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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...
Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2026/05/gary-d-barnett/are-you-ready/ “Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.” ~ Frank Herbert, Dune What has happened to this world in which we live? How can it be fully explained, when it is constantly changing while being decimated without …
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIUqJsXlMmc Vaults built and maintained in early 1800’s Still protected by Rothschilds to this day No images allowed No access allowed A fully restricted zone protected by them using some of their subservient governments Beyond the reach of all governments Enables Rothschilds to own the world money system because, The vaults contain all the original ownership source documents for the modern worlds …
Source: https://www.globalresearch.ca/happiness-in-the-age-of-illusion/5926969 “Happiness is the quiet truth that remains when illusion dissolves.” —Gary Null PhD There are conversations we must return to again and again, not because they are comfortable, but because they illuminate something essential about the human condition. Happiness is one of those conversations. And yet, in all our modern discussions about well-being, ambition, success, identity, and …
Source: https://huabinoliver.substack.com/p/edgar-cayce-will-his-prophecy-on For Belyi and Tap After the summit earlier this week between President Xi and President Putin in Beijing, I thought it would be interesting to visit the predictions made about Russia and China by Edgar Cayce, an American clairvoyant, nearly a century ago. Clairvoyant is a special kind of psychic who specifically receives information through visual images, …
Source: https://www.theburningplatform.com/2026/05/23/no-wonder-men-are-opting-out/#more-409912 The deliberate division created between the sexes over the past 75 years Rampant feminism leading to men opting out It’s far better for the owners, it results in more neurotic and anxious young adult people Which means less babies, more meds and more spending Win win win for the owners No Wonder Men Are Opting Out …
Source: https://www.unz.com/article/the-nuclear-lie-at-the-center-of-u-s-foreign-policy/ In the article below he points to an obvious contradiction in the official narrative But I would go a LOT further How do we know that nukes actually exist? How do we know that they actually work as stated? How do we know that they are more than just a big conventional explosion? Answer: we don’t! Nukes have been a …
Source: https://mileswmathis.com/palan.pdf Selected sections below Far more at the link above Page 2 I got into this by going to the Wikipedia page for Palantir, which makes it very easy. Like me, you may have thought Palantir was a company worth billions, producing super high-tech products. With Peter Thiel as the “genius” behind it, it would have to be, …
Source: https://off-guardian.org/2026/05/20/fake-wars-higher-prices-what-a-multipolar-world-order-really-means/ The world is changing. The once dominant imperial power of the United States is faltering, hollowed out by corruption, over-extended by hubris, eaten away by the cancers of hatred, nationalism and greed. Even according to its own propaganda outlets, America has “become the villain”, is “Officially an Empire in Decline”, and we are witnessing its “final act”. And, as …
Source: https://www.winterwatch.net/2026/05/giuseppe-mazzini-grand-magican-of-divide-and-conquer-co-opted-nationalism/ When as researchers we examine the evidence of a grand malevolent conspiracy against humanity, we find plenty of low hanging fruit, whether it be the twisted college “poetry” of Karl Marx or the confessional literary works of Benjamin Disraeli. Portrait of Evil: Karl Marx, a Disciple of Hell on Earth The Hidden World of Benjamin Disraeli, a …
Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2026/05/no_author/irrelevant-europe/ Josep Borrell is a Spanish socialist who held several high-ranking positions in the European Union. Until 2024, he was a vice-president of the European Commission and the high representative of the European Union for foreign affairs and security policy. In that capacity, he ran Europe’s External Action Service, which is the diplomatic body that executes Europe’s …
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czL68nZhGX0 Seen at: https://pieceofmindful.com/2026/05/20/the-madness-of-crowds-2/#more-112416 The above video is 11:12, and do take the time to watch it. If you’re like me, you’ll appreciate not only the information given, but also the sardonic wit. Dr. Peter Ridd likens certain parts of the Climate alarmist crowd as witch burners, and repeats that theme throughout. He also references Extraordinary Popular …
Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2026/05/no_author/the-grid-is-dying/ The following article seems unnecessarily alarmist to me, climate alarmist even But it does make some good points Our modern world is entirely dependent on electricity And the grid is neglected, it’s mainly old tech And it’s fragility is pretty obvious, but largely ignored =================== WHEN THE AIR ITSELF BECAME PREDATORY By the middle of the recent transatlantic heat waves, something …
Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2026/05/charles-hugh-smith/weve-optimized-fragility-failure-denial-and-rage/ What happens when optimization is itself the point of failure? In today’s zeitgeist, everything must be optimized or we’ll fail: our time, productivity, fitness, diet, supplements, career, income, wealth–everything must be constantly optimized lest we fall behind or fail. The grand irony is optimization generates fragility which generates failure which generates denial which eventually generates rage. We’ve optimized …
Source: https://www.winterwatch.net/2026/05/insertion-of-social-engineering-terms-into-kakistocratic-news-publications/ To a thinking person, it seems apparent that a memo came down during the first term of Barrick Obama’s administration that put certain words and phrases into overdrive. These words were then liberally spiked into news cycles led by kakistocracy rags, such as the The New York Times (aka Slimes), the Washington Post (aka Compost) and the failing loss leader …
Source: https://www.moonofalabama.org/2026/05/war-on-iran-trumps-stock-investments-may-hold-him-back.html#comments At Naked Capitalism Yves Smith has held for a while that only ‘the markets’ can prevent U.S. President Donald Trump from further attacks on Iran. ‘The markets’ here are for one the bond market where any slump would mean lower treasuries, higher interest rates and problems for the U.S. to finance its debt. It is here where …
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIUqJsXlMmc Vaults built and maintained in early 1800’s Still protected by Rothschilds to this day No images allowed No access allowed A fully restricted zone protected by them using some of their subservient governments Beyond the reach of all governments Enables Rothschilds to own the world money system because, The vaults contain all the original ownership source documents for the modern worlds …
Source: https://huabinoliver.substack.com/p/edgar-cayce-will-his-prophecy-on For Belyi and Tap After the summit earlier this week between President Xi and President Putin in Beijing, I thought it would be interesting to visit the predictions made about Russia and China by Edgar Cayce, an American clairvoyant, nearly a century ago. Clairvoyant is a special kind of psychic who specifically receives information through visual images, …
Source: https://www.unz.com/article/the-nuclear-lie-at-the-center-of-u-s-foreign-policy/ In the article below he points to an obvious contradiction in the official narrative But I would go a LOT further How do we know that nukes actually exist? How do we know that they actually work as stated? How do we know that they are more than just a big conventional explosion? Answer: we don’t! Nukes have been a …
Source: https://off-guardian.org/2026/05/20/fake-wars-higher-prices-what-a-multipolar-world-order-really-means/ The world is changing. The once dominant imperial power of the United States is faltering, hollowed out by corruption, over-extended by hubris, eaten away by the cancers of hatred, nationalism and greed. Even according to its own propaganda outlets, America has “become the villain”, is “Officially an Empire in Decline”, and we are witnessing its “final act”. And, as …
Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2026/05/no_author/irrelevant-europe/ Josep Borrell is a Spanish socialist who held several high-ranking positions in the European Union. Until 2024, he was a vice-president of the European Commission and the high representative of the European Union for foreign affairs and security policy. In that capacity, he ran Europe’s External Action Service, which is the diplomatic body that executes Europe’s …
Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2026/05/no_author/the-grid-is-dying/ The following article seems unnecessarily alarmist to me, climate alarmist even But it does make some good points Our modern world is entirely dependent on electricity And the grid is neglected, it’s mainly old tech And it’s fragility is pretty obvious, but largely ignored =================== WHEN THE AIR ITSELF BECAME PREDATORY By the middle of the recent transatlantic heat waves, something …
Source: https://www.winterwatch.net/2026/05/insertion-of-social-engineering-terms-into-kakistocratic-news-publications/ To a thinking person, it seems apparent that a memo came down during the first term of Barrick Obama’s administration that put certain words and phrases into overdrive. These words were then liberally spiked into news cycles led by kakistocracy rags, such as the The New York Times (aka Slimes), the Washington Post (aka Compost) and the failing loss leader …
Source: https://www.globalresearch.ca/happiness-in-the-age-of-illusion/5926969 “Happiness is the quiet truth that remains when illusion dissolves.” —Gary Null PhD There are conversations we must return to again and again, not because they are comfortable, but because they illuminate something essential about the human condition. Happiness is one of those conversations. And yet, in all our modern discussions about well-being, ambition, success, identity, and …
Source: https://www.theburningplatform.com/2026/05/23/no-wonder-men-are-opting-out/#more-409912 The deliberate division created between the sexes over the past 75 years Rampant feminism leading to men opting out It’s far better for the owners, it results in more neurotic and anxious young adult people Which means less babies, more meds and more spending Win win win for the owners No Wonder Men Are Opting Out …
Source: https://mileswmathis.com/palan.pdf Selected sections below Far more at the link above Page 2 I got into this by going to the Wikipedia page for Palantir, which makes it very easy. Like me, you may have thought Palantir was a company worth billions, producing super high-tech products. With Peter Thiel as the “genius” behind it, it would have to be, …
Source: https://www.winterwatch.net/2026/05/giuseppe-mazzini-grand-magican-of-divide-and-conquer-co-opted-nationalism/ When as researchers we examine the evidence of a grand malevolent conspiracy against humanity, we find plenty of low hanging fruit, whether it be the twisted college “poetry” of Karl Marx or the confessional literary works of Benjamin Disraeli. Portrait of Evil: Karl Marx, a Disciple of Hell on Earth The Hidden World of Benjamin Disraeli, a …
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czL68nZhGX0 Seen at: https://pieceofmindful.com/2026/05/20/the-madness-of-crowds-2/#more-112416 The above video is 11:12, and do take the time to watch it. If you’re like me, you’ll appreciate not only the information given, but also the sardonic wit. Dr. Peter Ridd likens certain parts of the Climate alarmist crowd as witch burners, and repeats that theme throughout. He also references Extraordinary Popular …
Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2026/05/charles-hugh-smith/weve-optimized-fragility-failure-denial-and-rage/ What happens when optimization is itself the point of failure? In today’s zeitgeist, everything must be optimized or we’ll fail: our time, productivity, fitness, diet, supplements, career, income, wealth–everything must be constantly optimized lest we fall behind or fail. The grand irony is optimization generates fragility which generates failure which generates denial which eventually generates rage. We’ve optimized …
Source: https://www.moonofalabama.org/2026/05/war-on-iran-trumps-stock-investments-may-hold-him-back.html#comments At Naked Capitalism Yves Smith has held for a while that only ‘the markets’ can prevent U.S. President Donald Trump from further attacks on Iran. ‘The markets’ here are for one the bond market where any slump would mean lower treasuries, higher interest rates and problems for the U.S. to finance its debt. It is here where …
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