Wednesday, September 2, 2015

IV Reich in the USA - George Bush Sr aka Scherff


by Don Nicoloff
April 2007
Idaho Observer
from TheIdahoObserver Website
photos support claims that George H. Scherf(f), Jr., was the 41st U.S. president
According to Otto Skorzeny, pictured is the Scherff family and a few friends (circa 1938). Holding “Mother" Scherff’s hand at left is Martin Bormann. In front is Reinhardt Gehlen. In back is Joseph Mengele and to his right is Skorzeny as a young man.

At center right (in the German navy uniform) is George H. Scherff, Jr. and his father George H. Scherff, Sr. Bormann became Hitler’s second in command. Reinhardt Gehlen was a chief SS officer and assassin who was smuggled out of Germany under Operation Paperclip. Skorzeny was Hitler's bodyguard and SS spy/assassin who came to the U.S. after the war under Project Paperclip. Skorzeny and GHW Bush were instrumental in merging Nazi (SS) intelligence with the OSI to form the CIA with "Wild Bill" Donovan and Allen Dulles.

These guys were also part of CIA mind control experiments such as MK-ULTRA. SS officer and physician Joseph Mengele, the notoriously sadistic “Angel of Death” of Auschwitz, escaped Germany to South America after the war. George H. Scherff, Jr., became the 41st President of the United States as GHW Bush and George H. Scherff, Sr., was Nicola Tesla’s “trusted assistant.”
What you are about to read is another step beyond research pioneered in the early 90s by author/historian Webster Tarpley based largely on deathbed “clues” provided by former Hitler bodyguard Otto Skorzeny and his box of photographs. Since Skorzeny’s death in 1999, the various leads he provided have been followed up and tend to support what, at first blush, would appear to be the unbelievable rantings of an embittered old man.
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What remains constant as we pore through publicly available official records, private correspondence, memoirs, newspaper articles, photos and other “clues” is that Bush family records (the ones that exist) are a puzzle palace of inconsistencies and curiosities. Since it is a congressionally established fact that Prescott Bush was in business with the Nazis during WWII, we can safely say that the Bush/Nazi connection existed.
  • Who are the Bushes?
  • How did they get connected with the Nazis?
  • Is the connection still alive through U.S. presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush?
The answers are not as literal as we would like them to be. But we have the testimony of Otto Skorzeny and his photos - especially the one above. So, here we go - the first installment of an investigation that points to a curious conclusion:
The “Bush” family was created to destroy America.

What we are taught about history in American schools is not history, but a fairy tale. Better yet, it is propaganda designed to hoodwink an unsuspecting society about its true heritage and the treasonous acts and sabotage that were conceived in order to bring about a New World Order.
 
You are about to learn the real identities of those who have infiltrated your nation on behalf of secret societies intent on bringing about the total slavery of mankind. In the past, others have written about the numerous conspiracies to control natural resources, energy, food and our sovereign right to live on planet Earth - not as slaves of a wealthy few - but as free men, women, and children exercising the free will given to them by God.

“Research” is the systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions. This is important research. Read it carefully, with an open mind. Considering the use of fluorides (sodium fluoride) in drinking water and toothpaste, you may already be in denial. Fluorides (we are told) are for the prevention of tooth decay. You, the reader, can decide if they really work.
 
The real reason they are added to your drinking water and toothpaste is to cause you to become psychologically and physically placid, and therefore, apathetic.
 
 

A thought problem

Imagine you were a member of a secret organization whose sole agenda was to control the entire planet. If your plan was to accomplish this goal without being perceived by your intended victims, discretion would be paramount. Your organization would devise a series of historical events that, on the surface, would appear to be everyday, happenstance occurrences (natural disasters, man-made diseases, acts of murder, assassination, terror, manipulation of money and energy supplies, contamination of foods, pollution of natural resources, and war).
 
The timing of these events would require patience, careful planning, cooperation from others in positions of trust, stealth and deceit. In essence, the whole mission must derive its power through deception and concealment and must have a master plan.

Who were the designers of this master plan? Follow along as we connect the dots.
 
 

The Master Plan - Arrival of the Bankers

At the turn of the 20th century, a plan to slowly take over the government of the United States began to unfold. Many works have been written about the Nazi machine that instigated two world wars, though few have traced the footsteps of the foreign financiers and the actors we prefer to call “politicians.”

A brief glance at shipping records, passenger manifests, and financial transactions on Wall Street indicates a pattern of deception which was masterminded by this same machine. The level of cooperation from government agencies and their elected officials was not only disgraceful, but blatantly treasonous.

In his book, “The Creature From Jekyll Island,” [1] author G. Edward Griffin described the secret meetings which created the Federal Reserve in 1913. The architect of the plan, Paul M. Warburg, was a representative of the Rothschild banks in England and France and his brother Felix headed the Warburg banks in Germany and the Netherlands. Of significance is the fact that the first “official” media report about the Federal Reserve occurred three years later.
 
In “Leslie’s Weekly,” [2] B.C. Forbes described the secret meeting between Republican Senator Nelson W. Aldrich and six of the most powerful bankers in the world. That this meeting had to be conducted in a secret, clandestine island location indicates the level of deception, concealment - and treason - at work.
 
 

Paul Warburg

That Paul Warburg, a German national, spoke English well enough to craft a financial document (a volume consisting of 1,750 pages) resulting in the Federal Reserve Act designed to control the finances of the United States (from Europe) was no small feat. Of particular interest was how Warburg was able to establish these important connections prior to his arrival in the U.S. in 1913 and then orchestrate this financial coup. Warburg had to have known his co-conspirators before coming to America.

The first official record of Paul Warburg’s trip to the U.S. appeared in the Kaiser Wilhelm II passenger manifest, upon arrival at Ellis Island, October 13, 1903. [3]
 
The official manifest (on line 7) lists a,
“Mr. P. Warburg, age 35
Occupation: Banker
Nationality: American
Heritage: German
Last Residence: Hamburg
Final Destination: New York
Home: 3 E. 82nd St., New York
In fact, Paul Warburg claimed he was an American in 1903. Was this claim valid in 1903?

Of special interest in this October 13, 1903 passenger manifest, is the fact that other prominent passengers in the elite financial community were also on the same passenger manifest. Harry Sachs (of Goldman Sachs fame) is listed as a passenger but, unlike Warburg, he was not required to declare his destination or his address. In fact, of the 30 passengers listed on page 293 of the Ellis Island database of ship and passenger arrivals, P. Warburg was the only passenger required to declare his destination.

Was this an attempt to establish Warburg’s nationality?

Suspiciously, the second half of the page is missing from the database, so we are not privileged with pertinent and “official” information as to his place of birth nor his physical description on this occasion. Future arrivals to the Port of New York would shed more light on these issues.
 
The record keeping by the Immigration Office on October 13, 1903, was not merely sloppy. It appears that Warburg and other passengers were not scrutinized to the extent required by law and were assisted in entering the country with special, yet illegal considerations. Unlike earlier or later arrivals, immigration officers were permitted (or instructed) to be lax and obviously negligent, in their duties, particularly where destinations and birthplaces were of concern.

Warburg’s second arrival to the U.S. (on the SS Deutschland) was similar to his first. Though still a “U.S. citizen” in 1905, he was demoted to “merchant.” [4] However, on a third arrival in 1906, Warburg was, once again, a “banker.” His memory had failed him on this (third) trip, when he declared he had “never been to the U.S. previously.” Neither had his wife and two children, who had traveled with him on prior trips. He had also forgotten about his home in New York City, too, when he claimed he had no address in the United States. On this visit, Warburg declared “Hamburg, Germany” as his place of birth.

Incredibly, on a later visit to the U.S., Warburg claimed he was officially a “naturalized citizen,” citing the “Circuit Court of New York City, March 21, 1911” [5] as the place and date where he had been bestowed his citizenship. Despite Warburg’s earlier proclamations, he was not declared a U.S. citizen until that time. Warburg thereby committed perjury, which was overlooked on numerous occasions by the Immigration Service officials, seemingly an act of treason on each occurrence.
 
During subsequent visits to the U.S. in 1910, 1912 and 1913, while again proclaiming his U.S. citizenship, Warburg referred to 17 E. 80th St., New York as his home address. Not once was there any mention of his association with the Rothschild banks in Paris and London, and his permanent residency in Europe, not in America.
 
Why the deception?
 
 

James Loeb

Not to be outdone, James Loeb, a partner in the Kuhn, Loeb & Company banking firm in New York City, traveled with Warburg on October 13, 1903. Loeb declared his U.S. citizenship on this trip, though he apparently suffered from amnesia in 1910, neglecting to declare any country of origin and later, in 1912, declaring to the U.S. Immigration Service that his birthplace was “Landsberg, Germany,” [6] a small town west of Munich.

Loeb also indicated (trip on this) that he was staying “with Mr. Warburg.”

Amnesia must have been a disease that plagued most German bankers at the turn of the century. The disease didn’t stop there and soon spread to institutes of higher education. Harvard University Press published a memorial biography to the founder of the Loeb Classical Library, bequeathed to Harvard University by none other than James Loeb, one year after his death in 1933.
“James Loeb was born August 6, 1867, in New York City, the son of Solomon and Betty (Goldberg) Loeb. Solomon was a partner and founder of the banking firm, Kuhn, Loeb & Company,” the tribute began. [7]
Certainly, Harvard University would have known where Loeb was born and, for that matter, so would have Loeb. If this quotation were true, then what would have caused Loeb to state (to the INS) in 1912 that he was born in “Landsberg, Germany?”

The Harvard Press biography did little to legitimize the matter of Loeb’s birthplace, though it was a valiant attempt.

Still, if there remained any confusion, the U.S. Immigration Service could have clarified the issue based on the information it had acquired in 1903 and again in 1910. But that was not the agency’s intention. The Immigration and Naturalization Service agents were complicit in hiding James Loeb’s true birthplace and his association with financiers of the future German Nazi Party, an act which was aided and abetted by the sloppy, incomplete immigration records kept at Ellis Island and the Port of New York. That was part of the deception. Yes, he lived and worked in New York and may have attended Harvard University. But, considering the connections Kuhn, Loeb & Company had to the banks that supported the Nazis through money-laundering activities until getting caught in 1942, it was most likely that Loeb (like Warburg) had been groomed for his role in order to maintain the founders’ (of this “master plan”) “bloodline.”

There were other inconsistencies in the Harvard Press biography, again, based upon the above-mentioned records.
“In the winter of 1891 a severe illness (possibly depression) obliged him to give up business and he spent the summer traveling in Scandinavia, returning to banking again only until January 1, 1902, when he retired due to renewed health problems” [Amnesia?].
James Loeb could not have traveled and returned to the United States during 1892, unless he had swum upon his return trip.
 
The first of his three voyages to Ellis Island (from Europe on the Kaiser Wilhelm II) arrived on October 13, 1903, as previously mentioned. It was unlikely he would have returned to any port of entry other than New York, unless he had arrived at some other secret location. And there were no transatlantic airline flights in 1903. The Harvard story had to have been a fabrication intended to hide some dark secret.

Considering the sizable endowments Loeb lavished upon Harvard and other notable educational, medical, and art institutions in Boston and New York, it was most advantageous for Harvard to portray Loeb as a philanthropist and victim of “depression” (hardly fit for a transatlantic swim), than as a German banker whose father’s company supported the “master planners’” war machine before and during two world wars.

According to further reminiscent accounts,
“He retired to a quieter place, his farm at Shrewsbury, New Jersey, moving to Germany in 1905, where he stayed (except for a period during World War I) until his death in 1933.”
Evidently, Harvard was unaware of two more trips (documented by the Federal Government) that Loeb made to New York in 1910, and again in 1912. It was no coincidence that Loeb’s return trips to the U.S. (as an on-again, off-again U.S. citizen) were orchestrated to accommodate Paul Warburg’s meetings with Wall Street bankers of German persuasion, as they plotted to create the Federal Reserve System, a foreign entity.
“On graduation, he received an offer through his teacher and friend Charles Eliot Norton to study Egyptology in Paris and London.”
Norton was the “appointed professor of history of art at Harvard University,”
“from 1856 to 1874 Norton spent much time in travel and residence on the continent of Europe and in England,” and "was the first president of the Archaeological Institute of America (1879-1890),” according to his biography at wikipedia.org. [8]
It would seem that Egypt was a more suitable location for studying Egyptology than Paris and London, where Paul Warburg managed the Rothschild banks. Loeb died in Munich in 1933, lending belated credence to his 1912 assertion, to the INS, that he was “born in Landsberg, Germany” and was a “German citizen” - “never having previously been in America.”
 
 

The True Story Of Nikola Tesla & His Murder

Despite conflicting literary and historical accounts, Nikola Tesla, a Serb, was born on July 10, 1856, in Smilja, Lika province, or what is now modern-day Croatia. Prior to World War I, Smilja was on the border of the Austro-Hungarian empire so, in effect, Tesla was a citizen of Austrian origin.

The son of a Serbian Orthodox priest who rose to the rank of Archbishop, Tesla had the opportunity to study a variety of topics contained in his father’s personal library. As a young boy, he accompanied his father on trips to Rome, where he was able to study the lesser-known works stored in the Vatican’s vast scientific repository.

Upon completing his studies in engineering and physics at the Polytechnic Institute in Graz, Austria, Tesla attended the University at Prague. He demonstrated, early on, an innate ability to solve mechanical and scientific problems, especially in the area of electricity and its applications in power production. After working for Edison Telephone Company subsidiaries in Budapest, Paris, and other cities throughout Europe, Nikola Tesla went to America, to meet the man whose company gave him his first job, Thomas Edison.

Tesla found it difficult to work for Edison (due to Edison’s reneging on financial promises), but soon found backers to finance his research and development projects and his new inventions. Financiers, such as John Pierpont (J.P.) Morgan, George Westinghouse and John Jacob Astor were among those who saw the potential in Tesla’s pioneering, entrepreneurial spirit to capitalize on his technological discoveries in electricity, wireless communications, and physics.

The only official documentation of Nikola Tesla’s arrival to the United States was, again, produced at the Port of New York. [9] On April 7, 1882 a 25-year old Tesla arrived via the SS Nordland, which departed from Antwerp. He had returned, on this trip to the U.S., after lecturing in Paris. Tesla’s destination: New York. Tesla immigrated as a “laborer,” though this label hardly befit the man who would become the most prolific inventor in history, with some 700 technological patents to his credit.

Previous accounts of Tesla’s association with Thomas Edison’s projects place him in the United States in the 1870s. His many technological discoveries were certain to have drawn the attention of those hungry for world domination and superiority. By and large, Tesla’s inventions and his career were excluded from our history books because his inventions and patents were stolen and then weaponized. It was never intended for us to learn about the suppression of Tesla’s advanced scientific discoveries, nor about those who profited from their theft - the orchestrators of the master plan.

Though much has been written about Tesla’s successes and failures, few have detailed the behind-the-scenes financial activities which disclose a Nazi plot to acquire his technology, while research and development costs had largely been paid (unknowingly) by U.S. taxpayers. Many of Tesla’s patents fell into Nazi hands prior to and during World Wars I and II. As a result, Tesla continuously found himself in litigation over patent rights and other issues.

Although he had succeeded in winning the majority of his patent lawsuits, his technology had been repeatedly stolen and sold to the German Nazis and other foreign governments, so he never achieved the financial success he deserved. The embezzlement of his capitalization went unchecked throughout Tesla’s career.
 
At the time of his death (by murder, according to Skorzeny) on January 6, 1943, Tesla died virtually penniless.

 
 
Tesla’s Assistant - George H. Scherff, Sr.

Nikola Tesla’s successes in discovering new technologies did not go unnoticed by many industrial capitalists and world governments. In fact, many of his inventions were developed through secret government programs which began soon after his discoveries in,
  • alternating current (AC)
  • electromagnetic energy
  • electric motors
  • generators
  • coils
  • radio transmission
  • energy-saving devices
  • wireless transmission technologies
Since Tesla was often buried deep in research at remote labs, many of his financial and legal affairs were supervised by his closest associate, George H. Scherff. Scherff often advised Tesla about pending patent litigation, contracts, proposals, demonstrations, and financial affairs.
 
As any trusty associate would, Scherff stood beside Tesla through all the ups and downs of his financial nightmares, sometimes arranging for extended credit at the Waldorf-Astoria, where Tesla often resided, or by obtaining a cash advance toward research he had been contracted to perform. Near the end of his career, Tesla was evicted from the Waldorf for an outstanding bill which exceeded $20,000 - a rather large sum for those days.

As Tesla worked on secret U.S. government projects at Colorado Springs, Colorado, Scherff communicated to Tesla the status of his business affairs. Tesla spoke of hopeful, future financial successes, though Scherff repeatedly delivered the news of dwindling funds. Tesla had begun construction of a wireless power transmission tower (“Wardenclyffe,” Shoreham, Long Island) with funds invested by J.P. Morgan.
 
When Morgan discovered that the tower would transmit free electricity and radio waves, he cancelled the project and had the tower dismantled, then sold for scrap. Morgan was not about to allow Americans to receive free electricity, television and radio. Tesla was devastated when he received the news, but continued on with his new inventions.

Some 12 years later, on October 14, 1918, Scherff wrote to Tesla at Colorado Springs. The correspondence focused on the usual disclosure of pending legal issues and attorney matters and was sent to Tesla on Tesla Company letterhead containing the company’s headquarters address at 8 W. 40th Street, New York, NY. [10] On October 15, 1918, (the next day) Tesla responded to Scherff’s letter (it seems impossible regarding our understanding of the technology available at the time, but these are the dates attached to the correspondence).

An interesting anomaly: Tesla’s response was addressed to “George Scherff, Esq.,” Union Sulphur Co., 17 Battery Pl., New York, NY (Union Sulphur Company?). [11] This address was not the location of the Nikola Tesla Company.
 
 

The Rockefeller Connection

Records show that 17 Battery Place is the Whitehall Building and was owned by Frank Rockefeller, who, with his brothers William and John D., also owned many of the companies with offices located there.
 
The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) had its world headquarters there, as well as a variety of oil, mining, and chemical companies. [12] Though Union Sulphur Company was run by its president, Herman Frasch, a German chemist who patented extraction methods for sulphur and petroleum, Frasch also worked for John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Company (in New York, New Jersey, and Cleveland, Ohio), developing similar extraction methods.

On the basis of this association, George Scherff, Sr., had connections with the Rockefeller family, though it is unclear if Tesla was at all aware of this connection.

Frank Rockefeller was also an investor of Buckeye Steel Castings in Columbus, Ohio. Buckeye manufactured automatic couplers and chassis for railroad cars owned by the Harrimans, the Rockefellers, and J.P. Morgan. Eventually, Samuel P. Bush was promoted from general manager to president of the company after producing gigantic profits.

Samuel P. Bush’s association with the Rockefellers and his subsequent position as Director of the War Industries Board afforded him the opportunity to create contracts with Remington Arms during the war, courtesy of Percy Rockefeller.

Nikola Tesla’s trusted assistant (sometimes referred to as “accountant” or “secretary”) George Scherff, Sr., worked at Union Sulphur Company. Normally, this association would not set off alarms, considering the state of Tesla’s affairs. Scherff had every right to earn a decent living in order to support his family. That was “the American Way.”

But a careful examination of Union Sulphur Co. might reveal that someone was being deceived - Tesla, and Scherff was at the root of this deception.
 
 

Who was George Scherff?

Who was George Scherff? Better yet, who was George H. Scherff, Sr.?
 
There exists no legitimate record of a George H. Scherff being born in the U.S. from the late-1800s through 1925, yet, George Scherff was Nikola Tesla’s assistant/accountant. If he was born in Germany, could his birthplace shed some light on this mystery?
 
Probably - if they exist.
 
(It has become apparent that individuals associated with the Nazi Party commonly have all or parts of their genealogical records expunged - we will explore this further in the section of this article dealing with the “Bush” family tree).
 
 

Otto Skorzeny - S.S./ODESSA/CIA master spy and assassin

Friends and acquaintances of Nikola Tesla recall him complaining about Scherff’s son, George, Jr., always snooping around Tesla’s lab. On more than one occasion (probably during the late 1930s), Tesla caught the 14-year old Scherff looking at his notes, poring through his books, and stealing small items from his lab. Tesla gave him the nickname, “Curious George” and likened him to a “mischievous monkey.”

According to Skorzeny, (Adolph Hitler’s former bodyguard) in a deathbed confession to Eric “Orion” (Eric Berman) in S. Miami, Florida, Tesla, “hated the younger Scherff.” In fact, according to Skorzeny, the “Curious George” book and movie were inspired by Tesla’ s suggestion.

Curiously, the day before the national theatrical release of the Hollywood production of the Curious George feature length film, Alan Shalleck, the originator of Curious George (and the man in the Yellow hat), was found murdered under a pile of plastic garbage bags in his driveway in Florida at age 76. [13]

In short, Otto Skorzeny claimed that the true identity of George H.W. Bush was, “George H. Scherff, Jr., the son of Nikola Tesla’s illegal-immigrant, German-born accountant, George H. Scherff, Sr.”
The unmistakable Otto Skorzeny with Adolph Hitler.
 
Worth a thousand words: But this was not the only bombshell Otto Skorzeny delivered that day in late-1999.
 
Skorzeny, producing a shoe box full of 60-years worth of his personal photographs, showed them to Berman, describing each one in great detail. The collection featured a photo of a young, majestic Skorzeny in full S.S. Nazi military dress, next to his Führer, Adolph Hitler. Then there were photos of Reinhard Gehlen (S.S. spy and assassin) Dr. Joseph Mengele (the “Angel of Death”) Martin Bormann (Hitler aide and S.S. assassin) and Adolph Hitler (photographed in 1997 at age 107).

The Hitler photo was taken during a “reunion” at the Lake McDonald Lodge in Glacier National Park, Montana, on August 27, 1997. According to Skorzeny, Adolph Hitler was alive and well in the U.S. in 1997!

Skorzeny did not stop there. He produced a photo of a young Skorzeny, Mengele, Bormann, and the family of George H. Scherff, Sr.. Seated in the midst of those in the photo was a young George H. Scherff, Jr., who, Skorzeny explained, was trained as a spy and sent to America to work for Adolph Hitler.
“He was given false identification and adopted by Prescott Sheldon Bush as his “son,” George Herbert Walker Bush,” Skorzeny went on.
 
“He forged a birth certificate in order to enter the military before he turned 18. He was 16 at the time.”
In the family photo, a young Scherff and Bormann both sported a German Navy uniform. Scherff later enlisted in the U.S. Navy as “George H.W. Bush.”
In even greater detail, Otto Skorzeny described how (“contrary to the CIA-written history books”) he helped Hitler escape to Austria in a plane flown by a female pilot, Hanna Reitsch.
Hitler did not commit suicide,” Skorzeny recounted. “His double was shot between the eyes, and the dental records proved he was not Hitler. The Americans kept it a secret, worried the truth might anger the Russians.”
Eric “Orion” (Berman), in a live radio interview on Republic Broadcasting Network, January 17, 2006, [14] detailed how,
“Skorzeny died on December 31, 1999. His body was cremated, I have a copy of his death certificate, and I saw his ashes. After the war, he helped George Bush found the CIA through Operation Paperclip and ODESSA.”
Berman recounted how Skorzeny was found “not guilty” at the Nuremburg trials, and then ushered into the CIA.
“Some 50,000+ S.S. Nazi war criminals, not just rocket scientists, were brought to America after the war.”
Skorzeny, about age 90 at the time, was described by Berman as,
“very focused and very lucid, and he was still very mobile. He was still able to walk around - he was still very impressive and he had about the biggest hands I have ever shaken. He was 6’-4” and was a giant for his day. He towered over me, and I’m 5’-8”.”
When asked why he thought Skorzeny entrusted this information to him, Berman responded,
“I was dating one of his daughters. He knew that I’m Jewish, first of all, I’m an honest guy and he thought that I would really try to do something about this and bring some justice, yeah, to these wanted Nazi war criminals. His whole goal was.... they had screwed him over, including George Bush, they screwed him over..... and out of large sums of money over the years. This was his one last way of... you know, getting even with them.”
A biographical article about Nikola Tesla appeared in the Tesla Tech, Inc. magazine, “Extraordinary Technology,” Volume 4, Number 3, Aug., Sept., Oct., 2006. [15] The article, written by Dustin Wallace, spoke of Tesla’s childhood, some of his inventions, and his last days.
 
Wallace wrote (pp. 21-22),
“The Yugoslav Monarchy in Exile was summoned to visit Tesla in the fall of 1942. However, Charlotte Muzar, a secretary, paid Tesla the visit. From his condition upon her arrival she felt as though he may not live through the night. Another friend of Tesla’s, Kenneth Swezey visited him during the time and noted that he was existing on warm milk and Nabisco crackers alone.
 
It was apparent that Tesla was nearing the end of his time. By late December of 1942, Tesla began meeting with two U.S. government agents in order to share some of his most sensitive discoveries. These men carried away many of his documents for microfilming.”

“On January 4, 1943, Tesla’s faithful assistant, George Scherff, visited Tesla for the last time. Tesla was found deceased in his hotel room on the morning of January 8, 1943. He had passed away between those four days since Scherff’s visit.”
The article continued,
“Following Tesla’s death the United States Office of Alien Property, under the instructions of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, confiscated all of Tesla’s papers and property. This was an interesting maneuver considering that Tesla was a United States citizen.”
The significance of this benign description of Tesla’s inventions and his last days has a direct relationship to the previously unknown claims of Otto Skorzeny.
 
As Skorzeny described (to Berman) in detail his involvement with George H. W. Bush (George H. Scherff, Jr.) in "organizing the CIA by absorbing Nazi S.S. agents,” he intimated that it was Reinhard Gehlen and himself who murdered Nikola Tesla on January 6, 1943 by strangulation/suffocation.

Prior to the murder, Skorzeny and Gehlen,
“spoke in great detail to Tesla about his most-advanced technologies and then stole the blueprints of his best, most-secret inventions.”
Were these the “two U.S. government agents” about whom Dustin Wallace wrote? The timing of George Scherff’s last visit to Nikola Tesla was suspicious, as well.
Skorzeny did not stop with these soul-cleansing disclosures. He went on to describe the aliases of himself Frank Edward P_ _ _ _ _, of south Florida (according to Berman, who claims he is trying to protect Skorzeny’s daughter), Reinhard Gehlen (Hank Janowicz, Wayne, N.J.), and Dr. Joseph Mengele (Steven Rabel).
 
According to Berman,
“Gehlen was tipped off by the FBI about Skorzeny’s unveiling of his identity and location, and Gehlen (Janowicz) then went into hiding. Mengele (Rabel), through a series of anti-aging hormone injections, a black hairpiece, and ‘cannibalism’ has maintained a youthful appearance.”
Having investigated some of Skorzeny’s claims, Berman had contacted the U.S. Justice Department to inform them that Nazi spies were being harbored by certain factions of the U.S. intelligence agencies, in particular, the CIA.
“My thoughts were that, uh, I needed to try to bring these wanted SS Nazi war criminal, holocaust killers - terrorists, basically - to justice. I wanted to call our government and tell ‘em, ‘Hey, that they’re still alive.’ I wanted to bring ‘em to justice. That was my whole intention. I initially had contacted, or tried to contact Eli Rosenbaum, who was the Director of the United States Justice Department, Office of Special Investigations. Basically, they, uh, thought it was a hoax and they told me that I was mistaken, and that according to the CIA, ‘all of them were all dead and I was mistaken.’ That’s what they told me. I was wrong.

“Later that night, I was over at, uh, Skorzeny’s house, and his widow received a phone call that turned her white, and she almost passed out. Basically, someone from the OSI tipped her off that I had contacted them... and that I had known about them. Later that night, when I was comin’ back home, uh, a car pulled up behind me, flashing his lights, wanting me to pull over.
 
So I pulled over - I knew somethin’ was probably goin’ on, so I was ready, and somebody walked right next to me - it looked like he had a gun in his hand, possibly, so I sped away. All right, uh, my girlfriend was in the car at the time, all right, and I sped through three lanes of traffic and went into a local shopping center, and he pulled in right behind me - and he gave me a dirty look - then he pulled a couple feet away, then he drove off. But, uh, I’m sure they tried to put a hit out on me. That’s what it was.”
Berman then confirmed the girlfriend was Skorzeny’s daughter and added,
“She, uh, she didn’t know that I knew... she didn’t know that her father had told me all this. That’s why we’re no longer goin’ out. She broke up with me when the government tipped her off that I wrote a book about her family.”
In order to authenticate the above revelations, the author began conducting his own research into the alias of Otto Skorzeny.
 
The first detail, considering Berman’s “cryptic clue” of Skorzeny’s CIA name, was to determine the variety of names that begin with the letter “P” - Palmer, Parson, Paskel, Peller, Porter, Powell, etc., settling on “Powell” as the most-likely possibility. Then, there was the distinct possibility that Skorzeny (for the purpose of protecting his wife and children) slightly misled Berman about his “official” alias, by reversing his first and middle names.

An exhaustive search revealed an interesting twist. Since Skorzeny had children, he likely had a wife. In fact, he did have a wife and left a trail (though worn out by time), that might shed some light on the master plan (this issue is discussed later).

Further research about the life of Otto Skorzeny, “master spy,” reveals his little-known affair with Eva (Evita) Marie Duarte de Peron, wife of Argentina’s President, Juan Domingo Peron. Gold which was stolen by the Nazis (laundered by Swiss banks and the Vatican, then smuggled to Argentina by Admiral Wilhelm Canaris) had accrued enormous interest after World War II, and upon her death, Eva Peron bequeathed Skorzeny $100 million, which ultimately fell into the hands of the CIA. The Nazi-CIA connection to the money was obvious.
 
Based upon Skorzeny’s claims, this money probably fell into the hands of George H.W. Bush and his “handlers.”

George H. Scherff, Jr., visits the FBI

Upon the untimely death of Nikola Tesla, perhaps the........................................
 
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Hidden Secrets of Poop Fossils



Hidden Secrets of Poop Fossils

  • By Anna Rothschild
  • Posted 08.06.15
  • NOVA
Fossilized poop, called coprolites, can reveal surprising secrets about the past.

THIS VIDEO ALSO PROVES THAT THE CABAL HAS BEEN AROUND AND IN CON-GRESS FOR A LONG TIME AS THE EVIDENCE CLEARLY SHOWS...     

 
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Transcript

Hidden Secrets of Poop Fossils

Posted: August 6, 2015

What if, thousands of years from now, all that was left of you…was your poop?
I’m Anna Rothschild, and this is Gross Science.
Every poop is a nugget of information. Poop records what we eat, where we live, even how we died. So when archaeologists find the fossilized poop of ancient humans, they get kind of excited.
These poop fossils are called coprolites, and they’re pretty rare. Although we make a lot of them, feces are tough to preserve.
But there are a few ways poop manages to stick around for posterity. It can dry out—in caves or in a mummy’s desiccated intestines. Particularly impressive poops can leave dents in the earth that get filled in—creating a cast and mold of the ancient bowel movement. And a turd can also turn to stone, when minerals in water slowly permeate and replace the molecules in the turd.
Whatever else was in the poop gets mineralized as well. Take this nearly 8-inch, 1000-year-old Viking monstrosity discovered in England. The poor Viking who created this treasure was infested with tons of intestinal parasites like whipworms, which were preserved along with the giant poo, illustrating just how squalid everyday life was back then. And this guy wasn’t an anomaly—archaeologists have also found cesspits (essentially Viking sewers) that were filled with parasite eggs.
Poop can also tell us who was living where. In Puerto Rico, the contents of 1-2 millennia-old coprolites backed up the archaeological evidence that native populations on the island at the time were two distinct cultural groups, with different diets, and different parasites.
Fossilized turds can even shed light on ancient murder mysteries. In Medieval Verona, the warlord Cangrande della Scala—patron of the poet Dante Alighieri—died at the age of 38 after a severe bout of vomiting and diarrhea. Rumors of foul-play spread, though at the time no one could prove it. But nearly 700 years later, researchers dug up the body and analyzed the feces that were preserved in the corpse’s rectum. They found out that he had ingested a poisonous plant before he died. And from the chamomile and mulberry pollen preserved in the poop as well, the researchers surmised that he drank a poisoned tea that killed him.
So the next time you grab your newspaper and head to the bathroom, think about it not so much as going number 2, but as contributing to the archaeological record.
Ew.

DRUG USED FOR CELL REGENERATION COULD ALSO REDUCE RADIATION DAMAGE AFTER EXPOSURE....



Drug Used For Cell Regeneration Could Also Reduce Radiation Damage After Exposure


Radiation is nothing to be tampered with. But until recently, scientists had very few medicinal therapies to offer victims as consolation.
Now, a study recently published in the journal Laboratory Investigation shows that a new drug commonly used to repair body tissue might play a double role—it could mitigate radiation damage a person’s intestines if ingested up to 24 hours after exposure.
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The site of the first detonation of nuclear weapon, conducted by the United States Army on July 16, 1945 and code-named "Trinity."
The prevailing radiation remedy, as of today, is called Prussian Blue; it absorbs some of the radiation lurking in a person’s body, but it ignores one of the main causes for concern: the intestinal barrier, a protective layer of cells that coats our intestines. Concentrated levels of radiation erode the intestinal barrier, limiting the gut’s ability to make use of nutrients and regulate bacteria—so victims of severe radiation exposure often experience dehydration, nausea, and vomiting. And sometimes, they die.
The new drug, though, targets the ailing intestinal barrier. Here’s Alexandra Ossola, writing for Popular Science:
The new drug, called TP508, was originally designed to help patients regenerate cells by increasing blood flow and decreasing inflammation, according to the press release—it’s been used to ensure that diabetic patients don’t lose a foot, or to help patients with wrist fractures heal more quickly. In this study, the researchers exposed mice to acute levels of radiation, then gave them an injection of TP508 after 24 hours. Not only did the drug prevent the destruction of the intestinal barrier cells, it boosted biomarkers characteristic of cell repair.
If the drug trials hold up in humans, it’ll be great news. We could someday have a much-needed emergency vial on hand when disaster strike.



 

The Stuff of Smartphones



The Stuff of Smartphones

 
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A phone designed so you don't have to think
and have forgotten how...
vs. 
Dumb ass phone
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A phone for those that need to think
and still know how....
  • By Susan K. Lewis
NOVA
Androids, Blackberries, iPhones, and other mobile devices are a testament to revolutionary advances in materials science and engineering. These souped-up cell phones are undoubtedly smaller and smarter than the clunky rotary phones of 40 or 50 years ago. But what sort of toll are they taking on the environment? Explore an anatomy of a smartphone, revealing the key technologies and materials that enable it, and get a glimpse of where these materials come from as well as where they might end up when the device is discarded.   

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See the materials and technologies that go into a smartphone as well as their environmental impact.

America Suffers from Learned Helplessness

THE RUSSIANS ARE NOT COMING - THEY ARE HERE!!!!

Red List News-Russian Soldiers Setting Fires, America Suffers from Learned Helplessness

On Episode 13 of Red List News, Dave opens the broadcast by going deep into the evidence surrounding the presence of Russian Troops on US soil. Next, Jim....
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Russian Spetsnaz Arsonists Are Targeting Preppers In the West

On Sunday August 30, 2015, I attempted to conduct a radio interview with Rich Scheben a noted off-the-grid prepper. Along with experts, such as Bob Griswold, Rich is as skilled as
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Tactical Vests for Children? Teach America's children!!!!

Published per recommendations from readers: 

AS DO OTHER NATIONS, AMERICA NEEDS TO TRAIN AND EQUIP OUR KIDS TO BE ABLE TO DEFEND THEMSELVES AND TO DEFEND OTHERS - BELOW ARE SOME 'TOOLS' TO AID IN THE TRAINING

INFORMATION PROVIDED BELOW IS NOT INTENDED TO PROVIDE FREE ADVERTISING FOR THE VENDOR, BUT TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO PARENTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THEIR CHILDREN'S LIVES IN THIS TIME OF GREAT STRESS IN OUR NATION.  THE UNITED STATES ARE AT WAR AGAINST TRAITORS WITHIN AND INVADERS FROM OUTSIDE.  ARE YOUR CHILDREN PREPARED?
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WHILE THESE ARE PRODUCED FOR PLAY, OUR NATION IS IN DISTRESS LIKE NO OTHER TIME IN HISTORY, EVEN IN GEORGE WASHINGTON'S DAY. 

PERHAPS THIS INFORMATION WILL GIVE US ALL THOUGHT AS TO THE TRUE CONDITION OF AMERICA AND WHAT MUST BE DONE BY ALL AMERICANS STANDING UNITED TOGETHER TO FREE OUR NATION OF TRAITORS AND PARASITES.

OTHER NATIONS HAVE HAD TO INCORPORATE THE AID OF THEIR CHILDREN IN THE DEFENSE OF THEIR FAMILIES, PEOPLES AND NATION.  NOW IT MAY WELL BE AMERICA'S TURN.  IT WILL BE AN INJUSTICE TO OUR CHILDREN IF WE DO NOT TEACH THEM HOW TO DEFEND THEMSELVES AND OTHERS.  THINK ABOUT IT. 

WHAT THE CRIMINAL BASTARDS IN WASHINGTON, DC HAVE DONE TO OTHER NATIONS IN THE NAME OF THE UNITED STATES 'GOVERNMENT' AND 'MILITARY' IS NOW COMING BACK ON 'WE THE PEOPLE' WHO HAVE HAD NO SAY OR PART IN THOSE CRIMES.  BUT, 'WE THE PEOPLE' ARE GUILTY OF THOSE CRIMES BECAUSE WE DID NOTHING TO STOP THEM AND STILL DO NOTHING. NOW WE ARE ON THE RECEIVING END - WITH THE CRIMES AND INTERNAL WAR AGAINST US BEING COMMITTED BY THE VERY SAME CRIMINAL CORPORATION IN WASHINGTON, DC THAT FALSELY PROFESSES TO THE ENTIRE PLANET TO BE OUR 'GOVERNMENT.'

ARE YOU READY TO FIGHT TO THE DEATH TO SAVE OUR COUNTRY?

GOD HELP US.

Interview 1083 – Berwick and Corbett Debate the Shemitah

Interview 1083 – Berwick and Corbett Debate the Shemitah

09/02/20152 Comments
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Today James is joined by Jeff Berwick of dollarvigilante.com to discuss his viral video “Shemitah Exposed: Financial Crisis Planned For September 2015” and his forthcoming book on the subject. They share their views of what the Shemitah is and isn’t and discuss the value of promoting this prophecy as a warning for the coming financial chaos.


SHOW NOTES: DollarVigilante.com
Shemitah Exposed: Financial Crisis Planned for September 2015
SurviveShemitah.com
Wary of natural disaster, NY Fed bulks up in Chicago
Opening of the 70th Session of the UN General Assembly
September rate hike just the surprise move the Fed hoped to avoid
EMP Threats Force NORAD Back Into Cheyenne Mountain
Putin says dump dollar
Corbett editorial on Shemitah (Corbett Report members)
Corbett editorial on Shemitah (non-Corbett Report members)

https://www.corbettreport.com/interview-1083-berwick-and-corbett-debate-the-shemitah/
 

Rise of the super soldier


RISE OF THE SUPER SOLDIER :  LIQUID ARMOUR, INDESTRUCTIBLE EXOSKELETONS AND WEAPONS THAT NEVER MISS REVEALED AS THE FUTURE OF WARFARE

 
 
 
  • Soldiers of the future will be trained using virtual reality headsets
  • Their bodies will be protected with self-healing armour and smart wetsuits
  • US military has developed a bullet that changes course on way to its target
  • And microdrones will help soldiers explore battlefields from a distance
  •  AND HUMANITY WON'T STAND A SNOWBALL'S CHANCE IN HELL


  • Jodie Tyley | dailymail.co.uk 
    2015-07-06 19:17
     
    War has been one of the greatest spurs to science in history.

    Developments as diverse and far-reaching as space travel, superglue, duct tape and microwaves owe their origins beneath camouflage netting and behind sandbags.

    Today's military innovations, though, are focused not just on getting the job done, but doing so as quickly as possible and bringing the soldiers home to their families in one piece.

    Above photo: Wearing head-mounted displays (HMD) or VR glasses such as Oculus Rift, soldiers can explore scenarios, such as the challenges of administering first aid to wounded comrades while under enemy fire, in a realistic 360-degree 3D environment (pictured) that changes the image with the movement of the head and the body.

    The (Virtual) Realities of War

    For example, simulations may already have a place in air force training, but soldiers can now put their skills to the test in virtual reality combat zones.

    Wearing head-mounted displays (HMD) or VR glasses such as Oculus Rift, soldiers can explore scenarios, such as administering first aid to wounded comrades while under enemy fire, in a realistic 360-degree 3D environment that changes the image with the movement of the head and the body, via an in built tracking system.

    Some battlefield simulation programs are even more realistic still.

    Super Soldiers: How Tech Is Transforming The Future Of Warfare is in the latest issue of How It Works Magazine on sale now (pictured)

    Polish troops train with integrated feedback that administers a small electric shock when the soldier gets ‘shot’.

    While the US Department of Defense is so committed to the idea, it wants every soldier to have a virtual avatar that can be customised to reflect their individual skills and weaknesses.

    Nimble and Agile Exoskeletons

    Elsewhere, soldiers powered by exoskeletons may have long been a staple of science fiction, but they're too becoming reality.

    Taken from the Greek word meaning 'outer skeleton', exoskeletons are inspired by the hardened shells of the insect world and involve a frame of hydraulics which magnify the leg and arm movements of the wearer, allowing them to take more effortless strides and carry greater weights.

    Military exoskeletons trialled as far back as the 1960s - such as General Electric's Hardiman - were able to increase the magnitude by a factor of 25.

    This made lifting 25lb (11kg) loads as easy for the wearer as lifting 1lb (0.5kg), and had force feedback - similar to a XBox or PlayStation controller - so the operator could get an idea of the resistance that he or she was experiencing.

    These projects were ultimately unsuccessful as the early exoskeletons reacted unpredictably - and sometimes violently - to anything less than gentle movements.

    While many current exoskeleton projects have medical uses in mind, XOS and XOS 2, developed for the US Army by Raytheon-Sarcos, Hercule by firm RB3D, and Human Universal Load Carrier, better known by its acronym HULC, are primarily military endeavours.
    Developed by Ekso Bionics and Lockheed Martin, Hulc is a lower extremity exoskeleton powered by a lithium-ion battery that works to redistribute the weight across the hips and legs, allowing its operator to comfortably carry 200lbs (91kg) with less effort.

    The increasing weight of a soldier's gear, which includes a standard weapons, ammunition, rations, water, first aid kits, basic tools, satellite phone, GPS, helmet and body armour is a growing worry for commanders.

    Early military exoskeletons (General Electric's Hardiman 1960s prototype pictured) were unsuccessful as they sometimes reacted violently

    Early military exoskeletons (General Electric's Hardiman 1960s prototype pictured) were unsuccessful as they sometimes reacted violently

    Early military exoskeletons (General Electric's Hardiman 1960s prototype pictured) were unsuccessful as they sometimes reacted violently
    Indeed, the consequences of lugging around a weight of anywhere between 80lbs and 120lbs (36 and 54kg can be severe - perhaps even deadly.

    'Distributing and managing a soldier's load can give enormous benefits in terms of combat endurance and efficiency,' explained Justin Bronk, military sciences analyst at The Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies.

    'People ended up toting around up to 40 kilos [88 pounds] of stuff which means if they've been on patrol for a couple of hours and they go prone when they start taking fire, often they just can't get back up again!;

    Far more flexible than earlier exoskeletons, sensors mounted throughout Hulc's titanium frame and linked to an on-board microcomputer spur electric motors into action allowing the limbs to match the operator's movements instantly.

    Lockheed's ambitions is that the system will allow for troops to be equipped with otherwise back-breakingly heavy sensor gear or - as Hulc offers no physical protection in itself - the sort of body armour that simply impractical for a soldier on foot to carry.

    According to Mr Bronk, what's really holding them back from a roll out across battlefields is simple - energy.

    'The basic problem with exoskeletons still is you need about ten kilowatts of power to run a typical load-bearing, armour-protected exoskeleton,' he continued.

    'And you need to be able to run it for ten hours or so to make it mission capable because if the power runs out, an exoskeleton becomes a massive impediment to ability rather than a bonus.'

    Lockheed is currently investigating electrochemical and solid oxide fuel cells to solve this problem, and the plan is for a 'long-range HLC' with a 72-hour battery life and bursts of speed up to 10mph (16 km) per hour.
     
    FOR THE REST OF THIS INCREDIBLE INFORMATION, GO TO:  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3150927/Rise-SUPER-SOLDIER-Liquid-armour-indestructible-exoskeletons-weapons-never-miss-future-warfare.html#ixzz3f8PaY7Py 
     

    Interview 1082 – James Corbett On Japan’s New Security Bills

    Interview 1082 – James Corbett On Japan’s New Security Bills

    09/01/20150 Comments
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    The Abe government is pushing a group of security bills through the Japanese Diet that will reinterpret Japan’s pacifist constitution to allow “collective self-defense.” James joins Sputnik Radio to discuss the significance of this change and the massive protest that took place in Tokyo yesterday against this legislation.
    SHOW NOTES:
    ‘No to War!’ Thousands in Japan Protest Against Using Army Abroad
    Global Defense Spending Is Down, But Asia’s Spending Is Up
    Interview 889 – Yoshioka Tatsuya Introduces the Global Article 9 Campaign to Abolish War

    https://www.corbettreport.com/interview-1082-james-corbett-on-japans-new-security-bills/

    Is The World Going to End on September 23, 2015?

    Is The World Going to End on September 23, 2015?

    08/30/201526 Comments
    So is the world going to end on September 13, 2015? Or maybe September 15th? Or is it the 21st? 23rd? 28th?…Probably not. But big moves are coming in the markets and on the geopolitical chess board and we should all be preparing for those moves now, not because of some vague prediction of some mystical event, but because it is the only way forward for free humanity. Join James for this week’s subscriber newsletter as he breaks down the Shemitah hooplah and deals the straight dope on the real dangers to watch out for this fall.
    For free access to this, and all of James’ subscriber editorials, please go to www.theinternationalforecaster.com

    https://www.corbettreport.com/is-the-world-going-to-end-on-september-23-2015/
     

    Three Deputies Face Criminal Charges in Horseback Pursuit Takedown

    Three Deputies Face Criminal Charges in Horseback Pursuit Takedown

    Francis Jared Pusok was punched and kicked by deputies after a nearly three-hour pursuit in the high desert north of Los Angeles

    Three Deputies Face Criminal Charges in Horseback Pursuit Takedown
    by Jonathon Lloyd, Toni Guinyard | NBC Los Angeles | September 2, 2015 

    Three Southern California sheriff’s deputies will face criminal charges in the beating of a man after he tried to escape on horseback in a high desert chase captured by NewsChopper4, District Attorney Michael Ramos said on Tuesday.
    Charges were filed against San Bernardino County deputies Nicholas Downey, Michael Phelps and Charles Foster in the takedown of Francis Jared Pusok about 90 miles northeast of Los Angeles on April 9. Downey, Phelps and Foster were each charged with one count of assault by a public officer.
    “I believe the deputies that were filed on today crossed the line under color of authority,” Ramos said. “But their actions should not tarnish the badge of those that honorably serve everyday.”
    All three deputies are expected to appear in court for arraignment on Sept. 8 at the San Bernardino Justice Center. The charged deputies face anywhere from 16 months to 3 years in prison if convicted, Ramos said.