In today’s Media Briefs: It’s all Chinese to The Age … Front page of the Day … Strauss-Kahn case sparks debate about French media’s deference to power and more …
Arnold Schwarzenegger
A Green welcome for Labor refugees
The Greens should be preparing to receive the next lot of refugees from Labor.
Schwarzenegger attached to next Terminator
Arnold Schwarzenegger will not be fading into obscurity in his post-politics middle age. Schwarzenegger’s name is attached to the next Terminator movie, which is currently being shopped around in Hollywood, reports Luke Buckmaster.
Video of the Day: The complete Arnold Screams-enegger
It is an experience befitting of only the boldest of mortals: a mash-up of every scream ever committed to celluloid from the Governator himself, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Ponies and pigs: the Californian Budget mess
For Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, it will take a feat of termination far greater than any celluloid achievement to overcome the fiscal problems of America’s Golden State, writes Binoy Kampmark from San Francisco.
Schwarzenegger: Why we shouldn’t put all our climate change eggs in the Copenhagen basket
Arnie Schwarzenegger weighs into the climate change debate, suggesting that state and local governments will have a greater role to play in the fight against climate change than any agreement reached at Copenhagen.
Political snippets: A message from the Governator
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger sends out some very clever swearing in a revenge letter and there is growing evidence that the the weak El Niño in the Pacific Ocean appears to be strengthening.
California: America’s first failed state
California is in the poo. Its public servants are being paid in IOUs, unemployment is at a 70-year peak, and teachers are on hunger strike. How did it all go so wrong for America’s Golden State?
Twitter: giving a voice to the biggest mouths in town
Enjoy the unfiltered tweets of pollies Joe Hockey, Kevin Rudd et al while you can. Pretty soon, press secretaries will be wrenching their Blackberrys from their hands, says Annabel Crabb.
Buy a piece of California
In a bid to eliminate waste — and raise some easy money for his cash-strapped state — Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a ‘Great Californian Garage Sale’. Crikey eyes the bargains.
Guy Rundle: What’s happened to the once great state of California?
The largest state economy in the US, and the 15th largest economy in the world in its own right, remains locked in a crisis more typical of a place like Zaire. How did the great bear state get to this impasse?
Arnie declares a “fiscal emergency” in California
California is entering the new fiscal year with no money and a growing deficit, after the state senate blocked $5 billion in cuts to education the Governator was counting on to see them through tough economic times.
Down and out in Beverly Hills
Now the world’s eighth largest economy is teetering on the edge of — what has been threatening for decades — falling into a financial abyss, writes Michael James.
Arnie faces a real Armageddon
Arnold Schwarzenegger has built his career on roles where Armageddon was just around the corner. Now he faces a budget and political apocalypse for real.
A week in the life of California, troubled state
Excess might be what Californians do best but it’s coming back to bite them right about … now.
Californians get the “devastating” budget cuts they asked for
Californian voters have rejected a patchwork plan of borrowing and taxes to save their state’s budget. The result: they can expect “devastating” cuts to education, health care and law enforcement.
California, the ungovernable state
California’s current constitution rivals India’s and Alabama’s for being the longest and most convoluted in the world. Some are arguing the state must start over from scratch.
Blogwatch: Malibu is so hot right now
What is said to be one of California’s worst fires ever is burning out of control in the Malibu Hills.
State of the Planet
Kenya planned sugar factory sparks dispute … Solar cinema creates the mood … Arnie plays global warming action hero … Environment fears over Japanese gas deal. … International court to try environmental crimes a possibility …
