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iJuan, smartphone app for day labor, scores $3,500,000 investment
(GUANAJUATO, MEXICO) iJuanCo, creator of iJuan, the first smartphone app to directly match day laborers and potential bosses, has secured a $3.5 million dollar investment from venture capital fund XS Dinero, iJuanCo company president Grito Del Toro announced here today.
Day laborers using the app will be able to register their schedules, skill set and service areas via iJuan, saving potential employers the hassle of cruising to Home Depot to hire workers while lessening the need for trabajeros to chase patrons’ trokas around the parking lot.
“We aim to disrupt the day labor market,” Del Toro said. “We’re turning wetbacks into techbacks!”
Mas…iJuan, smartphone app for day labor, scores $3,500,000 investment
#TodosSomosAyotzinapa: We (43) are all Ayotzinapa (video)
“Estamos indignados,” 43 different people say. “We are indignant!”
Los nayaritas estamos indignados ante los sucesos de violencia y represión ocurridos en Ayotzinapa Guerrero.
Jubilant Republican spokesman trumpets GOP victory (video)
In the jungle, the Washington jungle, the donkey fears tonight.
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)
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)
The Daily Show in Texas: Are Latinos worse than Chinese? (video)
Jon Stewart and The Daily Show are in Austin, Texas, which is right next to, well, you know … that other country. POCHO’s Migrant Editor Al Madrigal went to the Lone Star State to find out why exactly Texans think Latinos are worse than Koreans and Chinese. Have we mentioned that Al is EL HOMBRE?
Mas…The Daily Show in Texas: Are Latinos worse than Chinese? (video)
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.
Texas Border Zone UFO experts fear space aliens with nukes (video)
UFO researchers gathered in Presidio, Texas this weekend for the annual Border Zone UFO festival, where Kenneth Dudley warned of a “possible conflict between the [space] aliens and humans” over “nuclear weapons.”
Mas…Texas Border Zone UFO experts fear space aliens with nukes (video)
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)
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!
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
Pocho Ocho top new Spanish phrases learned by Nigel the Parrot
When he flew away from his British owner in Torrance, CA four years ago, Nigel talked with an English accent. When he returned last week, the talented African gray parrot spoke Spanish.
Here are the Pocho Ocho top phrases Nigel the Parrot picked up on his Raza Vacation:
8. No más “Nigel.” Mi nombre es “Miguel” ahora.
7. El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!
6. Polly quiere un Takis.
Mas…Pocho Ocho top new Spanish phrases learned by Nigel the Parrot
NPR Audio: ‘The Book of Life’ is spooky fun for whole familia
The Book Of Life movie premiere was this weekend, and POCHO Jefe-in-Chief Lalo Alcaraz was there. He thinks it is a beautiful, lush and fun familia film.
Lalo spoke to National Public Radio’s national reporter Mandalit del Barco after the film.
Check out this brilliant report that explains the origins of the pelicula and features writer and director Jorge Gutierrez, executive producer Guillermo del Toro and Lalo at the end, talking about the whole Disney/Pixar Day of the Dead trademark flap.
Viva Muerto Mouse!
Mas…NPR Audio: ‘The Book of Life’ is spooky fun for whole familia
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)
DREAMers: Here’s how to apply for DACA [POCHO Video PSA]
This video tries maybe too hard to be cool, but it’s packed with information for college students on how to apply for DACA. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals is President Obama’s program — established by Executive Order — that can keep you from getting deported and help you get a driver’s license, work authorization, and in-state tuition rates.
Local MEChA group ejected from Hong Kong returns to U.S.
(PNS reporting from FRESNO) The 16 Cal State Fresno MEChA students who flew to Hong Kong to join the student protest — but were quickly kicked out of the demonstration — returned home late Sunday night.
The students were ejected from Occupy Central after Hong Kong student organizers discovered that the Movimiento Estudiantil Chican@ de Aztlán backed the Chinese Communist government. As the only Reds participating in the protests, their calls for “revolution” differed significantly from the protestors’ demands.
Mas…Local MEChA group ejected from Hong Kong returns to U.S.
To protect and defend the President of the United States (toon)
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Mas…To protect and defend the President of the United States (toon)
San Berdoo man chants, sees blue UFO fly into a doorway in the sky
There’s no name attached to Case Number 60066 in the Mutual UFO Network database. It’s an anonymous report submitted about an strange incident two weeks ago — Monday night, September 22 — and it follows two other unusual occurrences in San Bernardino County, east of Los Angeles:
Mas…San Berdoo man chants, sees blue UFO fly into a doorway in the sky
Pocho Ocho diseases that are way more dangerous than Ebola
Americans are worried about the chances of a future Ebola epidemic.
But is there really anything to be scared about? After all, there are Pocho Ocho diseases that are way more dangerous than Ebola:
8. Nobolas
7. Tres bolas
6. Cebolla
Mas…Pocho Ocho diseases that are way more dangerous than Ebola