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**celddiskend** · 03-24-2010, 11:31 PM

Here you go, Nline:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Russell

Attracted by financial prospects, Russell set out for China, an assured profitable venture. He arrived in Canton, China, in 1819, engaging in trade on behalf of the Providence firm of Edward Carrington & Company in various goods and products including opium, an extremely profitable activity despite being outlawed-yet protected by foreign forces.

The profits made by Russell enabled him to found Russell & Company in Canton, China, in 1824. Dealing mostly in silks, teas and opium, Russell & Company prospered, and by 1842, it had become the largest American trading house in China. It kept its dominance until its closing in 1891. Russell withdrew from the company in 1836. He returned to America, and lived in his mansion in his hometown of Middletown, Connecticut, until his death in 1862. The mansion, now bearing the name of Samuel Wadsworth Russell House, had an elaborately-decorated interior; Russell had brought back many souvenirs and antiques from China, as well as gifts from his Chinese trade partner, Howqua. Russell made his money in opium. During this time in history, if a man was wealthy, it was shared in the family and the family was required to be loyal and tight knit in return. So much so that a lot of inbreeding actually happened (and continues) among some royale bloodlines (they are all connected after all the intermarrying and inbreeding). But i digress...

....here is where the conspiracy really starts with the Russell family:

Russell is cousin of William Huntington Russell (1833) who was Co-founder of the Skull and Bones Secret Society at Yale University. The whole reason this was brought up is because of a discussion around the convenience of the date of 3/22 for the passage of health care reform. The connections:

322 is the numerical designation in the Skull and Bones (known, actually, as "Skull and Bones 322"). The Russell family founded the concept of big pharma by finding a way to legalize their opium imports. It was labelled as "medicine" and PRESTO, you have a legal industry with which to peddle your opium legally.

Add to this the fact that they helped found Johns Hopkins, which "revolutionized" the medical field by promoting research, not process. Another major boon to big pharma.

And then the coup de gras: the passage of the Health Care Reform bill, on 3/22, that will be a major win for....big pharma.

03-24-2010, 11:31 PM	#1
celddiskend Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 460 Senior Member	For NLine: The Russell Family Opium Trade Here you go, Nline: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Russell Attracted by financial prospects, Russell set out for China, an assured profitable venture. He arrived in Canton, China, in 1819, engaging in trade on behalf of the Providence firm of Edward Carrington & Company in various goods and products including opium, an extremely profitable activity despite being outlawed-yet protected by foreign forces. The profits made by Russell enabled him to found Russell & Company in Canton, China, in 1824. Dealing mostly in silks, teas and opium, Russell & Company prospered, and by 1842, it had become the largest American trading house in China. It kept its dominance until its closing in 1891. Russell withdrew from the company in 1836. He returned to America, and lived in his mansion in his hometown of Middletown, Connecticut, until his death in 1862. The mansion, now bearing the name of Samuel Wadsworth Russell House, had an elaborately-decorated interior; Russell had brought back many souvenirs and antiques from China, as well as gifts from his Chinese trade partner, Howqua. Russell made his money in opium. During this time in history, if a man was wealthy, it was shared in the family and the family was required to be loyal and tight knit in return. So much so that a lot of inbreeding actually happened (and continues) among some royale bloodlines (they are all connected after all the intermarrying and inbreeding). But i digress... ....here is where the conspiracy really starts with the Russell family: Russell is cousin of William Huntington Russell (1833) who was Co-founder of the Skull and Bones Secret Society at Yale University. The whole reason this was brought up is because of a discussion around the convenience of the date of 3/22 for the passage of health care reform. The connections: 322 is the numerical designation in the Skull and Bones (known, actually, as "Skull and Bones 322"). The Russell family founded the concept of big pharma by finding a way to legalize their opium imports. It was labelled as "medicine" and PRESTO, you have a legal industry with which to peddle your opium legally. Add to this the fact that they helped found Johns Hopkins, which "revolutionized" the medical field by promoting research, not process. Another major boon to big pharma. And then the coup de gras: the passage of the Health Care Reform bill, on 3/22, that will be a major win for....big pharma.
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