{"id":15829,"date":"2026-07-24T15:42:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T10:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=15829"},"modified":"2026-07-24T15:42:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T10:42:15","slug":"journalist-who-predicted-covid-and-the-2008-market-crash-makes-another-shocking-prophecy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=15829","title":{"rendered":"Journalist Who Predicted Covid And The 2008 Market Crash Makes Another Shocking &#8220;Prophecy&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>It is very easy to dismiss a prophet. Nostradamus wrote in riddles vague enough to mean anything. Rasputin was, by most accounts, completely unhinged. The guy at the end of your street with the sandwich board has been predicting the end of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/society\/world\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" staff-link\" rel=\"noopener \">world<\/a> every Saturday for eleven years. You learn to tune it out.<\/p>\n<p>But Robert Peston is not that. He is ITV\u2019s political editor, a man who warned about the 2008 banking collapse while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/digital-art-historical-famous-politicians-today-eoford\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" staff-link\" rel=\"noopener \">politicians<\/a> had their fingers in their ears. A man who looked at a mysterious new virus in Wuhan in late 2019 and told government officials it looked serious, and was right. So when he says he is anxious about what comes next, it is probably worth putting the sandwich board down and listening.<\/p>\n<h3>Future predictors always seem like a bunch of hogwash, but when they come with receipts, we should listen up<\/h3>\n<p class=\"attachment-link-container shareable-image-block\" id=\"videoframe_406452-6a5dd4e92a245-png__700\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/robert-peston-future-prediction-ai-collapse\/?image_id=videoframe_406452-6a5dd4e92a245-png__700.jpg\"><a class=\"web-share-button list-item-share new-share-experiment\" data-location=\"single-post-image\" data-title=\"Expert Who Predicted Covid And 2008 Financial Crisis Issues Grim New AI Warning\" data-share-url=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/robert-peston-future-prediction-ai-collapse\/?media_id=videoframe_406452-6a5dd4e92a245-png__700\" data-image=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/videoframe_406452-6a5dd4e92a245-png__700.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i><svg class=\"svg-icon icon-share-icon\" role=\"img\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\"><path d=\"M0 15C0 10.8824 5.22292 10.0588 8.79817 10.0588V14.1765L15.7006 8.23061C15.7941 8.15345 15.8695 8.05559 15.9213 7.94441C15.9731 7.83323 16 7.71155 16 7.58824C16 7.46492 15.9731 7.34314 15.9213 7.23196C15.8695 7.12078 15.7941 7.02302 15.7006 6.94586L8.79817 1V5.11765C2.3995 5.11765 0 9.76235 0 15Z\"\/><\/svg><\/i><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/videoframe_406452-6a5dd4e92a245-png__700.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" alt=\"Expert in a suit and glasses discusses an AI warning, gesturing with his hand against a dark background.\" title=\"Expert in a suit and glasses discusses an AI warning, gesturing with his hand against a dark background.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"post-content-media-source\">Image credits: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XZIex_dz6hc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PoliticsJOE \/ YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Robert Peston is a respected journalist who warned us about the 2008 financial crash and COVID, and he now has a new prediction<\/h3>\n<p>Peston\u2019s current anxiety centres on AI, specifically, the staggering amount of money being poured into it right now. Data centres, power plants, infrastructure, development; the investment is running into the hundreds of billions globally, fuelled by a level of market excitement that Peston describes as reminiscent of the late 1920s.<\/p>\n<p>Which is not a comparison anyone should take lightly, given what happened immediately after the late 1920s. His concern is not that AI itself is worthless; he actually believes it will be as transformative as the Steam Age. His concern is that the returns being promised to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/berkshire-hathaway-has-been-making-quiet-move-that-has-investors-worried\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" staff-link\" rel=\"noopener \">investors<\/a> are not going to materialise at the scale or speed required to justify what is being spent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"attachment-link-container shareable-image-block\" id=\"robert-peston-future-prediction-ai-collapse-6a5de0ad4838a__700\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/robert-peston-future-prediction-ai-collapse\/?image_id=robert-peston-future-prediction-ai-collapse-6a5de0ad4838a__700.jpg\"><a class=\"web-share-button list-item-share new-share-experiment\" data-location=\"single-post-image\" data-title=\"Expert Who Predicted Covid And 2008 Financial Crisis Issues Grim New AI Warning\" data-share-url=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/robert-peston-future-prediction-ai-collapse\/?media_id=robert-peston-future-prediction-ai-collapse-6a5de0ad4838a__700\" data-image=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/robert-peston-future-prediction-ai-collapse-6a5de0ad4838a__700.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i><svg class=\"svg-icon icon-share-icon\" role=\"img\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\"><path d=\"M0 15C0 10.8824 5.22292 10.0588 8.79817 10.0588V14.1765L15.7006 8.23061C15.7941 8.15345 15.8695 8.05559 15.9213 7.94441C15.9731 7.83323 16 7.71155 16 7.58824C16 7.46492 15.9731 7.34314 15.9213 7.23196C15.8695 7.12078 15.7941 7.02302 15.7006 6.94586L8.79817 1V5.11765C2.3995 5.11765 0 9.76235 0 15Z\"\/><\/svg><\/i><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/robert-peston-future-prediction-ai-collapse-6a5de0ad4838a__700.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" alt=\"Hand holding a smartphone displaying various AI apps, including ChatGPT, Mistral AI, Claude, and Gemini.\" title=\"Hand holding a smartphone displaying various AI apps, including ChatGPT, Mistral AI, Claude, and Gemini.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"post-content-media-source\">Image credits: <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/a-person-holding-a-cell-phone-in-their-hand-hWSNT_Pp4x4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Solen Feyissa \/ Unsplash (not the actual photo)<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>He foresees that there will be another financial crash akin to the one in 1920 when the AI bubble bursts<\/h3>\n<p>And when that reality lands, he believes businesses will collapse, investors will panic, and the world will face a significant financial shock. \u201cI am genuinely anxious that we\u2019re going to get a serious financial crash, globally, in the next year or two,\u201d he told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/books\/itv-robert-peston-the-kill-switch-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" staff-link\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Radio Times<\/a>. For a man with his track record, the word anxious lands differently than it might from anyone else.<\/p>\n<p>And the consequences he is describing go well beyond a market correction. \u201cThere may not be conventional productive employment to replace those lost jobs,\u201d he said. \u201cSo how are people going to live? And if vast numbers lose their jobs, nobody pays income tax, so the government can\u2019t pay for public services, and society collapses.\u201d Not slows down. Not struggles. Collapses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"attachment-link-container shareable-image-block\" id=\"robert-peston-future-prediction-ai-collapse-6a5de0a94ece5__700\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/robert-peston-future-prediction-ai-collapse\/?image_id=robert-peston-future-prediction-ai-collapse-6a5de0a94ece5__700.jpg\"><a class=\"web-share-button list-item-share new-share-experiment\" data-location=\"single-post-image\" data-title=\"Expert Who Predicted Covid And 2008 Financial Crisis Issues Grim New AI Warning\" data-share-url=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/robert-peston-future-prediction-ai-collapse\/?media_id=robert-peston-future-prediction-ai-collapse-6a5de0a94ece5__700\" data-image=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/robert-peston-future-prediction-ai-collapse-6a5de0a94ece5__700.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i><svg class=\"svg-icon icon-share-icon\" role=\"img\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\"><path d=\"M0 15C0 10.8824 5.22292 10.0588 8.79817 10.0588V14.1765L15.7006 8.23061C15.7941 8.15345 15.8695 8.05559 15.9213 7.94441C15.9731 7.83323 16 7.71155 16 7.58824C16 7.46492 15.9731 7.34314 15.9213 7.23196C15.8695 7.12078 15.7941 7.02302 15.7006 6.94586L8.79817 1V5.11765C2.3995 5.11765 0 9.76235 0 15Z\"\/><\/svg><\/i><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/robert-peston-future-prediction-ai-collapse-6a5de0a94ece5__700.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" alt=\"Close-up of an AI processor chip with golden pins, illustrating advanced AI technology on a dark circuit board.\" title=\"Close-up of an AI processor chip with golden pins, illustrating advanced AI technology on a dark circuit board.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"post-content-media-source\">Image credits: <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/a-computer-chip-with-the-letter-ia-printed-on-it-IsYT5rUuVcs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Igor Omilaev \/ Unsplash (not the actual photo)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"post-desktop-ad-within-content post-ads margin-left\"><span class=\"dfp-ad\"><span><span class=\"pg-ad-label\">ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3>He thinks that more money is being invested in AI than is financially viable and the returns will not be anywhere near what people expect, leading to a crash<\/h3>\n<p>But something makes Peston\u2019s warnings different from the usual parade of doom merchants who pop up every few years to tell us <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/society\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" staff-link\" rel=\"noopener \">civilisation<\/a> is ending. He does not deal in vibes. He deals in patterns, and the pattern he is describing with AI is one he has seen before. In 2007, he was watching the banking sector and seeing numbers that did not add up.<\/p>\n<p>Enormous amounts of money moving around, enormous amounts of confidence in returns that were never going to materialise, and a collective refusal to ask the obvious questions. Sound familiar? The AI investment bubble follows a remarkably similar shape.<\/p>\n<p class=\"attachment-link-container shareable-image-block\" id=\"robert-peston-future-prediction-ai-collapse-6a5dd556c4b23-png__700\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/robert-peston-future-prediction-ai-collapse\/?image_id=robert-peston-future-prediction-ai-collapse-6a5dd556c4b23-png__700.jpg\"><a class=\"web-share-button list-item-share new-share-experiment\" data-location=\"single-post-image\" data-title=\"Expert Who Predicted Covid And 2008 Financial Crisis Issues Grim New AI Warning\" data-share-url=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/robert-peston-future-prediction-ai-collapse\/?media_id=robert-peston-future-prediction-ai-collapse-6a5dd556c4b23-png__700\" data-image=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/robert-peston-future-prediction-ai-collapse-6a5dd556c4b23-png__700.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i><svg class=\"svg-icon icon-share-icon\" role=\"img\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\"><path d=\"M0 15C0 10.8824 5.22292 10.0588 8.79817 10.0588V14.1765L15.7006 8.23061C15.7941 8.15345 15.8695 8.05559 15.9213 7.94441C15.9731 7.83323 16 7.71155 16 7.58824C16 7.46492 15.9731 7.34314 15.9213 7.23196C15.8695 7.12078 15.7941 7.02302 15.7006 6.94586L8.79817 1V5.11765C2.3995 5.11765 0 9.76235 0 15Z\"\/><\/svg><\/i><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/robert-peston-future-prediction-ai-collapse-6a5dd556c4b23-png__700.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" alt=\"Expert in a suit and white shirt, wearing glasses, speaks with a serious expression about a grim AI warning.\" title=\"Expert in a suit and white shirt, wearing glasses, speaks with a serious expression about a grim AI warning.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"post-content-media-source\">Image credits: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hu2j2Bw_dmo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Peston \/ YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>His timeline is also pretty grim, saying all of this will most likely happen in the next two years<\/h3>\n<p>We see vast sums going in with sky-high expectations of returns. And a market so giddy about the potential that it has stopped doing the basic maths. Peston is not saying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/bill-gates-ai-safe-jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" staff-link\" rel=\"noopener \">AI<\/a> will not work. He is saying the money going into it right now is running ahead of reality, and when reality catches up, the gap between the two is going to hurt. It hurt in 2008. He thinks it will hurt again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I worry that the profits aren\u2019t going to be delivered on a scale to justify all this, so\u00a0businesses will go bust, investors will take fright, and we will have a significant market shock,\u201d he explains. If these thoughts don\u2019t make people\u2019s ears perk up, we don\u2019t know what will.<\/p>\n<p class=\"attachment-link-container shareable-image-block\" id=\"robert-peston-future-prediction-ai-collapse-6a5de0a565843__700\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/robert-peston-future-prediction-ai-collapse\/?image_id=robert-peston-future-prediction-ai-collapse-6a5de0a565843__700.jpg\"><a class=\"web-share-button list-item-share new-share-experiment\" data-location=\"single-post-image\" data-title=\"Expert Who Predicted Covid And 2008 Financial Crisis Issues Grim New AI Warning\" data-share-url=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/robert-peston-future-prediction-ai-collapse\/?media_id=robert-peston-future-prediction-ai-collapse-6a5de0a565843__700\" data-image=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/robert-peston-future-prediction-ai-collapse-6a5de0a565843__700.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i><svg class=\"svg-icon icon-share-icon\" role=\"img\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\"><path d=\"M0 15C0 10.8824 5.22292 10.0588 8.79817 10.0588V14.1765L15.7006 8.23061C15.7941 8.15345 15.8695 8.05559 15.9213 7.94441C15.9731 7.83323 16 7.71155 16 7.58824C16 7.46492 15.9731 7.34314 15.9213 7.23196C15.8695 7.12078 15.7941 7.02302 15.7006 6.94586L8.79817 1V5.11765C2.3995 5.11765 0 9.76235 0 15Z\"\/><\/svg><\/i><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/robert-peston-future-prediction-ai-collapse-6a5de0a565843__700.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" alt=\"A white humanoid robot with glowing blue eyes and a tablet, representing the impact of AI.\" title=\"A white humanoid robot with glowing blue eyes and a tablet, representing the impact of AI.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"post-content-media-source\">Image credits: <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/white-robot-near-brown-wall-2EJCSULRwC8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Alex Knight\/ Unsplash (not the actual photo)<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Others also warn of similar outcomes as AI replaces the workforce, leading to less income tax for governments, essentially wiping out their major source of funds<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"post-desktop-ad-within-content post-ads margin-left\"><span class=\"dfp-ad\"><span><span class=\"pg-ad-label\">ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>He is not alone either. Former OpenAI researcher Daniel Kokotajlo has separately declared that AI will eventually become a \u201csuperintelligence,\u201d one that is \u201cbetter, faster and cheaper\u201d than any human worker. Which, if Peston\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/society\/economy-labor\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" staff-link\" rel=\"noopener \">economic<\/a> domino theory is correct, only deepens the problem.\u00a0 A financial crash triggered by an AI bubble, followed by a workforce displaced by the very technology that caused the crash.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s followed by a depletion of the tax base, so public services are no longer financially viable. It is a sequence of events that sounds like the plot of a thriller. Which is, perhaps not coincidentally, exactly what Peston has just written. His latest book explores a world of megalomaniac technocrats, malevolent AI superintelligence and cutting-edge brain implants. His publisher presumably thought it was fiction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"attachment-link-container shareable-image-block\" id=\"robert-peston-future-prediction-ai-collapse-6a5de1333c2ce__700\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/robert-peston-future-prediction-ai-collapse\/?image_id=robert-peston-future-prediction-ai-collapse-6a5de1333c2ce__700.jpg\"><a class=\"web-share-button list-item-share new-share-experiment\" data-location=\"single-post-image\" data-title=\"Expert Who Predicted Covid And 2008 Financial Crisis Issues Grim New AI Warning\" data-share-url=\"https:\/\/www.boredpanda.com\/robert-peston-future-prediction-ai-collapse\/?media_id=robert-peston-future-prediction-ai-collapse-6a5de1333c2ce__700\" data-image=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/robert-peston-future-prediction-ai-collapse-6a5de1333c2ce__700.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i><svg class=\"svg-icon icon-share-icon\" role=\"img\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\"><path d=\"M0 15C0 10.8824 5.22292 10.0588 8.79817 10.0588V14.1765L15.7006 8.23061C15.7941 8.15345 15.8695 8.05559 15.9213 7.94441C15.9731 7.83323 16 7.71155 16 7.58824C16 7.46492 15.9731 7.34314 15.9213 7.23196C15.8695 7.12078 15.7941 7.02302 15.7006 6.94586L8.79817 1V5.11765C2.3995 5.11765 0 9.76235 0 15Z\"\/><\/svg><\/i><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.boredpanda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/robert-peston-future-prediction-ai-collapse-6a5de1333c2ce__700.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" alt=\"A stock report with a grim financial warning, showing a declining trend on the chart related to Covid.\" title=\"A stock report with a grim financial warning, showing a declining trend on the chart related to Covid.\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"post-content-media-source\">Image credits: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/close-up-shot-of-a-graph-7947742\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">RDNE Stock project \/ Pexels (not the actual photo)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is worth remembering that market crashes, as catastrophic as they feel in the moment, are not always the end of the story. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investopedia.com\/terms\/d\/dotcom-bubble.asp\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" staff-link\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">dot-com bubble<\/a> of the late 1990s is the most obvious comparison. It was a period of frenzied investment in internet technology that bore a striking resemblance to what is happening with AI right now.<\/p>\n<p>When it burst, it wiped out an enormous amount of value almost overnight. <a href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/dot-com-bubble-crash-pets-compaq-amazon-apple-nvidia-1851770101\/slides\/10\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" staff-link\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Amazon<\/a>, now one of the most valuable companies in human history, lost approximately 90% of its stock value during the crash. And yet it survived. And then it thrived.<\/p>\n<p>The technology that underpinned the dot-com boom did not disappear when the bubble burst; it just took longer to deliver on its promise than investors wanted. Peston himself acknowledges that AI infrastructure will likely survive even a significant financial crash. The question is what the world looks like on the other side of it, and who bears the cost of getting there.<\/p>\n<h3>People in the comments were quick to give their own predictions, with many saying they only believe it if it happens on The Simpsons<\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"post-desktop-ad-within-content post-ads margin-left\"><span class=\"dfp-ad\"><span><span class=\"pg-ad-label\">ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"post-desktop-ad-within-content post-ads margin-left\"><span class=\"dfp-ad\"><span><span class=\"pg-ad-label\">ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"post-desktop-ad-within-content post-ads margin-left\"><span class=\"dfp-ad\"><span><span class=\"pg-ad-label\">ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"post-desktop-ad-within-content post-ads margin-left\"><span class=\"dfp-ad\"><span><span class=\"pg-ad-label\">ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>     <\/div>\n<p><script type=\"didomi\/javascript\">\nwindow._fbSDKPromise = window._fbSDKPromise || new Promise((resolve, reject) => {\nwindow.fbAsyncInit = function () {\nFB.init({\nappId  : '887842622821495',\nversion: 'v17.0',\nstatus : true,\ncookie : true,\nxfbml  : false\n});\nresolve(FB);\n};\n\/\/ Load SDK only once\nif (!document.getElementById('facebook-jssdk')) {\nconst script = document.createElement('script');\nscript.id = 'facebook-jssdk';\nscript.async = true;\nscript.src = `https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/${BoredPanda.Config.wp_lang}\/sdk.js`;\nscript.onerror = reject;\ndocument.head.appendChild(script);\n}\n});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is very easy to dismiss a prophet. Nostradamus wrote in riddles vague enough to mean anything. Rasputin was, by most accounts, completely unhinged. The guy at the end of your street with the sandwich board has been predicting the end of the world every Saturday for eleven years. 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