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La surprise d’octobre
American Thinker ^ | 21 Oct, 2026 | Silvio Canto, Jr.

Posted on 10/21/2026 6:34:11 AM PDT by MtnClimber

How about that? I'm going with a French title for today's post. By the way, speaking Spanish does not really help me understand French. Italian yes, but French sounds like Russian to me.

As you've heard many times, watch out for the October Surprise, a late-breaking event that impacts, one way or another, our elections. Remember the 2004 terrorist attacks against schoolchildren in Russia that put terror on the front pages? Remember the 2008 "bank crisis" that derailed the McCain campaign? These two surprises had a lot to do with reelecting President Bush and unfortunately electing Senator Obama.

The October Surprise is happening in Paris. Have you checked the news lately? Who would have believed a few years ago that "students" would be destroying symbols of French history? Is France even French anymore?

The events in Paris have put the issue of unchecked immigration on the front pages. It confirms everything that President Trump has been saying since he came down that escalator. Even James Talarico in Texas is now saying that he stood against President Biden's border policies -- though no one can find any evidence of it.

Back to Paris. Uncontrolled immigration, high youth unemployment, and low birth rates are the perfect storm hitting Europe. These scenes could happen in London, Amsterdam, Rome, or any other city. It makes you wonder if Europe is doomed, as Luke Nicastro:

For the past few weeks, malcontents in their tens of thousands have taken to the streets of cities across the country, demanding -- something.

The demonstrations started with students, who claimed to be opposing poor conditions in schools and problems with the admissions system for higher education.

But the schoolkids were soon joined by trade unionists and radicals of all stripes, and the targets of their

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1 posted on 10/21/2026 6:34:11 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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This is what happens when leftists run your country.


2 posted on 10/21/2026 6:34:32 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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3 posted on 10/21/2026 6:45:09 AM PDT by plain talk
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“This is what happens when leftists run your country.”

I think we’re about to experience that. Americans are infected with a severe case of “it can’t happen here”.


4 posted on 10/21/2026 6:55:43 AM PDT by brownsfan (We are already on the slippery slope.)
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To: MtnClimber

Early voting has rendered “La surprise d’octobre”, less effective.


5 posted on 10/21/2026 6:56:19 AM PDT by P8riot (You will never know Jesus Christ as a reality in your life until you know Him as a necessity.)
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Could it happen here?

Yes. Especially if Dems take control back, open up the borders again - and they are threatening to bring back any illegal deported by Trump:

“Democrats have publicly committed to reversing Trump-era mass deportations, with congressional leaders explicitly stating they will bring back individuals removed from the United States if they regain power.”

They’ll also defund ICE.


6 posted on 10/21/2026 7:34:39 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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“They’ll also defund ICE.”

Wouldn’t surprise me if they also doxxed all non rat voters.


7 posted on 10/21/2026 8:20:26 AM PDT by KingLudd
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ICE is just a new name for the old INS. So basically they want to kill the immigration service. Then freeze all immigration and totally close - as in nothing comes in- both borders.


8 posted on 10/21/2026 9:16:00 AM PDT by kaktuskid (And )
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> ...the schoolkids were soon joined by trade unionists and radicals of all stripes...

the schoolkids were soon joined by trade unionists and radicals of all stripes THE LEFT.

Fixed it for them.

9 posted on 10/21/2026 9:49:56 AM PDT by dayglored (This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24)
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Is France even French anymore?

About as much as Dearborn, MI is still American.

It makes you wonder if Europe is doomed

It is.

10 posted on 10/21/2026 9:53:48 AM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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Don’t see how the bank crisis derailed the McCain campaign; he managed to do it single handedly, which just reinforced my belief that his intention all along was to tank it at the orders of the NVA/DNC, who, In my opinion, owned him ever since the Hilton.


11 posted on 10/21/2026 10:32:59 AM PDT by DPMD (u)
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