| Where Have All the Pro-Choice Republicans Gone? |
[Friday, January 8th, 2010 6:02am] |
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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Feministing/~3/CLm64ex1y8E/019562.html Ask the Republicans for Choice PAC. A new report by the Center for Public Integrity has revealed that one of the largest organizations working towards getting pro-choice GOP candidates elected to Congress has spent less than 5% of its budget on political campaigns in the last decade.
In the last five years, just half of one percent of the one million dollars Republicans for Choice has spent was toward a political candidate, committees or expenditures. Via the report:
By comparison, Federal Election Commission data show the average federal PAC in the recent 2007-2008 cycle dedicated about 35 percent of spending to contributions aiding federal candidates. A comparison to other PACs on both sides of the abortion debate shows that similar groups spend a much greater portion of their funds on candidates and campaigns.
Where did RFC's money go? Much of the group's spending has been for consulting companies owned by the PAC's chairwoman, Ann E. W. Stone. Those firms -- along with payments to reimburse Stone's expenses for travel, entertainment, and automobile repairs -- comprise more than two-thirds of RFC PAC's expenditures since 2006. And hundreds of dollars more went to pay for Stone's parking tickets.
Stone says that her group's overhead is high because, unlike most political action committees, it does not have affiliated interest groups to share administrative expenses. And she notes that much of the organization's activity goes beyond the election of political candidates.
Smells like bullshit to me, especially after checking out the "Politics" section of their website which hasn't been updated since 2004. And their "Projects" page is, well, I'll let you see for yourself:
We all know that the pro-choice Republican community is generally not as, well, vibrant in numbers as their Democratic or Independent counterparts. But if any of pro-choice Republicans are wondering where their elected pro-choice GOPers are, you might want to ask these folks -- although I'd expect their answer to be as empty as their website.
Via TPM.
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| Kensington Wall Ultra Compact Notebook Power Adapter: more compact than your notebook power adapter |
[Friday, January 8th, 2010 8:48am] |
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http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/kensington-wall-ultra-compact-notebook-power-adapter-is-more-com/
Schlepping a laptop into a coach seat is bad enough -- lugging along a fatty power adapter to boot is adding insult to injury. Kensington has got your back, or its trying to save it a little strain at least, with the Ultra Compact Notebook Power Adapter. It weighs 7.1 ounces with dimensions of 4.5 x 2.2 x 0.8 inches. Slinky indeed, and with adapters for most types of notebooks (Apple is notably absent), plus adapters for mini and microUSB, it looks to be very useful. There are two models, the $99 K38066US and the $119 K38067US, which also includes an adapter for use in suitably equipped airline seats. Jet setting with a full battery and a little more room in your man purse? It doesn't get much better. Kensington Wall Ultra Compact Notebook Power Adapter: more compact than your notebook power adapter originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 08 Jan 2010 08:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink |  K38067US, K38066US | Email this | Comments
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| Lenovo IdeaCentre A300 and C310 hands-on |
[Friday, January 8th, 2010 6:16am] |
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http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-c310-hands-on/
Given some of the more compact portables we've seen, world's thinnest all-in-one desktop is certainly debatable, but the curves on the Lenovo IdeaCentre A300 do give it an air of grace, as does the swivel. Throw in a clear screen and it's promising, but countering those kind words? Lots and lots of fingerprint-friendly gloss. We also got some time with the C310, which takes the traditional IdeaCentre all-in-one design and spruces it up a bit with a brown finish -- it's otherwise what you've come to expect, for better or for worse. Enough chit-chat, on with the photos! Lenovo IdeaCentre A300 and C310 hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 08 Jan 2010 06:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | | Email this | Comments
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| Lenovo IdeaCentre A300 and C310 hands-on |
[Friday, January 8th, 2010 6:16am] |
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http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/lenovo-ideacentre-a300-and-c310-hands-on/
Given some of the more compact portables we've seen, world's thinnest all-in-one desktop is certainly debatable, but the curves on the Lenovo IdeaCentre A300 do give it an air of grace, as does the swivel. Throw in a clear screen and it's promising, but countering those kind words? Lots and lots of fingerprint-friendly gloss. We also got some time with the C310, which takes the traditional IdeaCentre all-in-one design and spruces it up a bit with a brown finish -- it's otherwise what you've come to expect, for better or for worse. Enough chit-chat, on with the photos! Lenovo IdeaCentre A300 and C310 hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 08 Jan 2010 06:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | | Email this | Comments
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| Compal Android tablet with next-gen Tegra demoed at CES (video) |
[Friday, January 8th, 2010 12:36am] |
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http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/08/compal-android-tablet-with-next-gen-tegra-demoed-at-ces-video/
Man, it's almost like every hour we come across another tablet-esque device here at CES 2010, and this time around it's a prototype concept device from Compal being shown off by NVIDIA. This 7-inch tablet / slate / MID / whatever was running Android 2.0 and packed Wifi -- sadly, there was no GPS or Bluetooth to be found. Up top there was a SIM card slot as well as a microSD card slot for extra storage, and an HDMI out port around the side. Unfortunately, the device is plagued from the start as its rocking a resistive touchscreen instead of a capacitive one. Despite the next-gen Tegra chip inside, our user experience was pretty abysmal, with touches barely registering and general usability pretty low. However, once we got some HD video up on the display, we got to see that Tegra doing what it was made to do... and it almost made up for that horrendous resistive display.
Continue reading Compal Android tablet with next-gen Tegra demoed at CES (video) Compal Android tablet with next-gen Tegra demoed at CES (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | | Email this | Comments
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