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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...
If US resumes the war in Iran, the world economy could tank. Israeli is an out of control miltary state. And could trigger a horrendous economic crisis. The US is currently sucked into the Israeli nightmare, desperately trying to maintain its world dominance, having the opposite effect. Jeffrey Sachs descries the unravelling of US dominance. …
Siege of Iran not going well. Ground assault next? But what about the weather? In Russia, it was General Winter that defeated invaders. In Iran, General Summer is coming, and American forces will struggle in extreme heat which they are not prepared for, or equipped for. The Israeli plan was for a quick victory before summer …
The New Atlas 🇺🇸🇪🇺Quick Fact: The US withdrawing troops from Germany plus Europe ramping up for war with Russia is EXACTLY the “division of labor” US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth laid out in February 2025. Read the whole February 2025 document here: https://war.gov/News/Speeches/Speech/… A more detailed explanation… In that …
Trump’s ‘Not me, honest,Guv’ approach to the Iran War, blaming Israel, fools no one, although the media tries to push the false narrative. e.g. Washington Post – U.S. shrinks presence in Middle East amid fears of Israeli strike on Iran (Jun. 11, 2025): https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation… Brookings Institution – Which Path to Persia? (2009): https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/… Brookings Institution – …
India’s BrahMos push is no longer a single-headline story. After the Philippines proved the export model, Indonesia adds archipelago scale and a sharper maritime-denial logic—especially when you center the geography on Natuna and the approaches into the South China Sea. In this video we walk through what actually changed with the Indonesia agreement: why shore-based anti-ship …
Source: https://www.theburningplatform.com/2026/05/02/africa-the-next-oil-bonanza-the-failure-of-using-force-alone-letter-from-south-africa-02-05-26/ The Middle East is on fire. Ongoing constricted global oil supply lines might elevate the Gulf of Guinea to a new strategic importance. Protect & Survive My “Letter from South Africa” was interrupted by reporting on the war in Iran. The recent …
Dr. Heather Lynn | The Ancient Entropy Equation, Ritual Sex Magic, & The Broker Class Dr. Heather Lynn is an author, historian, and former professor who explores the hidden knowledge and forbidden histories that traditional academia often overlooks. With expertise spanning archaeology, education, history, and technology, Dr. Lynn connects myth, magic, and science and brings a …
Source: https://www.unz.com/ishamir/blessings-from-heaven/ I have two news items for you today, a good one and a bad one. Should we begin with a good one? OK, so we shall. The Good News In the parched lands of the Middle East, the rains are few and far between. My readers who live in lands of temperate climate, in the US …
The begging bowls are coming out. These are high spending countries experiencing very steep reductions in their cash in flow. They either sell off assets or raise cash. All their currencies are pegged to the dollar, the currency of the country that was the financial hyperpower, the USA. They won’t break the link to the …
Ukraine has now struck the Tuapse oil refinery four times in under two weeks — and the latest attack came right after a Trump-Putin phone call aimed at de-escalating the conflict, raising serious questions about who is actually controlling Ukrainian military operations. Alex Christoforou of The Duran breaks down the explosive resurgence of the Mind corruption …
The war in Lebanon has displaced a million people in South Lebanon. The Israelis are destroying the towns and villages but being hit hard by FPV drones, and won’t be able to stay around. In Palestinian Gaza, Hamas is still in charge, once a democratic orgnisation, now a militia. Hezbollah in Lebanon is a state within a …
Source: https://leohohmann.substack.com/p/king-charles-shows-up-in-dc-beating Talks about ‘shared values’ and ‘unyeilding resolve’ in ‘defending Ukraine’ …but what does that look like and where does it end? Depopulation is the key to it all. Just when you thought the war drums couldn’t be any louder, with extremist Israel-firsters pushing for continuing and expanding the killing fields in Iran, Lebanon, Gaza, …
Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2026/05/doug-casey/energy-lockdowns-and-the-new-era-of-government-control/ May 1, 2026 International Man: Governments learned during COVID that populations will tolerate extraordinary restrictions if they’re sold as an emergency. Could an energy crisis become the next excuse for lockdown-style controls? Doug Casey: We’re looking at something much worse than another lockdown, as bad as that was. The big question is whether we’re now …
Source: https://mileswmathis.com/chapito.pdf April 30, 2026 Sam Cooper at the Bureau.news ran an article today under the title Federal Prosecutors Charge Sinaloa’s Governor, a Senator, a Mayor, and Seven Other Senior Mexican Officials With Running a Narco-State for the Chapitos It claims: In what appears to be the frst instance in American legal history of the Justice Department indicting …
Patrick Henningsen: Iran’s CHILLING Message to Trump – Ships Turning Back Near Hormuz. Who initiated the ceasefire in Iran? Who initiated the call to Putin? Trump. He cares about the news cycle. What’s the story? Out at sea The USS Gerald Ford strike group has withdrawn from the northern Red Sea. Defending Israel from Yemen. Heading back to …
Siege of Iran not going well. Ground assault next? But what about the weather? In Russia, it was General Winter that defeated invaders. In Iran, General Summer is coming, and American forces will struggle in extreme heat which they are not prepared for, or equipped for. The Israeli plan was for a quick victory before summer …
Trump’s ‘Not me, honest,Guv’ approach to the Iran War, blaming Israel, fools no one, although the media tries to push the false narrative. e.g. Washington Post – U.S. shrinks presence in Middle East amid fears of Israeli strike on Iran (Jun. 11, 2025): https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation… Brookings Institution – Which Path to Persia? (2009): https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/… Brookings Institution – …
Source: https://www.theburningplatform.com/2026/05/02/africa-the-next-oil-bonanza-the-failure-of-using-force-alone-letter-from-south-africa-02-05-26/ The Middle East is on fire. Ongoing constricted global oil supply lines might elevate the Gulf of Guinea to a new strategic importance. Protect & Survive My “Letter from South Africa” was interrupted by reporting on the war in Iran. The recent …
Source: https://www.unz.com/ishamir/blessings-from-heaven/ I have two news items for you today, a good one and a bad one. Should we begin with a good one? OK, so we shall. The Good News In the parched lands of the Middle East, the rains are few and far between. My readers who live in lands of temperate climate, in the US …
Ukraine has now struck the Tuapse oil refinery four times in under two weeks — and the latest attack came right after a Trump-Putin phone call aimed at de-escalating the conflict, raising serious questions about who is actually controlling Ukrainian military operations. Alex Christoforou of The Duran breaks down the explosive resurgence of the Mind corruption …
Source: https://leohohmann.substack.com/p/king-charles-shows-up-in-dc-beating Talks about ‘shared values’ and ‘unyeilding resolve’ in ‘defending Ukraine’ …but what does that look like and where does it end? Depopulation is the key to it all. Just when you thought the war drums couldn’t be any louder, with extremist Israel-firsters pushing for continuing and expanding the killing fields in Iran, Lebanon, Gaza, …
Source: https://mileswmathis.com/chapito.pdf April 30, 2026 Sam Cooper at the Bureau.news ran an article today under the title Federal Prosecutors Charge Sinaloa’s Governor, a Senator, a Mayor, and Seven Other Senior Mexican Officials With Running a Narco-State for the Chapitos It claims: In what appears to be the frst instance in American legal history of the Justice Department indicting …
The New Atlas 🇺🇸🇪🇺Quick Fact: The US withdrawing troops from Germany plus Europe ramping up for war with Russia is EXACTLY the “division of labor” US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth laid out in February 2025. Read the whole February 2025 document here: https://war.gov/News/Speeches/Speech/… A more detailed explanation… In that …
India’s BrahMos push is no longer a single-headline story. After the Philippines proved the export model, Indonesia adds archipelago scale and a sharper maritime-denial logic—especially when you center the geography on Natuna and the approaches into the South China Sea. In this video we walk through what actually changed with the Indonesia agreement: why shore-based anti-ship …
Dr. Heather Lynn | The Ancient Entropy Equation, Ritual Sex Magic, & The Broker Class Dr. Heather Lynn is an author, historian, and former professor who explores the hidden knowledge and forbidden histories that traditional academia often overlooks. With expertise spanning archaeology, education, history, and technology, Dr. Lynn connects myth, magic, and science and brings a …
The begging bowls are coming out. These are high spending countries experiencing very steep reductions in their cash in flow. They either sell off assets or raise cash. All their currencies are pegged to the dollar, the currency of the country that was the financial hyperpower, the USA. They won’t break the link to the …
The war in Lebanon has displaced a million people in South Lebanon. The Israelis are destroying the towns and villages but being hit hard by FPV drones, and won’t be able to stay around. In Palestinian Gaza, Hamas is still in charge, once a democratic orgnisation, now a militia. Hezbollah in Lebanon is a state within a …
Source: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2026/05/doug-casey/energy-lockdowns-and-the-new-era-of-government-control/ May 1, 2026 International Man: Governments learned during COVID that populations will tolerate extraordinary restrictions if they’re sold as an emergency. Could an energy crisis become the next excuse for lockdown-style controls? Doug Casey: We’re looking at something much worse than another lockdown, as bad as that was. The big question is whether we’re now …
Patrick Henningsen: Iran’s CHILLING Message to Trump – Ships Turning Back Near Hormuz. Who initiated the ceasefire in Iran? Who initiated the call to Putin? Trump. He cares about the news cycle. What’s the story? Out at sea The USS Gerald Ford strike group has withdrawn from the northern Red Sea. Defending Israel from Yemen. Heading back to …
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