James Delingpole has found something interesting:
He writes:
Bilderberg. Whether you believe it’s part of a sinister conspiracy which will lead inexorably to one world government or whether you think it’s just an innocent high-level talking shop, there’s one thing that can’t be denied: it knows which way the wind is blowing. (Hat tips: Will/NoIdea/Ozboy)
At its June meeting in Sitges, Spain (unreported and held in camera, as is Bilderberg’s way), some of the world’s most powerful CEOs rubbed shoulders with notable academics and leading politicians. They included: the chairman of Fiat, the Irish Attorney General Paul Gallagher, the US special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke, Henry Kissinger, Bill Gates, Dick Perle, the Queen of the Netherlands, the editor of the Economist…. Definitely not Z-list, in other words.
Which is what makes one particular item on the group’s discussion agenda so tremendously significant.
The 58th Bilderberg Meeting will be held in Sitges, Spain 3 – 6 June 2010. The Conference will deal mainly with Financial Reform, Security, Cyber Technology, Energy, Pakistan, Afghanistan, World Food Problem, Global Cooling, Social Networking, Medical Science, EU-US relations.
Yep, that’s right. Global Cooling. Which means one of two things. Either it was a printing error.
Or the global elite is perfectly well aware that global cooling represents a far more serious and imminent threat to the world than global warming, but is so far unwilling to admit it except behind closed doors.
Let me explain briefly why this is a bombshell waiting to explode.
Read his entire post here
h/t to David Archibald and WUWT reader Schadow
I don’t know if the Bilderburgers are an international conspiracy, but I do know that they are great talent spotters, with an eye to the future. Back in the early 90s, guests were filmed arriving at a Bilderburger, including Tony Blair and Mandelson (but, being last-year’s has-beens, I bet they were not at the 2010 convention).
So what (and who) have they ‘spotted’ for the future of climate?
And who gave the conference lecture for the coolists? Lief has been a bit quiet recently, you don’t think…… 😉
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They want to discuss ways of cooling the world through geoengineering??? I did see Bill Gates’ name mentioned.
You might be discussing a phantom. ‘Global cooling’ with B. Gates
present, probably refers to geoengineering; mitigating the warming.
Given the cyclic mature of climate, though not of a too regular cycle since inputs produce a near chaotic system, we should be prepared for both. But, cooling seems to be on the cards at the moment and pushing energy prices through the roof to pay for some poor low efficiency wind turbines, as is happening in the UK at the moment, is not the best way to prepare for a dip in temperatures.
Furthermore, being a secretive group, don’t you think they would have used the words “Climate Change” if they were aware about a coming cooling world and wanted to discuss it? I have my doubts about Delingpoles take on this but I might be wrong. I hope I’m wrong. :o)
This is indeed sad news if it transpires to be correct. I had been inspired by the ideas of vast swathes of the Canadian North being opened to agriculture, Siberian tundras bestowing bountiful harvests on a world where food could be a future problem. while I find the science behind warming models dodgy, I for one do not welcome global cooling.
Let’s see,
Ireland was hit by severe winters and they don’t buy into man-made global warming.
Fiat President, socialist country of France with part oversight of GM??? EU heavy weight country. Line of power between Paris and Berlin.
Two key US players,
Netherlands’ Queen.
I see a pendulum swing in the right direction.
Talking About Global Cooling? About time too.
Take a look at some recent reports…
September 27, 2010
WEATHER: SNOWY NIGHT IS THE COLDEST IN 30 YEARS
Winter has already begun in some parts of the country
Britain saw its first snowfalls yesterday in a clear sign that summer is well and truly over. Hill walkers in Scotland struggled along slippery mountain paths after the coldest September temperatures for nearly 30 years. The Cairngorms, which enjoyed a record-breaking winter sports season that saw slopes stay open until Easter, was hit with one of the earliest snowfalls in living memory. The coldest temperatures were recorded at Tyndrum, where the mercury fell to -4.4ºC (24ºF) and Tulloch Bridge, which shivered at -4.2ºC (24.4ºF).
Ski resort officials said that although there was not enough snow for winter sports to start, they were hopeful of another bumper year on the slopes. Met office forecaster Mark Seltzer said: “It was very chilly up there. These are the coldest temperatures recorded at this time of year since the stations opened.” Other cold spots included Exeter airport, at just below freezing, and -1.5ºC in South Wales.
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01 Sep 2010
Coldest August for 17 years
Last month was the coldest August for 17 years, recording the chilliest average temperatures since 1993 without a single “hot day”, figures show.
In the last 100 years, only 22 Augusts have been wetter. Heavy rain across much of the country and thick cloud in the south east made for a disappointing end to the summer holiday. The month also saw the coldest temperatures recorded in August for 23 years, with mercury falling to 12.8ºC in Edgbaston, Birmingham.
Last week a number of nights were “notably” cold, and by the end of the month there had not been a single day on which temperatures topped 27ºC, forecasters said. Weather consultant Philip Eden said average temperatures this August had been at their lowest since 1993. He added: ”This is more a reflection of the warmth of recent Augusts rather than anything exceptional. During the last 100 years, 30 Augusts were cooler, 63 were warmer, and seven had the same overall mean temperature.”
Conditions were notably bad towards the latter part of the month when there was widespread wet weather in the southern regions. Data showed rainfall in England and Wales was almost one and a half times the average amount, at 106.2mm. In the last 100 years, only 22 Augusts have been wetter. In Weybourne, Norfolk, temperatures soared to a high of 26.7ºC, but failed to reach the levels of July when the 30ºC heat in some areas prompted health alerts.
Figures showed England and Wales enjoyed 148 hours of sunshine this month – 25% less than the average. Scotland saw 142 hours of sunshine, meeting its average, and Northern Ireland had better weather than usual, with 192 hours of sunshine.
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17 June 2010
Goldcrest numbers plummet after harsh winter conditions
Britain’s smallest bird, the tiny goldcrest, may have suffered a population crash after being hit extremely hard by the harsh conditions of last winter, the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) said yesterday.
Confirming fears that the species, which had been increasing in number because of the warmer winters of the past two decades, would suffer a serious reverse in the freeze, the BTO said the number of gardens in which goldcrests were spotted had fallen by almost half.
Across the British Isles, the tiny birds, which, at just 6g each, weigh less than a 10p piece, were seen in 48% fewer gardens between January and March than on average, with declines reaching 60% in Scotland, the South-west and the east of England. The reduction in the number of gardens where goldcrests were resident over the winter months was an “early warning” of possible major declines in the population as a whole, the BTO said.
In winter, goldcrests visit gardens in larger numbers to feed on fat-based foods put out by householders, and in the unusually snowy and icy conditions which gripped the UK and Ireland earlier this year they would be expected to be seen in more gardens. The declines, observed by people taking part in its year-round weekly Garden BirdWatch, suggest a crash in the population at large, the BTO warned.
Dr Tim Harrison, of Garden BirdWatch, said goldcrests were not able to carry much in the way of food reserves and were vulnerable to starvation. Because they are so small – just 9cm (3.5in) long – they also run a higher risk of becoming chilled, he added. Dr Harrison went on: “The goldcrest is a ‘boom-and-bust’ species – after cold winters only a quarter of the autumn population may be left to breed, but numbers can rally with pairs sometimes rearing more than 15 chicks in the following spring and summer.”
Other small birds also suffered in the cold weather, with tiny wrens seen in 22% fewer gardens than over the long-term average from 1995 to 2009, and treecreepers spotted in 15% fewer backyards.
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Looks like the élite know the game is up, even if the BBC, the Guardian, the Independent and the Royal Society don’t.
F. Ross says:
September 26, 2010 at 11:20 pm
I got it!
Catastrophic global cooling interspersed by comparitively momentary warm periods has been the norm in earth’s recent history (~700k years) according to the Vostok cores. This always led me to wonder about the CAGW economic plan, which questioning seems to get us branded as ‘deniers’, anti-science, etc.
Let’s suppose that the AGW issue was negated or incorrect for a moment. Without CAGW to tell us the Ice Age we are believed to be in is ‘over’ we’d be looking at future catastrophic cooling. Would not the economic plans for global cooling also apply to cooling? Namely, that wealthier northern nations invest money into developing third world/tropical areas that wouldn’t be sheeted over in the event of re-glactiation as well as to seek population control of the future host and migrant populations?
Something tells me that tropical real-estate would be highly sought after if much of Europe and North America were under sheets of ice.
Not that I’m saying I believe that’s liekly to happen anytime soon other than in geological/glaciological time but the questions have always nudged at me since the debate reached a boiling point.
Just an internet hoax.
Ice-ages last between 90,000 & 130,000 years, inter-glacials last around 10-15,000 years. The last inter-glacial started about 12,000 years ago. If you look at the ice-core data you will see that clearly. One can see long slow downward trends of ever colder tempreatures, then an about turn to ever increasing temperature, culminating every time with a high squiggly bit that exhibits a downward trend with fluctuations up & down over a 10,000 year-ish period, then plummeting back down colder again. We appear to be at the tail end of one of those squiggly bits it would seem. I call it the “Little Hockey Stick” period at the end of the “Great Squiggly Bit” period, 10,000-15,000 year interglacials, last one started 12,000 years ago? Oh I do wish I was good at sums! I need to get one of those £30M puters I spect.
Bill Gates involved in geoengineering?
Just imagine one morning – an error message on the sky: Sunrise fail, please reinstall the driver.
Yarmy says: (September 27, 2010 at 1:12 am) I’ve heard the Queen of the Netherlands is quite the authority on the Pacific Decadal Oscillation and Siberian tree-ring proxies.
Sarcasm is not a good fit here, Yarmy.
Anybody here think this CO2 schtick will ever counter natural cycles that inexorably lead us to another ice age episode? If we get anything from the ice core record, it is that the next ice salient is due–indeed, it is past due. As a geologist, I don’t believe anything man can do or will do will reverse the inevitable. I’m seriously dismayed that any mention of “cooling” is interpreted as mechanisms being engineered to counter global warming when “global cooling” is the term mentioned, not “cooling the globe” (there IS a difference). Considering how the sun has been behaving recently and replication of natural cycles, whether the Bildebergs intended it that way or not, what we should be looking for are indications of the next global freezing.
I was hoping for this to be featured. To my mind it’s dynamite for the cause! – (or was it a typo)?
Thanks Anthony.
I take the term Global Cooling to mean geo-engineering. This group still has it’s teeth stuck in CAGW because of the $$$ involved. Global cooling is just another mechanism to make cash.
When you hold all the cards, it is easy to deal a winning hand.
Inflate a bubble of “warming” expenditures. If the warming continues, that means that more taxes are needed. If the warming abates, continue to ensure the status quo. If it starts to cool, success and justification! Continue the governance to ensure compliance.
One of the many reasons that Cop15 was such a rush job. They needed to get things in place before the cooling showed that their scheme was just that. On now to cooling and how to exploit whatever scenario occurs. It matters little what particular game is called, they hold all the cards.
Anyone who has been following the story of the “Bilderbergs” for more than the last three years will know that this site is NOT an official Bilderberg site and that the current Bilderberg conferences no longer attract the leaders of the “secret world government” as they have alreasy served their purpose, the mainstream media has been loyally ignoring them for all those years when they did do their business and now it is a joke group set up to ridicule people who still bang on about “Bilderberg conspiracies”.
A glance at this years attendee list shows only wannabes and never-had-beens.
This reality will hurt the feelings of Joe Romm and james hansen. They are very sensitive. It may also choke some cash flow for the tree ring circus.
REPLY: Romm is so “sensitive” that a light breeze will set him off. He reminds me of Fulminate of Mercury – Anthony
Ken Hall says: “…A glance at this years attendee list shows only wannabes and never-had-beens.”
Wannabes and never-had-beens?
I think you jest, sir.
Let’s examine the guest list, shall we?…
“…Bilderberg’s only activity is its annual Conference. At the meetings, no resolutions are proposed, no votes taken, and no policy statements issued. Since 1954, fifty-seven conferences have been held. The names of the participants are made available to the press. Participants are chosen for their experience, their knowledge, and their standing; all participants attend Bilderberg in a private and not an official capacity.”
BILDERBERG PARTICIPANTS, 2010
HONORARY CHAIRMAN
BEL Davignon, Etienne Vice Chairman, Suez-Tractebel
AUT Bronner, Oscar Publisher and Editor, Der Standard
AUT Fischer, Heinz Federal President
AUT Scholten, Rudolf Member of the Board of Executive Directors, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG
BEL Huyghebaert, Jan Chairman of the Board of Directors, KBC Group
CAN Campbell, Gordon Premier of British Columbia
CAN Clark, W. Edmund President and CEO, TD Bank Financial Group
CAN Mansbridge, Peter Chief Correspondent, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
CAN McKenna, Frank Deputy Chair, TD Bank Financial Group
CAN Prichard, J. Robert S. President and CEO, Metrolinx
CAN Reisman, Heather M. Chair and CEO, Indigo Books & Music Inc.
CHE Vasella, Daniel L. Chairman, Novartis AG
CHE Voser, Peter CEO, Royal Dutch Shell plc
CHE Waldvogel, Francis A. Chairman, Novartis Venture Fund
DEU Ackermann, Josef Chairman of the Management Board and the Group Executive Committee, Deutsche Bank AG
DEU Enders, Thomas CEO, Airbus SAS
DEU Löscher, Peter Chairman of the Board of Management, Siemens AG
DEU Scholz, Olaf Vice Chairman, SPD
DEU Zetsche, Dieter Chairman, Daimler AG
DNK Eldrup, Anders CEO, DONG Energy
DNK Federspiel, Ulrik Vice President Global Affairs, Haldor Topsøe A/S
DNK Nyrup Rasmussen, Poul Former Prime Minister
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
FIN Blåfield, Antti Senior Editorial Writer, Helsingin Sanomat
FIN Katainen, Jyrki Minister of Finance
FIN Ollila, Jorma Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell plc
FIN Wahlroos, Björn Chairman, Sampo plc
FRA Castries, Henri de Chairman of the Management Board and CEO, AXA
FRA Lauvergeon, Anne Chairman of the Executive Board, AREVA
FRA Montbrial, Thierry de President, French Institute for International Relations
FRA Ramanantsoa, Bernard Dean, HEC Paris Group
GBR Agius, Marcus Chairman, Barclays Bank PLC
GBR Kerr, John Member, House of Lords; Deputy Chairman, Royal Dutch Shell plc.
GBR Micklethwait, John Editor-in-Chief, The Economist
GBR Oldham, John National Clinical Lead for Quality and Productivity
GBR Taylor, J. Martin Chairman, Syngenta International AG
GBR Williams, Shirley Member, House of Lords
GRC David, George A. Chairman, Coca-Cola H.B.C. S.A.
GRC Papaconstantinou, George Minister of Finance
GRC Tsoukalis, Loukas President, ELIAMEP
INT Almunia, Joaquín Commissioner, European Commission
INT Gucht, Karel de Commissioner, European Commission
INT Kroes, Neelie Commissioner, European Commission
INT Moyo, Dambisa F. Economist and Author
INT Sheeran, Josette Executive Director, United Nations World Food Programme
INT Solana Madariaga, Javier Former Secretary General, Council of the EU
INT Stigson, Björn President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
INT Tumpel-Gugerell, Gertrude Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank
INT Zoellick, Robert B. President, The World Bank Group
IRL Gallagher, Paul Attorney General
IRL Sutherland, Peter D. Chairman, Goldman Sachs International
ITA Bernabè, Franco CEO, Telecom Italia S.p.A.
ITA Conti, Fulvio CEO and General Manager, Enel SpA
ITA Elkann, John Chairman, Fiat S.p.A.
ITA Monti, Mario President, Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi
ITA Padoa-Schioppa, Tommaso Former Minister of Finance; President of Notre Europe
ITA Rocca, Gianfelice Chairman, Techint
ITA Scaroni, Paolo CEO, Eni S.p.A.
NLD Halberstadt, Victor Professor of Economics, Leiden University; Former Honorary Secretary General of Bilderberg Meetings
NLD Hommen, Jan H.M. Chairman, ING Group
NLD Netherlands, H.M. the Queen of the
NLD Rinnooy Kan, Alexander H.G. Chairman, Social and Economic Council of the Netherlands (SER)
NLD Wellink, Nout President, De Nederlandsche Bank
NOR Brandtzæg, Svein Richard CEO, Norsk Hydro ASA
NOR Magnus, Birger Chairman, Storebrand ASA
NOR Myklebust, Egil Former Chairman of the Board of Directors SAS, Norsk Hydro ASA
PRT Balsemão, Francisco Pinto Chairman and CEO, IMPRESA, S.G.P.S.; Former Prime Minister
PRT Rangel, Paulo Member, European Parliament
PRT Teixeira dos Santos, Fernando Minister of State and Finance
SWE Bäckström, Urban Director General, Confederation of Swedish Enterprise
SWE Bildt, Carl Minister of Foreign Affairs
SWE Renström, Lars President and CEO, Alfa Laval
SWE Wallenberg, Jacob Chairman, Investor AB
TUR Çakir, Rusen Journalist
TUR Gürel, Z. Damla Special Adviser to the President on EU Affairs
TUR Koç, Mustafa V. Chairman, Koç Holding A.S.
TUR Özilhan, Tuncay Chairman, Anadolu Group
TUR Sabanci Dinçer, Suzan Chairman, Akbank
USA Altman, Roger C. Chairman, Evercore Partners Inc.
USA Arrison, Sonia Author and policy analyst
USA Collins, Timothy C. Senior Managing Director and CEO, Ripplewood Holdings, LLC
USA Feldstein, Martin S. George F. Baker Professor of Economics, Harvard University
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 Gordon, Philip H. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs
USA Graham, Donald E. Chairman and CEO, The Washington Post Company
USA Holbrooke, Richard C. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan
USA Hormats, Robert D. Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs
USA Johnson, James A. Vice Chairman, Perseus, LLC
USA Keane, John M. Senior Partner, SCP Partners
USA Kissinger, Henry A. Chairman, Kissinger Associates, Inc.
USA Kleinfeld, Klaus Chairman and CEO, Alcoa
USA Kravis, Henry R. Founding Partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
USA Kravis, Marie-Josée Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute, Inc.
USA Lander, Eric S. President and Director, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
USA Mathews, Jessica T. President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
USA Mundie, Craig J. Chief Research and Strategy Officer, Microsoft Corporation
USA Naím, Moisés Editor-in-Chief, Foreign Policy
USA Orszag, Peter R. Director, Office of Management and Budget
USA Parker, Sean Managing Partner, Founders Fund
USA Pearl, Frank H. Chairman and CEO, Perseus, LLC
USA Perle, Richard N. Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
USA Rose, Charlie Producer, Rose Communications
USA Rubin, Robert E. Co-Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations; Former Secretary of the Treasury
USA Schmidt, Eric CEO and Chairman of the Board, Google
USA Steinberg, James B. Deputy Secretary of State
USA Summers, Lawrence H. Director, National Economic Council
USA Thiel, Peter A. President, Clarium Capital Management, LLC
USA Varney, Christine A. Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust
USA Volcker, Paul A. Chairman, Economic Recovery Advisory Board
USA West, F.J. Bing Author
USA Wolfensohn, James D. Chairman, Wolfensohn & Company, LLC
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More “movers and shakers,” billionaires and powerful over-achievers in one room than you would need to shape any policy change you can think of.
Ken Hall>> I have no way of checking if that is the official Bilderberg Group site. However, your comment on the participants, that they are “has-beens”, is 100% wrong concerning the supposed Swedish participants. I am from Sweden.
One was our Foreign Minister for the last 4 years (and probably for 4 more, since they won the election last week. One is a member of the most influential business family of Sweden, Jacob Wallenberg. And so on…
I can’t speak for the other countries participants, but when it comes to the Swedes, you are definitely wrong.
Of course, the whole site could be phony, but I’m pretty sure that the people on the list woulnd’t hesitate to have it taken down in seconds. They sure have the connections to do so…
>>Ken:
>>A glance at this years attendee list shows only wannabes and never-had-beens.
That is half the point of Bilderberger, is it not? They try to identify future leaders (wannabees), as that is the best way of influencing future policy – like the UKs New Labour experiment. It was a complete failure, as it happened, but they were Bilderberger before they were influential.
Not sure if this web site is pukka or not. I would tend towards the latter.
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Just a thought…
“Global cooling” could actually be in terms of economics.
Is this a bit old now? At the Grauniad back in June they told the same news…
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/2010/jun/14/charlie-skelton-bilderberg-2010
I prefer the Delingpole take on the issue, but I wonder that raking up old has-been news might not be a great idea – unless I’m missing something….