Predictions for 2010

Take it to the bank:

Number of seats Democrats gain/lose in House: -31
Number of seats Democrats gain/lose in Senate: -3
Barack Obama Job Approval 12/31/10 (Pollster.com average): 51.1%
Coalition Military Fatalities in Afghanistan: 455
Coalition Military Fatalities in Iraq: 231
World Series Champion: New York Yankees
NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Champion: Kentucky Wildcats
#1 pick, NBA draft: John Wall
US Unemployment Rate 12/10: 9.6%
North Korean nuclear tests: 1
Russian submarine accidents: 1
Returns to Earth of Jesus: 0
Israeli airstrikes on Iran: 0
Number of Iranian Revolutions: .5
2010 World Cup: Brazil
Post-election UK Tory MPs: 328
Number of US Senators from Kentucky named Rand: 0

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ChiComs Under the Bed!

Al Kamen, via Jason Sigger:

This month marks the 10th anniversary of the Clinton administration's cavalier handover of the Panama Canal -- leaving an alleged front for the Chinese Red Army in control of the strategic passage -- despite the strong misgivings of some top foreign policy experts.

"If we do nothing, I can guarantee you that within a decade, a communist Chinese regime that hates democracy and sees America as its primary enemy will dominate the tiny country of Panama, and thus dominate the Panama Canal, one of the world's most important strategic points," Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) told a House subcommittee on Dec. 7, 1999, as it debated the handover.

Retired Adm. Thomas Moorer warned that China could sneak missiles into Panama and use it as a launchpad for attacking the United States. And former defense secretary Caspar W. Weinberger wrote that fall that Panama's contract with Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa to control ports at both ends of the passage was "the biggest threat to the canal."

Is that a money back guarantee, Dana?

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