Predict the important events of 2010.

[jonks]

Pot legalized in multiple states, state legislatures suddenly become effective and cordial

 

[shocksyde]

GodlessAstronomer will make life some time in Q1.

It doesn't count when your sex robot becomes self-aware.

 

[Train]

god is disproven, so is evolution. turns out machines went back in time and planted all life on earth, thus proving our entire existance as paradox.

jesus and darwin are created, then sent back in time to ensure events arent changed.

sounds like a far reaching, yet cool, plot to a terminator movie.

"Man didnt create skynet, skynet created Man! TOMG!"

 

[rudder]

Milk will be $7 a gallon and gas will be $10 a gallon. Or maybe it was the other way around.... my vision is blurry after the spiked egg nog.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

Alabama wins the NCAA Division I "Championship".
Colts lose their first playoff game and the Patriots win the Super Bowl (Colts ruined my football weekend).
Yankees win the World Series.
Celtics win the NBA title.
Devils win the Stanley Cup, Brodeur retires and enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame as soon as possible, waiving the 3 year waiting requirement (this would be the 8th or 9th person they waived the rule for I believe).
Jimmie Johnson wins his 5th Championship in a row.
Lance Armstrong finishes 2nd in the Tour de France.
Kentucky wins the NCAA Division I Basketball Championship (with no more than 2 losses).
Tiger plays golf and wins one major this year.

My guesses for now.

that's a pretty strong list, although i have doubts about the pats. i'd like to add:
michael schumacher wins his 8th world driver's championship.

 

[Arcadio]

The United States will win the World Cup in South Africa.

 

[boomerang]

The 2010 elections will be postponed indefinitely due to a "crisis".

 

[Adrenaline]

that's a pretty strong list, although i have doubts about the pats. i'd like to add:
michael schumacher wins his 8th world driver's championship.

The Colts management made their fans mad, so I had to pick the worst possible scenario.

My favorite NFL teams:

1. Bears (grew up in Illinois until high school)
2. Colts (been in TN since high school. Manning was great at UT, just couldn't beat Florida. I have always been a Manning fan.)

 

[techs]

The large hardon collider will tear a hole in the fabric of the universe to another parallel reality.

 

[Vonkhan]

Regime change in pakistan
Bin Laden dead
Europe takes a hardline anti-immigration stance
OPEC raises oil prices
Iran cracks down on protesters
More terror attacks from home grown village idiots
Pharma and blue chip becomes the new stock bubbles

 

[hclarkjr]

tiger woods will retire from golf and go on hooker tour

 

[Zebo]

mnpp

 

[shiner]

The large hardon collider will tear a hole in the fabric of the universe to another parallel reality.

Will this universe still have American Idol? Cause if it does I ain't going!

 

[techs]

Will this universe still have American Idol? Cause if it does I ain't going!

In the alternate reality Paula Abdul is the host and Simon Cowell is the only constestant.

 

[drum]

Cleveland will not win any championships. Again.

 

[Freshgeardude]

Possible war with Iran.
Pot legalized in some places in US.
UHC live
Immigration bill passes making every illegal legal.
Economy starts improving

 

[techs]

George Bush admits he is drinking again.

 

[TridenT]

The end of the world, life, and everything.

 

[TehMac]

If there's one thing we know about the future it's that we know nothing about it all.

Ergo, this thread is pointless.

 

[soulcougher73]

Europe takes a hardline anti-immigration stance

Im going to go with this one. At least it in the next decade. Maybe not 2010.

 

[SSSnail]

Financially: unemployment in the US will reach ~20%, which will lead to another housing bust and drive into a much delayed great depression part 2. Worldwide, financial markets will tumble as debts are unpaid. Middle eastern countries will stop bailing out Dubai, and that is where the rift starts. Oil prices will rise, which leads to another run up of the bubble and eventually will flatten out at ~$140/bbl.

Despite all this, the US dollar will remain strong. China will finally un-peg the Yuan and may create civil unrest in the process, they may demand payments.

Politically: Somebody in the middle east will get nuked, figuratively speaking, this is linked to the rising oil prices described above. US will face at least one major tragedy related to terrorism, it's probably domestic (due to deteriorating economy). We may see Marshall laws declared on some cities, starting with Detroit (but then again, nobody probably ever cared about that place) due to civil unrest of our own. No, the fire and brimstone won't come, but close.

Creation of North American Union.

Socially: H1N1 morphs, more people will die as the new virus strain become immune to vaccination. While this propagates, another highly contagious disease is discovered.

Yup, we're pretty much fucked.

 

[Xonoahbin]

Israel strikes Iranian nuclear facilities. Huge international crisis but nobody actually does anything except Israel.

US economy begins recovery. Unemployment rate drops slightly below 10% and consumer confidence jumps back up near 60.

Republicans make massive gains in mid-term election and put the numbers very near even.

Small "terror" attacks continue to crop out throughout the US, but no large attack occurs.

Marijuana is all but legalized in California.

Just some guesses I suppose.

 

[boomerang]

Financially: unemployment in the US will reach ~20%, which will lead to another housing bust and drive into a much delayed great depression part 2. Worldwide, financial markets will tumble as debts are unpaid. Middle eastern countries will stop bailing out Dubai, and that is where the rift starts. Oil prices will rise, which leads to another run up of the bubble and eventually will flatten out at ~$140/bbl.

Despite all this, the US dollar will remain strong. China will finally un-peg the Yuan and may create civil unrest in the process, they may demand payments.

Politically: Somebody in the middle east will get nuked, figuratively speaking, this is linked to the rising oil prices described above. US will face at least one major tragedy related to terrorism, it's probably domestic (due to deteriorating economy). We may see Marshall laws declared on some cities, starting with Detroit (but then again, nobody probably ever cared about that place) due to civil unrest of our own. No, the fire and brimstone won't come, but close.

Creation of North American Union.

Socially: H1N1 morphs, more people will die as the new virus strain become immune to vaccination. While this propagates, another highly contagious disease is discovered.

Yup, we're pretty much fucked.

I thought I was the supreme pessimist! I bow to you sir!

 

[silverpig]

My main predictions revolve around the Arctic. Some kind of Arctic economic group will probably form as the northwest passage opens. Trade between Canada, Russia, the US, and Scandinavia will progress and become important. I guess this won't really happen in 2010, but it will by 2020.

Stronger Canadian ties to the EU.

In the next 10 years I expect Brazil to start flexing its economic muscle a little more. I'm not entirely sure what this means, but they will begin to become more important for sure.

The North American Union won't happen. Canada wants to maintain independence from the US, and the US wants to maintain independence from Mexico. Some stronger ties might be nice, but going with a continental currency won't happen either.

Stronger Canada/Mexico ties could definitely happen though.

 

[JulesMaximus]

SUVs become less popular.