Prediction 2020

various | January 2nd, 2020 | various

[SunkenCiv]

1. The wall will be begun and nearly completed by the end of 2020.
2. Legal challenges to the construction of the wall will fail.
3. President Trump's popularity will grow the more the wall is completed.
4. Impeachment will either never make it to the Senate due to Pelousy's fascistic tactics, or it will arrive and be a) shredded item by item or b) called up for a vote and rejected on a bipartisan basis.
5. President Trump's popularity will grow the longer the hoaxpeachment totters on.
6. In Venezuela, there will be a civil war between factions of the military, one of which will initially support Maduro, then remove his ass. Iran and Russia will continue to be involved in Venezuelan affairs until told to get out by President Trump.
7. The Philippines's president Duterte will make an official visit to the US, for a meeting with President Trump.
8. A half dozen or more nations will announce the move of their embassies in Israel to Jerusalem.
9. The witch hunt against Israeli PM Netanyahu will end well for him, leaving him in better political shape than before. The 2020 election will go well for him.
10. The Three Amigos (Russia, Iran, and Turkey) will continue to operate as a sort of triumvirat regarding Syria and to some degree Iraq. Three and a Half Amigos will continue to be used to refer to (in order) Putin, the Shiite-head, Erdogan, and the dwarf Assad.
11. The BJP in India won reelection in 2019, and will begin to experience economic growth never before seen there.
12. Brexit will finally take place, and MPs will jump parties, mostly from Labour to LD or SNP.
13. Discovery of the wreckage of MH370 will be announced three or four more times during 2020.
14. SpaceX will launch humans into space for the first time -- aboard a Falcon 9 -- and dock with the ISS, FINALLY. The Starship phase III is currently in development, but Starship (phase whatever) won't reach orbit until 2021 at the earliest.
15. Bernie Sanders will die before the convention; Biden will carry away a big lead in so-called Super Tuesday; Brainless Joe will eschew Psychojawea and pick Butthurt for his running mate.
16. President Trump will be reelected by a large margin in 2020, and any Pubbie not wanting to ride his coattails will pay the price at the ballot box.
17. The price of crude will spike early in 2020 and go into decline in the early summer.
18. Boeing will pull the plug on the 737Max; General Electric has picked up business for its largest airline engine, with sales to Airbus making up for lost 737 business. Earnings may double to a mere 2 cents a share, but the share price will rise, becoming one of the stars of 2020.
19. General Motors, Ford, and Fiat-Chrysler (with or without Peugeot) will remain flat, although I suspect there's money to be made by moving in and out of Ford, siphoning off a buck a share each time.
20. Despite further decreases in the cost of gasoline/crude oil, electric vehicles will soon become much more commonly seen throughout most of the US. Tesla will be have 10 percent of US auto sales by 2024. Hidebound conspiracy nuts hardest hit!
21. Apple, Inc. will introduce its first A-chip based MacOS desktop product (no, really, this time for sure) and an updated iPhone SE (which may be called the iPhone 9; it'll be a good upgrade path for users of the iPhone 6 models and the 7 models), both of which will sell well; Apple will up the screen refresh rate across its iPhone line, while not giving up battery life. There has been no update for the excellent iMac Pro since 2017, expect some kind of refresh to that line in the autumn or early winter.
22. 2020 will see a shakeout of the streaming business as everyone burns out on the crap content and trying to watch "their shows" on their stupid small phone screens. The falloff in bandwidth use will come in handy for those trying to roll out 5G.
23. Twitter's board will finally rid itself of Twitter's founder, in an attempt to repair its well-deserved s****y reputation. His move to Africa probably means he'll be taken out by a hired hit team from one of the jihadist groups there.
24. Facebook will experience serious competition for the first time; in the EU, it will be investigated and tried for monopolistic practices and fake "fake news" charges.
25. Laz will hit it.
26. President Trump's Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) -- Pelosi called it a "scam" -- will expire December 31, 2025, IOW, during the first term of the next President.
27. Bottled water and various other non-carbonated beverages have (mostly) not had bottle/can deposits; the Demagogic Party will start a well-orchestrated campaign (with help from their media shills) to put deposts on all beverage containers.
28. Slam dunk! I repeat, absolutely NOTHING of significance will be found by the Oak Island treasure hunters.
29. RBG will not remain on the SCOTUS by the end of 2020.
30. The "leadership" in the Demagogic Party is in a vice between the leftist insurgents supported by Soros, and their own inability to get anything done.
31. Fragmentation of the Demagogic Party will continue along racial and gender lines.

    Progressive journalist: 'Sanders's presidency is a threat of an entirely new party' [The Hill's Tess Bonn speaks of / shills for Ryan Grim]

32. At this point, Perdogg would be bringing up professional and college sports predictions, but I couldn't possibly give less of a **** than I do. I don't think we'll see the Patriots in the Super Bowl this year.

[SunkenCiv]

I've picked up a tradition begun (I guess) by the former FReeper Perdogg -- last year's can be found in Prediction 2019 (a little late, and a total freakin' vanity).

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks JLAGRAYFOX. Stolen graphic:

[bigbob]

If Bernies dies it will be right after a speech where he says “a little socialism never killed anyone”. And his last words will be “Twump is still a pathological lie-uh”.

[Viking2002]

OK, I guess I missed a staff e-mail. What happened to Perdogg? Did he quit, or go on a bourbon-fueled, profanity-laced tirade? (But who among us haven't........?)

[SunkenCiv]

Not sure what happened. Perhaps we can make some guesses though, his last post (at least, the last one that hasn’t been deleted) is from 2016. Quite a while, really. I wasn’t aware until I tried to track down his annual prediction thread, to which he generally pinged me.

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:perdogg/index?tab=comments;brevity=full;options=no-change

[Buckeye McFrog]

Fragmentation of the Demagogic Party will continue along racial and gender lines.

Yup. None of 'em are buying that "intersectionality" B.S.

[Nateman]

Republicans will regain the House, but only barely retain the Senate giving Rino Romney much more influence than he deserves.

[Dick Bachert]

NOWHERE TO HIDE
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We’re in better shape now but the fight for America continues. We dare not lose!
(The lad in the cover shot is my latest 1 year old grandson.)
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[SunkenCiv]

Thanks, it didn't even occur to me to predict an outcome per se.

[GulfMan]

How will the wall be completed in 1 year?

[CJ Wolf]

Good list. Posted mine here. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3804889/posts

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks, I'm going to save that website / URL.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks CJ Wolf.

[SunkenCiv]

• Pertaining to #4 above: Impeachment Articles Expire in 2021 With New House Session

[SunkenCiv]

President Trump will hire illegals to build it. ;^)

[ducttape45]

Facebook will experience serious competition for the first time

PLEASE LET THIS HAPPEN!

[Blood of Tyrants]

I don’t think that Boeing will cut the 737 Max. They have too much invested.

[Dick Bachert]

Couldn't happen to a more deserving mob of AZZHOLES.

[Dick Bachert]

Couldn't happen to a more deserving mob of AZZHOLES.

[SunkenCiv]

Heh, that was some levity, I just changed the year on that one, came out of last year's list. The main threat to FB is the Demagogic Party trying to impose control on its content and hence its moneymaking model. Now THAT was a fight that the Demagogues shouldn't have started.