1.0 link 38350 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/greg-gutfeld/predict-when-and-how-john_1_b_38350.html On January 10th, 2007, at the Huffington Post, John Seery, an academic with credentials, just proposed a novel contest. He says it's "sort of like Monopoly," except it's far more clever: you get to guess how many US troops will die this year. "Submit your estimate," he goads, in a curiously hopeful manner. The more that die, he understands, the smarter he looks. As a college professor, he's hoping for an invite to a cocktail party where he doesn't have...

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