Happy New Year!
One of the ways I celebrate the new year, with varying degrees of success, is to make predictions. In 2014 I was more rightish than wrongish, but last year, 2015, I was pretty much mostly wrong. 
So here goes my predictions for 2016.
- Donald Trump will not win the Republican nomination for President.
- The San Francisco Giants will win the World Series, because this is their on year.
- North Korea will attack South Korea, thus ending the decades long cease-fire. This will happen before President Obama leaves office.
- Saudi Arabia will form an uneasy alliance with Israel and the two nations will attack Iran.
- Bashar al-Assad will still be the leader of Syria on December 31, 2016.
- One major Protestant denomination in the United States will dissolve.
- The new Star Trek movie, Star Trek Beyond, will be terrible, absolutely terrible.
- A biological agent (like algae or bacteria) that dissolves plastic will be devised for large scale commercial use, thus solving a major environmental problem.
- Auto-makers will produce a wide range of electric cars, and they will be commercial flops.
- Wal-Mart will continue its decline, and by the end of the year will announce major closures and layoffs.
Okay, those are some of mine. What do you predict for 2016?
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