Barometer | 7 April 2012

Sinking feelings

Some conspiracy theories on the sinking of the Titanic:
— The disaster was planned by a bunch of Jesuits, Captain Smith of the Titanic included, intent on bumping off Benjamin Guggenheim, Isa Strauss and Jacob Astor, who opposed the establishment of the US Federal Reserve and therefore impeded Jesuit efforts to control the global economy.
— The ship that sank was really the Olympic, which had been damaged in a collision with a naval ship. When the Navy refused to pay compensation, the White Star Line scuttled it in an insurance scam.
— The ship was sunk by the curse of Amen-ra, an Egyptian high priestess whose mummy was supposedly on board.
— It was torpedoed by the German navy, to test the effectiveness of its new U-boats in preparation for the first world war.

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