propaganda
What’s in the ‘fake news’ today at SARAPE’s GRILL? (toon)
POCHO amigo Arnie Bermudez’ new cartoon series follows events at your favorite local taqueria, SARAPE’s GRILL.
Let’s take a look ….
Mas…What’s in the ‘fake news’ today at SARAPE’s GRILL? (toon)
About those all-gender restrooms at SARAPE’s GRILL (toon)
POCHO amigo Arnie Bermudez’ new cartoon series follows events at your favorite local taqueria, SARAPE’s GRILL.
Let’s take a look ….
Mas…About those all-gender restrooms at SARAPE’s GRILL (toon)
Before America went crazy, Uncle Sam welcomed immigrants (audio)
Before World War II, the American government cranked up the propaganda machine to WELCOME immigrants with a Sunday afternoon radio program from the INS called I’m An American. Sara Laskow reports for NPR’s All Things Considered.
Here’s the show with immigration posterboy and refugee from the Nazis Albert Einstein:
Mas…Before America went crazy, Uncle Sam welcomed immigrants (audio)
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!
VIDEO: Bert the Turtle stars in ‘Duck and Cover’ (1951)
Hey, you pochos who are not Baby Boomers: Come with us now to the thrilling days of yesteryear (1951) when Americans worried about a nuclear attack from an evil Commie dictator across the sea. Good times!
POCHO Jefe Lalo Alcaraz @ ComicCon’s Chicano Comics Panel (video)
They let POCHO Jefe-in-Chief Lalo Alcaraz speak at San Diego Comic Con 2017’s Chicano Comics panel — a home town audience. What happened next? Believe it or nalgas! [Video by QoVoC.]
Will babosos pay $25K to eat gold-flecked tacos in Cabo? (video)
RUPTLY, the Russian fake news and propaganda video channel, features endless news clips about how everything that’s not Russia is going to Hell in a hoopty.
This new video introduces a publicity-savvy chef who seeks to entice rich assholes into paying $25,000 for gold-leaf-garnished tacos (Kobe beef, lobster, Beluga caviar, foie gras, extra pretension included, guacamole extra charge) in Cabo San Lucas.
It looks like two folks chowed down on the admittedly beautiful tacos for the cameras, but were they ringers or customers? If you spend $25,000 staying the Presidential Suite, the tacos are free, so that’s something.
RUPTLY explains and translates:
Mas…Will babosos pay $25K to eat gold-flecked tacos in Cabo? (video)
Here are some other things Trump read and then Tweeted (toon)
[Payton Hoegh toons regularly at Weekly Political dot com.]
Logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead (toon)
[Payton Hoegh toons regularly at Weekly Political dot com.]
POCHO History 101: ‘Alternative Facts’ about American slavery (toon)
From the Harvard Library: 5 Ways to Spot Fake News (infographic)
There are people out there that want you to believe their “alternative facts.” Don’t fall for that bullshit. The librarians at Harvard show us all how.
Mexico: FOR Liberty, AGAINST Nazis (WWII toons, video)
Seventy-some years ago, Mexico joined the Allies (AKA the United Nations) to fight against Nazi Germany. Contrast and compare with 2016 when the U.S.A. will soon be “led” by its very own homegrown fascist.
Back in the good old days, the U.S. Office of Inter-American Affairs produced and released the propaganda flick Mexican Moods praising our new World War II BFFs south of the border, the place where cheeto boy wants to build his wall.
At the Trump Grill, one customer gets served first (CCCP toon)
War gets served first, then libraries, the arts, education, and healthcare get leftovers, if there are any.
Uncle Sam’s migracorrido ‘La Bestia (The Death Train)’ (music, lyrics)
From Central America comes this ballad that’s fast rising the Latin American charts. It’s all about the dangerous Death Train that Central American drug war refugees ride on their way across Mexico enroute to El Norte. In Spanish they call the train The Beast — La Bestia.
And who is the man behind this music? It’s a name we all love, but who knew he could sing!? This track comes from Uncle Sam, who hired an ad agency to make a hit record.
Mas…Uncle Sam’s migracorrido ‘La Bestia (The Death Train)’ (music, lyrics)
Elise Roedenbeck: Uncle Sam’s Propaganda Video History Roundup
With the United States government hitting the digital airwaves with an anti-Boko Haram TV channel (we loved their Whiter Shade of Pale but kidnapping those girls in Nigeria was too much), our MiJA, Elise Roedenbeck, dusts off some old Uncle Sam propaganda for historical context and stuff. On the Twtter, btw, she’s @buttronica.
And now a generic commercial from some brand (video)
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[Your mileage may vary. This product is meant for educational purposes only. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead is purely coincidental. Void where prohibited. Some assembly required. List each check separately by bank number. Batteries not included. Contents may settle during shipment. Use only as directed. No other warranty expressed or implied. Do not use while operating a motor vehicle or heavy equipment.
The words of the prophet are written on the local walls (photo)
Angry agitprop on a freshly-pasted street poster in LA’s Silver Lake neighborhood, snapped Wednesday afternoon — photo via cool iPhone app Snapcious.