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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...
Trump: Iran will not blackmail us over Hormuz Trump Issues New Iran Ultimatum: ‘We’ll Have to Start Dropping Bombs’ Trump: Iran has agreed to hand over its uranium Trump Boasts Iran ‘Agreed To Everything’ — Iran Quickly Says It Won’t Give Up Uranium Iranian official says US ‘maximalist’ demands stall face-to-face talks ‘It’s Not Working’: – Diplomats Fear Trump’s Iran …
Why the US Will Continue War with Iran The US’ primary goal is global primacy. Attacking Iran is driven by a desire to isolate Russia and China further by eliminating a partner and fully controlling an economically vital region of the world. Part of this isolation specifically for China involves cutting off …
Trump loses the Church. NEXT – how they make propaganda for war NEXT – Europe falls into a trap of their own making NEXT -The war against Iran is a turning point in history, even more than Vietnam was, demonstrating the inability of US to get Iran under control. The signs are everywhere, as the US throws away its …
A new world order is taking shape before our eyes. The COVID-19 pandemic revealed the extent to which great powers depend on strategic products. The persistent shortage of semiconductors—essential to our daily lives—is reshaping geopolitical relations, fueling inflation and increasing tensions between the U.S. and China. It is estimated that 10 million cars worldwide were not …
The US navy cannot keep a ground operation supplied for very long. Navy morale is at rock bottom. Huge issues. EU vassals will notice if the oil supply simply stops. Iran will disable all Middle East oil entirely if US/Israeli attacks persist on Iranian infrastructure. A ground invasion would work to a degree. But the situation could …
Source: https://www.unz.com/article/is-ww3-really-real-or-great-reset-theater/ George Orwell’s prescient novel 1984 envisioned a dystopia where 3 global powers, East Asia, Eurasia, and Oceania, engage in endless war and constantly shifting alliances, yet really cooperate under the same one-world government. Are we there? Is WW3 Great Reset theater played out by captured fake governments that ends with 3 mega-corporation dictatorships under …
Russia has avoided escalation as long as possible. Support for Ukraine has diminished. But this time Russia sees that there has to be a response against the UK and others who have been attacking Russia for years with missiles, and the numbers of attacks are growing. Europeans have become participants. Where will Russia strike first? The next interview …
The War of the World It is spring 2026. Since February 28, Iran has faced what Washington calls Operation Epic Fury and Tel Aviv Operation Roaring Lion. An American-Israeli military coalition of an amplitude unprecedented since the Second World War. Strikes on the nuclear installations at Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan. Massive cyberattacks on infrastructure. An economic …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw2KzxQd5Wg Apr 17, 2026 Pepe Escobar reveals how brutal attacks on Iran have triggered massive global sympathy and international support — exactly what the West never saw coming. Russia and China deliver critical backing while BRICS fractures. The geopolitical game just changed forever.
00:00:00 Introduction https://x.com/MrLilburne 00:06:16 Birth & Education 00:07:39 BBC 00:09:13 That’s Life! 00:18:42 Affairs 00:28:58 Childline & NSPCC 00:44:09 Silver Line 00:45:09 TV Career 00:48:16 ‘Patron Saint of Charities’ 00:51:05 Politics 00:54:34 BBC Predators 00:56:36 Jimmy Savile 01:03:43 Child Actor Zed Phoenix 01:13:14 Sir Nicholas Fairbairn 01:16:13 Judaism & Zionism 01:23:23 Medical Fascist 01:24:47 …
Keir Starmer and the UK government have been warned ‘there will be another pandemic’. In a report on a public inquiry into the Covid pandemic released today (Thursday, April 16) chairwoman Baroness Heather Hallett issued a warning to the UK government to prepare for the next pandemic, which she says is a matter of when, not …
Why the US Will Continue War with Iran The US’ primary goal is global primacy. Attacking Iran is driven by a desire to isolate Russia and China further by eliminating a partner and fully controlling an economically vital region of the world. Part of this isolation specifically for China involves cutting off …
The US navy cannot keep a ground operation supplied for very long. Navy morale is at rock bottom. Huge issues. EU vassals will notice if the oil supply simply stops. Iran will disable all Middle East oil entirely if US/Israeli attacks persist on Iranian infrastructure. A ground invasion would work to a degree. But the situation could …
Russia has avoided escalation as long as possible. Support for Ukraine has diminished. But this time Russia sees that there has to be a response against the UK and others who have been attacking Russia for years with missiles, and the numbers of attacks are growing. Europeans have become participants. Where will Russia strike first? The next interview …
The War of the World It is spring 2026. Since February 28, Iran has faced what Washington calls Operation Epic Fury and Tel Aviv Operation Roaring Lion. An American-Israeli military coalition of an amplitude unprecedented since the Second World War. Strikes on the nuclear installations at Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan. Massive cyberattacks on infrastructure. An economic …
00:00:00 Introduction https://x.com/MrLilburne 00:06:16 Birth & Education 00:07:39 BBC 00:09:13 That’s Life! 00:18:42 Affairs 00:28:58 Childline & NSPCC 00:44:09 Silver Line 00:45:09 TV Career 00:48:16 ‘Patron Saint of Charities’ 00:51:05 Politics 00:54:34 BBC Predators 00:56:36 Jimmy Savile 01:03:43 Child Actor Zed Phoenix 01:13:14 Sir Nicholas Fairbairn 01:16:13 Judaism & Zionism 01:23:23 Medical Fascist 01:24:47 …
Trump loses the Church. NEXT – how they make propaganda for war NEXT – Europe falls into a trap of their own making NEXT -The war against Iran is a turning point in history, even more than Vietnam was, demonstrating the inability of US to get Iran under control. The signs are everywhere, as the US throws away its …
A new world order is taking shape before our eyes. The COVID-19 pandemic revealed the extent to which great powers depend on strategic products. The persistent shortage of semiconductors—essential to our daily lives—is reshaping geopolitical relations, fueling inflation and increasing tensions between the U.S. and China. It is estimated that 10 million cars worldwide were not …
Source: https://www.unz.com/article/is-ww3-really-real-or-great-reset-theater/ George Orwell’s prescient novel 1984 envisioned a dystopia where 3 global powers, East Asia, Eurasia, and Oceania, engage in endless war and constantly shifting alliances, yet really cooperate under the same one-world government. Are we there? Is WW3 Great Reset theater played out by captured fake governments that ends with 3 mega-corporation dictatorships under …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw2KzxQd5Wg Apr 17, 2026 Pepe Escobar reveals how brutal attacks on Iran have triggered massive global sympathy and international support — exactly what the West never saw coming. Russia and China deliver critical backing while BRICS fractures. The geopolitical game just changed forever.
Keir Starmer and the UK government have been warned ‘there will be another pandemic’. In a report on a public inquiry into the Covid pandemic released today (Thursday, April 16) chairwoman Baroness Heather Hallett issued a warning to the UK government to prepare for the next pandemic, which she says is a matter of when, not …
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