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- Raguel: Found a great website, take a look at this: https://www.cdt.org/ Why should privacy be important, in an age...
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- bigWOWO: No worries. I feel the same way. Nothing against her, but just doubtful.
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- bigWOWO: Hey Raguel, What about your comments on ASSK?
I agree with everything you said. About #1…I think...
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- ben: I’ve been getting into Asian rock music recently so thank you all very much for uploading all these videos.
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- bigWOWO: But kobu, how can we have literature and art without money to support artists and writers? About...
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8( - Raguel: ROFL! Thank you for thoroughly destroying Amy Chua, Andre. WELL SAID ^_^ You know the destruction is so...
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- N: What’s your opinion on Yundi Li and Yoyo Ma.
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- trolldetector: ^ i’d agree with that. but i wouldnt call them ‘idiots’, just misguided. crazy media...
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- Sana Rose: Well, now I am confused. I still can’t classify the novel I am writing.
I wouldn’t say...
- Sana Rose: Well, now I am confused. I still can’t classify the novel I am writing.
- National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2012 (32)
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- Raguel: So is that the reasoning for why you don’t need the right to due process? Are you some kind of fucking...
- N: @King The constitution gave power to the states to benefit white america or the constitution gave benefitial power...
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Monthly Archives: November 2009
Perception vs. Substance (Talent, Pt. 3; Alpha-Beta, Pt. 2)
Over in the Alphas vs. Betas thread, Robert and King were (were? are? Is Robert still on vacation?) having a discussion on what it means to be “Alpha,” and whether or not the term should even be used among humans. King submits that the term as it applies to animals does not work with humans–humans have so many criteria on how they judge, and there is never only one Alpha male–there are many factors involved, and people’s roles differ depending on the situation. I volunteered the word “leadership” instead, and Robert opted to use the word “value.” The conversation moved towards examining the difference between perception and actually being a person of value. This topic has come up from time to time in diverse posts such as Talent, Hate Crimes, and, of course, PUA–what is the difference between being real and just presenting an image or illusion?
Justice, Episode 9
Anyone still there?
I’m so far behind on this Justice course that it isn’t even funny. Sigh, this is like real school. I’m halfway through Episode 7 right now, and it’s a shame since Ep 9 is the Affirmative Action episode (and I love arguing AA). Don’t worry about ruining it for me though…please sound off. We need to motivate each other.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! I hope you are all having a great time with family.
I don’t know about you, but back in the day before everyone moved away, Thanksgiving was THE family event. This was the time when my Yeh Yeh cooked up large amounts of food while the rest of us lazily sat around watching football. It was always great to come back home to see how the family was doing and how everyone had changed. For some reason, I’m reminded of the Godfather movies where the family gets together around the dinner table and acts like a family. Aiya.
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bigWOWO's Editorial Policy: Fair, But Not Always Balanced
Erin from Hyphen brought up an interesting issue on the Hyphen Blog: After the Banana: Reflections on the AsAm Blogosphere. In her blog post, she raises the question of neutrality, and whether we as bloggers ought to be adhering to fair and balanced reporting. With respect to the Banana event, she links bigWOWO specifically:
Write-ups of the event since, though, have been troubling to me. Aside from Jon Yang‘s very balanced account (thank you, Jon), I find that my fellow bloggers have opted for a kind of resolute cheerleading, such that our team can do no wrong, and to be critical is to speak treason.
Ore wa Raisu Chyeisa desu
Quick…according to ABC’s new show FlashForward, what does it take to change an Asian woman’s face to go from this:
Asian woman disgusted
to this:
Asian woman in love
Here are the choices:
a) Two eligible Asian bachelors with good jobs
b) A creative rebellious Japanese tattoo artist
c) An Asian American FBI agent who is on a mission to solve the crime of the century
d) Some White guy she doesn’t know but whom she is willing to travel overseas to meet
If you need to cheat, you can check the answer in Episode 9.
Banana Conference 2009
Thanks to Lac Su and Steve Nguyen who organized a very fun conference this past Saturday in LA.
Yes, I eventually flew to LA. Yes, it was definitely worth it. And yes, the weather was excellent.
I know some bloggers are anonymous and prefer that I not post pictures, so I won’t do that. Instead, I’ll just tell you about some of the cool people I met and got to hang out with.
Rusty Kanokogi, Rest in Peace
Rusty Kanokogi
As many of you know, I was at the Banana Conference in LA. I will post on it soon, but first I wanted to acknowledge Rusty Kanokogi for her contributions to judo.
The NY Times has her obituary here. Rusty Kanokogi was considered the mother of women’s judo. She fought for the right for women to compete by competing with and winning against men. To say she had an impact on women’s judo would be an understatement–without her involvement, we probably wouldn’t have women’s judo in the Olympics, we probably wouldn’t have Yawara-chan, and it’s likely that there would be far fewer female martial artists in the world today. See more here.
Who's your daddy?
What irony!
Just a few days ago, I posted about extra pair copulations, talking about beta male birds who sneak up and “mate” with married birds while the alpha male husband is off fighting. I took the bird comparison and humanized it, comparing the beta bird to a guy who cheats with the wife of a military man who is fighting. I postulated that alpha males always beat beta males.
Well…it looks like I’m kind of wrong. Betas (for lack of a better word) can win…in court. The NY Times site has an article that discusses a very interesting situation with paternity. Check it here.
Carbon offsets don't offset
Planes, planes, planes
I’m glad that some travel companies are finally stating that carbon offsets–those extra few bucks that are supposedly used to plant trees in order to “offset” fuel use and other carbon producing activities–don’t work. This is especially true with flying; see the story here. It’s about time someone said something about this.
The question in my mind–a question that the article raises towards the end–is why don’t we have good, fast trains here? When I was in Japan, there was the Shinkansen bullet train that moved so fast you would feel it in your ears. It moves up to 186 miles per hour. One could go from Aomori to Tokyo in just a few hours.
