Turning to geopolitics, Morton predicts a seven-year war cycle with the Islamic world beginning in 2001, warns that the United States will pursue Saddam Hussein in a repeat of Desert Storm, and forecasts Colin Powell's possible departure from the Bush administration. He claims Osama bin Laden has fled to Kyrgyzstan and will die a violent public death through betrayal, likely at the hands of Pakistani authorities.
On the economy, Morton forecasts a market rebound led by communications technology and home improvement sectors, predicts the NFC will win the Super Bowl, and declares that 2002 will see the first human clone produced offshore on a research vessel. He reiterates his annual prediction that the Pope will die, while suggesting Pope John Paul II is determined to visit Russia to fulfill the Fatima prophecies before passing.
Key Moments
Phase Two: Israel-PLO war and Iraq: Morton recaps his October 2000 prediction of an Israeli-PLO war, terror attacks against the US, and a possible strike on the Dome of the Rock, then forecasts the US going head-to-head with Iraq, which he calls a real terrorist state.
Year of the Horse stock and politics forecast: Morton predicts an upturning economy, surging cell-phone giants (Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola), record film/TV year, the rise of HD and digital cameras, and Republicans retaking the Senate via a Democratic resignation rather than at the ballot box.
Three-currency New World Order plan: Morton lays out an alleged Rockefeller/Kissinger blueprint for three regional currencies, the euro, a Federal Reserve note covering all of the Americas, and a Chinese-yuan-dominated Asia, eventually merged into one global money state.
Why prophecy is not locked in: Pressed by Art, Morton argues that if prophecy were inevitable he would not bother warning anyone, citing the Book of Jonah at Nineveh as proof catastrophe can be averted by listeners taking action.
What is buried under the Sphinx: In response to a caller, Morton claims a 30 by 60 foot box thirty feet beneath the Sphinx, ultrasounded by Japanese and Stanford teams, contains the tools that built the pyramid, the Ark of the Covenant, the Staff of Ra, and possibly the Caduceus.