The 22 statistics detailed here prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that the middle class is being systematically wiped out of existence in America. The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer at a staggering rate. Once upon a time, the United States had the largest and most prosperous middle class in the history of the …
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Mystery of Amiri, U.S. credibility and the political nuclear bomb, By Ameen Izzadeen
There's more to it than what meets the eye. Nowhere can the phrase be more apt than in politics where honesty is a rarity. The meaning of the phrase becomes more sinister in the intrigue-ridden international politics involving big powers. The appearance of an Iranian scientist at his country's interest section in Pakistan's Washington embassy on Monday not only …
Read More »President Carter’s Book on Palestine, By Dr. Habib Siddiqui
Book Review: Palestine Peace Not Apartheid by Jimmy Carter, Simon & Schuster, New York (2006) No American president has probably touched the lives of so many outside in a positive way than Jimmy Carter – the 39th president. For the past three decades, since leaving the White House, he has been a resolute voice for human rights and democracy. It …
Read More »Transparent Lies, By Paul Craig Roberts
The BBC reported on July 4 that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that the US ballistic missile base in Poland was not directed at Russia. The purpose of the base, she said, is to protect Poland from the Iranian threat. Why would Iran be a threat to Poland? What happens to US credibility when the Secretary of State …
Read More »Netanyahu crucifies Obama, By Ameen Izzadeen
The Palestinian peace process is back on track. That's what a 'nailed' US President Barack Obama wants the rest of the world concerned with peace in the troubled region to believe after his talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Following the talks, Obama addressed the media and told them what he thought about Netanyahu's stance on the peace …
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