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Curteis jewellery replatingThe 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...


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Peace in Ukraine: A Call to Prime Minister Modi – explanatory text and video link below

https://www.ukcolumn.org/video/peace-in-ukraine-a-call-to-prime-minister-modi According to the Wall Street Journal, roughly 1,000,000 Ukrainians and Russians have been killed or wounded in the war in Ukraine. Many qualified analysts claim the figure is much higher. Yet as the West’s proxy war meat grinder rolls on, the UK US EU NATO clamour to unleash long range weapon attacks against Russia. Against …

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