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Approve Adult Industry Bailout?

[ Predicted ] No (87% chance)
The latest joke around the adult entertainment industry is that sales have slid enough to justify asking the federal government for a bailout. Companies say people were already spending less on naug...
[ Closed ] on 2009-04-01 EDT, Unanswered
  1 News 4 Comments Report ematheld ematheld (37)
With the minority government hanging in uncertainty with the possibility of a coalition government being formed or a non-confidence vote held resulting in another election, with a new Liberal leader lo...
[ Closed ] on 2009-03-31 EDT, 1 Ziibos Answered
  125 News 2 Comments Report cougar222 cougar222 (*)
The auditor general has just reported today that the Canadian government is over-charging people when they apply for their Canadian passports. According to the law, the government can only charge i...
[ Scored ] on 2008-12-31 EST
  57 News 5 Comments Report black-shoulder black-shoulder (*)

Canada: any MPs cross the floor in 2008?

[ Predicted ] Yes (62% chance)
Back to 2006, at some point between election day and the day Harper was due to be sworn in as prime minister, Emerson accepted an offer from Harper to cross the floor from Liberal to Conservative, and ...
[ Closed ] on 2009-01-01 EST, 1 Ziibos Answered
  122 News 3 Comments Report Canada Canada (*)
Recently, Liza Wang, a famous HK celebrity, suggests that the Chinese government grant pro-democratic legistlators a chance to visit the Beijing Olympics and to promote China-Hong Kong dialogue. 12...
[ Scored ] on 2008-12-31 EST
  78 News 3 Comments Report black-shoulder black-shoulder (*)

What will new Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff do when parliament re-opens?

[ Predicted ] Conservatives rule on (67% chance)
The Liberal Party of Canada has crowned its new leader. Michael Ignatieff, who was the leading candidate to become the party's leader following the 2006 election, finally became the interim Liberal lea...
[ Closed ] on 2009-01-26 EST, Unanswered
  41 News 1 Comments Report black-shoulder black-shoulder (*)
Some people are half-expecting the U.S. auto industry to disappear soon. In terms of the hole that General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. would leave in the S&P 500, it's not that troubling. Combin...
[ Closed ] on 2009-01-01 EST, Unanswered
  206 News 3 Comments Report xiaxia xiaxia (100)
A Disneyland in Shanghai once again appears to be on the cards, after local media outlets reported a slice of land on the Chongming Island was being set aside by the government. The Walt Disney Co. ha...
[ Closed ] on 2009-01-01 EST, Unanswered
  117 News 9 Comments Report Homer Homer (*)
Like them or hate them, but the Canadian government led by the Conservatives party will be making its second official apology to a group of people who were unfairly treated by the government in the pas...
[ Scored ] on 2008-12-10 EST
  4 News 5 Comments Report black-shoulder black-shoulder (*)
The Canadian government temporarily dodged a crisis when Governor General Michaelle Jean accepted Prime Minister Stephen Harper's request to suspend parliament. The House will be back in business late ...
[ Scored ] on 2008-12-10 EST
  4 News 2 Comments Report black-shoulder black-shoulder (*)
In a shocking development, news suggest that former NDP leader Ed Broadbent and former liberal prime minister Jean Chretien are trying to help the two opposition parties form a coalition to oust the re...
[ Scored ] on 2008-12-06 EST
  6 News 7 Comments Report black-shoulder black-shoulder (*)
Governor General Michaelle Jean is facing a most difficult proposition right now. Canada's elected government, the Conservatives, are on the verge of being defeated by the opposition parties. This in i...
[ Scored ] on 2008-12-05 EST
  1 News 2 Comments Report black-shoulder black-shoulder (*)

Another Bailout for Citibank?

[ End Result ] Yes
The Treasury and Federal Reserve Sunday night were moving to stabilize Citigroup to prevent the giant New York bank from being the latest to succumb to a death spiral in financial markets, according to...
[ Scored ] on 2008-12-02 EST
  3 News 1 Comments Report oWell oWell (*)

Would Iran begin building nuclear weapons/warheads by the end of 2008?

[ Predicted ] No, the number is fake (44% chance)
Iran has just announced today (Apr 8) that it is massively expanding its existing nuclear program to enrich uranium by tripling its number of centrifuges (adding 6000 to the existing 3000). While s...
[ Closed ] on 2008-12-31 EST, Unanswered
  158 News 3 Comments Report black-shoulder black-shoulder (*)

Will the US government start monitoring our Twitter's traffic in 2008?

[ Predicted ] No, it won't happen in 2008 (54% chance)
According to a military intelligence report obtained by the Federation of American Scientists, the social networking Web site Twitter could be used by terrorists to communicate as they execute a potent...
[ Closed ] on 2008-11-29 EST, Unanswered
  160 News 2 Comments Report oilman oilman (*)