The Titanic insurance fraud of 1911 that ushered in the Federal Reserve

[benjamindees]

http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/out-there-1/the-sinking-of-the-titanic.html

Proof the ship that hit an iceberg and sank was not the Titanic, but its nearly-identical sister ship the Olympic, which had been damaged in a prior collision and denied insurance pay-out.

Among the victims was John Jacob Astor IV, the richest man in the world at the time, a friend of Nikola Tesla, and an outspoken opponent of the creation of the Federal Reserve.  Astor gained his wealth, in part, as a real estate builder, investor, and inventor.  Other prominent Federal Reserve detractors, such as Benjamin Guggenheim and Isa Strauss, also died on board.

The White Star Line, owner of both the Titanic and Olympic, was a subsidiary of JP Morgan's International Mercantile Marine Company.  JP Morgan was, of course, the largest banker of the day and the driving force behind the creation of the Federal Reserve.  Morgan had a private room on the Titanic, and was scheduled to be on its fateful voyage, yet canceled at the last minute.

"Futility, the Wreck of the Titan" was a novella published in 1898 about the wreck of a fictional "unsinkable" ocean liner sinking in the North Atlantic after striking an iceberg.

[FirstAscent]

Libertarians love a good conspiracy theory.

The Titanic had a square wheelhouse. The Olympic, a round one. More to the point, all of Titanic's steel parts are punched with the serial number 400 rather than 401 (the Olympic's). More than 50 items have been retrieved from the Titanic bearing the number of 400.

[Mageant]

Libertarians love a good conspiracy theory.

The Titanic had a square wheelhouse. The Olympic, a round one. More to the point, all of Titanic's steel parts are punched with the serial number 400 rather than 401 (the Olympic's). More than 50 items have been retrieved from the Titanic bearing the number of 400.

Actually, 400 is the serial number of the Olympic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legends_and_myths_regarding_RMS_Titanic

Makes sense too, that the ship build first would have the lower serial number.

[myrkul]

Libertarians love a good conspiracy theory.

The Titanic had a square wheelhouse. The Olympic, a round one. More to the point, all of Titanic's steel parts are punched with the serial number 400 rather than 401 (the Olympic's). More than 50 items have been retrieved from the Titanic bearing the number of 400.

Actually, 400 is the serial number of the Olympic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legends_and_myths_regarding_RMS_Titanic

Makes sense too, that the ship build first would have the lower serial number.

inb4 Wikipedia is biased. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Olympic
Yard Number: 400

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Titanic
Yard Number: 401

Just pointing out false assertions.

[FirstAscent]

Libertarians love a good conspiracy theory.

The Titanic had a square wheelhouse. The Olympic, a round one. More to the point, all of Titanic's steel parts are punched with the serial number 400 rather than 401 (the Olympic's). More than 50 items have been retrieved from the Titanic bearing the number of 400.

Actually, 400 is the serial number of the Olympic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legends_and_myths_regarding_RMS_Titanic

Makes sense too, that the ship build first would have the lower serial number.

inb4 Wikipedia is biased. 

As expected, myrkul buys into the theory too. Predictable. He's a conspiracy lover. He even conjectured that the Colorado shooting was faked.

http://www.paullee.com/titanic/switch.html

[myrkul]