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Oz taqueria features odd ‘Mexican’ accent in short video spot
In South Australia, a Port Noarlunga’s Tequila N Tacos video features an announcer with a “Mexican” accent. Get it right! The stereotyped fat Mexican cartoon avatar with sombrero, mustache, taco, and cerveza lacks the required serape, burro, and cactus.
Congressional Republicants search for ‘the real leaker’ (toon)
Chocolatl’s history is not so sweet (TedEd animated video)
Before the 16th Century, chocolatl only existed as a bitter, foamy drink in Mesoamerica. How did we get from there to today’s chocolate candy bars? Deanna Pucciarelli traces the fascinating and often cruel history of chocolate.
Actual Pulp Fiction: Searching for Aztec gold treasure (1905 toon)
Here’s the cover of an actual pulp fiction novelette from 1905 featuring detectives searching for the storied Aztec gold. These paperback books were printed on the cheapest paper (pulp, like newsprint) and reflected the culture of the day. Note the Raiders of the Lost Ark style booby trap.
Read more at Dime Novel Detectives, which is where we got this image.
Here are some other things Trump read and then Tweeted (toon)
[Payton Hoegh toons regularly at Weekly Political dot com.]
Mom? Where do tacos al pastor come from? (video)
Mardega explains the prehistoric origin of taco al pastor in Tacos Primitivos.
Batman and Robin tell kids prejudice hurts teamwork (1949 toon)
Hey, kids: Batman and Robin know that prejudice has no place in our country. We need teamwork!
Mas…Batman and Robin tell kids prejudice hurts teamwork (1949 toon)
Superboy says: America is for ALL kinds of people, kids! (1951 toon)
“No single race or nationality can claim America as its own,” Superboy pointed out in 1951’s Know Your Country. “Don’t hate on your new schoolmate because she’s an immigrant from faraway Ikeastan. Her mom makes killer Swedish meatballs!”
Mas…Superboy says: America is for ALL kinds of people, kids! (1951 toon)
Truth – La Vérité – comes out of her well to shame Mankind (1896 toon)
Truth coming from the well, armed with her whip, to chastise mankind is an 1896 painting by the French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme. It is also known as La Vérité (French: Truth).
American Tragedy: The Deportation of G.I. Jose (toon)
[More about deported veterans at PBS News Hour….]
Mexclusive Photo: Barack Obama wiretaps Donald Trump
[Toon by Donkey Hotey. Some rights reserved.]
