Bilderberg Update

The Bilderberg Brahmins released their "agenda":

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.

Here is what I expected they would discuss:

• Debt deflation
• Spain
• Greece
• Turkey
• Maintaining European competitive advantage against emerging economies
• Social decline of the west

I imagine "financial reform" is actually a cover for fiscal reform. Financial reform can be discussed openly. Fiscal reform, however, is a fertile soil for popular anger. "Security" is code for the ongoing conflict between the West and Islam. "Cyber technology" can only refer to China and its army brigades of hackers -- or perhaps the loose band of Russian nationalist hacktivists. And so forth.

The two topics that surprise me are "medical science" and "global cooling." To be honest, seeing these listed made my skin crawl. Why in the hell would these people want to discuss about medical science? I don't see it, unless it's in the context of health care costs and the untenable welfare state. And, global cooling? Is there something we should know?

I wonder who's job it was to explain Twitter to Henry Kissinger . . .

Bilderburg 2010

I'm not into the Alex Jones scene, believe me, but Bilderburg always gets me thinking. Based on the leaked attendees list, here is my take on the themes:

• Debt deflation
• Spain
• Greece
• Turkey
• Maintaining European competitive advantage against emerging economies
• Social decline of the west

Think I'm wrong? Then why did Niall Ferguson get the invite, but Krugman didn't? If I was in charge, I would arrange the agenda as follows:

• Debt deflation
• Russian integration into the European economy (you know, because the failure to do so allowed WWI to happen)
• Alternative energy, i.e., anything but Middle Eastern oil
• Finding buyers for European and American goods, i.e., JOBS!