{"id":2541,"date":"2012-10-11T07:54:37","date_gmt":"2012-10-11T14:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/?p=2541"},"modified":"2012-10-11T07:54:37","modified_gmt":"2012-10-11T14:54:37","slug":"pending-october-surprises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2012\/pending-october-surprises\/","title":{"rendered":"Pending October Surprises?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>October Surprise<\/i> &#8212; a news or &#8220;news&#8221; event which potentially <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B005YOBUUQ\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B005YOBUUQ&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=anabaptistbookst\">influences the outcome of an election<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=anabaptistbookst&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B005YOBUUQ\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/>, particularly one for the US presidency.<\/p>\n<p>Well, folks, we&#8217;re well into October. What <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0307987094\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0307987094&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=anabaptistbookst\">surprises might &#8220;they&#8221; have<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=anabaptistbookst&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0307987094\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/> pending in an effort to influence or even alter the outcome of the US Presidential election?<\/p>\n<p>Is it really possible that someone will persuasively make the case that&#8230;  <!--more--><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top:-1.3em\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0098Y7LLA\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B0098Y7LLA&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=anabaptistbookst\">Mitt Romney is the Anti-Christ?<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=anabaptistbookst&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B0098Y7LLA\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0307353494\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0307353494&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=anabaptistbookst\">President Obama is demonic?<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=anabaptistbookst&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0307353494\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I doubt it.<\/p>\n<p>I have some suggestions (so to speak), but I must issue a disclaimer in &#8220;the strongest possible terms&#8221;: I have no inside information. \ud83d\ude44<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>A US military strike on Iran<\/li>\n<li>A US military campaign in Syria<\/li>\n<li>A major political assassination (or serious attempt) in the US<\/li>\n<li>A huge wagon-load of &#8220;dirt&#8221; involving one of the men on the top two tickets<\/li>\n<li>A major terror strike in the US<\/li>\n<li>Iran strikes Israel and US counter-strikes<\/li>\n<li>Iran hits US with EMP weapon<\/li>\n<li>Major issues with the voting machines in swing states<\/li>\n<li>A very bad natural catastrophe on US soil<\/li>\n<li>The exposure of a huge cover-up<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Who knows. Actually, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2008\/known-but-to-god\/\" title=\"Known but to God\">God knows!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well, on Amazon I searched for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/?_encoding=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;field-keywords=october%20surprise&#038;linkCode=ur2&#038;rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3Aoctober%20surprise&#038;tag=anabaptistbookst&#038;url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks\">october surprise<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=anabaptistbookst&#038;l=ur2&#038;o=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/> (just like you see it there). At the bottom of the Page One list of results&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0618346872\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0618346872&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=anabaptistbookst\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ws.assoc-amazon.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&#038;ASIN=0618346872&#038;Format=_SL160_&#038;ID=AsinImage&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;WS=1&#038;tag=anabaptistbookst\" class=\"aligncenter\" ><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=anabaptistbookst&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0618346872\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Oh. OK. \ud83d\ude2f<\/p>\n<p>Maybe <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Advanced-Search-Books\/b\/?_encoding=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;linkCode=ur2&#038;node=241582011&#038;tag=anabaptistbookst\">Amazon&#8217;s search engine<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=anabaptistbookst&#038;l=ur2&#038;o=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/> needs some tweaking. Or maybe they know something and can&#8217;t tell us right out. Could it possibly be they know Mitt Romney is not the Anti-Christ&#8230;that he&#8217;s a monkey instead? Somebody better warn the Romney campaign! \ud83d\ude44<\/p>\n<table style=\"width:80%; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto\">\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B005YOBUUQ\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B005YOBUUQ&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=anabaptistbookst\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ws.assoc-amazon.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&#038;ASIN=B005YOBUUQ&#038;Format=_SL160_&#038;ID=AsinImage&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;WS=1&#038;tag=anabaptistbookst\" ><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=anabaptistbookst&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B005YOBUUQ\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1439226474\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=1439226474&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=anabaptistbookst\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ws.assoc-amazon.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&#038;ASIN=1439226474&#038;Format=_SL160_&#038;ID=AsinImage&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;WS=1&#038;tag=anabaptistbookst\" ><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=anabaptistbookst&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=1439226474\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0307987094\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=0307987094&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=anabaptistbookst\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ws.assoc-amazon.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&#038;ASIN=0307987094&#038;Format=_SL160_&#038;ID=AsinImage&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;WS=1&#038;tag=anabaptistbookst\" ><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=anabaptistbookst&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0307987094\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>Disclaimer II: I have not read any of the books above. 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