It’s hard to be female in America, as “gamergate” and the catcall videos show. But once you know how the system works, you can maybe find a way to make a change. Blythe Baird takes the mic with Girl Code 101.
COMIC SAENZ
Scared postman thinks Mexican jumping beans are the bomb (videos)
An unidentified USPS postal worker freaked out when he heard “ticking sounds” coming from a mailed package of Mexican jumping beans Saturday afternoon, triggering a bomb scare and a neighborhood evacuation in Carlsbad, north of San Diego.
WTF are Mexican jumping beans anyhow?
Mas…Scared postman thinks Mexican jumping beans are the bomb (videos)
Not just gringas, not just NYC: A Latina walks in Hollywood (video)
Anthropology researcher Juanita Carmelita Gonzalez and her dog Ari — Juanita is the one in the turquoise stretch pants — walked the streets of Hollywood Monday. You won’t believe what happened next!
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The Feathered Serpent’s tunnel is full of treasures (video)
Mexican archeologists last week announced the discovery of three new treasure-filled tunnels in the Temple of the Feathered Serpent (Quetzalcoatl) under the ancient city of Teotihuacan. The underground passageway was first unearthed ten years ago beneath the site, just outside of Mexico, DF.
Mas…The Feathered Serpent’s tunnel is full of treasures (video)
New app DVRSE: Black friends in photos when you need them (video)
What do you do when a social media photo needs black friends and none of your many African-American amigos are around? There’s an app for that, new DVRSE. [NSFW F-bombs, etc.]
Behind closed doors: Obama’s REAL anti-Ebola strategy (NSFW audio)
(PNS reporting from WASHINGTON) While Republicans and FOX News have been quick to attack President Barack Obama’s anti-Ebola strategy, they didn’t hear this behind-the-scenes recording of the President’s remarks to health workers Wednesday. An un-named aide leaked this recording to POCHO this morning. [NSFW adult language.]
POCHO ÑEWS SERVICE PNS IS A WHOLLY-FICTITIOUS SUBSIDIARY OF POCHISMO INC., A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION, WHO IS A PERSON ACCORDING TO THE SUPREME COURT. DON’T ASK US, WE JUST WORK HERE.
Mountain bike downhill insanity in Taxco, Mexico (video)
Slovak champion mountain biker Filip Polc strapped a GoPro camera on his helmet and recorded this insane downhill competition run earlier this month in Taxco, Mexico. Although he only came in second (!) this first-person point-of-view video will thrill you, give you vertigo or leave you shaking your head and asking, “Huh?” Polc won the Taxco competition last year. [VOLUME WARNING: LOTS OF ROAD NOISE.]
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Mas…Mountain bike downhill insanity in Taxco, Mexico (video)
Alternate Universe: Honest Advertising Slogans (toons)
Somewhere, over the double rainbows, there’s a place on a river with tangerine trees and marmalade skies. And Honest Slogans, perfectly realized, from the Honest Slogans Tumblr.
Meet the American Nazis who protect our US-Mexico border (video)
These Nazis wear swastikas and call themselves National Socialists, sure, but they’re not really socialists. They’re more nationalists, really, supporting the White Nation. All they want to do is to save America from the loser and quitter immigrants who gave up on their home countries to invade the U.S. of A. After all, integration was forced on the White Man at the point of a bayonet. White people get racially profiled too, you know.
Mas…Meet the American Nazis who protect our US-Mexico border (video)
Jarina De Marco NSFW Halloween video: ‘I Put A Spell on You’
Jarina De Marco reinvents Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ I Put A Spell On You, santeria style, in Spanglish. [NSFW language.]
Contrast and compare with the original Screamin’ Jay version:
Mas…Jarina De Marco NSFW Halloween video: ‘I Put A Spell on You’
Chile bus driver beats purse snatcher with a bat (video)
It was a bad day to be a purse snatcher on this bus in Chile. Three cheers for batman!
Before your White Privilege offends, get new Racism Insurance! (video)
White people can’t help being white — they were born that way! But White Privilege can often get in the way of harmonious social relationships.
Mas…Before your White Privilege offends, get new Racism Insurance! (video)
Dancing Tijuana Cop: The White Zone is for Moonwalking only (video)
“Police officer Jose Ruben Echeverria showed he had the moves Sunday in the Mexican city of Tijuana, dancing to some of Michael Jackson’s greatest hits while directing traffic. Numerous bystanders snapped photos of the dancing police officer, with some even joining in with him. Echeverria says he dances while directing traffic to make the experience of being stuck more pleasant for motorists and pedestrians. He also said it can help boost people’s mood and improve their attitude.” — RUPTLY.
Watch: ‘Las lecciones de Silveria (Silveria’s lessons)’
Little Silveria learns a lesson she’ll never forget in this short video from director Yolanda Cruz.
Presley’s Pantry: Day of the Dead Bread (Pan de Muerto) [video]
Nicole Presley of Presley’s Pantry shows off her recipe for Day of the Dead Bread (Pan de Muerto), using her sponsor’s Idaho potatoes, of course.
He’s big gay Cassandro, the ‘Liberace of Lucha Libre’ (video)
He’s here, he’s queer and he’s the three-time world champion. Meet Cassandro, Luchador Exotico. Arielle Castillo reports for Fusion Live.
Mas…He’s big gay Cassandro, the ‘Liberace of Lucha Libre’ (video)
Clip & Save: POCHO’s Handy Visual Field Guide to Spice Identification
Print, clip and save this handy field guide to visually identify spices at the store, on the street, on a horse or wherever you may find them.
Pre-Hispanic ingredients like bugs make Mexican food special (video)
Long before the European invasion, the original inhabitants of Mexico were making amazingly complex food and taking complete of advantage of every creature that flew, swam, wriggled or crawled. That’s right. We’re talking edible insects. Correspondent Aissa García reports from Mexico, DF for Conexión Global on Caracas, Venezuela network teleSUR:
Mas…Pre-Hispanic ingredients like bugs make Mexican food special (video)
Extraterrestres y UFOs/OVNIs visit Santa Rosa, Argentina
Reports of vari-colored luminous OVNIs and strange beings with big heads are coming from “dozens of eyewitnesses who claim having seen them in broad daylight and under various circumstances. Not merely one, but several of them flying over the city of Santa Rosa, La Pampa [Argentina], and several localities of this region,” according to Inexplicata:
Mas…Extraterrestres y UFOs/OVNIs visit Santa Rosa, Argentina
Advice from HR: Do this when men stare at your breasts (video)
Productivity in the workplace can suffer when men are confronted by women’s breasts, so here’s some Advice from HR for you gals: Check yourself before you wreck yourself! [Video by Danielle Langlois.]
Seamless, wireless, ultra portable: ‘Introducing Carrot’ (video)
Carrot is designed with you in mind. It’s a seamless experience, meticulously crafted, from beginning to end. It’s not just a vegetable. It’s what a vegetable should be.
Mas…Seamless, wireless, ultra portable: ‘Introducing Carrot’ (video)
La Santa Cecilia: It’s a ‘Losing Game’ (performance video)
Grammy winnners La Santa Cecilia recorded this live performance of Elvis Costello’s Losing Game for KCRW radio last week and Marisoul’s smokey vocal and evocative accordion made for musical magic.
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The Daily Show: For the GOP, Latino is the new gay (video)
With the Republican realization that exploiting homophobia can no longer bring their hate base to the polls, the GOP is looking for a new group they can use to scare potential voters. POCHO Migrant Editor Al Madrigal explains to Jon Stewart why Latino is the new gay.
Mas…The Daily Show: For the GOP, Latino is the new gay (video)
MexicanPeopleMeet.com: Big-ass Facebook – for Mexicans! (NSFW video)
Dating has never been easier — and more Mexican! MexicanPeopleMeet.com has the hookups you’ve been waiting for. It’s like a big-ass Facebook — for Mexicans! [NSFW adult language, F-bombs, etc.]
Mas…MexicanPeopleMeet.com: Big-ass Facebook – for Mexicans! (NSFW video)
How to pronounce ‘pocho’ (audio)
“What exactly IS all this pocho talk?” you might ask.
In the name of Jesus! This Mexican kid is harassing me! (video)
Too much caffeine? A “Christian” lady in an Oklahoma coffee shop has hella angry feels. “In the name of Jesus!” she exclaims. “This Mexican kid is harassing me!” We’re confused. Do you think his name might be Jesús? The video is from 2011, but crazy H8RZ are forever.
Sex change operation helps Sarah Silverman close wage gap (video)
My girlfriend, self-admitted vagina owner Sarah Silverman, finds a way to close the wage gap between men and women – with a sex change operation. [TOTALLY NSFW VIDEO.]
If you don’t think a penis transplant is right for you, help working women close the wage gap here.
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East L.A. Play by Play: ‘Undocumented Football’ (poetry video)
It’s the fall football classic — Garfield versus Roosevelt — the East Los high school football rivalry that has lasted generations; David A. Romero supplies the play by play.
Latino Field Studies: Understanding the ‘Lip Purse’ (video)
This short Latino Field Study video examines a culturally-distinctive mannerism many Anglos find confusing – the often hard-to-discern and sometimes confusing Lip Purse mouth gesture.
Las Clikas de L.A. according to El Popo (1970s docuvideo)
Public affairs documentary producer Charles Cahill presents Street Gangs: Challenge to Law Enforcement a 1970s training movie digitized from a 16mm film purchased on eBay, according to YouTube uploader GuilfordGhost.
Who are the OG’s in the video? Recognize anyone? Has anything changed?
Mas…Las Clikas de L.A. according to El Popo (1970s docuvideo)
It’s metal! It’s mariachi! It’s Metalachi with ‘Crazy Train’ (music video)
Ozzy Osbourne’s Crazy Train never sounded like this. Maybe it did sound like this but it’s all a crazy dream. Metalachi makes the metal music of someone’s dreams. Or the mariachi music of their nightmares. Shhh. Quiet now. Let’s listen in …..