{"id":9803,"date":"2012-01-04T01:07:02","date_gmt":"2012-01-04T01:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fadingad.com\/fadingadblog\/?p=9803"},"modified":"2012-01-04T05:04:13","modified_gmt":"2012-01-04T05:04:13","slug":"fadingad-blog-in-brooklyns-predictions-for-2012-by-mary-frost-for-the-brooklyn-daily-eagle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fadingad.com\/fadingadblog\/2012\/01\/04\/fadingad-blog-in-brooklyns-predictions-for-2012-by-mary-frost-for-the-brooklyn-daily-eagle\/","title":{"rendered":"@FadingAd Blog in Brooklyn\u2019s Predictions for 2012 by Mary Frost for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BROOKLYN \u2014 As we bid adieu to 2011, we turn to the future and ask: What could possibly happen next? Will the stock market skyrocket? Will the Nets win their first Brooklyn season? Will the city sell the naming rights to the Promenade? Will the Euro fail?<\/strong><\/div>\n
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\nWe asked some of Brooklyn\u2019s most prescient movers and shakers to look in their crystal balls and share their revelations about the upcoming year \u2014 and we expect, as usual, that these predictions will be 100 percent accurate.<\/p>\n

If you want to know what 2012 will bring, here are some predictions from Brooklyn\u2019s most prescient prognosticators:<\/p>\n

Borough President Marty Markowitz:
\n<\/strong>My prediction for 2012 is that Barbra Streisand, Carole King, Neil Diamond or Barry Manilow \u2014 all born in Brooklyn \u2014 will play their very first Brooklyn shows ever!<\/p>\n

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Councilman Jumaane Williams:
\n<\/strong>The pressure will intensify for Mayor Bloomberg and Commissioner Kelly to recognize there is a crisis regarding institutionalized racism in the NYPD. They will either answer the call to make that recognition, or it will turn into a litmus test in communities of more color for the 2013 mayoral race. And my favorite sports team, the Knicks, will continue to trade for the oldest and most injured among us.<\/p>\n

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BAM President Karen Brooks Hopkins:<\/strong>
\nI predict that in 2012 Brooklyn will become the number one tourist destination in the world for visitors from 20-30 years old. Hey, we are already the \u201ccoolest city on the planet\u201d according to GQ – now let’s see those tourism dollars!<\/p>\n

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Karen Auster, Auster Events:<\/strong>
\nBrooklyn will continue to be the place to be for artists, designers and foodies. We have our own beer, whiskey, wine, and in 2012 I predict we will have our own dog breed.<\/p>\n

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Lisa Jamhoury, aerial acrobat and communications professional:<\/strong>
\nThe 2012 apocalypse will come as a duct tape, canned food, and bottled water shortage.<\/p>\n

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Isaac Fen, Flatbush resident:<\/strong>
\nRomney will get the GOP nomination, and one of the more extreme candidates will run as an independent. Obama will barely win the presidency with the help of the Nader effect. Occupy movements will pick up again in the spring and lead to myriad editorials on the similarities and differences between the summer of \u201869 and the summer of \u201812. The EU won\u2019t break up, but will go through some pretty substantial policy changes. Greece and the Euro will stay. Fidel Castro will pass away.<\/p>\n

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Mary Lou Bunn, Brooklyn Women’s Exchange:<\/strong>
\nThe New York Knicks will win the Atlantic Division and Tiger Woods will win a major title, sustaining the necessary tension between good and evil in the universe.<\/p>\n

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Frank H. Jump, Fading Ad Blog\u00a0<\/strong>
\nIt will be revealed that Michele Bachmann\u2019s husband has had a torrid 20-year relationship with a gay lover. NASA will launch a new space program to colonize the galaxy, targeting an \u201cEarthlike\u201d planet 50,000 light-years away using newly developed propulsion and hibernation technology. Herman Cain will volunteer to take the 50,000 light-year trip. Myanmar will have a popular uprising ousting military dictatorship, and Aung San Suu Kyi will become the first elected leader of the new democratic nation. [Burma Shave makes a come-back with an extensive highway billboard campaign.]<\/p>\n

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MK Metz, McBrooklyn blog\u00a0<\/strong>
\nGoogle will open a branch office in DUMBO. A third Patsy Grimaldi\u2019s will open next to the other two on Old Fulton Street. Smart entrepreneurs will make fortunes from selling survival gear to those who think the world will end in 2012.<\/p>\n

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Ben, Brooklyn Eagle:<\/strong>
\nEveryone will suddenly get really, really bored of Facebook, Twitter and other social media and start moving to new third-party entities more personally tailored to age\/gender demographics and with better features for usage on your smartphone \u2014 such as blending using your list of friends and their pages as your phone\u2019s directory of numbers.<\/p>\n

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Lucien Zayan, owner, The Invisible Dog<\/strong>
\nToday, Brooklyn is the center of the world. I\u2019m quite sure that in 2012, the exact location will be around Bergen Street, between Smith Street and Boerum Place (the location of The Invisible Dog).<\/p>\n

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yaBEZ, artist\/poet<\/strong>
\nThe \u2018Occupy\u2019 movement that became prominent in late 2011 and that already is an international phenomenon will be sweeping major cities in greater numbers, brewing riots and dominating the news. President Obama will again win by a landslide.<\/p>\n

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\u201cNostradamus\u201d<\/strong>
\nDespite the best efforts of the Italian government, a long, nationwide strike will cripple the Italian economy, leading to a default on Italian bonds, leading to the crash of the euro, leading to a world-wide depression. It will be the rare Americans who still own their homes. People will be hungry and dying in the streets.<\/p>\n

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Raanan Geberer, Brooklyn Eagle:<\/strong>
\nThe Nets will have a successful opener but will fade as the season continues. A natural disaster will hit parts of Brooklyn, but the consequences won\u2019t be too serious. Williamsburg and Greenpoint will continue to gentrify.<\/p>\n

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Francesca Norsen Tate, Brooklyn Heights Press<\/strong>
\nObama and Hillary Clinton will surprise the world by switching roles; she\u2019ll run for president in 2012, he will take over as secretary of state. All candidates for national political office will be required by law to learn the U.S. Constitution by heart, and to pass tests in both citizenship and defensive driving.<\/p>\n

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Paula Katinas, Bay Ridge Eagle:<\/strong>
\nCivic and political leaders in Bay Ridge will wage a gallant fight to have the neighborhood redistricted into a single Assembly district. But they will lose their fight and the redistricting process to take place in 2012 will result in the neighborhood continuing to be composed of five separate Assembly districts. Bay Ridge was carved up into five districts during a redistricting in the early 1980s, and local residents hate it. Also, War Horse will win Best Picture at the Oscars, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie will make their relationship legal and get married, and Tim Tebow will lead the Broncos to a Super Bowl win.<\/p>\n

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John Torenli, sports writer, Brooklyn Eagle:<\/strong>
\nThe Nets scheduled arrival in Brooklyn in November will go off as planned. Don\u2019t be surprised if Orlando center Dwight Howard joins point guard Deron Williams for the Opening Night festivities at the Barclays Center. Nets owner Mikail Prokhorov will not win the Russian presidency. Disgruntled Mets fans will clamor for former Cyclones manager Wally Backman to replace Terry Collins during the team\u2019s inevitable swoon.<\/p>\n

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Ed Breslin, proofreader, Brooklyn Eagle<\/strong>
\nThe word \u201cprivacy\u201d will be listed as archaic in the American Heritage Dictionary. Donald Trump will insist on a validation of citizenship for all protestors in the Occupy Wall Street movement. Gridlock will finally become reality on Flatbush and Atlantic avenues as the Nets open in the Atlantic Yards area of Brooklyn.<\/p>\n

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Mary Frost, Brooklyn Eagle<\/strong>
\nParents and representatives will stage more mass demonstrations as the pace of school closings and co-locations increases. Civil disobedience is a possibility. Borough President Marty Markowitz will make a surprising announcement about his future plans. Flatbush Avenue will be renamed Barclays Boulevard. An ancient steam locomotive will be discovered under Atlantic Avenue, vindicating Atlantic Avenue Tunnel discoverer Bob Diamond.\u00a0(mfrost@brooklyneagle.net<\/a>), published online\u00a012-29-2011<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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