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This is what we've been waiting for. From the press release:

Inspired by the futures market in terror and war that the Pentagon released earlier this week (and then immediately yanked; see here), a consortium of computer scientists, political scientists and others announced today an online futures market in White House behavior.

"The Pentagon felt that a market in terrorism futures could predict terrorism," said AAM spokesman Tad Hirsch, a researcher at MIT's Media Lab. "If the market is indeed such a powerful tool, then it should be directed at the most urgent question facing the world: what will the White House do next? And the second most urgent: what is it doing right now?"

AmericanActionMarket.org, will offer various categories of "futures" that users can bet on and trade. Some of the contracts traded on AAM will be based on objective data and observable events, as on a horse track, e.g.:

• the next White House lie to break into the news;
• the next country the White House will threaten, and when;
• the lifespan of various DARPA projects, such as Total Information Awareness [site] and Babylon [site];
• the first White House staffer to resign in disgrace, and when;
• Who will be the next foreign leader to move from the CIA payroll to the White House "most wanted" list?;
• What will be the next major White House lie to break, and how will the White House attempt to control it? Will the attempt be successful?; and
• Which corporation will be next to see its close relationship to the White House erupt in scandal?

And this is what I've been waiting for, a new way to get rid of people: Introvertster.