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2009 Predictions
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Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:36:43
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Yoda and I have a tradition of making predictions for the coming year and the future in general, towards the end of each year. I figure this year I'd open it up to the whole site. I'll have to think about it and get back to you later with my own predictions, but you guys can start throwing out some ideas.

Here is an example of our predictions from 2004 , you can use this as a guide. -- I haven't edited this page since 2004, so many of the predictions labelled "Incomplete" are actually complete (Pope dying, DJIA to 12,000 followed by economic collapse in the US, etc)

See also: Transcript of the MSN conversation that led to this list, with more detail. Written in embarrassing chatspeak by 15 year olds.
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Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:51:09
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A Golden Girl will pass on.......maybe Betty White.
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Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:53:59
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travo said:

A Golden Girl will pass on.......maybe Betty White.

LOL

There are some stil alive? GASP

Good to see you. I just posted some pics of our visit in the Animal Crossing thread.

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Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:37:05
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Here's Sylvia Browne's predictions for 2009. Some were also for 2008, and were completely wrong.


A crazy old hag said:
Around 2009 to 2010, I predict Americans will start working on what I like to call our "buts." There are problems that we are aware of that make the global community smaller. We have liked to say, "Our system works"..but...

...Children are not properly fed, clothed, educated, protected or given adequate medical care.

...Many in our population do not have a place to call home.

...Some of our youth get more attention from gangs and drug dealers than they do positive role models.

...People who are ready, willing and able to work cannot find decent jobs.

...Our elderly are not cared for properly either financially or medically.

...Some death row inmates are innocent.

...Some elected officials and large corporations do not think of the welfare of the people as a high priority - they'd rather just increase their bank accounts.

I predict we'll develop strong resolve and resources to address these problems and come up with some good solutions.

I predict a great rise in skin cancer in children until 2010. There is a lot of media coverage about the UV rays and many products to protect people against them. But people are still often careless when it comes to the sun. Then again, people could pay attention - and reverse this prediction right out from under me. I would certainly be all for that!

I predict the President elected sometime between 2008 and 2020 will die in office from a heart attack. The Vice President who will finish their term will have an unpopular and mistaken intention to declare war on North Korea. By that time, North Korea will have weapons of mass destruction. In the middle of efforts to declare war, I predict the Vice President will be assassinated.

There will be a worldwide investigation into the Vice President's death with both pleasant and unpleasant surprises. A lot of attention will be paid to one of the investigative congressional committees and serious accusations will be made regarding missing funds. Finally, it will be revealed that their accusations are part of a conspiracy to damage the American people's faith in their government, with the media manipulated to "fan the flames," and the committee will be vindicated in the end.

In 2008, I predict doctor's offices will have a high-tech "aura scanner" for patients that come to see them. This will be a highly developed version of an MRI. A patient will stand on a rotating disc and an infrared light will scan the body looking at their aura.

I predict we can truly say "goodbye" to the common cold in 2009 or 2010. The solution to the common cold involves heat. Keep in mind that the body's first response when we develop a cold is to come down with a fever. Many doctors today no longer rush to push patients to take temperature reducing medications when they come down with a fever, unless the fever is dangerous. They feel the immune system is the patient's best medicine and should be given a chance to fight back. So as the immune system fights a cold with heat, the cure for the common cold certainly may lie in this first signal to heal.

I predict that a small cubicle will become available in doctor's offices sometime in 2009 and it will be heated to a very precise temperature. There may be a special vapor placed into the cubicle. Patients will stand in the cubicle for approximately five minutes and the rhinitis germ will be destroyed.

Another wonderful bit of good news on the health front with this discovery - since this cubicle can easily take on the rhinitis germ, many people that have breathing problems with allergies and asthma complications will find some breakthroughs as well. We will see this cubicle discovery used for healing for those with breathing disorders. The cubicle will become available in 2009 or 2010.

I predict yoga and martial arts will remain just as popular, but a new form of exercise will be introduced in 2008. It is a passive form of exercise using machines to exercise the muscles. It will be a very effective form of exercise.

I predict hypnotic past-life regression will become available through a group of trained psychologists on both the east and west coasts of the U.S.A. in 2009. It will prove to be quite a success and will be widely practiced by 2011.

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Fri, 02 Jan 2009 10:53:20
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I predict that SteelAttacks balls will finally drop and his voice deepen. 

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Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:08:34
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Futuristic Zelda, MGS5.

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