The Beatings Will Continue Until Morale Improves

Persuasion
The court found that states are “pre-empted” from regulating safety by the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, which made safety a federal responsibility. The Legislature had sought to shut the plant by denying Entergy a “certificate of public good” that is required for all power plants. But the court said Vermont was unpersuasive when it said that the reasons for the denial were that the reactor was too costly and unreliable, and that closing it would encourage the development of renewable energy from wind or wood. (NYT, 8/14/2013)

Reliable, cheap power survives in Vermont...at least for the present. Do not underestimate the desire and creativity of moonbats when it comes to returning humanity to the Stone Age. 


Ideology
Do liberals have any arguments for their idiotic ideas besides calling their opponents "racist"? 

The two big public policies under attack by the left this week are "stop-and-frisk" policing and voter ID laws. Democrats denounce both policies as racist. I'm beginning to suspect they're getting lazy in their arguments. 
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Yes, Democrat Bob Filner can pat down his female employees, but cops can't pat down suspected criminals. (AnnCoulter.com, 8/14/2013)

RedStateVT had the best line about Filner: He should issue a ringing endorsement of abortion in all its permutations in order to save his career. Coulter is a close second. 


Obamacare Lies
This fall, Indiana's new online health-insurance marketplace will present some tough choices for consumers like John Nowak, who will be able to pick a plan from his current insurer—or go for one that includes his primary-care doctor.

That is because Mr. Nowak's current insurer won't include Indiana's biggest health-care provider, 19-hospital Indiana University Health, in the plans it sells on the consumer exchange. If Mr. Nowak buys a new exchange plan from WellPoint Inc.'s WLP -0.51% Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, he will generally have to pay the cost out of his own pocket if he sees the system's doctors, because they aren't in the network. (WSJ, 8/14/2013)

"If you like your current insurance coverage you can keep it." 
President Barack H. Obama