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West Coast Helps Launch National Hepatitis Testing Day
22 May 2012 11:30 PM | No CommentsU.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) highlights Hep B Free and Hep C Task Force for Los Angeles and San Francisco as part of nearly 100 testing events across U.S. SAN FRANCISCO AND LOS ANGELES, CA – May 19, 2012 – Fresh on the heels...
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Free Hep B and Hep C Testing at AHSC’s Healthy Living Pavilion
18 May 2012 11:42 PM | No CommentsThe Healthy Living Pavilion at the 8th Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration taking place at San Francisco’s Civic Center on May 19th, will provide free and low-cost health services, professional medical advice, interactive activities with prizes and health-related education materials. Located on Larkin Street between...
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Amok again: Have a “Lin-sane” Street Fair!
18 May 2012 11:35 PM | 1 CommentWhat, another year? Another heritage month? Why not let your friendly longtime amok columnist slice and dice things up for you nicely? This year we replaced poor Asian American YouTube hater, Alexandra Wallace, the blonde buxom bully of Asian Americans in the library, with basketball...
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SF Hosts Largest Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Celebration Saturday, May 19 at Civic Center
18 May 2012 11:11 PM | No CommentsSAN FRANCISCO – The City is hosting the largest pan Asian street fair nationwide to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage month on Saturday, May 19th at San Francisco’s Civic Center. The 8th Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration, produced by the AsianWeek Foundation, will feature a...
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Rob McKenna Opens WA Campaign Office In Seattle Chinatown/ID
18 May 2012 1:53 AM | No CommentsI got this in my e-mail box. I first ran into Rob McKenna when he ran for Attorney General back in 2000 on the campaign trail for Supt of Public Instruction. Now he’s a favorite to be the next governor against Jay Inslee. While Rob...
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Emil Amok Archive
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What’s Next for Yahoo’s Yang?
Posted on November 20, 2008 | No CommentsMy penance for Jerry after his self-layoff To bastardize the Bard, I am neither here to praise nor to bury Jerry Yang, now officially to be the ex-CEO of Yahoo and the one-time Supreme conqueror of the Universe we know as the Internet. Yang was... -
Colorless Obama: Ushering in the post-Affirmative Action era
Posted on November 13, 2008 | No CommentsIn the office of a non-profit youth activist in San Francisco’s Chinatown, a large front-page newspaper declaring Barack Obama’s victory hung on the wall as her homage to history. “He’s the poster boy for affirmative action,” she said. Or more appropriately, the glorious end of... -
Obama’s New America
Posted on November 6, 2008 | 30 CommentsAnd the same old, same old American voters saw a black man walking toward them on the street and did not put their heads down or turn the other way. They joined him, made him their leader and followed him forward into history. This is... -
OK-KK Racism
Posted on October 30, 2008 | No CommentsIt’s not the KKK-kind of racism we have to worry about on Election Day Soon Campaign 2008 will be over. And if we don’t get the president we want (or deserve) at the end of this long, knock-down-drag-out affair, at the very least we’ll have... -
Just Say No: A God-fearing approach to California’s Proposition 8
Posted on October 23, 2008 | 18 CommentsI no more believe that marriage should be only between a man and a woman than I believe the world is flat. It’s definitely not, even if you live in hilly parts of San Francisco’s Sunset District. But try telling that to the supporters of... -
Daily Dose: 10/21/08
Posted on October 21, 2008 | No Comments» Asian Market Report » Asian Suicide Rates Steady Compared to Peers » Attorney Says Kazuyoshi Miura Was Killed in L.A. Jail » Joseph Tang Sentenced to Three Years in Prison » Citizen Application Workshop » Wu Yee Social for Children’s Services » Anthony Soohoo,... -
There’s No Debate: Undecided No More
Posted on October 16, 2008 | No CommentsWith the last debate on Wednesday, I decided to take my amok approach and become a maverick: I gave both candidates a bye. At this stage, it seemed to be the high road and the best way to clear the decks of the desperation and... -
Want Inclusive Politics? End Discrimination in Mainstream Polls
Posted on October 9, 2008 | 3 CommentsNew APA poll reveals community’s real engagement in politics Today is my birthday. How old am I? Old enough to recall hearing the cliché “sleeping giant” used to describe Asian Americans and our underwhelming political prowess. I was a mere Lilliputian when I first heard... -
Sarah Palin? She’s no Thelma Garcia Buchholdt
Posted on October 2, 2008 | No CommentsIt’s painful to see the rise of Alaska’s Sarah Palin, who this week tries to show she has the eloquence of at least a George W. Bush. Now if that doesn’t please the general electorate, it should at least make the joke writers over at... -
The White Media’s Colorless Debates
Posted on September 25, 2008 | No CommentsThe most anticipated debate of the campaign will take place this week. But there’s something missing in this campaign season where “change” is everything: you, or someone who looks like you, up there asking questions of the candidates. Where are the journalists of color? Really,...