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Jason W Galbraith (jwg)

I was admitted to the New Mexico Bar in 2008, and recently returned there to work as a public prosecutor.

Bets & Predictions that Galbraiths' placed

No.	Bet	Duration	Stakes	Predictor	Challenger
291.	Neither major U. S. political party will hold conventions or indeed primaries to select their 2012 Presidential nominees.	6 years 02007-02012	$500 $250	Jason W Galbraith	Sam Stigler
347.	Roe v. Wade will not celebrate a 50th anniversary.	15 years 02008-02023		Jason W Galbraith
872.	The solar system will not be converted to a giant Matrioshka brain in the next 989 years.	989 years 02021-03010		Jason W Galbraith
886.	A manned mission to Mars will be underway or will have actually arrived there by the time Long Bets posts Prediction 1000.	12 years 02022-02033		Jason W Galbraith
900.	The International Criminal Court will become totally independent of the Security Council and may even gain the ability to override the vetoes of the latter.	11 years 02022-02033		Jason W Galbraith

Bets & Predictions Galbraiths' challenged

Predictions that Galbraith has challenged.

No.	Bet	Duration	Stakes	Predictor	Challenger
211.	If the next president of the USA will be a democrat and/or a female, the US's anual GPD growth, major Wall Street share indices (Dow Jones, NASDAQ comp.) by the end of the term in 2012 will be higher, unemployment rate lower than now. The death toll of US soldiers in foreign countries and the numbers of terror attacks in western countries will be lower.	7 years 02005-02012		Daniel M Wigger
244.	Steve Jobs will be nominated for Presdident of the United States, by one of the two major political parties in 2012.	6 years 02006-02012		Tyrone Boyd
287.	Within two generations, the Iranian people will become an anchor of freedom for the middle east.	8 years 02007-02015		Russell A Mitchell
510.	Human population of the world will peak at or below 8 billion in the 2040s and then drop dramatically.	40 years 02009-02049	$2,000 $1,000	Stewart Brand	Francis Tapon
687.	The June, 2025 Labor Force Participation Rate and unemployment rate, reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, will be, respectively above 60 percent and below 7.5 percent.	10 years 02015-02025	$500 $250	Robert D Atkinson	Jason W Galbraith
736.	Emulating Achilles: a White Man Will Start World War By 02051 -OR- The Great White Man Theory of History	34 years 02017-02051		Francis Hsu
775.	At least 1000 people in one calendar year will depart Earth for Mars by the end of 2035.	17 years 02019-02036		Macon M McInnis
858.	No Republican will be President of the USA before December 30, 2039.	19 years 02021-02039	$400 $200	Michael d de la Maza	Jason W Galbraith
906.	In 2030, the share of world energy produced by solar will be < 2%, conditional on real gross world product (in 2015 USD at market exchange rates) being not less than $118 trillion. End date as soon as reputable data (World Bank, IEA, BP etc) for 2030 are available.	? years 02022-???		Carl Lumma
910.	I predict that Canada will be a failed state by 02042.	20 years 02022-02042		Jordan C Lewans
935.	World peace by October 30, 2150	128 years 02023-02150		Zachary J Waugaman