Another decline not mentioned on the news: This reminds me of a comedy bit I saw in Toronto years ago. Man walks on stage, sees a Canadian dollar on the floor and exclaims, "Look! Seventy-five cents!"

Years roll by and now it's an American dollar on the floor and the ironic remark is, "Look! Sixty-six and one-third cents!"

WSWS writers again hit the mark on 9/11: And they remain among the few who have:

Within the context of the preceding history and the political exploitation of September 11, the mysteries of that day find their most plausible explanation in a deliberate decision by elements within the US government and military-intelligence apparatus to allow a terrorist attack to take place, and block any effort to prevent it. WSWS