Tales From The Police State - Website will predict White House actions
Johnson, John,  Mockingbird, Tequila. Fifth Estate. Detroit: Fall 
2003.Vol.38, Iss. 3;  pg. 10


Inspired by the futures market in terror and war that the Pentagon released 
and then immediately yanked in late July, a consortium of computer 
scientists, political scientists and others announced 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?"

The site, www.AmericanActionMarket.org, will offer various categories of 
"futures" that users can bet on and trade. Some of these have easily 
verifiable outcomes:

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?

Which corporation will be next to see its close relationship to the White 
House erupt in scandal?

AmericanActionMarket.org will be fully functional and ready for bets on 
October 1, the day the Pentagon's now-defunct futures market was scheduled 
to open.