Okay, I'm going out on a limb here and predicting

[SheilaT]

that 2011 is going to be another year, like 1968 and 1989, of great change around the world.

We've already had the Tucson shooting which has led to at least some toning down of the extreme rhetoric. And the overthrow of the government in Tunisia, and now a spontaneous revolution in Egypt.

I'm not going to try to predict what will happen next, but I expect there will be continued events, unrest, uprising, and change.

[MineralMan]

1. You bet. There will be earthquakes and hurricanes and tornadoes,

too, along with a volcanic eruption or two. And then there's the magnetic pole wandering around. Yes, indeed. Stuff's going to happen.

Oh, wait...all that stuff is always happening. Never mind.

[PBS Poll-435]

2. It might snow in New York, even!

nt

[MineralMan]

9. I know! It snowed a lot her in Minnesota, too. What a deal.

It could even be a record for New York. Kinda like the Yankees not being in the World Series, you know. Now that's serious.

[bigwillq]

17. sNOw!

No more snow! ;)

[PBS Poll-435]

20. I don't blame you

Yikes. SnoCastrophe!

BTW it is 65 degrees and sunny here. :grr:

[bigwillq]

21. Enjoy that weather!!

:)
Can't wait for spring! :hi:

[leeroysphitz]

22. Dogs may lay down with cats...

[WinkyDink]

4. You think the overthrow of govts 'is always happening"? You think RECORD snowfalls are "always

happening"?

[MineralMan]

7. Uh, yes. There's always political upheaval. Maybe you missed it.

And, yes, somewhere, there's a record snowfall quite often. Here in Minnesota, it was back in the 1960s. We might set a new one this year. We won't know until April sometime. There's going to be flooding, too, here. Just like there is somewhere every year. Weather's sort of unpredictable, and that climate change thing may be contributing.

And you mentioned 1968? What about 1961 and 1963? What about those years? Stuff happened in those years, too.

Today's events are always clearer than the ones in the past.

[Kennah]

3. Hard to say

The pressure is building. Don't know when it will pop big time.

It could all hold together until 2012, someone like Caribou Barbie gets in as POTUS, and then all the new Hoovervilles will start popping up.

[MineralMan]

10. She's Gonna Blow! Run for It!

nt

[Kennah]

14. That was Christine O'Donnell's implicit campaign slogan

[villager]

5. another odd DU unrec -- threatened by too much change, perhaps?

:shrug:

[AngryOldDem]

6. "Something's happening here...what it is ain't exactly clear...." n/t

[Statistical]

11. +1. You got the tune in my head. Made me look that one up on my ipod.

[AngryOldDem]

15. It's a great song. Just as relevant today as then. Maybe more so.

[ChiciB1]

23. It Meant "Bunches" To Those Of Us Who Were Active In The Political

upheaval of that time!! As a BOOMER, what seems to be happening now should NOW be the time for "we the people" to WAKE UP again!

AND as one who lives on the west coast of Florida I've been talking about the threat of hurricanes this year because of the BP oil spill. The oil on the floor of the gulf waters may have an effect of heating up the waters more than usual. It's been very quiet for several years now. I'm just glad I can still afford my hurricane insurance for this year, and flood insurance too. Just have a spooky feeling, but have no facts, but it worries me A LOT!

[fadedrose]

8. And a new astrological sign (which I can't pronounce)

What's the world coming to? Polar shift? 38" snow in NY and 4" in Alaska? Birds dropping all over the place?

Egypt..don't know why it took so long. Gees, look at their early civilization, building, alphabet, recorded history.

So many other anomalies, times are changing, for good or bad, who knows?

[ehrnst]

12. And now Jordan has joined that list. (nt)

[GliderGuider]

13. Maybe it's the 1968 recipe with a touch of 1848 thrown in for extra flavouring?

I get that feeling too. There is definitely a disturbance in The Force.

May great changes open up great opportunities for a world in crisis.

[woo me with science]

16. The Arab world's 1989

is what I have heard several times.

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. Look at another century

1848... and it started with the Green Revolution.

This is in some distant ways about globalization too.

[Canuckistanian]

19. Now it's also happening in Yemen

Yemen protests demand president's ouster


Tens of thousands of Yemenis demanded the president step down in nationwide protests Thursday, taking inspiration from the popular revolt in Tunisia and vowing to continue until their U.S.-backed government falls.

Yemen is the latest Arab state to be hit by mass anti-government protests, joining Tunisia and Egypt in calls for revolutionary change. The demonstrations pose a new threat to the stability of Yemen, the Arab world's most impoverished nation, which has become a haven for al-Qaeda militants.

"No delays, no delays, the time for departure has come!" shouted protesters, calling for the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has ruled for nearly 32 years. Saleh's government is riddled with corruption, has little control outside the capital, and its main source of income — oil — could run dry in a decade.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2011/01/27/yemen-tensions-mideast-protests.html#ixzz1CN9LRRt6