More than 50 countries have banned asbestos products but India cannot get enough. It imports the mineral from Canada, risking a future health crisis.

More than 50 countries have banned asbestos products but India cannot get enough. It imports the mineral from Canada, risking a future health crisis.

Asbestos products have a deadly reputation.

Inhaling asbestos fibres can lead to a slow and painful death.

But in India, asbestos illness is under-diagnosed and mostly unrecognised.

And with the proliferation of factories making asbestos products, India is on the cusp of a devastating health crisis.

Workers have little safety equipment [...]

Pretzel Logic’s E Wave Commentary The Shanghai Composite

The SSEC is a bit of a challenge for me to tackle, as I have no access to detailed intra-day data. Without a look at a 30-minute chart at least (preferably a 5 minute chart), I am unable to differentiate between the short-term structures, and am left with some blind guessing.

The long-term structure appears reasonably clear. It would seem that 2008 was an A-wave crash, and 2009-2011 have been a [...]

This Is How The World Really Works Folks – Power Wins Even Over This Cruelty!

Scratches on the Blackboard of Animal Cruelty
Monday 25 April 2011
by: Walter Brasch, The Moderate Voice

Take a pigeon.

Now put that pigeon, along with thousands of others, into small coops that don’t give the bird much freedom to move.

Don’t worry about food or water. It won’t matter.

Take some of the pigeons—who are already disoriented from hours, maybe days, of confinement—and place a couple of them each into spring-loaded box traps [...]

This Is How The World Really Works Folks – Power Wins Even Over This Cruelty!

Scratches on the Blackboard of Animal Cruelty
Monday 25 April 2011
by: Walter Brasch, The Moderate Voice

Take a pigeon.

Now put that pigeon, along with thousands of others, into small coops that don’t give the bird much freedom to move.

Don’t worry about food or water. It won’t matter.

Take some of the pigeons—who are already disoriented from hours, maybe days, of confinement—and place a couple of them each into spring-loaded box traps [...]