JULES PREDICTS II

The time has come for Jules Predicts II.

You'll recall, in May I made five predictions:

John McCain’s running mate I. They've been traveling together, hanging together, finishing each other’s sentences. Yet I predict that John McCain’s running mate will not be the Senator from Connecticut, Joe Lieberman.

The Great Texas Polygamy Bust. Every expert on every news channel is talking about how the women in the Dorado polygamist compound are brainwashed, victimized, abused and little more than psychic prisoners. Yet I predict that these ‘pathetic victims’ will demonstrate enormous resilience when standing up to… the law enforcement teams that swooped in to save them and their kids. I further predict that this will prove to be a Texas-size legal disaster. New phrase: busters’ remorse.

John McCain’s running mate II. Everybody’s talking about what a dream team they'd make. Male and female, black and white, old and young. Yet I predict that John McCain’s running mate will not be the Secretary of State, Dr. Condoleezza Rice.

The Great California Taqueria Bust. Despite the enormous cost in tax dollars of the simultaneous raids carried out by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement against 11 Bay Area El Balazo restaurants, I predict that in the end, it will all come to naught. A few women will be — again, at considerable cost — separated from their families and returned to Mexico, but they will be replaced by other taco-wielding mamas in short order. Justice will not be served; only burritos. Except in rending families and spending money, the raids will have near-zero effect.

The Crash is coming. Despite the current soaring, record-setting stock prices, I predict a major — and I mean major — stock market crash in less than 12 months. To be clear, I'm not talking slips and blips; I'm predicting a run-for-the-hills c-r-a-s-h.

With decidedly mixed feelings, I must report that four of the five have already come true. The only one still in question is The Great California Taqueria Bust. While I fully believe my prediction will stand, I have not been able to persuade a journalist to follow-up the story… nor have I done so, myself.

While I would have liked all five signed and sealed, now it’s time for five more. Starting Monday, I’ll again make one prediction per day. Again, my predictions should be confirmed or proved wrong in the near future, and again, they will go against the experts you see on the news.

Stay tuned.

jules