MetaFilter posts tagged with schwarzenegger

Hasta la vista, Gertrude Chataway.

goodnewsfortheinsane — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:56:54 -0800

Veto is a four-letter word (google quickview, here's the PDF):.Governor Schwarzenegger of California, at odds with the state legislature but ever the poet, vetoes Assembly Bill 1176 with a nice little acrostic.

The Mr. Olympia Contest

Joe Beese — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:03:26 -0800

(all links possibly nsfw) This weekend, Jay Cutler tries to win back from Dexter Jackson the greatest prize in professional bodybuilding - the title of Mr. Olympia. [You may have heard of one of them.] The best news coverage of the event will be at Bodybuilding.com. The liveliest fan discussion will be at the notoriously free-spoken GetBig. (previously)

Schwarzenegger cut ALL state funding for domestic violence programs

Four-Eyed Girl — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:44:31 -0800

On Tuesday, July 28, Arnold Schwarzenegger eliminated 100% of California domestic violence shelters' state funding. Ninety-four shelters will be affected, and the cut may lead to domestic violence victims being turned away because of a decrease in the number of staff available, a cut in programs, or shelter closure. StopFamilyViolence.org asks California residents to contact Schwarzenegger and their state legislators and request that the funding be reinstated.

Аста ла виста, беби

madamjujujive — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:30:31 -0800

Stalin's Secret Weapon - a Russian hobbyist's terminator-esque diorama painstakingly constructed from military action figures. (Via buzz

Come with this plate of beans if you want to live

escabeche — Sun, 24 May 2009 16:45:27 -0800

I will always have been back. The precise nature of time travel in the Terminator universe has been the subject of griping from philosophy-trained bloggers and whole anthologies by academic philosophers. Despite valiant attempts, including this thorough assessment from M. Joseph Young's exhaustive Temporal Anomalies in Time Travel Movies , there has never been a truly satisfying unraveling of the twisted Terminator continuity. The knot has now been cut.

Hilarious

maltorrance — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 05:28:31 -0800

Commando is the best film ever Director Mark Lester walks us through his Opus over at Screen Junkies.

I'll be back... again and again

Drainage! — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:56:07 -0800

Wired.com is really pimping the Terminator franchise right now. With the success of the television series and the upcoming fourth installment hitting the big screens at the end of May, is the continuing appeal simply science fiction geekdom or is the concept really a deep philosophical metaphor? Also featured is creator James Cameron himself on the franchise's origins and a timeline of its existence up to this point. If this seems frivolous for a simple shoot-em-up piece of science fiction, consider the original movie is going into the National Archive as an example of progress in science fiction and also as a historical film, what with its star being the current governor of California.

alright there's the ghosts ......... see that?

sloe — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:29:49 -0800

Watching Conan the Barbarian with Arnold - DVD commentary track highlights (SLYT)

Conan the fruitarian

klausness — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 03:50:32 -0800

It's not just an apple. It's a power apple.

Mr. Universe's muscular agenda

kliuless — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 23:09:51 -0800

California's Governor Seeks Universal Care: Under a plan by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, California would become the largest state to attempt to provide near universal health coverage.

plo chops for everybody!

jonson — Sun, 27 Nov 2005 00:03:23 -0800

"I can absolutely understand why Brazil is devoted to my favorite body part - the ass." Alternately cringe inducing & hilarious clip of California's national shame Arnold Schwarzenegger down in Rio in the late 70s, groping the dancers and making obscene (and obscenely awkward) passes at his co-hosts. link goes to embedded quicktime video

Guvenator loses

team lowkey — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 01:33:55 -0800

Newsfilter: All eight ballod initiatives in the California special election fail. $250 million down the drain. Were they all bad measures, or were voters just showing their displeasure with those in power?

"Tell Your Friends 2 Amend!" Oh, and "Give 10 to Amend!" (barf)

JHarris — Sun, 14 Aug 2005 03:24:27 -0800

Amend for Arnold & Jen (found on linkfilter) is a site trying to start up one of them "grassroots movements" to amend the Constitution of the United States, in order to allow naturalized citizens, those who were not born in the U.S. but have since become citizens, the possibility of holding the office of President. But not just out of a sense of social justice; primarily, it's to clear the way for an Arnold Schwarzenegger presidential campaign. (Or one for Jennifer Granholm... heh, whoever that is!)

It should be noted, for whatever it's worth, that Wikipedia's entry for Granholm states that she cares "not a whit" for running for president. Of special note are the slogans the AFA (gasp, not AFA&J?!?!) people cooked up to advance their cause, "Amend US," "Give 10 to Amend," and "Tell Your Friends 2 Amend." Because let's face it: if you voted for ol' Schwarzy, you're probably a little more susceptible to catchphrases than the average bear, hm? Oh I'm know I'm gonna catch it for that one.

Somewhere... somehow... someone's going to pay!

Bdave — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 07:12:58 -0800

So bad it's good, the Governator's 1985 film Commando was not going to win any Oscars® that's for sure. But at least it spawned a page of tortuous songs written by fans. Coral cached in case it dies, obligatory YTMD link.

Beyond chutzpah...

greatgefilte — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 18:50:33 -0800

Dershowitz and The Governator. Long time sparring partners Al an Der sho witz and Nor man Fin kel stein are at it again, arguing over the publication of the latter's new book. Only this time, Dershowitz tried to call in the big guns.

gnk... gnk... :cough: ...ere

tsarfan — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 11:51:52 -0800

Happy 420 day! Although many have (wrongly) believed that 420 had something to do with police code relating to marijuana offenses or 4/20 being the dates that Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrisson, and John Belushi died; this infamous number really was simply the time that several San Rafael high school students would meet after school to get baked.

Dreaming Arnold Schwarzenegger

growabrain — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 07:29:09 -0800

Dreaming Arnold Schwarzenegger An Exploration into the Structure of Web Presentations. If there’s a funner Schwarzenegger site, tell me about it.

Where's That Confounded Bridge?

fandango_matt — Mon, 29 Nov 2004 23:12:55 -0800

Now there's a time but I say none like now: After the eastern cantilever span of the Oakland-Bay Bridge collapsed in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, CalTrans engineers recommended replacing it with a cable-stayed bridge. The estimated cost was roughly 1 billion and would be completed in 2003--that is, until the Mayors Brown got involved. Then-SF-Mayor Willie Brown objected to the new design, saying the abutment at Yerba Buena island would interfere with his planned condominium development. Brown coaxed the Navy--who owned the land on which the foundation would be built--into preventing CalTrans from performing soil-engineering tests, saying the new bridge wasn't safe, making references to other bridge disasters, and interviewing engineers all over the Bay Area until he finally found one who agreed with him. Jerry Brown--former governor of California and current mayor of Oakland--voiced his opposition, calling the design a "bland viaduct" and proposing an international competition to design "a world-class bridge." When CalTrans told Brown his objections were a year late, he dug up an old Frank Lloyd Wright design and asked CalTrans, "Say, can we put trains on it, too?" The delays and design changes have increased the cost to over five billion, and its completion date is anyone's guess. According to Governor Schwartzenegger, this is the Bay Area's problem, not California's. (Fine then! Can we have our water back?) Fifteen years, two audits, and one angry architect later, the questions remain: how and by whom will this new bridge be funded, what will it look like, and will it be finished when the The Big One hits?

Total Rekall of the Scharzenegger doll

KirkJobSluder — Sat, 01 May 2004 10:22:00 -0800

CNN reports that Arnold Schwarzenegger is threatening to sue Bosley Bobbers seeking to stop production of a charity bobblehead doll. The doll shows the former action-actor turned Governor of California posing in a business suit, ammo belt and assault rifle. Arnold is arguing that he owns the marketing rights to his likeness. The creators argue that he lost those rights when he became a political figure. However, this seems to be a repeat of Hustler v. Falwell. And courts lately have been skeptical of trademark rights trumping satire. On the other hand, there seems to be a fine line between editorial use and commercial exploitation.

Now I'm starting to get scared...

tetsuo — Sun, 22 Feb 2004 16:30:22 -0800

CNN In Feb. 8, 2002 I posted a link hoping Arnie's movie career would keep him too busy to become governor. Twenty-one months later he took office, (obviously I was being tongue-in-cheek, I had no idea it would actually happen). It seems he has his sights set pretty high.

Pump It Up w/ Governor Schwarzenegger

boost ventilator — Tue, 20 Jan 2004 13:29:16 -0800

The Arnold Schwarzenegger Total Body Workout (MP3 clips). You'd think the classic Arnie cover was entertaining enough.

Phillip K. Dick is God

Tlogmer — Sat, 11 Oct 2003 04:48:19 -0800

Science fiction writers on Arnold Schwarzenegger's election as California gov. (more inside)

California recall prediction contest

rcade — Mon, 06 Oct 2003 09:54:38 -0800

California voters recall Gov. Gray Davis 55-45 percent and elect Arnold Schwarzenegger with 45 percent of the replacement vote. That's where the money is in the Iowa Political Markets for tomorrow's recall election. To see how well MetaFilter's pundits fare in predicting the results, I'm offering a bribe ...

But I thought... But he said... But doesn't that mean... ???

badstone — Wed, 24 Sep 2003 10:02:48 -0800

It's not democracy if Republicans don't win! After spending $1.6 million to save California, Darrell Issa tells Republicans to vote No on recall if it means a Democrat will win.

New CA Gov Poll

GriffX — Tue, 09 Sep 2003 12:52:28 -0800

Don't just stand there - Bustamante!
Arnold Schwarzenegger would lose to Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante by five precentage points if the election were held today, according to a Field Poll of likely voters released today. Margin of error: 4.5%. How useful are polls like this when there are so many undecided factors still floating about? Poll tabs and analysis here. [PDF]