Everyone has reasons why you should vote. What are the best reasons not to?
8. That time of the month
7. I have a headache
6. I have to wash my hair
What exactly is on the mind of an ‘undecided voter’? (video)
He’s an undecided voter and his mind’s in a pickle about the big issues. We asked him why.
Pocho History 101: ‘Abraham Lincoln’ by Louis CK (SNL video)
American History 101 – Pocho Style.
Ñewsweek: Halloween, Day of the Dead, Chavo del Ocho Style
Ghosts and skeletons and ghouls that go bump in the night?
It was a spooky ñewsweek at POCHO — the most popular entries on the site were not the newsiest.
Pochos liked this week’s entries about Halloween, Chavo del Ocho Gangnam Style, The Simpsons‘ Mr. Burns’ endorsement of Gov. Mitt Romney and Lalo Alcaraz’s Sandy toon.
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Mas…Ñewsweek: Halloween, Day of the Dead, Chavo del Ocho Style
Tio Sam’s War Department presents ‘Tuesday In November’ (video)
Tuesday In November (1945, directed by John Houseman 16:54)
NARRATOR: It is early morning of the first Tuesday in November. This is an American city. A city that is not very large, not very rich, not very old. It is situated in the western part of the United States, in California. Its name is Riverton. The woman in the car is Mrs. Dawson, one of Riverton’s 15,000 residents. She is principal of Public School No. 2, but today there will be no classes held here. For this is Election Day.
Tuesday In November is a film in simple language made primarily for overseas audiences, many of whom did not enjoy the right to elect their own governments.
Mas…Tio Sam’s War Department presents ‘Tuesday In November’ (video)
Chavo Del Ocho Gangnam Style (video)
Hey — sexy lady!
- RELATED: Mitt Romney Gangnam Style (NSFW)
Dia de Los Muertos Argentine mutants are people too, my friend (video)
The band: El Mató a un Policía Motorizado. The video: Día de Los Muertos. We don’t know why, exactly, but one of the mutants from Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Total Recall is involved, and he is not muerto. We advise you, therefore, that the events depicted in this video are probably not a true story but rather a sequence of images strung together to go with the music. That’s how they roll in Argentina.
Breaking: Montgomery Burns endorses Mitt Romney (video)
Prominent nuclear power advocate Montgomery Burns has endorsed Gov. Mitt Romney for president.
Day of the Dead Snoop Dogg Lion is all ‘La La La’ (video)
RIP Snoop Dogg, hola kinder, gentler Snoop Lion! La La La (produced by Major Lazer.)
Paint your nails to look like Dia de Los Muertos calaveras (video)
Sara Inés Calderón turns her fingernails into calaveras for Day of the Dead and you can too!
Gracias a POCHO amigo Carvin Knowles for the scary soundtrack!
Al Madrigal in downtown Manhattan for The Daily Show (video)
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POCHO Migrant Editor (and Daily Show Senior Latino Correspondent) Al Madrigal reports on the situation in lower Manhattan after Sandy.
Vivacious Miss Audacious: ‘Caliente! – Un Burlesco Latino’ (video)
The lithe Vivacious Miss Audacious shows off her mad hula hoop skillz while wearing Catrina Calavera makeup (and getting undressed) in a performance piece called Caliente! – Un Burlesco Latino – “Dia de los Muertos.” She makes naughty look so nice.
Playing with your food for fun on Dia de Los Muertos (video)
Someone — maybe you — will watch this weird stop motion animation Dias De Los Muertos by Scott Renk and say, “Some people have too much time on their hands” to which we say, “Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes… the ones who see things differently…”
Happy Halloween, Little Girls! Signed, GOP Great Pumpkin (photo)
Make sure you wear white when you go out at night! Love, Your Grand Old Party.
Dispatch From A Pocha: Lost in New York City
I put on pants today. It wasn’t nearly as horrible as I remember.
Though it’s only been three days since Hurricane Sandy ransacked the East Coast, it feels like three years.
Manhattan is a different world. The subways are flooded, people are trapped in their neighborhoods, only the Thai place is delivering.
I went to the bodega for some cans of tuna, all they had was anchovies… Never mind, another day of coconut curry…
The Mars Volta: Bloody paletas to die for from ‘The Widow’ (video)
The Mars Volta band of El Paso pocho prog rockers live to die in this video of The Widow. K espooky!
Pocho Ocho escariest Halloween costumes
Your mileage may vary, of course, but these costumes will scare the hell out of some people in the neighborhood:
8. Lance Armstrong
7. Jerry Sandusky
6. Sheriff Joe Arpaio
5. Gov. Jan Brewja
Romney campaign releases Halloween-themed music video
“Romney will lie to you to win the nomination. He will lie to you to get elected. He will lie to you as President” — Newt Gingrich
Tierra: Goodbye, ‘Arizona’ (video)
Goodbye, racist Arizona, says Tierra.
YouTube math wiz Vihart makes a mathematical burrito (video)
She’s a popular math geek on Youtube with mad origami skillz and she takes a special approach to making a burrito.
Lena Horne can’t go on: ‘Stormy Weather’ (music video)
Don’t know why there’s no sun up in the sky? From the 1943 film of the same name, Lena Horne delivers the weather forecast: Stormy Weather.
Loteria election cards with two of your favorite villains (toons)
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Artist Ingrid Cruz writes, “I’m working on a series of them. I hope to complete the other 52 before November 6.”
- RELATED: Voteria Cards by Lalo Alcaraz
Ñewsweek: Meet Princess Malinche, beat the Gap, Fidel’s not dead
Sofia the First, Disney’s new animated princess is a Latina, hooray! Wait, she’s not a Latina? Well, then who is Disney’s Latina princess? Princess Malinche, you say? Orale!
Another ñewsweek at POCHO meant princesses, the Gap’s taste in t-shirts, Mitt’s taste in short shorts, Fidel Castro is still not dead, Donald Trump is still a jerk and more.
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Mas…Ñewsweek: Meet Princess Malinche, beat the Gap, Fidel’s not dead