No Blogging Wednesday

I held my 19th annual NCAA Tournament Auction party last night, so blogging is light this morning. I just have two questions: (1) The comments boxes have died at TDE, but traffic over the past month is up about 20% (TDE averages 550 or so different visitors a day). Any theories about this odd juxtaposition? (2) Does anybody know anything about the Bilderberg Group? A podcast yesterday recommended a book by James Norman (linked below), so I looked it up on Amazon to see whether it was worth getting. I passed, but then checked out "Customers Who Bought This Also Bought . . .". I saw a book about the Bilderberg Group. It sounds fascinating, but it also sounds fantastical. Any input by email or comment box is appreciated.