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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...


Now Government Can Seize Your Money and Driving Licence via the DWP – UK Column News

https://rumble.com/v6d27sa-and-finally-now-government-can-seize-your-money-and-driving-licence-via-the.html?e9s=src_v1_upp https://rumble.com/v6d27sa-and-finally-now-government-can-seize-your-money-and-driving-licence-via-the.html?e9s=src_v1_upp Full news and all the source links: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-24th-january-2025 – The Telegraph: Benefit cheats to be banned from the road (Archived) – The Independent: February 2025 payment dates for benefits and pensions as DWP cuts rumoured – ABC News (YouTube): Full Speech: President Joe Biden’s farewell address to the nation

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