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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...
Close, says Professor Jeffrey Sachs. Iran has stopped attacking Israel temporarily as the political situation is desperate there, and attacking might help Netanyahu to rally support. There are a number of air tankers parked there, but for three nights the US has stopped bombing Iran. Jeffrey often clarifies the situation. Let’s …
By Drago Bosnic Global Research, July 25, 2026 Region: Asia, China, East Asia, Pacific, USA The US Army is conducting its first deployment of the troubled “Dark Eagle” missile system at an undisclosed location in the Western Pacific, a step intended to significantly boost its ability to strike targets in China. While American officials have not publicly …
Iran is effectively participating in Russia’s war against Ukraine – Zelenskyy’s video interview Putin Calls for Decisive Action Against Attempts to Disrupt Russian Merchant Fleet Russian Navy Can Protect Merchant Ships – Kremlin Russian Navy forms drone units to counter Ukrainian strikes — ISW Hostile actions against Russian merchant fleet must be fought like ‘piracy’ …
Trump Raging, Confused, & Unraveling During Speech: Psychology & Body Language. It’s painful to watch. Incoherent. Angry. Getting lost and confused. The commentators have noticed. His own Israeli and Neocon backers are heavily criticising him in public and in private, for his failure to defeat Iran – accusing him of betrayal. They want the …
This interview is a bit of a struggle, partly due to the inexperience of the interviewer. But the content is very important. With Hormuz blocked and the Red Sea, and potentially the Straits of Malacca, world trade is jammed from East to West. But there are overland routes, between Russia and Iran, …
A traditional geology teacher made a superb video of a mountain range in Montana, mostly bare rock. His explanations are as you would expect, but don’t really make sense. How could a shallow sea cover the mountain peaks? Roger gives his more sensible explanation, and identifies biological material, blood basically and layers …
He lists out the full team of the proxies of the collapsing American empire. It is formidable. The axis of resistance will win he says, but the number of countries aligned against Iran, Russia and China is not a small task to defeat. Winning the military war in the Middle East against …
Asia DESTROYS US Pacific Hegemony. End of Alliances | Prof. Jomo Kwame Sundaram While the US is busy destroying itself in Eastern Europe and West Asia, East Asia, too, is busy preparing for countering US warmongering. But not the way you think. South East Asia is engaged in its own cat and mouse game with the …
Gulf radars are all knocked out so America is blind. To compensate they are flying Poseidon 8s reconnaissance aircraft. Iranian missiles are now deadly accurate being targeted by Chinese satellites. Marandi says Iran is not targeting Israel directly at this moment as the political regime in Israel is crumbling in internal turmoil, and a …
The video above features an interview with Dr. Colleen Cutcliffe, a molecular biology scientist and the CEO and cofounder of Pendulum, a company creating microbiome products. This interview was done as part of my early explorations into the obligate anaerobe microbiome field. I was particularly drawn to Dr. Cutcliffe’s work with Akkermansia. How Your Gut Microbiome …
Ecuador. Broad daylight. No Police security turned up. IRAN Journalists covering all wars under attack from main media. The narrative of Iran as a terror state has to be maintained, and the truth kept out. Trump’s cronies are making money from the war manipulating the oil price by media output. while the truth is blocked
The NATO backed regime in UKraine is doubling down on insanity and destructiveness as the war on the ground increasingly favours Russian patience and steadfastness. To Ukrainians however, Russians are the untermensch. western-backed Nazism is alive and well. Not least in London. Iran too has identified London a key element in the aggression they …
It might be long before others join the resistance seeing that Iran is kicking the US out of the Middle East. Will Russia or Iran take a pop at the UK next? US bombers are using RAF Fairford. Ukraine is using British drones and missiles, and assisting the targeting. It’s bound to come …
By Prof Michel Chossudovsky Global Research, July 21, 2026 Region: Canada, USA Scotiabank US Dollar to Canadian Dollar Forecast“President Donald Trump on Monday July 21, 2026 imposed a 50% tariffs on most Canadian goods, declaring that Canada has unfairly discriminated against American autos, alcohol and dairy products”. As reported in Canada: “The move could unleash a new wave …
By Drago Bosnic Global Research, July 25, 2026 Region: Asia, China, East Asia, Pacific, USA The US Army is conducting its first deployment of the troubled “Dark Eagle” missile system at an undisclosed location in the Western Pacific, a step intended to significantly boost its ability to strike targets in China. While American officials have not publicly …
This interview is a bit of a struggle, partly due to the inexperience of the interviewer. But the content is very important. With Hormuz blocked and the Red Sea, and potentially the Straits of Malacca, world trade is jammed from East to West. But there are overland routes, between Russia and Iran, …
He lists out the full team of the proxies of the collapsing American empire. It is formidable. The axis of resistance will win he says, but the number of countries aligned against Iran, Russia and China is not a small task to defeat. Winning the military war in the Middle East against …
Gulf radars are all knocked out so America is blind. To compensate they are flying Poseidon 8s reconnaissance aircraft. Iranian missiles are now deadly accurate being targeted by Chinese satellites. Marandi says Iran is not targeting Israel directly at this moment as the political regime in Israel is crumbling in internal turmoil, and a …
Ecuador. Broad daylight. No Police security turned up. IRAN Journalists covering all wars under attack from main media. The narrative of Iran as a terror state has to be maintained, and the truth kept out. Trump’s cronies are making money from the war manipulating the oil price by media output. while the truth is blocked
It might be long before others join the resistance seeing that Iran is kicking the US out of the Middle East. Will Russia or Iran take a pop at the UK next? US bombers are using RAF Fairford. Ukraine is using British drones and missiles, and assisting the targeting. It’s bound to come …
Iran is effectively participating in Russia’s war against Ukraine – Zelenskyy’s video interview Putin Calls for Decisive Action Against Attempts to Disrupt Russian Merchant Fleet Russian Navy Can Protect Merchant Ships – Kremlin Russian Navy forms drone units to counter Ukrainian strikes — ISW Hostile actions against Russian merchant fleet must be fought like ‘piracy’ …
Trump Raging, Confused, & Unraveling During Speech: Psychology & Body Language. It’s painful to watch. Incoherent. Angry. Getting lost and confused. The commentators have noticed. His own Israeli and Neocon backers are heavily criticising him in public and in private, for his failure to defeat Iran – accusing him of betrayal. They want the …
A traditional geology teacher made a superb video of a mountain range in Montana, mostly bare rock. His explanations are as you would expect, but don’t really make sense. How could a shallow sea cover the mountain peaks? Roger gives his more sensible explanation, and identifies biological material, blood basically and layers …
Asia DESTROYS US Pacific Hegemony. End of Alliances | Prof. Jomo Kwame Sundaram While the US is busy destroying itself in Eastern Europe and West Asia, East Asia, too, is busy preparing for countering US warmongering. But not the way you think. South East Asia is engaged in its own cat and mouse game with the …
The video above features an interview with Dr. Colleen Cutcliffe, a molecular biology scientist and the CEO and cofounder of Pendulum, a company creating microbiome products. This interview was done as part of my early explorations into the obligate anaerobe microbiome field. I was particularly drawn to Dr. Cutcliffe’s work with Akkermansia. How Your Gut Microbiome …
The NATO backed regime in UKraine is doubling down on insanity and destructiveness as the war on the ground increasingly favours Russian patience and steadfastness. To Ukrainians however, Russians are the untermensch. western-backed Nazism is alive and well. Not least in London. Iran too has identified London a key element in the aggression they …
By Prof Michel Chossudovsky Global Research, July 21, 2026 Region: Canada, USA Scotiabank US Dollar to Canadian Dollar Forecast“President Donald Trump on Monday July 21, 2026 imposed a 50% tariffs on most Canadian goods, declaring that Canada has unfairly discriminated against American autos, alcohol and dairy products”. As reported in Canada: “The move could unleash a new wave …
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