What Will 2016 Bring

[JohnyMac]

O-Kay folks, what will 2016 bring?

Please give your prediction here. Then on Dec 31st I will compile all of the predictions into a 5-6 prediction poll for all of the forum members to vote on  January 1-7th, 2016. The poll will be placed into the  section so only members can vote and see the results.

So between now and next Thursday, glaze into your crystal balls, turn over your tarot cards, poll your friends and type out your predictions on this thread.

May the force be with you. 

[Nemo]

I don't really like to try to make predictions.  I prefer assessments and preparation plans.  But, just for you JM, how about:

Little growth in the economy.  At best no significant worsening but I believe its getting worse before it gets better.

More and more info on Benghazi, hiLIARy being caught up in more and more falsifications and errors and misstatements leading to her sinking more and more.  This could get to the point that Biden steps in as the savior of the dems in this election.

Obama to continue his Gitmo closing efforts and cause major issues by bringing detainees here or releasing them without obeying the law and informing Congress 30 days in advance of any movement of them.  Like he did when he went criminal and traded 5 for Bergdahl.

More gun control attempts by XO.  Though there is next to nothing he can do that is not already on the books but he will try.  Another San Bernadino incident will cause him to go apeshit on gun control.  It will also cause civilians to go apeshit on his attempts more than now and cause less support for dems in general with his ideas on that.

The typical "October Surprise" in the political process.  Keep working on the 5Bs.  Standard 3 but add batteries (support comm gear) and barter stuff. You just never know when you will need to trade something because you have  green toilet paper.



Learned the 5Bs somewhere else and its an excellent idea. 

As well as

Nemo

[Grudgie]

Dow will not go higher than 18,000.

Bitcoin's price will climb into a bubble going past the all time high of $1200 making it the best performing asset of 2016. This will be due to the block reward halving in July cutting the creation of new bitcoin in half.

[Kentactic]

Life as we know it today will have changed very little aside from:

√ We will see an approximately 5-10% hike in common goods(milk, gas, meat etc) due to the trend of raising minimum wages everywhere.

√ Socialism will become more popular and a socialist leaning ruler such as Bernie will be crowned.

√ Voluntaryism(Anarchism, Libertarianism) will also grow in popularity(still a small minority of the population but expanding steadily).

Or maybe a giant asteroid will strike earth to smash us like the tiny little ants that we are. Could go either way.

[JoJo]

 Hold on while I put my tinfoil hat on. OK I’m ready

1. The Surgeon General declares bullets with lead in them are a hazard to health and you will need government permission to buy ONE.
2. Trump wins the primary and the polls say he is 15 points ahead of Hiliary causing black lives matter (No Caps because their professional trouble makers) and all of the race baiters to riot.
3. his majesty institutes marshal law and TEOTWAWKI. Civil war breaks out.
4. The dirt bag declares himself dictator for life.

OR;

1. Iran and North Korea fire nukes from submarines off of our coasts at the same time knocking out electric grid. TEOTWAWKI
2. The idiot in charge sends Kerry to talk to them and blames it on man made global warming.
3. ISIS sleeper cells take advantage of the situation and start killing people and blowing things up.
4, The idiot in charge blames it on Man made global warming and that they didn’t have a job.

Either way we are screwed.

[Nemo]

OK JoJo, you have me spooked.  I gotta get more of the 5Bs the first of the month.

Nemo

[sledge]

2016 will be interesting.  My guess.

*More terrorist attacks in US and Europe
*Economy stays in the doldrums.
*Gun control, global warming, and "Muslims don't kill people, people with guns and knives do" are the main political themes coming from the White House.
*Terrorists attack polling stations during the primaries.  Across several months and states.
*After primaries terrorist attacks increase in frequency.
*October surprise.  On October 31 the "Emperor with no clothes" announces that the election will be postponed in order to protect the public until the terrorists are brought under control and it is safe.
*As a third of the nation rebells against the October surprise martial law is announced in November.
*2017 will be ushered in with the fireworks of  a civil war.

or

Elvis is found to be alive, releases a new album, and becomes the national advertising spokesperson for both Geritol and the over 50 / Our Time Dating sites.

 
 

[special-k]

On the 8th of November, millions of registered voters will go to the voting booths in hopes of......

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[special-k]

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[gadget99]

Cool.... Was hoping to add my thoughts.

I believe that the most significant thing that will happen invite coming year.

Will be the election of Hillary Clinton as president.

I could go on and on about why I believe this will happen. Yet it boils down to one set of things.

The general public are sheep that worship the cult of personality. They will believe what she says to them. Worst of all there is the whole "first female president" thing to fight against.

Now if I am wrong on this. I will indeed be a happy person.

[brat]

the election of Hillary Clinton as president

What he said and I hope he's wrong to, but............

[Nemo]

the election of Hillary Clinton as president

What he said and I hope he's wrong to, but............

If they are right thats TEOTWAWKI.

Nemo

[DMCakhunter]

2016 - 3.3% GDP growth, Americans will have more money to spend in the year, business will be good, except for the steel industry and lots of consolidation in oil exploration.
Turmoil and anger in the upcoming election-Hilary will be shown to be the criminal she is and will exit the race. 2 scenarios-Sanders could win if Trump is not the Republican nominee, trump will run as independent and dilute the vote. In a straight up race with one Dem and one Repub, I think the Republican will win.
Crude oil will trade between $30-$40 a barrel thru the year, fuels will stay low as well. Will spur sales of large autos/trucks for the next couple of years. More high horsepower cars are coming.
Gun sales & accessories will skyrocket as the idiot in chief waves his pen. Issuance of weapon carry permits will continue to rise with the threat of more jihadi acts in this country.
Forgot, earthquake swarms are growing in the western US, maybe something is coming.

[Nemo]

Seems we mostly agree on the general ideas there DMC.

2016 - 3.3% GDP growth, Americans will have more money to spend in the year, business will be good, except for the steel industry and lots of consolidation in oil exploration.

I would go about 2-2.4%  Just too much generalized fear and concern.  Way to little confidence around anywhere or anything nowadays.

Turmoil and anger in the upcoming election-Hilary will be shown to be the criminal she is and will exit the race. 2 scenarios-Sanders could win if Trump is not the Republican nominee, trump will run as independent and dilute the vote

I would anticipate that if hiLIARy exits, Biden will step in as the dems great redeemer who comes riding to the rescue.
Trump has recently made some solid comments as to not going independent.  But that is easily subject to change.  It would be freaking triple awesomely terrific if the FBI were to bring a super minor oops, sorry negligence charge regarding the emails.

Crude oil will trade between $30-$40 a barrel thru the year, fuels will stay low as well. Will spur sales of large autos/trucks for the next couple of years. More high horsepower cars are coming.

It might get into the low $40s but little more than that, regardless of what OPEC tries.  In general I suspect it will stay in the $34-37 range.  Careful on the car purchase, 3-5 years from now, $3-3.25 is not unreasonable.

Gun sales & accessories will skyrocket as the idiot in chief waves his pen. Issuance of weapon carry permits will continue to rise with the threat of more jihadi acts in this country.

It would not surprise me for there to be a crapton of FFL applications both the C&R and general dealer ones.

Of course it could all go to hell in a handbasket and I have to go cannibal on the unprepared when I run out of food before I run out of bullets.

Nemo

[JohnyMac]

Some interesting thoughts however they all seem to revolve around/in the USofA. I am curious to read what folks think in the EU, South America, Australia, South Africa, etc regions...

With that written I will add to what has already been written that what ever we face in 2016 it will affect everyone around the globe. Our economies are to intertwined now.

On another note: MrsMac, the catz and our dog spent the Christmas holiday at my brothers in SE PA. A good time was had by all with the exception of one thing. My sister in-law told me about a dream she had Christmas night. Basically it involved martial law, her trying to get home to her house and then packing up to go to the cabin.

During the time at my bro's house we never discussed TEOTWAWKI which if we had it might have explained his wife's dream. We all thought the dream was out of place and it visually rattled my sister in-law. It took most of Saturday for her to stop talking about it.

[Nemo]

I presume they have some level of readiness already and an invitation to the redoubt.  If not they best get their donkey in gear.  Being in Pa I KNOW there is at least a rifle in the house there.

Nemo

[gadget99]

Living here in the Uk I am honestly lost as to predictions.

I know something bad is most likely to happen, yet have not a clue as to what.

[DMCakhunter]

Non-US forecast.
All economies that rely on revenues from oil or gas will suffer.
The push for combating global warming will increase the use of bio fuels produced from crops, which will result in reduced food production globally.
Global crack down on taxes/revenue to shore up budget shortfalls.
Europe will come apart due to the refugee crisis. A couple more jihadi attacks and it will happen fast. Nationalism and common sense will rule. Political correctness is on the way out. Rules from Belgium are being discarded. Look at Poland, not sure who is pulling the strings there, but smells like Putin. Russia will continue to expand their influence globally.
South America, Venezuela- nothing but pain here. Collapse or martial law. China will own them.
Middle East / North Africa, more potential for trouble here than I am able to comment on. Islamic State will continue to spread as their Syria territory shrinks. Christians will continue to be eradicated.
2016 will be a banner year for arms sales.

[JohnyMac]

Nemo, my brother owns half of the redoubt. They are ready. I do want to point out though that he and his sons firearms were stolen a few years ago. He borrows a old flint lock to go hunting deer with.

Here are some predictions from old JohnyMac:

> US economy starts out stagnate in the first half of the year. 2% or less GDP then a downturn in the second half of the year. Inventories on hard
   goods right now are high. I expect to see deflation on some of these items to reduce inventory levels. A great example of deflationary prices is the
   0% interest for 60 and 75 months.
> High inventories will mean layoff's in the manufacturing sector. Heck we are at the lowest workforce participation rate in 10 years.
    People having several
   jobs rather than just one job will increase. On the above graph notice the decline really took place post the implementation of the ACA.
> The EU will find themselves in a full fledged recession. Couple this along with the Syrian refugees and as what has already been written by DM,
   nationalism will return to the EU. Nationalism will reignite Fascist feeling's and of course Fascist politicians. 
> As more and more countries start dealing in ¥, ₹ and ₽ rather than the US petrol dollar the dollar will start to decline.
> Then we have North America terror, both internal and external players. The Democratic Convention in Philadelphia will be the rallying point for all of
    the left's terrorist groups, e.g. BLM, OWS, New Black Panthers, etc. It is going to be a circus. My stepbrother works for the PPD and they are
    preparing for the worse case scenario. Similar to when the Pope came to Philly but more offensive in rather than defensive in nature.
> Unlike some of earlier predictions with Clinton winning the November elections I think the person who wins will be someone right of center. Like
   what happened in 1980, the Silent Majority will come out in force and soundly say "NO WAY TO Clinton." I just hope the person elected will not be
   Trump. I like what he is saying - Basically sticking his finger in the RINO politicians eye (s); However, in the long run I would not want him as my
   leader. I know that some think voting is a waste of time however it is all we have short of grabbing a rifle and participating in a CW.
> Talking about a CW or CW2 is going to take place in 2017. The economy will be in the dumpster, the right will be in power so the domestic
    terrorists will start shooting ala... BLM, OWS, New Black Panthers, etc. Lets also throw Daesh into the mix for fun and games.

I have some other thoughts ( ) however I will hold those private for the time being 

[Kbop]

Taxes 

more election antics 

total US debt should pass 65T    this doesn't cover CDFS and other derivatives...

i wonder if it will come out in the news that Trump is working with Clinton? 

[JohnyMac]

Matt Bracken just posted his 2016 predictions and they are...

"My New Year's Prediction:
I'm pretty convinced the shit hits the fan in 2016. Not only because of the Muslim "refugee" terrorist-army-in-waiting in Europe, but because I believe Obama WANTS it to happen on his watch, so he can sabotage American defensive efforts, send our navy to its doom, etc. "The worse, the better."

A big mistake that most analysts are making is projecting their thinking onto Obama. "Surely, he must just want to limp out of town before TSHTF." I see it 180* out from that. I think that he wants it to hit the fan on his watch. That's why he's in place, in his own mind. Did you know that Barack and Baraka are important and significant concepts in the Arab Muslim mind? Sort of like "lucky star" or "omen" or "major portent." For Obama, the past 7 years were merely prelude. From Fast and Furious on, he's been cautious, only going as far as he dared. But in 2016, those considerations go out the window. It's the final act of Damien in "The Omen." Obama is the spawn of Lucifer-Mohammed and Lucifer-Lenin. He's no "lame duck," he's just winding up for his most critical period yet.

And bear in mind, if WW3 truly gets underway in 2016, the cyber war axis will be the most important of them all. If the grid goes down, even partly, there will be no elections. If there is no electricity in major cities in November, they will explode in looting and riots, and the 2016 elections will be "postponed."

[brat]

A big mistake that most analysts are making is projecting their thinking onto Obama. "Surely, he must just want to limp out of town before TSHTF." I see it 180* out from that. I think that he wants it to hit the fan on his watch. That's why he's in place, in his own mind.

You mean like a radical muslim wearing a suicide vest taking out a bunch of folks and being a martyr ?
A hero in the eyes of ALL other muslims ?   

Wonder what the prize is for destroying America ?

[Nemo]

Wonder what the prize is for destroying America ?

He goes to islam heaven and replaces that dude named mohammed.

Nemo

[Nemo]

I am sure da'esh believes they have us surrounded.  And depending on the map you look at and requirements for that they do.  But you know what they say--

Nemo

[JohnyMac]

TIME TO VOTE! GO TO "Tri-Cornered Tin-foil-Hat-Jive" board to vote on what you think 2016 will bring.

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