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Bullhorning Bilderberg was yesterday

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This afternoon in front of the hotel near Athens where the annual Bilderberg meeting is going on:

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The Guardian sent a guy named Charlie Skelton over to the meeting. The kid is not exactly a journalist but some sort of comedian or whatever. He seems to have thought it would be great fun to hang around, make some lame jokes about conspiracy theorists and get fine money from the paper, but it turned out quite differently. Not too much lulz. From his latest dispatch:

Charlie Skelton said:
I'm going to try and make sense of my experiences. It's not easy; I don't want to sound feeble-minded, but this has been a lot to take in. I feel a bit like I've driven down the wrong alley and suddenly don't recognise anything, and people are staring at me and not simply to admire my hair. I'm jumpy. I think someone has been in my room and moved my laptop. I know this sounds bonkers, I know it does, but I took a photo of it before I left the room and it wasn't where I left it.

Listen to me. I sound like a fruitcake. Three days and I've been turned into a suspect, a troublemaker, unwanted, ill at ease, tired and a bit afraid. And I haven't even walked up the road to the Bilderberg hotel since the whole "get in the car!" incident. I've been trying to stay out of trouble, but trouble has followed me down the hill.


Charlie Skelton's Bilderberg files
 
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I love this. 9/11 deniers and other theorists claim these Bilderburg meetings are secret yet..

Well, look at that crowd. Apparently it is illegal for people to meet up privately and talk now. I guess we should be arresting anyone who lives with their families.
 
The Guardian sent a guy named Charlie Skelton over to the meeting. The kid is not exactly a journalist but some sort of comedian or whatever. He seems to have thought it would be great fun to hang around, make some lame jokes about conspiracy theorists and get fine money from the paper, but it turned out quite differently. Not too much lulz. From his latest dispatch:

Just reads like Jon Ronson sans the talent. What's the big deal?
 
Sounds like the usual "I HATE RICH PEOPLE/THOSE WITH MORE THAN ME!" populist rant to me, when I clicked the link and looked at some of his other stuff. Its ultra hip and vogue to do that nowdays, don't you know. Makes you friends with the cool kids.
 
I'm going to stop apologising now. I'm going to try and make sense of my experiences. It's not easy; I don't want to sound feeble-minded, but this has been a lot to take in. I feel a bit like I've driven down the wrong alley and suddenly don't recognise anything, and people are staring at me and not simply to admire my hair.

How naive can this guy possibly be? He didn't understand that goofing around and snapping pictures at a potentially explosive protest pitting militant Marxists and anarchists against Greek riot cops was going to get him arrested? Greece has been teetering on the edge with all of the riots and civil unrest for months.

This doesn't have anything to do with the Bilderbergs controlling the universe, it has to do with not paying attention to anything that's happened in Greece over the last year and blundering into a situation he didn't understand.
 
Charlie Skelton said:
I think someone has been in my room and moved my laptop. I know this sounds bonkers, I know it does, but I took a photo of it before I left the room and it wasn't where I left it.

OMG! It has happened to me too! I once left my bed unmade in a hotel room, and when I got back it was neatly made! :eek:
 
I know I always take a picture of my laptop before leaving the hotel room. So much easier than taking it with me or putting it in the room safe.... I mean, that would be just bonkers paranoid!!
 
I don't see why Skelton finds it so unimaginable that when he's investigating a meeting of some very important people from politics and industry, the police would want to check up on him. I'd actually find it more suspicious if they didn't..

Also, OT, but Childlike Empress, is that Lucie Barat in your avatar?
 
I don't know, I'm getting a feeling of parody when I read those. It's not real obvious, and could simply be Poe's law, but much of the language, and even some of the things already brought up in this thread seem too intentional to me. Add in that the guy is a comedian, and it smells of a joke to me.
 
Sounds like the usual "I HATE RICH PEOPLE/THOSE WITH MORE THAN ME!" populist rant to me, when I clicked the link and looked at some of his other stuff. Its ultra hip and vogue to do that nowdays, don't you know. Makes you friends with the cool kids.

The Red Flags in the photo sorta give you a hint of the politics involved.
 
I don't know, I'm getting a feeling of parody when I read those. It's not real obvious, and could simply be Poe's law, but much of the language, and even some of the things already brought up in this thread seem too intentional to me. Add in that the guy is a comedian, and it smells of a joke to me.

You almost have to act it out to get the parody. Try using a flashlight under the chin in a dark tent and intone each sentence in a Jack Palance voice. And then at the end of each paragraph jump up and do a little Martin Short/Ed Grimley prance yelling "Wooga-Booga" three or four times and you'll get the fullest effect.

I pictured it in my mind since reading through a few of the entries and there's little doubt it's parody.
 
Charlie Skelton is reporting for the Guardian again. They met in Spain this year and had an extralong five days conference ending today. Spanish media is there, but not much to see because of the extreme secrecy.

The official (times are changing :D) list of participants is even more impressive than usual. Remarkably few politicians.

Some interesting guests from the US:

USA Ferguson, Niall Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History, Harvard University
USA Gates, William H. Co-chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Chairman, Microsoft Corporation
USA Graham, Donald E. Chairman and CEO, The Washington Post Company
USA Lander, Eric S. President and Director, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
USA Orszag, Peter R. Director, Office of Management and Budget
USA Rose, Charlie Producer, Rose Communications
USA Schmidt, Eric CEO and Chairman of the Board, Google
 
Will Spain be in the news the following year as much as Greece was since the conference in Athens? Official participants from Spain:

ESP Alierta, César Chairman and CEO, Telefónica
ESP Botín, Ana P. Executive Chairman, Banesto
ESP Carvajal Urquijo, Jaime Managing Director, Advent International
ESP Cebrián, Juan Luis CEO, PRISA
ESP Cisneros, Gustavo A. Chairman and CEO, Cisneros Group of Companies
ESP Entrecanales, José M. Chairman, Acciona
ESP León Gross, Bernardino Secretary General, Office of the Prime Minister
ESP Nin Génova, Juan María President and CEO, La Caixa
ESP Polanco, Ignacio Chairman, Grupo PRISA
ESP Rodriguez Inciarte, Matías Executive Vice Chairman, Grupo Santander
ESP Spain, H.M. the Queen of
ESP Zapatero, José Luis Rodríguez Prime Minister
 
Only five participants from Germany. As usual the heads of Airbus, Deutsche Bank, Daimler and Siemens, and this guy:

DEU Scholz, Olaf Vice Chairman, SPD

I see hard times coming for the FDP... ;)
 

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