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PREDICTIONS FOR 2008

 (Posted December 16, 2007)

 

Predictions designated for a certain time of year may actually occur at any time during that year,  or during another year. Also, predictions from a previous year may unfold during the present. Time is a mortal invention designed for our convenience, whereas all truly dwell in the Eternal Now.

 

Not all hits shall be posted this year. Emails about the

 manifestation of events will be greatly appreciated!

 

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!

Enjoy your Independence!

 

Prosperity welcomes a new year as the stock market continues to make modest but steady gains early this year.

The year 2008 shall become known as the year that the earthquakes began—damaging earthquakes of medium to high magnitude shall occur in large numbers on nearly every continent of our beautiful planet from this time through 2012 at least. 12/19/2007 Reuters: The earthquakes seem to be starting early in Alaska with a 7.3 in the Aleutian Islands today! Or was the commencement actually the Caribbean quake of 7.3 in late November off the Island of Martinique? Here we go again! 12/20 CNN: Quake topples buildings in New Zealand. 2008 — 1/9 Drudge Report: 6.1 earthquake hits Canada...Queen Charlotte Island region. 1/30 Yahoo: Earthquake rattles east Timor, prompting authorities to briefly issue a tsunami alert, but no waves hit. 2/3 Yahoo: Two earthquakes struck two hours apart in Rwanda and neighboring Congo, killing at least 26. CNN: Quake triggers church collapse in Rwanda. Update: dozens dead, hundreds injured. 2/9 CNN: 5.4 quake hits near US/Mexico border: Baja, shutting down factories and leaving 400,000 without power, followed by at least 15 aftershocks. 2/12 CNN: Strong earthquake shakes northern Mexico: 6.4, gently swayed buildings in Mexico City. 2/14 CNN: Strong quake rattles southern Greece. 2/15 Drudge: Quake shakes Middle East: Lebanon, Israel, and Gaza. 2/20 CNN: Major quake rattles western Indonesia. 2/21 CNN: Storefronts collapse in strong Nevada quake, 6.0.  2/22 CNN: Rural Nevadans begin cleanup after rare quake. Almost all buildings in town damaged.  2/25 CNN: Powerful quake strikes Indonesia: 7.0. A tsunami alert was issued. LATER: Second quake in 10 hours hits Indonesia, 6.7, ninth measuring above 5.0. 2/27 Yahoo News: Earthquake felt across parts of England. Police reported minor damage to homes but no injuries. SUN: Britain Rocks as 5.2 Quake Hits. 3/3 Breitbart.com: Two Back-to-back Earthquakes Hit Off Oregon Coast. 3/4 Yahoo News: Earthquakes shakes up German coal mine. 3/20 CNN: 7.2 Quake Hits China. 3/29 CNN: Indonesia earthquake raises tsunami fears. 4/7 Science Daily: One Year After Solomon Islands, Scientists Learn Barrier to Earthquakes Weaker Than Expected. Drudge: Small quake hits south Texas. 4/12 Drudge: Unusual swarm of earthquakes detected off Oregon. CNN: 5.2 earthquake rocks large region of Midwest: Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Kentucky. 4.5 aftershock. 4/26 CNN: Quake, 50 aftershocks rumble through Reno. Experts: 100 aftershocks put city on quake alert. 4/27 CNN: Moderate quake rattles Mexico City. 4/30 Science Daily: On Shaky Ground: Geological Faults Threaten Houston. 5/1 CNN: Mystery quakes confuse experts: 344 quake s in the Reno area in the past week. Drudge: More shaking: 4.4 quake strikes in mountains near Bakersfield. 5/3 CNN: Chaiten Mountain that slept for thousands of years erupts in southern Chile, triggering 60 earthquakes. 5/4 Yahoo: Chilean volcano town nearly deserted. 5/6 Email from Janet: Small earthquake confirmed in Annandale, Virginia, 1.8 micro quake. 5/7 CNN: 6.8 earthquake shakes Tokyo. 5/8 Science Daily: Chile's Chaiten Volcano One of Scores of Active Volcanoes in Region. 5/9 CNN: 4.1 quake in southern California. 5/12 Yahoo: Death toll in China 7.9 earthquake rises to 8,533 in Sichuan Province. NY Times: 900 students buried by quake. CNN: Thousands killed, hundreds trapped. Quakes affected more than half of China's provinces and municipalities. Drudge: Quake shakes buildings in Beijing, Bangkok, Hanoi ... more! 5/12 CNN: Nearly 10,000 killed by quake, CHINA SAYS. 5/13 Yahoo: Death toll in China quake exceeds 12,000. 5/14 Drudge: China quake toll at 15,000; 26,000 believed buried. 5/15 Yahoo: Strong aftershock hits China quake epicenter, while survivors were being pulled from the rubble after being buried four days... 5/15 China quake death toll could reach 50,000. 5/16 Yahoo: China on alert against quake radiation leaks. (Could the Olympics possibly be postponed or cancelled???) Yahoo: Man survives 100 hours under rubble. 5/17 Reuters: Millions left homeless after devastating China quakes. 5/18 Reuters: Three days mourning to honor China quake victims. 5/19 NY Times: 200 Earthquake Relief Workers Buried by Mudslide in China. 5/20 Yahoo: China: 40,000 dead, 5 million homeless after quake.   5/22 Yahoo: Death toll from China earthquake now officially exceeds 51,000. 5/24 CNN: China quake toll rises past 60,000. 5/25 Yahoo: China aftershock destroys 71,000 homes; 1 killed. 5/25 Reuters: Hundreds of Columbia quake victims huddle in shelters after 5.6 quake, 11 dead, scores of homes damaged, landslides triggered. Drudge: 69 dams in danger after China quakes. 5/26 Drudge: Quakes can be triggered from other side of the globe. (This is something I’ve been aware of for over 30 years. After a quake on one side of the globe there is usually another on the opposite side within a matter of weeks.) 5/29 CNN: Iceland rocked by strong 6.1 earthquake: those near epicenter told to check on relatives. 6/1 CNN: Strong earthquake strikes Philippines, 6.4 magnitude. 6/1 Yahoo: Helicopter carrying 19 crashes in China quake zone. 6/5 Yahoo: 5.3 aftershock hits quake-battered China. 6/8 Yahoo: Aftershock rocks China lake, causing landslides. CNN: Deadly quake strikes Greece, at least 11 people trapped, 1 confirmed killed, more injured, landslides triggered. AND Earthquake swarms pick up again in northern Nevada. 6/9 CNN: 20 minor quakes rattle Reno. Water rising too fast at China quake lake. 6/13 Drudge: Quake Alarm: 90% of China's pandas in jeopardy. Yahoo: Powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake shakes Japan, forcing authorities to close highways and stop high-speed trains. 6/14 Yahoo: At least 6 dead, 8 missing in Japan's 7.2 quake. CNN: Landslide buries brick factory in China. 6/16 Science Daily: Durable, Inexpensive Bamboo Houses Can be Assembled Quickly for Earthquake Victims in China. 6/23 CNN: China fires officials over quake corruption. 6/24 CNN: China quake death toll to exceed 80,000. 6/27 Yahoo: Strong earthquake hits India's Andaman Islands off the east coast, 6.7.

Sunspot activity increases with the result of extensive satellite interference and interruptions in various power grids around the planet. 2/26 Reuters: Massive power outage hits millions in Florida...Some sort of "disturbance" in the power grid. 2/27 CNN: Florida blackout still a mystery! 2/28 Drudge/Reuters: Loss of wind causes Texas power grid emergency. 6/12 Science Daily: Space Weather: Interfering With the Global Positioning System.

Mt. Vesuvius near Naples, Italy, and Mt. Pelee on the Island of Martinique in the Caribbean start to rumble and produce extensive destruction between 2008 and 2012. Those living near, or directly upon, a live volcano would be wise to move elsewhere. After such events, should the Edgar Cayce predictions of the 1940s be correct, California shall have a major earthquake (between 8.3 and 9.5 magnitude) with hundreds of thousands, if not millions, lost. Portions of California could break up into islands. This earth movement  also creates tsunamis that bring extensive damage to the countries bordering the Pacific Ocean. Hopefully this will not happen for another thousand years! What comes first—global warming—or catastrophic earth changes—and does one perhaps somehow produce the other? 12/27 Science Daily: 2007 Warmest Year in Ten in US; Five Worldwide. 2/1 Science Daily: Impoverished Areas of Africa and Asia Face Severe Crop Loses From Climate Change in 20 Years. AND Increased Hurricane Activity Linked to Sea Surface Warming. 2/7 Science Daily: Tipping Elements in Earth's Climate System: A number of key components in the earth's climate system could pass their 'tipping point' this century, according to new research. 2/24 Science Daily: Climate Change Has Major Impact on Oceans. 2/25 Science Daily: Antarctic Marine Life Under Threat From Warming Seas, New Predators. 2/27 CNN: Eskimo village, sliding into the sea, sues over global warming! 3/16 CNN: U.N. Glaciers shrinking at record rate. 3/18 Science Daily: Huge Iceberg Splits in Southern Atlantic Ocean. 3/19 Science Daily: Arctic Sea Ice Still at Risk Despite Cold Winter, NASA Says. 4/5 Science Daily: Habitat Destruction May Wipe Out Monarch Butterfly Migration. 4/8 CNN/ABC: Toxic Volcano Gas Prompts Evacuation of 2,200 Big Island Residents near Kilauea volcano.  6/1 CNN: In Iceland, boiling mud spits into air after quake. 6/13 Science Daily: Closing Ozone Hole Will Have Major Impact on Global Warming, and Probably Not For the Better. 6/16 Science Daily: Sea's Ebb and Flow Drive World's Big Extinction Events, Study Suggests.

The Earth is a living entity, which is the primary reason that humankind and all other forms of life survive and thrive on the surface. Show respect for our planet if you wish to remain amongst its numerous and interesting inhabitants. The Earth itself goes through many incarnations, a process of Spiritual Evolution, the same as all other living entities.   

Volcanic activity could well lead to a major eruption early in 2008. 1/2 CNN: Volcano erupts in Chile: spewing smoke and ash into the sky. 53 people trapped after eruption. 1/13 NBC News: Ecuadorians flee volcanic risk. 12/21 Drudge/International Herald Tribune: Antarctic volcanoes identified as possible culprit in melting glaciers. Another possibility for global warming! (author) 2/29 CNN: Lava from Kilauea burns abandoned homes. 5/6 CNN: Shelters are packed with evacuees fleeing a major volcanic eruption in southern Chile in the Patagonia area. 5/7 Drudge: Chile volcano blasts ash 20 miles high. 5/14 Reuters: Chile volcano closes town for three months. Chaiten, recently the home of 4,500 people, endangered the residents with a cloud of hot ash from an erupting volcano. First eruption in thousands of years. 6/20 Science Daily: Active Submarine Volcanoes Found Near Fiji: large calderas at depths of 1100 and 1500 meters. 6/27 Science Daily: Fire Under Arctic Ice: Volcanoes Have Been Blowing Their Tops in the Deep Ocean.

Numerous minor earthquakes in a major city announce a major rumble, as buildings and highways collapse, with major property damage and tragic loss of life.

The sea rises up to swallow an island, perhaps more than one.

Oceanic movements create chaos, great fear and great loss. 3/14 CNN: Spain: Massive waves wash cars off road.

1/28/2008: My original plan was to predict a very cold winter for this year, but I left that prediction off. Now, I'm adding it in as an after thought! I know you'll all consider this a soft prediction.  2/2 CNN: Storm Slams East, Midwest, West. The storms have killed at least 10 people. 3/4 Drudge: More than seven feet of snow collapses roofs in Oregon. Worst snow storms in 50 years slam China. 2/26 Drudge: Snow cover over North America greatest since 1966... 3/7 CNN: Storm dumps snow, spawns twisters. 3/18 Drudge: Montreal set to break all-time snow record.

Reconstruction in devastated areas shall gratefully pick up in pace.

The Writers Guild strike will probably not be resolved during the retrograde Mars, but in February or March after Mars is direct. It's a sad situation indeed for all the worker bees! 1/10 Drudge: Tom Hanks urges end of strike, save Oscars. 2/3 CNN: Striking writers reach deal with independent filmmakers. 2/4 NY Times: Strike May End Soon, but Writers May Confront a Hostile Hollywood. 2/9 Drudge/Variety: Writers, Producers Reach Tentative Deal. (It's still retrograde Mercury, which rules writing, so we shall see how this one goes! But hopefully, everything will be resolved by February 19th!) 2/12 NY Times: Writers Vote to End Strike, ending their bitterly fought strike at the 100-day mark by an overwhelming margin. Drudge: Hollywood Back to Work!  

Fire and explosions rock cities and countries in the Southern Hemisphere. 1/2 Reuters: Kenya in turmoil: Kenya government denounces genocide as death toll reaches 300. Nearly 100 burned alive in a church. 1/12 CNN: At least 30 die in Nigeria fuel tanker blast. 1/29 NBC: Kenya violence getting worse. Tribal, ethnic violence escalating. 2/2 Yahoo: Chad rebels fight government force in capital. 2/3 CNN: More flee Chad as fighting rages. 2/5 Yahoo: Hundreds of civilians dead in Chad as a result of the coup attempted by rebels. 4/19 CNN. Smoke chokes Argentina's capital as brushfires deliberately set consume thousands of acres in the provinces of Buenos Aires and Entre Rios. 5/13 Yahoo: Indian Official: 45 dead as blast rocks city of Jaipur.

There's a roller coaster ride for the stock market during the early months of the year. 1/5 Drudge: Jobless rate hits 5%, 2 year high ... Stocks Drop. 1/17 Drudge: Stock Rollercoaster. "Stock Jits: DOW ends down 307, Economic Angst Mounts. Techs could be slipping into gloom."12/22 New York Times: "Feds Cut Rate 0.75% and Stocks Swing." Drudge: Bank of America, Wachovia Profits Tumble. FEAR: All Eyes on Wall Street. CNN: Stocks crawl back at end. 15 month low! 1/24 Wall Street Jumps with tax-rebate deal. Gold tops $910 oz. 3/14 Drudge: Stock Rollercoaster on Bear Stearns Cash Fears. Wall Street fears big bank is in trouble. Dollar falls below Swiss franc.  3/18 Drudge: Swing! Dow Jumps 400! Up and down and around the market has gone lately!

Two men of considerable prominence, who are friends and associates, shall pass from the earth during the same month!

In the spring a great man falls—despised by many but praised by others. 1/27 Yahoo News: Former Indonesian dictator Suharto, 86, dies. US Cold War ally who led one of the 20th century's most brutal dictatorships for over 32 years that saw up to a million political opponents die. (It's the timing thing!)

Springtime heralds economic recovery during a time when a great man welds great power.

Changes in laws favor the poor, the sick, and the downtrodden.

A woman rises to great favor with great honors bestowed. Her position is secured in the minds of the people.

Incredible breakthroughs in inventions and much scientific advancement during the next decade. 1/10 Reuters: Embryo-friendly technique produces stem cells. thisislondon.co.uk: Drug 'can reverse Alzheimer's symptoms in minutes.' 1/21 Science Daily: Could The Universe Be Tied Up With Cosmic String? A team of physicists and astronomers from the University of Sussex and Imperial College London have uncovered hints that there may be cosmic strings - lines of pure mass-energy - stretching across the entire Universe. (This goes along with current string theory in physics! How exciting is that?!) 1/24 Science Daily: Scientists Create First Synthetic Bacterial Genome -- Largest Chemically Defined Structure Synthesized in the Lab. (Scary or exciting? Maybe both!) 1/27 Reuters: Dust samples prompt rethink about comets ... more like asteroids than once thought. 1/31 Science Daily: The Eyes Have It: Researchers Can Now Determine When a Human Was Born by Looking into the Eyes of the Dead. 2/1 Science Daily: Supernova Surprise: Black Holes May Pull Apart, Reignite White Dwarf Stars. (The universe is filled with surprises to stun our puny intellects!) Science Daily: Computer Scientist Makes Splash with Academy Award for Fluid Simulation in 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire' and two 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies. (Pretty impressive special effects if you ask me!) E-Coli Bacteria: A Future Source of Energy? (Hopefully better than continuing to rape the Earth of its oil deposits!) 2/4 Science Daily: DNA is Blueprint, Contractor and Construction Worker for New Structures. 2/19 Science Daily: Listening for the Cosmic Symphony: Supercomputer Will Help Scientists Listen for Black Holes. And Terrestrial Planets Might Form Around Many, Maybe Most, Nearby Sun-like Stars. 2/22 Science Daily: Missile Intercept of U.S. Satellite Highlights Space Policy Issues. Could these technological weapons that destroy satellites possibly save the Earth from a dangerous asteroid? AND Saving the Rainforest With ... Toys! 2/24 Yahoo News: Virgin test flight for biofuel-powered jumbo jet from London to Amsterdam. 2/25 Drudge/Reuters: Amazon nuts help fuel first biofuel commercial airline flight. 2/26 Science Daily: Cheap, Clean Drinking Water Purified Through Nanotechnology. AND Sun-like Star Flips Its Magnetic Field Like Our Sun: First Observation. 3/4 Science Daily: Promising New Material for Capturing Carbon Dioxide From Smokestacks. 3/5 Science Daily: New Material Shows Great Promise for Nuclear Waste Clean-up. AND First Humanoid Robot that Will Develop Language May be Coming Soon. AND Researchers ID Promising New Cancer Drug. AND Key for Converting Waste to Electricity Discovered.  3/9 Science Daily: Weakness in Structures-- From Massive Bridges to Nanotechnology -- Identified with New Gadget. AND Alpha Centauri Should Harbor Detectable, Earth-like Planets. 3/14 Drudge: HIGH FLY: New private jet to hit speed of sound. ' Intelligent Glasses' remember where you last saw your keys, your cell phone. 3/18 Science Daily: Glimpses of a New Mathematical World, third degree transcendental! 3/21 CNN: Giant sea creatures found in Antarctic search: jelly fish with 12 foot tentacles, two-foot starfish. 4/2 Science Daily: Ten Exotic Planets Outside Our Solar System Discovered With New Technique. 4/3 Science Daily: Smart Aircraft Wings and New Lightweight Construction Materials Developed. 4/8 Science Daily: Rare Quasar Discovered that Produces More X-rays Than Thought Possible. 4/10 Science Daily: Sugar-powered Cars: World's Most Efficient Method to Produce Hydrogen Developed.  4/21 Drudge Report: Bionic eyes successfully implanted. Wow! 4/27 Science Daily: New Prosthetic Hand Has Nearly Natural Grip. 5/4 Science Daily: New "Weapon' in Forensics: Device Detects Latent Prints on Human Skin. 5/21 Science Daily: Missing Matter of Universe Found; Cosmic Web Discovered. 5/22 Science Daily: Ancient Amphibian: Debate over Origin of Frogs and Salamanders Settled With Discovery of Missing Link. AND New Research Improves Early Detection and Survival for Pancreatic Cancer. 5/26 Reuters: Spacecraft lands safely at Mars’ North Pole. CNN: Historic pictures sent from Mars. 5/27 Science Daily: Over 50 Percent of Oceanic Shark Species Threatened with Extinction. CNN: ‘Pixie dust’ may help regrow vet’s finger. Salamander inspired therapy may aid injured vets. 6/1 CNN: Historic pictures sent from MARS. 6/3 Science Daily: Nanowire-mesh 'Paper Towel' For Oil Spills Absorbs 20 Times Its Weight in Oil. 6/5 Science Daily: New Fingerprint Breakthrough By Forensic Scientists. 6/10 Drudge/My Way: Scientists find monkeys who know how to fish. 6/11 Science Daily: Ocean Life Under Threat From Climate Change. 6/12 NY Times: Rare Leatherback Turtle in Texas - First Since 1930s. 6/17 CNN: Newly found planets make case for "crowded universe." European astronomers have found a trio of "super earths" closely circling a star astronomers once figured had nothing orbiting it! We are not alone! 6/21 Science Daily: Surprisingly Rapid Changes in the Earth's Core Discovered. 6/26 Science Daily: From the Egg, Baby Crocodiles Call to Each Other and to Mom. 6/27 Science Daily: Phoenix Mars Lander Returns Treasure Trove For Science.

Medical wonders could become the norm this year. 1/13 Timesonline: Hopes of custom-built organs as scientists create beating heart. 1/26 Science Daily: New Research Could Help Reverse the Biological Clock for Dementia Patients and Reverse Memory Loss. 1/29 Drudge: Scientists discover way to reverse loss of memory. Accidental discovery during surgery to suppress an obese man's appetite. 2/1 Science Daily: New Test Detects Flu, Common Cold and Other Respiratory Viruses Fast. 2/5 Drudge: Scientists grow human skin. 2/6 Science Daily: Enjoy Candy Without the Cavities: Good Lollipop Kills Bacteria that Causes Tooth Decay. 2/19 Science Daily: New Way to Reverse Poor Circulation and Heal Wounds Discovered. AND: Long Term Retinal Implant Study Offers Hope for Treating Blindness. 2/25 Science Daily: Oral Contraceptives Could Work for Dogs, Cats, Pigs, Maybe Even Deer and Coyotes! 2/29 Science Daily: Smallpox, HIV, Oil-based Nasal Vaccine Technique Produces Immunity. AND: New Approach Stops HIV at Earliest Stage of Infection! 3/6 Science Daily: Type 2 Diabetes May be Disorder of Upper Intestine: Surgery May Correct it. AND Boy and Girl Brains Are Different: Gender Differences in Language Appear Biological. AND Protein in Embryonic Stem Cells Control Malignant Tumor Cells. AND Female Sex Hormone Protects Against Hearing Loss in Females and Males. 3/18 Science Daily: 'Predictor' Test Developed for Pregnant Women at Risk for Miscarriage. 3/20 Science Daily: Genomic Medicine Coming: Health Professionals, Pubic Unprepared: chronic adult common diseases: cancer, heart disease and diabetes hold promise for improved prevention, diagnosis and treatment. 3/31 Science Daily: Hair Stem Cells May Grown New Blood Vessels. AND New Drug May Rescue Aging Brain. 4/1 Science Daily: Uterine Stem Cells Create New Neurons That Can Curb Parkinson's Disease. 4/3 Science Daily: The Lean Gene: Thinness is an Inheritable Trait. AND Good Sexual Intercourse Lasts Minutes, Not Hours, Therapists Say! 4/5 Science Daily: Cholera Outbreaks Can be Predicted Using Satellite Sensors...paving the way for preemptive medicine in countries that suffer. 4/7 Science Daily: Damaged Brain Can be Repaired and Cerebral Functions Restored, Neuronal Study Suggests. Drudge/Daily Mail: Blood test that gives a six year early warning of Alzheimer's. I think knowing that early could be really depressing and cause many to take their lives! 4/8 Science Daily: Alligator Blood May Put the Bite on Antibiotic-resistant Infection. 4/27 Drudge: Blind man given gift of sight by gene therapy. 5/1 Drudge: Did science find a way to grow back a severed finger? 5/13 Science Daily: New MRI Technique Detects Subtle But Serious Brain Injury. 6/3 Science Daily: Wireless Vision Implant: Implantable Prosthesis Lets Patients Perceive Visual Images. 6/10 Science Daily: Therapeutic Potential of Cord Blood Stem Cells Enhanced With New Technique. 6/12 Science Daily: Gene Linked to Adult-onset Obesity Discovered. 6/16 Science Daily: Gene Therapy Improves Survival and Quality of Life of Dogs With Cancer: Could it also help Humans? 6/17 Science Daily: Grape Seed Extract May Reduce Cognitive Decline Associated with Alzheimer's Disease. 6/18 Telegraph.co.uk: Cancer patient recovers after injection of immune cells. Gene therapy cures cancer for first time. 6/30 Science Daily: Total Ankle Replacement With No Metal. 7/2 Science Daily: Watermelon May Have Viagra Effect! (Hmmm!) 7?4 Science Daily: Resveratrol, Found in Red Wine, Wards Off Effects of Age on Heart, Bones, Eyes and Muscle. AND Get Smart About What You Eat and You Might Actually Improve Your Intelligence!  

There shall be another funeral in the Nation's Capital, a procession down Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House to the Capitol's Rotunda. Flags fly at half staff to mourn the passing of a great soul admired and loved by many.

Many notable and celebrated individuals loved and admired by the people, including Hollywood and Broadway legends, walk though the Pearly Gates into higher dimensions this year. 1/10 CNN: Johnny Grant, honorary Hollywood major dies, 84. 1/10 CNN: Edmund Hillary, First Man to Climb Mt. Everest, Dies at 88. 1/16 CNN: Troubled actor Brad Renfro dies at 25. 1/18 Yahoo News: Chess master Bobby Fischer dies at 64. 1/19 CNN: "Brady Bunch actor dies, 84, Allan Melvin portrayed Sam the Butcher." 1/20 CNN: Actress Susan Pleshette dies 70. Frances Lewine, trailblazing journalist dies, she was 86. John Stewart, former Kingston Trio member, dead at 68. 1/22 CNN: Actor Heath Ledger dead at 28, possible drug overdose, nominated for an Oscar in 2005 for Brokeback Mountain. What a shock! I hope this tragedy brings some young actors on the rise to their senses before it's too late! Lohan! Spears! Whitehouse! Get a grip!  Ledger was entering his Saturn Return, a time to grow up, sadly it's too late for Heath. 1/24 New York Times: Lois Nettleson, 80, Dies; Acted on Stage and TV. 1/26 CNN: Christian Brando, son of Marlon Brando, dead at 49. 1/28 Yahoo: Gordon B. Hinckley, President of the Mormon Church, dead at 97. 1/29 NBC: Margaret Truman dead at 83. 2/4 CNN: 'General Hospital' actress dies at 49, Shell Kepler played the gossipy nurse on the soap opera. 2/5 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Dies, 91. 2/7 CNN: Former ABC News reporter McWethy dies in ski accident, 61. 2/11 CNN: 'Jaws' actor Roy Scheider dead at 75. 2/14 Comcast: "Rhoda" Actor David Groh dies, 68. 12/15 Drudge: Court declares millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett dead after 5 months after his plane went missing over the Nevada desert. 2/27 NY Times: Author, Commentator, William F. Buckley, Jr. dead, 82. 3/18 Yahoo News: Oscar winning director Minghella dies, 54. CNN: '2001' Author Arthur C Clarke dies, 90. 3/20 CNN: Oscar-winner actor Paul Scofield dies of leukemia, 86. 3/27 CNN: Legendary actor Richard Widmark dead at 93. 3/30 Yahoo: 'Killing Fields' Photographer Survivor, Dith Pran Dies, 65. 4/6 Yahoo: Film legend Charlton Heston dead at 84.  5/8 CNN: Country music legend Eddie Arnold dead, almost 90. 5/13 NY Times: Robert Rauschenberg, Titan of American Art, Dead at 82. 5/16 CNN: California wine pioneer Mondavi dies, 94. (It's the wine that kept him going. I'll just keep drinking it myself. Great wine!) 5/20 CNN: Top Carter Aide Hamilton Jordan Dies, 63. 5/25 CNN: Laugh-In comic Dick Martin dead at 86. 5/26 Yahoo: Sydney Pollack, Film Director and Actor, Dead at 73. 5/29 CNN: Comic actor Harvey Korman dead at 81. 6/2 CNN: Bo Didley, Rock and Rock pioneer, dead at 79. 6/3 CNN: Actor-director Mel Ferrer, former husband of Audrey Hepburn, dies, 90. 6/7 AOL Sports: Legendary Sportscaster Jim McKay dies, 87. 6/8 CNN: "Wonderful Life" actor Bob Anderson dies, 75. 6/13 CNN: Tim Russert, NBC Correspondent, Meet the Press, dead from a coronary embolism at 58 (his second Saturn return). 6/14 CNN: NBC Sportscaster Charlie Jones Dies, 77. 6/17 Drudge: Visual Effects Mastermind Stan Winston Dies of Cancer at 62: his worked included "Jurassic Park," "Terminator" and others. AOL News: "Singing in the Rain" Dancer Cyd Charisse dies, 86. 6/23 Yahoo: George Carlin mourned as counterculture hero. CNN: Comedian George Carlin dies of heart failure, 71. CNN: 'Mary Hartman,' 'Grease' star Dody Goodman dies, 93. 7/4 NY Times: Jesse Helms, Conservative Force in the Senate, Dies at 86.

Early spring acts of terrorism or war take place in a city where the mountains meet the sea.

More than one luxury liner is lost at sea, in one instance, most of the passengers also perish.

Scandal in high places reveals dirty secrets that bring shame and disgrace in their wake. 1/24 Reuters: French bank Societe General reels from record $7 billion rogue trader fraud! (But I never mentioned the money or the incredible loss!) "Biggest trading scandal in banking history!" 1/27 Yahoo: Probe launched over Detroit mayor texts relating to alleged affair with aide and his lying under oath. 3/10 NY Times: N.Y. Governor Elliot Spencer Is Linked to Prostitution Ring. Spitzer: "I apologize to the public. I have acted in a way that violated my obligations to my family." Four Charged With Running Online Prostitution Ring. Governor resigns, etc. I had a problem with updating my site, but it was all over the news so you couldn't have missed it! This has to be the "dirty secrets" prediction for the year, I think! We'll have to wait and see! 3/14 Drudge: Republican treasurer diverted up to $1million into personal accounts. AND Legal cloud lingers over Spitzer. Hooker to testify at grand jury. Spitzer's lawyers worked at office handing prostitution case. New York Post: OMG, I just did the governor! AND Feds peek at transactions of Americans without their knowledge. 3/19 Drudge: DRAMA: New NY Governor admits bedding women ... jealousy over wife's affair. 3/31 CNN: HUD chief resigns amid ethics probe. 4/17 CNN: Oklahoma sheriff ran sex slave operation from jail. 5/7 Drudge: 6 fraternities suspended in drug probe at San Diego State University. 6/20 CNN: Will McClellan's testimony hurt Bush?

Numerous hurricanes, cyclones, typhoons, tornadoes and storms wreck havoc in highly populated areas. There is great suffering, loss of life and loss of property. 1/5 CNN: Western storm causes flooding, levee break. 3,500 trapped. Drudge: Fierce Arctic storm pounds California -- mountains under 5 feet of snow. 1/6 CNN: Winter storms leave 3 dead in West. 1/8 Reuters: Powerful storms, tornadoes hit Midwest. 1/10 CNN: Storms tear through Alabama and Mississippi, causing scattered property damage and some injuries. KIROTV: Tornado touches down in Vancouver, Washington neighborhood. 1/22 CNN: Sinkhole swallows flooded street in Chicago. 1/27 Drudge: Southern California hit by another storm. 2/6 Yahoo: Tornadoes rip through South, killing 44. 2/7 CNN: Families die together in the night of the twisters. 55 dead. 2/19 Drudge: Snow again in Jerusalem. Heavy Snow Brings Greece to Standstill. 2/26 CNN: Storms leave 93,000 without power in southeast, homes destroyed. 2/26 CNN: Big storms hit in North and South. 3/4 Drudge: Storms Pack Widespread Trouble. 3/15 CNN: Storm smacks Atlanta, tornado tore through downtown, dozens hurt. 3/18 Drudge: Beijing shrouded in dust as sandstorm besieges capital. CNN: Storms flood Southern states, killing 2. 3/20 CNN: Snow on first day of spring in Chicago. 3/22 Yahoo: Flooding, heavy snow plague Midwest. 4/1 CNN: Storms, Tornadoes, and Snow throughout the Midwest and East. 4/4 CNN: Tornado hits Little Rock. Storms sweep across Southeast. 4/5 Science Daily: Spring Flooding in US Forecast, But People Still Build on Flood Plains. Why do people build on the slopes of active volcanoes? That's always fascinated me! Look at highly populated Naples across the water from Mount Vesuvius. Downright amazing! 4/10 CNN: Strong tornadoes hit Texas, Oklahoma, Michigan, flip oil rigs. 4/11 CNN: Storms pound heartland; 2 die in flooding. 4/29 Yahoo: 3 tornadoes rip through Virginia, more than 200 people hurt. CNN: 140 homes hit by Virginia tornadoes. 5/2 CNN: Arkansas storms kill 7. Drudge: Twisters tear up 4 states. May blizzards shuts down parts of North Dakota. 5/3 CNN: Tornadoes rip through Arkansas killing 8, 350 homes destroyed. 5/4 Yahoo: Powerful cyclone kills at least 351 in Myanmar, state run TV reports. 5/5 Yahoo: Almost 4,000 die in cyclone in Myanmar. with 3,000 others unaccounted for. Toll could reach 10,000. Myanmar death toll exceeds 15,000. 5/6 Yahoo: Myanmar cyclone death toll soars past 22,000. NY Times: Air flows to Myanmar as death toll rises to 22,500. Drudge: 50,000 feared dead in Myanmar storm. 5/7 Yahoo: 60,000 dead or missing in Burma/Myanmar. 5/7 CNN: 124-mph winds hit Oklahoma. 5/8 CNN: Witnesses report tornado in Mississippi. AND Myanmar misery deepens. Storm left a million homeless. NY Times: Myanmar's biggest city still paralyzed after 5 days. 5/9 CNN: Myanmar seizes UN air supplies, 'not ready' to let in US. Drudge: 500,000? Burma death toll 'worse than tsunami.' 5/10 CNN: Death toll rises to 18 in Midwest storms. 5/10 Drudge: 22 dead in US storm outbreak. 5/11 Yahoo: Boat carrying Myanmar Red Cross aid sinks, toll climbs beyond 28,000. Reuters: Tornadoes kills 21, injure hundreds in US. 5/14 My initial impression was ... Myanmar will be hit by a second monsoon or cyclone. Drudge: Red Cross: Projected death toll in Myanmar: 128,000. 5/17 Reuters: Myanmar death toll soars. Diplomats tour delta. 5/18 CNN: Myanmar children near starvation, group warns. 5/22 Yahoo: Tornadoes rip through Colorado, Kansas, 1 killed. 5/24 Yahoo: More tornadoes strike Kansas, Oklahoma, 2 killed. 5/26 Yahoo: Lethal storms kill 8 in Iowa and Minnesota. 5/28 CNN: 2008 could set tornado death record. 5/29 CNN: Possible tornado strikes Nebraska. 5/30 Yahoo: Tropical storm Alma slams Nicaragua, then weakens. CNN: Storm derails train, slams Nebraska homes. 6/1 CNN: Tropical storm moves across Yucatan. 6/2 CNN: Tornado rips 103 year old church down to its piano keys. 6/3 CNN: Bank windows implode in Iowa as tornado hits. 6/4 CNN: Storms wreck Indiana homes. Moscow, Indiana: Twisters rip up homes, leave one dead, one woman impaled with a limb. 6/5 CNN: 3 dead in severe weather across country: A band of storms that moved east from Indiana splintered homes, swept vehicles from flooded roads and dumped a historic bridge into a river. A woman died Wednesday when a tree fell on a vehicle in Annandale, Virginia. A sate of emergency was declared in 15 Virginia counties. This one I witnessed personally, and it was scary! 6/8 CNN: Deadly storms flood the Midwest. 6/9 CNN: Storm drops travel trailer on woman in Michigan, killing her. Flood waters, death toll rises after weekend storms. Six deaths in Michigan. 6/12 AOL News: Twister kills 4, injures dozens at Boy Scout camp in Iowa. Scouts praised in tornado aftermath. CNN: Twisters kill 2 in Kansas, devastation in Chapman. 4,00 evacuated as river jumps banks in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 7/22 Yahoo: 700 missing after Philippines typhoon sinks ferry. 2/28 CNN: Strong storms hit plains; 2 dead in Iowa.

A beloved Queen decides to step down and passes her throne on to a younger generation.

Trains collide at high speed. Human error brings horror and great loss. 3/9 Yahoo News: 18 dead in train-bus crash in Argentina. 4/27 CNN: Pre-dawn train collision between two passenger trains kills 43 in China, injures 247. 4/28 Passenger train collision kills 70 in eastern China. 6/4 USA Today: Commuter train crash near Boston kills 1: two commuter trains collided and derailed during rush hour, 14 taken to the hospital.

A popular male campaigning for the presidency dies before the Convention or Election Day.

Artistic excellence finally receives its due recognition and honors in the minds of many.

A great lady is laid to rest beside the great man she loved as many sing her praises.

There is uneasiness, unrest and widespread disease in large proportions in Asian countries, cities, and villages. 1/24 Drudge: India battles worst bird flu outbreak. Reuters: Authorities worry bird flu will hit major India city. 1/28 Drudge: India swoops on homes in raids to halt bird flu. 4/6 Science Daily: New and Deadly Viruses Passed Through Sweet Food and Domestic Animals...Nipah virus producing brain and lung disease, which emerged from Singapore and Malaysia ten years ago, is now spreading to rural India and Bangladesh, killing 3/4 of people infected in some outbreaks! 5/3 CNN: China on alert over deadly child virus. 5/5 Drudge: WHO: Deadly child virus in China no threat to Olympics ... says 6,300 cases in viral outbreak .... CNN: 11,900 kids in China get virus, 26 dead. 5/9 CNN: The tragedy in Myanmar. Read the news.

One overthrow of power is followed by another as governments around the world anxiously watch and wait. 1/6 CNN: Kenya opposition leader rejects power sharing. 1/24 Reuters: Verbal attacks stoke Kenya crisis, despite talks. (Are the eyes of the world now on Israel and Gaza?) 1/27 Latest ethnic Kenya clashes kill 69. 3/1 Yahoo News: Armenia declares state of emergency after police used tear gas and fired shots in the air to disperse demonstrators charging fraud in last month's presidential election. 3/4 Drudge: South America on Brink of War. 3/6 CNN: Nicaragua breaks off ties with Columbia. 

There is real threat of nuclear war with dire consequences possible for great numbers. 1/22 Guardian Unlimited: PRE-EMPTIVE NUCLEAR STRIKE A KEY OPTION, NATO TOLD: "Calling for root-and-branch reform of NATO and a new pact drawing the US, NATO and the European Union together in a "grand strategy" to tackle the challenges of an increasingly brutal world, the former armed forces chiefs from the US, Britain, Germany, France and the Netherlands insist that a "first strike" nuclear option remains an "indispensable instrument" since there is "simply no realistic prospect of a nuclear-free world". (Makes you feel really secure as a citizen of this planet, doesn't it?) 4/8 Science Daily: Regional Nuclear Conflict Would Create Near-Global Ozone Hole, Study Says ... should limited nuclear weapons exchange occur between India and Pakistan using their current arsenal.  

The discovery of vast reserves of oil and/or gas make a once poor nation rich indeed. 2/22 Science Daily: Titan's Surface Organics Surpass Oil Reserves on Earth. I never considered off planet! Now it'll be a race in space for the oil! 3/29 Next Energy News: Massive Oil Deposit Could Increase US Reserve 10x. (Is the teetering US economy going to be saved by this find? Will our own oil take away the dependency on Middle Eastern oil?)

Late spring - early summer is an economic upswing. 6/12 Drudge: Retail sales jump by largest amount in 6 months. NY Times: Tax Checks Yield Surprising Growth in Retail Sales.

A new Gold Rush draws many fortune seekers to far northern climes. 1/24 Drudge: Gold reaches $910 oz. Maybe the gold rush is already on!

Further sex scandals involve both the Protestants and the Catholics. Religious leaders come under close scrutiny as disillusioned parishioners question their faith and blind obedience to outmoded teachings and practices. Hypocrisy among the leaders causes many to seek another path to the divine. 2/2 CNN: Nun, 79, Accused of Sexual Assault to Spend One Year in Jail, 9 Years on Probation. She used to rule St. Patrick's Church in Milwaukee. It is still not clear how many boys she took advantage of! 2/23 CNN: Priest spent hundreds of thousands of church money on secret family of a wife and three children. Sentenced to 63 months in prison. He is also to repay the Romance Catholic Diocese of Richmond $591,000, and faces deportation to the Philippines after serving his prison term. They should allow priests and nuns to marry in the opinion of this author! 2/25 NY Times: Americans Change Faith at Rising Rate, Report Finds. More than a quarter of adult Americans have left the faith of their childhood to join another religion or no religion...

More Mormon polygamists face imprisonment and embarrassing public reprisal. Polygamist wives seek divorces and greater independence. 2/26 CNN: Polygamist 'prophet' in Arizona to face charges for marrying teenagers, 14 and 19, to older men. 4/4 CNN: Arrests, search warrants served at polygamist ranch. Dozens of children taken from polygamist ranch, 52 altogether, 18 girls have been placed in custody of the state under court order. 4/5 CNN: More than 180, 137 of them children, taken from a polygamist compound in Texas as workers investigate claims of physical and sexual abuse. 4/6 CNN: Police storm temple at polygamist ranch. 4/7 CNN: Troopers probe Texas polygamist compound. 219 women and children taken from compound. 4/8 Drudge/My Way: 400+ Kids Taken from Polygamist Compound ... mostly girls in pioneer dresses ... largest child welfare operation in Texas history. 5/23 Yahoo: Court says Texas illegally seized sect’s children. 5/28 CNN: Photo seems to show polygamist sect leader kissing minor girl. 6/2 CNN: Court orders polygamist children returned to parents. 6/5 CNN: Polygamists now face criminal investigation. AND: Incest charges against Warren Jeffs dropped.

Even greater breakthroughs in electronics makes the world even smaller in some aspects. 1/24 Reuters: Microsoft profit rises 79 pct, outlook bullish. Gates calls for 'creative capitalism' to help the world's 1 billion poor who live on less than $1 a day. (I really like that Scorpio! Bill Gates is a great man: author!) 3/5 Science Daily: Energy-Efficient Microchips Could Result in Cell Phones Staying Charged 10 Times as Long, Self-Charging Electronics. 2/22 Yahoo News: Gates Sees Diminished Role for Keyboards, more touch screen and voice technology to replace keyboards. 3/10 Science Daily: First Advertisement to be Broadcast into Space! 3/14 Drudge: Bill Gates Predicts Big Technological Leaps. 3/18 Science Daily: Single-crystal Semiconductor Wire Built into an Optical Fiber...adding electronic abilities to optic fibers.  

Fire, drought, and floods plague continents and countries around the globe. 1/21 CNN: Fire burns 16 buildings north of Boston. 1/25 Reuters: Fire Strikes Monte Carlo Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas, 3,000 rooms evacuated. 1/28 CNN: Brush fires rage in four Oklahoma counties. 1/28 CNN: Flooding in Arizona. Excessive rain in California creates the risk of mudslides. 1/29 CNN: Brushfires in Texas near Fort Worth. 2//3 Reuters: Indonesian floods displace thousands, create chaos. 2.3 Texas wildfires continue. 2/7 Flooding in Ohio for the fifth time! 2/8 My Way: Official: 3 or more dead at Georgia sugar refinery explosion and fire. 2/9 CNN: Huge fire breaks out at London's Camden Gardens. 2/11 CNN: Wildfires rage in Virginia, Carolinas. Wildfires threaten homes in drought-ravaged South. 3/7 CNN: 2 firefighters killed in warehouse blaze. 3/10 Drudge: Midwest Cleans Up After Record Snowfall... Record snowfalls mean big meltdown. 3/19 Yahoo: 2 dead, 2 missing in central US floods. CNN: 4 dead in Missouri flooding. Wildfires in south Texas. Fire shoots into sky as oil well erupts in Tennessee, at least one injured. Flooding worsens in nation's midsection forcing dozens to flee their homes with dozens of roads closed. River 33 feet above normal. 3/20 CNN: Rising waters threaten more floods. 3/29 CNN: 75 feared dead in Tanzanian mine floods. And Fire damages author Clancy's home. 4/3 CNN: 8 in one house die in fire. 4/4 CNN: Two firefighters killed battling blaze in Ohio. 4/5 CNN: Massive fire in Quebec destroys historic buildings. 4/11 CNN: Storms, tornadoes, snow hit heartland. AND Clinton campaign office destroyed by fire. 4/26 CNN: 55 killed in mattress factory fire in Casablanca. AND 45 unaccounted for in suspicious apartment fire in Norwich, CT, feared dead. Wreckage too hot for search dogs. 4/28 CNN: California Sierra Madre Fire scorches acres , inhabitants evacuated.. 4/30 CNN: Raging fire approaches Grand Canyon. 5/12 CNN: Wildfires rage in 2 Florida counties. 5/13 Drudge: Florida wildfires hit 160 homes, arsonist sought. 5/17 CNN: Flooding fears in China spur evacuations. Fear of a wall of water from two natural lakes created by the earthquake has caused journalists and quake survivors to flee. 5/17 Headline News: Flood and avalanche warnings in Washington State. 5/18 CNN: Everglades fire scorches 33,000 acres in Florida. 5/19 CNN: Wildfire smoke moving toward Miami, weather service says.  5/20 Yahoo: Fire breaks out at Berlin Philharmonic.  5/23 Yahoo: China monitors flood threat from blocked rivers. 5/24 Yahoo: Crews struggle to contain California wildfire. 5/26 Drudge: China sends troops as floods threaten 700,000 survivors in earthquake zone. 6/1 CNN: Large fire burns at Universal Studio lot, sets and videos lost. 6/4 CNN: Petroleum tanker explodes from lightning strike in Kansas City's Fairfax district. 6/7 CNN: Flooding threatens dams in Indiana. 6/8 CNN: 2 dead, 1 missing in Indiana flooding. Tornado hits Chicago suburbs. AND Fire destroys Texas governor's mansion. 6/10 Yahoo: Flash floods inundate Wisconsin town for second time. 6/10 CNN: China quake lake water rushes toward cities. And Dairy farm in Wisconsin flooded, cows moo frantically. And Swollen river engulfs most of Wisconsin town. 6/11 Yahoo: Sandbagged levee holds in Iowa, protects city. CNN: Mississippi River floods may be worst since '93. Flood waters continue to cut across large swaths of the Midwest. 6/12 CNN Headline News: Levee breakdown reported in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, forced evacuation may close Highway 30. 6/13 Yahoo: Rising waters force evacuation of hospital in Iowa. CNN: 100 city blocks flooded in Cedar Rapids. CNN: Des Moines being evacuated as waters rise. Drudge: Iowa damage indescribable! Reuters: Iowa flood evacuations rise, losses seen in billions. 6/14 NY Times: In Midwest, Rising Waters and Fears of Worse. Drudge: Flood waters swamp Iowa town, drinking water all but gone. 6/15 CNN: 1 million flee from China floods; 55 dead. Midwest flooding recedes, but desolation remains. Drudge: Des Moines levee fails. 'Last effort' to save University of Iowa. 6/16 Yahoo: Southern China flooding kills 57, more rain ahead. In Midwest floods, a broad threat to crops. 6/17 Science Daily: Lower Midwest Braces for Floods. CNN: Floods add to China's earthquake misery. Drudge: Feds: 17 levees could overflow if sandbags fail. Flood victims worry...what's in the water? Reuters: Mississippi River levees break, farmlands flooded. 6/18 Yahoo: Illinois levee breaches force small town's evacuation. Drudge: Floods hit food prices! 6/18 CNN Headline News: 5,000,000 acres flooding in Midwest, 7,800 square miles. 6/20 CNN: No end in sight for Mississippi River flooding. 6/21 CNN: Iowa faces potential crop loss of $3 billion. 3/24 Drudge: Residents keep fighting rising Mississippi. Flood waters could linger for weeks...  3/25 Yahoo: Forest fire near Athens, Greece, causes power cuts. 6/26 Drudge: Missouri and Illinois again battered by rain, flooding. 6/27 Drudge: Levee breaks, threatening eastern Missouri homes. 6/29 CNN: Wildfire smoke choking Northern California (I had an email from a friend in Chico saying they can't go outside and that it's hard to breathe!) 6/29 CNN: Forest Service: Wildfires could rage for months. 6/30 Yahoo: Calif. firefighters battle more than 1,400 blazes. AND Wildfire threatens Arizona town. 7/1 Drudge: Mississippi cresting above flood stage at St. Louis. Inundated towns along the river ponder their future.

In the summer season, the State of California shall suffer multiple fires, many created by arsonists, with extensive property damage and considerable loss of life. 6/11 CNN: Fires burn dozens of California homes in Sacramento. Yahoo: Wildfires in northern California scorch thousands of acres. 6/12 CNN: 30,000 cut off by wildfires near Paradise, California. 6/13 Drudge: California fires force evacuations, destroy homes. 6/18 CNN Headline News: Wildfires in Northern California out of control in Monterey County. 6/21 Yahoo: Wildfire burns homes along Northern California coast. 6/22 Yahoo: California firefighters wrestle with hundreds of blazes. CNN: Storms spark new California wildfires. 6/23 Drudge: California fights 400 fires, bakes in heat wave. 6/24 Headline News: Over 800 wildfires sparked by lightning burning in California. 6/26 Drudge: Wildfire threatens 500 homes in Big Sur. 6/30 Yahoo: California firefighters battle more than 1,400 blazes. Drudge: Enter US fleet of firefighting air tankers battle blazes. 7/1 Yahoo: California firefighters have to pick their battles. 7/2 Drudge: National Guard called in to fight California wildfires. Drudge: Most residents told to evacuate Big Sur...after wildfire jumps line. (What a tragic place to burn! So beautiful there!) 7/4 Yahoo: Wildfire chases July 4th visitors from Big Sur. CNN: Fire threatens towns. Drudge: Fireworks fear in California tinderbox. 75 Yahoo: Twin fires raging along California central coast.

Desert sandstorms temporarily delay far worst destruction.

Tsunami damages property on the west coast of the North American continent.

The stock markets show stability after the first quarter, with prospects of the DOW reaching 17-18,000 in 2008, even if only briefly.

There will be an unusual number of airplane crashes in remote geographical locations. 1/6 CNN: 6 die in Alaska small plane crash. 2/1 Yahoo: Bolivian plane crash-lands, all survive, in a bog in eastern Bolivia. 2/21 CNN: Jetliner reported missing in Venezuela. 2/22 CNN: Jetliner crashes in Venezuela mountains, 46 killed. 6/10 AOL News: Dozens Die in Sudanese Plane Crash. 2/23 CNN/ABC: Missing Big Island tour plane found, no survivors. Crashed in mountainous area near Pahala. 6/28 CNN: Indonesia plane crash victims found dead, 18 died in military transport plane. .  

I still see Julia Roberts with four children, even though she publicly claimed to be finished with having children. The reason is unclear, especially if medical measures were taken to prevent pregnancy. Her marriage is secure, though I wish the paparazzi would leave her alone, along with all the other celebrities. But that is the price of great fame up on the silver screen!

George Clooney will marry and start his own family. He will have an awakening that shakes him up and forces him to change some of his habits.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie shall produce another lovely biological child and marry in 2008. Both of them shall continue to do humanitarian work in New Orleans and around the world. These souls have reincarnated to serve and to encourage others to do the same, to help others in serious need. 2/7 CNN: Angelina Jolie in Iraq, Refugees Need Help. 2/26 CNN: Is Angelina Jolie showing off a baby bump? TWINS? Wow! I didn't see that coming! But with their fondness for children, two might be better than just one!

Summer is favorable for the financial markets.

Greatness is honored by the people. A crown of glory finds a worthy head bringing great responsibilities for decades to come.

Startling new scientific breakthroughs favor holistic practices with greater public acceptance. 3/9 Science Daily: Profound Impact of Our Unconscious on Reaching Goals Revealed. Have you seen The Secret or read the book? This correlates with New Age thinking. 3/16 Science Daily: Meditation Can Lower Blood Pressure, Study Shows. 3/24 Science Daily: Eating Causes Stress, But Antioxidants Can Help! 4/1 Science Daily: Green Tea Helps Beat Superbugs, Study Suggests. 4/2 Science Daily: Tai Chi Exercises Improve Type 2 Diabetes Control, Study Suggests. 4/8 Science Daily: Yoga Poses Can Prevent Falls in Women Over 65, Study Suggests. The Gazette: Common clay can slay drug-resistant superbug. (Folk medicine is a very good thing!) 4/29 Science Daily: Acupuncture Relieves Hot Flashes in Breast Cancer Patients Taking Tamoxifen. 5/21 Science Daily: Burning Incense is Psychoactive: New Class of Antidepressants Might Be Right Under Our Noses. 5/26 Science Daily: Plant Flavonoid in Celery and Green Peppers Found to Reduce Inflammatory Response in the Brain. 5/30 Yahoo: Computer trained to “read” mind images of words! (Hal is almost here!) 6/4 Science Daily: Acupuncture Reduces Pain and Discomfort in Neck and Head Cancer Patients After Neck Dissection. 6/12 Science Daily: Eating Fish and Foods With Omega-3 Fatty Acids Linked to Lower Risk of Age-related Eye Disease. 6/13 Science Daily: Love that Garlic! Fresh May be Better Than Bottled in its antibacterial properties. 7/2 Science Daily: Shiitake Mushrooms May Improve Human Immune Function; Especially if Grown on Old Oak Logs. 7/3 Science Daily: Benefits of Green Tea in Reducing an Important Risk Factor for Heart Disease. AND Eating Broccoli May Keep Prostate Cancer Away, Study Suggests. AND Spiritual Effects of Hallucinogens Persist, Researchers Report (Sacred Mushrooms, etc.)

News laws curtail the operations of big business, large corporations.

The election is a political circus! Hillary Clinton shall be the first woman president and Barack Obama the first black vice president to ultimately be elected as the first black president. You shall just have to wait and see! 1/20 Yahoo News: Analysis:  Momentum shifts to Clinton. 2/6 NY Times: Clinton and Obama Trade Victories; McCain Pulls Ahead of GOP Rivals in the voting of Super Tuesday. 3/5 CNN: Clinton has big night, McCain clinches. Drudge: Clinton Hints at Sharing Ticket with Obama. 3/6 NY Times: Clinton Success Alters Delegate's Race Dynamic. 6/7 All News Media: Hillary Clinton Suspends Campaign, Endorses Obama. 6/7/2008 I seem to have been mistaken on this. No more political predictions for me! We'll just have to wait and see if the running positions are switched, with Hillary on the ticket as Vice President! Obama will be making a major mistake if he doesn't put Hillary on the ticket with him for November! Pattie Predicts! 6/17 Reuters: Obama holding on to small lead over McCain in polls. Gore endorses Obama!

Sadly, wars in the Middle East escalate this year. 1/24 Reuters: Israel wants to cut Gaza links after border breach with Egypt. 2/2 Drudge: Mentally Retarded Women Used in Baghdad Bombings to Kill 73 in Deadliest Day since Washington Flooded the Capital with extra troops last spring. 2/3 CNN: Senator: Suicides among soldiers show troops at breaking point. Drudge: Israelis told to prepare 'rocket rooms' for war. 3/5 Yahoo: Israel on alert after bombing. 2/6 Yahoo: Israel-Hamas fighting escalates. 3/30 CNN: North Korea warns South of 'pre-emptive strike.' 5/8 CNN: 'War has started,' Hezbollah leader says in Beirut. 5/11 Yahoo: Lebanese violence spreads to mountains outside capital. 6/12 Drudge: Southern Israel bombarded; at least 50 rockets, mortar shells fired from Gaza. 6/20 Drudge: Israel Military Exercise 'Directed at Iran.' 6/29 CNN: Report: US 'preparing the battlefield' in Iran. This will be a another major Bush/Cheney mistake if it happens! How much money does my government intend to continue to spend to fight senseless wars???

One or several major volcanic eruptions cause dramatic climate change worldwide between 2008 and 2012.

The passing of Greatness is mourned during the summer. 6/12 Ahlan! live.com: A host of celebrities, designers and supermodels, including Claudia Schiffer and Catherine Deneuve, gathered in France to attend the funeral of the late legendary style maestro Ives Saint Laurent. Paris shops closed for two hours to pay their respects to the design icon.

A new business rises to prominence and great success. More millionaires escape from poverty and obscurity to fame.

The people rise up to depose a despot—revolution and chaos ultimately serve a noble end as innocent blood is spilt.

A criminal is severely punished for heinous, unspeakable crimes. (1/24: Will this be the marine that killed the female marine pregnant with his child, and the child, too, of course? the one who burned the bodies and went awol to Mexico? Only time will tell!)

An important breakthrough and considerable progress for a troubled nation.

A new leader has his/her day in the sun with glorious results and celebration by the people.

The economy dips in the fall of the year, up and down and around go the markets, soon followed by stability and another steady rise.

Late this year numerous earthquakes rock and roll the desert sands. Earth movement in strange places.

Noxious gases cause many deaths.

A new virus becomes an epidemic, with the germ contained before it claims too vast a number. Germ warfare, perhaps? 1/13 Drudge: Epidemic: 2.8 million Brits struck down with vomiting sickness: Times Online: Norovirus reaches epidemic levels. 1/18 Drudge: India battles to contain "very serious" bird flu outbreak. 1/23 Drudge: Bird Flu Fears Grip India: 2,000 complain of fever. 1/31 NY Times: Mutant Flue Virus is Found That Resists Popular Drug. 2/1 Drudge: India isolates 26 people on bird flu fears. 2/8 Drudge: Leprosy outbreak causes concerns in Northwest Arkansas. 2/26 NY Times: Drug-Resistant TB at Record Levels. 3/16 Masks, anti-bacterial soap fly off Hong Kong shelves as Flu shuts school. 3/19 Drudge: Indonesia: Rampant bird flu raises pandemic risks. 4/3 CNN: Thousands hit by Brazil outbreak of dengue, 67 dead so far this year. 4/11 Yahoo: Dangerous animal virus on US mainland.

Sea water is purified for the citizens of many cities in different countries. 3/6 Science Daily: Windmill With a Twist Can Provide Fresh Water From Seawater Directly. Wow!

Scandals abound late in the year, outrageous deceptions are brought to light, bringing sadness to some and disgust to others.

Posted on December 12, 2003: EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE should soon be proven beyond a shadow of a doubt.  Some planetary systems are much further advanced than our own, of course.  Spaceships will continue to visit our planet as they have for thousands of years.  By 2012, EARTH should become a part of the INTER-GALACTIC  COUNCIL by whatever name it is known. 5/29 Drudge/Rocky Mountain News: Phone Home: Purported Video of UFO and living, breathing Space Alien to be shown at press conference on Friday. 6/2 CNN: Space alien seen on video, man claims, shot video in 2003 as stated on Larry King Live! 6/17 Drudge/Breitbart: Chinese company develops UFO: report. 6/21 Drudge/Breitbart: UFO alert: Welsh police spot 'unusual craft.' (picture) 6/25 Drudge/The Sun/UK: UK military spots UFOs ... Alien Army ... Military probing amazing claim by shaken soldier who saw 13 UFOs SPINNING IN THE SKIES above his military barracks. 6/29 Northern Territorian/Australia: UFOs INVADE NT TOWN: A small territory community is still reeling with shock after four UFOs descended on their Outback homes from 8 to 11 pm on Sunday. WOW!

Celebrity divorces too numerous to count. Paul McCartney and Heather Mills: $54M for Heather. Not bad! Eminem divorces first wife again! Britney Spears and Kevin Federline again. Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown. Sara Evans (Dancing With the Stars) and Craig Schelske. Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe. Help me out here! 5/28 Drudge: Bill Murray’s wife files for divorce. 6/26 Entertainment Tonight: Murray Divorce Final! 6/27 Drudge: Madonna: I want a divorce! Guy: I want out of Kabbalah! 7/3 Drudge: Yankees A-Rod and wife split.

Tom and Katie are expecting another child.

An impressive royal wedding is televised around the world.

Late in the year, oceanic nightmares claim lives too numerous to count.

New islands rise up out of the depths of the sea. Fire and smoke rise to the skies.

A great and good man loses the brave fight and is publicly mourned.

Women of great beauty and renown pass beyond the veil into finer realms.

Volcanic eruptions mar holiday celebrations.

Disruption and dismay prevail at the close of 2008, but there is promise of great and good changes yet to come.

A message of great comfort is delivered by a powerful woman forced to bear grave responsibilities with great honor.

The year will end on a peaceful note with the promise of great changes to come.

 

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