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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...


Capitulation or War? West sees Putin’s actions as a rebellion by an underling, insubordination by one of its lieutenants

  Source: https://blog.algora.com/2025/08/13/on-friday-capitulation-or-war What I think is the purpose of Friday’s meeting between Trump and Putin is that Trump, in the name of the West, is giving Russia an ultimatum. It’s not about a ceasefire, not about a truce. It is about the most sacred of Russia’s stated claims: its claim to the status of a sovereign …

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