Ok, you guys. This is getting ridiculous! A Spanish-language letter that was sent today to thousands of suburban voters in Westchester County had the wrong date for Election Day, urging them to cast their votes on November 9. According to AP:

The mailing, about the availability of ballot marking devices used by disabled voters, was in English and Spanish. The Spanish section said Election Day was Nov. 9 instead of Nov.4.

So, be careful with what you receive, and watch out for wrong dates and funky machines. You might end up just like Homer when he decided to cast his vote…

Artist and museum education consultant Eduardo Pineda has come up with an innovative, politically-correct (and politically-desirable) interpretation of the now-infamous El Negrito, a fixture in the ages-old game of La Lotería.

It is still to be seen if  “that one” will make it to the White House, but I can tell you the image above is way more refreshing than the original one.

Via: Open Door Contemporary Art Projects

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So according to this Press TV headline, Obama is leading MacCain (not McCain) in certain Hispanic states [sic.] And one can only wonder if that is how Hispanics in “Hispanic states” really pronounce his name. After all, it sounds more like Mac & Cheese.

Everything has to be used with moderation, especially these very special condoms, for the “elitist penis” and not for the “typical white guy,” as their marketing pitch establishes. But if a Texan guy called Jorge recommends them, hell, we’d better pay close attention. Here’s what Jorge has to say:

You might not know this, but Mexico’s illegitimate President Felipe Calderón managed to get all the way to the Big Apple without asking the Congress for permission. And that is because a recent change in the Mexican Constitution now allows presidents to take short trips abroad without seeking consent from Congress. (And you know how mean Mexico’s Congress can get, denying Mr. Fox permission to travel abroad… twice.)

So … while we’re in the change-the-Constitution mode, perhaps we could tweak it a tiny bit more just so that he will now be required to ask fellow Mexicans permission to go back. I’m sure the answer will be a resounding: No!!!!!!

You can say anything you want about John McCain but the man surely knew how to kiss… or so says Brazilian former model María Gracinda, who claims to have spent the hottest week ever with John McCain many moons ago.

In an interview with the newspaper Extra, Gracinda described the young McCain as gostosinho (cuddly), carinhoso (affectionate) and romantic and noted he called her ‘my coconut bonbon.’

Although she dated many important men all her life, the 77-year-old woman is reportedly still living alone. So perhaps Mr. McCain would like to do us all a favor, reconsider the whole thing and rejoin his lost bombón.

That would be muito gostoso!

Following the brouhaha surrounding Mr. Obama’s lipstick on a pig remark, I decided to let Mr. McCain on a little secret: Saying that “You can put lipstick on a pig; it’s still a pig,” doesn’t necessarily mean that you are calling somebody a pig. (Although one can always argue that a gun-loving, pro-death penalty, anti-abortion pig wouldn’t look any cuter on make-up.)

Of course, Mexicans couldn’t care less for pigs or lipsticks. We prefer to call a female monkey dressed in silk just a monkey: Aunque la mona se vista de seda, mona se queda.

How I wish everybody could master the beauty of popular wisdom!