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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...


Israel Tries to Leverage Syrian Druze for Strategic Gains in al-Jolani’s ‘New Syria’

Image: Influential Druze leader in Syria Sheikh Al-Hijri facing Ahmed Al-Sharaa Former Al-Qaeda leader in Syria and current Interim president of Syria with Netanyahu laughing all the way to the bank.  Walid Joumblatt, the political leader of the Lebanese Druze, accused Israel of trying to manipulate the Druze community to destabilise the region. He reiterated his …

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