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McCain: I'm No Maverick (Newsmax - Politics) Submitted at 4/5/2010 2:53:52 PM
WASHINGTON – Republican Senator John McCain, whose "maverick" breaks with his party won him media acclaim and powered his 2008 White House run, now rejects the moniker, according to Newsweek magazine. The Arizona lawmaker, looking to thwart a primary challenge from a conservative Republican former congressman, played down his history of working with Democrats on issues like overhauling US immigration policy, curbing big money influence in politics, or fighting climate change. "I never considered myself a maverick," Newsweek quoted him as saying. "I consider myself a person who serves the people of Arizona to the best of his abilities." McCain embraced the label in the past, notably during his 2008
presidential run, when his campaign ran a television advertisement branding him and running mate Sarah Palin "the original mavericks" and when he played down some of their policy disagreements by quipping "what do you expect from two mavericks?" A McCain aide highlighted a passage from the prologue of the senator's 2002 book, "Worth Fighting For: The Education of an American Maverick, and the Heroes Who Inspired Him," in which the lawmaker expressed discomfort with the label "even when it is meant as a compliment." "I worry that the act might be getting a little tired for a man of my years," McCain wrote. "Better for old men to be known as collegial team players, who expect to find the warmth of their associations a tonic for fears of approaching infirmity and extinction," he wrote. But he went on to underscore
his "instinctive resistance to institutional customs that strike me as empty gestures of submission" and highlight his "acute, much too acute, sensitivity to abuses of authority." "I have my reputation, and not enough years left in my career to improve it much. I'm an independent-minded, wellintentioned public servant to some. And to others, I'm a selfstyled, self-righteous, maverick pain in the ass," he wrote. Recent polls have shown McCain easily beating former representative JD Hayworth, who has sought to capitalize on anti-Washington sentiment and the energized conservative "Tea Party" political insurgency. Copyright © 2010 AFP. All rights reserved Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.
Yogo electric scooter asks: 'Why not take a spare battery?' Tim Stevens (Engadget) Submitted at 4/6/2010 9:49:00 AM
It would certainly seem like the range of the average electric vehicle could be extended quite a bit if you could just throw a spare battery in the trunk and swap whenever the lights started to dim. That's the idea behind the Yogo from Econogo -except this is made in the UK where they call trunks "boots," and it's a scooter so it doesn't have one of either, just a storage compartment under the seat. Anyhow, in there you can store a second battery, doubling the 22 mile range and, since that cell is removable, you can easily take it inside, making office time refills a real possibility. The manufacturer's site is decidedly a work in progress but we do know that a scooter will set you back £1999 (about $3k) and that they are available in a wide array of hip colors: your
choice of black or beige. Yogo electric scooter asks: 'Why not take a spare battery?' originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Apr 2010 09:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink Times Online| Econogo| Email this| Comments
LL Cool J Goes for K.O. on 'NCIS: Los Angeles' (ETonline - Breaking News) Submitted at 4/6/2010 3:40:00 AM
LL Cool J is ripped and ready for battle -- but can he handle the underground world of no-
holds-barred cage fighting? After training with some of the top mixed martial artists in the game, the "NCIS: Los Angeles" star gets in the ring! "My character goes
undercover," he tells ET. "There's a death -- I won't say who -- but it needs to be investigated. My character, who is a navy seal and has martialarts training, decides this is what
he needs to do in order to get close to the people who may have perpetrated the crime." After a sparring session onscreen, he says, "I definitely feel it. I have a tremendous amount
of respect for these athletes and what they go through every day. The level of commitment it takes to do this day in and day out is pretty amazing.