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2011 Predictions (From writers at the National Review)
National Review ^ | 12/27/2010

Posted on 12/28/2010 7:28:55 AM PST by SeekAndFind

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FReepers are welcome to add their predictions here. We shall re-visit this thread roughly a year from now to see who got what right.


1 posted on 12/28/2010 7:28:58 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Bump for reading tonight!

“Vocabulary: The word ‘austerity’ will be heard a lot.”

At least we don’t have to hear ‘gravitas’ all the time anymore, LOL!

I predict that while we Ants work hard, the Grasshoppers will continue to fiddle...and yet we Ants will STILL be expected to bail out the Grasshoppers. Grrrr! But THIS time, I think the Ants will rise up, kill the Grasshoppers, smother them in chocolate and call it ‘Lunch’! :)


2 posted on 12/28/2010 7:36:31 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: ReleaseTheHounds

Carrie BUMP! :)


3 posted on 12/28/2010 7:43:14 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: SeekAndFind

It seems most of the NR writers think Palin is going to tank and can’t be a serious candidate. There’s a freaking surprise.


4 posted on 12/28/2010 7:51:01 AM PST by erod (Unlike the President I am a true Chicagoan.)
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To: SeekAndFind

1,000 servicemembers will try to avoid deployment to Afghanistan for openly stating they’re gay...

...and fail...

...giving them yet something ELSE to be PO’d about.


5 posted on 12/28/2010 7:53:43 AM PST by ScottinVA (The West needs to act NOW to aggressively treat its metastasizing islaminoma!)
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To: SeekAndFind

I predict the temperatures will warm up towards the summer months and then cool off towards the end of the year.


6 posted on 12/28/2010 7:54:55 AM PST by ßuddaßudd (7 days - 7 ways Guero >>> with a floating, shifting, ever changing persona.....)
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To: erod

“It seems most of the NR writers think Palin is going to tank and can’t be a serious candidate.”
***
Prediction: National RINOview comes fully out of the closet to support Romney for president.

2nd Prediction: At some point, someone will start to wonder if the views of NR are influenced by the sources of its funding to stay afloat.


7 posted on 12/28/2010 8:05:49 AM PST by peyton randolph (There is no such thing as moderate Islam)
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To: SeekAndFind

Nambla will provide FREE Daycare for the children of parents against Home-Schooling.


8 posted on 12/28/2010 8:22:56 AM PST by Bullpine
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To: SeekAndFind

112% of all predictions will be mindless, straight-line extrapolations. I know this because last year 92% were and the previous year 72% were.


9 posted on 12/28/2010 8:34:09 AM PST by Dilbert56 (Harry Reid, D-Nev.: "We're going to pick up Senate seats as a result of this war.")
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To: Dilbert56

RE: 112% of all predictions will be mindless, straight-line extrapolations. I know this because last year 92% were and the previous year 72% were.


I should have looked at the predictions made in 2005 more closely, most would have been pretty good then. :)


10 posted on 12/28/2010 8:58:22 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: Dilbert56

63.1% of all statistics are made up on the spot.


11 posted on 12/28/2010 9:02:07 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: SeekAndFind

Re: Derbyshire’s “Math” prediction:

“What is an anagram of “Banach-Tarski”?

Obviously: “Banach-Tarski Banach-Tarski”


12 posted on 12/28/2010 9:52:55 AM PST by Stosh
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To: SeekAndFind

Yes, once they got out of the negative numbers.


13 posted on 12/28/2010 10:06:07 AM PST by Dilbert56 (Harry Reid, D-Nev.: "We're going to pick up Senate seats as a result of this war.")
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To: dfwgator
63.1% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

Just for AGW or everywhere?

14 posted on 12/28/2010 10:44:43 AM PST by Mind-numbed Robot (Not all that needs to be done needs to be done by the government.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Diana, what do you think about her predictions? I’d pretty much have to agree.

Did part II of “A Christmas Carol” ever appear? If so, I missed it!

Happy New Year!


15 posted on 12/28/2010 1:24:17 PM PST by ReleaseTheHounds ("The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." M. Thatcher)
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To: peyton randolph
Seems about right....
16 posted on 12/28/2010 4:16:19 PM PST by erod (Unlike the President I am a true Chicagoan.)
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To: SeekAndFind; a fool in paradise

A famous rock star will die next year. Also, an obscure Hollywood actor. U.S. Congress will have a vote of no-confidence for the Obama Administration. The Prime Minister and his Cabinet will resign. Oh, wait, never mind, we have a perfect Constitution.


17 posted on 12/28/2010 4:22:40 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: SeekAndFind

A politician despised by Conservatives will die. Prayers-up and accolades will fill the FR pages. “He was a good man.”


18 posted on 12/28/2010 4:24:34 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Mormon vs Protestant vs Catholic urinating matches will continue on FR.

Threads of outrage about teachers having sex with students will dominate.

Apple vs Microsoft vs Google religious wars go on unabated.


19 posted on 12/28/2010 4:29:13 PM PST by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: SeekAndFind

The prophecy that breaks my heart is that Tavis Smiley’s C-Span show,”State of the Black Union”, will go.

I’ll be lost without it.

:-)


20 posted on 12/28/2010 4:32:45 PM PST by Mears
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