8 Most Popular Posts (Last Seven Days)
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Asian American Commercial Watch: Liberty Mutual Insurance’s ‘First Word | Truth Tellers’
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In a Post-Apocalyptic Zombie World, Asian American Man Gets White Girl
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Review of Netflix Japan’s “Our Secret Diary”
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Asian Guys and that One Long Pinky Fingernail
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The Difference Between Internment Camps and Concentration Camps
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Who Is The Asian Woman Sitting Courtside At Lakers Home Games?
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Internet Page Reveals How to Talk Dirty in Tagalog
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Asian American Frozen Foods: On the Street Foods’ Beef Bulgogi
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Author Archives: John
25-year-old Alex Lee is California’s youngest, 1st Openly Bisexual State Legislator
While going through the local election results last week, I was surprised to learn of Alex Lee: “History was made Tuesday in Santa Clara County where South Bay voters elected the youngest state legislator in eight decades. Democrat Alex … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Local, Politics, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged 2020 US elections, Alex Lee, California Assembly
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Record Asian American Turnout in Early Analysis of 2020 Election
Source: TargetSmart One of the reasons why I’ve been involved in politics and civically engaged since 2004 and why I blog about such issues since 2007 in the Asian American community is because since 2007 is because I saw a … Continue reading
Marilyn Strickland and Possibly Young Kim: First Korean American Women Elected to Congress
History was made this election when Marilyn Strickland, the former mayor of Tacoma, Washington, won her race for the US House of Representatives in Washington’s 10th congressional district: “… becoming the first Korean American woman elected to the US Congress … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Politics
Tagged Andy Kim, Marilyn Strickland, US Congress, Washington State
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Kamala Harris Elected as the First Asian American US Vice President
Saturday morning, the press, after the latest batch of ballots were counted in Pennsylvania, called the presidential election for Joe Biden. By doing that, Americans made history by also electing the first woman and Asian American Vice President, Kamala Harris: … Continue reading
Asian American Frozen Foods: Trader Joe’s Beef Pho Soup
I was at Trader Joe’s recently and came across this new frozen offering, Trader Joe’s ‘Beef Pho Soup.’ While I’m a big fan of pho and I hope it becomes as popular as ramen, it’s not something I can easily … Continue reading
Asian Americans Commercial Watch: AAPIs For Biden Political Ads
With the presidential election around the corner, Americans are already voting in record numbers in early voting, either in mail-in/absentee or early voting. So it’s no surprise there has been record spending on television political ads. It’s also no surprise that … Continue reading
Posted in 8Series, Asian American Commercial Watch, Politics
Tagged Jose Biden, Kamala Harris
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Medium: The Potential Power of Asian-American Voters in the 2020 Election
Image source: The potential power of Asian-American voters in the 2020 election When I saw this Medium article posted titled “The potential power of Asian-American voters in the 2020 election,” I was reminded of and learned some interesting and frustrating … Continue reading
2020 Asian American Voter Survey (AAVS) Results
The 2020 election is coming up, and every presidential election cycle the non-profit and non-partisan group AAPI Data does their Asian American Voter Survey (AAVS). 2020 is no different, and AAPI Data released the results of their survey recently. The … Continue reading
Din Tai Fung Las Vegas Opening October 19th
Back in February before the COVID-19 pandemic (which seems like years ago), I was in Las Vegas and had seen and had blogged about Din Tai Fung “steaming this summer” at the Aria. I thought that due to the pandemic, … Continue reading
Asian American Commercial Watch: Panda Express – ‘New Black Pepper Angus Steak’
While you cannot definitively see any Asian Americans in this Panda Express commercial (transcript follows), “New Black Pepper Angus Steak – Tender Angus steak wok-seared with hand-chopped baby broccoli, onions, red bell peppers and mushrooms in a savory black pepper … Continue reading
ESPN’s 30 for 30: “Be Water” Bruce Lee Documentary Airing Sun, June 7th
This coming Sunday, ESPN, in their ’30 for 30′ documentary series, will be exploring the life of Bruce Lee, in the documentary ‘Be Water’: “Take a first look at ‘Be Water’, a 30 for 30 film that intimately chronicles Bruce … Continue reading
Amazon Prime Video: Jimmy O Yang: ‘Good Deal’ Comedy Special Now Streaming
Now that Netflix has popularized streaming comedy specials, Amazon Prime Video is seems to be starting to make more of an effort in this area (or at least this is the first special I have noticed). Jimmy O. Yang’s ‘Good … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Entertainment, TV
Tagged Amazon Prime Video, comedy, Good Dealme Video, Jimmy O Yang, Netflix, Space Force
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