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Supercut Video: Our hero Speedy Gonzales yells “Yeehaw!”
Mexico’s fastest mouse, our hero Speedy Gonzales, yells “Yeehaw”” over and over in this three-minute supercut cartoon video. SPOILER: The various gatitos and perritos are not amused.
Why presidential pendejos don’t know they’re pendejos (Ted-Ed Video)
Stupid people are so stupid they think they’re smart; ditto for pendejos who think everyone loves them. This well-documented phenomenon — the Dunning-Kruger Effect — is most evident in a gigantor vortex of bullshit that’s darkening the skies over 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC.
Looking to get lucky on ZOOSK? Fill your dating profile with guacamole!
Looking for love with the dating app ZOOSK? That’s why God created aguacates y guacamole! Members with guacamole in their dating profiles got 142% more inbound messages than other would-be lovers.
“…We analyzed 3,733,185 dating profiles and 364,609,566 first messages to find out how mentioning different foods and food-related phrases changes online daters’ romantic interactions. In addition, we also surveyed over 7,000 singles to get some insight into how food and dating intersect.
Mas…Looking to get lucky on ZOOSK? Fill your dating profile with guacamole!
(NPR Audio) Racism can literally make you sick, studies show
He had just left a fancy restaurant, celebrating a big achievement, a Ph. D. degree, when he encountered racism, racism that can hurt your health.
Mas…(NPR Audio) Racism can literally make you sick, studies show
Grinding corn for tortillas in Mexington and the American Dream (video)
In the growing Latino community of Lexington, Kentucky (aka Mexington), immigrant Laura Patricia Ramirez and her family suspected the new “Spanish” influx into town might mean they could earn a living providing comida Mexicana to the neighbors. First they imported fresh tortillas from Chicago, and then started making their own. Now they own a tortilla/taqueria even the gabachos love — they come for the asada and stay for the lengua. [EDITOR’S NOTE: Ramirez has the first Southern drawl-spiced Mexican accent we’ve ever encountered. God Bless THIS America, land that we love.]
Thanks to our amigo Profe Steven Alvarez for the link.
Has anyone seen Dio the chameleon from ‘Prickly City’ lately? (toon)
[Thanks, Scott and GoComics. Whatever you do, don’t go to the PRICKLY CITY webpage and read the comments.]
ESPONSORED: Order your 2018 Lalo Alcaraz Cartoon Calendar Now!
It’s time once again to order your LALO ALCARAZ CARTOON CALENDAR.
Because of the horrible path the US has continued on this past year, I will make this promise: I will do my best to try to keep you sane and somewhat amused in 2018 through cartoons and other online chingaderas, but one way I can do it every day is if you buy my 2018 Cartoon Calendar.
Mas…ESPONSORED: Order your 2018 Lalo Alcaraz Cartoon Calendar Now!
Wanna be a taquero? You need this al pastor taco cart (video)
We never thought much about taquero equipment, but if you wanna be a full service taco cart gal and serve up tacos al pastor, you’ll need a plancha AND a vertical grill and a trompo. Here’s a video from local restaurant supply company OC Taco Carts where salesman Jorge Alonso shows off the shiny stainless steel cart.
Los Tres Garcias Taco Truck at the car wash on Alameda: 8.1 (video)
New Compton location at the Crystal Auto Spa means plenty of parking at night for Los Tres Garcias Taco Truck. Jose “Tacos y Trifectas” Contreras (@LosPonies on Twitter) gives them an 8.1.
Is my slip showing? Gender and vulnerability in stand-up comedy
What does it mean to be vulnerable? This question comes up quite a bit in comedy. You might hear someone say, “oh, he’s so raw, so vulnerable…” It’s a common form of praise, usually for male comedians.
Former Late Show booker, Eddie Brill, named vulnerability as his favorite quality in a comedian. He seldom, if ever, booked women. Eventually, he was fired for his statements in the now infamous New York Times article. However, the crux of his argument was that good comedians reveal their weaknesses and women just don’t do that.
Mas…Is my slip showing? Gender and vulnerability in stand-up comedy
A two-year old’s Chicano Christmas
You’re not going to believe this,
but I was born sitting at the kitchen
table with a tamale already in hand.
Of course, some say, that I was born
on a pool table, but that’s another
story.
I still remember the hogs head
simmering in a pot as my uncle
Louie and his buddies sat listening
respectfully as my grandfather
spoke about times gone by.
Where have all the brown folks gone? I’m In love with ‘Coco’ that is
Where have all the brown folks gone?
I sit at a bar and I count how many are like me, I count two in a room of 30, one is a bar back Latinx and one is an African American bartender, I’ve done this since I realized that I am the other, and I need to find allies quick, in case shit goes down, in case there’s a race war
I order thai food from a food truck and the señor making the food could be my primo, while the Asian owner takes my order
Mas…Where have all the brown folks gone? I’m In love with ‘Coco’ that is
This one family has been making piñatas for 50 years (video)
On the outskirts of Mexico City, over 50 years ago, a family began making and selling piñatas to the local community. Nowadays, the whole town is involved. The Piñata King takes a look inside the life of this town, and the head of the family who started it all.
‘Remember Me’ from ‘Coco’ by Miguel y Natalia Lafourcade (video)
R&B singer Miguel and beloved Mexican icon Natalia Lafourcade join forces on Coco’s signature song Remember Me.
Pocho Ocho top tips for surviving Black Friday 2017
It’s brutal out there, pochos — it’s cut or be cut to save $20 on an iPhone X — and that’s why we’ve compiled the Pocho Ocho Best Ways to Survive Black Friday:
8. In the event store security confiscates your Mace®, pick up some Aqua Net™ on Aisle 3.
7. Shoppers who carry their own rolls of yellow “crime scene” warning tape can easily discourage other shoppers from entering the Home Entertainment Department.
6. Successful shoppers are well-equipped shoppers. Must-have items include snacks, a gas mask, body armor where available and a small knife (plus a newspaper to hide the knife.) Experienced shoppers only: Weaponized chanclas.
POCHO’s @SaraChicaD says ‘Happy Mexican Sansgiven!’ (video)
POCHO’s Subcommandanta del Ñews, Sara Inés Calderón, shares everything you need to know about Sansgiven, the Mexican Thanksgiving. She’s @SaraChicaD on the Twitter.
Tia Lencha’s Cocina: Mi Thanksgiving Day turkey al pastor tacos
Happy Mexican Thanksgiving Day!
Is Tia Lencha here. Gwhat is Mexican Thanksgiving Day you ask? Is Thanksgiving but with all Mexican food. What?!?! My gringo frends say. Oh no! How you can do that! Is crazy! And Tia Lencha say, no really.
When I help mijo with his homeworks, I learn that Thanksgiving come from a Puritan holiday in Englands. When it was the Reformation the Protestantes wanted to throw away all the Catholic holidays, even Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny!
Mas…Tia Lencha’s Cocina: Mi Thanksgiving Day turkey al pastor tacos
Pocho Ocho amazing little-known first Thanksgiving factoids
See this painting that is supposed to depict the first Thanksgiving?
It’s wrong wrong wrong. What really went on at that epic feast so long ago?
We’ve got eight little-known factoids right here:
8. The frozen string beans in the casserole were past their sell-by date
7. Pilgrim Zephaniah Winslow = silent but deadly
6. Squanto’s “Mezcla de Maiz” was really esquites from the barrio elotero.
Mas…Pocho Ocho amazing little-known first Thanksgiving factoids
La Cucaracha: We Remember Ye Second Thanksgiving (2007 toon)
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T-day makeup that doesn’t mock N8Vs? Yes, please! (NSFW video)
Yes, you can do Thanksgiving makeup without ripping off the 566 Federally-recognized American Indian tribes. Sailor J and the Center for American Indian Research & Native Studies explain in this NSFW (F-bomb) video.
POCHO’s Lalo Alcaraz: From Disney critic to COCO consultant (NPR audio)
This is how they begin the story about POCHO Jefe-in-Chief Lalo Alcaraz and the Disney/Pixar film COCO over at NPR’s LatinoUSA:
Mas…POCHO’s Lalo Alcaraz: From Disney critic to COCO consultant (NPR audio)
First Person True Story: My Holiday at the Laundromat
Happy holidays to all.
Turkey, ham, tamales, eggnog y todo, this is the time of the year where you put a lot of stuff “on hold” till next year, while we get together with familia and friends. It’s a beautiful time of the year, where putting something on the back burner for awhile isn’t such a bad idea.
Some things, however, can’t be procrastinated upon, lest other problems be incurred. Keeping oneself in clean clothes is one of them.