“Traveling to Nicaragua with his family, a young boy finds the world a weirder, scarier, and more difficult place. And filled, stuffed, and absolutely teeming with iguanas,” explains creator Miguel Jeron. The L.A. resident calls his video LA-GAR-TO. We do not know if he rolls his RRRRRR’s.
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MexiCanada: Montreal mayor fights poutine burritos – ‘pou-tos’
(PNS reporting from MONTREAL, QUEBEC) Authorities here are scrambling to halt the spread of a Mexicanized version of poutine, Canada’s beloved national dish of French fries covered with gravy and cheese.
The increasingly-popular poutine burrito, known as a “pou-to” or “poutito” (photo, above) has already swept through Montreal, and officials fear “pou-tos” will cross the Quebec provincial border into neighboring Ontario.
Mas…MexiCanada: Montreal mayor fights poutine burritos – ‘pou-tos’
Is Spanish-language TV futbol play-by-play racist? (audio)
When American Latinos watch Spanish-langugage FIFA broadcasts from Brazil, some are shocked by the casual use of words like “greña” and “moreno” that would be considered offensive in the U.S. This report from Public Radio International explores the controversy:
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Mas…Is Spanish-language TV futbol play-by-play racist? (audio)
Top 10 reasons we are against labor unions (toon)
[Image via UE Local 222.]
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WTF? Seriously, WTF? (toon)
DA FUQ? SMH! [Image by Scott Bateman via The Nib Comics.]
¡Ask A Mexican! Is yelling ‘puto’ at futbol homophobic? (NSFW video)
Gustavo ¡Ask A Mexican! Arellano continues on his World Cup kick with a discussion of the Mexican team’s performance in their tied match with Brazil and the spectators’ habit of calling the opposing team putos. [NSFW adult language.] P.S.: Spoiler warning: You may be a puto if….
Elise Roedenbeck: Uncle Sam’s Propaganda Video History Roundup
With the United States government hitting the digital airwaves with an anti-Boko Haram TV channel (we loved their Whiter Shade of Pale but kidnapping those girls in Nigeria was too much), our MiJA, Elise Roedenbeck, dusts off some old Uncle Sam propaganda for historical context and stuff. On the Twtter, btw, she’s @buttronica.
Overdub, multi window madness: Brazil, the musical (video)
YouTuber Dan Newbie plays bottles, pans, pots and salt shakers, overdubs his nalgas off, and runs through a bunch of Brazil-oriented tunes, the better to World Cup you with, my dear.
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Mas…Overdub, multi window madness: Brazil, the musical (video)
Dear gringa who wants to defend the Mexican food in New Jork
I read jur article ^^^^ on the google about the Los Angeles Mexican food is not better than the New Jork food but different. Tia Lencha’s chonies are in a bunch. Is that how ju say? Ju don know what ju are talking about.
These are the reasons gwhy:
- In jur articulo, ju spend mos jur time talking about Los Angeles. That is because it has a long history of Mexican people live there. Even ju say that it used to be Mexico, tonta!
- Ju say the Yelpers jelp it, the media and the general peoples all say Los Angeles Mexican food is better. Thas a lot of peoples.
- “Get the fuck over it” and “blah, blah, blah” are no legitimate argumentations.
Mas…Dear gringa who wants to defend the Mexican food in New Jork
He’s been to the desert on a banana with one name: Bonito (video)
A wrenching tale of a desert crossing: A lone banana on a mission to el otro lado. Can Bonito make it?
Dateline Brazil: Don’t sleep on the job or else! (video)
We present this video, said to be from Brazil, as a cautionary tale about the hazards of trying to catch a few Z’s on the job. Kids: Don’t try this at home.
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Mas…Dateline Brazil: Don’t sleep on the job or else! (video)
Tiny gringa eats 2-pound multi-chile ‘Diablo Burrito’ in 3:23 (video)
Competitive eater Molly Schuyler (all 125 pounds of her) takes on “the world’s hottest burrito” at Allan’s Authentic Mexican Restaurant in PDX. Can she show the same competitive spirit and stamina that helped her finish a 72-ounce steak in a previous webisode? The 2-pound “wet” Diablo Burrito is filled with rice, beans and habanero, serrano, Bhut Jolokia, Carolina Reaper and Trinidad Scorpion chiles. Allan challenges patrons to finish the $20 burrito bomb in 10 minutes to win the acclaim of the nation and get their burrito money back.
Aaron, who produced Molly’s Diablo Burrito web video, needed over 8 minutes when he tried to finish the Diablo Burrito himself:
Mas…Tiny gringa eats 2-pound multi-chile ‘Diablo Burrito’ in 3:23 (video)
Undocumented strangers meet and share their secrets (video)
Director Rocsi Diaz’s short video The Secrets of Strangers explores what happens when undocumented immigrants reveal their status to people they have just met — other undocumented immigrants.
Mas…Undocumented strangers meet and share their secrets (video)
Too busy to make new enemies? Try MyNemesis·com (video)
With work, family and just plain living, it can be real hard to make enemies. Ready and willing to help you with that problem is brand new MyNemesis·com, where someone to hate is only a click away.
Here’s their introductory video:
NY loser Mayor de Blasio sings ‘I Love L.A.’ and we do too (music video)
From the Eastside to the Westside, POCHO loves L.A.
Congratulations to Los Reyes de Los Angeles,winners of the Estanley Cup.
You can sing along with losing NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and Randy Newman – even before the Jimmy Kimmel show – with this handy video:
Mas…NY loser Mayor de Blasio sings ‘I Love L.A.’ and we do too (music video)
Did you know? U.S. ‘interned’ Peruvians of Japanese descent (audio)
Not only did Uncle Sam lock up Japanese-Americans in “internment camps” during World II, but a 1942 regional security pact also became the legal cover for shipping 1800 Peruvians of Japanese descent to the very same camps. Carmen Utako Tochio Villanueva (photo), who was born into one of those families in a Texas internment camp, tells her story to LatinoUSA’s Mia Warren:
Mas…Did you know? U.S. ‘interned’ Peruvians of Japanese descent (audio)
Abuelita Reviews for Father’s Day : Famous Dads (video)
Who knows dads better than grandma? Abuelita reviews some famous fathers, including Don Francisco, Jack Black, Hugh Jackman and David Bowie.
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Around Our Town: Where to go, what to do on Father’s Day
Father and Son Chile-Eating Contest: Quién es más macho? The East Pocho Optimists Club once again sets up shop at Fernando Valenzuela Field for their annual chile-eating contest, which pits father-son teams against each other to see who can ascend the Picante Podium of Pain. The winning team wins even more chile! Sunday, noon.
Bronche: Angry Bull cocktails (Red Bull, tequila, orange juice) are just $3 and dads get all the Mexican Meatloaf Sliders they want for free on Father’s Day at TGI Viernes in the Rancho Pocho Mall. Sunday 10 AM – 2 PM. Mention my name, Chale Knickerbocker, for a blank stare.
Mas…Around Our Town: Where to go, what to do on Father’s Day
Happy Father’s Day: Comics dis dad, score cheap laughs (NSFW video)
Have a laugh on Dad with stand-ups Alfred Robles, Nathan Timmel, Theo Von, Willis Turner, Beny Mena, and Mary Mack. (NSFW language.)
For Father’s Day, make Dad a carne asada and fries burrito (video)
San Diego homeboy El Guzzii shows how to prepare a gigantor marinated steak burrito with fries inside. Attention, families: This is what Daddy wants.
Watch: Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Happy Father’s Day!
It’s a wonderful life for Dad on Father’s Day. Presents. Cards. He’s surrounded by his loving family. Let’s look a little closer…
¡Ask A Mexican! Why do Mexis swim with clothes on? (NSFW video)
Gustavo ¡Ask A Mexican! Arellano answers a summertime pregunta: Why do Mexicans go to the beach and swim with their clothes on? [NSFW partial nudity.]
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Mas…¡Ask A Mexican! Why do Mexis swim with clothes on? (NSFW video)
Sombreros? [X] Burros? [X] Gritos? [X] Del Monte® tours Mexico (video)
The Del Monte® tomatoes travel to Mexico to become pico de gallo but not before the obligatory burros, sombreros y gritos. This begs the question: Where are the cacti and serapes?
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Mas…Sombreros? [X] Burros? [X] Gritos? [X] Del Monte® tours Mexico (video)
Everyone wins a World Cup of Everything Else (infographics)
If there were a World Cup for the Highest Percentage of Middle-Aged Unmarried Women Between 45 and 49, Brazil would win! ¡Ole!
In the World Cup for the Futbol Team with the Most Twitter Followers, the winner is Selección Mexicana, @miseleccionmx on the Tuiter:
Mas…Everyone wins a World Cup of Everything Else (infographics)
Mexican Junior Olympians race for the Medalla de Oro (video)
Keep your eye on El Gordito. He has a great future ahead of him in Mexican politics!
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Mas…Mexican Junior Olympians race for the Medalla de Oro (video)
El Conjunto Nueva Ola vs. A-Ha: ‘Take On Me’ (music videos)
A 1985 A-Ha award-winning music video gets cumbia-nated and lucha-fied in this just-released re-make from hometown heroes El Conjunto Nueva Ola. It’s not Take On Me, they say. It’s Taco Me. Look for the Spanglish captions! 😉
Here’s the A-Ha video:
Mas…El Conjunto Nueva Ola vs. A-Ha: ‘Take On Me’ (music videos)