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Democrat strategist James Carville warned that the smug, urbanist mindset is causing the Democratic Party to be distracted by the wrong issues. Democratic strategist James Carville unleashed on 2020 Democratic candidates for pulling the party too far left and warned Democrats are at risk of seeming “culturally arrogant” to the working class. His rant began on a viral MSNBC segment this week after the chaos of the Iowa caucuses, then he extended his admonishments in an interview with Vox.Vox Writer Sean Illing seemed to question whether Carville’s strong reaction was warranted. Are Democrats “really destroying the party?” he asked. “What...

I predict the 2020 Election, but instead of predicting exact states this time, I predict margins within demographics and let the system do the rest. 538 Swing-o-Matic: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/...

If these predictions come to pass, their fulfillment will have lasting effects upon America in the 2020s and beyond. In 2008, as the Obama administration prepared to take control in Washington, retired Army Gen. Barry McCaffrey offered a list of bold predictions for the coming five years. Some of them bore out: The economy performed well globally despite the Great Recession, relations with Russia became more hostile without devolving into outright dysfunction, and the United States withdrew from Iraq right at the 36-month mark, which McCaffrey specified. Other predictions, such as a North Korean collapse, improved prospects for success in...

Some likely scenarios: â–ºIncreased willingness to trade freedoms for promises of security. At tax payer expense, what is left of them. â–ºCensorship of speech by private media against those who oppose the above, and the demonizing of such the MSM. â–ºPersecution and prosecution by the government against protesters of compelled COVID-19 restrictions. â–ºProlonged food shortages. â–ºIncreasing reliance upon government. â–ºVast increase of a welfare class. â–ºA form of Universal Basic Income being promised and incrementally provided. â–ºUniversal health care. â–ºVast increase of the national debt. â–ºSubstantial increase in taxes upon businesses and tax payers. â–ºIncome disparity reduced as all become...

As 1968 began, Paul Ehrlich was an entomologist at Stanford University, known to his peers for his groundbreaking studies of the co-evolution of flowering plants and butterflies but almost unknown to the average person. That was about to change. In May, Ehrlich released a quickly written, cheaply bound paperback, The Population Bomb. Initially it was ignored. But over time Ehrlich’s tract would sell millions of copies and turn its author into a celebrity. It would become one of the most influential books of the 20th century—and one of the most heatedly attacked. The first sentence set the tone: “The battle...

1. The U.S. may warm 6 degrees F from 1990 to 2020In 1990, The Washington Post reported in a front page story... "The United States, because it occupies a large continent in higher latitudes, could warm by as much as 6 degrees Fahrenheit "The Earth has warmed approximately 1 degree Fahrenheit according to NASA. 2. Oil will effectively run out by 2020 CNN ran a headline in 2003 titled "World oil and gas 'running out'". ("fracking") also allowed the U.S. to become an energy independent net oil exporter for the first time in 75 years in 2018. 3) By 2020,...

In 2008, as the Obama administration prepared to take control in Washington, retired Army Gen. Barry McCaffrey offered a list of bold predictions for the coming five years. Some of them bore out: The economy performed well globally despite the Great Recession, relations with Russia became more hostile without devolving into outright dysfunction, and the United States withdrew from Iraq right at the 36-month mark, which McCaffrey specified. Other predictions, such as a North Korean collapse, improved prospects for success in Afghanistan following a massive commitment of resources, and a nuclear breakout for Iran, never occurred.A year later, geopolitical analyst...

10. Trump Will Be Impeached…Yawn: Poor, flailing Nancy Pelosi will eventually transmit the articles of impeachment to the Senate, thereby actually impeaching the President. Now, whether Pelosi’s current antics constitute “impeachment” or not is irrelevant, except denying it due to her gamesmanship is fun because it owns the libs. No one cares, and to the limited extent we normal people do, this alleged impeachment is a badge of honor for the President. Her fringe-driven delay tactics make the Dems look dumber, and eventually she will send it to the Senate where Cocaine Mitch will kill it. Sure, some of the...

We are one year away from America's moment of truth. January 1, 2020 will mark 2020---and the 2020s---the new decade. November 3, 2020 will mark America's Judgement Day---Does Trump get reelected? Or will the Democrats take over? My prediction: Democrats: Elizabeth Warren/Tim Ryan vs. Republicans: Pres. Donald Trump/VP Mike Pence 269-269 Electoral Vote Tie

Whenever journalists and other Democrats want to put out a negative article on the economy when the economy looks pretty good, they can always go to Moody's and Mark Zandi.  Now Zandi is pulling numbers out of a hat to say Trump's trade war will cost 450,000 manufacturing jobs by the end of this year and 900,000 by the end of next year. Trump's trade war has killed 300,000 jobs Forecasting firm Moody's Analytics estimates that Trump's trade war with China has already reduced U.S. employment by 300,000 jobs, compared with likely employment levels absent the trade war. That's a...

Wednesday on MSNBC’s Democratic Candidates’ 2020 presidential hopeful former HUD Secretary and former San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro (D) said “on January 20, 2021 at 12:01 p.m., we will have a Democratic president and a Democratic House and Democratic Senate.” Castro said, “I am the dad of a 10-year-old girl, Carina who is here tonight. The worst thing is that your child would be worried about safety in a place that is supposed to be safe. The answer is no, we don’t have to accept that. On January 20th, 2021 at 12:01 p.m. we will have a Democratic president and...

Jemima Packington, 63, is the world’s only Asparamancer and claims she can peer into the future by tossing the veg in the air and interpreting how the spears land. She predicts that 2019 will see that extreme temperature will become a norm and well-known British businesses will fold. She also says that despite a global recession, fears over the impact Brexit will have on the British economy will be largely unfounded. Jemima believes the reality TV show Big Brother will also return to our screens after it aired its final series in November. She also says it will be a...

American spy chiefs are offering $250,000 in prize money for a competition that will test how successfully someone can predict future unknowns such as political election results or missile tests. The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity [IARPA], which sits within the office of America’s top intelligence official, is behind the challenge, which is designed to improve forecasting techniques. Participants will be asked more than 300 questions about the outcomes of various issues across a nine-month period. The winner will collect $153,000, with smaller prizes to runner-ups. Sample questions listed include “Which political party will win the most seats during the...

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If Donald Trump wins, it'll be a new age of darkness - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/04/if-donald-trump-wins-new-age-endarkenment 14 Scary Things That Could Happen If Donald Trump Becomes - Mar 16, 2016 - https://mic.com/articles/137962/14-scary-things-that-could-happen-if-donald-trump-becomes-president Rep. Nancy Pelosi: 'I guarantee it,' Trump won't be president - Recode May 16, 2016 - https://www.recode.net/2016/5/16/11679242/nancy-pelosi-trump-guarantee-kara-swisher-podcast Ruth Bader Ginsburg: If Trump wins, time to move to New Zealand . - Jul 10, 2016 - https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/287179-ruth-bader-ginsberg-if-trump-wins-time-to-move-to-new If Trump wins, stocks will drop 50%: Wedbush pro - CNBC.com Mar 16, 2016 - https://www.cnbc.com/2016/03/16/if-trump-wins-stocks-will-drop-50-wedbush-pro.html Mark Cuban Predicts Stock Market Mayhem if Trump Wins the White ... Sep 7, 2016 Mark Cuban Predicts a...

Should you trust “experts” whose predictions are always wrong? It is too late to do anything about the unproven hypothesis that humans are causing enormous planet Earth’s climate to change. Maybe human activity is affecting the planet’s temperature (it isn’t). Maybe we could have done something about it (we never could, that’s ludicrous considering the size of the planet). But whatever we could have done, it’s too late now. We should just stop worrying about it. United Nations’ experts told us that by 1999 it was too late to halt global warming. In 1989, there was a 10 year window,...

Pretty much any subject, stupid humor is fine, general stupidity not so much, and please no snarking, that's directed at you snarky SOBs. Someone used to do a thread like this every year, but, alas, he got banned. The good news (for me, anyway) is I just noticed that a really big butthole (not the same FReeper) got banned for NeverTrumping back in 2016, and I hadn't missed the ******* at all. That got me thinking, because the predictions thread guy also got booted for NeverTrumpism, if memory serves (not sure, I think I'd already been kicked out for something...

There shouldn’t be much question about whether 2018 was a wave election. Of course it was a wave. You could endlessly debate the wave’s magnitude, depending on how much you focus on the number of votes versus the number of seats, the House versus the Senate versus governorships, and so forth. Personally, I’d rank the 2018 wave a tick behind both 1994, which represented a historic shift after years of Democratic dominance of the House, and 2010, which reflected an especially ferocious shift against then-President Barack Obama after he’d been elected in a landslide two years earlier. But I’d put...

I'm looking at the polling and the predictions are strange. It appears that the polling, as usual, is a mess. Name Prediction Result Republican count Democrat count Independent count McSally Should easily beat traitor Sinnema. Retain 43 23 0 Nelson Will lose Turnover 44 23 0 Donnely Is most likely going to lose. It’s very tight, and probable turnover. Turnover 45 23 0 Smith Is in usually safe MN. Given her opponent, there’s a good chance she’s not as safe. This is a “Let’s see how election night turns out” seat. Retain 45 24 0 McCaskill Going down Turnover 46...

... the pilots cited cases where, they argued, the action of pilots had saved an airplane and its passengers when the computers could not have. In at least two of those cases they had a point. In January 2009 Captain “Sully” Sullenberger saved the lives of 150 passengers by making an emergency landing on the Hudson River. And in November, 2010 what would have been one of the world’s worst air disasters was averted when Captain Richard de Crespigny of the Australian airline Qantas managed to get a giant Airbus A380 that had been badly crippled by an exploding engine...