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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. Read more...
Iran further restricts the Straits of Hormuz attacking tankers taking the southern route near Oman, to keep 100% control of all traffic. Trump replies with attacks on Iran. Oil price will be climbing again. Question for Trump to answer – where do we go from here? Iran has all its targtes worked out around the region. What is …
We need to understand what we pay in transaction costs for what we buy–it is considerable and while the costs are mostly hidden now, using cash could make things cheaper in future I did not know all this so maybe you don’t either. Hidden costs can also increase without you knowing it. Meryl Nass Jul …
Middle East Eye 15 minutes ago Turkey and the UK are expected to sign a security and defence partnership deal on Wednesday, the latest development in the growing partnership between the two countries. The deal will commit both countries to closer cooperation on defence, multiple sources familiar with the matter told Middle East Eye. According to the …
BRITAIN-POLITICS-REFORM-FARAGE © Getty Reform UK has accused the National Crime Agency of illegally leaking confidential banking information relating to senior party figures, with deputy leader Mr Tice demanding an urgent investigation into what he claims are criminal disclosures. The row erupted after Mr Tice alleged details of his private financial affairs and those of Reform …
Catherine Austin Fitts: The U.S. Medical System is a Wealth-Extraction Machine That Poisons People and Lowers Life Expectancy Why America’s Healthcare Costs Keep Rising Lioness of Judah Ministry Jul 7 Catherine Austin Fitts argues that the U.S. healthcare system has evolved into a wealth-extraction machine that prioritizes rising medical spending over better health outcomes. In this clip, …
Source: https://futurism.com/future-society/college-students-oecd-reading-literacy-10-year-old Gone are the days of university freshmen reading classical philosophers like Plato or contemporary pedagogues like Ta-Nehisi Coates. These days, incoming college students are lucky if they can get through Judy Blume’s “Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing.” According to a new “Survey of Adult Skills” conducted by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development — a …
World Cup Trump Cards: Infantino, FIFA and the Meddlesome US President By Dr. Binoy Kampmark Global Research, July 07, 2026 Theme: Politics Yet again, FIFA, and its chief, Gianni Infantino, have distinguished the game of football by showing what it is all about. Not glorious athletes representing code and country across the globe. Not the sense …
Türkiye’s Security Map Has Changed For more than seven decades, NATO has shaped not only Türkiye’s defense policies but also its security institutions, strategic culture, and geopolitical orientation. Yet the strategic environment that justified Türkiye’s accession in 1952 no longer exists. Today, Türkiye’s security priorities increasingly diverge from those of NATO. While the alliance remains …
On April 19, 2026, the Italian state broadcaster RAI aired a segment of its investigative program Report titled “La guerra di Epstein,” Epstein’s War. In it, a man named Paolo Zampolli sat for an interview about his decades inside the international modeling business and his long friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. He was asked about the …
Source: https://www.unz.com/runz/would-a-billion-people-watch-the-high-tech-duel-that-decided-the-ukraine-war/ According to the Gemini AI, the most streamed event in history was the November 15, 2024 professional boxing match between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson, which attracted an estimated global audience of just over 100 million, peaking at 65 million concurrent live viewers. I’ll admit I only vaguely remember anything about that sports event and …
The entire UN 2030 Agenda rests on one cornerstone: your voluntary adoption of Digital ID – The sad part is that most Americans today are willing to give up freedom and privacy for convenience and it will be the destruction of this country. Many of us that are what they call “baby boomers” did not …
Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2026/07/paul-craig-roberts/there-will-not-always-be-an-england/ White liberals have been working for many decades teaching that all white ethnics are racists. They have been as successful in teaching white people to see themselves as racists as they have been in convincing “people of color” that they have been oppressed for centuries by white supremacy. The miseducation of whites and blacks has …
Source: https://henrymakow.com/2026/07/yossi-gurwitz—jewish-talmud-.html In 2012, Ex-Yeshiva student Yossi Gurwitz (1970-2023) explained what non-Jews can expect when Talmudic Jews gain total ascendency: [“According to Judaism], they are idolaters, and you have to kill them.” This explains Gaza and what will follow. The West has tied its future to Jewish …
I will show the Advanced Machines Impressions left after the Great Mudflood that was worldwide and possibly wiped out MOST of the Tartarian Culture. There were Giant Machines here but where did they go? Also it appears the Stone Walls in Peru and elsewhere were made from the bodies of the deceased Giants….If you disagree …
We need to understand what we pay in transaction costs for what we buy–it is considerable and while the costs are mostly hidden now, using cash could make things cheaper in future I did not know all this so maybe you don’t either. Hidden costs can also increase without you knowing it. Meryl Nass Jul …
BRITAIN-POLITICS-REFORM-FARAGE © Getty Reform UK has accused the National Crime Agency of illegally leaking confidential banking information relating to senior party figures, with deputy leader Mr Tice demanding an urgent investigation into what he claims are criminal disclosures. The row erupted after Mr Tice alleged details of his private financial affairs and those of Reform …
Source: https://futurism.com/future-society/college-students-oecd-reading-literacy-10-year-old Gone are the days of university freshmen reading classical philosophers like Plato or contemporary pedagogues like Ta-Nehisi Coates. These days, incoming college students are lucky if they can get through Judy Blume’s “Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing.” According to a new “Survey of Adult Skills” conducted by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development — a …
World Cup Trump Cards: Infantino, FIFA and the Meddlesome US President By Dr. Binoy Kampmark Global Research, July 07, 2026 Theme: Politics Yet again, FIFA, and its chief, Gianni Infantino, have distinguished the game of football by showing what it is all about. Not glorious athletes representing code and country across the globe. Not the sense …
On April 19, 2026, the Italian state broadcaster RAI aired a segment of its investigative program Report titled “La guerra di Epstein,” Epstein’s War. In it, a man named Paolo Zampolli sat for an interview about his decades inside the international modeling business and his long friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. He was asked about the …
The entire UN 2030 Agenda rests on one cornerstone: your voluntary adoption of Digital ID – The sad part is that most Americans today are willing to give up freedom and privacy for convenience and it will be the destruction of this country. Many of us that are what they call “baby boomers” did not …
Source: https://henrymakow.com/2026/07/yossi-gurwitz—jewish-talmud-.html In 2012, Ex-Yeshiva student Yossi Gurwitz (1970-2023) explained what non-Jews can expect when Talmudic Jews gain total ascendency: [“According to Judaism], they are idolaters, and you have to kill them.” This explains Gaza and what will follow. The West has tied its future to Jewish …
Middle East Eye 15 minutes ago Turkey and the UK are expected to sign a security and defence partnership deal on Wednesday, the latest development in the growing partnership between the two countries. The deal will commit both countries to closer cooperation on defence, multiple sources familiar with the matter told Middle East Eye. According to the …
Catherine Austin Fitts: The U.S. Medical System is a Wealth-Extraction Machine That Poisons People and Lowers Life Expectancy Why America’s Healthcare Costs Keep Rising Lioness of Judah Ministry Jul 7 Catherine Austin Fitts argues that the U.S. healthcare system has evolved into a wealth-extraction machine that prioritizes rising medical spending over better health outcomes. In this clip, …
Türkiye’s Security Map Has Changed For more than seven decades, NATO has shaped not only Türkiye’s defense policies but also its security institutions, strategic culture, and geopolitical orientation. Yet the strategic environment that justified Türkiye’s accession in 1952 no longer exists. Today, Türkiye’s security priorities increasingly diverge from those of NATO. While the alliance remains …
Source: https://www.unz.com/runz/would-a-billion-people-watch-the-high-tech-duel-that-decided-the-ukraine-war/ According to the Gemini AI, the most streamed event in history was the November 15, 2024 professional boxing match between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson, which attracted an estimated global audience of just over 100 million, peaking at 65 million concurrent live viewers. I’ll admit I only vaguely remember anything about that sports event and …
Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2026/07/paul-craig-roberts/there-will-not-always-be-an-england/ White liberals have been working for many decades teaching that all white ethnics are racists. They have been as successful in teaching white people to see themselves as racists as they have been in convincing “people of color” that they have been oppressed for centuries by white supremacy. The miseducation of whites and blacks has …
I will show the Advanced Machines Impressions left after the Great Mudflood that was worldwide and possibly wiped out MOST of the Tartarian Culture. There were Giant Machines here but where did they go? Also it appears the Stone Walls in Peru and elsewhere were made from the bodies of the deceased Giants….If you disagree …
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