Now you’re just like Canada and Britain. You have to go to the news and through political channels in order to get the health-care you voluntarily gave up.

AccessHealth CT CEO Kevin Counihan said his intervention appears to be the reason the problem was solved. “We’ve interceded, and we’ve resolved [K.C.’s] issue with Anthem, and she’s all set now,” Counihan said. “I almost feel squirrely saying that because this is not about self-aggrandizement, but clearly, I think we put a little juice under Anthem’s toes.”

Where the foxes caper unmolested, the government packs your school lunch and ye all surf at her Majesty’s pleasure;

But the [porn filters] have led to internet users being denied access to a wide range of organisations including child protection charities, women’s charities and gay rights groups. Among institutions that have found themselves subject to the blocks are the British Library and the National Library of Scotland.
The opt-in filters also deny access to the Parliament and Government websites and the sites of politicians, including Claire Perry, the MP who has campaigned prominently for the introduction of filters.

h/t AK

Logan City vs. FERC;

In 2008 Logan City, Utah decided to install a micro-hydro project in its culinary water system. The city’s assistant engineer recognized the opportunity to generate clean, low-cost electricity for the city by installing a turbine in the city’s culinary water pipeline.
Logan City’s project would power 185 homes, and would not require any new construction. At the same time, it would also help reduce excess water pressure in the system. Because the project was so small, and would not affect anything outside of an existing pipeline, city officials thought the permitting process would be a breeze. […]
As project managers in Logan City learned firsthand, a complex regulatory nexus surrounds all hydropower projects, no matter how small. As far as regulatory requirements are concerned, it didn’t matter that the project would have little to no environmental impacts.
The city still had to go through an intensive permitting process overseen by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Logan City’s project began in 2008. By 2012 the city’s project had finally been completed after four years of delays and almost 3 million dollars of total costs.

h/t Larry

Hear my prayer.

The NDP is proposing a bill that would allow cops to test drivers’ alcohol levels without having any reasonable grounds.

General Motors Corp. (GM) is recalling 18,941 Chevy Camaros (model years 2013 and 2014) for violating Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 208–Occupant Crash Protection.
Defective seat belts? Air bag malfunction? Brake failure?
Nope.

Related! “Instead of delegating power to a would-be president-for-life, we delegate it to a bureaucracy-without-death.”

Bloomberg;

The City of Brotherly Love and communities across the U.S. face the specter of hundreds of millions of dollars in useless hydrants after a surprise ruling last month by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that requires fireplugs put in after Jan. 4 meet stricter standards for lead content, said Tom Curtis of the American Water Works Association in Denver. That means cities must scrap or retrofit inventory or buy hydrants and parts that some vendors aren’t even making yet.

Related.

The Disappeared.

Why on earth would PMSH think we need another?

CALGARY — The feds say they’re also examining possible further uses for DNA, as Calgary’s top cop pushes for permission to collect DNA samples upon suspects’ arrests.
On Wednesday, Calgary Police Chief Rick Hanson said he’d like to see legislation amended to allow police to collect DNA samples upon a person’s arrest in order to clear cases faster.