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US Government is Going Back to Work

It seems that a deal has been reach to end US Government Shutdown.

From Barack Obama’s Tweet:

Thanks to the millions of Americans who made their voices heard and helped bring the shutdown to an end. Now let’s get back to work.

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From Time.com:

Both the Senate and the House of Representatives voted to reopen the federal government and lift the debt limit on Wednesday evening, after an 11th-hour agreement reached earlier in the day by Senate majority leader Harry Reid and minority leader Mitch McConnell. The Senate voted 81-18 in favor of the measure, while the House voted 285-144 in favor.

It only took sixteen days, right?

I wonder what’s coming up next.

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Back Tracking: Photos from Arnold Schwarzenegger First Gubernatorial Campaign

Long Beach – September 3rd, 2003

Then the actor best known as the Terminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger arrived at California State University, Long Beach campus to kicked off his campaign in the infamous Recall Election against incumbent Gray Davis. On November 17th, Schwarzenegger was sworn in as the 38th Governor of the State of California.

I was looking through the my archives and found some lower resolutions pictures of Schwarzenegger first campaign in the Recall Election.

View more pictures here.

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Lower resolution photo on this post are available under Creative Commons License.

Higher resolutions photos are available upon request and approval, if I found them.

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South Park: Season 14 Episode 3 – “Medicinal Fried Chicken”

South Park: Season 14 Episode 3 – “Medicinal Fried Chicken”
Cartman’s favorite restaurant has been shut down and replaced by a store that sells medicinal marijuana. Randy is desperate to get a prescription card to buy pot and Cartman will do anything to get his beloved fried chicken back.
Original Air Date: 2010-03-31

“Medicinal Fried Chicken” will be available for streaming on March 31st, 2010 11:59PM Pacific Time.

Preview “Medicinal Fried Chicken” here (“Medical Marijuana Dispensary” –  Cartman is surprised to find his favorite restaurant has been turned into a medical marijuana dispensary.)

Please check back on Saturday or Sunday night for more South Park Episode News!

“Medicinal Fried Chicken” will be available for streaming on March 31st, 2009 11:59PM Pacific Time. You will watch it here (Flash Player required – if you want to watch it on your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad; you’re out of luck. Steve Jobs won’t let Flash on the iProducts) instead of downloading the episode from site like MrTwig.net or SouthParkFiles.com.

From the Comedy Central Press Release:
A MEDICINAL MARIJUANA SHOP IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS IN AN ALL-NEW “SOUTH PARK” ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31 AT 10:00 P.M. ON COMEDY CENTRAL

NEW YORK, March 29, 2010 – Cartman’s favorite restaurant has been shut down and a store that sells medicinal marijuana moves in on an all-new episode of “South Park” titled “Medicinal Fried Chicken,” premiering on Wednesday, March 31 at 10:00 p.m. on Comedy Central.

State Law in Colorado says it’s legal to smoke pot if you have a physician’s reference. Randy is the first-in-line to buy some but he’s turned away because there’s absolutely nothing wrong with him. Randy is desperate to get a medical excuse to smoke some weed but meanwhile, Cartman will do anything to get his beloved fried chicken restaurant back.

Notes:

Public Service Announcement:

This episode will be available for streaming after the premiere on Wednesday March 31st, 2010 at South Park Studios. Flash Player is required even though Steve Jobs calls it a dying technology. Forget about watching the stream on your iPad.

Comedy Central Airing Schedule for South Park: Season 14 Episode 2 (Eastern and Pacific Time)

  • Wednesday March 31 2009 10:00PM
  • Thursday April 01 2009 12:00AM
  • Thursday April 01 2009 9:30PM
  • Sunday April 04 2009 11:00PM
  • Monday April 05 2009 02:00AM
  • Tuesday April 06 2009 10:00PM

Comedy Central strongly urges you not to download the episode from any site such as MrTwig.net/SouthParkFiles.com or any other South Park related sites. Remember that unauthorized download of South Park episodes hurts Comedy Central and South Park team. It is very very wrong to download South Park Episodes from sites like MrTwig.net, because Comedy Central would have to wait for another 2 months to get gold plated shark tank installed in their lobby. Instead, Comedy Central would like you to purchase the episode from vendors like Amazon.com or iTunes Store.

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Celebrate South Park’s 200th Episode
The 200th episode of South Park premieres April 14 and we are inviting fans to congratulate Matt and Trey and the entire South Park crew, by submitting a fan video or an image to SouthPark200.com.

Tell us about the first time you saw South Park, talk about your favorite episode or just show off your creative skills. It can be animated, live-action, a mash-up, your drawings or whatever else you want to do to commemorate the 200th episode.

Visit SouthPark200.com for all the info and take this chance to congratulate Trey, Matt and South Park on 200 amazing episodes.

Check back for more info.

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By the way,

Available March 16th, 2010
South Park: The Complete Thirteenth Season – Uncensored

DVD | Blu-ray

Disclaimer

If you bought anything through Amazon link above, and I get some kickbacks.

“If you buy these DVD’s, I can buy a Canon Vixia HF S21” to paraphrase the great Robert Schimmel.

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From “The Are You Serious?” Files: “California to Outlaw Black Cars”

It’s something political this time with some tech and science angle. I first discovered the news through Digg.com and thought that it must be a story from The Onion. Well, it is not!

It is an article from DC Republican Examiner (examiner.com) titled “California to Outlaw Black Cars.”

Pretty sure that April 1st is just around the corner, I hope that this is some kind of joke.

From the article:

You see, you thoughtless dark car owners are killing the planet because your car uses too much energy to cool the passengers.

In theory, darker color materials tend to absorb more heat. For a car, does it really make that much difference in terms of energy consumptions to cool the cabin if the color of the car is dark (read black)?

What’s next? We should have all the road painted to less-heat-absorbing-color then. No more asphalts?