Great Predictions for the New Year

At this time last year I made some predictions for 2011 in this post.

I made the predictions after reading the predictions of Craig, an Englishman who thinks he can predict the future.  It’s worth reviewing his predictions for 2011, just to check in and see how well he went.

First off, last year he simply provided a list of his predictions:

  1. Two Industrial explosions – one in Indian that is reminiscent of the Bhopal disaster in scale and another in China
  2. In August, three UK soldiers win Victoria Crosses for daring night raid deep into Taliban stronghold.
  3. Denial of Service attack on USA Banks by foreign country causes failures to Internet.
  4. Tropical Island is evacuated due to volcanic eruption
  5. Earthquake in California and the famous Hollywood sign is damaged.
  6. Wild animal disease scare results in mass slaughter of livestock.
  7. The Spring month will see angry demonstrations over wage and pension cuts
  8. William and Kate Royal Wedding Plans announced.
  9. In February the Beckhams reveal that are planning a divorce.
  10. Liverpool win the FA cup

During the year, he went on to expand his list and give a bit more detail.  Let’s see if we can match his latest version of the page with the original predictions.

Craig’s Predictions for 2011

POLITICS

In the Spring months there will be massive protests worldwide.

That seems to be 7.  Tweaking that slightly he can now claim the unrest in Spain and Greece as fitting that prediction.  I suspect however, he was talking about England when he made the first prediction.

In the UK we will see demonstrations about the upcoming cuts but there will also be worldwide political upheaval and protests.

Worldwide upheaval was not on the original list.

A leading politician will die in a plane crash – I think this is a UK politician.

Wrong and a new prediction.

Expect to see sweeping political changes this year.

Any year really.  And this is new – so he can claim the unrest in the middle east.

In my meditations and dreams I saw a wounded tiger – a symbol perhaps of war and revenge.

Yeah, whatever.

UPDATE: Worldwide political upheaval happening: Gadaffi and throughout Arab World.

UPDATE: Riots on the streets of London.

Oh yes, he didn’t actually predict the toppling of Gaddafi or the death of Bin Laden or the unsettling of the Government in Egypt, but claims this as evidence of his new prediction for world upheaval. What year goes by without some sort of riot in the streets.

BUSINESS
Confidence in the Eastern economies will be shaken after a series of huge industrial accidents. I believe India may see a nuclear accident and a chemical industrial accident in China. The Industrial accident in India – which may be nuclear – is reminiscent of the Bhopal disaster with far reaching consequences for people’s health.

UPDATE: Series of huge nuclear accidents have happened in Japan (I had predicted China)

This would seem to be prediction 1.  No mention of eastern economies, no nuclear accident in India, not that we are aware of.   Probably there was a chemical accident in China.  Not that they’d tell the rest of the world.  He then goes on to claim credit for the ‘accident’ in Japan, which wasn’t so much accidental but a direct result of an earthquake and tsunami.  Neither of which he predicted.  And you know, China and Japan, it’s all really the same thing.

 

 

NATURAL DISASTERS
This will be a year of earthquakes and volcanic activity. I am concerned that there will be a serious quake in California after a number of bad quakes elsewhere in the world. In my meditations I saw the famous Hollywood sign on it’s side and damaged. there will also be unprecedented volcanic activity. In my scrying I saw an island being evacuated. My thoughts went to Hawaii but I could not be certain. For my news prediction I wrote it as ‘tropical island evacuated’. In Spirit & Destiny I wrote: “Wild animal disease scare results in mass slaughter of livestock.”

UPDATE: New Zealand and Japanese Earthquakes have happened. August 2011 New York Earthquakes.

So, he’s wrapped 4, 5 and 6 up here.  Oh, and go check out scrying

Every year is a year of earthquakes and volcanic activity, no prizes there.  He didn’t predict the quakes in New Zealand or Japan, nor the very very minor tremor on the eastern seaboard of the USA.  There was no damage to the Hollywood sign.  He predicted earthquakes in California, which is a pretty sure bet.  He went on to expand it to worldwide in later updates.  I’m not aware of any islands be evacuated, but there have been on going eruptions during the year.  No prizes there.  I’m sure somewhere in the world there was the slaughter of livestock because of disease, I’m not aware of anything connected to wild animals.

CYBER WAR
For Spirit & Destiny Magazine I wrote: “Denial of Service attack on USA Banks by foreign country causes failures to Internet.” This has happened before, but in this instance I see an extensive disruption with maybe the whole Internet being effected to the point it is like being switched off.

UPDATE: Google Mail disabled by a Chinese cyber attack

This is guess 3.  Just wrong.  And nobody gives a rats arse about Gmail in China.

PEOPLE
For Spirit & Destiny I wrote: “William and Kate Royal Wedding Plans announced.” I also see serious troubles in the Beckham’s marriage. In Fate & Fortune I have predicted: “Paul McCartney makes a record with Yoko Ono in honour of John Lennon.” It would of course be an unlikely thing to happen but despite it’s absurdity I feel it will happen. I feel it may be a call for world peace. In Spirit & Destiny I have predicted: “In August, three UK soldiers win Victoria Crosses for daring night raid deep into Taliban stronghold.”

Ok, this is 2, 8 and 9.  As well as some extra guesses.  I don’t think McCartney and Ono made a record.  If they did it was a flop.  And we don’t seem to have world peace.  No surprises that the future king of England would get married.  It’s rather expected.  I don’t know if UK soldiers earned  (and not won) the VC.  No doubt he’ll somehow claim the death of Bin Laden as proof that his prediction came true.  (Which I think was an US operation, nothing to do with the Brits)

 UPDATE: William and Kate marriage announced. Has happened just before the magazine we went to press – they work three to six months ahead of themselves so the insight proved right.

Yes, you predicted that for 2011.  The announcement happened in November, so you’re slightly off.

 UPDATE: Beckham’s marriage troubles. I must have this one completely wrong. They have just announced they are to have another baby.)

Just this one?

SPORT
“Liverpool win the 2011 FA Cup.” I know absolutely nothing about football – which helps a bit as my own preconceptions will not interfere with the clairvoyance.

This is no 10.  Liverpool didn’t even get to the final.  Clearly you know nothing about football.  Which hasn’t helped at all.

So, 10 predictions.  9 wrong and 1 maybe.  He sort of got Will and Kate right.

His predictions for 2012 are up here, I’ve kept a copy and will have a review of them in January.  Oh, he’s already predicted that Kim Jong-il from North Korea dies.  Ya!

Making predictions is so unpredictable.

Anyway, I made some of my own predictions.  Using my super Llama Side-Kick Powers.  Here’s my list.

  1. A Nation will launch an attack on another nation
  2. A strike will happen when public servants become upset
  3. A celebrity will break up
  4. There will be a royal wedding
  5. There will be an earthquake and people will die.
  6. There will be a space accident
  7. An alpaca will stumble across a life changing secret that has been buried in the Andes but before the secret can be revealed to the rest of the world a hunter will shot and eat the alpaca.

Yep, 1 happened.  2 happened in Greece, 3 happened, think Kardashian.  4 is Will and Kate, 5, well duh. 6.  Yep.  7.  Check this out.

That’s 7 out of 7.  I’m a fucking legend.

So, that’s another fling around the sun on a wet lump of rock.  May your new year be full of fresh stuff and sweet-smelling Llamas.

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