WHAT ARE YOUR PREDICTIONS FOR 2012?

[SIMBA-LEE]

To me, an olde guy who has seen a lot and has a History/PolySci education, the entire world appears to be teetering on the verge of numerous potential disasters including nuclear attacks, land wars, revolutions, economic collapses, violent riots, etc. What are predictions for 2012?

[Nathan_Bell]

Domestically:
Chicago is really going to regret having the NATO and G8 meetings this summer. You will see a bunch of hipster, spirit of '68 wannabes getting thumped on worldwide TV. Thanks to who the mayor is, they will give them too much leeway to start and it will be to nasty to stop in a nice way once rolling.

The Internet is going to be flakey as the Anon and their script kiddie followers ramp up their anti-information mining.

If we have a hot summer, look for rolling black outs as the EPA 'gree' regs start to bite into the base power generation. Mini riots to follow most of those as the zombies get frisky. I personally do not see us having a hot summer, think it will be cold and damp.

Mini- to full on riots at both political party's conventions as the above mentioned spirit of ''68 goofballs go full retard.

Obama retains his job and continues to rule by EO and regulatory fiat. The R's candidate sucks so bad that he has negative coat-tails and Senate stays D and the House barely remains R.
Oh don't forget the celebratory mini-riots after BHO's win.

1.25M people drop out of the workforce per quarter. We continue to go in debt $3 trillion a year.

Congress continues to violate the Congress by not passing a budget, and by caving to BHO's illegal rule by fiat.

Internationally:
Eurozone goes splat. The French and German governments try to form another version of it without the PIIGS. German people hold their own mini-riot demonstrations against this as they do not want to get stuck holding the bag twice.
Greece begins to resemble Mexico, in that you have secure tourist areas and the rest is no-go for non-Hellenics.
Iran gets hot and horny thanks to Russia and China's continued support and goes for broke by making a strike at a CVBG. POTUS Worthless sounds like Ron Paul and says we are to blame.
This gives the ChiComs a tacit approval of their grab for Taiwan. They begin it with a pseudo blockade, claiming to be searching vessels for WMD parts, when it is mainly meant to be a deterrent against people trading with Taiwan.
Chavez croaks giving us a nice low level intercine war in Venezula. Pushing oil up a nitch or two.
Pakistan and India start pressuring us to decide which one we ar backing.
The Arab Spring continues to turn into Sharia Summer.



All of this could get even worse if some of the climate predictions begin to kick in and we see real temp drops, severly shortening the Canadian, Northern US, Ukrainian, and Russia growing seasons.

[DeltaSierra]

- Life continues.

- The dollar nears collapse.

- The EU collapses, while Germany and Russia form a trade partnership.

- Israel bombs a US carrier in the Straights of Hormuz, and blames it on Iran.

- The US attacks Iran.

- Russia and China retaliate against the US attack on Iran, starting a third world war.

- Britain invades the Islas Malvinas yet again, and thus starts a chain reaction of unrest in South America, ultimately resulting in a long, drawn-out war between Britain and several key South American countries.

- Cartels in Mexico form a new government, and take over the American Southwest.



Did I miss anything?

[Jfkudla]

- Life continues.


- Britain invades the Islas Malvinas yet again, and thus starts a chain reaction of unrest in South America, ultimately resulting in a long, drawn-out war between Britain and several key South American countries.

What? Is this some sort of joke that I am missing the punch line on? The Brits can't invade the Falklands as they already control them. Are you suggesting that the Argentinians are going to try a landgrab again?

[juliomorris]

World peace will break out and the US will fall into line behind its post racial president. Instead of flash mobs and racial assaults we will have love in's.......

[juliomorris]

On a serious note we are screwed.
China will begin to enforce its will over S.E. asia.
Iran will probably strike at the shipping lanes.
Isreal will hit Iran with in the next few months.
Syria will be utter chaos through the summer. and will use Isreals strike on Iran as an excuse to attack Isreal.
Germany is probably going to attempt to pull out of the EU.
Great britian will have more rioting.
As for us I see more racial attacks, flash mobs, rioting, and probably some very severe storms this summer.

[SIMBA-LEE]

Nathan,

Your predictions appear to be very well thought out!

[DeltaSierra]

What? Is this some sort of joke that I am missing the punch line on? The Brits can't invade the Falklands as they already control them. Are you suggesting that the Argentinians are going to try a landgrab again?

You clearly don't have a clue as to the real situation down there. The Islas Malvinas belong to Argentina. The British government, in its all-knowing imperialistic wisdom has militarized the situation once again, and is pushing for war.

The British "control" the Islas, about as much as they "controlled" the colonies in the Americas in 1770.

Any further argument can take place via private message, so as not to interfere with the OP any further.

[Straight Shooter]

Obama WILL BE Re-ELECTED. Hide and watch.
Severe weather across most of nation, especially here in the South.
At least 1-2 high profile shootings.
We will hear, as we have for the past 5 years, how Iran is "less than a year away" from the bomb.
And how Israel is gonna take them out.
NOTHING happens.
Economy improves right up until election...then drops dramatically afterward.
Libs/Occupy crowd grow stronger and more violent.
Military will see further reduction from cuts, and less retention of seasoned vets due to open homosexuality and other unpopular policies.
After his re-election, Obama will try to get some of his as yet unheard of plans enacted. Most willl fail due to lame-duck Congress.
SCOTUS WILL RULE OBAMACARE LEGAL...betcha a rc and a moonpie.

[Blstr88]

Israel vs the rest of the Middle East breaks out...who knows where it goes from there. Either someone wins real quick, or the entire world gets dragged into another world war...

Lindsey Lohan gets drunk and does something else dumb - gets throw back in jail for 3 weeks.