Tuesday, January 9, 2018

2017 Predictions Results

Every year I have made predictions for the upcoming year and in 2017 I made the following predictions and here are the results:
1. Green Bay will play in the Super Bowl. Close but false
2. New England Patriots will play in the Super Bowl. True and they won
3. Green Bay Packers are Super Bowl champs. Sadly, no.
4. My NBA team the Milwaukee Bucks will make the playoffs. Yes, true
5. The Bucks will go out in the 1st or 2nd round of the playoffs. Yep, went out in the 1st round
6. My baseball team , the Milwaukee Brewers will win 79 games, give or take 5 games.  Gladly, I was wrong as they won 86, just missing the playoffs.
7. The Chicago Cubs will not repeat as World Series champs. Nope
8. The Cleveland Indians will go to the World Series. Nope Houston did go.
9. Sears/Kmart will close an additional 50 stores this year, not including the stores already announced in the past several weeks. Sadly  this is true.
10. ObamaCare will be severely crippled by the end of the year. It's a close call while numbers are up Trump and Congress did do  severe damage and there are fewer choices higher premiums and huge deductibles. 1/2 point.
11. At least 100 miles of a fence or wall will be built or refurbished on the Southern border in 2017. Not happening
12. President Trump's approval rating will be within 3 percentage points of 50%. This is true depending on the poll

13. There will be at least 1 legitimate assassination attempt on Trump will be tried. Thankfully,  not yet.

15. There will be at least 1 Muslim terrorist attack in Europe that will will kill at least 50 people.  22 in 1 killing. White males, yes.
16. Angela Merkel will lose her job as German Chancellor of Germany. Close but no.
17. All of President Trump's nominees for his cabinet will be confirmed. No one was voted down so true.
18. There will be slightly fewer murders in Chicago in 2017. Yes, about 100 less but they still had about 500 or more.
19. A member of the U.S. Congress will pass away.  Close but no.

20. There will be a 2nd SupremeCourt vacancy in 2017. Nope
21. It will take Congress 6 months to approve approve President Trump's first Supreme Court justice.  Nope, just 3 months
22. Liverpool will win the English Premier League soccer title. 3rd place
23. Barring a natural disaster, gas prices will remain below $3 a gallon in the U.S.. True
24. Russell Westbrook will the NBA MVP.  Yep
25. Hillary will not be indicted in 2017. Yep, lucky for her.
26. 1 former U.S. President will pass away. A few are close but no
27. Mosul will be freed by Iraq and their allies. Yea, yes
28. Queen Elizabeth survives 2017. Yep
29. CNN ratings will be below MSNBCS ratings for most of 2017. I think thats right at least according The Hollywood Reporter.
According to my count I got 14.5 correct, exactly 50%.  Not bad, I think.  On to 2018.

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