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Ring! Ring! Mind Your Bling! (updated August 1st 2026)

Curteis jewellery replatingThe 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...


Nepal’s government taken over by pro-western proxies

UPDATE: 4 out of all 8 New Nepali Ministers are Drawn from US Government-funded Fronts Nepal’s “interim” gov appoints Om Prakash Aryal as “Home Minister.” He is drawn from the US NED-USAID, Soros Open Society, and The Asia Foundation (CIA)-funded “Justice and Rights Institute-Nepal.” Sources: Kathmandu Post – Om Prakash Aryal, rights lawyer who challenged Lokman, takes …

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