The Singapore Forum

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/article3297589.ece

This is a fantastic insight into a possible future that BRICS represents - its not a physical bank in the guise of a World Bank competitor but rather a change of mindset across the globe in which the status quo has ceased to make sense - and perhaps we are starting to see the beginning of a new paradigm. Prem Shankar Jha also gives a very insightful glance into the Syrian governments current woes and throws an entirely different light onto the situation

Look I've had some good times there too, and they occasionally have some good bands, and the world really comes together there - but the bar at the Hyatt isn't really going to change the futu...oh, um, never mind.

Brannigans was better

baloo wrote:Brannigans was better

BRICS & Brannigans are on par with each other... Both cattle markets...

Nah, Brannigans didn't pretend to be upmarket. It was what it was.

I'd hardly call them cattle markets. More like hooker joints.

Fat Bob wrote:I'd hardly call them cattle markets. More like hooker joints.

Aren't they synonymous? Prized meat to the highest bidder...

Nah, meat market can be full of slappers rather than hookers.

Fat Bob wrote:Nah, meat market can be full of slappers rather than hookers.

Ahhhhh...right...

I miss Papa Joe's...