Posted on 12/29/2017 1:29:44 PM PST by Kaslin
With apology offered to B. Traven for the above appropriation of his words, I wanted to take a moment, as we approach 2018, to look back on tumultuous 2017 – or, more specifically, some of the comments made foretelling coming events.
It takes a certain person – cocky, self-assured, and thick-skinned – to make such predictions. I am not that person.
The trouble with predictions is that if you are right, and you remind others of that, you end up looking like a jerk. And if you are wrong, you will be reminded of that fact too often.
Another issue with predictions: The professional pontificators making them are rarely held to account when wrong. Instead, they remain working at places like the N.Y. Times, CNN, and MSNBC.
No, you will not hear any predictions from me. Instead, it's more fun to look back at those foolish enough to make them to see who was right and who was wrong.
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Predates 2017, but still: Algore predicted 9 years ago that all of the northern ice sheet would be melted by today.
Don’t these journalists know how to spel?
It is, “Steenkeen,” not “Stinkin’.”
Maybe he has not seen, “The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre”? ;-)
I personally detest any predictions, not just political ones, but those pertaining to the markets, even the weather. All are seldom correct.
A 1965 ‘Mad’ magizine will be found on Mars.
I do have a valid prediction for 2018 (and, you heard it here, first).
Bill and Hillary Clinton will announce that they are separating/divorcing from their alleged marriage.
My confidence in this prediction is quite high.
I would bet my dog Ernie's allowance (alas, however, Ernie no longer gets an allowance, as it has been garnished for 30 years due to items chewed, buried, or thrown-up upon.)
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Yeah, and he knew $hit
Fact is, that they can not predict the weather from one day to the next.
How does it feel to own the oldest dog ever to exist?
Ernie’s only 9 yrs old now, but we are giving him vitamins.
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