Yearly Archives: 2008

Asian Americans, Thank God, Soundly Against California Prop 8

Posted on October 15, 2008 by Efren

According to an article in today’s San Jose Mercury News, a poll taken by researchers across California reports that Asian Americans are soundly against California’s Proposition 8, a referendum designed to end same-sex marriage by putting in an amendment in … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, LGBT, Politics | 11 Comments

Reel in the Vote winner: My Vote My Voice by Henry Ahn

Posted on October 15, 2008 by John

REEL IN THE VOTE is a non-partisan campaign launched by the San Diego Asian Film Foundation to encourage more Asian Pacific Islander Americans (APIAs) to participate in the democratic process, REEL IN THE VOTE ran a Public Service Announcement (PSA) … Continue reading →

Posted in Observations, Politics | 4 Comments

2008 Taiwan Film Festival

Posted on October 13, 2008 by John

Coming to a location hopefully near you is the 2008 Taiwan Film Festival: University of San Francisco – 10/16 – 10/17 Stanford University– 10/17 – 10/18 University of Washington, Seattle – 10/20 – 10/22 University of Oregon, Eugene – 10/23 … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, Entertainment, Movies | Leave a comment

Rocking the Vote Amid the Shrimp Dumplings

Posted on October 12, 2008 by John

I’ve often blogged about how apathetic Asian Americans have been when it comes to political involvement and voting, so I was pleasantly surprised to read in Sunday’s New York Times about New York City’s Chinatown community organizer Eddie Chiu making … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Observations, Politics | 7 Comments

Math Skills Suffer in U.S., Study Finds

Posted on October 11, 2008 by John

On Friday, the New York Times reported on the American Mathematical Society released study of “Cross-Cultural Analysis of Students with Exceptional Talent in Mathematical Problem Solving” which was to investigate any differences, if any, between gender (or other demographic factors) … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, Observations | 2 Comments

Former SF supervisor Ed Jew pleads guilty to federal charges

Posted on October 10, 2008 by Efren

Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Over a year after he was accused of extorting people who wanted to open Quickly Tapioca branches in the Sunset District in San Francisco, Ed Jew has now pleaded guilty to all federal charges … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Politics, WTF | 4 Comments

Obama campaign needs to lose 80/20

Posted on October 10, 2008 by Ben

If there’s anything I despise, it’s spam. One thing I hate worse than spam? It’s political spam. And the 80-20 Initiative doesn’t do itself or the Democratic Party any favors. Lo and behold, I go and check the one single … Continue reading →

Posted in Observations, Politics | Tagged , , , , , , | 31 Comments

South Park: “The China Probrem” episode

Posted on October 10, 2008 by John

Normally, the only shows I regularly watch on Comedy Central are The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, but while flipping between channels late in the evening, I came across the most recent episode (originally aired 10/8/08) of South Park … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, Observations | 5 Comments

Taiwan’s new president hopes to strengthen ties to Silicon Valley

Posted on October 9, 2008 by John

As I had blogged earlier this year, there was a presidential election in Taiwan in the Spring. The KMT‘s candidate, Ma Ying-jeo, won in a landslide, after 8 years of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)’s Chen Shui-bian presidential rule. I don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Technology | Leave a comment

Asian! Art! Cerasoli: leBASSE Gallery!

Posted on October 9, 2008 by Moye

One of my favorite artists, Mari Inukai, is having another show–this time, she’ll be a part of their Blender show with Vincent Hui, Melissa Haslam, Ryuichi Ogino and Deth P Sun. As the official press release states, the Blender show … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, The Arts | Leave a comment

Ban Ki Moon: UN Secretary General by day & RAPPER by Night!

Posted on October 8, 2008 by Jun

At the United Nations Association 50th anniversary gala last week the United Nation’s Secretary general Ban Ki Moon showed off his rapping skills, probably out of inspiration from one of the guests of honor, Jay-Z, who was there to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, WTF | Leave a comment

News Hour: Oregon’s Poet Laureate Reflects on Japanese Internment

Posted on October 8, 2008 by John

On Friday’s (10/3/08) PBS’s New Hour, the news program did a story on Oregon’s Poet Laureate, Lawson Fusao Inada, a 3rd generation Japanese-American who : “Along with more than a hundred thousand other Japanese Americans, Lawson Fusao Inada was sent … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, Observations, Politics | 2 Comments