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The Tap Blog started twenty years ago. I had retired and gone to live in Manila. Being eight hours ahead gave me time to analyse the various newsfeeds and write something pertinent before the western world awoke. It was conventionally political writing, until 2009 when a reader sent in a comment suggesting I studied some videos and writings of Dr Stan Monteith of Radio Liberty in Monterrey Bay. This was 2009. Read more...
Today gold fell at the same moment that silver dropped, bringing the silver ounce price to $66.60 at the same time as touching 66.6 in the gold to silver ratio. Gold falling from $4600 to $4450 an ounce. What that is signalling to insiders, I couldn’t tell you. But it has to mean something. …
Source: https://escapekey.substack.com/p/operation-iraqi-freedom The United States invaded Iraq in March, 20031 . Following a swift military campaign which ultimately ended with the capture of Saddam Hussein2 , Paul Bremer was named head of the Coalition Provisional Authority on the 6th of May, 20033 . CPA governed by decree — not democratic mandate — and over the thirteen months that followed, …
The global food system is hitting a breaking point as a “perfect storm” of El Niño, geopolitical instability and logistics collapses converge. JP Morgan and Oxford Economics are now sounding the alarm on a potential global food crisis that could see prices skyrocket by 12% or more into 2027. We are looking at the very …
Source: https://winteroak.org.uk/2026/08/28/a-cult-both-crazed-and-cruel/ The first thing that springs into your mind when I mention “Chabad Lubavitch” may be the strange affair of the secret tunnel or tunnels discovered under its base in New York in 2024. But be careful not to partake of what Newsweek termed “frenzied speculation” about the peculiar behaviour of Chabad members and the sighting of a stained …
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq8wx_nW6bI Vid works despite the dodgy thumbnail Both Jason Arday and Mo Farah wrote exceedingly dishonest and horribly misleading autobiographies and had them published, leading in both cases to many questions.
Source: https://www.winterwatch.net/2026/08/the-emerging-food-catastrophe/ This typically most impacts countries with large numbers of poor like the US. 42 million in US are below poverty line. Around one third of the world’s nitrogen fertilizer normally moves through the Strait of Hormuz, and shortages now could reduce future crop yields. Nitrogen fertilizer goes into about half of all crops grown globally. The …
The official story is that he is in Moscow, however there is nothing at all to verify that, we rely entirely on Russian assertions, no evidence at all He left Syria in December 2024 but he’s still not shown up anywhere publicly Everybody thinks he is in Russia but there is literally ZERO evidence for that The Russian …
Source: https://theleahfiles.substack.com/p/the-currency-killer-scott-bessent?r=qrouj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web All while having connections to Epstein and Ehud Barak. Between August 11 and August 24, 2026, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent executed a sequence of decisions that, taken together, amount to the most aggressive restructuring of the American financial system in modern history. He did it in thirteen days and it’s being buried in the …
Source: https://www.theburningplatform.com/2026/08/26/dollyland/#more-425318 Lionel Mandrake @ Worldlyturnings (Dollyland Media) Singer Dolly Parton just passed away, reportedly after a“brief (turbo) cancer battle.” Dolly Parton didn’t just jab in public. She helped funded mRNA research at Vanderbilt University to help create the CV19 Vax that has killed and maimed millions. Did they really need her money? Of course not. What they needed was …
Al Jolani’s death squads are unable to invade Lebanon. Too few in number. 70,000 and not interested in fighting against Hezbollah with IRanian air support. Emirati jets moved tons of gold to Tehran, as they fear the dramatic and sudden end to their existence, and an invasion by Iran. All the vassals, Ukrainians, Turks, Israelis, …
Source, links visible here: https://mileswmathis.com/bowne.pdf August 26, 2026 So Jon Bowne and Alex Jones are still selling the old idea the Saudis were behind 911, now by revealing “newly released documents” allegedly showing Operation Encore led by two Saudis was an “advance team” prepping the hijackers back to 1999. But these FBI documents are dated 2010, so …
Source: https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/cia-directors-mystery-moscow-trip?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1351274&post_id=212736376&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=hhmv4&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email CIA Director’s Mystery Moscow Trip Sparks Wild Speculations Things are afoot, as evidenced by CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s sudden surprise visit to Moscow via C-17 military cargo plane. The commentariat is aswirl with rumor as to what his trip could …
The global food landscape is shifting under our feet, from mandatory poultry registration for a single backyard chicken to “animal passports” complete with advanced security features. A massive digital net is being cast over every independent food source on the planet. Governments are fast-tracking the digitization of livestock, and it isn’t just about “biosecurity” it’s …
Source: https://www.theburningplatform.com/2026/08/25/they-know-whats-coming-because-they-planned-it/#more-421382 “There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alternative is only whether the crisis should come sooner as the result of a voluntary abandonment of further credit expansion or later as a final and total catastrophe of the currency involved.” – Ludwig von Mises “The financial history …
Source: https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2026/08/26/the-bbcs-el-nino-apocalypse/ Great article in the Daily Sceptic by Guy de la Bedoyere, who you may recall often appeared on Time Team, as the expert on Roman antiquity: Friday, August 21st 2026 was a slow news day. You could tell because the BBC’s Radio 4 6 O’Clock News led with the vacuous revelation Harry and Meghan are …
Source: https://escapekey.substack.com/p/operation-iraqi-freedom The United States invaded Iraq in March, 20031 . Following a swift military campaign which ultimately ended with the capture of Saddam Hussein2 , Paul Bremer was named head of the Coalition Provisional Authority on the 6th of May, 20033 . CPA governed by decree — not democratic mandate — and over the thirteen months that followed, …
Source: https://winteroak.org.uk/2026/08/28/a-cult-both-crazed-and-cruel/ The first thing that springs into your mind when I mention “Chabad Lubavitch” may be the strange affair of the secret tunnel or tunnels discovered under its base in New York in 2024. But be careful not to partake of what Newsweek termed “frenzied speculation” about the peculiar behaviour of Chabad members and the sighting of a stained …
Source: https://www.winterwatch.net/2026/08/the-emerging-food-catastrophe/ This typically most impacts countries with large numbers of poor like the US. 42 million in US are below poverty line. Around one third of the world’s nitrogen fertilizer normally moves through the Strait of Hormuz, and shortages now could reduce future crop yields. Nitrogen fertilizer goes into about half of all crops grown globally. The …
Source: https://theleahfiles.substack.com/p/the-currency-killer-scott-bessent?r=qrouj&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web All while having connections to Epstein and Ehud Barak. Between August 11 and August 24, 2026, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent executed a sequence of decisions that, taken together, amount to the most aggressive restructuring of the American financial system in modern history. He did it in thirteen days and it’s being buried in the …
Al Jolani’s death squads are unable to invade Lebanon. Too few in number. 70,000 and not interested in fighting against Hezbollah with IRanian air support. Emirati jets moved tons of gold to Tehran, as they fear the dramatic and sudden end to their existence, and an invasion by Iran. All the vassals, Ukrainians, Turks, Israelis, …
Source: https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/cia-directors-mystery-moscow-trip?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1351274&post_id=212736376&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=hhmv4&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email CIA Director’s Mystery Moscow Trip Sparks Wild Speculations Things are afoot, as evidenced by CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s sudden surprise visit to Moscow via C-17 military cargo plane. The commentariat is aswirl with rumor as to what his trip could …
Source: https://www.theburningplatform.com/2026/08/25/they-know-whats-coming-because-they-planned-it/#more-421382 “There is no means of avoiding the final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alternative is only whether the crisis should come sooner as the result of a voluntary abandonment of further credit expansion or later as a final and total catastrophe of the currency involved.” – Ludwig von Mises “The financial history …
The global food system is hitting a breaking point as a “perfect storm” of El Niño, geopolitical instability and logistics collapses converge. JP Morgan and Oxford Economics are now sounding the alarm on a potential global food crisis that could see prices skyrocket by 12% or more into 2027. We are looking at the very …
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq8wx_nW6bI Vid works despite the dodgy thumbnail Both Jason Arday and Mo Farah wrote exceedingly dishonest and horribly misleading autobiographies and had them published, leading in both cases to many questions.
The official story is that he is in Moscow, however there is nothing at all to verify that, we rely entirely on Russian assertions, no evidence at all He left Syria in December 2024 but he’s still not shown up anywhere publicly Everybody thinks he is in Russia but there is literally ZERO evidence for that The Russian …
Source: https://www.theburningplatform.com/2026/08/26/dollyland/#more-425318 Lionel Mandrake @ Worldlyturnings (Dollyland Media) Singer Dolly Parton just passed away, reportedly after a“brief (turbo) cancer battle.” Dolly Parton didn’t just jab in public. She helped funded mRNA research at Vanderbilt University to help create the CV19 Vax that has killed and maimed millions. Did they really need her money? Of course not. What they needed was …
Source, links visible here: https://mileswmathis.com/bowne.pdf August 26, 2026 So Jon Bowne and Alex Jones are still selling the old idea the Saudis were behind 911, now by revealing “newly released documents” allegedly showing Operation Encore led by two Saudis was an “advance team” prepping the hijackers back to 1999. But these FBI documents are dated 2010, so …
The global food landscape is shifting under our feet, from mandatory poultry registration for a single backyard chicken to “animal passports” complete with advanced security features. A massive digital net is being cast over every independent food source on the planet. Governments are fast-tracking the digitization of livestock, and it isn’t just about “biosecurity” it’s …
Source: https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2026/08/26/the-bbcs-el-nino-apocalypse/ Great article in the Daily Sceptic by Guy de la Bedoyere, who you may recall often appeared on Time Team, as the expert on Roman antiquity: Friday, August 21st 2026 was a slow news day. You could tell because the BBC’s Radio 4 6 O’Clock News led with the vacuous revelation Harry and Meghan are …
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