(I wasn’t going to post any news today, but in my interest of world peace, and everyone’s interest in things that are happening, this story is important, and it’s not likely to be in the commercial breaks of the game or whatever. If it comes up again, and/or where regular people see it in regular fashion, something will have already happened. Right now, it strikes me as something of which to be aware. Save reading it till tomorrow, if you like. I just want it here for the record. -A)
The former head of Nato, Jens Stoltenberg, has been named the new co-chair of the influential Bilderberg Group, which convenes a yearly transatlantic policy conference and has long been the subject of conspiracy theories around the extent of its power to shape global events.and/or
After a turbulent decade at the helm of the alliance’s military, Stoltenberg now takes over at its pre-eminent discussion forum: a fiercely private four-day event frequented by prime minsters, EU commissioners, bank bosses, corporate CEOs and intelligence chiefs.
Stoltenberg’s first Bilderberg was back in 2002, a few years before his second tenure as Norway’s prime minister. His decade as secretary general of Nato saw further visits, and he even gave the keynote speech at the group’s Saturday night banquet in Turin in 2018. His appointment as Bilderberg’s co-chair cements the group’s role at the heart of transatlantic strategy.
In February, Stoltenberg will also take over as chair of the Munich Security Conference, another important defence and diplomacy symposium. With a fellow Bilderberg veteran, the former Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte, replacing Stoltenberg at Nato, it marks a concentration of control at the top of the Atlantic alliance at a critical time.
Stoltenberg’s tenure at Nato was dominated by the Russia-Ukraine conflict, which had begun in earnest not long before he took office in 2014. Stoltenberg oversaw what he recently described as “the largest reinforcement of our collective defence in a generation”, noting proudly that “defence spending is on an upward trajectory across the alliance”.
A number of his new colleagues at Bilderberg have been benefiting from this uptick.
Several of the group’s 31-member steering committee have senior roles in the defence industry. The billionaire former Google boss, Eric Schmidt, chaired the recent National Security Commission on AI, and is now busy launching a kamikaze drone company aimed at the lucrative Ukraine market. Meanwhile, the hugely wealthy Swedish industrialist Marcus Wallenberg is chair of defense manufacturer Saab, which enjoyed a 71% boost in orders in the first nine months of 2024, largely due to the war with Russia.
The tech luminary and Donald Trump insider Peter Thiel founded the fast-growing robotics company Anduril and the booming surveillance and AI giant Palantir. His loyal lieutenant Alex Karp, the CEO of Palantir, was voted on to the board of Bilderberg a few years ago. Karp, who claims his company is “responsible for most of the targeting in Ukraine”, recently told the New York Times that the US will “very likely” soon be fighting a three-front war with China, Russia and Iran.
In some respects, the geopolitical mood today is not so different from how it was in the 1950s, when Bilderberg was born. (snip-MORE)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/25/jens-stoltenberg-bilderberg-group-trump-presidency
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Hi Ali. I apologize. I am very tired and shouldn’t be trying to do this … but I was not able to follow the thread of the post. Are you saying that the Bilderberg Group is a money laundering thing that has been helping tRump. It wouldn’t be wrong if you are, as we know that the German dacha bank funneled Russian money to tRump for decades. It is what they really have over him. Again I am tired so maybe I am not reading the post correctly. But from what I understand of it I am really glad you did post it. Thank you and hugs
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No, it is not about money-laundering and could be about any global group with global interests. The important part is the general sentiment of being prepared for upcoming war.
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Hi Ali. Thank you for helping me understand. I will reread the article. And thanks for all you do to keep the blog interesting. I am worried about the two comments moving from active to trash and spam. If you notice anymore please try to contact me even if you need to text me on my phone. Thanks. Hugs
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I’m certain it is me inadvertently touching the pad. I’m being very careful. Actually, I’ll go look for the trash here, then I’ll be able to undo it if I have to.
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I found it! I almost never use that screen, but now I know what it’s for, and I think I can just fix it when I do that here.
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There, it happened again! I was answering Scottie’s question about the article from the notifications column, and the comment disappeared! So I came here to the page, clicked on Scottie’s comment shown in the right-hand column of recent comments, answered it, and the answer is the only comment.
Here it is copy-pasted from email, where it still exists:
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Hi Ali. I apologize. I am very tired and shouldn’t be trying to do this … but I was not able to follow the thread of the post. Are you saying that the Bilderberg Group is a money laundering thing that has been helping tRump. It wouldn’t be wrong if you are, as we know that the German dacha bank funneled Russian money to tRump for decades. It is what they really have over him. Again I am tired so maybe I am not reading the post correctly. But from what I understand of it I am really glad you did post it. Thank you and hugs
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Hi Ali. I apologize but I found the comment in the spam folder. I am not sure how it got there because how could my reply be spam. I did restore it and will also reply to your reply. Thank you for taking the effort to reply even when the comment disappeared. I admit I am worried now how many other comments disappeared or spammed? By the way I was helping Ron with how to post and showing him how to use the dashboard. What they authors see and what I have access to is so very different. I had no idea. Hugs
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I thought there would have to be a difference, because some of the stuff you mention I can’t see a way through to do. Other stuff I have figured out, though.
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Hi Ali. You picked up the entire blogging thing fast. I hope Ron does as well. He thinks of things he wants to add / say on the blog but by the time he gets around to doing so he forgot what it was he wanted to post. Hugs
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I can see how that can be! If I wasn’t the only one on my computer doing this, I’d do the same thing. Since it’s just me, though, I email stuff to myself, then go back and post it.
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Oh, yeah, and I had to learn to click stuff on WP to see what it is, and why I might use it. I was intimidated at the beginning, but then I thought, well, if worse comes to worst, I can trash the post and start over. Then things started coming together for me.
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