Past members include presidents Herbert Hoover, Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon, along with a litany of famous writers, actors and businessmen.
The Grove's motto, taken from A Midsummer Night's Dream, is "Weaving spiders come not here" - an admonition against business talk that has been often ignored.
Most famously, a planning meeting for the Manhattan Project in 1942 held at the Grove later led to the development of the atomic bomb.
What really goes on there?
The two-week encampment reportedly involves stage performances, rituals, a lot of drinking and open-air urination.
Over the years, anti-capitalist, environmental and anti-nuclear demonstrators have protested against the event, although a local news report last year noted the protests have become smaller over time.
Journalists have repeatedly tried to infiltrate the gathering.
A 1989 article in Spy magazine called the encampment "the most exclusive frat party on earth" and detailed a speech by Mr Reagan, who had just left office.
In the year 2000, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones snuck in and recorded one of the club's rituals, the burning of an effigy.
He made a documentary filled with lurid accusations about grand plots and human sacrifice.
He was accompanied by the journalist Jon Ronson who had an altogether different take. He later wrote: "My lasting impression was of an all-pervading sense of immaturity… I wondered whether the Bohemians shroud themselves in secrecy for reasons no more sinister than they thought it was cool."
Remember why, specifically, the Bill of Rights was written...remember its purpose. It was written to limit the power of government over the individual.
There is no believing a liar, even when he speaks the truth.
My brother is into alot of the conspiracy stuff and told me that "they" have to put out what their plans are because of the karma belief in Satanism. So I did some reading and research on both theistic and non theistic Satanism and come to find out, that's complete bullshìt.
My brother is into alot of the conspiracy stuff and told me that "they" have to put out what their plans are because of the karma belief in Satanism. So I did some reading and research on both theistic and non theistic Satanism and come to find out, that's complete bullshìt.
I will say throughout my Military career and life, I have to subscribe to my belief they do feel obligated to “put out” their plans. I have thousands of obscure and mainstream examples.
I’ve actually been stopped in the middle of predeployment site survey briefings, accused of telling “top secret” information that I got right out of SOF magazine.
Each time the Joint Task Force Commander chucking and telling me to proceed after showing him the article. First time was a temporary ass chewing by a 2 star.
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