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I laughed at this one:

The United Kingdom, merely described as an "extraterritorial floating base of the U.S.", should be cut off from Europe.[9]




Well they seem to have done quite well with that one. It's a shame it doesn't float or we could tow it a bit further south.


That entire list of predictions is apparently from a PDF dated 2004.

Aaaand now Brexit is a thing. A long-term pseudo-thing, but still a thing.

*Reads the rest of the list*


"Airstrip One"




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