PREDICTIONS

Let's play! Cards, Angels primed for playoff runs

Start with big boppers Albert Pujols, Alex Rodriguez, Manny Ramirez and Ryan Howard. Throw in aces Josh Beckett and John Lackey. Spice it up with wild card Troy Tulowitzki.

B'way's big question: How many Tonys for 'Billy'?

The big question seems to be: How many Tonys will "Billy Elliot" take home?

AP writers pick `Slumdog' to win best picture

Associated Press movie writers David Germain and Christy Lemire would like to agree to disagree more often so they could make fun of each other's Academy Awards picks, but they're in general consensus this time.

Lil chance for Lil Wayne in top category this year

Lil Wayne and Coldplay were the kings of the music industry last year. They had the No. 1 and No. 2 best-selling CDs, respectively, and come into this year's Grammys leading the pack in nominations, with Lil Wayne's eight, and Coldplay's seven.

AP Writers Like `No Country' for Oscar

Associated Press movie writers David Germain and Christy Lemire like to differ, but they generally agree on who will win the top prizes at Sunday's Academy Awards.

Don't Bet on Gates' Keynote Predictions

For the 10th time, Bill Gates will inaugurate the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas by touting new Microsoft Corp. products and describing his view of the future of computing.

Evangelist Mum on Who'll Win 2008 Race

Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson said Wednesday that 2008 will be a year of violence worldwide and a recession in the United States, followed by a major stock-market crash by 2010.

Poll: Americans Predict Attacks in 2007

Another terrorist attack, a warmer planet, death and destruction from a natural disaster. These are among Americans' grim predictions for the United States in 2007.

Expert Predicts 14 Named Storms in 2007

The 2007 Atlantic hurricane season should have above-average activity, with three major hurricanes and a good chance at least one of them will make landfall, a top hurricane researcher said Friday.

From the Last Year to "Your" New, - thru my slightly "twisted" prism...

So another year is right around the corner. A list of "truism's" perhaps some "perceptions" maybe some "changes" that we all may face in the coming year. Maybe some that have best been learned, maybe some that still need be!

Countdown to ... doomsday
Source: lfpress.com

When humanity's end arrives, Clif High plans to take to his plywood ark to survive. As for the rest of us? "I don't give a s---, my boat won't sink," says the modern Doomsday profit. "Every person's karma (is dealt with) alone. They're all dead."

10 World Prediction For 2010
Source: Newsweek

#10 Fidel Castro has been ailing for years, and 2010 looks to be his last year on earth. Control of Cuba will formally pass to brother Raul, who has been running the country during Fidel's dotage.

15 Failed Predictions about the Future
Source: oddee.com

"Drill for oil? You mean drill into the ground to try and find oil? You're crazy." --Associates of Edwin L. Drake refusing his suggestion to drill for oil in 1859.

Grant Park and all that....Reflections of an unforgettable election..(Poll)

I cannot believe that it is exactly one year ago today I was in Grant Park watching the results of the American presidential election, seeing my predictions come true and the new President-Elect walk unto the stage with his family.

The Future Is Now? Pretty Soon, at Least
Source: The New York Times

Ray Kurzweil is a futurist with a track record who makes his predictions using what he calls the Law of Accelerating Returns.

U.S. To Break Up Soon?
Source:

A Russian professor has predicted that the United States will fall apart in July, 2010. He compares Obama to the lost leader, Gorbachev.

Newspaper Predictions from the past
Source: www.paleofuture.com

I find these oldtime predictions pretty funny -- until they come true.

EMMY PREDICTIONS: Variety Programming and Song and Reality

Well the Emmys are approaching again and it's time for me to log in with my official predictions for what will happen on Sunday night. So, without any further delay, let's get to it. OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES

Is an IOM v. CBO Smackdown Looming on Health-Reform Costs?
Source:

The preliminary findings from the institute, part of the National Academies in Washington, will be issued amid a growing debate over the health-care overhaul proposals that President Barack Obama is urging Congress to pass.

The Right's Nonexistent Predictive Power Regarding Gay Marriage

This is only the beginning, if we allow this [ same sex marriage ] to happen we will, in effect, have destabilized the basic institution of our society, which is marriage between a man and a woman - Brian Camenker, President of the Parents' Rights Coalition, as quoted by MassNews …

Climate forecasts will be presented as weather forecasts are today
Source: en.cop15.dk

Climate forecasts will tend to say things like August will have an 80 percent likelihood of a very severe heat wave, while a weather forecast would predict a certain high temperature for a certain day.

An Odd Silence on Gay Marriage: Why won't leading opponents of same-sex marriage go on the record with their predictions? - Reason Magazine
Source: Reason Magazine

Opponents of same-sex marriage reject it on religious and moral grounds but also on practical ones.

Earthquakes in Tennessee

FEMA made predictions in late 2008 that a major catastrophic earth quake would hit the New Madrid Fault line which runs near Western Tennessee and Eastern Arkansas.

My Official Emmy Nomination Predictions

Well, I did not do too well last year, so let's see how miserable my accuracy is going to be this year! Let's get to it! OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES Damages Dexter In Treatment Lost Mad Men 24 Possible 7th Nominee: True Blood

How to figure out someone's social security number | csmonitor.com
Source: Christian Science Monitor

Through various sources of publicly available information, methods of obtaining/predicting ones social security numbers are being obtained!

The Bigger Picture in a Small, Small World

Some of you reading this know enough about me to know I come from a meager background with minimal opportunity. Others of you don't know much of me at all.

Early Reviews of Obama's GM 'Gamble' Don't Look Good
Source: The Washington Post

Early reviews give the impression that Obama is taking a gamble that might not work. There aren't any predictions of success.

New Solar Cycle Prediction
Source: NASA - Science@NASA

May 29, 2009: An international panel of experts led by NOAA and sponsored by NASA has released a new prediction for the next solar cycle. Solar Cycle 24 will peak, they say, in May 2013 with a below-average number of sunspots.

Hurricane categories to drop storm surges, flooding
Source: CNN

The National Hurricane Center is no longer including storm surges and flooding in its hurricane categories out of concern that people aren't heeding proper warnings, because the surges haven't always matched the levels predicted in each category.

IPL Team positions match 100% with onedayer.com predictions!

Today a surprising result emerged. The position of Teams in my table is aligned more or less exactly as per my initial prediction: