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For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

Mark 8:36

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Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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The thirst for glory is an epidemic which robs people of their judgment, seduces their vanity, cheats them of their interests, and corrupts their consciences.

William Graham Sumner

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Some years ago, Senator Chuck Schumer [a Jew] was recorded, apparently without his knowledge, telling fellow Democrats to keep using the word "extremist"* when discussing Republicans.

Thomas Sowell

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Facts do not speak for themselves.

Alfred Marshall

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If we could avoid a war with Syria through accidental diplomacy, imagine what we could do if we tried!

Dennis Kucinich (in an email)

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According to two polls reported this weekend by the Jerusalem Post, Israelis by 7-1 do not want Israel to go to war with Syria. But two-thirds of Israelis favor the United States going to war with Syria.

Pat Buchanan

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Syria is not about poison gas or human rights: it’s about a proxy war against Iran, the only nation now challenging total US and Israel military domination of the Mideast.

Eric Margolis

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Congress must vote down the war [on Syria] and make it clear to obama [sic] that if he defies the constitutional power of Congress he will be impeached.

Paul Craig Roberts

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If the US Congress is too corrupt or incompetent to do its duty, the rest of the world must join the UN General Secretary and the President of Russia and declare that unilateral military aggression by the US government is a war crime, and that the war criminal US government will be isolated in the international community. Any of its members caught traveling abroad will be arrested and turned over to the Hague for trial.

Paul Craig Roberts

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We talk to them (the Americans) and we assume they are decent people, but he [Secretary of State John Kerry] is lying and he knows that he is lying [about Al Qaeda's influence weakening among the Syrian "rebels"]. This is sad.

Vladimir Putin, Russian president

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Most people above room temperature are now beginning to see quite clearly that the United States and some of its allies are, in fact, war criminals.

Karl Schwarz (in 2008)

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I think that [no backing the U.S. on Syria by the U.K.] is one of the motivations that introduced what I call palpable fear and one of the reasons why he [President Obama] is seeking political cover [by going to Congress for approval on attacking Syria] himself.

Retired 4-Star General Jack Keane

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Netanyahu is concerned that Israeli statements in favor of a strike in Syria will be seen as an Israeli attempt to push the United States into war. Many elements in the United States now accuse Israel and the pro-Israeli lobby AIPAC in Washington of pushing the United Sates into war with Iraq. Netanyahu himself is perceived in Washington as coaxing the United States to go to war against Iran.

Barak Ravid (Israeli reporter)

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The journalists I have worked with have, at my request, been judicious and careful in ensuring that the only things disclosed are what the public should know but that does not place any person in danger.

Edward Snowden

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Tours Lift Veil on Lobby Path in Germany

Submitted by Guest on Sun, 05/12/2013 - 13:08

May 12, 2013

Russia Today YouTube introduction: Frugal times in Europe have caused a surge of public interest in how governments are spending taxpayers' money - and who's pulling the strings behind the big decisions.

Some enterprising German tour guides are now offering visitors to Berlin the chance to catch a behind-the-scenes glimpse of how businesses lobby the government. RT's Peter Oliver reports on the murky relationship between commerce and politics.

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Sa, Nov 2, 2013, 10am-9pm; Su, Nov 3, 10am-5pm. Splendor of China Festival, Neal S. Blaisdell Center Exhibition Hall. Free admission. Details

Sa, Nov 2-Tu, Nov 5, 2013. Half. Movie about Japan residents who are half Japanese. At the Honolulu Museum of Art's Doris Duke Theatre, 1pm, 4pm & 7:30pm, Sa, Nov 2; 7:30pm, Su, Nov 3; 7:30pm, Tu, Nov 5. $8 members, $10 others. Details. Parking info.

Nov 9, 2013, 9am-3pm at JBPH Hickam, Fall Craft Fair
Hickam Arts & Crafts Center, 335 Kuntz Ave., Hickam AFB. Over 130 booths of all original and handmade arts and crafts. Entertainment by Island Storm, pony rides, bounce houses for the keiki, and make-n-takes. Open to the public. Can be accessed via Elliott Street, off Nimitz Hwy.

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Now until Su, Nov 24, 2013. Artists of Hawaii at the Honolulu Museum of Art. $10 admission, $25 for kamaaina yearly pass. Details

Now until Dec 31, 2013. 1920s to late 1940s Waikiki Beach Boys photo exhibit at The Royal Hawaiian Coronet Lounge, 2259 Kalakaua Ave., Waikiki. Free. Details