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Overspecific Prediction Of The Day

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Dec 29 2008 4:09pm EDT

Overspecific Prediction of the Day

I give this one a 100% chance of being wrong:

Mr. Panarin posits, in brief, that mass immigration, economic decline, and moral degradation will trigger a civil war next fall and the collapse of the dollar. Around the end of June 2010, or early July, he says, the U.S. will break into six pieces -- with Alaska reverting to Russian control.

I do like the added touch of "or early July", however. It's like that second decimal place on Dow reports: completely meaningless, but great for giving a spurious impression of accuracy.

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