(PNS reporting from WASHINGTON, DC) The GOP knows who to blame for today’s partial Federal government shutdown.
“An unidentified black man came along out of nowhere, drew a gun and demanded that Republicans shut down the government,” according to Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH).
Face it, pochos. You don’t get to be an abuelita unless you know how to dance for a fella!
“Selfie” is a real word, you know. Officially! “Selfie” and “twerk” were added to the Oxford English Dictionary Online in August.
And that’s why we’re extra pleased to present just a taste of the excellent Tumblr Cops Taking Selfies Of course, we’re just featuring photos of two officers with Hispanic names because it is still Hispanic Heritage Month until October 15, but you can click through for equally-charming Anglos and some additional Hispanics we might have missed !
Mas…Why the Internets were invented: Hispanic cops taking selfies (photos)
San Antonio, Tejas, is apparently chock full of cool artists creating cool art and organizing cool art events. PuroPinche.com shows and tells in this video about the BIG IN JAPAN ArtSlam late last month.
A University of Glasgow team of experimental psychologists blended thousands of faces together to reveal what the typical woman’s face looks like in 41 different countries from around the globe:
If you were described as average-looking, you probably wouldn’t see it as a compliment.
But perhaps you would be happy if you looked like any of these computer-generated depictions of the ‘average woman’.
With flawless skin, youthful faces and bright eyes – these average faces of women from around the world are nothing short of beautiful.
Mas…Meet your ‘average’ Mexican woman, and Peruvian and … (photos)
They were ordinary people living ordinary lives, until one singular sensation of circumstance conspired with fate to make them UNSUNG HEROES OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.
In 1978, a young Chicano actor from Montebello, CA went to tailor Yossi F. Berkowitz to try on a new suit custom-made for his starring role in a Los Angeles play. Right away, he noticed that the coat sleeves were too long.
“No problem,” said Berkowitz, a long-time shop owner on Whittier Boulevard in nearby Boyle Heights. “Just bend them at the elbow and hold them out in front of you. See, now it’s fine.”
Mas…Unsung Heroes of Hispanic Heritage Month: Yossi F. Berkowitz
Driving is bad for your lady parts, according to Saudi Sheikh Saleh bin Saad al-Luhaydan, a “judicial and psychological consultant to the Gulf Psychological Association.”
Driving ‘could have a reverse physiological impact. Physiological science and functional medicine studied this side [and found] that it automatically affects ovaries and rolls up the pelvis. This is why we find for women who continuously drive cars their children are born with clinical disorders of varying degrees,” al-Luhaydayn told Saudi news website sabq.org.
But that’s only the beginning of the problems that are caused when women take the wheel. Here’s the sheikh’s list of the Pocho Ocho other side-effects:
Mas…Careful, ladies: Driving ‘rolls up the pelvis’ and Pocho Ocho other things
It’s POCHO Jefe-in-Chief Lalo Alcaraz and POCHO Migrant Editor Al Madrigal — on the public radio’s Latino USA. Uh oh — they’re talking about Sen. Ted Cruz.
This “little brown one” is all grown up now and and ready for his closeup. The Voice of America (VOA) profiles George P. Bush for Hispanic Heritage Month 2013: The Next Generation.
Eight bits rule the world in this remixed version of the Beck tune. But what are the words?
Qué onda guero?
Qué onda Jose?
See the vegetable man
In the vegetable van
With a horn that’s honking
Like a mariachi band
In the middle of the street
Mas…[TGIF Music Video] Beck: ‘GameBoy Homeboy (Qué Onda, Guero?)’
Dorian Wood is a Los Angeles-based avant garde (“alternative” is not a big enough word) composer and performer who publishes his own compositions via a company called Why Are You Doing This Music which maybe gives you a hint of what to expect from his self-produced album Rattle Rattle. This version of the Echo Park homie’s original song La Cara Infinta (on the album) was recorded live on July 5 at the MorYork Gallery in L.A. That’s Ms. Eddika Organista on guest vocals. Just wow.
You want more, right? Here’s the complete audio for Rattle Rattle:
Mas…[Chamber music for chipsters] Dorian Wood: ‘La Cara Infinita’ (video)
A Dallas dude has discovered the dastardly truth about Mexicans: They are dope:
When a student at a Dallas community college searched “Mexican” on the popular online reference website Thesaurus.com for help with an essay, he found that 23 slang terms for marijuana come up.
Mas…Dallas dude discovers damning details re Mexicans — they are dope
Fox 40 (Sacramento) reporter Sabrina Rodriguez makes a friendly baboon’s day at the Lodi Grape Festival.
Could be worse — you could be Stuck In Lodi like John Fogerty:
Mas…Sacramento reporter Sabrina Rodriguez meets friendly baboon (video)
“On a Saturday afternoon in late summer, in the midst of a Long Beach multicultural neighborhood inhabited mostly by Cambodians, Latinos and African-Americans, an empty lot came alive. Families walking with their children, teenagers running on skateboards and curious drivers slowed down their pace to watch live performances by an Hispanic theater group made up of day laborers, and by a group from CSULB’s Dance Department.” — Filmmaker Rick Meghiddo.
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So, a couple of weeks ago, there was this link going around that depicts certain 90s cartoon characters “taking on” New York fashion week in trendy outfits. Among them are Lisa Simpson and Daria. When I saw this, the first thing I thought was, Ugh. Lisa Simpson, proud feminist with so much to say about gender roles, body shaming and capitalism, drawn in this hyper-thin, rich girl way? Why, baby Jesus? Why? My friends had the same question, plus not-so-thrilled reactions to Daria. You know Daria, who once said, …”edgy” occurs when middle-brow, middle-aged profiteers are looking to suck the energy–not to mention spending money–out of the “youth culture”? Yep, that Daria is depicted in overpriced clothes, standing in front of a Mercedes dealership. Yuck.
Mas…Your childhood cartoon heroes — where are they now? (toons)
Ai, yai, yai yai! The late great Tex-Mex music superstar Freddy Fender has his way with the 1882 ranchera classic Cielito Lindo. But do you know the words? ¡Ajua!
Here are the lyrics via Wikipedia:
Mas…Freddy Fender Hispanic Heritage Music Video: ‘Cielito Lindo’
OK, people break it up. Nothing to see here. Move along now, return to your homes. Just your average Peruvian cane toad eating a bat. Like you’ve never seen this before. ¡Chale!
It’s Octember! Or is it Septober? It’s the time of the year when the weather starts getting cooler, politic shenanigans get ignored and eyes begin to glaze over from lethal injections of sports, beer and chicken wings.
‘Merica.
Septober is also the pseudo-month that we deal in tragedies of two kinds: “Hispanic Heritage” and banned books. Interestingly enough, both tragedies cross paths in Tucson, AZ, ground zero for censorship in the 21st century.
The ballad of Tucson is a long and sad corrido. It will make you laugh and it will also make you cry. If all the world is a stage then Tucson definitely has its players; many of them clowns but most of them sad, voiceless puppets manipulated by a system hell-bent on pushing an agenda of whitewashed ambivalence.
Mas…Twin Tragedies in AZ: Hispanic Heritage Month, Banned Books
They were just ordinary people, living ordinary lives, until one singular sensation of circumstances conspired with fate to make them UNSUNG HEROES OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.
Sophie Wasserman, Ph.D., (1923-2001) was a DuPont chemical engineer and the chief scientist behind the petroleum polymer extrusion technologies used to manufacture smooth sheets of soft and flexible plastic “fabrics.”
One of her innovative new materials was branded as Corinthian Leather, the Chrysler Cordoba luxury feature that led to fame and fortune for Ricardo Mantalban, the Most Corinthian Man in the World:
Mas…Unsung Heroes of Hispanic Heritage Month: Sophie Wasserman, Ph.D.
They’re called Banda Red House and they play Led Zeppelin’s The Ocean like a boss — in the bedroom.
When it comes to Hispanic Heritage, there’s nothing like Ye Olde Mexicanne Hatte Dance. And it’s so nice to have a complete dance band hanging around the old adobe!
Quickdraw McGraw El Kabong saves the day and Popeye El Marinero goes to Mexico, next, on POCHO:
Mas…Hispanic Heritage Videos: Popeye, Mexican Hat Dance, El Kabong
This dog loves to skateboard and — as much as a dog can actually SMILE — he appears to be having happy doggy time. Woof! Good dog!
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It’s on the Twitters so it’s all official!
Latinos In Social Media just named POCHO Jefe-in-Chief Lalo Alcaraz (photo, right) as Best Political Blogger. ¡Felicidades, Jefe!
It’s only logical, the way George Lopez explains it to Arsenio Hall.
