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Belorussia’s ‘Life’ smartphones include Mexicans (video)
Every new smartphone from cellphone company Life in Belorussia includes festive Mexican mariachis! Order today!
Are you just kinda racist? Try new Diet Racism™ (video)
What’s the deal with this Hispanic Heritage Month? What we need is a White History Month, and our own soft drink!
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Letter to straight guys from a Latina vagina: I’m too sexy for my chonies
Dear Straight Dudes:
Why, hello there, I’m a Latina vagina and I have a message for heterosexual guys. Now I know what you’re going to ask me: “How well-groomed am I?”
No seas cochino! That’s none of your business, that’s personal. But I am here to, uh, talk business because I’m tired of all of these assumptions people make about me!
Mas…Letter to straight guys from a Latina vagina: I’m too sexy for my chonies
Felipe Esparza: The Seven Spanish Cuss Words (LatinoUSA audio)
“There are some words, not many, just a few — that we decided, we won’t use them all the time,” said the late comedian George Carlin in his famous routine about the “seven dirty words.” If you aren’t familiar with it –– the skit tries to pinpoint a definitive list of words you can never say on radio and television [See NSFW video below.]
Mas…Felipe Esparza: The Seven Spanish Cuss Words (LatinoUSA audio)
Hey! You’re lookin’ for tacos in all the wrong places (photos)
As POCHO amigo Gustavo Arellano pointed out in his book Taco USA, America loves tacos.
How much does America love tacos, you ask? Taco imagery is everywhere — jewelry (necklace, above), toys, drinks, desserts, babies, kitties, doggies, purses, rear-view mirrors. And how could we make a listicle without the pink taco? [The pink taco final photograph may be NSFW depending on your work. We don’t think it is, but you never know, tu sabes?]
Mas…Hey! You’re lookin’ for tacos in all the wrong places (photos)
Flashback Friday: Where are they now? (video)
Sure, they’re older now, but are they obsolete? Our childhood heroes: Where are they now? Popeye is apparently no longer “strong to the finish,” for example. What’s up with that? Is spinach too expensive for retired sailors on a fixed income?
Instant karma is alive and well in Brazil, San Berdoo (video)
“Instant karma’s gonna get you,” John Lennon sang. This is true in both Brazil and San Bernardino County.
In Beverly Hills, a cardboard gardener ‘represents’ (photos, video)
We first met West Hollywood artist Ramiro Gomez when he began placing his hand-painted cardboard figures of immigrant laborers in prominent public spaces in Bel Air, Beverly Hills and Hollywood.
Even as his audience has expanded via out-of-town art exhibits and a documentary film, he still plants cutout cardboard workers in places where their real-life counterparts have been before. Gomez’ aim? To make workers who are normally INVISIBLE become visible to passersby who look away or look but never see.
This gardener with a hose popped up Wednesday just before sunset in Beverly Hills near that famous hotel. Like all Gomez’ creations, he has a name. Meet Sergio.
Mas…In Beverly Hills, a cardboard gardener ‘represents’ (photos, video)
New Mattel-Disney dolls for ‘Crucifiction’ movie cause furor
(PNS reporting from ANAHEIM) Movie executives here are scrambling to respond to the fury over just-announced Christian religious figures re-imagined as Barbie dolls.
The Kens and Barbies are slated to promote the Mattel-Disney movie Crucifiction that “rebrands” the Passion of Jesus. The film is set for Xmas release.
The Disney reps — now on the defensive — have a heavy cross to bear.
Mas…New Mattel-Disney dolls for ‘Crucifiction’ movie cause furor
Mexico’s Olympic Curling Team needs your help (video)
The Mexican Curling Team that will be going for gold at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang 2018 is training hard. Your modest cash contribution can help these brave young vatos as they go to SWEEP THE GOLD!
How did they get started with this less-than-mainstream sport? Consuela, of course:
Rosh HaShanah kosher nachos: Totopos de gribeñes con guacamole
Chicharrones are off limits for traditional Jews — pork is not kosher. But that doesn’t mean hungry Judios have to go through life without delicious fried cracklings of their own — they chow down on a crispy fried chicken skin preparation called gribeñes.
Mas…Rosh HaShanah kosher nachos: Totopos de gribeñes con guacamole
Crossing ‘Rush Hour’ streets in Buenos Aires is magical (videos)
Check out Rush Hour, another mind-bending video from Argentine director Fernando Livschitz.
Here’s a bonus video from Livschitz; it’s called Wind Up Bots:
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Winnipeg’s Mariachi Ghost ‘La Llorona’ is a cappella amazing (video)
Ih the glorious echo-ey Millennium Centre in downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canuckia, the a cappella harmonies of The Mariachi Ghost almost bring the weeping, legendary La LLorona to life.
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Mas…Winnipeg’s Mariachi Ghost ‘La Llorona’ is a cappella amazing (video)
Latino Heritage Month Hero Video: Dick Tracy’s sidekick Go Go Gomez
Dick Tracy’s 1961 TV cartoon partner Go Go Gomez saves the day in The Copy Cat Caper.
Mas…Latino Heritage Month Hero Video: Dick Tracy’s sidekick Go Go Gomez
‘Washington Redskins’ offended by ‘South Park’ (video)
Dan Snyder, the owner of the hatefully-named Washington Redskins football team, is offended that South Park is using their (no-longer-trademarked) name, even though Cartman is only trying to honor the team’s awesome heritage.
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Was Batman really BatMayan? One artist says ‘¡Si!’ (photos)
Long story short: Batman is 75 years old and Warner Home Entertainment Mexico and the Mexican Museum of Design commissioned local artists to make their own Batdudes — en estilo mexicano.
Mas…Was Batman really BatMayan? One artist says ‘¡Si!’ (photos)
Talk (And Sing) Like A (Mexican) Pirate Day: ‘Santy Anno’ (music video)
It’s International Talk Sing Like A Pirate Day and we’re please to present not only a “sea shanty” about being a pirate, but one about the Mexican-American war of the 1850s. It’s even in Wikipedia! This video of Santy Anno has music by Forebitter and Lord Cavendish manga-influenced artwork assembled by uploader LordDrakoArakis, probably not his real name.
Here’s the some of what Wikipedia says about this traditional song:
Mas…Talk (And Sing) Like A (Mexican) Pirate Day: ‘Santy Anno’ (music video)
Who are these so-called U.S. ‘Hispanics’? They’re Mex to the max
Mexican-Americans — all 34 million — make up over two-thirds of the U.S. Latino population according to the Pew Research Organization:
Mas…Who are these so-called U.S. ‘Hispanics’? They’re Mex to the max
Cutty Flam’s new Spanglish ‘Sugga’ has space rocks, explosions! (video)
SoCal pochos Cutty Flam say their music is the sound track to a 1950’s B-Movie starring Ritchie Valens opposite Betty Page directed by Quentin Tarantino. Señor Cutty sings and plays guitar, Ms. Bang Bangs kicks butt on vocals and drums and Chewy Lewy is the man on bass. In Sugga, a black and white home movie from the future, Cutty Flam saves themselves (or their body doubles) from a sky burst of meteorites with a white box of something that’s not wrapped in aluminum foil and doesn’t attract falling prop rocks. Also there is a greedy music promoter, a life support transfusion, a dead band member RIP, auditions, more aluminum foil and surf style guitar. We know — it’s everything you ever wanted in a music video. Plus Spanglish!
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Mas…Cutty Flam’s new Spanglish ‘Sugga’ has space rocks, explosions! (video)
‘Latinos. We are all over the f___ing place’ (music video)
It’s Latino Heritage Month, and that means Latinos. We Are All Over the Fucking Place!
What’s in a trend? Google tracks ‘Latino’ and ‘Hispanic’ over time
Hispanic or Latino? This question comes up all the time, and not just during Hispanic Heritage Month, which we insist on calling Latino Heritage Month.
Is there a trend? We asked the Google NGram Viewer to search their big index of published books to see how many times the word “Latino” and the word “Hispanic” were used over time.
Mas…What’s in a trend? Google tracks ‘Latino’ and ‘Hispanic’ over time
The Idiot’s Guide to Smart People: ‘Malcolm Gladwell’ (video)
ZOMG, just in time! Us idiots have been trying to understand the appeal of sweet-tongued Canuckian bullshitter Malcolm Gladwell with the ‘fro and the dimples. Turns out he appeals to people who think he knows what he’s talking about and agree with him, the Smart People in this video.
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Mas…The Idiot’s Guide to Smart People: ‘Malcolm Gladwell’ (video)
Tia Lencha’s Cocina: The Mexican flag three-color salsa for El Grito
Happy Mexican Independence Day!
Is Tia Lencha here. Today we make a salsa that is the colors of the Mexican bandera (flag for you pochos).
Mas…Tia Lencha’s Cocina: The Mexican flag three-color salsa for El Grito
Mayor Eric Garcetti: Happy Hispanic Heritage Month, LA! (photo)
¡Feliz Hispanic Heritage Month! — Alcalde Eric Garcetti
Cute 6-year-old boy sings, plays all instruments for ‘La Bamba’
Last week we featured La Bamba played and sung by scores of people all around the world. Today we bring you 6-year-old Jordan Bijan, a Canadian first grader who sings and plays all the instruments in his new La Bamba music video.
The 11 Rules of a Happy Marriage: A Guide for Wives from 1953 (toons)
Hey, all you wives — stop eating your bon-bons and watching your “stories” on television for just a minute, yo! Here are 11 rules from 1953 you need to follow for a happy marriage.
“Be the wife he always dreamed of,” is the advice that delivers that “guide” that was written to please men, by an Spanish woman named Pilar Primo de Rivera, sister of the founder of the political party of the extreme right, the “Spanish Falange.”
Mas…The 11 Rules of a Happy Marriage: A Guide for Wives from 1953 (toons)