Wednesday-Night

We were glad to be reminded of this wonderful Long Johns clip  about how it all began - laughter truly is the best medicine
Financial Times Report on World Economy

A light at the end of the tunnel?

(The Economist) THE dithering has ended. After a week in which the financial system almost ground to a halt, […]

It is Thanksgiving time and not just in the US. For me that is what the holidays are truly about – and this December Salon is a particularly wonderful opportunity for us to explore being thankful. Gathering in December, let us ignore the apoca-lit (a new word I discovered effectively describing […]

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Once again, Charles Cogan dazzled his Wednesday Night audience with a tour de force of political/intelligence commentary, largely focused on United States policy and actions in the Middle East and Afghanistan, but including the changing nature of warfare and discussion of the role of the UN […]

On the eve of American Thanksgiving, we are delighted to be able to again use our absolutely favourite holiday illustration and to wish one and all a Happy Thanksgiving, despite the world’s travails.  
 
We had our fingers rapped last week for the somewhat flippant reference to the electioneers who seemed not to be […]

Related posts e.g. U.S. economy and bailout measures and on Wednesday-Night.com
Amidst much talk of the need to reform the Bretton Woods Agreement. George Monbiot provides solid background and defends Lord Keynes (”John Maynard Keynes had the answer to the crisis we’re now facing; but it was blocked and then forgotten.”) in Clearing up this mess
(Breitbart.com)Worst […]

(Foreign Policy Morning Brief) U.S. power and influence is waning, according to a new report
by the U.S. intelligence community. The good news? So is al Qaeda’s.
But “the unipolar moment is over,” declared Tom Fingar, chairman of the National Intelligence Council (NIC), in announcing the report.
The NIC expects United States will remain the […]

L’Obama, ossia L’avvento del Messia - an opera seria in three acts Wonderful send-up, although some points a bit belabored; many comments are worth reading as well.
Stephen Kinsman forwarded this delightful response to the item below
Are making fun of us North Countrites who, by the geez ‘em, just love the way our current […]

Overcoming the small annoyance for some of us (Westmount-Ville-Marie residents) of being in our fourth month of elections, with the only one that provoked true enthusiasm being over on November 4, we bravely tackle the important matters largely ignored by the Quebec electioneers.
The economy and world financial crisis would be at the top of our […]

We return to some semblance of normality this Wednesday after last week’s back-to-back evenings, with the happy and historic events of  Tuesday’s Election Night followed by Wednesday Night ’s more traditional – and certainly more sober – discussion of the economy, along with the huge challenges facing President-elect Obama. One […]

November is now upon us with grey skies and a noticeable chill – what a better reason to consider huddling around the discussion table for another dynamic rendition of the monthly Wednesday night salons – West??  As they say:
Information is a campfire around which people huddle for heat and light. The […]