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Dog_Ed
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Posted - 04/23/2001 :  04:43:36  Show Profile  Visit Dog_Ed's Homepage Send Dog_Ed a Private Message
Hi, all. I wonder if any of you know of websites that track prophecy/prognositcators like Gordon Michael Scallion, Shawn David Morton, and Ed Dames? I'd love to get my hands (or eyes) on a really detailed list of what these guys have predicted over the years. Unfortunately, I have a life and so the time I am willing to spend tracking loonies is limited.

Got any suggestions?

Dog Ed

Marc_a_b
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USA
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Posted - 05/17/2001 :  16:21:29   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Send Marc_a_b an AOL message Send Marc_a_b a Private Message
Gene Emery keeps track of the tabloids and psychics predictions. Can probably send off a request to him if he has those people in his files.

Here were the 1999 predictions:
http://www.csicop.org/articles/psychic-predictions/1999.html

gene.emery@prodigy.net


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Snake
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Posted - 06/11/2001 :  23:41:36   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Snake's Homepage  Send Snake an ICQ Message  Send Snake a Yahoo! Message Send Snake a Private Message
A question.
Psychics, let's say even if they truly believe what they are doing and sincerly want to help people. They must know what they are saying at the time to someone in a 'reading' is nonsense.
How can they keep a stright face and tell that load of rubbish to people.
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ljbrs
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Posted - 06/19/2001 :  21:21:00   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send ljbrs a Private Message
Maybe all of the soothsayers went to acting school. In this way, they learned to keep a straight face and put on an air of authority. Perhaps people go to soothsayers in order to have something to do. Perhaps it helps them get a sense of life which had been sorely lacking. Perhaps the idea of making money has forced them to work on a *straight face*. Psychics and soothsayers without a *straight face* are ex-psychics and ex-soothsayers, or at least they are very poor monetarily.

ljbrs

*Nobody ever lost money underestimating the intelligence [taste] of the American Public.* (2 versions) H. L. Mencken

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ktesibios
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Posted - 07/17/2001 :  02:12:33   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send ktesibios a Private Message
Hey, if box scores for soothsayer/prophet types were available, perhaps there'd be a way to organize a betting pool.



It is, because it isn't not, and that's the part that goes up.
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Snake
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Posted - 07/17/2001 :  03:50:44   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Snake's Homepage  Send Snake an ICQ Message  Send Snake a Yahoo! Message Send Snake a Private Message
quote:

Hey, if box scores for soothsayer/prophet types were available, perhaps there'd be a way to organize a betting pool.


I'm in.

VHEMT
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