Alberta Overwhelmingly Votes To Stay In Canada In Historic Referendum Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk, JUST IN: Alberta is set to reject separatism, voting to stay in Canada in a triumph for Prime Minister Mark Carney https://t.co/HINxzRbyjb — Bloomberg (@business) October 20, 2026 Alberta Voters Reject Separation From Canada as Carney Wins Bloomberg comments Alberta Voters Reject Separation From Canada as Carney Wins […]

France Slaps Curfews On Riot-Plagued Cities As Report Links Unrest To Communists An 11 p.m. curfew took effect in parts of the Paris metro area on Monday, along with curfew restrictions in other cities, after the Macron government embarrassingly struggled for weeks to contain far-left social unrest and chaos that had spiraled out of control. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said the measures helped restore calm overnight and will […]

Why Cheaper Restaurant Food May Stay Off The Menu This Year Dining out is likely to remain expensive as uneven relief in ingredient costs keeps restaurant margins under pressure. Lower cattle prices have provided some relief this past summer, but soaring cooking-oil and grain costs, along with a rebound in chicken prices, leave little room for broad menu price cuts, according to a note from BofA restaurant analyst Sara Senatore on […]

Zemmour: French Riots Show “True Face Of The Great Replacement” Via Remix News, French right-wing politician Éric Zemmour said Sunday that violent protests and looting the previous day revealed “the true face of the Great Replacement,” citing Palestinian, Algerian and Moroccan flags among demonstrators and alleging ties to antifascist groups and left-wing lawmakers. During an appearance on French news network LCI, Zemmour said: […]

Toyota’s “Next Gen” Corolla Built In China Will Offer Multiple Powertrains Toyota is taking a more flexible approach to electrification, preparing to launch a redesigned Corolla in China in 2028 that can be manufactured with gasoline, hybrid or fully electric powertrains, according to Nikkei Asia. The move comes as automakers increasingly rethink their EV strategies amid slowing growth, fierce competition and uncertainty about how […]

German Power Supply Startups Exit Market As Wholesale Prices Soar Authored by Michael Kern via OilPrice, Two startup electricity retailers in Germany have recently announced they would cease operations as spiking wholesale prices amid the gas price surge are pressuring the industry again, and this time the pressure is compounded by plans for renewable policy changes. Renewable electricity provider Grüüün, part of Münch […]

Shocker: Teens Put Down Their Phones For Summer Camp, Mental Health Improves For two to three-and-a-half weeks, teenagers at a Maine summer camp traded their devices for outdoor activities and face-to-face friendships. By the end, their mental health had improved – with the largest gains among those who arrived struggling. The findings add to research suggesting that relief from constant connectivity can produce benefits […]

European Parliament Condemns Muslim Brotherhood, Calls For Crackdown on Islamist Influence Authored by AG News Staff via American Greatness, The European Parliament has approved a resolution condemning the Muslim Brotherhood and calling for stronger action against Islamist influence in European institutions. The resolution is a significant development in the continent’s efforts to combat political extremism. The center-right […]

Veterans Blast ‘Palestine Poppy’ As Hijacking Of Remembrance Symbol, A Week After Protesters Trampled Battle Of Britain Wreaths Pro-Palestinian campaigners are selling a “Palestine Poppy” in the green, red, white and black of the Palestinian flag ahead of Remembrance Sunday, and British veterans say it hijacks the country’s day of mourning for its war dead, GB News reports. eteran outrage at Palestine Poppy ‘hijacking’ remembrance […]

Is Turkiye Plotting A Coup In Brotherly Azerbaijan? Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, A now-deleted Azeri article over the weekend, whose initial publication was perceived by many Turks as having been state-approved, prompted a complaint from the Turkish Embassy in Baku and worsened mutual suspicions among these fraternal people of what the other’s government is up to. The Turkish Embassy in Baku released a statement over […]

My Grandmother’s “Just-In-Case” Cupboard Doesn’t Look So Eccentric Anymore Authored by Madge Waggy via A lot will happen in 2026!, My grandmother kept a cupboard she called the just-in-case, and for most of my childhood I read it as a harmless eccentricity rather than what it was – a wound made edible. She had been a girl during the Depression, and somewhere in her twenties she had learned to keep tinned beans, sacks of flour, jars […]

DeepSeek Is Now Designing Huawei’s AI Chips… Just As DHS Orders It Ripped Out Of Federal Systems Two DeepSeek headlines landed within hours of each other on Monday, and read side by side they tell you pretty much everything about where the US-China AI race is heading: two separate stacks, built by two separate camps, with less and less overlap every month. Let’s start in Hangzhou. According to The Information, DeepSeek has gone […]

How Brazil’s Government Is Making Work Illegal Authored by Henrique Torrescasana Trevisan via Mises Institute, More than 38 million Brazilian workers fall outside the reach of one of the most extensive labor codes in Latin America, and yet the National Congress is close to making that code even more rigid through a bill that would abolish the six-day work schedule known as “6×1.” In the first half of 2026, the country’s […]

Vance Blindsided By Grieving Military Husband Who Blasts ‘Fundamental Failures’ Of Iran War A CBS News town hall Saturday night saw Vice President JD Vance several times put in a very tough spot. It was a rare moment that a top White House official like him was put directly before voters as they fired off questions. A one point he was somewhat blindsided by a grieving military husband’s necessary and very blunt question over how […]

Too Broken For Frontier: Indonesian Markets Suffer Worst Rout Since 1998 As MSCI Threatens The “Argentina Treatment” Back in January, MSCI fired a warning shot at Jakarta. On Friday it fired the real thing. Indonesian markets extended their selloff on Monday, with stocks deepening their worst rout in almost 30 years and losses spreading to bonds and the rupiah after MSCI warned the country may face a two-step downgrade: straight […]

US Prohibits Unauthorized Drones Along US-Mexico Border Authored by Timothy Frudd via The Epoch Times, The Trump administration banned unauthorized drone activity along the U.S.-Mexico border on Oct. 16 to increase airspace security as it cracks down on drug cartel drone operations. The ban, established through a temporary flight restriction for drones, was announced in a joint statement by the Department of War, the Department […]

Supreme Showdown: Investigative Reporter And Accused Chinese Operative Face Off In Press Freedom Case Authored by Jonathan Turley via JonathanTurley.org, Below is my column in The Hill on an important case currently before the Supreme Court on the free press and the ability to protect confidential sources. The underlying facts may seem like something out of The Onion: an accused Chinese operative and PLA Colonel who was viewed as a […]

Brookfield, NextEra To Build $100 Billion AI Hub On Cold War Nuclear Site Authored by Alex Kimani via OilPrice, The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) has announced a landmark $100-billion private investment to turn the former uranium enrichment site in Western Kentucky into the new Paducah American Energy Hub, marking one of the largest economic development projects in Kentucky’s history. Led by U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris […]

‘Once He Leaves, The Case Is Over’: Judge Jails OpenAI Bugging Suspect After Saudi Consulate Offers ‘Blank-Check’ Bail When a foreign government volunteers to bankroll your release from federal custody, it may be time to reconsider the “no ties to a foreign state” defense. On Monday, a San Francisco federal magistrate ordered Abdulrahman Alfozan, the 35-year-old Saudi national accused of bugging an executive conference room at […]

Iran’s New Defense Minister Is A Veteran Arms Industry Chief, Vows Tech Expansion Via The Cradle Tehran appointed a new Defense Minister, military industry veteran Mehrdad Akhlaghi, on Sunday during a vote of confidence at an open session of the Iranian parliament. Akhlaghi received 237 votes in favor and 15 against, with no abstentions. Former Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh was killed in US-Israeli strikes at the start of the […]

Another Nor’easter Brews In Atlantic, Putting Mid-Atlantic In Potential Crosshairs Meteorologists are monitoring the risk of a coastal storm developing off the southeastern US early next week, raising concerns about a storm similar to the powerful nor’easter that hit the US East Coast in late September. The potential threat comes as the East Coast has had a quiet hurricane season so far, with no tropical cyclones. “Will need to […]

‘Operation Protect The Vote’: Feds Arrest 28 Foreign Nationals In California Monday For Illegal Voting Authored by Debra Heine via American Greatness, Federal agents arrested more than two dozen foreign nationals across California on Monday, for fraudulently registering and voting in U.S. elections. Specifically, the 28 suspects are being charged with a combination of illegal voting, making a false claim of U.S. citizenship in […]

Trump Favorable On Trilateral Meeting With Xi, Putin: “I Would Do It” Zelensky Should Get Out of the Way, Trump Suggests President Trump has once again put Zelensky in his place, in a Monday afternoon exchange with reporters he actually again suggested that the Ukrainian leader needs to be booted from leadership, and cut out of negotiations in an effort to find peace in the war with Russia. “Zelensky is a man that should’ve had […]

Intifada For All… Authored by James Howard Kunstler via kunstler.com, “The Dems are a total mess of cluster B psychopathology. They will continue to humiliate themselves & alienate the normal population.” – JD Haltigan on X Looks like the punishments will continue across the pond until morale improves. France on fire in the “mostly peaceful” riots – according to the BBC – this past weekend could yet ignite a final, […]

Houthis Target More Saudi Airports, Aramco Sites As US Issues Urgent Alert For 12 Mideast States Embassies in the Middle East – and broadly the State Department – have issued warnings that the Iran and Yemen conflicts may soon escalate unpredictably, including a blanket new travel alert covering for no less than a dozen regional countries. More missiles were launched on Saudi Arabia Monday: “Yemen’s Houthis said on Monday they […]