caused by ambiguity
@pixalpaws
in a canadian election the most credible question is "how many photo-ops will each cadidate have in a tim hortons coffee shop"
no plotting has to be an actual attempt
judging by the above list, barrack has a 95% chance of an attempt on his life
if this question is to be voided to reset the odds then lets do it now please
it would be the one that is shown as the big yellow area on this map
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.shtml
question doesn't ask about the caribbean sea or gulf of mexico, it asks if there will be one named in the atlantic....i.e. the tropical depression that is 900 miles from the northern leeward islands has been up-graded to a tropical storm and has been named...
good editorial bayoubear...argue both sides and state the obvious..well done
i stand corrected, the action history says that it is "extremely unlikely"
The east coast of canada has been on the radar or hit by the following
2007
TS Barry
TS Chantel
TS Noel
2006
TS Alberto
TS Debbie
TS Florence
TS Helene
Hurricane Issac
2005
TS Franklin
TS Harvey
Hurricane Irene
TS Lee
Hurricane Maria
and more but i don't have the time to complete a list as it would be just another example of absolutely useless information

and now that i've finished my coffee and smoke , i got to get back to work....interesting how this question got voided as "highly unlikely"
THE SHEAR COULD RELAX AND SSTS INCREASE SO THERE IS SOME
POTENTIAL FOR A LITTLE RE-INTENSIFICATION.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCDAT2+shtml/081440.shtml
looking like nova scotia or newfoundland... too bad the question on a canadian landfall got voided
your link shows hurricane status by monday 8pm now and i only have one h$ dollar left!
@destry
an established and predicable pattern
Alberta- we get a storm watch/warning and a 10 minute thunder storm
Manitoba/Minnisota- within 36 hours will get tornado warning and a 2-6 hour rip-roaring thunderstorm
Lower Great Lakes- within 24 hours will get same as MB/MI only more islolated and more severe

if current storms in alberta slides east-northeast from great lakes basin there will be a slip-steam vacume that will draw bertha to the left on the map

but now i am meandering.... should go back to searching now
@destry- i was reading a blog the other day about the odds of new york city taking a direct hit from a hurricane and how it is long over due...the current weather systems in western canada will be hitting the east coast about the time that bertha passes bermuda.. the intense low pressure from these storms will pull bertha into the eastern seaboard... the question is where. this scenario does not include the havoc that is going to happen between alberta and the east coast!
everybody gotta have a hobby, severe weather calculations and prediction happens to be one of the many that i return to in moments of boredom
correct to "doesn't make landfall in the us". somewhere else would be if she continues north and makes landfall somewhere between north carolina and the canadian border. the next question is posted as "does canada take the hit from bertha?"
somebody run down to the store and check the price of butter so that this can be settled.
Senior Israeli officials are openly threatening to attack Iran's nuclear installations before President George W. Bush's term expires. Early, this month Israel staged a large, U.S.-approved exercise using F-15s and F-16s to rehearse an attack over 900 miles - precisely the distance to Iran's nuclear facilities.

http://www.torontosun.com/News/Columnists/Margolis_Eric/2008/07/05/6077376-sun.php
posted 19 weeks ago on Will Israel bomb Iran in 2008?
landfall anywhere north of north carolina is a safe bet

THE NEW TRACK
FORECAST IS ADJUSTED SLIGHTLY EASTWARD...BUT STILL REMAINS
WEST OF THE MODEL CONSENSUS.

FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS

INITIAL 06/2100Z 18.1N 47.0W 50 KT
12HR VT 07/0600Z 18.7N 49.6W 55 KT
24HR VT 07/1800Z 19.5N 52.3W 60 KT
36HR VT 08/0600Z 20.2N 54.6W 65 KT
48HR VT 08/1800Z 20.9N 56.7W 70 KT
72HR VT 09/1800Z 23.0N 60.5W 70 KT
96HR VT 10/1800Z 26.0N 64.0W 70 KT
120HR VT 11/1800Z 29.0N 65.5W 70 KT

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCDAT2+shtml/062057.shtml?

by tuesday 8AM according to the national hurricane center
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at2.shtml?5day#contents
To those who insist on picking at nits, the question does not refer to a hurricane or tropical storm. it asks about the weather disturbance that has been named "Bertha"
there has already been one bid made. question has been flagged to have amount adjusted to $1,100,000
gonna have to cash something out to get in on this one

Former hot-dog-chomping champ Takeru Kobayashi hungry for new title

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2008/07/03/6059551-ap.html
does this mean that the drag queen from "america's got talent" isn't running for president this year?
accoding to today's weather report the temperature difference is -121C and -135.8F.
keep up with the times people. this lander is in a polar region and is taking live weather measuements. this should not be voided.
should be settled as it was not caused by a natural castatrophe
"influenced by" is not the same as "caused by" nature
Facing pressure from the international community, Saudi Arabia said it will produce more crude oil if the market requires it.

The country's oil minister, Ali al-Naimi, said that Saudi Arabia can produce more than the 9.7 million barrels of oil per day it has already committed to as of July 1.

http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/Saudis+promises+to+boost+their+oil+production/Home/ContentPosting?isfa=1&newsitemid=CTVNews%2f20080622%2foil_production_080622&feedname=CTV-TOPSTORIES_V3&show=False&number=0&showbyline=True&subtitle=&detect=&abc=abc&date=True
ignoring cyclone warnings and taking a ferry out for a scheduled run is an accident waiting to happen. the first warning was posted over 2 days ago
and yet another race with a horse named "whosthatnag"
posted 22 weeks ago on Will Big Brown race again in 2008?
they gonna pump him full of drugs and the track vet will scratch him from the race.... he's not going to run again this year
posted 22 weeks ago on Will Big Brown race again in 2008?
ahhh this should be reopened... he was scheduled to race in the belmont stakes and look how that turned out when he went all ferdinad and stopped to smell the pretty flowers. until he actually starts a race, he has not run a race. the next question should be "if big brown starts a race, will he actually cross the finish line with effort"
posted 22 weeks ago on Will Big Brown race again in 2008?
that would make the question
will the expatriot pakistani talibani criminals and afghan soldiers exchange gunfire or mortar fire in either afghanistan or pakistan on/before
ahhh.. the taliban are actually criminals from afghanistan, they are not of pakistani origin hence there are no pakistani taliban unless they have joined up and become talibani fighters which would make they criminals in afghanistan
UN chief: Saudi king ready to restore oil prices to 'appropriate' levels

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2008/06/15/5885476-ap.html
when they turn this really big toy on it will create a black hole that inverts the earth into the forth dimension. in this dimension lucidstate will be the president of the united states and meanderingsearcher becomes a concretethought
MONTREAL - Retail gas prices flared past $1.50 per litre on Monday as motorists in parts of this city continued to feel the effects of last week's dizzying run on oil.
Pump prices in Montreal's west-end climbed as high as 151.9 cents a litre, more than 10 cents higher than prices over the weekend.
The average price of gas in Canada on Monday was pegged at 134.77 cents a litre by the website gasbuddy.com
http://finance.sympatico.msn.ca/investing/insight/article.aspx?cp-documentid=7978690
and now i have to find the time to go back and re-placed all those bets i cashed in (sigh)
i to agree with destry, i would not want to celebrate at the expense of the horse's heath, however, to all those that place thier bets on what they read in the news......HAAAAA HAAAAA
for those still in a state of shock, awe, and/or disbelief.... please refer to comment #38
there's a children's story that reminds of this race... you know the one ferdinad decides to sit down and smell all the pretty flowers
OH YEAH OH YEAH 38 to 1 beat the ONE horse in the race
cashed out and lost 1000's on no, re-bet at better odds and gonna laugh when big brown comes in third
another day, another H$20 on NO
like i said one fast starter gets in front and it's BOXEM IN BOXEM IN
.....and there is a very good reason why handicapping at the ponies will never be my day job LOL
multiple entries from one stable are always interesting... not that one horse running interference so that the other horse has a chance happens in horse racing
if post 2 to 6 are fast starters and get in front of big brown once ...he's done
everyone else will be hollering RUN, RUN, COME ON, COME ON
i'll be hollering BOX'EM IN, BOX'EM IN
wonder if there is a horse entered named "whosthatnag"
i thougt it would be nice to have more hubdubbers there than there is (already) admins
cashed out everything but the suspended and bet it all on NO. it's either win big or start over ... only time and some unknown will tell
this question will count as one of the top h$ questions thus far
to "perform" a speech would indicate a lack of sincerity
is nigel going to invite us all over to see the sex video when lesley is not around ?
nigel won't bet because lesley won't let him!
if 25% of the visitors sign up it will be a sure thing fot yes
hmmmm
KATMANDU, Nepal - Nepalese soldiers and police guarding the slopes of Mount Everest are authorized to shoot to stop any protests during China's Olympic torch run to the summit
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2007/12/21/4735388-cp.html
$1.80/lt CDN is about $7.20/gallon USD, wonder why we bother with the oilsands to produce oil if we don't get to use any of it?
most hurricanes start as low pressure systems off the coast of africa then evolve into hurricanes
Lucian, Lucian, Lucian.....if you wanted dumplings for supper, all you had to do was ask!!!
lucian is sigmund's grandson and grandpa is rolling over in his grave because little lucian spend too much time reading grandpa's notes
does this mean there will be a ctaegory added for "are you smarter than a 5th grader"
again sorry forgot the warning

WARNING THE ABOVE LINK IS EXTREMELY GRAPHIC
baby in the corner (?)
Where in the world is jennifer (?)
seems to me it has happened before
you know during the big asian beach party known as vietnam
there's no "collect" option
okay sorry randburg, ol' snoop won't have won his appeal if it is overturned
Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr A.K.A. Snoop Dogg has won his appeal and been granted a visa but the British Government Department that issues the visa reeeely doesn't want him in the country so they have appealed to have his appeal win overturned
no Snoop Dogg hasn't won anything, Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr. has
jest one a' those you have ta watch the werdin' on
only what "can be wished for" (sighs)
the t-shirts are gonna have a picture of the black apache hubdub chopper attacking a picket line of people carrying plastic garden rakes and flashlights
a proud athelete runs through the town carrying the olympic torch. the townspeople see the runner and the torch and know that they are being called to a peaceful competion. all wars and disputes are put on hold until the games are completed. continuing to show any animosity during the games would be shameful to one and their home state. the very symbol that is "the torch" can be wished for, but alas, may never be the same again.
the torch doesn't actually stay lit at all times, there is a olympic flame that follows it around and each leg relay is represented by a keep-sake torch that is lit from olympic flame. the question was meant as "for any reason" and should stand as it was intended. it will serve us as a reminder on how the story has evolved in the last 3 weeks and will continue to evolve
I will not bet on this question. It is based on a train of thought that I wanted to share
the settlement details sy the pope must say "the united states of america"
if i had the name Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr. then i would rather be called Snoop Dogg too
note that this question suspends today. this story line is going to happen at a very fast pace
unfortunately, this one could make rwanda look like a childrens tea party
http://torchrelay.beijing2008.cn/en/journey/
this is the schedule for the torch relay have fun creating with it
randburg
i believe that the problem of china saving face will be the least of their problems. any future "heavy-handed" enforcement of government policies are going to be big news, and the chinese policy of blacking out the news will not fly in forum of world public opinion, especially when it has anything to do with the olympics
if the torch doesn't go through tibet then the settlement would have to be NO as the torch was not effectively extinguished for any reason
another funny thing about this questions is that when it was posted it was not, by any means interesting, you know, what were a couple of monks going to do...throw themselves on the torch? now the it is getting out of control and with china's human rights record it has become world news. the very symbol of the olympic flame is what may turn this story into a historical event that may have consequences that................
funny how a question posted 17 days ago, based on a news stoty about the route of the olympic torch, has grown to were sub categories for possible questions would include sports, sports "other", crime, litigation, world politics, and possible hubdub fistinctication
BET NOW..... IT'S NOT GAMING...... IT'S NEWS!!!!!
the initial odds were set when the protests were just starting in tibet. as a newshound i knew that this was a story that had long reaching ramifications but i had no idea that it would get to the point that it has already. it would have been more specific but as a news predictor site we get to the evolution of world events as they happen
should have put "will the chinese army shoot any protestors during the olympic torch relay in tibet"
admin. could be busy working on acceptable policy and procedures
attention all newbies
hubdub has announced they are going to make an announcement today !
yawns, lights cigarette, sips coffee
walks over behind theonecalledmichael

YEAH WHAT THEONECALLEDMICHAEL SAID, AND JOHN MCCAIN IN DRAG TOO!

sips coffee
and as to the al jazeera questions, they are because al jazeera loves barack obama
i was hoping it was likely 'cause i don't like john mccain
i have 70 settled questions
30 voided questions
53 open questions
a lot of the voided questions were because , as i was informed, that the odds were questionable and were possibly gaming. my reply was that the last step was for me to predict what i thought the likely outcome would be. so i did just that, put what i felt the likely odds were. since they editors were voiding so many, i switched to 40/60. i felt that a point spread of no more than 20 points would more acceptable. this was not the case as they started voiding questions that were in this range too. so i started to play with the suspend dates to see how much would be bet by people who didn't check the settlement details. not that anyone would be anal enough to complain when they found out they had locked their $H in until the outcome had been determined. and now i am on strike. i think in the next round of tear gas i'm gonna use lucidstate as a human shield.
note to those who are bringing expresso
ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MINDS!!!!
lucid is like this on watermelon koolaid
CAN YOU IMAGINE ON TRIPLE EXPRESSO!!!!!
markov
does the essay have to be double spaced and APA formatted ?
Charges laid against the captain and chief officer of the Farley Mowat

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2008/04/05/5203966-cp.html
but no arrest yet
ryan
you're gonna have to deal with the semantics of time zones or we gonna have to coin a new phrase for international pyschotic hubdubosis (IPH)
gonna have to repost
when tom informed me that he had voided my question it was because there was no such thing as the hubdub police and they did not have international powers od arrest.
THEN THE MEN IN BLACK ARE REALLY HUBDUB SECRET POLICE
oh no THE BLACK HELICOPTER IS HOVERING OVER MY HOUSE, GOTTA TAKE COVER AND HIDE THE PICKET SIGNS
Earthquake faults talk, both shake
New study suggests major quakes could occur along San Andreas Fault
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23944728/
ooops.... second rope should be torches, gotta have torches for a good lynching
oh and by the way i joined the strike and have retrieved the rope, pitch forks, and rope from the closet
lucid
i am in no way contradicting you and bear no malice
but
if one was to be writing a thesis on the affects of cyber stress, then their opening statement and conclusion could be based on the paradox of a ranting lucid state
lol
rohan
go over to satyali's house and get his mother to give him a good spanking
lol i didn't actually bet on this question, i only buy lottery tickets for that reason
yawns, lights cigarette, sips coffee
walks over behind crudsy

YEAH WHAT LUCIDSTATES SAID

sips coffee
same reason i buy lottery tickets, maybe i win maybe i don't
no sarcasm intented jennie, it is hard to find positive questions to post that are relevent to the subject matter. one day i tried to find 10 positive questions to post and found that it was too labour intensive for the effort
*oh yeah, and the torches, better hide the torches, can't have a good lynching without torches
*thinks he had better hide the rope and pitch-forks before he goes out
jennie as you also enjoy the challenge of posting questions that do not create hubdubs version of cyber civil war, could you add some in put to this thread please
http://getsatisfaction.com/hubdub/topics/suspend_v_settlement_times
now here is a question that is significant to the category
well done jennie
and crudsy's comment were informative and insightful
thank you for your input crudsy
Report: Mugabe privately concedes defeat
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23929752/
posted 33 weeks ago on When will Mugabe lose power?
the country that i am PROUD to live in is friends with your country but i am confused on how a citizen of a country can OWN it ?
rohan you let the proverbial cat out of the bag i was enjoying you're, and satyaki's, input without anyone knowing how old you were
Attention to all hubdubbers living in England

STAND UP AND MOVE AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER

DO NOT SIT BACK DOWN UNTIL YOU HAVE CHECKED EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY OF YOUR HOME FOR A PAINTING THAT YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2008/03/31/5155241-ap.html
duckie's grandma is a "drunken midget" (?) and she bet on her own grandma (?)
kruijs
of course you realize that the object in the story you cited (asteriod 2007 TU24) will pass within 120,000, or there-a-bouts, of earth in nov. of 2010.
it will be about one-third of the distance to the moon. while not a new discovery it will be an extreme near-miss event. if the calculations are slightly off it could an "oh, oh, it's gonna hit us" event. check out the simulation link in the story
it could happen, they mess with each (america/russia) every 5 or 6 months. both sides probably bored so they take a cruise through each others airspace. only the americans are less likely to report it unless there is an incident
PORTLAND, Maine - Unauthorized software that was secretly installed on servers in nearly all of Hannaford Bros. Co.'s supermarkets enabled the massive data breach that compromised up to 4.2 million credit and debit cards, the company said Friday.

The company doesn't know how the malware — short for malicious software — got to the stores' servers, Hannaford spokeswoman Carol Eleazer said.

anyone who had access to their computers, family, contractor, employee, vendor....
asteriods are the the ones you gotta woory about
okay the movie "fitna" has been released

WARNING THIS LINK WILL TAKE YOU TO THE 15 MINUTE MOVIE
IT IS EXTREMELY GRAPHIC

one of two things will happen
nothing
or more news than this site can handle

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7d9_1206624103
i asked for an edit to say 7.7 or more
good question, if you want an edit just "flag for review" and explain the edit
Will yet another sitting governor resign?
that's gonna be the next question lol
i agree with dan
i read the story yesterday where the american jet fighters were tagging along with the russian bomber. the americans planned to tag-a-long for a while because they brought their own refueling tanker for the jet fighters
i'll see if i can find the story
this should be interesting
Today 7:33am PST
1,000 at 54,945.05% 2
4 days to go
1 at 42.91%
should'a left this one a little more open ended
Controversial councillor arrested in domestic dispute

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Crime/2008/03/27/5118551-sun.html
simple question, big impact
the notariety of Tiananmen Square puts china on the spot as randburg says
the next bollywood movie "men with guns"
i figure there won't be any broadcasts from there
7 pm EDT TODAY!
early suspension makes it a prediction market and not a cash cow
shadow, shadow, shadow- we're all addicted, there could be worst addictions to play with.........remember 4d tried to tale a break and was having fits and foaming at the mouth... no wait... that's was before he quit lol i only googled hubdudland to see what would come up. i have found that this site has broadened my horizons in many ways as for "pithy posts" well i have to leave that one alone or i might a spanking from admin. for being inappropriate .you know "woodie and fill in the blank"
my interest was born out of sitting in a pickup truck and looking at a f5 tornado
here's one for you shadowland, if you google "hubdubland" you get the get satisfaction thread on hubdub addiction lol
the title of the painting says it all
shadowfax it's sad to say but these sites are part of my daily routine. i happened to sit down one day and the was a huge red square in the indian ocean. (earthquakes that are in red are less than an hour old). i was probably aware of the impending tsunami before most of the countries that were affected. since then i have been following the efforts around the world to better the emergency alerts systems
that is where you have to make an informed prediction 4d
my neighbors gotta learn something from this experience
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23793136/
the floor is now open as to the meaning of "Kwame'd"
that would where you have to make an informed prediction kruijs
orlin when you post a question hit the "flag for review "button and ask the editors to correct any mistakes that you may have made. the editors are more than willing to help out
orlin don't worry about your english, the english language is phonetically retarted anyway
10 options 1n 10 currencies, the editors would have fits
ummm. does this mean if they start shooting at each other then they have rescinded the cease-fire
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSCOL554152
oh, oh, another fistinctive pics4ded spitzer episode
posted 34 weeks ago on