The Conversation
- Jeremy Lin: Our Generation’s Joe Louis (11)
- Blacklisted: B, “Jeremy Lin is the Joe Louis of our time. I remember reading the Autobiography of Malcolm X,...
- Mojo Rider: This is just awesome….I watched the game too and wasn’t sure if he was going to score 20...
- SWR: This is a no-lose situation: If Jeremy Lin continues to tear it up, then we’ve all got an underdog...
- “But he hit me back first!” (46)
- jstele: I’m not aware of black owned businesses for the most part contributing to the community. I know that...
- jstele: Right, just like you didn’t bother to look up the law before saying that you didn’t think that shopowner who...
- King: I will be kissing Asian women like Linda against the wall without a shirt”. Yuck!!!
- Amy Chua: Chinese Conceit, Chinese Ignorance, and the $24,000 question (247)
- bigWOWO: Not sure if you’re a “bot” or a real person, Andre, but I know lots of Chuas. Only...
- Andre M. Smith: Further on Chua as a Chinese surname . . . My wife, a gyn surgeon, hails from a family of...
- Seeking Asian Female (8)
- Raguel: Yes! I mean with me. How did I miss that part out? And why do I suddenly feel some anxiety?
But here is an... - King: “If I ever get a mail order bride I will get her addicted to sex first.” I assume you mean with you...
- bigWOWO: Linda, Haha! Maybe that dude is on to something with the foreign language nagging. But to be honest, maybe...
- Raguel: Yes! I mean with me. How did I miss that part out? And why do I suddenly feel some anxiety?
- The Other-Directed Personality (1)
- Siegfried: Mitt got Obama worried. He is shaking in his boots. It’s over for Obama because Mitt is going to...
- Holy Jesus, Jeremy (9)
- N: @TD Good pick up on that one.
- trolldetector: @Colin I love how whites keep trying to troll their divide tactics Asian blogs under different guises.
- Eurasian Sensation: @ Colin: I’m pretty sure Jeremy Lin and his supporters are not the same person.
- Jeremy Lin shines (21)
- trolldetector: GO JEREMY LIN
- N: @danny You should youtube his college games. The two against Boston college and the one against UConn. Lol, he can...
- Lingyai: @Ben Efsaneyim Why would it be surprising a non Asian crowd cheering for Lin? Most of the NBA fans going to...
- What Cultures Value (22)
- trolldetector: @Colin. Dont you belong on a Lord Of The Rings filmset? Thats where most white trolls dwell isnt it?
- colin: A bit late to this, but bigwowo, you grossly underestimate the anti-work and anti-intellectual ethic here in...
- bigWOWO: Yeah, I could go for that.
- About A Boy by Nick Hornby (6)
- bigWOWO: That’s a really good point, Raguel. Like it or not, TV executives control everything (including what...
- Raguel: I could be wrong but the distribution windows for media and especially film seems very hierarchical. If you...
- bigWOWO: Illegal streaming? I had no idea anyone did that! Well, I really should check out some movies one of these...
- Superbowl Recipe and Xenophobic Superbowl Ad (22)
- Raguel: Time to get your concealed carry licences, folks!
- Eurasian Sensation: Jeff Yang has a good article about this ad: http://inamerica.blogs.cnn....
- Raguel: I haven’t even gotten to why the ad really is so offensive to us, ROFL
- Stop SOPA and PIPA (9)
- Raguel: ^ Nice one Byron! I’m reading through the NYT picks, they’re good!
- bigWOWO: The Times had an Op-Ed by the President of the RIAA, and I commented. My comment was picked as a...
- Raguel: Found a great website, take a look at this: https://www.cdt.org/ Why should privacy be important, in an age...
- The Perversity of Human Biodiversity, a.k.a. “Scientific” Racism (402)
- bigWOWO: Here’s an interesting suggestion coming out of MIT: Connectome by Sebastian Seung...
- Battle Hymn of the Kitten Daughter (36)
- Raguel: You know Andre, you and me, I think we and a lot of other folks may have gone through some pretty harrowing...
- Andre M. Smith: Russians call me German, Germans call me Russian, Jews call me a Christian, Christians a Jew....
- Two podcasts that address racism in the military, and Danny Chen the person (9)
- Raguel: The origins of racism in the American military as described by loudestfuckingazns is accurate. Very recently,...
- bigWOWO: Sorry, Larry, just noticed that the spam robot junked your comment. Approved!
- bigWOWO: Agreed. It just has more weight if you include your name. Not that the ideas are any less valid, but it just...
- Facebook IPO (5)
- King: Actually WOWO, I bump into plenty of Asians up at the Art Center College of Design http://www.artcenter.edu/a...
- bigWOWO: Agree with King. This might not be a bad thing for Asian Americans to hear about. We can jump off the STEM...
- Raguel: People are too accustomed to thinking about value only in terms of money. Even artists are guilty of it. Some...
- Activism is as activism does (10)
- trolldetector: Brooks also goes onto say ‘You should attach yourself to a counter-tradition and school of...
- bigWOWO: By the way, speaking of activism, there was a great David Brooks column recently. He talks about how people...
- Raguel: I have no experience whatsoever with activism. I simply do not feel safe participating in it. There is always...
- How to Win a Streetfight (18)
- bigWOWO: No worries. I feel the same way. Nothing against her, but just doubtful.
- Raguel: Hi Byron! I’ve been occupied doing a lot of reading and thinking recently. I suppose its just another...
- bigWOWO: Hey Raguel, What about your comments on ASSK?
I agree with everything you said. About #1…I think...
- UFC 117 Sonnen vs. Silva Recap (1)
- bigWOWO: I think Michael Bisping solved the Chael Sonnen puzzle today, even though he lost a controversial decision....
- 6 on 1 Beatdown of Asian Man (36)
- King: “I mean I look around me and 99% of the time there are no women that look like or dress like Adriana Lima...
- SWR: Apparently the girl in the second video was not the girl who filmed the fight. It was probably unwise of her to...
- Raguel: I mean I look around me and 99% of the time there are no women that look like or dress like Adriana Lima in...
- Selfish Reasons To Have More Kids by Bryan Caplan (Review) (6)
- bigWOWO: Jeff, You called it! They were (if I recall correctly) 7 (twins) and 2. He’s still in the honeymoon...
- jeffat8asians: “Overpaying?” With the possible exception of college tuition (and even that is arguable),...
- Hitler: Kids suck lol.
- The Asian Rock Thread (16)
- ben: I’ve been getting into Asian rock music recently so thank you all very much for uploading all these videos.
- Simple Pickup on ABC News (132)
- Tommy: I think I’m coming here more for Moro’s comments than BigWoWO’s posts.
- “Lazy” Americans and the Decline of the American Middle Class (6)
- bigWOWO: But kobu, how can we have literature and art without money to support artists and writers? About...
- Jeremy Lin: Our Generation’s Joe Louis (11)
Tag Archives: environmentalism
China's Green Power
Apparently China is way ahead of the United States in implementing green power. Many of the changes taking place now in our federal government have already been enacted in China, and China is poised to be the #1 market in wind turbines this year. Solar energy is exploding as well. With little Bush’s disdain for the environment, it doesn’t surprise me.
We’ve got some catching up to do. I wonder why no one has proposed that places like Las Vegas and Phoenix don’t try to specialize in green power. Quoting a Chinese official:
Fish and more fish
Does everyone out there eat fish?
I’m a big Asian fish fan, that is, I usually prefer it Asian style–either Chinese style or Japanese sushi style. It’s healthy, it’s clean, and it requires very little in terms of marinating, rubbing, etc. There’s a clean feeling that comes from eating fish that doesn’t exist with other “meats.” It’s good eating too–it won’t clog your arteries with cholesterol, and there are health benefits from the fact that most fish contain Omega 3. Plus, fish don’t release large amounts of methane into the atmosphere like cows. Fish contain protein, which is essential to a healthy lifestyle.
Tagged Asian, cooking, environmentalism, fish, health
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Global Warming and the Bible
(Thanks to P2H for this link.)
Rep. John Shimkus on global warming: “The earth will end only when God declares it’s time to be over; Man will not destroy this earth. This earth will not be destroyed by a flood.”
It scares me to think about what went on in the days before youtube when politicians didn’t have to worry about us seeing their forays into moronism. This is a clear case of fundamentalist religion trumping logic, or fundamentalist religion creating stupidity. Shimkus has an engineering degree from West Point, but people often turn off their brains when that opiate of the people comes into play. To think that people criticized Clinton for smoking pot! Seriously, which drug kills brain cells faster? Bush may be gone, but the fundamentalist religious movement is still alive and kicking in the U.S. Congress.
Happy Earth Day
Today is Earth Day. Celebrate by turning off the TV and checking out the awesome outdoors. Cut down on your car usage. If you’re in Portland, we don’t have the sunny hot weather that we had yesterday, but it’s dry and cool–perfect Portland weather.
If you need inspiration, I found this MySpace page with good Earth Day imagery and quotes.
The Environmental Impact of Stoves
I posted about solar cooking just a week ago, with an anecdote about a high school teacher. Today, the NY Times talks about the environmental impact of stoves that are not ec0-friendly. According to the times, the emission that comes from these stoves, “black soot,” is the number two contributor to global warming. It is responsible for 18% of global warming and possibly half of Arctic warming.
Check out the photos.
It seems like it should be a relatively easy solution–just give people solar stoves. However, as the article indicates, it may be hard to get people to change cultural habits. And it sounds like the food doesn’t come out as good. Hopefully someone will come up with a way to fix this.
Frugality on Trial
I saw this article in the NY Times yesterday. The article talks about how following Japan’s Lost Decade, consumption continued to lag. People were so affected by the past economic problems that they never got back up. For example:
Today, years after the recovery, even well-off Japanese households use old bath water to do laundry, a popular way to save on utility bills. Sales of whiskey, the favorite drink among moneyed Tokyoites in the booming ’80s, have fallen to a fifth of their peak. And the nation is losing interest in cars; sales have fallen by half since 1990.
Bamboo
Check out this awesome CNN video on bamboo. Bamboo is awesome. It’s a form of grass, it grows really quickly, and according to the video, it absorbs quite a bit of carbon dioxide. It’s strong, durable, and it looks cool. Check out the video to see what people can build with bamboo. And it’s not just Asian people who are into it!
Houses without Furnaces
This is pretty amazing. In Germany, they are building houses that don’t need heaters except as emergency backup.
The concept of the passive house, pioneered in this city of 140,000 outside Frankfurt, approaches the challenge from a different angle. Using ultrathick insulation and complex doors and windows, the architect engineers a home encased in an airtight shell, so that barely any heat escapes and barely any cold seeps in. That means a passive house can be warmed not only by the sun, but also by the heat from appliances and even from occupants’ bodies.
Nobel Prize Winning Physicist to lead Energy Department
Steven Chu, next Energy Secretary
Just saw this on CNN. With all the talk about green energy, this will be a huge position in the upcoming administration.
Making stuff
There’s an article by Thomas Friedman in the NY Times today, where he talks about the need for America as a country to start “making stuff.” In other words, we need more manufacturing, rather than a reliance on financial instruments, many of which are faulty. This is the exact same point that Kevin Phillips makes in American Theocracy a few years ago, but Phillips takes his analysis a bit further by indicting law and accounting, as well as finance, as industries that don’t produce anything of real concrete value. Services are much harder to sell in the international market as other countries generally have their own laws and accounting rules.
