Year: 2017
Vietnam Says ‘Hola’ to Tacos, Because… Tacos!
Mexican Veganism Is Veganism I Can Actually Embrace 🐷
Are you a MEAT lover, but want to get into the whole healthy-vegan-kale-gluten-free hipster BS trend thing?
Worry not. My people have come up with an amazing idea!
I give you Vegan Bread Crumbs, a gluten-free, vegan product you can safely use to bread your fish, chicken and — YES — steak.
All this is good news, because veganism is great but, come on, you gotta eat animals!
Chomp, chomp… 🐷
Trump Meets Peña Nieto in Germany. A Tragicomedy Ensues
It was brief –and painful.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Enrique Peña Nieto on Friday had their first face-to-face meeting since Trump took office, and while the encounter lasted only a few minutes, it was enough for El Trumpo to assert that he’ll “absolutely” have Mexico pay for his famous wall.
Fortunately for this blogger — and the world at large — Mexican tuiteros came through to spice up the otherwise tragic encounter.
Here are only a few of my favorite Twitter moments of this year’s G-20 meeting. Be sure to come back, as I’m going to be updating this post throughout this hilarious/tragic day.
Leadership
Yo vi a un Presidente con un gran liderazgo y mucha firmeza. No sé de qué hablan. pic.twitter.com/XuL9xkYrhE
— Vampipe (@vampipe) 7 de julio de 2017
Real Life Memes
Memes en la vida real. pic.twitter.com/WWfYX5HxeX
— Vampipe (@vampipe) 7 de julio de 2017
Clueless Leader
Como cuando NO sabes qué está PASANDO pero actúas cool… pic.twitter.com/DoNvXIVf9P
— Risco (@jrisco) 7 de julio de 2017
Hear No Evil
— Oye @EPN después de tu reunión con Donald Trump ¿México va a pagar por el muro?
— pic.twitter.com/TAsQhao4hf— Puerco Potter (@LosSimpsonMX) 7 de julio de 2017
What? I didn’t Hear Anything
“…Yo no escuche lo que dijo trump” pic.twitter.com/Jo5NA8W2GQ
— elio (@eliottito) 7 de julio de 2017
Human Sacrifice
“Le entrego en sacrificio este bebé, a cambio de que decline su idea del muro… y como muestra de buena voluntad, le regalo Tlaxcala” pic.twitter.com/TVEEmvL4bk
— Havuck El Robot (@YoHavuck) 7 de julio de 2017
Video via ABC News
Move Over, ‘Guardians of the Galaxy;’ Mexico Wants you to See ‘Guardianes de la Galatzia’ Instead
It is becoming increasingly difficult to keep blogging, when Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Stories et al keep beating me to the punch, like, by the second. But there are things that are just so beautiful that they deserve to be immortalized in this venerable, non-for-profit, read-by-nobody blog. And this is one of them.
So there. Enjoy. And repeat after me: “Mexicans: How can anyone not love us?”
This Laser Hair Removal Biz in Brazil Wants you to Know Frida Would Have Been Better off Using their Services
Some laser hair removal shop in Brazil called Espaçolaser thought it would be a great idea to use a Before-After image of Frida Kahlo showing how unbelievably different (presumably better) she would have looked AFTER undergoing a hair laser removal therapy with them.
Well, I’ve got news for you, people:
Ummmm, no!
Go home, Espaco Laser, you’re drunk.
Trump’s White House Tweets in what it Thinks is the Spanish Language
It’s been over five months since the tragic day President Donald Trump took over the White House, and yet it seems determined to keep ignoring Spanish speakers. Or at least that’s what one can surmise after reading the tweets coming out of @LaCasaBlanca, the White House’s Spanish twitter account, which is a mix of bad Spanish with even worse Spanglish.
The above annotations (by the editors of The Associated Press) are only a small fraction of the horror that this thing is, not to mention that many tweets were actually sent out in English, because why bother?
The @LaCasaBlanca Twitter handle was restored in February after having disappeared following Trump’s inauguration. The Spanish-language Twitter account that was active during the Obama years has moved to @LaCasaBlanca44 and is currently managed by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA.)
Via: CNET en Español
Bet You Don’t Know What Cuatro de Julio is All About
I’m not sure you guys know this, but Cuatro de Julio is a not-so-booming town in the north of Paraguay. Population: 63 people for 7 km radius. And, as far as I can tell, nobody there celebrates, nor gives a damn about the Fourth of July.
Other fun facts: Latitude: -20.1333; Lat (DMS): 20° 7′ 60S; Altitude (meters): 76;
Here’s a map in case you don’t know where to locate Cuatro de Julio… (or Paraguay, for that matter)
So, North and South of the Equator: Have a Happy Cuatro de Julio!
Latin Americans Are Selling Memes in the Street…
Group Wants Immigrants to Speak English; Americans not Required to do the Same
The Center for Immigration Studies, a so-called think tank I’ve never heard of, has published a very long report that basically concludes immigrants are illiterate and that Hispanics, in particular, “lag far behind other migrant populations in the U.S. when it comes to developing proficiency in English.”
The study, of course, was widely cited in several conservative publications, notably the Drudge Report (duh) and even gathered enough steam to call for an end of political correctness and launch a national Speak English Initiative.
“The importance of English literacy cannot be overstated,” wrote Jason Richwine, the author of the study and yet another person unknown to this blogger. “Without language proficiency, immigrant families will find it difficult to succeed in the mainstream of American society, and high rates of English illiteracy may be a sign of poor immigrant assimilation.”
In other words, as Mrs. Palin has warned us repeatedly: If you, people, want to be here… let’s speak American!
TAKE IT AWAY, SARAH!
Mexican Entrepreneurship Knows No Limits: Flood Edition
Mexico City looked like a scene of an apocalyptic movie on Wednesday afternoon as a powerful storm hit Mexico’s capital, flooding entire avenues, several subway stations and even private homes and shopping malls.
But, as you — loyal followers of this blog — have learned by now, there’s no stopping the creativity of my people (i.e. The Mexicans) in the face of adversity.
Just WATCH:
Video by: @LoboSinLuna
This Fashion Designer Will not Leave Home Without Tajín, Because Life without Mexican Spices Is Dull
As Mr. Bastion himself wrote in New York magazine:
I’ve seen people use it to rim a margarita glass, to shake on watermelon and oranges, or on scrambled eggs. Amazing on corn on the cob. It’s great on everything, particularly in the summer. Keep it in your carry-on and go crazy.
So far so good, Michael, and we’re willing to go crazy with you, but here’s a useful, free-of-charge piece of advice: Why pay $9 for a 14 oz. Tajín bottle in Amazon when you can buy, like, dozens of those in Mexico for that price? I mean, nobody wants to be taken for a ride, and I’m sure you’re not the exception…
You are welcome.
Hat tip: @minsd
Today in Awesome English to Spanish Translations…
The above sign was spotted at a posh resort, but I’m pretty sure they did not use Google to translate the text into Spanish. I literally just pasted the English text into my Google Translate app, and it came up with a pretty decent Por favor, apague las duchas cuando haya terminado.
[See below]
So here’s a piece of advice for English-speaking hotel owners out there: If you must choose between your high-school Spanish and Google Translate… Go with the latter.
¡GRACIAS!
Marketing English Lessons in Mexico Is No Brainer
Attention, Mexicans! The Border Wall Will be Solar, Cheaper, so We’ll Have more Money for Tacos
Sick of bad news? I have some good news for you. No, actually I have some GREAT news for y’all.
Our Commander in Chief this week reiterated his promise to build a huge, beautiful wall along the Mexico-U.S. border. But unlike previous reports, it looks like this thing will not be your regular wall, ¡no señor!: It will be a solar wall, one that will create energy, and thus will pay for itself. That way, said the-man-who-shall-not-be-mentioned, “Mexico will have to pay much less money, and that’s good.”
But that is not good, it is SUPER good, because you know what “much less money” spent on the wall means, right? It means we’ll have extra cash for tacos, tamales, garnachas and the like. So, YAY!
Make Garnachas Affordable Again!
Just WATCH!
#MGAA
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