2010 Predictions

[Brent]

6. Terrorism will once again be in the headlines off and on throughout the year. It will especially be prevalent in February during the Olympics when a plot is foiled and the late spring when a major attack is averted. ok... WRONG!

Half right

[Stephanie]

6. Terrorism will once again be in the headlines off and on throughout the year. It will especially be prevalent in February during the Olympics when a plot is foiled and the late spring when a major attack is averted. ok... WRONG!

Half right

That late spring prediction is pretty darn close in my book.

[Cryomaniac]

Update number 2:

1) A member of the British royal family will die. Probably Prince Phillip or one of the young Princesses (Beatrice or Eugenie).

2) Israel and / or the US will attack Iran (probably will come out of this business with Yemen)

3) Lindsay Lohan will be back in the news for her personal life.

4) The Saints will win the Superbowl. Right!

5) A famous singer will die in odd circumstances (odder than MJ).

6) Someone else will follow Tiger Woods' lead of personal revelations. David Beckham comes to mind. Right! (John Terry)

7) The economy will start to slip again. The Dow might reach 12k, but that will be the high for a while.

8) In conjunction with 2), Oil prices will reach $200-$250.

9) The Conservative Party will get the most seats (but no majority) the UK Election, making David Cameron Prime Minister in a minority government. Half-right, it's a coalition though, not a minority govt.

10) Someone famous will surprise everyone and come out as gay Half-right (was Ricky Martin really a surprise?)

I might add more later.

[dizzyfish]

1. Hubby graduates
2. Hubby gets a well paying job working for a cardiologist
3. Hubby buys me the tennis bracelet I always wanted
4. We adopt another cocker spaniel in June
5. The county changes their policy so I can keep my years of service and can work in the same county I live in. (without taking a paycut)

I can wish can't I!!!!

1. Almost there!
2. Hired during his intership! but not for a cardiologist (pulmonary instead)
3. NOT -
4. Close - happened March 6th
5. Never happen

[Cyclenall]

Here are my 2010 predictions:

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4. NBC's president Jeff Zucker is removed

JEFF ZUCKER FIRED BY STEVE BURKE: Comcast "Wanted To Move On" After Merge; NBCU Chief Emails Staff About Forced Exit

BREAKING NEWS! 6TH UPDATE: Jeff Zucker decided to reveal this morning he'd been fired by Comcast because he'd just finished negotiating his severance package, insiders explain to me. So Zucker told reporters that the decision for him to leave as head of NBC Universal was made for him by Comcast COO Steve Burke 2 weeks ago during a face-to-face meeting. “He made it clear that they wanted to move on at the close of the deal and I was completely comfortable with that,” Zucker told his favorite journalist, Bill Carter of The New York Times. “We had both gotten to the same place.” It has long been expected that, once NBCU switched out of GE's control where Zucker was inexplicably protected by CEO Jeffrey Immelt, the savvy Comcast brass would recognize how badly the NBCU topper had "Zucked-up" his job. (I scooped how, during Zucker's mishandling of the Conan O'Brien-Jay Leno Tonight Show situation, private emails went out from high-level executives at Comcast saying, "What a mess.")

Link: http://www.deadline.com/2010/09/cnbc-zu ... st-merger/

It's about time! Mistreating Conan and screwing him over was a big no-no. It looks like he got Zucked!

[Stephanie]

Good one Cyclenall!

[RL3AO]

Bumpidy bump bump

[Stephanie]

Last update:

My prediction updates:

2010 Predictions - update:

1) Two more major snowfalls (6" +) will hit the East Coast of the United States. Actually 3, two blizzards - add one for Dec 26 - 27, 2010.
2) Unemployment will fall to at least 9% by the Fall. - NOPE
3) Phillies will go to the World Series again. - NOPE
4) A filly will win the Kentucky Derby this year - WRONG
5) We will lose at least another celebrity due to drugs. Lindsay Lohan really stands out. Andrew “Boner” Koenig - suicide perhaps via drug use.
6) Health Care Reform will be signed into law by February. - one month late, March
7) Stock market will hit 11,000 by the Spring. - 11,005.97, April 12, 2010
8) El Nino will lose his grip some. Hurricane season will be busier with 3 landfalling hurricanes in the Atlantic.
9) Simon Cowell will leave American Idol after 2010. - confirmed

added 2/8/10:
10) The 2011 season of American Idol will be the last. - not announced to be the last
11) Michael Vick will be traded by the Eagles. McNabb will still be the starting quarterback. - uh, the starting quarterback for the REDSKINS! Off by a mile!
12) Two major heat waves will occur along the East Coast - both in July.
13) Sandra Bullock will win Best Actress at the Oscars. - she did![/quote]

[Ptarmigan]

Let see what I got right.
1.) Texas wins against Alabama, but in a close game-Half Right
2.) New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts play in the Super Bowl-Right
3.) Two more snowfall events for Houston area-One flurry did happen
4.) One will be a blizzard event in Houston area-Did not happen, but it may happen some days.
5.) America will win the most gold medals in 2010 Winter Olympics-Happened
6.) A more active 2010 Hurricane Season-Right
7.) Houston Rockets win the NBA Championship-Didn't happen
8.) Brazil will win the World Cup Soccer-Spain won
9.) One major hurricane makes landfall on America-Didn't happen thank God.
10.) More string of mass shootings-Sort of happened
11.) Chicago Cubs wins the World Series in a upset-Never happened
12.) Westboro Baptist Church collapses-Never happened, but could happen
13.) A coup will happen in Venezuela-Never happened, but could happen
14.) The Mullahs in Iran will be overthrown before war can happen-Never happened, but could happen
15.) Osama bin Laden commits suicide before he is caught-Never happened, but could happen
16.) A terrorist attack similar to Beslan happens in America at a school-Never happened, but could happen
17.) Lori Drew will be in legal trouble again-Never happened, but could happen
18.) North Korea makes threats again just to get more aide-Does it all the time

I was right half the time.

[wx247]

1. A television show struggling in the ratings during the fall of 2009 finds ratings improvements and will become a spring surprise hit. I will take The Middle for the win!

2. A wet summer will bring record breaking flooding to the Midwest. Tennessee and Arkansas aren't the Midwest.

3. Three Hollywood stars will be involved in the same major scandal that will involve law enforcement. Nope

4. An earthquake along the New Madrid zone (greater than a 5.0) will rock the mid-South. Nope

5. Lou Dobbs will run for political office. No, but could happen soon.

6. Terrorism will once again be in the headlines off and on throughout the year. It will especially be prevalent in February during the Olympics when a plot is foiled and the late spring when a major attack is averted. Half right.

7. An unknown musical act from Canada will be the rage this year. Hello Justin Bieber.

8. Another quiet hurricane season will prevail in the Atlantic with no landfalling systems greater than a borderline TS/Cat. 1 hurricane which will march across Florida in September. It was quiet stateside, with only a TS making US landfall, but the Atlantic was extremely active!

9. Sarah Palin will get a job in tv. Fox News and TLC, FTW!!!

10. The Olympics will see the US winning the most total medals, but not the most gold. We did win the most medals*. Go USA!

*Edited after being schooled by a fellow poster.

[Cryomaniac]

Final Update:

1) A member of the British royal family will die. Probably Prince Phillip or one of the young Princesses (Beatrice or Eugenie). Nope

2) Israel and / or the US will attack Iran (probably will come out of this business with Yemen) Nope

3) Lindsay Lohan will be back in the news for her personal life. Half-right I guess

4) The Saints will win the Superbowl. Right!

5) A famous singer will die in odd circumstances (odder than MJ). No one I can think of

6) Someone else will follow Tiger Woods' lead of personal revelations. David Beckham comes to mind. Right! (John Terry)

7) The economy will start to slip again. The Dow might reach 12k, but that will be the high for a while. Not really. It hasn't got a lot better, but no worse either. The dow is still <12k too.

8) In conjunction with 2), Oil prices will reach $200-$250. Nope, but it is closing on $100

9) The Conservative Party will get the most seats (but no majority) the UK Election, making David Cameron Prime Minister in a minority government. Half-right, it's a coalition though, not a minority govt.

10) Someone famous will surprise everyone and come out as gay Half-right (was Ricky Martin really a surprise?)

I might add more later.

Not too bad really.

[tomboudreau]

The US did not win the most gold medals in the Olympic games in Vancover. We won the most medals overall. Canada won the most gold medals.

1 United States 9 15 13 37
2 Germany 10 13 7 30
3 Canada 14 7 5 26