Prophecies

You know, I always avoid prophesying beforehand. It is much better policy to prophesy after the event has taken place. – Winston Churchill

And wouldn’t you know it, here come all the post-bombing “predictions”. All the “I posted on such-and-such that the UK would face a terrorist attack/disaster/massacre/emergency/news event this year!” idiots are coming out of the woodwork.
Take this one:

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2005 12:41 pm Post subject: England bomb threat again
Premonition that England — London, I think — a bomb threat, time frame now to end of July at most, but I feel it more toward end of June. Two hot spots — an area near the Prime Minister office, wherever that is, and also somewhere just outside the airport not in the airport itself, but perhaps at a gate or just outside of that. Yes, I know. London has bomb threats all the time. Yes. It’s what I’m picking up, though. Youngish caucasion guys, early 20’s, skinhead looking types, terrorist type activity but not sure what it relates to, kind of think it’s Al Qaida, but it’s caucasion guys. I think they are not from England and are German, or another part of Europe like that. They are carrying the parts in briefcase or leather type bags that have handles, and they are wearing overcoats that are dressier than they normally wear.

[Emphasis mine]. Not all the information about the bombings are public yet, but already you can see that practically every detail of this ‘prediction’ is wrong (we don’t yet know what the bombers were wearing, but it’s pretty safe to assume that none of them were wearing overcoats – however ‘dressy’ – on a day when the temperature was in the low thirties).
However, follow the thread – which is currently at 11 pages – and you will see that the poster – and all her friends – are claiming her prediction as an accurate ‘hit’. How? Well, the bombings happened before the end of July; it was a bombing carried out by youngish men possibly linked to Al Quaida; one of the bombings occurred closed to Aldgate station; the bombers’ car was found at Luton, which is close to an airport! Wow – what stunning accuracy…..