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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...
NOVEMBER 2026 may bring the biggest energetic shift of the year. According to a recent Arcturian message I received, November represents a significant period of density release for humanity, with the second half of the month potentially revealing tensions, changes and collective patterns that have been building beneath the surface for years. But what if the …
Source: https://sonar21.com/welcome-to-dubai-fewer-tourists-oily-beaches-and-water-by-the-truckload/ Before diving into the latest analytical piece from Karl Miller, just a comment on President Lula’s surprising victory in the just concluded presidential election in Brazil. The betting markets favored Bolsonaro and quite a few people lost money betting on his victory (but the bookies are happy). Lula’s victory means that BRICS remains intact …
Source: https://off-guardian.org/2026/10/26/can-we-be-anything-we-want-to-be/ That is a rather narcissistic question to begin with, isn’t it? If we want to be something, then, according to this statement, we can be that thing, regardless of what it means to anyone else, or what it means to our own obligations to reality. The woke liberal culture would say yes: we can be …
source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2026/10/jacob-hornberger/informal-rules-for-americans-in-the-u-s-empire/ There are informal rules for American citizens about living in the U.S. Empire. Mind you, most of them are not codified into law. They are not found in an imperially published citizen’s manual. But American citizens are expected to know these informal rules and abide by them. Violations can result in criminal penalties or, …
Source: https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2026/10/26/storm-boelo/ THAT “We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism. We know that the only way to avoid error is to detect it, that the only way to detect it is to be free to inquire. We know that in secrecy error …
D ata cent re s produc e noise and infrasound from cooling systems, ventilation, transformers and generators day and night , 365 days a year , with no respite for people living nearby. Chronic noise is constant stress, and that is precisely what the body has the hardest time coping with. …
Source: https://www.theburningplatform.com/2026/10/25/quotes-of-the-day-3456/ “If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.” — Plato “We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” ― Plato “I am the …
Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2026/10/martin-armstrong/america-is-borrowing-3-billion-a-day-just-to-pay-interest/ The United States has reached a point where the government is spending more than $1 trillion annually simply to pay interest on money it has already borrowed. The Treasury Department reported that the federal deficit reached $1.99 trillion for fiscal year 2026, an increase of $217 billion from the previous year. Total government spending …
Source: https://roguemale.org/2026/10/23/i-am-that/ As well as being arguably the ultimate of adages, I AM THAT is a collection of discourses by a man who was ostensibly a shopkeeper in Bombay. It is a work that I have read frequently since I first picked up a copy in Connaught Place, Delhi in 2001. I was recently reminded of its …
Source: https://jamesperloff.net/who-really-wrote-the-declaration-of-independence-video/ With the 250th anniversary upcoming, in this video I revisit my 2016 post on who really wrote the Declaration of Independence, and why his name could not be revealed. The video also sheds light on some of the darker aspects of the Revolutionary War.
Source: https://www.unz.com/article/bergers-blade-on-botticelli-the-war-on-the-white-west-and-a-culture-of-cutting-critique/ If you want to understand the riots in France in 2026, then one good place to start is Britain in 1972. That was when the BBC broadcast what I think is one of the most shocking scenes ever seen on British television. The scene starts with a man in striped shirt and gray trousers …
Source, halfway down here: https://internationalman.com/articles/riots-in-the-streets-repression-in-the-markets-europes-collapse-enters-its-next-phase/ Most of Western Europe runs structural deficits it has no political mechanism to close, which incidentally is why they’re going to war. France hasn’t balanced a budget in half a century and is now fighting over pension reform its own street can veto. Italy carries debt north of 130% of GDP into …
There is a vacuum of political will to tackle the difficult problems our country faces There has been a lack of defence strategy about who are likely to be our enemies which in turn leads to scattergun procurement and under spending The country has overspent (much is a ponzi scheme which is running to its final destination) There …
Source: https://canadianpatriotreview.substack.com/p/the-rothschilds-and-the-bank-of-england So much for Greg Hallett, hard to argue with this “One of the most persistent conspiracy theories in modern history holds that the Rothschild family secretly took control of the Bank of England. The story usually begins at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Nathan Mayer Rothschild is said to have learned of Wellington’s victory before …
Source: https://alt-market.us/the-turd-eaters-france-gives-us-a-lesson-on-the-pillager-class/ By Brandon Smith Over the years I have written frequently about what I call the “Pillager Class” and the “Producer Class” in an attempt to explore the reasons why certain people, groups and cultures always seem to turn to looting and destruction rather than building anything of value of their …
Source: https://sonar21.com/welcome-to-dubai-fewer-tourists-oily-beaches-and-water-by-the-truckload/ Before diving into the latest analytical piece from Karl Miller, just a comment on President Lula’s surprising victory in the just concluded presidential election in Brazil. The betting markets favored Bolsonaro and quite a few people lost money betting on his victory (but the bookies are happy). Lula’s victory means that BRICS remains intact …
source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2026/10/jacob-hornberger/informal-rules-for-americans-in-the-u-s-empire/ There are informal rules for American citizens about living in the U.S. Empire. Mind you, most of them are not codified into law. They are not found in an imperially published citizen’s manual. But American citizens are expected to know these informal rules and abide by them. Violations can result in criminal penalties or, …
D ata cent re s produc e noise and infrasound from cooling systems, ventilation, transformers and generators day and night , 365 days a year , with no respite for people living nearby. Chronic noise is constant stress, and that is precisely what the body has the hardest time coping with. …
Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2026/10/martin-armstrong/america-is-borrowing-3-billion-a-day-just-to-pay-interest/ The United States has reached a point where the government is spending more than $1 trillion annually simply to pay interest on money it has already borrowed. The Treasury Department reported that the federal deficit reached $1.99 trillion for fiscal year 2026, an increase of $217 billion from the previous year. Total government spending …
Source: https://jamesperloff.net/who-really-wrote-the-declaration-of-independence-video/ With the 250th anniversary upcoming, in this video I revisit my 2016 post on who really wrote the Declaration of Independence, and why his name could not be revealed. The video also sheds light on some of the darker aspects of the Revolutionary War.
Source, halfway down here: https://internationalman.com/articles/riots-in-the-streets-repression-in-the-markets-europes-collapse-enters-its-next-phase/ Most of Western Europe runs structural deficits it has no political mechanism to close, which incidentally is why they’re going to war. France hasn’t balanced a budget in half a century and is now fighting over pension reform its own street can veto. Italy carries debt north of 130% of GDP into …
Source: https://canadianpatriotreview.substack.com/p/the-rothschilds-and-the-bank-of-england So much for Greg Hallett, hard to argue with this “One of the most persistent conspiracy theories in modern history holds that the Rothschild family secretly took control of the Bank of England. The story usually begins at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Nathan Mayer Rothschild is said to have learned of Wellington’s victory before …
Source: https://off-guardian.org/2026/10/26/can-we-be-anything-we-want-to-be/ That is a rather narcissistic question to begin with, isn’t it? If we want to be something, then, according to this statement, we can be that thing, regardless of what it means to anyone else, or what it means to our own obligations to reality. The woke liberal culture would say yes: we can be …
Source: https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2026/10/26/storm-boelo/ THAT “We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism. We know that the only way to avoid error is to detect it, that the only way to detect it is to be free to inquire. We know that in secrecy error …
Source: https://www.theburningplatform.com/2026/10/25/quotes-of-the-day-3456/ “If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.” — Plato “We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” ― Plato “I am the …
Source: https://roguemale.org/2026/10/23/i-am-that/ As well as being arguably the ultimate of adages, I AM THAT is a collection of discourses by a man who was ostensibly a shopkeeper in Bombay. It is a work that I have read frequently since I first picked up a copy in Connaught Place, Delhi in 2001. I was recently reminded of its …
Source: https://www.unz.com/article/bergers-blade-on-botticelli-the-war-on-the-white-west-and-a-culture-of-cutting-critique/ If you want to understand the riots in France in 2026, then one good place to start is Britain in 1972. That was when the BBC broadcast what I think is one of the most shocking scenes ever seen on British television. The scene starts with a man in striped shirt and gray trousers …
There is a vacuum of political will to tackle the difficult problems our country faces There has been a lack of defence strategy about who are likely to be our enemies which in turn leads to scattergun procurement and under spending The country has overspent (much is a ponzi scheme which is running to its final destination) There …
Source: https://alt-market.us/the-turd-eaters-france-gives-us-a-lesson-on-the-pillager-class/ By Brandon Smith Over the years I have written frequently about what I call the “Pillager Class” and the “Producer Class” in an attempt to explore the reasons why certain people, groups and cultures always seem to turn to looting and destruction rather than building anything of value of their …
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