‘TIS the season to make predictions. Here are a few that surely won’t be coming true in 2006:
* In a rare moment of remorse for having called a painful and costly strike, TWU Local 100 union boss Roger Toussaint will apologize, resign his post – and never be heard from again.
* New Yorkers – outraged by the suffering and economic toll exacted by the strike – will rise up against any elected official who refuses to get serious with public-union excesses.
* A brand new tower finally – finally – will emerge from the pit at Ground Zero.
* Something (anything!) will emerge from the pit at Ground Zero.
* Children everywhere will simply refuse to buy the seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series, claiming the first six were just too boring.
* A Republican will win the race for governor of New York in November.
* A Republican will win the race for New York’s U.S. Senate seat in November.
* A Republican will win the race for state attorney general in November.
* A Republican will win at least one of the above.
* Woody Allen will make a funny movie.
* Perennial candidate Mark Green will quit the race for New York state attorney general and team up with the Rev. Al Sharpton to sell predatory car loans to poor people with credit problems.
* The Left will suddenly discover that Islamic terrorists have launched a war against the West – including the Left – and demand tough measures to defeat the enemy.
* After years of struggle and hard work, God will finally accumulate more money than Michael Bloomberg.
* The New York Knicks, Mets and Jets will all win championships.
* The Knicks and Jets will break .500.
* The Knicks and Jets will finish their seasons somewhere other than in last place.
* European leaders will vote on which country in the Middle East is the most democratic – and the winner will be . . . Israel.
* Newly elected City Council Speaker Andrew Lanza (R, Staten Island), backed unanimously by fellow council members, will announce that from now on council members will represent all New Yorkers – and not just labor unions.
* European leaders, deciding they have a moral responsibility to prevent another Holocaust, will get serious with Iran’s mad president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
* Gov. Pataki will declare that he will not be a candidate for any national office and that he plans, instead, finally, to find a real job.
* In response, a sudden draft-Pataki campaign will make him the GOP’s presidential frontrunner nonetheless.
* Democrats in the U.S. Senate will decide that if a candidate for the Supreme Court has the skills to decide matters of law in accordance with the Constitution, he should be confirmed.
* Some city or state budget in New York will be less than it was last year.
* Some city or state budget in New York will grow by less than inflation.
* Sen. Chuck Schumer will high-tail it from a TV camera.
* A majority of Democrats in Congress will call for President Bush to win the war in Iraq at all costs – and not worry so much about bringing troops home quickly.
* As a new attempt at reform, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan will announce that the world body will make corruption a secondary objective, rather than its first and only goal.
* To prove he is serious, Annan will disclose just what, exactly, happened to that Mercedes his son Kojo bought using daddy’s diplomatic credentials to snag a hefty discount and skirt taxes.
* Donald Trump will decide that it is he himself who needs to be fired.
* Saying that for too long minority kids have been cheated out of the education they’re entitled to, Al Sharpton will back vouchers to enable these kids to attend private schools, as richer kids do.
* The Arab League will pass a resolution declaring that some Jews are not pigs or apes.
* Republicans will stand up for smaller government, free markets and a robust foreign policy.
* Mayor Bloomberg will discover that the word “ways” can sometimes be singular.
Happy New Year.
E-mail: abrodsky@nypost.com
