Archive for the ‘Predictions’ Category
Mugsy’s Predictions for 2009. (seven for 12 in ’08, so you can trust me)
(Before I start, I would like to follow up on my 12/17 story of the potential disastrous consequences of the Fed cutting interest rates to 0% earlier this month. Nothing I write here would be as good an analysis of the current meltdown on Wall Street as Joseph Stiglitz’s “Capital Fools” story in this month’s […]
December 31, 2008
Posted in: Politics, Predictions
“October Surprise”? – Fringe benefits for the Neocons from the crisis in Georgia you might not have considered.
This is one of those obscenely complicated and convoluted subjects that is difficult to explain without sounding like a ranting lunatic. And like any complicated subject, it takes a while to explain, so get comfy while I take this step-by-step (I’m getting this report out early because, after working on it for nearly a week, […]
August 18, 2008
Posted in: Politics, Predictions
Mugsy’s Predictions for 2008. (I’ll try to do better this time.)
Last year was my first attempt at making political predictions for the coming year. I’m not sure what the typical batting average is, but my “2 out of 10: 20%” success rate is arguably above average: God told Pat Robertson that the United States would be hit by another terrorist attack in 2007. This would […]
December 29, 2007
Posted in: Politics, Predictions
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