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Mexican warlock predicts US troops on border

Sat Jan 3, 2009 3:42 PM EST
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Associated Press

Professor Antonio Vazquez Alba, also known as Mexico's Grand Warlock, speaks while making predictions about 2009 in Mexico City, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009. Professor Vazquez Alba has been giving his yearly predictions since 1980, and last year incorrectly predicted that Sen. Hillary Clinton would win the U.S. presidential elections. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

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— 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.

The prediction from Antonio Vazquez comes with a word of warning though: his record of projecting the future is spotty at best.

Vazquez has been making predictions since 1980 on events 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. This year, he says Spears will continue to triumph.

© 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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{"commentId":4649120,"authorDomain":"eric24"}
Simplistic Reality

LOL. Whatever. That guy looks like Gandalf from Lord of the Rings. Maybe guarding our border from illegal immigrants entering wouldn't be such a bad idea, but why the heck would we "want" Mexico!?!?

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Reply#1 - Sat Jan 3, 2009 3:57 PM EST
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Roy Batty

Oil?  Mexico produces about half as much as the US.  Canada would be a better bet, but it gets cold up there. ;-)

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#1.1 - Sat Jan 3, 2009 4:37 PM EST
{"commentId":4651193,"authorDomain":"headstoney"}
HEAD STONEy

why the heck would we "want" Mexico!?!?

Why not take over mexico, all the mexicans are here already anyway......... :)

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#1.2 - Sat Jan 3, 2009 7:05 PM EST
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barnsleylad

AND he also predicted that Chi Chi's restaurants will rise from the ashes.

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    Reply#3 - Sat Jan 3, 2009 9:40 PM EST
    {"commentId":4656228,"authorDomain":"eric24"}
    Simplistic Reality

    lol.

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      #3.1 - Sun Jan 4, 2009 5:30 AM EST
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      {"commentId":4656664,"authorDomain":"EEEEEMAN"}
      EEEEEMAN

      The predictions for 2009 are shooting for a 50% accuracy rate, and when one looks closely doesn't this guy resemble Ernest Borgnine, perhaps reincarnation is the next prediction?

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      Reply#4 - Sun Jan 4, 2009 8:28 AM EST
      {"commentId":4656697,"authorDomain":"headstoney"}
      HEAD STONEy

      Yeah either Ernest Borgnine, or an evil Santa Claus......... :|

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      #4.1 - Sun Jan 4, 2009 8:33 AM EST
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      {"commentId":4665296,"authorDomain":"jackk"}
      JackK

      This year, he says Spears will continue to triumph.

      Oh man, that is the kiss of death for Britney.  Someone had better warn her what the Grand Warlock of Mexico hath prophesied.

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