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Another Election...
Another election, this time for some local talent... Monday, October 5th is the election day here in Québec for the 127 ridings that will be elected into the province's National Assembly.
By Kendall Defoe 2 days ago in The Swamp
I Remember Y2K. I Think We’re Doing It Again With AI.
I think about Y2K a lot lately. I remember people genuinely panicking as 1999 came to an end. Computers supposedly was not going to understand that the year had changed from 1999 to 2000. Systems would crash! Banks could fail! Everything connected to a computer might suddenly stop working!
By Cadma3 days ago in The Swamp
A Restaurant Named “Xi Jinping” Was Attacked in South Korea. Then the Name Became the Story.
At about 2:40 a.m. on September 24, four masked men entered a Chinese restaurant in Seongnam, just south of Seoul. Surveillance footage shows them moving through the premises, spraying lacquer and paint and damaging equipment. Investigators also found a substance believed to be pesticide on food ingredients.
By Jin5 days ago in The Swamp
Spain Is Moving Closer to China. What It Reveals About Europe’s Strategic Divide
Barcelona offers the first clue Barcelona spent five days in September doing something that would have been unusual in an earlier phase of Europe-China relations.
By Jin5 days ago in The Swamp
The 6:1 Ratio: Inside the Cabinet Room Where Praise Replaced Policy
One in Six I January 29, 2026. The White House Cabinet Room. The cameras were already in place. Reporters had been allowed into a space that would normally be used for closed-door discussions of sensitive matters. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said to the camera: "What happened in Afghanistan, the war in Ukraine, under President Trump, they would never happen. The tragedy of October 7 in Israel would never have happened either."
By Jin5 days ago in The Swamp
Europe Is Building the Weapon It Once Called Illegal
I In 1987, the United States launched a Section 301 investigation into the European Community. In 1989, based on that investigation, Washington imposed retaliatory tariffs on the EC. In December 1998, the United States again invoked Section 301 to impose unilateral sanctions totaling $520 million on imports from the EU, including handbags and cashmere wool products.
By Jin8 days ago in The Swamp
76% of Experts Say a Global War Could Start Within Seven Years. The Map Already Shows Where.
On September 15, 2026, the United Nations released its third Global Risks Report . Fewer than thirty journalists came to the press room in Geneva. That number told its own story. Talk about global war had moved from “if” to “when.”
By Jin8 days ago in The Swamp
The Red Carpet That Wasn't There: What Takaichi's U.S. Arrival Reveals About the Alliance
The image was easy to understand. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York for the United Nations General Assembly and stepped onto a relatively quiet tarmac. Several Japanese officials were there to greet her, but no senior U.S. representative was visible in the footage released by Japan's prime minister's office.
By Jin10 days ago in The Swamp
Russia Says It Can Restart Nord Stream. Germany’s Far Right Is Listening.
I. One Tweet, Two Audiences On September 26, 2026, Kirill Dmitriev typed a line in English on X: “Completely true. We will jointly restart the Nord Stream pipeline. The Alternative for Germany represents the voice of the German people.”
By Jin10 days ago in The Swamp
Two Pandas Left Chengdu Before Sunrise. This Is What Waited for Them in Atlanta.
A ten-year stay: two pandas head to Atlanta At 2:55 a.m. on September 27, 2026, on the tarmac of Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport, the cabin door of a charter flight closed.
By Jin11 days ago in The Swamp
What the Xi-Trump White House Meeting Put on the Table
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24, 2026 — Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump met at the White House on Thursday, with discussions ranging from trade and artificial intelligence to Taiwan and major international conflicts.
By Jin11 days ago in The Swamp
Iran’s 7-Day Plan to Reopen the Strait of Hormuz Lasted 24 Hours
On September 25, 2026, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi presented a plan at the United Nations in New York. If the United States took certain steps, the Strait of Hormuz would reopen within seven days. The next day, Trump told cameras, “I rejected their proposal” and “The United States completely controls the Strait of Hormuz.” The plan lasted less than a day.
By Jin11 days ago in The Swamp