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Funny Asian Mother Jokes and Quotes : My Mom is a Fob. Funny and moving. So much love.

For South, a Waning Hold on National Politics. How the South and its racist voters kicked themselves out of the center of national politics. The share of white people who voted for the Democratic candidate was cut in half, compared to the last presidential election.

It's over. Pierre Bergé, about Haute Couture, in the L.A. Times.

An Enclave of Brazilians Is Testing Insular Japan :

Immigration is an unpopular and politically delicate topic. But the country’s 317,000 Japanese-Brazilians — whose children are growing up in Japan and, in many cases, coming of age here — effectively make up Japan’s largest immigrant population.

Facebook in a Crowd : The author threw a party for his 700 facebooks friends and no one showed up. Now, this is harsh, but did he really think these were actual friends and not virtual friends ?

Activists favor Obama over McCain on HIV/AIDS issues. No shit :

Strub (founder of Poz Magazin) said McCain’s “continued referencing” of Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) “as his go-to guy on AIDS should send chills down the spine of everyone with HIV as well as those who care about us.” (...) “Coburn has often pursued a religious agenda at the expense of people with AIDS,” Strub said. “He is familiar with the issues, but he is no friend of people with HIV".

And here is another good reason to buy a mac : Apple says No on Prop 8, the proposition to eliminate right to same-sex couples to marry in the US.

The winners for the 2009 TED Prize. Meanwhile, you can rewatch My Stroke Of Insight.

Would the Last Honest Reporter Please Turn On the Lights? Orson Scott Card, who's Democrat, on the actual crisis, the responsability of the Democrats and bad journalism.

36 Hours in Paris. According to the NYT, Le Marais is a hot spot.