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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...
Desperate times call for desperate wars. As the US is failing to subdue Iran with missile strikes, the crazies in Washington are cooking up an even bigger screw-up: Ground invasion. Larry C. Johnson joins Pascal to discuss the renewed US-Iran war, pressure on Gulf states, the Strait of Hormuz, and the risk of fuel shortages. They …
Lauren The Insider spent 20 years shaping celebrity headlines and protecting the powerful. Now she pulls back the curtain on fame, politics, and the Royals—sharp, factual, and no agenda. The commentary mainstream won’t touch.
The Ukraine War is a US war on Russia Brian Berletic, July 16, 2026 As the Western media continues shaping narratives depicting a growing divide between the US and Europe regarding the ongoing conflict in Ukraine — a narrative involving an increasingly disinterested and disengaging US with an increasingly desperate and confrontational Europe — it …
The argument goes that Britain isn’t collapsing by accident—it’s being reshaped from within. For those who point to the , the symbolism begins with its famous wolf in sheep’s clothing emblem. To critics, it represents a strategy of gradual, patient political change: not revolution, but the steady influence of institutions over generations. The claim is that this …
It certainly seems that way in this World Cup. Teams 1,2,3,4 ranked in the world made the final 4. It seemed to me that Argentina could have had a hatful of yellow cards in the first half and yet the ref gave the first one to an English player. The way tuchel switched to all out …
Patrick Henningsen parses Vance’s TV interview/podcast with Joe Rogan – Beware Vance is Trump’s possible replacement. They play the markets while switching military tactics to push prices. Making a load of money. But they already own everything. Making yet more loot won’t change anything except close their minds even further. Meantime spiritual …
We call on the Government to stop the fortification of flour with synthetic folic acid. Folic acid is a medicine not a food. We believe it is unethical to mass medicate the entire population without their knowledge or consent in the hope that a minority group of people might see a benefit. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/769589
Source: https://www.unz.com/article/the-judeo-christian-illusion/ In my previous article, “The Forgotten Divide Between the Original Jesus Movement and the Modern Church,” I argued that the simple spiritual movement associated with Jesus of Nazareth gradually evolved into a powerful religious institution. I suggested that the earliest communities of believers were centred on devotion to God, personal transformation, and the fellowship of ordinary …
Source: https://www.patreon.com/ExitStrategyWorld/posts/stanislav-why-i-104800416 Sojourn to the Motherland I have been asked an unfathomable amount of times, both by Americans and Russians, why I moved back. Answering the same questions, even in two different languages gets tiresome. However, over the past five years, things have changed. From Russians, who have rediscovered their pride in being Russian and …
Source: https://www.theburningplatform.com/2026/07/14/energy-world-war/#more-418146 It’s time to realize that we are in an Energy World War, so I just put together this new war map. I wrote a Substack titled “The Great Energy World War” about this last April, and it has aged well. https://steelcutter.substack.com/p/the-great-energy-world-war The asterisked text in the bottom right is critical. We are entering a new and …
Source: https://www.mattgoodwin.org/p/ann-widdecombes-murder-and-what-it The first time I met Ann Widdecombe was actually rather terrifying. It was at one of my first ever speaking events for Reform UK, in Kent, where Ann was speaking ahead of me. If you were ever fortunate enough to see Ann speak live, then you’ll know how the sheer force of her oratory vastly exceeded …
Are the Israelis threatening Trump by assassinating Graham? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5xUpiXvh-k Like assassinating Widdecombe threatens Farage. Farage and Trump were recently enjoying a meeting in the States. Israel has had enough of Trump’s wavering on strategy. Farage is being told that he needs to obey his orders if he wins his electoral battles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZADBGdmix4 How the Elites Manipulate Public Perception — Whitney Webb — we trace her argument from Bilderberg and Bernstein-style meetings to AI as a perception-management tool, from Edward Bernays’ “Engineering of Consent” to Walter Lippmann’s critique of mass opinion, from digital ID reframes to Hollywood narrative shifts. She’s not saying elites are powerless. She’s saying their feuds …
USA to merge with genocidal military of Israel, being pushed through without US population being aware. At a time when the American public no longer supports Israel. Preventing the USA from disentangling itself from Israel in the future. The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal reports back from Iran, where he covered the funeral of Ayatollah Ali …
Lauren The Insider spent 20 years shaping celebrity headlines and protecting the powerful. Now she pulls back the curtain on fame, politics, and the Royals—sharp, factual, and no agenda. The commentary mainstream won’t touch.
The argument goes that Britain isn’t collapsing by accident—it’s being reshaped from within. For those who point to the , the symbolism begins with its famous wolf in sheep’s clothing emblem. To critics, it represents a strategy of gradual, patient political change: not revolution, but the steady influence of institutions over generations. The claim is that this …
Patrick Henningsen parses Vance’s TV interview/podcast with Joe Rogan – Beware Vance is Trump’s possible replacement. They play the markets while switching military tactics to push prices. Making a load of money. But they already own everything. Making yet more loot won’t change anything except close their minds even further. Meantime spiritual …
Source: https://www.unz.com/article/the-judeo-christian-illusion/ In my previous article, “The Forgotten Divide Between the Original Jesus Movement and the Modern Church,” I argued that the simple spiritual movement associated with Jesus of Nazareth gradually evolved into a powerful religious institution. I suggested that the earliest communities of believers were centred on devotion to God, personal transformation, and the fellowship of ordinary …
Source: https://www.theburningplatform.com/2026/07/14/energy-world-war/#more-418146 It’s time to realize that we are in an Energy World War, so I just put together this new war map. I wrote a Substack titled “The Great Energy World War” about this last April, and it has aged well. https://steelcutter.substack.com/p/the-great-energy-world-war The asterisked text in the bottom right is critical. We are entering a new and …
Are the Israelis threatening Trump by assassinating Graham? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5xUpiXvh-k Like assassinating Widdecombe threatens Farage. Farage and Trump were recently enjoying a meeting in the States. Israel has had enough of Trump’s wavering on strategy. Farage is being told that he needs to obey his orders if he wins his electoral battles.
The Ukraine War is a US war on Russia Brian Berletic, July 16, 2026 As the Western media continues shaping narratives depicting a growing divide between the US and Europe regarding the ongoing conflict in Ukraine — a narrative involving an increasingly disinterested and disengaging US with an increasingly desperate and confrontational Europe — it …
It certainly seems that way in this World Cup. Teams 1,2,3,4 ranked in the world made the final 4. It seemed to me that Argentina could have had a hatful of yellow cards in the first half and yet the ref gave the first one to an English player. The way tuchel switched to all out …
We call on the Government to stop the fortification of flour with synthetic folic acid. Folic acid is a medicine not a food. We believe it is unethical to mass medicate the entire population without their knowledge or consent in the hope that a minority group of people might see a benefit. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/769589
Source: https://www.patreon.com/ExitStrategyWorld/posts/stanislav-why-i-104800416 Sojourn to the Motherland I have been asked an unfathomable amount of times, both by Americans and Russians, why I moved back. Answering the same questions, even in two different languages gets tiresome. However, over the past five years, things have changed. From Russians, who have rediscovered their pride in being Russian and …
Source: https://www.mattgoodwin.org/p/ann-widdecombes-murder-and-what-it The first time I met Ann Widdecombe was actually rather terrifying. It was at one of my first ever speaking events for Reform UK, in Kent, where Ann was speaking ahead of me. If you were ever fortunate enough to see Ann speak live, then you’ll know how the sheer force of her oratory vastly exceeded …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZADBGdmix4 How the Elites Manipulate Public Perception — Whitney Webb — we trace her argument from Bilderberg and Bernstein-style meetings to AI as a perception-management tool, from Edward Bernays’ “Engineering of Consent” to Walter Lippmann’s critique of mass opinion, from digital ID reframes to Hollywood narrative shifts. She’s not saying elites are powerless. She’s saying their feuds …
USA to merge with genocidal military of Israel, being pushed through without US population being aware. At a time when the American public no longer supports Israel. Preventing the USA from disentangling itself from Israel in the future. The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal reports back from Iran, where he covered the funeral of Ayatollah Ali …
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