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2014-05-27 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

The doomsayers and the disasters that never arrive

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Posted by Fred 2014-05-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 "When you predict the future," he says, "you get things wrong." Yogi Berra said it better, as he always did, explaining why the Yankees had lost a crucial game: "We made too many wrong mistakes."

But just as Yogi is a better philosopher than the professor....

(Here's a couple more, Yogi Berra said it better, "golden gems".)

"It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future."
Yogi Berra

The future aint what it use to be.
Yogi Berra

Posted by junkiron 2014-05-27 03:47|| 2014-05-27 03:47|| Front Page Top

#2 In more earlier times, stoning was the prescription for 'false prophets'. There is merit in that. Just go back and read what pols said how much Medicare would cost by this time when they enacted it.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-05-27 07:55|| 2014-05-27 07:55|| Front Page Top

#3 I predict that tomorrow will be yesterday on Thursday, that is if you are here to see it.

Ta-daah !

Posted by Clereling Angort1074 2014-05-27 09:16|| 2014-05-27 09:16|| Front Page Top

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