Eeny-meenie, chili-beanie… the spirits are about to speak

Mexico’s self-proclaimed Grand Warlock says the United States will pull troops out of Iraq in 2009 and send them to the border with Mexico in an attempt to expand its territory.

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Vazquez has been making predictions since 1980 on topics ranging from international events to the private lives of celebrities, based on his reading of tarot cards.

Vazquez erroneously predicted last year that oil prices would be stable and that Cuba’s Fidel Castro and singer Britney Spears would die.

(Detroit Free Press)

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. _ Citing information he says is from God, Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson said Friday that America is headed for veritable socialism as well as an economic rebound under President-elect Barack Obama in 2009.

“What the Lord was saying, the people are willing to accept socialism to alleviate their pain,” Robertson said on a broadcast of “The 700 Club.” Robertson hosts the program, which is aired from the Christian Broadcasting Network studios in Virginia Beach…

Robertson’s prophecies are an annual tradition at CBN and Regent University, where he unveils his predictions at a New Year’s Day chapel service. Robertson is founder, president and chancellor of Regent.

(Steven G. Vegh / The Virginian-Pilot)