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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, as I recall. Read more...
Engagement with China was dropped by Trump 1, to be replaced by Containment of China. Trump 2 does not equal Trump 1. He has abandoned the old world order, and international law. A devastating defeat awaits in Iran. Europe no longer matters. The Middle East is expendable. East Asia is the most important area in the world for the US …
Source: https://www.unz.com/article/the-myth-of-hiv/ The Unz Review documents so much foolishness, if not insanity, in current human affairs that it can feel churlish to draw attention to yet another illusion, one with which I have become familiar over the past 40 years: the belief that a sexually transmitted virus, HIV, is the cause of the immune system disorder called Aids. …
Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2026/05/no_author/how-to-live-a-conscious-life/ “The unexamined life is not worth living.” — Socrates The Question We Keep Postponing At what point in our lives do we stop? At what point do we turn off the distractions — the screens, the notifications, the relentless noise of a culture engineered to prevent reflection — and ask ourselves the only questions that actually …
The US is talking about drawing down US troops in Europe – not because a division between the US and Europe – but a division of labor imposed on Europe by the US; The US seeks access to Indonesian airspace specifically to begin threatening the Strait of Malacca in the same …
If US resumes the war in Iran, the world economy could tank. Israeli is an out of control miltary state. And could trigger a horrendous economic crisis. The US is currently sucked into the Israeli nightmare, desperately trying to maintain its world dominance, having the opposite effect. Jeffrey Sachs descries the unravelling of US dominance. …
Siege of Iran not going well. Ground assault next? But what about the weather? In Russia, it was General Winter that defeated invaders. In Iran, General Summer is coming, and American forces will struggle in extreme heat which they are not prepared for, or equipped for. The Israeli plan was for a quick victory before summer …
The New Atlas 🇺🇸🇪🇺Quick Fact: The US withdrawing troops from Germany plus Europe ramping up for war with Russia is EXACTLY the “division of labor” US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth laid out in February 2025. Read the whole February 2025 document here: https://war.gov/News/Speeches/Speech/… A more detailed explanation… In that …
Trump’s ‘Not me, honest,Guv’ approach to the Iran War, blaming Israel, fools no one, although the media tries to push the false narrative. e.g. Washington Post – U.S. shrinks presence in Middle East amid fears of Israeli strike on Iran (Jun. 11, 2025): https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation… Brookings Institution – Which Path to Persia? (2009): https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/… Brookings Institution – …
India’s BrahMos push is no longer a single-headline story. After the Philippines proved the export model, Indonesia adds archipelago scale and a sharper maritime-denial logic—especially when you center the geography on Natuna and the approaches into the South China Sea. In this video we walk through what actually changed with the Indonesia agreement: why shore-based anti-ship …
Source: https://www.theburningplatform.com/2026/05/02/africa-the-next-oil-bonanza-the-failure-of-using-force-alone-letter-from-south-africa-02-05-26/ The Middle East is on fire. Ongoing constricted global oil supply lines might elevate the Gulf of Guinea to a new strategic importance. Protect & Survive My “Letter from South Africa” was interrupted by reporting on the war in Iran. The recent …
Dr. Heather Lynn | The Ancient Entropy Equation, Ritual Sex Magic, & The Broker Class Dr. Heather Lynn is an author, historian, and former professor who explores the hidden knowledge and forbidden histories that traditional academia often overlooks. With expertise spanning archaeology, education, history, and technology, Dr. Lynn connects myth, magic, and science and brings a …
Source: https://www.unz.com/ishamir/blessings-from-heaven/ I have two news items for you today, a good one and a bad one. Should we begin with a good one? OK, so we shall. The Good News In the parched lands of the Middle East, the rains are few and far between. My readers who live in lands of temperate climate, in the US …
The begging bowls are coming out. These are high spending countries experiencing very steep reductions in their cash in flow. They either sell off assets or raise cash. All their currencies are pegged to the dollar, the currency of the country that was the financial hyperpower, the USA. They won’t break the link to the …
Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2026/05/no_author/how-to-live-a-conscious-life/ “The unexamined life is not worth living.” — Socrates The Question We Keep Postponing At what point in our lives do we stop? At what point do we turn off the distractions — the screens, the notifications, the relentless noise of a culture engineered to prevent reflection — and ask ourselves the only questions that actually …
Siege of Iran not going well. Ground assault next? But what about the weather? In Russia, it was General Winter that defeated invaders. In Iran, General Summer is coming, and American forces will struggle in extreme heat which they are not prepared for, or equipped for. The Israeli plan was for a quick victory before summer …
Trump’s ‘Not me, honest,Guv’ approach to the Iran War, blaming Israel, fools no one, although the media tries to push the false narrative. e.g. Washington Post – U.S. shrinks presence in Middle East amid fears of Israeli strike on Iran (Jun. 11, 2025): https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation… Brookings Institution – Which Path to Persia? (2009): https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/… Brookings Institution – …
Source: https://www.theburningplatform.com/2026/05/02/africa-the-next-oil-bonanza-the-failure-of-using-force-alone-letter-from-south-africa-02-05-26/ The Middle East is on fire. Ongoing constricted global oil supply lines might elevate the Gulf of Guinea to a new strategic importance. Protect & Survive My “Letter from South Africa” was interrupted by reporting on the war in Iran. The recent …
Source: https://www.unz.com/ishamir/blessings-from-heaven/ I have two news items for you today, a good one and a bad one. Should we begin with a good one? OK, so we shall. The Good News In the parched lands of the Middle East, the rains are few and far between. My readers who live in lands of temperate climate, in the US …
Source: https://www.unz.com/article/the-myth-of-hiv/ The Unz Review documents so much foolishness, if not insanity, in current human affairs that it can feel churlish to draw attention to yet another illusion, one with which I have become familiar over the past 40 years: the belief that a sexually transmitted virus, HIV, is the cause of the immune system disorder called Aids. …
The US is talking about drawing down US troops in Europe – not because a division between the US and Europe – but a division of labor imposed on Europe by the US; The US seeks access to Indonesian airspace specifically to begin threatening the Strait of Malacca in the same …
If US resumes the war in Iran, the world economy could tank. Israeli is an out of control miltary state. And could trigger a horrendous economic crisis. The US is currently sucked into the Israeli nightmare, desperately trying to maintain its world dominance, having the opposite effect. Jeffrey Sachs descries the unravelling of US dominance. …
The New Atlas 🇺🇸🇪🇺Quick Fact: The US withdrawing troops from Germany plus Europe ramping up for war with Russia is EXACTLY the “division of labor” US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth laid out in February 2025. Read the whole February 2025 document here: https://war.gov/News/Speeches/Speech/… A more detailed explanation… In that …
India’s BrahMos push is no longer a single-headline story. After the Philippines proved the export model, Indonesia adds archipelago scale and a sharper maritime-denial logic—especially when you center the geography on Natuna and the approaches into the South China Sea. In this video we walk through what actually changed with the Indonesia agreement: why shore-based anti-ship …
Dr. Heather Lynn | The Ancient Entropy Equation, Ritual Sex Magic, & The Broker Class Dr. Heather Lynn is an author, historian, and former professor who explores the hidden knowledge and forbidden histories that traditional academia often overlooks. With expertise spanning archaeology, education, history, and technology, Dr. Lynn connects myth, magic, and science and brings a …
The begging bowls are coming out. These are high spending countries experiencing very steep reductions in their cash in flow. They either sell off assets or raise cash. All their currencies are pegged to the dollar, the currency of the country that was the financial hyperpower, the USA. They won’t break the link to the …
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