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J.P. Morgan, owner of the Titanic, was supposed to join her but canceled passage

The Titanic, was owned by the American railroad tycoon, J.P. Morgan who had his very own private suite and promenade deck on the Titanic. He was supposed to join her for her maiden voyage but canceled...

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Nelson Aldrich: the Rockefeller's Middle Man who crafted the Income Tax and the Central Federal Reserve System

"There are two distinct classes of men...those who pay taxes and those who receive and live upon taxes." -- Thomas Paine (1737–1809), pamphleteer and revolutionary "You know, gentlemen, that I do not owe...

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Nazi party symbol: Eagle atop Swastika

When the eagle is looking to its right shoulder, it stands for the Nazi Party.When the eagle is looking to its right shoulder, it stands for the country (Reich), and is therefore called the...

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John Law the financial genious crook, responsible for the Mississipi Scheme and the Fiat Money based on Credit

John Law (1671 - 1729), born in a scottish banking family, was an adventurer, gambler and financial genius Crook. After the death of his rich father, he became addicted to gambling losing most of the...

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Bimetallism: on the origin of the Gold Standard

In the old Ages, money consisted simultaneously of silver and gold coins. As fiduciary money was introduced, Governments specified their value in terms of weights of either silver or gold. Some adopted both...

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Declassified National Archives: Chase National Bank [Rockefeller's Bank], Jewish Accounts, and Nazi Germany

"It has been known since the war years that the Nazi government built dollar exchange in the United States until the June 14, 1941 Executive Order freezing German assets. The Germans sold special German...

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Saddam Hussein was a CIA Agent Assassin - Confessions of an Economic Hitman

It is known in offical history that only one year after Abdul Qassim, former leader of Irak, overthrowed the British-installed Monarchy, a young officer Saddam Hussein tried to attempt to his life but failed....

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Urban II: the pope who launched the "Holy War"

He was born around 1035 to a noble family in northern France. After Gregory's death and the short papacy of Victor III, Urban was elected pope on March 12, 1088, but was in exile at the time. He continued to...

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Lord Milner co-founder of Rhodes scholarship

Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner, (1854-1925) was a controversial German-born British statesman and colonial administrator. He was noted for Milner's Kindergarten, a group of young men he mentored and who in...

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