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2016 Postmortem

abelenkpe

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5. Makes sense too

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 08:46 PM

Nov 2012

When you think of how things cycle through generations. We had 35 years of moving to the right. Time to go left.

Remember how everyone was predicting the housing market would always go up and Dow 20,000? When you hear stuff like that a cycle is near it's end. Same thing with the shift to the right.

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Forget Nate Silver: Meet The Guy Who Called 2012 In 2002 [View all] DonViejo Nov 2012 OP

I remember that guy being laughed at in 2004. These trends take much time to develop. smorkingapple Nov 2012 #1

He was laughed at in 2002 and 2004 Awsi Dooger Nov 2012 #2

Yeah but he cheated krawhitham Nov 2012 #3

Until there is a "drunk Ruy Teixeira" twitter thingy... LVdem Nov 2012 #4

Makes sense too abelenkpe Nov 2012 #5

It's fine to celebrate bucolic_frolic Nov 2012 #6