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Octafish

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7. You are right. Money and Power.
Sat Aug 31, 2013, 11:48 AM
Aug 2013

The formula has worked since Machiavelli was buttering up the Prince: "Money to get the power, power to keep the money."



Baron de Rothschild and Prescott Bush, sharing a moment and a bit o' information in this small world.



Rothschild and Freshfields founders’ had links to slavery, papers reveal

By Carola Hoyos
Financial Times

Two of the biggest names in the City of London had previously undisclosed links to slavery in the British colonies, documents seen by the Financial Times have revealed.

Nathan Mayer Rothschild, the banking family’s 19th-century patriarch, and James William Freshfield, founder of Freshfields, the top City law firm, benefited financially from slavery, records from the National Archives show, even though both have often been portrayed as opponents of slavery.

Far from being a matter of distant history, slavery remains a highly contentious issue in the US, where Rothschild and Freshfields are both active.

Companies alleged to have links to past slave injustices have come under pressure to make restitution.

JPMorgan, the investment bank, set up a $5m scholarship fund for black students studying in Louisiana after apologising in 2005 for the company’s historic links to slavery.

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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7c0f5014-628c-11de-b1c9-00144feabdc0.html



Know your BFEE: Spawn of Wall Street and the Third Reich

Why would they feel that way? The Privilege of Birthright, of course:

Know your BFEE: Eugenics and the NAZIs - The California Connection

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What it's ALL about... [View all] Octafish Aug 2013 OP
In other words, he knows which side his bread is buttered jsr Aug 2013 #1
Well-buttered... Octafish Aug 2013 #2
No matter how much butter they use truedelphi Aug 2013 #14
The Venus Project -- TBF Aug 2013 #3
Incredible mind, his and yours, TBF. I heard him in Ann Arbor in 2009... Octafish Aug 2013 #4
Thanks Octafish - TBF Aug 2013 #5
Jacques Fresco was amazing. 90 year old talked standing up for 60 minutes. Octafish Sep 2013 #22
If it was all about money, we wouldn't be wasting trillions of dollars spinning our wheels on wars Snake Plissken Aug 2013 #6
You are right. Money and Power. Octafish Aug 2013 #7
So it isn't just Money. It's Money & Power. Money, Power, Oil. Money, Power, Oil, Small Penises. KittyWampus Aug 2013 #12
Wasn't my idea. I prefer the Democratic approach of the New Frontier. Octafish Aug 2013 #13
Follow the money. The WH is just the frontman. blkmusclmachine Aug 2013 #8
Profits make for Buy Partisanship Octafish Aug 2013 #15
K & R AzDar Aug 2013 #9
It's like a business, this thing of ours. Octafish Sep 2013 #20
Yup it's been that way since the beginning of time! gopiscrap Aug 2013 #10
Absolutely. Anyone remember James R Bath? The guy links Houses of Bush and bin Laden... Octafish Sep 2013 #21
It's a racket alright. reusrename Aug 2013 #11
Have we stopped selling arms to Syria? tecelote Aug 2013 #16
Or.... my sig might have the answer. cui bono Sep 2013 #17
I like your sig line, but it's no dance or game. Octafish Sep 2013 #19
Oh, I know. Didn't mean to offend or upset or anything. cui bono Sep 2013 #23
Smedley was a brave whistleblower... chervilant Sep 2013 #18
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