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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...


National Security: Industry, Not Police at the Forefront of Cracking Down on State Actor Threats

https://rumble.com/v6c6zha-national-security-industry-not-police-at-the-forefront-of-cracking-down-on-.html?e9s=src_v1_upp https://rumble.com/v6c6zha-national-security-industry-not-police-at-the-forefront-of-cracking-down-on-.html?e9s=src_v1_upp   Full news and all the source links: www.ukcolumn.org/video/uk-column-news-22nd-january-2025 – GOV.UK: Security professionals urged to tackle threat from state actors – City Security Magazine: Minister for Security Dan Jarvis: complying with the National Security Act 2023 – Counter Terrorism Policing: Three people charged with offences under the National Security Act – London Evening Standard (2024): Pair …

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