Noah Feldman: The Unconstitutional Judiciary in the USA — Surrendering Judgment to the Executive AND Protecting a Private Cabal

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Noah Feldman

A court case so secret, US Govt says it can't go on

Phi Beta Iota: The story documents two subversions of the US Constitution. First, the judiciary is allowing Executive administrative claims to totally subject the rule of law — no facts, no judgment. Second, the government is further abusing its powers by using them to protect a private cabal from being held accountable for defamation. What would the authors of the US Constitution think? In a further irony, the author, a Harvard law professor, observes separately in his book The Rise and Fall of the Islamic State, that it is the executive imbalance of power –the neutering of the legislative and judicial branches — that produces dictatorships across the Muslim world.

Full story below the fold.

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Shima Beigi: Resilience From Mindfulness Engineering© Perspective

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Shima Beigi

Resilience From Mindfulness Engineering© Perspective

Although framing the concept of resilience is not a straightforward process and various scientists have already tried to challenge the utility of the concept, in this post with a reference to my recently finished PhD, I share some of my thoughts on resilience of complex adaptive systems. As I demonstrated in the below figure, to be resilient we have to learn to think and speak in a shared space of collective understanding.

Extraordinary graphic below the fold.

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Sepp Hasslberger: Energy Revolution — Solar Thermal with No Moving Parts &

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Sepp Hasslberger

Thermoacoustics – there seems to be a lot going on in the field of the sound and heat (and magnetics) combination.

Clean Solar Thermal Energy Technology with No Moving Parts – Thermoacoustic Stirling Engine

So heat, sound and magnetic fields have been shown to influence each other. This adds to another recent post about students experimentally putting out fires with sound waves…

Landmark study proves that magnets can control heat and sound

Jean Lievens: Will Predatory Sharing Economy Experience a Revolt?

Economics/True Cost
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Jean Lievens

Will there be a revolt in the sharing economy?

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It’s a revolution, for sure, but a decidedly one-sided one so far, driven by demand. What does that mean for all these sharers who are, in large part, working for big companies without ever being deemed employees? For now, they’re an unorganised group of suppliers. But that could change, with disruptive results.

SchwartzReport: American War Machine — Cash Cow for the 1% Swath of Destruction for the 99%

Corruption, Government, Military
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Stephan A. Schwartz
Stephan A. Schwartz

You would think it would be obvious by now that the trillions of dollars we spend on the military industrial complex and its wars are not making us safer and that our geopolitical strategy is not producing the outcomes we seek.

How the American War Machine Is Sucking Up Vast Amounts of Cash to Screw Up the World

Who can even keep track of Pentagon operations and spending anymore?

Review: The Onboard Medical Guide – First Aid and Emergency Medicine Afloat

4 Star, Sailing
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Paul G. Gill

4.0 out of 5 stars The Best in Its Time, Superceded by Marine Medicine, March 29, 2015

Dated but exceptional.

I have been so unhappy with the “standard” references such as Advanced First Aid Afloat that that I created my own informal study guide for offshore use, one page per item, description/diagnostics, treatment, and photo.

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