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Ricky
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Dave W.
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
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 Posted - 12/19/2004 : 01:19:40 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Ricky
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I predict one of the Bush twins will get in some kind of trouble, possibly drunk driving.
Sorry Beskeptigal, but that may be one of the worst predictions I've heard, at least the possibly drunk driving part. The president doesn't drive, he has people to do that for him. I've also heard that the president hasn't touched alcohol since he entered the White House (not sure about the accuracy of that though).
I think that the prediction is a distinct possibility. Further, I'd not be suprised to hear of another Bush drug bust.
I think Dubya is still drinking, perhaps heavily. Every once in a while he is photographed without makeup, and his face glows with broken capillaries. I think that the pretzle incident was alcohol related. What he described has happened to me, and between violent coughs I felt it coming and had ample time to lay back in the chair before fading out.
Either that, or Pickles got sick of his cheap shit and gave his sorry ass a good whuppin'.   
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"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
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Storm
SFN Regular
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Posted - 12/19/2004 : 06:40:36 [Permalink]
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Hey plyss I hate to burst your prediction but the Pope is already dead. He just does not know it. One time I saw the Pope giving mass and in the next second he was vomitting to the side. Sometimes it is nice to go out with dignity. |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 12/19/2004 : 10:04:15 [Permalink]
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Here's one: the price of oil will go to over $50.00 a barrel and stay there.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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Ricky
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Starman
SFN Regular
Sweden
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Posted - 12/20/2004 : 02:28:59 [Permalink]
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I predict that Bush will loose interest with Iraq and will try to direct the countrys attention to some other evil.
N Korea, Iran, Massachusett or ACLU.
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
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Posted - 12/20/2004 : 08:31:02 [Permalink]
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While I know that there will be a series of articles on "false memory syndrome" on this site in 2005, I predict that there will be fire breathing skeptics who would like nothing better than to take us to task for having the gall to take issue with the current skeptical view. I also predict that I will be offering more teasers on the subject...
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BigPapaSmurf
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Posted - 12/20/2004 : 09:23:17 [Permalink]
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1) There will be an earthquake of devistating power, somewhere in the 7.0-8.0 range.
2) China will see massive flooding in the southern regions.
3) 2005 will be among the three hottest years ever recorded.
4) North Korea will attempt to bypass US restrictions and try to develop a US-free Asia-trade group, in a vain attempt at legitimacy.
5) There will be a partial collapse of the Alaskan highway system, a permafrost melthole to be exact.
6) Martha Stewart will be released early.
7) Bush will try to make a plan for fixing the deficit, when in fact his plan will be shot down, by republicans.
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"...things I have neither seen nor experienced nor heard tell of from anybody else; things, what is more, that do not in fact exist and could not ever exist at all. So my readers must not believe a word I say." -Lucian on his book True History
"...They accept such things on faith alone, without any evidence. So if a fraudulent and cunning person who knows how to take advantage of a situation comes among them, he can make himself rich in a short time." -Lucian critical of early Christians c.166 AD From his book, De Morte Peregrini |
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Wendy
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Posted - 12/20/2004 : 09:28:10 [Permalink]
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| Ricky Williams will die of a drug overdose, and Don Shula will return as Head Coach for the Dolphins. |
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Valiant Dancer
Forum Goalie
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Posted - 12/20/2004 : 10:20:31 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
Okay, folks. It didn't work last year, but I'm hoping for a better turnout this year. Better than zero shouldn't be too difficult, should it?
Make some predictions for what will happen in 2005. The "glaringly obvious prediction" joke has been done to death, so please avoid it (for example, "stocks will rise and fall"). Also, no predictions about yourselves ("I will get cancer"), and especially none which you can bring to life ("I will die horribly").
There is, actually, a serious reason for doing this. If we can develop a better long-term track record for predicting the future than the "professional" psychics, too bad for them. Please keep that in mind if you post.
And so, I predict that in 2005, an entirely new kind of human infection by a micro-organism will make the national news, much like "flesh-eating bacteria" ate their way into the public mind not so long ago. And no, I'm not talking about "bird flu," since it's already made the news.
Sylvia Browne will not submit for testing
The Bush administration will continue on it's path of arrogance
Congress will not fix Social Security
Rhenquist will no longer be a Supreme Court Justice
The roles of terrorists will grow at an alarming rate spurred on by the arrogance of the administration
Republicans will continue to demonize Democrats
Ashcroft's replacement will continue to abuse the Patroit Act
Alberto Gonzalez will not be confirmed as Attourney General
Rumsfeld will continue as Defense Department Secretary
More servicemen will die in Iraq
The Gaza strip will be rocked by suicide bombers
Osama Bin Laden will remain on the lam
Global warming will continue to worsen
Artifacts of life will be found on Mars
verlch will continue to make unsupported allegations
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BigPapaSmurf
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Posted - 12/20/2004 : 11:01:15 [Permalink]
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Id like to get some clarification on that second to last one Dancer.
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Artifacts of life will be found on Mars
Now would you happen to mean something like 'more evidence' or 'solid data confirming life' because Artifacts are generally considered man made objects of some type (Aliens in this case) or this: An inaccurate observation, effect, or result, especially one resulting from the technology used in scientific investigation or from experimental error: The apparent pattern in the data was an artifact of the collection method.
Now if its that second one you would be predicting that the evidence we have already collected on mars life will be falsified as bad data collecting.
So as you can see you've predicted both alien life at some point on mars and no life on mars. Ive never seen a career psychic pull one off quite so well, you should go pro.
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"...They accept such things on faith alone, without any evidence. So if a fraudulent and cunning person who knows how to take advantage of a situation comes among them, he can make himself rich in a short time." -Lucian critical of early Christians c.166 AD From his book, De Morte Peregrini |
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tomk80
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Posted - 12/20/2004 : 11:12:45 [Permalink]
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As already mentioned, the dollar will keep falling and the Euro will keep rising.
Fundamentalist islamism across the world will continue to rise in 2005.
So will fundamentalist christianity in the US and extreme right in Europe.
Despite some attempts of the USA to restore relationships with the EU, overall anti-Americanism in the EU will continue to rise.
The case for a human cause to global warming will continue to strenghten, but this will continue to be ignored by politics in general.
The Netherlands will see some recovery from present economic hardship. |
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Valiant Dancer
Forum Goalie
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Posted - 12/20/2004 : 11:26:59 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by BigPapaSmurf
Id like to get some clarification on that second to last one Dancer.
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Artifacts of life will be found on Mars
Now would you happen to mean something like 'more evidence' or 'solid data confirming life' because Artifacts are generally considered man made objects of some type (Aliens in this case) or this: An inaccurate observation, effect, or result, especially one resulting from the technology used in scientific investigation or from experimental error: The apparent pattern in the data was an artifact of the collection method.
Now if its that second one you would be predicting that the evidence we have already collected on mars life will be falsified as bad data collecting.
So as you can see you've predicted both alien life at some point on mars and no life on mars. Ive never seen a career psychic pull one off quite so well, you should go pro.
Ok. In this regard, I meant artifacts of life as being fossilized evidence of simple animals or very small plants. Or dead primordial bacterium. I do not believe that a currently living primordial life form will be found with this mission. It may exist in the subsurface water stores which may still exist. (Hey, this is blatant speculation but based on the evidence so far gleaned from the current set of Mars rovers) |
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satans_mom
Skeptic Friend
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Posted - 12/20/2004 : 12:04:23 [Permalink]
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I think that the mainstream news programs will suffer because of more exposure to the fallacies they report, and the "half-stories."
Fast food and inadequate nutrition will receive more attention, and fast food companies will change their menus to offer more nutritional foods than ever before.
Another country will get involved with the Iraqi war, be it for the better or worse of the US.
Somebody in the Bush administration will either be assassinated or have a near-death experience.
MTV and FOX will collaborate. Nickelodean will become the next Disney. |
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