Everybody loves corn – including this Japanese perro.
The Easter Story: Why advertising to Hispanics sucks balls* [Updated]
By BERNADETTE RIVERO
Technically, the word I should have used above, in the headline, is “Manipulates.” As in, “Safely Manipulate Your Balls When You Celebrate!”
That’s what the Federal Drug Administration advises this season, anyway. (Screen capture, above.)
But I’m a writer who has spent a lifetime in both advertising and journalism, and I know the value of good clickbait when I have it in my hands.
Er… Line of sight. Sorry, I’m distracted by the FDA advising me to fondle one’s nether regions for Easter.
Mas…The Easter Story: Why advertising to Hispanics sucks balls* [Updated]
Welcome to Si Racha, Thailand, home of that sauce (video)
POCHO loves hometown favorite salsa picante Huy Fong Sriracha, we cannot lie. We like Tapatio and Cholula and Valentina, sure, but the garlicky sweet red sauce from Irwinwindale, CA is special. That’s why we were intrigued by this video visit to a chile-loving town in Southeast Asia – Si Racha, Thailand.
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Mas…Welcome to Si Racha, Thailand, home of that sauce (video)
Ask A Mexican: What part of ‘illegal’ don’t you understand?
POCHO’s Associate Naranjero Gustavo ¡Ask A Mexican! Arellano answers the pregunta “What part of ‘illegal’ don’t Mexicans understand?” with his own question for pinches Know Nothing gabachos.
Mas…Ask A Mexican: What part of ‘illegal’ don’t you understand?
Talk show caller outs the EPA’s anti-Christian gay Latino agenda (video)
A concerned viewer from Georgia called CSPAN to expose the Environmental Protection Agency’s secret anti-Christian pro-abortion gay Latino agenda, planned in conjunction with the Sierra Club. The international conspiracy seeks to reduce human population. It happened in Rio, as it turns out.
Passover matzo balls with Hebrew homies Luis and Jaquann (video)
On Passover (“Pesach” in Hebrew), los Judios eat “bitter herbs” to remember “the bitterness of slavery in Egypt.” In this video, Hebrew homeboys Jaquann and Luis start out with a sweeter herb and then have to satisfy their munchies with matzo balls. Passover starts at sundown tonight. (NSFW drugs and language.)
Rare photos show Frida Kahlo in the 1950s
In 1950, photographer Gisèle Freund began a two-week visit to Mexico – and stayed for two years.
In Mexico City, Freund hooked up with artistic power couple Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. Her black-and-white photographs of the pair are now available in the newly published Frida Kahlo: The Gisèle Freund Photographs.
Stray dogs hold vigil at coffin of woman who fed them (video)
A funeral for a woman in Mexico took an unexpected turn when a number of stray dogs unexpectedly showed up to pay their respects, according to this robotic announcer and some still photos as well as the Daily Mail.
Spring nourishes bumper Swiss spaghetti crop (BBC video)
Global warming — and an early warm Spring — means a bountiful spaghetti harvest in Switzerland’s pasta-growing regions near the border with Italy. The BBC reports.
Wassup foo? Felipe Esparza says it’s ‘Taco Tuesday’ (NSFW)
Wassup foo? Felipe Esparza say it’s Taco Tuesday! [NSFW adult language.]
Mas…Wassup foo? Felipe Esparza says it’s ‘Taco Tuesday’ (NSFW)
Are avocados from Mexico the ‘Forbidden Fruit’? (video)
Are Avocados from Mexico the Bible’s Forbidden Fruit?
GOP presidential wannabe Saint Ted Cruz is on fire (photo)
Hail, Senator, full of crap. Special art thou among pendejos.
Hey Vato! The homies are ‘Dreaming of Selena’ (video)
East Los vatos Smiley and Chuy still have a soft spot for Selena, who died on March 31, 1995. Or is it Salinas?
‘Avocados from Mexico’ commercial is 50 shades of huh? (video)
Is that an avocado in your pantalones or are you just happy to see me?
Finally! Deep-fried nachos on a stick come to Milwaukee (video)
Milwaukee Brewers fans can hit a home run this season at Miller Park with every order of Inside The Park Nachos.
ESPN reports:
Mas…Finally! Deep-fried nachos on a stick come to Milwaukee (video)
In San Diego, burritos have French fries inside (Zagat video)
Why does San Diego think its burritos are California’s best? It’s because they have French fries inside, at least according to the Zagat restaurant guide people.
Los Cenzontles (The Mockingbirds): ‘The Dreamer’ (music video)
Los Cenzontles (The Mockingbirds) sing The Dreamer, composed by Eugene Rodriguez and Jackson Browne, in a just-released video by Emiliano Rodriguez. [Click on CC for English/Spanish captions.]
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Mas…Los Cenzontles (The Mockingbirds): ‘The Dreamer’ (music video)
McDonalds (Australia) helps you feed your ‘Inner Mexican’ (video)
The “legendary” El Maco at McDonalds in OZ will feed your inner Mexican, as long as he or she wants two all-beef patties, sour cream and “taco sauce.” [Mustache, charro outfit and sombrero not included. Not available at McDonalds stores near any actual Mexicans. Your bigote may vary.]
¿Me encanto?
Mas…McDonalds (Australia) helps you feed your ‘Inner Mexican’ (video)
(Jo) Raquel (Tejeda) Welch dances to ‘Raquel’ by Neon Neon (video)
The story so far: Euro art-rockers Neon Neon recorded a song called Raquel in 2007 and a year later someone (shuffle76?) made the song into a music video by mashing up old scenes of (Jo) Raquel (Tejeda) Welch dancing and acting and stuff. Good idea, shuffle76, as if that’s your real name.
Mas…(Jo) Raquel (Tejeda) Welch dances to ‘Raquel’ by Neon Neon (video)
Breaking Ñews: White women found in Indianapolis (photo)
Thank God they found them!
How did they manage? What are the odds?
Mas…Breaking Ñews: White women found in Indianapolis (photo)