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76. My OP What is a skeptic/Was Carl Sagan really a skeptic? will break all records if left unchecked.
 
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77. Several trolls will post asinine things on the forum out of an infantile need for negative attention, get suspended several times, finally get banned, and be quickly forgotten.
 
79. US efforts to save billions by replacing the dollar bill with a dollar coin, as most civilized countries have already done, will once again founder, because the American people hate change. :)
 
80. An assassination attempt on Barack Obama will fail, but make public headlines.

81. A Pacific earthquake will cause damage in the Phillipines due to tsunami.

82. The conflict in Sudan will flare back up, with effective, but undeclared war between Sudan and South Sudan.

83. A prominent member of the British Royal Family will die.

84. Marriage equality will come to the UK, France and Uruguay, as well as Illinois, Rhode Island and California in the US.
 
85. A man named Miles Crompton will discover a new species of aquatic mammal, but will die of food poisoning before making his discovery public.
 
76 George Dubya and Tony Blair will not be prosecuted as war criminals
77 politicians will keep lying, we won't believe them but will keep voting for them anyway
78 elections will be held somewhere amid great excitement but the resulting government will do just what the other side would have done if they won
79 there will be many, many more threads at JREF about gun control in the US (yawn)
80 if 79 comes true there will be a mass migration away from JREF
81 some nut somewhere will break Breivik's record
82 this year or next or the one after the Taliban will resume control in Afghanistan and lying politicians will say this was all part of the plan
83 no cheap, viable and conveniently usable alternative source of energy will replace fossil fuels
84 the arctic will totally melt, the Gulf stream will stop, north west Europe will freeze and millions will die
85 millions will die
86 the US will not fall off the fiscal cliff
 
88. The US credit rating will fall to AA.
89. The US will extend sovereignty over much of the arctic.
90. North Korea will attack Japan.
91. China will attack Japan.
 
Some poetic predictions Nostra-dumbass style, which refer to actual events that may or may not occur during 2013.

The loss of money by the ton
Affects the numbers on the grid;
The six-five-two doth end the run
And go the way the others did.

"In veggie-tables," state the foes
That social illness must progress;
In hurried wrath, the slander goes,
An outrage many doth profess.

A resurrection of a sort
Shall precede an acquisition;
A scandal damning to the sport
Shall precede an inquisition.
 
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30. The sequel to "Anchorman" will be a hit at the box office ... but it will be widely recognized as inferior to the original.
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It has since been announced that this sequel will be in theatres around Christmas in 2013. At the time the prediction was made, it was not clear whether the movie would even be released in 2013.
 
Some additional predictions, which I will not bother to number.

A prominent figure will announce retirement in the first half of the year.
The Internet will popularize a new craze; the craze will be criticized by some as foolishness.
In space, no one can hear you ....
Bad PR will mean awful news for a prominent organization.
One known more by his title than his name shall cross the river.
The year will see a tragic collapse, one that probably could have been avoided.
A person whose name includes an "X" will make big news.
Pseudo-science and pseudo-history proponents will be dealt a blow.
The discovery of a distant minor planet will be announced.
Steps will be taken toward reform of the Electoral College, but the US Constitution will not be amended (at least not in 2013).
A stunning revelation will occur in the South.
A funny incident will be attributed to a spelling checker.
 
A dark mass will surface some where in the Atlantic.

The UK will have very little rain from March to October

A bright celestial object in the sky outshining the full moon,
will remain in the sky for several weeks.

Women bishops finally approved by the C of E.

UK loses its AAA rating.

I will not do anymore predictions now, and never ever again.
 
Blast from the past: an archaeological discovery will be made by accident in an unexpected place.
The Republican party will struggle with a backlash against their policies. Expect some defections from their ranks.
A severe influenza outbreak will close some schools and businesses.
At least one seriously intense shooting or bombing in the U.S. Domestic, not terrorists.
A surprising court case involving charges of copyright infringement.
Puzzling and alarming mass die-off of animals, fish, and/or birds.
 
Neither Billy Graham nor Fred Phelps will make it through to 2014, and Pat Robertson will develop a nervous tic of looking over his right shoulder just in case someone is COMING FOR HIM. (Apologies to Terry Pratchett, Death and Binky)

The 50th Anniversary of Dr. Who will be taken more seriously than the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy Assassination Conspiracy Theories (although not quite as seriously as the anniversary of the assassination itself).

A 7+ magnitude earthquake will hit Iran, trapping Mahmoud Ahmadinejad under his own ego for a week before he asks for outside help.
 
A prominent broadcaster's career will end tragically.
Scandal will rock a European nation. The scandal will not center on sexuality or financial mismanagement.
A politician will be ridiculed for a comical misquote.
A serious act of criminality will produce an unexpected result.
 
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