Not worth a schlep from out of town, but if you’re hungry and situated between the Los Alamitos and Santa Anita race tracks, Taqueria El Tio in Bellflower is a solid 7.4, especially on two-for-the-price of-one carnitas tacos Thursday. [Horse and taco lover Jose Contreras reports for Tacos and Trifectas. He’s @losponies on the Twitter.]
Today was the day I marched with MLK; I still have the dream (video)
MLK waves to me and my posse [arrow] next to the reflecting pool.
They say the Washington, D.C. weather — typically mondo muggy in the summer — was unusually mild on August 28, 1963. But the air burned with the fire of freedom on the march, the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, led by Martin Luther King.
Mas…Today was the day I marched with MLK; I still have the dream (video)
Celeb chef and lifestyle guru Marisol’s ‘Day of Self-Care’ (video)
Celebrity chef and lifestyle guru Marisol takes time off from the Pinche Rata Race for A Day of Self-Care — and you can too! [Video by Más Mejor.]
Donald Trump is the stealthiest Commander-in-Chief (toon)
[More Payton Hoegh toons at Weakly Political.]
Before Fox News, ‘fake news’ was ‘yellow journalism’ (toons)
Nasty lying scoundrels, despicable peddlers of lies, and, mostly, people who published stuff others hoped would never see the light of day, were called “Yellow Journalists” in the 19th Century.
Who is the villain in the cartoon above? The sensational newspapers spinning “twaddle” about an election.
Public Domain Review, which curates public domain images like these, explains:
Mas…Before Fox News, ‘fake news’ was ‘yellow journalism’ (toons)
Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds: OMG! ‘La Araña’ (video)
Ick! There is this spider — La Araña — crawling on me. In Southern Califas’ San Gabriel Valley, Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds’s house party gets scary.
Straighten your back the Mexican way with the Luchapractor (video)
Got back pain? Neck pain? Need an adjustment? Rompe Espalda Luchapractic combines the latest in quack-approved chiropractic treatment with the ancient art of Mexican wrestling. They’ve got some moves for you! [Video by Crooked & Ugly.]
R.I.P. Jerry Lewis, Enchilada King (video)
Carmen Miranda (Enchilada Gal) can sing and dance, and Dean Martin (Enchilada Man) can dance and sing, but Jerry Lewis (Enchilada King) steals the show. R.I.P.
Tacos Leo truck at the carwash at Temple and Glendale? 9.4! (video)
Jose Contreras — the horse racing fan and So Cal taco lover known as Tacos and Trifectas — stops by the Tacos Leo truck, parked at the carwash at Temple Street and Glendale Boulevard. He rates it at 9.4 out of 10. Contreras is @losponies on the Twitter.
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Mas…Tacos Leo truck at the carwash at Temple and Glendale? 9.4! (video)
Make America Truck Again – in Spanglish! (photo)
Looks legit and it’s good advice, too. No passing on the right! [Stolen from REDDIT.]
Public Service Announcement: Please Don’t Bully Nazis (toon)
Don’t Bully Nazis, Please! This Community Advice brought to you by the Scarfolk Council.
Are these the best places to eat tacos in Mexico City? (video)
Where are the best tacos in Ciudad be Mexico? This video for Unknown Mexican Magazine thinks they know. Are the right?
Warner Bros vs Fascists: ‘The Ducktators’ (Looney Tunes 1942)
The world is a big barnyard in Warner Brothers’ 1942 black and white The Ducktators. When a Hitler-mustachioed duckling hatches, you won’t believe what happens next!