In Michoacan, Abono Punzo makes art from copper waste (video)
Mexican Handcraft Masters/COPPER from Mariano Rentería Garnica shows Abono Punzo and his crew hard at work making beautiful, functional artifacts from waste copper in Santa Clara del Cobre, Michoacan.
Couple dies during skydive gender reveal (SPOILER: It’s a boy!)
(PNS reporting from URRIALBA) Randy and Candy Wiggins (photo) plunged to their deaths Tuesday afternoon when the couple’s parachute failed to deploy during a skydive that was intended to reveal the gender of their child to be.
The Billings, Montana couple traveled to Costa Rica this week to leap from 12,000 feet above this rural mountain town in hopes of performing “the most epic gender reveal EVER,” Candy wrote on her Facebook page hours before the accident.
Mas…Couple dies during skydive gender reveal (SPOILER: It’s a boy!)
My mom is a ‘Chankla Abuser’ (Manic Hispanic NSFW video plus lyrics)
Making good on their threat to release a new song every week, So Cal homies Manic Hispanic ask you to consider this ode to Mexican moms everywhere: Chankla Abuser. [Barely audible F-bomb.]
Confused? ¡Mira los lyrics!:
Mas…My mom is a ‘Chankla Abuser’ (Manic Hispanic NSFW video plus lyrics)
At Toloache in Manhattan, ‘Grasshopper Tacos’ are a big hit (video)
The New York City mini restaurant chain Toloache recommends three orders of Tacos de Chapulines for a party of 10. Your mileage may vary. [Video by Keziah Tutu for Pavement Pieces.]
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I am the fifth generation of my family in Los Angeles (video)
I am the fifth generation of my family in El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles. This is my story.
Mas…I am the fifth generation of my family in Los Angeles (video)
Mexico dumps futbol, switches to curling after sad Club America loss
(PNS reporting from MEXICO CITY) Mexico is throwing in the towel — and picking up a broom — after Club America’s humiliating defeat to Toronto FC in the CONCACAF Champions League semi-final Tuesday night. The loss signaled the death of the country’s storied soccer tradition.
After the 4-2 aggregate defeat, club officials for the Mexico City-based team said the result left little choice but to seek other options for a new national sport.
Mas…Mexico dumps futbol, switches to curling after sad Club America loss
Is this ‘new’ PLANET J really new or something else entirely? (video)
A delegation to newly-discovered PLANET J says the humanoids inhabitants are obviously different from us, but they are very kind. They all live together in harmony despite their differences. Same as it ever was?
That time when a Nazi dude ordered from the taco truck (NSFW video)
Director Darren Bachynski turned Charlie Demers’ live comedy routine about a Nazi’s trip to a taco truck into a cartoon video. [NSFW F-bomb.]
Reports: NAFTA negotiations extended until end of time
(PNS reporting from WASHINGTON, DC) NAFTA negotiations between the U.S., Canada and Mexico will likely only conclude when mankind ceases to exist or if extraterrestrial raids breed unity among humans that leads to the dissolution of international borders, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the trilateral talks.
Manic Hispanic: ‘We Are the Mas Chingones’ (video plus NSFW lyrics)
Mas Chingones is the latest new musica (new song every week for new LP Back In Brown) from Manic Hispanic — the guys are “vatos locos brown and down.” [Some NSFW adult language.]
Mira los lyrics:
Mas…Manic Hispanic: ‘We Are the Mas Chingones’ (video plus NSFW lyrics)
LatinoUSA Audio: “How I Made It” is Yesika Salgado’s love poem to L.A.
Yesika Salgado dissects “What I Know,” a poem from her book about family, love and loss, and the city she calls home. [Audio from our friends at NPR’s Latino USA.]
Mas…LatinoUSA Audio: “How I Made It” is Yesika Salgado’s love poem to L.A.
Pocho Ocho Most Important Terms and Conditions for Dealing With Me
I’m not a hard guy to get along with, as long as you adhere to the Pocho Ocho Most Important Terms and Conditions for Dealing With Me:
8. Don’t call me amigo; it’s the first sign we’re not friends
7. Friends don’t let friends… put lettuce in their burritos
6. Every time you microwave a tortilla, an angel loses its wings
Mas…Pocho Ocho Most Important Terms and Conditions for Dealing With Me
Mex Prez candidate AMLO says luchadores will protect U.S. border
(PNS reporting from NOGALES) Mexico Presidential front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) will deploy the country’s finest and fiercest lucha libre fighters to the northern border should U.S. President Donald Trump carry out his pledge to militarize the nations’ shared international boundary, the candidate known as AMLO said in a press conference on Wednesday.
Mas…Mex Prez candidate AMLO says luchadores will protect U.S. border
