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    For the first time, Intrade predicts Romney winner of Electoral College

    By: superdelegate (Diary)  |  October 24th at 12:40 PM  | 

    The Intrade prediction market, where participants wager real money on the outcome of the election, has tipped in favor of the Romney/Ryan ticket in the state-by-state betting on the Electoral College.  Today’s forecast is for a Romney victory of 275 Electoral Votes.  The state that flipped which put Romney over the top is, of course, Ohio. The straight ticket wager still has Obama winning at | Read More »

    Amazon.com closes all Colorado-based associates’ accounts.

    By: superdelegate (Diary)  |  March 8th at 01:04 PM  | 

    The Colorado legislature and Governor Bill Ritter (D) recently passed a bill which Amazon.com felt would be too costly to come into compliance with, and pulled out of all relationships with Colorado-based advertisers. As of March 8, 2010 Amazon sent a letter to its associates in Colorado explaining the closing of their accounts. The text of that letter can be found at the bottom of | Read More »