Archive for the ‘Predictions’ Category
It Couldn’t Be More Clear: GOP running against fictional president with fictional record
Super Tuesday is now history, and the Republican presidential candidates have all given their “victory” speeches (not Ron Paul, who won no states). And it is clear from listening to them that each one of them absatively-posalutely believes they will be running in November against some fictional “un-American” president with a record that bears no resemblance […]
March 7, 2012
Posted in: Economy, Election, Energy Independence, Healthcare, Middle East, Money, Politics, Predictions, Taxes, War
Santorum? Really? Nope, I guess not. NH primary will reveal what we’ve all known.
[PopUpFad=GROUP=widget:RANDOM=NO:SESSION=NO] Tuesday will be the first “race that counts” of the 2012 Election… one in which actual delegates are awarded to each candidate. And the first to 1144, “wins”. So every primary for the next six months is a big deal. And the closer the race, the longer it will take for any delegate to […]
January 9, 2012
Posted in: Election, Politics, Predictions
Mugsy’s predictions for 2012: “The apocalypse never comes when you want it” Edition (UPDATED)
Where to start? Every year since 2006 I’ve dug deep into my toy-chest, pulled out the turban from my “Ancient Secrets Magic Kit”, rubbed my lucky penny for good luck, and concocted my annual “Predictions for the coming year”. And by the end of that year, I always expect to find I did really poorly… but my […]
December 26, 2011
Posted in: Economy, Election, Healthcare, Jobs, Middle East, Money, Politics, Predictions, Racism, Religion, Taxes, War
And the Winner Is: A fun, completely unscientific, non-partisan prediction of the 2012 presidency
I tried to watch the Saturday night GOP debate on “Foreign Policy”. I really did. I watched the Wednesday night debate on the economy, as well as Perry’s now infamous brain-freeze, but asking me to sit through another pointless mind-numbing exercise in futility just three days later was asking too much. I started to watch, […]
November 14, 2011
Posted in: Election, Politics, Predictions
Who Coulda Seen THAT Coming? Mugsy’s Predictions for 2011
Well, it’s that time of year again (I’m sorry, but there’s just no other way to open a column like this with reusing the same tired old intro), when we look back upon ill-fated predictions of the past and finish up with our Predictions for 2011. The coming year will be interesting as it kicks […]
December 27, 2010
Tags: future, Political predictions for 2011, prognosticate, prognostication · Posted in: Economy, Election, Healthcare, Politics, Predictions, Taxes, War
Don’t Be Surprised If Democrats Don’t Lose Big
Two wars that weren’t paid for. Huge tax cuts for the rich that weren’t paid for. TARP bailout that wasn’t paid for. Medicare Part-D that wasn’t paid for. Then they point and say, “Look at this huge deficit Obama created!” For months now, the “fact” that Democrats “will lose big” this election has been repeated […]
November 1, 2010
Posted in: Economy, Election, myth busting, Politics, Predictions, Racism, Right-Wing Insanity
Is BP preparing to reduce presense in Gulf as soon as well is killed?
Last May, barely a month after the “Deepwater Horizon” exploded off the coast of Louisiana, Right Wing cranks were already dismissing the expected environmental impact of the “spill” (see my video: “Where’s the oil?”). Now that the well has been capped (but not plugged or killed) and all that toxic dispersant has reduced the appearance […]
August 2, 2010
Posted in: Energy Independence, Environment, Predictions
The Amazing Mugsy’s Predictions for 2010.
Okay, maybe calling myself “The Amazing Mugsy” is a bit of a stretch. So sue me. It’s the final Monday of the first decade of the new millennium (though technically, 2000 was the last year of the 20th Century). Every year at this time, I like to pause to make my predictions for the coming […]
December 28, 2009
Posted in: Election, General, Healthcare, Politics, Predictions
1.2.3. What are We Fightin’ For? Obama to send more troops to Afghanistan.
Special Edition Country Joe & The Fish said it best in their famed anti-Vietnam War song: “1.2.3. What are We Fightin’ For?” A question I’ve been asking myself since President Obama took office. Last night, President Obama addressed the nation from the West Point Military Academy to tell us he was sending another […]
December 2, 2009
Posted in: Politics, Predictions, War
Thoughts on the Afghan War Prior to Obama’s Speech
This will be a short commentary preceding President Obama’s address to the nation Tuesday night regarding sending additional troops to Afghanistan. It is expected that President Obama will announce plans to send between 32 and 35 thousand additional troops to Afghanistan, slightly less than the 40,000 General Stanley McChrystal reportedly asked for last September. What […]
November 30, 2009
Posted in: Politics, Predictions, War
Global Warming will mean FEWER mid-Summer hurricanes, not more.
(It appears I need to forewarn new readers that the purpose of this weeks column is to highlight the potential for great damage to the environmental message by arguing a misconception as “fact”, and then having to listen to Conservatives use that assumption against you when it doesn’t come true. To be forewarned is to […]
July 13, 2009
Posted in: General, Global Warming, myth busting, Predictions, Seems Obvious to Me
Wait for it: Some Republican hypocrisy I see coming down the pike. (UPDATED)
Benjamin Franklin famously said: “Only two things in life are certain: Death and Taxes.” If I may be so bold as to try and improve upon Poor Richard’s sage observation, we can add “Republican Idiocy” to that list. The “Stimulus Bill” has already provided us with multiple examples last week. Republicans in both the House […]
March 16, 2009
Posted in: Politics, Predictions
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