[Who was Salazar? Wikipedia is a good start.]
POCHO’s Texas Editor: How to help the gente affected by Harvey
As a legal aid attorney, I know victims of Hurricane Harvey will need assistance in asserting and protecting their rights. I recommend donating to the following funds:
Mas…POCHO’s Texas Editor: How to help the gente affected by Harvey
Pocho Ocho Top Facts NOT in Ad Age’s New 2017 Hispanic Fact Pack
Trade publication Advertising Age’s new Hispanic Fact Pack has hit the Interwebs, revealing tantalizing details about the “Hispanic market” which means you.
And it’s packed, por supuesto, with facts:
Mas…Pocho Ocho Top Facts NOT in Ad Age’s New 2017 Hispanic Fact Pack
This is a love song to Tacos El Tigre, in Colima, MX (video)
“You’re just too good to be true,” sings Frankie Valli. “I can’t take my eyes off of you.” And love is love, in the City of Colima, in the State of Colima, at Tacos El Tigre and their delicious tacos adobada. It’s obvious videographers Atempo Fotographia are in love with these tacos, and why not? Rigoberto y Leo Manzo’s family has been running Tacos El Tigre for 40 years.
It’s a tango! It’s ragtime! It’s ‘El Apache Argentino’ (videos)
What do we know about Uruguayan-turned-Argentinian pianist and composer Manuel Aróztegui? Not too much other than he wrote this crazy cool tune at the turn of the last century — i.e, 1900! Here’s the composer’s “ragtime tango” El Apache Argentino as performed by Juanjo Domínguez on classical guitar.
And here’s the same tune on ragtime style on a player piano:
Mas…It’s a tango! It’s ragtime! It’s ‘El Apache Argentino’ (videos)
Taqueria El Tio two-for-the-price-of-one carnitas tacos = 7.4 (video)
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.
