2009 | Gershom's Journal

Links of the Day, January 7

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Justin Fung

News

Hillary Clinton delivered a speech on development yesterday. Here’s Nick Kristof’s take on it.
Still no developments on the racial violence incident at South Philadelphia High from before Christmas.
Walmart and H&M apparently destroy unsold clothing rather than donating it. This makes me sad–H&M is one of my faves. [UPDATE: H&M put a statement on their Facebook page saying they are "committed to taking responsibility for how our operations affect both people and the environment. Our policy is to donate any damaged usable garments to charity. We're currently investigating an incident in a NY store that is not representative of our policy. We will follow with more information as soon as we are able. H&M's US sales operation donates thousands of garments each year through Gifts In Kind Int'l."

Music

Check out this sweet video of Priscilla Ahn, singing "Living in a Tree," which didn't make her album but was featured in a Jeep commercial. I dare you not to fall in love.
Dawen lists his top 10 Asian-American tracks of 2009.

Miscellaneous

Angry Asian Man previews the Lost Supper.
11 most painfully obvious headlines.
More states allow marriage between first cousins than between same sex couples.
Check out Alma, an awesome animated short about a creepy doll shop, described as "equal parts Pixar and The Twilight Zone."

Posted on January 4, 2010 by Justin Fung

Since there was ZERO net job creation in the US over the last decade, let’s hope the next ten years go a little better, shall we?

News

France joins the US and the UK in shutting its Yemen embassy.
The NY Times offers a fascinating look inside Barack’s war on terrorism. And WaPo defends the President against critics who say he’s "soft on terror."
Cory Booker, mayor of Newark, NJ, is fast becoming one of my favorite people. Check out this awesome story.
Avatar breaks $1 billion, worldwide.

Health care

From Foolocracy: "Rush Limbaugh praised the American health care system while in a Hawaiian hospital for a couple of days during the last week. What he did not mention is that Hawaii has the most socialized system of any of the 50 states and, with its near universal healthcare, resembles the Obama health care plan."

Immigration

Miscellaneous

Read Jim Wallis’s op-ed in WaPo yesterday: "A religious response to the financial crisis."
Rich Mouw considers a poetic revision of "In Christ Alone." I think I agree with him (and Tom Wright).
If you haven’t already subscribed to xkcd, I think you should:

Posted on December 28, 2009 by Justin Fung

Hope you all had a great Christmas and are recovering nicely from eating bountifully!

News

A bomb targeting Shia Muslims goes off in a Pakistani market.
Ten civilians, including eight children, are killed in fighting in Afghanistan.
More protests and more arrests in Iran.
"Avatar," "Sherlock Holmes," and "Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel" lead the US box office to a record haul.

Human trafficking

Republican Senator John Cornyn (TX) and Democrat Senator Ron Wyden (OR) cooperate to introduce an anti-trafficking bill.

Politics

Miscellaneous