The Seedy Side of Davos
If, like me, you assumed World Economic Forum meetings were full of altruistic, visionary leaders sourcing the most nutritious bugs for us to eat in our future (rented) EcoPods, you may be shocked at the Mail’s latest article, which claims that, at Davos, “pointing at the ceiling in a bar is all it takes to order sex”.
Here’s an excerpt:
Nearly 3,000 conference delegates were in town for the five-day jamboree, the first in the post-pandemic era, said to provide an £80 million boost to the local economy.
But there is another ‘economy’ in Davos (pop. just over 11,000) which also receives a considerable boost from the summit — a world that exists in parallel with the earnest discussions on the debating floor of the Congress Centre, and that is the so-called ‘oldest profession in the world’.
Prostitution is legal in Switzerland, with sex workers expected to pay taxes, register with local authorities and undergo regular health checks. And business is booming.
Earlier this week, high-class escort Salome Balthus, 36, revealed how she had been booked by a delegate. Speaking exclusively to MailOnline after leaving the plush hotel where she had been staying with her client, she said: “Davos is all about power, money and sex, and all three make good bedfellows”.
And there I was, dear reader, thinking it was all about saving our beautiful planet by owning nothing and being happy. I am literally shaking. But thankfully there is an educational aspect to all this, as Salome explains:
Salome, who has her own escort agency in Berlin, called Hetaera, added: “My clients are always of a very high standard and the fact I have a degree in philosophy and German literature guarantees that they will not only have a good time sexually but also intellectually.
I have a wonderful silver fox client, who likes me to wear a see-through blouse and talk French to him because it reminds him of a forbidden love he had as a schoolboy.”
So you see, there is really nothing seedy about it after all.
The claim about “pointing at the ceiling” is explained as follows:
One of the people who emerged from the scrum was a young American from a tech firm who had just attended a party in the penthouse above. “At the Europe”, he said, “you stand at the bar and point upstairs, whereas at the Belvedere you have to make a call.”
Making a call to Swiss Eve or Salome Balthus is normally how it works in Davos. “These agencies use many, many ways to get girls to Davos — cars, trains, and even helicopters”, he told us. “They are then put up in apartments by the escort agencies.
“Basically, they are all in place and positioned so that at the drop of a hat they can take a call, entertain a client for a couple of hours, then go straight back to the apartment and wait for the next call, then go out again.”
Let’s hope our glorious Davos leaders apply the same efficiency to planning our eco-friendly utopia.
Worth reading in full in you like this kind of thing.
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Give them a break – they can’t easily get to Epstein Island from Switzerland.
Great logistical point, well made.
I guess when the jobs market is looking a bit sparse with those two degrees becoming a sex worker is the next obvious avenue to explore.🙈
The Saints, The Saviours, The Deeply Worried, The Desperately Concerned….rich fat ugly men cheating on their wives and families, paying for sex whilst saving the world? Colour me surprised. Truly, I do get my ‘science’ and my ‘moral compass’ from such a lot. Obviously.
Naturally. Why wouldn’t we look up to such a caring and conscientious lot, taking time out from their busy schedule to discuss, create and implement all the things that will benefit humanity in future – passing the torch so to speak for the next generation to continue on and beyond. They’ve achieved their success and status because of those things, right? Right? Limiting fossil fuels and enforcing a new world order is only because of their profound love for their fellow human, in a nutshell they’re willing to do the things no one else will – make the ultimate sacrifice….
of taking things away from the plebs who know no better.Very many years ago, when “come upstairs and see my etchings” was a chat up line, my somewhat unworldly next door neighbour went on a short business trip to the USA. On his return, he related how, having downed several sherbets in a speakeasy close his hotel, he thought he’d try his luck chatting up a blousy young lady at the bar. Before he could get into his stride, the woman explained “I’m a business girl buddy”. To which my chum earnestly replied, “Oh really. What business are you in?”
“Salome, who has her own escort agency in Berlin, called Hetaera, added: “My clients are always of a very high standard and the fact I have a degree in philosophy and German literature guarantees that they will not only have a good time sexually but also intellectually.”
Hetaera is no doubt named after the ancient Greek courtesans.
And what is so bloody galling about this story is that a lot of those attending will be receiving wages and expenses from the public purse. In other words they are paying for their shagging with our money😖
The lefties will argue this is a fiscal stimulus.
Makes a change from rogering us too…
Brilliant 🤣
To be honest, of all the things one could fault these people for, going with prostitutes is not near the top of my list. The racketeering is worse. The arrogance of thinking they can decide what’s best for everyone is worse. The heartlessness of their policies is worse.
And let’s face it, all those Davos people, they’re all prostitutes in their own way, selling their souls for power and status, running roughshod over most of humanity to get their own.
So really, it’s a very appropriate match.
I would have thought that plenty of bed-hopping would be going on anyway among the various entourages after a few drinks in the bar as well as a few spymasters deploying honeypots.
Admission to the Davos conference is free for elected officials, while it runs $100k+ for everyone else. Good opportunity for those spymasters to collect blackmail on “future leaders.”
I am sure someone else will have noted already that they all seem keen to f%^& us, so maybe they feel entitled to get f%^&ed while there.
Why did no one tell me it was legal.. work used to send me to Zurich just to sit in the Radison all weekend. Think of the expenses….
The prostitution is the least of it I’ll bet. Go to any place the UN are or any place a large supra national body exists and you’ll find a very healthy sex industry, Geneva for example. Socialists like clinton/Blair have their prossies but get to atone by “saving the planet”, which is just dictating to and stealing from the little ppl. They aren’t so different from the french aristocracy practicing droite de seigneur, then stealing the crops off peasants.
Throughout the developing world its my observation that expats from all the various UN offices, NGOs and development banks are perennial sex pests, whether shagging their way through the offices local staff, prolific hiring of local sex workers or abusing their roles in worse ways. While this is generalising there are far more innocent and caring staff and workers. But why wouldn’t the UN attract so many rogues; absolute power corrupts absolutely, and as supranational representatives offeringinternational money and power backing, they always have the ear of ruling regimes. The UN particularly, as a prototype for one world government, often has access to diplomatic immunity for its sites and personnel if any ‘isolated instances of objectionable behaviour’ are uncovered, much like the church.
It must make a change from shafting the taxpayers…
It’s the new Wild West, where fit legs, fast reactions and a speedy mount are substituted for with a fistfull of dollars.
What is astonishing is the group cooperation – someone just needs to work out how to instigate some infighting
Right well, this is in no way related to the article but I feel a sense of urgency so I’m dumping it here, just because I cannot believe my eyes, so I’d appreciate someone else reading this just to confirm it’s really real.
Ursula has kindly authorized that here in the EU ground up mealworm is to be put in regular, every day foods. If you look at the list of foods there has never been a better time to jump on the Keto bandwagon! This is hideous and I can’t quite believe it. Please read and tell me if they really are doing this. No rationale though, I notice. I mean, the major and obvious question is ”why”? 😮
“authorising the placing on the market of the frozen, paste, dried and powder forms of Alphitobius diaperinus larvae (lesser mealworm) as a novel food and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470″
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32023R0058&qid=1673001142118
For crying out loud!
I have had a very quick scan Mogs.
Apparently the dried mealworm is safe for human consumption, although NOT to be consumed by those under age 18. The evidence confirming safety is owned by the production company and only they have rights to the data. The EU Commission will not be allowed to inspect the research data but apparently the product is safe. Honestly, definitely and it’s very effective – we think. Honestly.
Aren’t we still struggling to get to the bottom of something similar with some sort of pharmaceutical product?
Presumably this shyte will get its own E number.
Firkin unbelievable!
Cheers hux. So you saw what I saw then. And did you read the bit whereby they fast the larvae for 24hrs to ensure they open their bowels before they get killed? Because that makes me feel a whole lot better! 🙁 Also, there appears to be 8 more applications for more insects to join the food market. Very reassuring… Honestly, I realise the last 3 years have resulted in me becoming well distrustful and paranoid where authorities are concerned but there is not a snowball in hell’s chance that TPTB are pulling this crazy stunt as a kindly gesture because they have the good of our health as a priority and they want to ensure we all eat bug-fortified foods to maximize our nutritional intake. Jog on! This has ”dodgy as hell” written all over it. There is nothing whatsoever stopping them, at some point in the production of this mealworm meal, adding any toxic crap before it goes into the final production of the many food items listed to be targeted. You can see what’s happening can’t you? We are being forced to ”eat ze bugs” whether we’d like to or not! I came across this handy Q&A… Read more »
Thanks Mogs. I absolutely agree that this insect crap will be used to get other dangerous compounds in to our bodies.
Just a thought, if these compounds are fed to animals eg ruminants, would we know?
Perhaps BSE was a trial run. I’m damned sure the slaughter of 12 million cattle in the early 2000’s was Bliar’s trial run for the coming depopulation exercise.
Firkin hell!
You missed the best part: Studies supposed to prove that eating this shit is safe – unfortunately – didn’t yet produce the intended results. Until it has been possible to generate these – the commission is currently exploring possible avenues for that – it’ll just be added to foodstuffs and then, we shall see what happens! (paragraphs 8 & 9).
The evidence is inconclusive means the evidence is absolutely conclusive but the conclusion is not what we had liked it to be. They might end up having to establish Lesser Mealworm Studies at universities and claim that Mealworm
is an oppressed gender some people are born as.
Bonus: They can be fed plastic.
Thanks RW. This is deeply worrying.
Wow… Interesting find.
Surely they’ll have to put this ingredient on the label so that it can be avoided? I wonder what sort of food items it’ll be added to. Clever of them to use the biological name and not state that it’s mealworms as that could be a bit of a turn off.
I also wonder what will happen to the people they admit may develop sensitivities and allergies to the mealworm novel ingredient? I suppose they’ll be expected to read the tiny print on the label and if they develop semsitivies it’ll be their own fault for eating the stuff.
What about vegans? They’ll have to extra vigilant at reading the labels.
if you click on my original link and scroll down you’ll see the food items they intend to stick it in. And many of them are typically what vegetarians and vegans would eat, so they can’t just covertly lace foods with ground bugs. Imagine the backlash if people realise what they’ve been consuming? I haven’t scoured the press here in the NL for anything about this but I’ll have a more thorough look from now on because this is big news and I’m predicting this will go under the radar, despite the case for health, safety and ethical concerns being totally legit.
Thank you for alerting us to this. I suspect it will go unnoticed in the UK. The results will, of course, get here in imported food.
Have you sent the link to DS to include in the News Round Up section?
No, do you think I should? TBH, I’m used to them seemingly scouring the comments sections anyway to use in their Round-ups. I see a fair few things shared in the comments sections up there, which is good if it means more people see them.
The other aspect of this legislation is ground up crickets ie chitin which is toxic to humans. That I propose is the very reason for the legislation going through. The creation of more customers for the oh so profitable but desperately in need of new customers pharma.
Yes I’d read about the chitin a while back. This is all really weird and nothing about it smacks of a benign intention at all. If they wanted to produce them as a truly ”Novel food” then they’d have the fact they contain ground bugs all over the packaging and that would be their USP, as it were, but I’m highly doubtful this is going to be the case. But I’ll keep my paranoid eyes peeled and let you know if I find out anything more in due course. The problem is many of these foods are staple items in most households and how many people check labels when they buy pasta or bread? I think most of us know what’s contained in these most basic, humdrum cupboard foods by now.
It’s all very concerning, which is why I plan to stick to organic produce & will be avoiding any food basics which are flour derived made in the EU.
How long the organic foods can escape the capture, I don’t know.
Ref point 8 of the document. They will have to label any food with this muck in as containing an allergen – for those of us with a shellfish allergy (as in, in-hospital-on-a- drip type allergy, not just a bit of D&V) this stuff could be deadly. It could also create new allergies in susceptible individuals by challenging the immune system (IgE binding)….now where have I heard that before?
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28500661/
I literally only saw bug burgers on sale here once years ago. They soon disappeared, presumably due to lack of demand, but the point is that they were unmistakably bug burgers because the packaging left no room for confusion. My fear with this latest news is that, despite the legislation, they won’t be quite so overt and obvious in their marketing. I mean, if you had regular pasta and pasta with ground bugs side by side on the shelf, the latter was clearly labelled on the front of the package as having this unusual ingredient, which version do you think most people would buy?
Pasta isn’t typically a food that people go for if they’re wanting to increase their protein intake either, given that it’s a carb ( and a bit of fibre ) source, but you could pay extra and get the pasta made from lentil or chickpeas if that was a concern. Nobody in their right mind is going to buy this stuff if it was alongside similar items that didn’t contain bugs. So what exactly are they hoping to accomplish by doing this? As I say, it all sounds dodgy as hell.
Profit, pure and simple. It’s got s*d all to do with nutrition or saving the planet (why are these companies refusing to release their carbon emission data, hmmm?). Ursula must have some skin in the game, like she did with the jabs.
I’m curious as to how they’re going to stop under 18s eating this sh*ite – keep it in the cabinets with the ciggies, perhaps? 20 Marlboro and a box of your finest bug pizza with a side helping of wormy garlic bread? Don’t that sound just yummy!
As an aside, some time ago I had a look at ingredient lists in the vegan section of the local food box and was astonished at the number of chemicals contained therein. They made carcinogenic fake tan lotion look positively tame. For those of us who are already vigilant with labels it’s just another item to add to the list.
Do not comply. Shop local, where possible grow and cook your own, & keep the parallel economy growing.
The ‘why’ question is easy to answer: It’s cheap to produce and can be eaten after sufficient industrial post-processing. Hence, all the makers of vegan cheese and other such niceties are itching to add it to their ingredients lists. It’ll probably end up being labelled as vegan+ (+ standing for more PROTEIN added), and they’ll have to adjust their marketing a little but that’s going to be it. Looking forward to Our iconic taste, now creeping and crawling! as soon to be advertised by McDonald’s.
Ha! Yes once McDonald’s sell it you know it’s game over. The crux of the issue, however, is informed consent. And if they aren’t clearly labelling foods as containing this garbage then they’re breaking laws. Also, I very much doubt, giving that the EU is not on the verge of starvation, that savvy customers would ever choose bug-laced products over regular products. I can see maybe why they’d want to fortify foods with this stuff in devastated countries who are experiencing famines and natural disaster aftermath, but rich Western countries? There isn’t a market for it here, nor a customer demand, so why the chuff thrust it upon us? If I’m skint and can’t afford animal protein at the shops, not even some eggs or tinned fish, my next thought would be beans and pulses, not bloody house crickets and grubs.🤢 As we are not a third world nation they are blatantly targeting the wrong market.
I think there is a market for it, just no direct consumer market: All large companies which mass produce cheap food for quick consumption. I’ve stopped going to burger outlets when these all started to advertise their plant-based products because I do not want to eat this and even assuming the labelling was honest (I’m not going to believe that for a second if it being otherwise helps the bottom-line), the people frying the patties certainly don’t care who gets the insects-and-moulds-mash and who doesn’t.
Yes you’re right. We can control the food we eat more easily when we eat at home but eating outside the house not so much. We’re off out tonight to eat but as of 26th Jan I think I’ll be reluctant to do that. I mean, even if you wanted to make your own stuff at home, say pasta or bread, this insect meal is going to be potentially in the flour you’d buy to make your stuff from scratch.
I’m going to see what happens, be very diligent and see if I can glean any more details. What they’re doing is entirely unnecessary and unjustified, it’ll also be unethical if they don’t make a major effort in labelling the foods that contain this muck. Perhaps with you having ties to Germany you can also keep an ear to the ground and an eye open for anything interesting worth sharing?
I was reading about bugs that ate plastic in the Dutch news today, coincidentally. Most Dutch news is unfortunately listed as ”Premium” and behind a paywall online, but I shall find out what I can.
I think you will find this is THE LEAST seedy side of the WEF.
I hope the girls have all had their covid tests and are fully jabbed.
Apparently they’re handing out sustainable wicker condoms.
So? Like others have said, this childish prudish commentary is the least concern of Davosman. Prostitution is the worlds oldest profession. Indeed we’ll never know if some women use their same feminine charms today for money in similar ways E.G. Kim Kardashian (PR), Meghan Merkle (marriage and PR), Anna Nicole Smith (marriage). And perhaps they deserve it, its a woman’s prerogative, another route to the American dream? I consider myself economically conservative but perhaps more socially liberal (UK definition) and conclude outlawing prostitution just another sign of British infantilisation and decay, along with outlawing most recreational vegetable matter and drugs previously consumed for millennia. Do other Brits not find that their governments (believing you too stupid and irresponsible to take care of yourself during the last century) banning them from being allowed to even freely buy medicines (or indeed weapons, again previously owned for millennia without issue), as deeply condescending over-reach? That it is deemed ‘illegal’ to decide what you put in or do with your body, and you must defer to the state to decide whats best for you, should be all you need to know, if you believe in personal agency, freedoms and independence. Before someone complains, it… Read more »
A bit over-written, I think.
I knew an Australian-Irish chap once who said the frustrating thing about being anti-British was that the British just don’t care what you think.
I read somewhere that anonymous hotel sex is the best and cheapest kind.
It would be nice if the Mail could cover the real Davos public interest issues instead, such as digital ID and CDBCs.
It’s not difficult to trade as there are plenty of d*cks residing there.
Hmm … what did you think the people attending COPXY climate conferences do after the cocktail parties are over? Surely not pray for forgiveness in some chapel all night.
I suppose it might that a few of them have finally worked out what a woman is.
But perhaps Starmer met one of the new model “women” and is still confused.
For some reason I thought of this: –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybSzoLCCX-Y