So many political observers are now predicting a catastrophe that I'm predicting a catastrophe

will be caused by people predicting a catastrophe.

Catastrophe predicting from both the left and the right are stirring people up to so much

hysteria that the catastrophe predicting is going to cause a catastrophe.

Or so I'm predicting.

In real life, a new president has been elected by the usual lawful means and is set to

work changing the course of the country along the lines he promised during his campaign.

Donald Trump is so far appointed a team of accomplished individuals to staff his cabinet

and agencies, move to repeal a health care law that isn't working, chosen to talent

an intelligent judge for the Supreme Court, and attempted to temporarily stop the influx

of refugees until security procedures can be tightened.

But that's only in real life.

In the imagination of political observers, it is the onset of a catastrophe so catastrophic

that only predicting catastrophe can cause enough panic to cause the catastrophe that those

predicting a catastrophe are predicting.

On the left, activists are predicting catastrophe so often that leftists have taken to the streets

in acts of such violence that many are predicting a catastrophe.

As one left-wing activist explained, quote, I predict we are heading into a catastrophe

of widespread rioting and political assassinations unless we have widespread rioting and political

assassinations to head off the catastrophe I'm predicting.

On the right, radio talk show hosts who predicted the Obama presidency would be a catastrophe

are now predicting the end of the Obama presidency will be a catastrophe.

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