I have as much sympathy for the Binance traders who may lose their shirt as I'd have if they'd invested their money in Jamaican cane plantations in the early 19th century.

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Today both the online casino that is Polymarket and the securities exchange that is Binance were hacked. When “prediction markets” and “cryptocurrency exchanges” are not properly regulated, this is what happens.

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I honestly thought the name 'Binance' was some kind of satiric joke

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There's a real possibility of the midterm being such a slaughter for the GOP that a lot of the functionaries Trump would need to pull off a large-scale invalidation of the results just decide not to get involved. If they lose 40 House seats and 6 Senate seats, what's the point?

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The only way out is to declare it was 'Nyarlathotep in the library with the candlestick' (or whichever combo) but if you get it wrong, a Lovecraftian horror consumes you, so you have to be *really* confident.

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