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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...
Refuelling tankers are not wanted in Gulf States as they are being successfully attacked by Iran’s missiles. Even Israel refused to keep them at Ben Gurion Airport. So where to next? Turkey? Italy? The options are running low. The only other way is to bring the aircraft carriers closer to Iran. …
Prof. Jeffrey Sachs discusses the U.S. security strategy for global hegemony after the Cold War, and the use of vassals to fight Russia, Iran and China. US policy is not peace, but primacy and domination. US military capability is powerful, but does the world believe the US is all powerful. The US cannot admit defeat. The narrative …
Itapirkanmaa2 6 hours ago Overnight US strikes hit critical transport infrastructure in southern Iran. Damage: — Shahid Mirzaei Tunnel (Glogah) — blocked in both directions. — Two bridges beyond the gorge — bombed. — Outbound Minab intersection bridge — struck. — Shur River bridge on Bandar Abbas–Sirjan route — destroyed. At least 3 killed, 8 wounded in …
It is gratifying to see so many aspects of the climate scam having been debunked, or fallen by the wayside over the past year, as data centers became the next big thing. (And the ascension of the data centers seems to be collapsing as well, since the profits from AI are much less than predicted. …
Jul 17, 2026 #Iran #IranUS #Hormuz In this emergency Friday briefing, Pepe Escobar, Larry Johnson and Zulfiqar Ali break down why Iran’s missiles have suddenly become accurate — the panel reports a shift from US GPS to China’s BeiDou satellite guidance — and why the next 72 hours may decide whether the Iran–US war stays …
Meryl Nass Jul 17 · Meryl’s CHAOS letter (Critical Health Analysis and OpinionS) The MSM have been very quiet on what we are doing to Iran and what Iran is doing to the rest of the Middle East over the past 6 days of aggressive bombings. Civilian infrastructure has been hit badly (war crimes) but the …
Vanessa Beeley Massive cover up. A very high percentage of the population of children in Israel is victim – the ultra-orthodox Haradi Jews are the biggest perpetrators. Most families have around six children. This sector will become a majority of the population in time. Ritual abuse. Doctors. Rabbis. …
MILITARY TUBE TODAY BREAKING🚨 Serbian President Vučić refused to sign the final declaration of the Ukraine–Southeast Europe summit in Kiev, directed against Russia. According to Serbian newspaper Politika, the document called for tightening anti-Russian sanctions, continued military and financial support for Kiev, and advancing Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic integration. Serbia was the only participating state to reject the declaration.🎯🎯
Itapirkanmaa2 8 minutes ago “Last night [16/17-07-26], the US launched massive airstrikes against Iran, with damage reported to several Iranian infrastructure facilities, including six bridges. The map screenshot shows the locations of the main US airstrikes. Iran has been striking targets in the Middle East for over six hours. This time, in addition to US military bases, …
Desperate times call for desperate wars. As the US is failing to subdue Iran with missile strikes, the crazies in Washington are cooking up an even bigger screw-up: Ground invasion. Larry C. Johnson joins Pascal to discuss the renewed US-Iran war, pressure on Gulf states, the Strait of Hormuz, and the risk of fuel shortages. They …
Lauren The Insider spent 20 years shaping celebrity headlines and protecting the powerful. Now she pulls back the curtain on fame, politics, and the Royals—sharp, factual, and no agenda. The commentary mainstream won’t touch.
The Ukraine War is a US war on Russia Brian Berletic, July 16, 2026 As the Western media continues shaping narratives depicting a growing divide between the US and Europe regarding the ongoing conflict in Ukraine — a narrative involving an increasingly disinterested and disengaging US with an increasingly desperate and confrontational Europe — it …
It certainly seems that way in this World Cup. Teams 1,2,3,4 ranked in the world made the final 4. It seemed to me that Argentina could have had a hatful of yellow cards in the first half and yet the ref gave the first one to an English player. The way tuchel switched to all out …
Itapirkanmaa2 6 hours ago Overnight US strikes hit critical transport infrastructure in southern Iran. Damage: — Shahid Mirzaei Tunnel (Glogah) — blocked in both directions. — Two bridges beyond the gorge — bombed. — Outbound Minab intersection bridge — struck. — Shur River bridge on Bandar Abbas–Sirjan route — destroyed. At least 3 killed, 8 wounded in …
Meryl Nass Jul 17 · Meryl’s CHAOS letter (Critical Health Analysis and OpinionS) The MSM have been very quiet on what we are doing to Iran and what Iran is doing to the rest of the Middle East over the past 6 days of aggressive bombings. Civilian infrastructure has been hit badly (war crimes) but the …
MILITARY TUBE TODAY BREAKING🚨 Serbian President Vučić refused to sign the final declaration of the Ukraine–Southeast Europe summit in Kiev, directed against Russia. According to Serbian newspaper Politika, the document called for tightening anti-Russian sanctions, continued military and financial support for Kiev, and advancing Ukraine’s Euro-Atlantic integration. Serbia was the only participating state to reject the declaration.🎯🎯
Desperate times call for desperate wars. As the US is failing to subdue Iran with missile strikes, the crazies in Washington are cooking up an even bigger screw-up: Ground invasion. Larry C. Johnson joins Pascal to discuss the renewed US-Iran war, pressure on Gulf states, the Strait of Hormuz, and the risk of fuel shortages. They …
The Ukraine War is a US war on Russia Brian Berletic, July 16, 2026 As the Western media continues shaping narratives depicting a growing divide between the US and Europe regarding the ongoing conflict in Ukraine — a narrative involving an increasingly disinterested and disengaging US with an increasingly desperate and confrontational Europe — it …
Prof. Jeffrey Sachs discusses the U.S. security strategy for global hegemony after the Cold War, and the use of vassals to fight Russia, Iran and China. US policy is not peace, but primacy and domination. US military capability is powerful, but does the world believe the US is all powerful. The US cannot admit defeat. The narrative …
It is gratifying to see so many aspects of the climate scam having been debunked, or fallen by the wayside over the past year, as data centers became the next big thing. (And the ascension of the data centers seems to be collapsing as well, since the profits from AI are much less than predicted. …
Jul 17, 2026 #Iran #IranUS #Hormuz In this emergency Friday briefing, Pepe Escobar, Larry Johnson and Zulfiqar Ali break down why Iran’s missiles have suddenly become accurate — the panel reports a shift from US GPS to China’s BeiDou satellite guidance — and why the next 72 hours may decide whether the Iran–US war stays …
Vanessa Beeley Massive cover up. A very high percentage of the population of children in Israel is victim – the ultra-orthodox Haradi Jews are the biggest perpetrators. Most families have around six children. This sector will become a majority of the population in time. Ritual abuse. Doctors. Rabbis. …
Itapirkanmaa2 8 minutes ago “Last night [16/17-07-26], the US launched massive airstrikes against Iran, with damage reported to several Iranian infrastructure facilities, including six bridges. The map screenshot shows the locations of the main US airstrikes. Iran has been striking targets in the Middle East for over six hours. This time, in addition to US military bases, …
Lauren The Insider spent 20 years shaping celebrity headlines and protecting the powerful. Now she pulls back the curtain on fame, politics, and the Royals—sharp, factual, and no agenda. The commentary mainstream won’t touch.
It certainly seems that way in this World Cup. Teams 1,2,3,4 ranked in the world made the final 4. It seemed to me that Argentina could have had a hatful of yellow cards in the first half and yet the ref gave the first one to an English player. The way tuchel switched to all out …
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