Poolitics | Put your money where your mouth is!

Put your money where your mouth is!

July 2007

Pools Resolved: 61

Jackpots Claimed: $397.50

Good Guess Rate: 101/231 (43.72%)

ALL OF THE PIECES ARE IN PLACE [ATK19]

Will the United States launch an air/missile strike against Iran prior to August 1?

Outcome: No

$15.00
10 | 100%

DISASTERS WAITING TO HAPPEN [WET13]

Will there be any Atlantic hurricanes during the month of July?

Outcome: No

$15.00
1 | 10%

THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL TODAY [BOX103]

Will the domestic gross of SiCKO surpass the lifetime domestic gross of Bowling for Columbine ($21,576,018) prior to August 1?

Outcome: Yes

$9.00
3 | 75%

SPEAK OF HER IN THE PAST TENSE [GSA3]

Will Lurita Doan resign/be fired from her position as Administrator of the General Services Administration prior to August 1?

Outcome: No

$9.00
2 | 50%

HERE HE COMES TO SAVE THE DAY [GOP25D]

Will former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-TN) formally announce plans to run for President during the month of July, and if so, when?

Outcome: No. He will not announce plans to run

$5.00
2 | 50%

CONFIDENCE VERSUS ARROGANCE [CAB27]

Will Attorney General Alberto Gonzales resign/be fired prior to August 1?

Outcome: No

$10.00
4 | 80%

FROM ONE BIG HOUSE TO ANOTHER [IND20]

Will Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) be indicted prior to August 1?

Outcome: No

$9.00
4 | 100%

INFORMATION WANTS TO BE FREE [LEG80]

Will Congress pass legislation that would extend the moratorium on Internet access taxes, or make the ban permanent, prior to August 1?

Outcome: No. They will not pass any legislation

$6.00
1 | 100%

A POLITICALLY-MINDED SCIENTIST [MNS2]

Will Nobel Prize-winning chemist Dr. Peter Agre announce plans to seek the Minnesota Democratic Party (DFL) nomination for U.S. Senate prior to August 1?

Outcome: No

$9.00
2 | 50%

THROWING A PARTY IN THEIR PANTS [SEX4]

Will any sitting members of Congress - besides Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) - admit to having been clients of "D.C. Madam" Deborah Jeane Palfrey prior to August 1, and if so, which party will they belong to (caucus with)?

Outcome: No. No members of either party will admit to being a client

$11.00
4 | 67%