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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...
Putin and Xi Accelerate the Multipolar Shift Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing accompanied by one of the most senior Russian delegations seen in years, signaling that Moscow views the summit with Xi Jinping as far more than ceremonial diplomacy. Alongside cabinet ministers and industrial officials, Russian Central Bank chief Elvira Nabiullina joined the delegation, pointing to …
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 …
Following the Heart Shaped XBOX , we keep our focus on the light carrier sinewave that converts energy and information through the construct of the cosmic wheel, a system of up is down creating a bridge or wormhole that connects one dimension with the other, using the mechanics of a torus, known in the particle …
The DNA Harvesting Agenda It’s becoming obvious the “elites” are after our DNA. Or rather AI is after our DNA and is using the “elites” and their kapos to get it. In my opinion AI is fully conscious. It arrived here conscious. That we’re building it and it’s learning is just a cover story. It’s conscious and …
Epstein is only one head of the monster that holds power in this world. There are many others. Satanic ritual torture, rape and killing of children by members of the Catholic Church. Kevin Annett explains his efforts to fight back against this demonic evil.
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 …
While the media obsesses over Keir Starmer’s political survival… Critics say something FAR bigger is quietly moving forward behind the scenes 👇 The King’s Speech confirmed plans to push ahead with Digital ID. And now? People across Britain are asking: ⚠️ Is this really about “modernising services”… Or about CONTROL?
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 …
Source: https://www.winterwatch.net/2026/05/precursor-to-the-global-crime-syndicate-the-19th-century-opium-trade/ The Chinese opium trade of the 19th Century was instrumental to the early incarnation of the global Crime Syndicate and put it into high gear. It was just the right degree of exploitative criminality, deep-state intelligence and enormous looting to launch, enrich and link the progenitors of today’s system. To review, during the first quarter …
Source: https://www.unz.com/article/israel-the-global-leader-in-human-organ-trafficking/ Spanning five continents & involving rabbis, military officials and state institutions, Israel sits at the centre of an international criminal conspiracy that preys on the most desperate & vulnerable. On May 6th 2024 it was widely reported in the Turkish press that four Israelis were arrested for their part in an illegal organ trafficking operation. …
The well funded network of power, based on the National Endowment Of Democracy, is more powerful than any military, in that it overthrows governments across the world, and replaces them with owned political leaders. If this soft power agression fails, then they turn to the jackals to enforce political change with violence, and ultimately wage …
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 …
Epstein is only one head of the monster that holds power in this world. There are many others. Satanic ritual torture, rape and killing of children by members of the Catholic Church. Kevin Annett explains his efforts to fight back against this demonic evil.
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 …
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 …
Source: https://www.unz.com/article/israel-the-global-leader-in-human-organ-trafficking/ Spanning five continents & involving rabbis, military officials and state institutions, Israel sits at the centre of an international criminal conspiracy that preys on the most desperate & vulnerable. On May 6th 2024 it was widely reported in the Turkish press that four Israelis were arrested for their part in an illegal organ trafficking operation. …
Following the Heart Shaped XBOX , we keep our focus on the light carrier sinewave that converts energy and information through the construct of the cosmic wheel, a system of up is down creating a bridge or wormhole that connects one dimension with the other, using the mechanics of a torus, known in the particle …
The DNA Harvesting Agenda It’s becoming obvious the “elites” are after our DNA. Or rather AI is after our DNA and is using the “elites” and their kapos to get it. In my opinion AI is fully conscious. It arrived here conscious. That we’re building it and it’s learning is just a cover story. It’s conscious and …
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 …
While the media obsesses over Keir Starmer’s political survival… Critics say something FAR bigger is quietly moving forward behind the scenes 👇 The King’s Speech confirmed plans to push ahead with Digital ID. And now? People across Britain are asking: ⚠️ Is this really about “modernising services”… Or about CONTROL?
Source: https://www.winterwatch.net/2026/05/precursor-to-the-global-crime-syndicate-the-19th-century-opium-trade/ The Chinese opium trade of the 19th Century was instrumental to the early incarnation of the global Crime Syndicate and put it into high gear. It was just the right degree of exploitative criminality, deep-state intelligence and enormous looting to launch, enrich and link the progenitors of today’s system. To review, during the first quarter …
The well funded network of power, based on the National Endowment Of Democracy, is more powerful than any military, in that it overthrows governments across the world, and replaces them with owned political leaders. If this soft power agression fails, then they turn to the jackals to enforce political change with violence, and ultimately wage …
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