Post Your 2009 Predictions Here

Tinme to bump this thread to see how well we did.

Brown said:
So here is a serious prediction for 2009 in Nostra-dumb-ass form. Remember, this is a REAL prediction of events that may or may not take place in 2009:

A giant insect, taking flight
Escapes his brother's tragic fate
Colliding with the king of night
Leaving remnants of the slate
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This prediction achieved 100 percent success. The references were to famous deaths of 2009, individuals who were erased from the slate of the Earth.

The giant insect was Bea (sounds like "Bee," which is one of the largest insects) Arthur.
The one who escaped his brother's fate--that of assassination--was Ted Kennedy.
The king of night refers obviously to Michael Jackson.
 
BPScooter said:
Whoa, Brown, you just freaked me out!
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I KNOW! I'm absolutely astounding, if I do say so myself; and I do.

Statistics prove that my predictions are correct ninety-six point one percent of the time. This is based upon the fact that it seems to me like only four percent of the time--or a little less than that--do I think that I completely screwed up. That's some pretty impressive data!

I'm not saying that I RETROFITTED my predictions to fit the events of 2009 (I would NEVER do such a thing!), but I am saying that it is possible to do such a thing quite easily if your predictions are sufficiently vague or euphemistic.

I have to say--in all seriousness--that I did find it a bit spooky that many news stories about the death of Ted Kennedy used language very similar to that in my prediction: escaping his brothers' tragic fates. This was almost as spooky as my prediction for 2003, in which I predicted that "a perpetrator" would be "found asleep," and indeed, the Washington DC sniper [executed this year] was captured sleeping at a Maryland rest stop! These two hits are in many respects better than those of self-proclaimed professional psychics.
 
rjh01 said:
OK where is the 2010 thread? Or is the 2012 prediction wrong in that it is 2 years late?
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Astonishing! You predicted such a thread just as I was creating it!!

And we didn't arrange anything, we didn't set anything up, did we?? Incredible, isn't it??
 
Here are the ones I predicted back in December, 2008:

  • Heavier than normal snowfall in parts of the U.S. Drought in other parts.
    Right on the money. The unprecedented snowstorm of the moment is capping a year that saw extreme drought in California.
  • A hurricane will come ashore and cause considerable damage. Look for this in the summer or early fall.
    Ida caused more than 124 deaths in Nicaragua and came ashore in the U.S., causing major flooding and property damage in early November. Only the timing was a little off: mid-fall instead of early fall.
  • Some early decisions in the Obama administration will trigger concern and protests from the fundamentalist-conservative groups in the U.S.
    I don't even need to list these, do I? And do I need to mention Rush Limbaugh and the others? No, didn't think so.
  • Look for lots of sequels and remakes from Hollywood.
    My Bloody Valentine 3D; Friday the Thirteenth; Race to Witch Mountain; Fast and Furious 4; Star Trek; Night at the Museum 2... and the list goes on.
  • Unfortunately, there will be at least one campus shooting in 2009, with fatalities.
    April 25, 2009: A University of Georgia professor shot and killed his wife and two other people just off campus. May 7, 2009: fatal shooting at Wesleyan University.
  • A disappearance of long standing will be solved when someone stumbles across skeletal remains of the missing person.
    December 10, 2009: Skeletal remains found in North Carolina turn out to be those of a Marine who went missing six years earlier and whose disappearance was a mystery.
  • California is in for mudslides and forest fires.
    In 2009, wildfires in California burned more than 330,000 acres. On December 13, heavy mudslides north of Los Angeles tied up traffic and stranded over 100 cars.
  • Avocados don't taste like much by themselves. You need salt and some kind of dressing.
    I recommend a nice peppery ranch.
  • To the disgruntlement of purists, text-message and internet-bulletin-board shorthand will be recognized in a major dictionary.
    On Dec. 18 the New York Times gravely noted that "tweet" and "Twitter" were about to be defined in Webster's, to the detriment of the language.

I think I can claim close to a 95% accuracy. I sneer at Sylvia Browne!
 
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Another year, and still no rapture.

I swear, it's the biggest piece of vaporware ever. It makes Duke Nukem : Forever appear to be a joke by comparison.
 
Here's a new one:

The current President of the USA will be criticised, based on his/her current performance.
 
rjh01 said:
This is the annual beat the psychics at their own game thread. What will happen in 2009?

My preliminary predictions
- Someone will take attempt to harm the new President of the USA and fail.
- Someone else will actually kill a head of state.
- Unemployment will go up a lot around the world.
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Bit vague, but 10/10 for accuracy.

Tsukasa Buddha said:
President Obama's approval rating will fall below 50%.

There will be a major natural disaster on a Pacific coastal area.

Iran will continue trying to obtain nukes and lead to war, but no nuclear weapons will be used.

There will be a major change in the Chinese government.

An ex-President will die.

Israel will not make concessions to Palestinians, leading to increased tensions, but no all out war.

Japan will be involved in a major war.
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Started well!

rjh01 said:
This thread will have more than a 100 posts next year.
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Fail!

I wish I'd known about this thread, I'm off to post in the 2010 thread - my psychic skillzz are legendary!
 
Lothian said:
There will be a major shock in the world of sports.
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Wow!


Dave Rogers said:
Leaked Home Office documents will trigger a minor political scandal culminating in the resignation of a Cabinet member, who will later rejoin the Cabinet in another role.
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OK, it wasn't the home office, but still...

Dave Rogers said:
Inclement weather conditions will paralyse the UK rail system and lead to several road closures, despite the fact (as pointed out by several commentators) that far worse weather passed without incident recently in Norway and Sweden.
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Another wow!

[Fixed part of it for you.]

Way to go, Dave!


Correa Neto said:
OK...Lights will be seen in the sky and people will say they are alien spacecraft
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Another wow!

Collectively, JREF ain't bad at this. Will Robert Lancaster have to start a "Stop JREF psychics" thread?
 
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