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Sylvia Browne's predictions for 1999

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SEERS PEER INTO THE NEW YEAR TWO PSYCHICS OFFER A GLIMPSE OF WHAT'S IN STORE FOR 1999.(LIFE).
The Fresno Bee (Fresno, CA) (Jan 9, 1999): pE3.

Byline: MARTIN MILLER LOS ANGELES TIMES

Where is the human race headed? Will 1999 be the last year of relative peace before doomsday? Meanwhile, will you finally shed those extra 10 pounds of flab this year?

Of course, nobody really knows the answers to these and other pressing questions. Or do they?

Psychics Kenny Kingston and Sylvia Browne believe they can see a thing or two about the future. Kingston gained widespread popularity with his long-running infomercials on late-night television. He describes himself as a ''well-rounded psychic'' who is well-versed in past lives, soul mates, communicating with spirits, channeling and reading auras.

Browne has received nationwide exposure for her psychic abilities as a frequent guest on ''The Montel Williams Show.'' She frequently lectures about life after death, reincarnation, UFOs, ghosts and the purpose of life.
Here are some of their insights into the new year.

Kenny Kingston's predictions

* This is the year to buy property. You should pay cash if possible.
* Cell-phone use in cars will be restricted. There's a good chance fines will be imposed on drivers who use cell phones for non-emergencies.
* Doctors will warn Americans against drinking too much water. Excessive water consumption has afflicted some Americans with chronic fatigue.
* President Clinton will entertain thoughts of suicide, and he should be kept under constant watch.
* Clinton will become temporarily incapacitated while in office, causing Al Gore to assume the presidency for a short time.
* Gore and Hillary Clinton will form a ''close alliance'' that will not be in the best interest of the president.
* In spite of the presidential scandal, Clinton probably will only be censured and not ousted from office.
* Although this may not happen in 1999, the Clintons will eventually separate. Hillary will then seek election as a U.S. senator but will lose.
* Madonna will realize that her new daughter is actually the reincarnation of Eva Peron.
* Donald and Ivana Trump will reunite.

Sylvia Browne's predictions

* The stock market will take a big dip in November.
* Clinton's impeachment issue will go away.
* Ken Starr will be investigated for extravagant spending.
* Monica Lewinsky will try -- and fail at -- modeling.
* There will be terrorist attacks in Florida and London.
* Two embassies will be attacked in Egypt and South Africa in July.
* California will suffer a drought that will last until 2000.
* The United States will call for an air attack on Iran in July.
* The further breakdown of the ozone layer will lead to increased problems with memory loss, hair loss, eyesight problems and other strange illnesses.
* Be wary of a witch hunt that begins in March involving public officials or celebrities. Most allegations will prove false. This is due to the media seeking big ratings with sordid stories.
 
Bonus observations from Browne:
-- Aliens will begin to show themselves in 2010. They will teach us how to use anti-gravity devices, such as they did for building the pyramids.
-- Atlantis will begin to show itself by 2023 and will be fully visible by 2026.
 
Funnily enough, Browne seems to be playing it safe here, at least compared to this Kingston guy.

None of her predictions are particularly outre. Many of them seem no more than extrapolations from events of the preceding year. It was certainly possible, for instance, that more bombings of U.S. embassies would follow in the wake of the August 1998 explosions in Tanzania and Kenya. In the same month, Clinton had authorized missile strikes on Sudan and Afghanistan. While a similar attack on Iran was unlikely, it would not have been entirely without precedent. Terrorist attacks in Florida and London? Well, flip a coin. Terrorists can strike anywhere at anytime, and these are as good targets as any. (Although I wonder why Sylvia could get a specific city in England, but not in Florida?)

Ken Starr will be investigated for "extravagant spending"? Possible, but it didn't happen. Monica Lewinsky will try modeling? Now that's laughable. And I think most people figured that Clinton's impeachment wouldn't lead to anything.

Ho hum. Nothing juicy here. Of course she was wrong about everything, but that's hardly surprising. Just more crap for the pile.
 
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here's the best list

http://www.sylvia.org/home/2000plus.cfm

T H E N E X T 1 0 0 Y E A R S [FONT=arial,helvetica] The Next 100 Years
2000 Predictions
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  1. Eradication of cancer as we know it, using sound waves, photo sensitive drug therapy, and "self-addicting" cells.
  2. Robotic houses, controlled by computerized switchboard.
  3. Electrical cars with flotation ability for water travel to bypass freeways.
  4. Houses made from pressed paper with plastic coatings; interchangeable walls
  5. Separate body parts cloned for organ transplants; not an entire body.
  6. New form of painless tooth extraction, using a type of suction, with immediate replacement of new tooth.
  7. Diagnostic chambers which map the body's electrical balance to predict health problems before the come.
  8. Cylindrical rooms in which people enter to see an automated projection of the clothing and color that would look good on them; select what you want, take your measurements, then two days later pick up the goods.
  9. Third floor of houses have rollback roofs to allow Hovercrafts to come and go.
  10. No more surgery with knives. Some type of molecular ionization device that knows how to take out the afflicted cells then seal the wound without a single scar.
  11. Remolding of the whole face structure, to duplicate any look that you wish.
  12. New exercise equipment that you sit or stand in, and it literally stimulates your muscles with electricity to achieve the same effect as physical exercise.
  13. Babies will be birthed in water all the time, with music, incense, and green and lavender lights.
  14. People will be able to simply "walk out" of their bodies upon death.
  15. There will be no US Presidency; our government will go back to a Greek Senate structure.
  16. No longer a single Pope, but a triumvirate of Popes, each assigned to a geographic collection of Catholics.
  17. Peace in the Middle East will prevail by 2050.
  18. West Coast goes under in 2026. Parts of the East Coast also get inundated. Tsunamis will wipe out a large portion of Japan. The Hawaiian Islands will have upheaval and be the site of a large new landmass.
  19. Atlantis will begin to show itself by 2023 and be fully visible by 2026.
  20. After 2050, the "Age of the Messiah" is upon us. People turn totally toward Spirituality, peace will rein for a long time. People will return to community living, loving each other, and working together.
  21. Treatment for depression and mood disorders will come from a "control chamber" that emits sensory stimulation gently to the brain, including certain smells, which will elevate mood.
  22. Medicine in pill form goes away; instead we have air-injected delivery through the skin.
  23. Atomic batteries will run cars.
  24. No more gas propelled rockets in space; we will have nuclear powered cylinder shaped objects that travel everywhere.
  25. A moon base is created for people to visit, and as a stopping place for further trips.
  26. By 2055 most people will live in domed cities due to poor atmospheric conditions.
  27. A virtual reality headset will stimulate brain waves so people can learn whole libraries of information within hours.
  28. Giant fruits and vegetables will be grown in hothouse environments. The nutrients will be synthesized into a highly condensed injection.
  29. Proteins are developed without animal meat, very powerful, builds immune system.
  30. Addictions will be a thing of the past because of a brain stimulation, which eradicates all addictions, with no side effects.
  31. Execution for the death penalty will become a complete vaporization of the body.
  32. No separate governments, one planetary government will form.
  33. Great earth changes will occur and germ warfare will be used before the world finds peace. But eventually from all of the bad comes good. The pendulum will swing back to humanity and love.
  34. No world war is coming, but lots of civil disorder and small skirmishes. No nuclear holocaust.
  35. Peace will last from 2050 until 2100, and then I see nothing beyond, which could mean "the end will come like a thief in the night."
  36. Toward the end of things, the veil separating our world from The Other Side will thin, so much so that most people will see decease loved ones and speak with their Spirit Guides.
  37. There will be many false prophets that rise up proclaiming to be Jesus on Earth, and try to lead people astray. We are already seeing this in the big rise of occultism.
  38. People will again find Spirituality, not so much in organized religion, but in the spiritual brotherhood of coming together and finding their Temple within.
  39. Four more comets will pass by before the end times.
  40. Aliens will begin to show themselves in the year 2010, they will not harm us, they simply want to see what we are doing to this planet. They will teach us how to use anti-gravity devices again, such as they did for the pyramids.
 
Eradication of cancer...Robotic houses...painless tooth extraction...no more surgery with knives...exercise-free exercise equipment...virtual reality learning...air-injected medicine...

Everything will be so easy and pain-free in the future!

Electrical cars with flotation ability for water travel to bypass freeways.
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Is this really a good idea? It could be disastrous. Just imagine the bedlam that could result from, say, everyone in Manhattan at rush hour skimming unto the Hudson River where there's no traffic signals and no delineated pathways. At least when the citizens of the future get into a horrible multi-car water pileup they can look forward to knife-free surgery and airborne medicine. If they don't drown in their electrical cars, that is.

Third floor of houses have rollback roofs to allow Hovercrafts to come and go.
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Wait a minute. If we have hovercrafts, why do we need electrical cars with flotation ability? And a hovercraft doesn't fly through the air. It glides (or hovers) on a cushion of air projected downwards against a surface. You wouldn't keep one on the third floor. You'd park it at ground level like a car or boat.

I think Sylvia has hovercrafts confused with the flying cars you see in science fiction movies (sometimes misleadingly called "hovercars")
 
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They're about as good as stuff in Popular Science from way back. ;)
 
Am I the only one who sees a contradiction between this

There will be many false prophets that rise up proclaiming to be Jesus on Earth, and try to lead people astray. We are already seeing this in the big rise of occultism.
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and this?

People will again find Spirituality, not so much in organized religion, but in the spiritual brotherhood of coming together and finding their Temple within.
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EeneyMinnieMoe said:
* The further breakdown of the ozone layer will lead to increased problems with memory loss, hair loss, eyesight problems and other strange illnesses.
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I must admit that I'd completely forgotten about this prediction.

Then again, I'm a bald-headed, short-sighted, electro-sensitive, daft bugger these days.

I wonder why that is?
 
clerihew80 said:
Eradication of cancer...Robotic houses...painless tooth extraction...no more surgery with knives...exercise-free exercise equipment...virtual reality learning...air-injected medicine...

Everything will be so easy and pain-free in the future!


Is this really a good idea? It could be disastrous. Just imagine the bedlam that could result from, say, everyone in Manhattan at rush hour skimming unto the Hudson River where there's no traffic signals and no delineated pathways. At least when the citizens of the future get into a horrible multi-car water pileup they can look forward to knife-free surgery and airborne medicine. If they don't drown in their electrical cars, that is.


Wait a minute. If we have hovercrafts, why do we need electrical cars with flotation ability? And a hovercraft doesn't fly through the air. It glides (or hovers) on a cushion of air projected downwards against a surface. You wouldn't keep one on the third floor. You'd park it at ground level like a car or boat.

I think Sylvia has hovercrafts confused with the flying cars you see in science fiction movies (sometimes misleadingly called "hovercars")
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Maybe she's talking about an underground house, where the roof would be at ground level???????? Or maybe she just lost her danged mind.
 
I found an article skeptical of Browne's predictions:

WE'RE GONNA RATTLE AND ROLL, PSYCHIC SAYS, Modesto Bee, January 13, 1998, Tuesday, ALL EDITION, A; Pg. 1, 383 words, By J.N. Sbranti, Bee staff writer

Get ready to rock 'n' roll, Modesto.

Celebrated psychic Sylvia Browne predicts "small earthquakes" will hit Modesto in February.

Earthquakes in Modesto? Yep. They are among 10 worldwide disasters she predicts for 1998.

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But don't get all shook up. The odds of Modesto getting hit hard by earthquakes are slim, said Leon Pittman, who teaches geography at Stanislaus State University in Turlock.

"We don't know of any active earthquake faults under Modesto," Pittman said. "Even in 1906 with the big San Francisco earthquake, there wasn't much damage here." So skip the earthquake insurance, Pittman said.

That doesn't mean Browne will be wrong. Her Modesto quake prediction is so vague, she'll likely be proved correct, said Gene Emery, a columnist for Skeptical Inquirer magazine.

"Unless it's dead calm on every Richter scale in the region, she's going to be right," said Emery, who makes a hobby of debunking psychic predictions.

The earth shifts all the time, so "small" quakes are virtually constant. That's why such shifty forecasts are a favorite for psychics, Emery said.

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In 1993, Emery said, Browne forecast a big stock market crash in which IBM and all the big companies would go down the tubes. Be glad she wasn't your broker. The Dow Jones industrial average in January 1993 was about 3,300, with IBM shares selling for around $50. Now the Dow is about 7,600 and IBM stock has quadrupled.

Emery said Browne also predicted that year that Oprah Winfrey would give up her talk show, Michael Jackson would enter a monastery and Jay Leno's time would be up on the "Tonight Show."

Browne, who charges $400 per 30-minute psychic consultation over the telephone, couldn't be reached for comment. Telephone and psychic messages weren't returned.

She does, however, have an extensive World Wide Web site -- www.sylvia.org
 
More prediction hilarity- 1995

You-have-got-to-read-this! :D :D :D

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Sylvia Browne of Campbell, hailed in an upcoming issue of Cosmopolitan as one of the best psychic talents this side of the old Iron Curtain, has her usual groaning board of year-end prognostications, one of which doesn't look good for Roy of the lion- and tiger- taming Siegfried & Roy duo appearing at the Mirage in Las Vegas. One of the cats will maul him. ''It could be fatal,'' Browne warns. We called the Mirage. A spokesman said thanks but didn't think he would pass it on. Roy's got enough butterflies before shows as it is.


Bob Hope will become seriously ill, Michael Jackson will be back in the news, Liz Taylor and Larry Fortensky are headed for splitsville and Roseanne's new marriage looks shaky, said Browne. Another grim Tinsel Town note: Barbra Streisand will direct another movie, this one about women and violence.

Streisand's pal in the White House will stage another of his patented comebacks, according to Browne. ''Bill Clinton's popularity increases and stays up, and he will be elected for another term.'' But he'll have problems with the Middle East (''Another jihad rises up and causes havoc'') and Haiti (''Our troops will be there until the end of the year.'')

On the medical front, Browne predicts a new hepatitis strain breaking out on the East Coast -- but a new vaccine will be found to combat it. Flu will be bad in the spring. New drugs on the market seem to show promise but have bad side effects for women.

On the natural-events stage, look for a bad oil spill in Alaska and a 6.2 earthquake there in January. Southern California will have a 5.7 shaker centered in Palmdale the following month, while we'll have one ourselves in November, a 4.8 temblor centered in Hollister. A big hurricane hits Florida in February, more flooding in the Midwest around July and August, California begins a two-year drought. Four blocks in the Tenderloin will burn in a fire next December, Browne says.

What Next? Selected soothsayers for predictions, visions and very best guesses about the year ah, The San Francisco Chronicle, JANUARY 1, 1995, SUNDAY, SUNDAY EDITION, ;Pg. 1/Z1, 1484 words, Jerry Carroll, Chronicle Staff Writer
 
Good Show

Good work.

That's exactly what I do. I investigate past predictions in detail. That's enough to show how bogus the prophesy industry is.

But it still doesn't sway believers.

My sister believes in psychics and you couldn't sway her beliefs at gunpoint!

When I try to direct her to web sites that have the information on failed predictions, she accuses me of being gullible and believing everything I see on the Internet and wont' even bother to check it out!

She also falls for just about every urban legend email she receives.

Her typical response to my skepticism is, "I don't want to hear it."

And I'm gullible !???

Go figure.

I give up.

Oh how glorious it must be to be so blissfully free of the ravages of intelligence. I'm jealous!

LOL
 
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