A new Major League Baseball career batting average leader dethroned Ty Cobb this week. He last competed more than 75 years ago and never played in a single Major League Baseball game. Josh Gibson batted .359, according to the Baseball Hall of Fame, which enshrined him over a half-century ago. Major League Baseball now categorically states that he hit .372 over his career. Who’s right? We do not know. More importantly, we cannot know. READ MORE from Daniel J. Flynn: Why Your Catalytic Converter Went Missing and Tide Sits Behind Plexiglass Fans speak of the Negro League, but, in reality, many African American leagues competed over the course of several decades. Major League Baseball recognizes seven such leagues as on par with its level of competition. Some of these leagues overlapped chronologically with other leagues. Their competition level varied. So did their thoroughness with regard to record keeping. Negro League seasons generally scheduled fewer than half as many games as did the Major League Baseball season. Through barnstorming, they played nearly as many games by also competing against semi-pro and local teams. Which games amounted to MLB-level play, and which games rate exclusion from official statistics? A generous amount of subjectivity governs such decisions. Major League Baseball’s own website concedes the sketchiness of the statistics compiled for Negro League play. Andrew Simon states: “[R]esearchers estimate that the 1920-48 Negro Leagues records are about 75% complete, and further updates could come in the future, if more verifiable information comes to light via box scores. It’s also important to note that there is nothing new about historical records shifting over time. In fact, baseball history has always been a living, breathing thing.” Actually, no, not really. Never in the lifetimes of anyone reading this did official statistics include Babe Ruth’s 1935 exhibition game as a first baseman against the Holy Cross Crusaders or his time competing for the Providence Grays and the Baltimore Orioles in the minor leagues. Contrary to Simon’s relativistic claim, the most famous player in the game’s history’s statistics stagnated. They include no more hits and home runs than they did when baseball saran-wrapped his stats when he retired less than two months after the exhibition game against collegians at Fitton Field. It gets more convoluted. Josh Gibson allegedly batted .466 in 1943, which now puts him ahead of the highest single-season batting average in the MLB record books (let nobody call Ted Williams the last major leaguer to hit .400!). So, neither Henry Duffy nor Rogers Hornsby (modern era) can claim the highest single-season batting average. Gibson, though appearing in just 69 recognized games in 1943 without the plate appearances of Duffy or Hornsby, somehow set a new record — and did so with a brain tumor slowly killing him. But his league did not recognize him as their batting champion that year, which puts an exclamation point on the nonsensicalness of all this. Is someone named Tetelo Vargas the new record holder for single-season batting average? Statistics provide certainty. Major League Baseball wants them to provide comfort. To do the latter, one must destroy the former. As a game far more deferential to tradition than, say, football, which periodically changes its rules to such an extent as to make the game unrecognizable and its numbers meaningless, baseball remains a static game in which statistics matter. We know this because your male peers growing up collected baseball cards and not football cards, because analytics conquered baseball before any other game, and because the popularity of rotisserie baseball predated the popularity of fantasy football by decades. In almost every other sport, fans talk winning when they talk history. In baseball, they talk numbers. Alas, changing the records does not change the history books. This Orwellian rewrite is about what’s happening now and not what happened then. It would make more sense for the NFL to erase its records during those dozen or so seasons that excluded African Americans — Sammy Baugh’s distorted passer rating against white cornerbacks unsurprisingly far beats his passer rating against integrated defensive backfields — than it would to include in MLB statistics players who never stepped to the plate during an MLB game. Many people dislike that McMurphy gets lobotomized at the end. Should we change One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, too? Baseball executives do not honor the greatness of Cool Papa Bell, Buck Leonard, and Satchel Paige by incorporating their statistics into their record books. They celebrate their own virtue. Beyond this, they showcase their unbounded arrogance in their presumption that they possess the power to rewrite the past. This is baseball’s version of destroying a Christopher Columbus statue. Josh Gibson undoubtedly would have been an all-time MLB great if racial discrimination had not barred him from competition. The fact that he played catcher, and played his final seasons battling cancer, only serves to amplify his greatness. But he never played in the major leagues, and no amount of post–George Floyd reparations can amalgamize him into a Major League Baseball player. He belongs in the conversation for all-time great baseball players (as does Sadaharu Oh). He does not belong in the Major League Baseball record books. MLB did not right a wrong here. It covered one up in its statistical legerdemain. That invisible asterisk dogged Roger Maris when he broke the single-season home run record. It now obscures the entirety of Major League Baseball statistics. Image: This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license. The post Baseball’s Orwellian Alteration of Its Record Books appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

With the jury deliberating on the charges facing former President Donald Trump, many aspects of the trial have been explored. And while the case involves both the testimony of an ex-porn star and an unprecedented defendant — a major party’s presidential candidate — only a few have touched on the crime itself or the proof required to convict.  RELATED: In Sum, Trump’s Defense Focuses on Accounting, Prosecution Obsesses Over Adultery Trump has been charged with 34 counts of forging a business document, in violation of New York Penal Code 175.10, which is a felony. This particular code section has been on the books in New York since the 1980s. This is a convoluted law not unlike the infamous Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (“RICO”) statute, in that you must prove a crime within a crime. In most cases of RICO or other similar offenses, prosecutors will likely opt for the lower-hanging fruit and simply charge (and convict) on the predicate crime. This is generally less work than — and just as much reward as — going through the complex process of proving all of the elements of multiple crimes.  Simply falsifying business records, however, is only a misdemeanor under a New York law. In order for it to be felonious, the prosecutor must prove that Trump also intended to commit “another crime.” Note that this does not require proof that the crime was completed; it only requires proof that he intended that a crime be committed, which is a bit of a novelty.  New York defense attorneys acknowledge that the “falsifying” itself is fairly commonplace. One site indicates that people could be charged simply by incorrectly entering data into a database, and failing to immediately rectify the error. But proving intent can be a prosecutor’s biggest challenge—but it is the intent that transforms the charge into a felony, as opposed to a misdemeanor. It is important to situate Trump’s 34 indictments in the broader context of the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. As one of the most advanced state prosecutors’ offices in the country, the Manhattan District Attorney’s office actually has a public forum in which anyone can see the various statistics of the office — charges, trials, sentences. It’s easy to remember — Data.ManhattanDA.org.  Unfortunately, the office’s data website only goes back as far as 2013. In those 11 years, there have been 163 convictions of murder in the second degree, 509 felony weapons possession in the second degree, 4,035 convictions for petit larceny, and 2,146 convictions of misdemeanor assault. It is worth noting that, for each category, there is a stark drop off in the number of convictions for calendar year 2020. Now, how common is Trump’s charge, felony falsifying business documents? In those last 11 years, only four people have been convicted as felons under 175.10, all of them last year (2023). Because District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced in 2023 that Trump would be charged under this code section, it’s possible that these four previous cases were test runs for the office.  Given the raw data, how can Bragg even make the argument that this is not politically motivated? Since he became district attorney, the first time this statute was used was, coincidentally, the same year that he announced that the president would be charged under it. What are the odds? And don’t forget the other crimes that has gone unprosecuted in New York: larcenies, robberies, and unsolved murders. Resources are being diverted away from violence and instead toward finding creative ways to charge a Republican presidential candidate with a felony, under a statute that hasn’t been used until just this year. How can Bragg claim that’s justice? Maggie Cleary Kilgore is a visiting fellow at Independent Women’s Law Center (iwlc.org) and deputy commonwealth attorney in Culpeper County, Virginia. She is former special counsel to Attorney General Jason Miyares and former deputy secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security under the Youngkin administration. She is also a former federal prosecutor. The post The Trump Trial: An Uncommon Charge Under Suspicious Circumstances appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

To Fund Immigrant Services, Denver Slashed Its Police Department and Will Answer 911 Calls With…Drones

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Michael Caines owns several restaurants and Lympstone Manor, a country house hotel/restaurant in Devon that earned a Michelin star six months after opening.

'I'm done with us protecting people who would buy and abuse our children,' says Sen. Susan Eggman (District 5). A Democrat state senator in California called out members of her party for supposedly protecting pedophiles in order to keep black and brown men from filling prisons. Speaking in favor of SB 1414 on Wednesday, seeking to make purchasing a child for sex a felony, Senator Susan Talamantes Eggman (District 5, Stockton) blasted Democrats for, in her words, “protecting people who would buy and abuse our children.” BREAKING: A Democrat in the California State Senate just STUNNED the entire floor with her fiery speech against her own party“I’m done. I’m done with us protecting people who would buy and abuse our children.” “I don’t want people buying little girls anymore. And I’m tired of… pic.twitter.com/IkiYTNm04v— George (@BehizyTweets) May 30, 2024 “I’d like to say as a progressive proud member of this body for the last 12 years, I’m done,” Eggman said. “I’m done with us protecting people who would buy and abuse our children. I’m done.” She continued: “I don’t want to send more black and brown men to prison. I don’t want more people in prison, but I don’t want people buying girls. I don’t want people buying little girls anymore. And I’m tired of saying it’s okay and that we have to protect the men who do it.”URGENT! Keep Alex Jones in the fight against the NWO! Please pray & contribute at DefendJones.com today! Highlighting the documentary Escaping the Blade, exposing the underage sex trade in Sacramento, Eggman went on to explain the Democrat bail reform policies have essentially resulted in a catch-and-release system allowing pedophiles to re-enter society immediately following arrest. “Men are being given a little slap in the hand or a couple of days and then they’re back out again and they do the same thing. They get caught over and over and over again and somehow that’s okay. It’s not okay. It is not okay anymore. And no more am I watching.” The senator added that despite soon departing the legislature, due to term limits, she hoped her colleagues would continue the work to protect the children, stating, “They’re poor kids, they’re kids of color, but they shouldn’t have to live a life determined by what happens to them by others at a very young age and have the Democratic Party of California say, it’s OK.”  “It’s not okay. And I’m not doing it anymore. And I hope none of you do too. We have to be able to draw a line. And for me, I’m drawing a line. I urge your aye vote.” Following the senator’s speech and the testimony of others, SB 1414 passed with a 36-0 vote. The Daily Mail reports, “The bill will now go to the state assembly, where Grove and most others on both parties hope it will be beefed back up to its original form.”

Even two on one, this was an unfair competition. A recent MMA fight in Romania featured two women fighting a man, resulting in the ladies being severely beaten. Here's a gender neutral MMA fight.pic.twitter.com/4lfTqygm9l— Nopilled (@Nopilled16622) May 30, 2024 See a crowd angle of the fight below: Internet users pointed out the event highlighted the difference between men and women, specifically when it comes to sports. Radio host and former police officer Brandon Tatum wrote, “Coming soon to women’s boxing in America.”URGENT! Keep Alex Jones in the fight against the NWO! Please pray & contribute at DefendJones.com today! Only in Romania. Coming soon to women’s boxing in America ? pic.twitter.com/L6yE97oKKy— Brandon Tatum (@TheOfficerTatum) May 30, 2024

We the American people—the citizenry—are the arbiters and ultimate guardians of America’s welfare, defense, liberty, laws and prosperity. “If a nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.”—Thomas Jefferson If America’s schools are to impart principles of freedom and democracy to future generations, they must start by respecting the constitutional rights of their students Take the case of Lucas Hudson. With all the negative press being written about today’s young people, it’s refreshing to meet a young person who not only knows his rights but is prepared to stand up for them.  Lucas is a smart kid, a valedictorian of his graduating class at the Collegiate Academy at Armwood High School in Hillsborough County, Fla.Save 40% on Ultimate Fish Oil today and improve your supplement routine & experience the world-renowned powerhouse formula! So, when school officials gave Lucas an ultimatum: either remove most of his speech’s religious references from his graduation speech—in which he thanked the people who helped shape his character, reflected on how quickly time goes by, and urged people to use whatever time they have to love others and serve the God who loves us—or he would not be speaking at all, Lucas refused to forfeit his rights. That’s when Lucas’s father turned to The Rutherford Institute for help. In coming to Lucas’ defense, attorneys for The Rutherford Institute warned school officials that their attempts to browbeat Lucas into watering down his graduation speech could expose the school to a First Amendment lawsuit. Thankfully for Lucas, the school backed down, and he was able to deliver his speech as written. It doesn’t always work out so well, unfortunately. Over the course of The Rutherford Institute’s 42-year history, we have defended countless young people who found themselves censored, silenced and denied their basic First Amendment rights, especially when they chose to exercise their rights to free speech and religious freedom. In case after case, we encounter an appalling level of ignorance on the part of public school officials who mistakenly believe that the law requires anything religious be banned from public schools. Here’s where government officials get it wrong: while the government may not establish or compel a particular religion, it also may not silence and suppress religious speech merely because others might take offense. People are free to ignore, disagree with, or counter the religious speech of others, but the government cannot censor private religious speech. Unfortunately, you can only defend your rights when you know them, and the American people—and those who represent them—are utterly ignorant about their freedoms, history, and how the government is supposed to operate. As Morris Berman points out in his book Dark Ages America, “70 percent of American adults cannot name their senators or congressmen; more than half don’t know the actual number of senators, and nearly a quarter cannot name a single right guaranteed by the First Amendment. Sixty-three percent cannot name the three branches of government. Other studies reveal that uninformed or undecided voters often vote for the candidate whose name and packaging (e.g., logo) are the most powerful; color is apparently a major factor in their decision.” More than government corruption and ineptitude, police brutality, terrorism, gun violence, drugs, illegal immigration or any other so-called “danger” that threatens our nation, civic illiteracy may be what finally pushes us over the edge. As Thomas Jefferson warned, no nation can be both ignorant and free. Unfortunately, the American people have existed in a technology-laden, entertainment-fueled, perpetual state of cluelessness for so long that civic illiteracy has become the new normal for the citizenry. In fact, most immigrants who aspire to become citizens know more about national civics than native-born Americans. Surveys indicate that half of native-born Americans couldn’t correctly answer 70% of the civics questions on the U.S. Citizenship test. Not even the government bureaucrats who are supposed to represent us know much about civics, American history and geography, or the Constitution although they take an oath to uphold, support and defend the Constitution against “enemies foreign and domestic.” For instance, a couple attempting to get a marriage license was recently forced to prove to a government official that New Mexico is, in fact, one of the 50 states and not a foreign country. You can’t make this stuff up. Those who gave us the Constitution and the Bill of Rights believed that the government exists at the behest of its citizens. The government’s purpose is to protect, defend and even enhance our freedoms, not violate them. It was no idle happenstance that the Constitution opens with these three powerful words: “We the people.” Those who founded this country knew quite well that every citizen must remain vigilant or freedom would be lost. As Thomas Paine recognized, “It is the responsibility of the patriot to protect his country from its government.” You have no rights unless you exercise them. Still, you can’t exercise your rights unless you know what those rights are. “If Americans do not understand the Constitution and the institutions and processes through which we are governed, we cannot rationally evaluate important legislation and the efforts of our elected officials, nor can we preserve the national unity necessary to meaningfully confront the multiple problems we face today,” warns the Brennan Center in its Civic Literacy Report Card. “Rather, every act of government will be measured only by its individual value or cost, without concern for its larger impact. More and more we will ‘want what we want, and [will be] convinced that the system that is stopping us is wrong, flawed, broken or outmoded.’” Education precedes action. As the Brennan Center concludes “America, unlike most of the world’s nations, is not a country defined by blood or belief. America is an idea, or a set of ideas, about freedom and opportunity. It is these ideas that bind us together as Americans and have kept us free, strong, and prosperous. But these ideas do not perpetuate themselves. They must be taught and learned anew with each generation.” There is a movement underway to require that all public-school students pass the civics portion of the U.S. naturalization test—100 basic facts about U.S. history and civics—before receiving their high-school diploma, and that’s a start. Lucas Hudson would have passed such a test with flying colors. On graduation day, Lucas stepped up to the podium and delivered his uncensored valedictorian speech as written, without any interference by school censors. As Lucas’s father relayed to The Rutherford Institute: “In the end, Lucas got to give his entire speech the way he wanted to give it, and everybody was paying attention.  Nobody got hurt.  Nothing bad happened.  It was just a young man using the First Amendment rights to speak his mind regarding his personal beliefs. [Lucas] never thought a few sentences in a speech would create such a controversy in his world, but this speech turned into a defining moment for him.  He will never be the same after this experience, but this permanent change is a good thing.  When it mattered, Lucas stood up for himself, and when those he stood up against tried to push him down, [The Rutherford Institute] came to his aide and backed him up to make it a fair fight. I am comforted to know you are defending the rights of the people.  These fights matter.  Every time you defend the rights of one person, you defend the rights of every person.  You helped my son fight for his rights against the school, and, in doing so, Hillsborough County Public Schools will think twice before infringing on the rights of future students. Your defense of Lucas became an inspiration for the students in his school and sparked a healthy and meaningful debate among the teachers, students, and parents about the value of the First Amendment and the need for limits on government control over our personal beliefs.  You are fighting for good and doing important work.  Don’t ever stop. Thank you, Rutherford Institute, for being there for my son when he needed you most.” America needs more freedom fighters like Lucas Hudson and The Rutherford Institute. It’s up to us. We have the power to make and break the government. We the American people—the citizenry—are the arbiters and ultimate guardians of America’s welfare, defense, liberty, laws and prosperity. We must act—and act responsibly. A healthy, representative government is hard work. It takes a citizenry that is informed about the issues, educated about how the government operates, and willing to make the sacrifices necessary to stay involved. As I make clear in my book Battlefield America: The War on the American People and in its fictional counterpart The Erik Blair Diaries, it’s our job to keep freedom alive using every nonviolent means available to us. As Martin Luther King Jr. recognized in a speech delivered on December 5, 1955, just four days after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to relinquish her seat on a Montgomery city bus: “Democracy transformed from thin paper to thick action is the greatest form of government on earth.” Know your rights. Exercise your rights. Defend your rights. If not, you will lose them. 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Secretive meeting of globalists happening in Madrid, Spain, from Thursday 30 May to 2 June 2024. The 2024 Bilderberg globalist confab is currently taking place Thursday, May 30 to Sunday, June 2 in Madrid Spain. Check out a list of attendees and topics to be discussed below: LIST OF PARTICIPANTS 2024 – Madrid, 30 May – 2 JuneAbrams, Stacey (USA), CEO, Sage Works ProductionAdeyemo, Adewale (USA), Deputy Secretary, Department of the TreasuryAdlercreutz, Anders (FIN), Minister for European Affairs and Ownership SteeringAlbares, José Manuel (ESP), Minister of Foreign AffairsAltman, Roger C. (USA), Founder and Senior Chair, Evercore Inc.Alverà, Marco (ITA), Co-Founder, zhero.net; CEO, TESAmodei, Dario (USA), Co-Founder and CEO, Anthropic PBCAnderlini, Jamil (DEU/USA), Editor-in-Chief, POLITICO EuropeAppathurai, James (INT), Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Innovation, Hybrid and Cyber, NATOApplebaum, Anne(USA) , Staff Writer, The AtlanticAuchincloss, Murray (GBR), CEO, BP plcAydin, Mustafa (TUR), Professor of International Relations, Kadir Has UniversityBarbizet, Patricia (FRA), Chair and CEO, Temaris & Associés SASBarroso, José Manuel (PRT), Chair International Advisors, Goldman Sachs InternationalBaudson, Valérie (FRA), CEO, Amundi SABengio, Yoshua (CAN), Professor in Computer Science and Operations Research, University of MontrealBini Smaghi, Lorenzo (ITA), Chair, Societé Générale SABotín, Ana P. (ESP), Group Executive Chair, Banco Santander SABourla, Albert (USA), Chair and CEO, Pfizer Inc.Braathen (NOR), Kjerstin, CEO, DNB ASABuschmann, Marco (DEU), Minister of JusticeCalviño, Nadia (INT), President, European Investment BankCarney, Mark J. (CAN), Chair, Brookfield Asset ManagementCarvalho, Charlene de (NLD), Executive Director, Heineken Holding NVCastries, Henri de (FRA), President, Institut MontaigneCastro, Ildefonso (ESP), Secretary International Affairs, Partido PopularCavoli, Christopher (INT), Supreme Allied Commander EuropeChampagne, François-Philippe (CAN), Minister of Innovation, Science and IndustryChhabra, Tarun (USA), Senior Director for Technology and National Security, NSCChubays, Anatoly B. (RUS/ISR), Visiting Professor, London School of EconomicsCorydon, Bjarne (DNK), CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Dagbladet BørsenCoveney, Simon (IRL), Former Minister for Enterprise, Trade and EmploymentCreuheras, José (ESP), Chair, Grupo Planeta and AtresmediaCuerpo, Carlos (ESP), Minister of Economy, Commerce and BusinessDaurella Comadrán, Sol (ESP), Chair, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners plcDella Vigna, Michele (ITA), Head, Natural Resources Research EMEA, Goldman SachsDomański, Andrzej, (POL) Minister of FinanceDonohoe, Paschal (INT), President, EurogroupDöpfner, Mathias (DEU), Chair and CEO, Axel Springer SEEasterly, Jen (USA), Director, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security AgencyEk, Daniel (SWE), CEO, Spotify SAEmpoli, Giuliano da (ITA), Political Scientist and Writer, Sciences PoEntrecanales, José M. (ESP), Chair and CEO, Acciona SAEriksen, Øyvind (NOR), President and CEO, Aker ASAFerguson, Niall (USA), Milbank Family Senior Fellow, Stanford UniversityFiner, Jonathan (USA), Principal Deputy National Security AdvisorFontcuberta i Morral, Anna(CHE), Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, EPFLFraser, Jane (USA), CEO, CitigroupGabuev, Alexander, Director (INT), Carnegie Russia Eurasia CenterGentiloni, Paolo (INT), European Commissioner for EconomyGil, Isabel, Rector (PRT), Catholic University of PortugalGruber, Lilli (ITA), Editor-in-Chief and Anchor, La7 TVGruyter, Caroline de (NLD), European Affairs Correspondent, NRCGürsel, Kadri (TUR), Journalist, MedyascopeHalberstadt, Victor (NLD), Professor Em. of Economics, Leiden UniversityHarrington, Kevin (USA), Managing Director, Thiel Capital LLCHassabis, Demis (GBR), CEO, Google DeepMindHedegaard, Connie (DNK), Chair, KR FoundationHernández de Cos, Pablo (ESP), Governor, Banco de EspañaHobson, Mellody (USA), Co-CEO and President, Ariel Investments LLCHoekstra, Wopke (INT), European Commissioner for Climate ActionJohansson, Ylva (INT), European Commissioner for Home AffairsKaag, Sigrid (INT), Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza, UNKadri, Ilham (BEL), CEO, SyensqoKalemli-Özcan, Sebnem (TUR), Schreiber Family Professior of Economics Brown UniversityKallas, Kaja (EST), Prime MinisterKarp, Alex (USA), CEO, Palantir Technologies Inc.Kerameus, Niki (GRC), Minister for the InteriorKieli, Kasia (POL), President and Managing Director, Warner Bros. Discovery EMEAKoç, Ömer (TUR), Chair, Koç Holding ASKotkin, Stephen (USA), Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford UniversityKravis, Henry R. (USA), Co-Founder and Co-Executive Chair, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.Kravis, Marie-Josée (USA), Chair, The Museum of Modern ArtKudelski, André (CHE), Chair and CEO, Kudelski Group SAKuleba, Dmytro (UKR), Minister of Foreign AffairsLander, Eric S. (USA), Founding Director, Broad InstituteLee, Peter (USA), President, Microsoft ResearchLeysen, Thomas (BEL), Chair, dsm-firmenich AGLighthizer, Robert (USA), Chair, Center for American TradeLiikanen, Erkki (FIN), Chair, IFRS Foundation TrusteesLinde, Ann (SWE), Former Minister for Foreign AffairsLuckey, Palmer (USA), Founder, Anduril IndustriesMeeus, Tom-Jan (NLD), Journalist, NRCMensch, Arthur (FRA), Co-Founder and CEO, Mistral AIMerz, Friedrich (DEU), Leader, CDUMichel, Charles (INT), President, European CouncilMicklethwait, John (USA), Editor-in-Chief, Bloomberg LPMinton Beddoes, Zanny (GBR), Editor-in-Chief, The EconomistMonti, Mario (ITA), Senator for lifeMoreira, Duarte (PRT), Co-Founder and CEO, Zeno PartnersNetherlands, H.M. the King of the (NLD)O’Leary, Michael (IRL), Group CEO, Ryanair GroupPannier-Runacher,  Agnès (FRA), State Secretary at Ministry of AgriculturePapahelas, Alexis (GRC), Executive Editor, Kathimerini NewspaperPapalexopoulos, Dimitri (GRC), Chair, TITAN Cement GroupPetraeus, David H. (USA), Chair, KKR Global InstitutePhilippe, Édouard (FRA), Mayor, Le HavrePhillips, Richard H. (USA), Office of the Director of National IntelligencePind, Søren (DNK), Founder and CEO, Danish Cyber DefencePouyanné, Patrick (FRA), Chair and CEO, TotalEnergies SERachman, Gideon (GBR), Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator, Financial TimesRamírez, Pedro J. (ESP), Director, El EspañolRendi-Wagner, Pamela (AUT), Director, European Centre for Disease Prevention and ControlRuiz, José Juan (ESP), Chair, Elcano Royal InstituteRutte, Mark (NLD), Prime MinisterSawan, Wael (GBR), CEO, Shell plcSawers, John (GBR), Executive Chair, Newbridge Advisory Ltd.Schadlow, Nadia (USA), Senior Fellow, Hudson InstituteSchmidt, Eric E. (USA), Former CEO and Chair, GoogleSchmidt, Wolfgang (DEU), Head of the Chancellery, Federal Minister for Special TasksŠefčovič, Maroš (INT), European Commissioner Green Deal, Interinstitutional Relations and ForesightSewing, Christian (DEU), CEO, Deutsche Bank AGSherman, Wendy R. (USA), Former Deputy Secretary of StateSiddall, Evan (CAN), CEO, Alberta Investment Management CorporationSikorski, Radoslaw (POL), Minister of Foreign AffairsŞimşek, Mehmet (TUR), Minister of FinanceStephens, Bret (USA), Opinion Columnist, New York TimesStoltenberg, Jens (INT), Secretary General, NATOStubb, Alexander (FIN), President of the RepublicSuleyman, Mustafa (GBR), CEO, Microsoft AIThiel, Peter (USA), President, Thiel Capital LLCVaradkar, Leo (IRL), Former Prime MinisterVerhoeven, Karel (BEL), Editor-in-Chief, De StandaardWallenberg, Marcus (SWE), Chair, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken ABWard, Jonathan (USA), Senior Fellow, Hudson InstituteWolf, Martin H. (GBR), Chief Economics Commentator, Financial TimesWright, Thomas (USA), Senior Director for Strategic Planning, NSCYläjärvi, Erja (FIN), Senior Editor-in-Chief, Helsingin SanomatZadrazil, Robert (AUT), Country Manager Austria, UniCredit GroupZakaria, Fareed (USA), Host, Fareed Zakaria GPSZeiler, Gerhard (AUT), President, Warner Bros. Discovery International As usual, the meetings are conducted under the Chatham House Rule, meaning members are allowed to talk about ideas discussed, however are unable to identify who gave specific commentary.Get 40% OFF our flagship product DNA Force Plus now! Try it today and see why so many listeners have made it an essential part of their daily routine! Citizens should be on the lookout for unlisted participants attending the event, as was the case with World Economic Forum advisor Yuval Noah Harari’s attendance at the 69th annual Bilderberg Group meeting. The key topics for discussion this year are: State of AIAI SafetyChanging Faces of BiologyClimateFuture of Warfare Geopolitical Landscape Europe’s Economic ChallengesUS Economic ChallengesUS Political LandscapeUkraine and the WorldMiddle EastChinaRussia More on this as it develops…