Odd Arnold News

From the oddly interesting front -

Arnold Schwarzengger inspected the foundations of Russia’s planned Silicon Valley on Monday, and heaped praise on everything from the ruling tandem to the president’s driving.

In return he was jokingly invited to take up the role of Moscow mayor when his gubernatorial term ends early next year as Dmitry Medvedev kept up the old pals patter perfected on his trip to California this summer.

Medvedev has made modernisation the focal point of his administration and is keen to bring US know-how to Skolkovo. He visited Silicon Valley during his visit to the United States in June and met Schwarzenegger during the trip.

He received a commitment from Cisco to invest $1 billion in Russian technology projects, including Skolkovo, and invited Schwarzenegger to visit Russia to see how Californian expertise could synthesise with Russian potential.

Business high-flyer and Skolkovo leading light Viktor Vekselberg played down expectations that the Kremlin and Schwarzenegger-led delegation would sign “political” contracts. The visit was “another step towards boosting cooperation between the US and Russian companies,” he told RIA Novosti.

The Real Effect
For some reason, my BS detector is screaming about this article. Something just seems all wrong about this and while I can peg some former oddities, I don't have anything solid yet. 

• It is no secret that Arnold would like to be President of the U.S. Is this an attempt to solidify his post crisis role in a new United States?
• Why now? Right before the elections.
• There is too much fluff in this article - 

• “Had a great talk abt entrepreneurship and technology [original spelling preserved],” he tweeted enthusiastically. It was followed by “Riding with Mr President in his great car. You’re a great driver Mr President!”

• More odd statements - “As it happens you have arrived at a time when there is no mayor of Moscow,” Medvedev told Schwarzenegger at the presidential residence at Gorky. “In January you are leaving the governorship. If you were a Russian citizen you could have worked here,” Lifenews.ru reported.

Of course, there are other issues like his death's head belt buckle, or the fact that his father Gustav, was an Austrian police chief and member of the Nazi Party and SA. Then there's his issues with women, racism, or plethora of other problems.

At this point, most of this is pure observation, so we watch with a wary eye.