Selling Terrorism Futures - Who would have made the $$$

bleedingheart

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Tue Jul-29-03 08:12 PM
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Selling Terrorism Futures - Who would have made the $$$

This is so disgusting it is surreal.

If Poindexter makes a bet that Arafat will die on a certain date ...and he has the connections to make it happen he can make a lot of money off of it...

Its all so sick!

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JustJoe

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Tue Jul-29-03 08:16 PM
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1. I imagine devils in hell

conjuring such shit.

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ComerPerro

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Tue Jul-29-03 08:16 PM
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2. Sounds familiar

Sounds like if someone were to for some reason sell all of his UAL stock short just before the 9/11 attacks... He would make a fortune

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bleedingheart

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Tue Jul-29-03 08:28 PM
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7. bingo

i used to think it was unbelievable...but now I realize these people are satan's spawn.

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DuctapeFatwa

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Tue Jul-29-03 08:18 PM
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3. They decided to say it was scrapped

I think the consensus among the regime henchmen is it's something that should have been kept private in the first place.

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camero

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Tue Jul-29-03 08:22 PM
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5. It probably will be now.

I think it will become another one of those "classified" documents which can't be opened for "national security" reasons.

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lynndew2

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Tue Jul-29-03 08:21 PM
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4. It would promote more terrorism

Your common thug on the street would put down $100,000 that something would be attempted. Then they would do it half-heartedly so they wouldnt get caught. Then collect on there prediction. That has to be the most idiotic thing i have ever heard...LOL

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Fescue4u

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Tue Jul-29-03 08:24 PM
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6. You know, I think it would have been an effective

predictor of terrorism, but I couldnt stomach actually doing it this way.

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bleedingheart

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Tue Jul-29-03 08:31 PM
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8. effective only because the people involved could potentially

fix it that way.

The people on NPR this afternoon were talking about this being future market being limited to a select audience...

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aquart

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Tue Jul-29-03 08:39 PM
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9. But who is betting against him? Who makes the payoff?

Something this slimy shouldn't just be allowed to go away. I want a full investigation of the people who wasted $600,000 on this act of genius.

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