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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...
This is bullshit. The payoff for losing is way better than winning when a brand icon is being created. Plan out the game in advance and it’s the easiest money you’ll ever make. Pull up early on the cross court run. Keep sending the ball straight to the opponent. Move into ‘no man’s land’ and stay there, instead …
Source: https://www.winterwatch.net/2026/07/ai-and-semiconductor-rout-underway/ Huge leveraged margin involved in this very crowded trade. Notice how late to the party the rating agencies and credit risk traders are. This should have been seen a mile away. Oracle is in even worse shape. China semi breakthrough to undercut SMH manufacturers. Overnight in Korea: Packed in and sequenced at the same time, Japan pulling the plug …
I read 1984 in 1984 and always refer to covid1984. Was it death by pandemic or policy? I believe it was a disastrous policy and the publicly available evidence is chronicled at Biologyphenom. This came into my inbox: Nurse ‘Dr’ John Campbell-Midazolam and Morphine https://biologyphenom.substack.com/p/nurse-dr-john-campbell-midazolam The Scotsman who publishes Biologyphenom states: ‘Within 24 hours i sent …
Source: https://mileswmathis.com/ballsout.pdf Abdul Ballout by Miles Mathis July 26, 2026 Really? Abdul Balls-Out? Was he showing brain? They aren’t even trying. Or maybe the adolescents in German intelligence are trying a bit too hard. That’s the guy who supposedly drove into a crowd at a Berlin Pride Festival yesterday, killing one person and injuring 16 . . . …
Marcos sounds alarm on ‘common threat’ in SONA (Locals calling it Speech of No Achievement from a drug addict – that’s how angry people are with his economic management) ‘We are Filipinos, and we do not yield,’ President Marcos says in his 5th SONA, as he spoke of an unnamed ‘common threat’ days after the China Coast …
BREAKING🚨 Iraq’s National Security Advisor, Qasim al-Aboudi, says that Ukrainian intelligence cells are active throughout Iraq, participating in false flag attacks against government facilities. 🔸“A new file shows that there is UKRAINIAN INTERFERENCE in Iraq. We’ve discovered groups carrying out limited bombing operations. But they are cells belonging to Ukraine.” 🔸He also stated that the investigation …
The other name for Quetzcoatl was Amaruca – sounds very like America to me. Roger describes the body lying along the East Coast of the United States, and has decided, when asked by a follower, that Stone Mountain in the State of Georgia is Amaruca’s heart, and just the tip of that is the largest granite …
Source: https://www.allreligionsareone.org/the%20JFK%20ritual.html The JFK ritual was a media ritual on 11/22/1963 in Dallas Texas, where Knight of Columbus John F Kennedy was shot in a Lincoln car, based on masonic symbolism of killing of the king (the mystery of the death of Osiris/Hiram Abiff, 11+22=33), filmed by mason Abraham Zapruder. – Neptune in Scorpio era – Predictive programming – the Dealy Plaza shooting ritual – Main actors – …
Source: https://pieceofmindful.com/2026/07/27/active-ignorance/ I chose the title above because I had already, in 2021, written a post called “Aggressive stupidity“, and on rereading it, was not disappointed. There is a quote widely attributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, that “there is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.” I think I know what it means, but am having a hard …
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCwJv3SIZc8 Europe’s Self Inflicted Energy Nightmare Deepens The Duran: Episode 2579 00:00:00 Oil nears $100 as EU passes 21st sanctions package 00:01:26 Europe’s gas reserves hit dangerously low levels 00:02:32 Diesel and aviation fuel shortages worsen 00:03:51 The absurdity of the $44 Russian oil price cap 00:04:28 Kaja Kallas wants to seize tankers in the …
Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2026/07/no_author/gold-and-the-quiet-takeover “Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.”— John Adams A few weeks ago, I woke with thoughts about Trump that I couldn’t shake—a growing realization that the promises that once energized his supporters have quietly disappeared from the news …
Close, says Professor Jeffrey Sachs. Iran has stopped attacking Israel temporarily as the political situation is desperate there, and attacking might help Netanyahu to rally support. There are a number of air tankers parked there, but for three nights the US has stopped bombing Iran. Jeffrey often clarifies the situation. Let’s …
By Drago Bosnic Global Research, July 25, 2026 Region: Asia, China, East Asia, Pacific, USA The US Army is conducting its first deployment of the troubled “Dark Eagle” missile system at an undisclosed location in the Western Pacific, a step intended to significantly boost its ability to strike targets in China. While American officials have not publicly …
Iran is effectively participating in Russia’s war against Ukraine – Zelenskyy’s video interview Putin Calls for Decisive Action Against Attempts to Disrupt Russian Merchant Fleet Russian Navy Can Protect Merchant Ships – Kremlin Russian Navy forms drone units to counter Ukrainian strikes — ISW Hostile actions against Russian merchant fleet must be fought like ‘piracy’ …
Source: https://www.winterwatch.net/2026/07/ai-and-semiconductor-rout-underway/ Huge leveraged margin involved in this very crowded trade. Notice how late to the party the rating agencies and credit risk traders are. This should have been seen a mile away. Oracle is in even worse shape. China semi breakthrough to undercut SMH manufacturers. Overnight in Korea: Packed in and sequenced at the same time, Japan pulling the plug …
Source: https://mileswmathis.com/ballsout.pdf Abdul Ballout by Miles Mathis July 26, 2026 Really? Abdul Balls-Out? Was he showing brain? They aren’t even trying. Or maybe the adolescents in German intelligence are trying a bit too hard. That’s the guy who supposedly drove into a crowd at a Berlin Pride Festival yesterday, killing one person and injuring 16 . . . …
BREAKING🚨 Iraq’s National Security Advisor, Qasim al-Aboudi, says that Ukrainian intelligence cells are active throughout Iraq, participating in false flag attacks against government facilities. 🔸“A new file shows that there is UKRAINIAN INTERFERENCE in Iraq. We’ve discovered groups carrying out limited bombing operations. But they are cells belonging to Ukraine.” 🔸He also stated that the investigation …
Source: https://www.allreligionsareone.org/the%20JFK%20ritual.html The JFK ritual was a media ritual on 11/22/1963 in Dallas Texas, where Knight of Columbus John F Kennedy was shot in a Lincoln car, based on masonic symbolism of killing of the king (the mystery of the death of Osiris/Hiram Abiff, 11+22=33), filmed by mason Abraham Zapruder. – Neptune in Scorpio era – Predictive programming – the Dealy Plaza shooting ritual – Main actors – …
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCwJv3SIZc8 Europe’s Self Inflicted Energy Nightmare Deepens The Duran: Episode 2579 00:00:00 Oil nears $100 as EU passes 21st sanctions package 00:01:26 Europe’s gas reserves hit dangerously low levels 00:02:32 Diesel and aviation fuel shortages worsen 00:03:51 The absurdity of the $44 Russian oil price cap 00:04:28 Kaja Kallas wants to seize tankers in the …
Close, says Professor Jeffrey Sachs. Iran has stopped attacking Israel temporarily as the political situation is desperate there, and attacking might help Netanyahu to rally support. There are a number of air tankers parked there, but for three nights the US has stopped bombing Iran. Jeffrey often clarifies the situation. Let’s …
Iran is effectively participating in Russia’s war against Ukraine – Zelenskyy’s video interview Putin Calls for Decisive Action Against Attempts to Disrupt Russian Merchant Fleet Russian Navy Can Protect Merchant Ships – Kremlin Russian Navy forms drone units to counter Ukrainian strikes — ISW Hostile actions against Russian merchant fleet must be fought like ‘piracy’ …
I read 1984 in 1984 and always refer to covid1984. Was it death by pandemic or policy? I believe it was a disastrous policy and the publicly available evidence is chronicled at Biologyphenom. This came into my inbox: Nurse ‘Dr’ John Campbell-Midazolam and Morphine https://biologyphenom.substack.com/p/nurse-dr-john-campbell-midazolam The Scotsman who publishes Biologyphenom states: ‘Within 24 hours i sent …
Marcos sounds alarm on ‘common threat’ in SONA (Locals calling it Speech of No Achievement from a drug addict – that’s how angry people are with his economic management) ‘We are Filipinos, and we do not yield,’ President Marcos says in his 5th SONA, as he spoke of an unnamed ‘common threat’ days after the China Coast …
The other name for Quetzcoatl was Amaruca – sounds very like America to me. Roger describes the body lying along the East Coast of the United States, and has decided, when asked by a follower, that Stone Mountain in the State of Georgia is Amaruca’s heart, and just the tip of that is the largest granite …
Source: https://pieceofmindful.com/2026/07/27/active-ignorance/ I chose the title above because I had already, in 2021, written a post called “Aggressive stupidity“, and on rereading it, was not disappointed. There is a quote widely attributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, that “there is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.” I think I know what it means, but am having a hard …
Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2026/07/no_author/gold-and-the-quiet-takeover “Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.”— John Adams A few weeks ago, I woke with thoughts about Trump that I couldn’t shake—a growing realization that the promises that once energized his supporters have quietly disappeared from the news …
By Drago Bosnic Global Research, July 25, 2026 Region: Asia, China, East Asia, Pacific, USA The US Army is conducting its first deployment of the troubled “Dark Eagle” missile system at an undisclosed location in the Western Pacific, a step intended to significantly boost its ability to strike targets in China. While American officials have not publicly …
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