Thursday, July 03, 2008

Alleged Psychic Sylvia Browne's 2008 Predictions: Mid-Year Update


Readers of this blog, if any remain, might ask why I devote so much time to covering Sylvia Browne. Believe me, if I had more time on my hands and a steady income, I would be doing more. Offering a record and critiques of her predictions is truly the least I can do to make my wish that she be stopped come true. This is why I applaud the work of one Robert Lancaster (creator of stopsylviabrowne.com) A quick skim of his sight will reveal how Browne truly operates, and the stories of those she’s hurt. One of Mr. Lancaster’s most recent posts details his harrowing descent into the underworld that is Browne’s live show at the Excalibur Hotel and Casino, in my home town of Las Vegas. But I digress.

This mid-2008 update will review the predictions Browne has made for the year in attempt record which ones, if any, have come to pass. I’ll admit freely that I am biased against Browne and her despicable work, but I do try to be fair. So here, presented in a simple list format as before, is a review of Browne’s predictions for 2008 (in bold) and anything news-worthy that has happened with regards to them.

1. Britney Spears’ younger sister Jaime Lynn Spears will have her baby.
Spears the younger gave birth to a healthy, although 10-days-premature, baby girl on June 19, 2008. Complications during the delivery apparently forced doctors to perform an emergency Cesarean on the 17-year old.

2. Browne described Britney Spears as having a "bi-polar condition," and that she will get help for it in 2008.
Several reports released a week or so after Spears was released from a Los Angeles area hospital in January of 2008 claim that the singer’s family suspects Spears may suffer from bipolar disorder. However, I could only find rumors and speculation regarding Spears’ actual diagnosis.

3. Actor Owen Wilson will have "another dip" in his depression.
As of this posting, actor Owen Wilson has not had any other publicized bouts of depression.

4. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie will adopt another child, but the couple will not stay together.
The couple is planning to adopt another child some time after the twins Jolie is expecting this summer are born. It has yet to be seen if the couple will stay together. Browne failed to predict Jolie becoming pregnant with twins.

5. Jennifer Aniston will marry a producer in a year or two.
Aniston appears to currently be in a relationship with singer/songwriter John Mayer.

6. United State troops stationed in Iraq will start coming home "in increments" due to the withdrawal of other collation forces.
There have been no reports of US forces in Iraq returning home due to the withdrawal of other coalition forces. An NBC News affiliate in Colorado reports that President Bush plans to return some troops home from Iraq due to the recent decrease in violence there.
From the article:
"Our troops have driven the terrorists and extremists from many strongholds," Bush said. "As a result of this progress, some of our troops are coming home as a result of our policy called Return on Success,"

7. President Bush’s approval rating will continue to drop.
Bush’s approval rating has hit an all-time-low of 23% according to a poll conducted by the Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg News.

8. Senator Barack Obama will become the Democratic "front-runner" in the race to be the next president of the United States. Senator Hillary Clinton will be in the lead in polls until the summer and suddenly "flatten out."
The race to become the Democratic nominee for president ended well before summer started. The last few months were marked by Senator Clinton’s tenacious refusal to concede to her opponent from Illinois.

9. Browne predicts "diabetic breakthroughs" and the use of "sound waves with cancer."
The biggest diabetic breakthrough I could find was that of a team working at the University of Manchester. "Scientists have discovered a new technique for turning embryonic stem cells into insulin-producing pancreatic tissue in what could prove a significant breakthrough in the quest to find new treatments for diabetes," the article reported.
Regarding the use of "sound waves with cancer" a story by the National Prostate Cancer Coalition reports on a new clinic opening up in Argentina which uses High Intensity Focus Ultrasound (HIFU) as a treatment for prostate cancer.
"HIFU utilizes focused sound waves to rapidly heat and destroy the tissue within the prostate," the article reported. It would seem that Browne was correct about this one, until you realize that this story was written in August of 2007.

10. Browne predicts "whooping cough, mumps and measles will be on the rise" in 2008.
It appears that mumps did make a comeback, but in 2006. There was no news of which to speak regarding whooping cough, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention claims the US is on track to get hit by one of the biggest measles outbreaks in seven years, "A series of outbreaks in nine states between January and April 25 has resulted in 64 measles cases -- the highest number reported over the same time period since 2001," the article reported.

11. Browne predicts more tsunamis, "a big earthquake in Japan," and "volcanoes erupting from all parts of the country that have been dead for years."
As of this posting, there have not been any newsworthy tsunamis or any dormant volcanoes erupting around the country. A 7.2 magnitude earthquake did strike Japan’s Iwate prefecture on June 14, 2008 killing nine people and injuring at least 200. But did Browne offer an specifics with the predictions? Of course not. She also failed to predict the massive earthquake that struck China in May, killing 70,000 people.

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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

The year haven't end yet. Wait and see.

Anonymous said...

Psychics are not Gods we don't calm to know everything, but we do know more the most and we are for real. If you don't believe me thats fine but it changes nothing as a true psychic I know I get information that I could not have know.

Anonymous said...

I personally know that there are people with psychic ability out there, and I have had some experiences of my own .The problem is you cannot turn it n like a switch anyone including Sylvia brown who claims to be able to do it is lying .Does she have psychic ability I do not know I would have to watch her, but more than likely it is a combination of things. Most psychics that do it for money live under the impression they have to perform , that’s where the ego screws things up. Instead of being honest and telling you sorry I just can see anything (which would hurt their ego ) they us fishing tricks to seem like they are infallible. Also 99% of those who take money for their abilities are either frauds or of little talent. Since they want to make money they would not be caught dead telling anyone that they can’t see anything that day … The few people I know with real psychic ability do not take money for what they do …it is what it is …How cruel is it to tell a person I can help you but pay me 700$ first ,no spiritual being would do that .So is Sylvia a psychic I do not know but what I know is that she definitely does use fishing tricks, and that what ever gift she had will fade under greed it always does .Psychic ability does not mix with egomania that is a simple truth

Anonymous said...

Jeremy! I too, am a skeptic. I do try to keep in mind however that Sylvia herself has said on many occasions that she is not always right. I believe that you have posted a lot of her predictions to early to imply that she is wrong about them. Why not wait till the time frame she's given is up and them show off your skepticism? {;o)

Anonymous said...

Sylvia Brown also predicted that there will NOT be an African American president UNTIL in 8 years. I hate to tell her, But she was WRONG on this one!!!!

Lucky Numbers said...

Some blogs says that Browne give false predictions is that true?

Anonymous said...

I feel there is some truth in predictions. You just have to find the right psychic reading that is going to do it for you.