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UFO ‘Experts’ Go to Mexican Congress, Show Proof of Non-Human Mummies, Hilarity Ensues
This week Mexico made International headlines – again – and not because of our awesome, September-themed delicious meals or for yet another scary temblor.
This time, our national embarassment hails from an unusual presentation at the Mexican Congress, where lawmakers heard testimony from a group of UFO “experts” who suggested the possibility that extraterrestrials might exist.
Yeah, NOT making this up.
Mexican journalist José Jaime Maussan presented two boxes with supposed mummies found in Peru, which he and others consider “non-human beings that are not part of our terrestrial evolution.”
Maussan was part of a group of researchers who showed up at the storied Mexican Congress building to display a couple of shriveled bodies with shrunken, warped heads who – according to this blogger – looked more like the bastard children of E.T. and Baby Yoda.
Mexico being Mexico, the whole thing became not only an international embarassment but – of course – a source of so many memes this blogger cannot stop laughing.
Here are some of my faves:
FIND YOURSELVES SOMEONE WHO…
Quédate con quien te vea como Maussan a su alien 😍 pic.twitter.com/NzblNdeOOS
— Mariana Tamés (@mariana_tames) September 13, 2023
QUINCENA BLUES
Me cae que no quería, señor Maussan, me cae que no. Pero hice un meme. pic.twitter.com/0lcGs3hWCk
— Elías Leonardo Salazar (@DonEliasSalazar) September 15, 2023
SAME, SAME
— Pɪʀᴏ́ᴍᴀɴᴏ ᴅᴇ ʟᴀ Nᴏsᴛᴀʟɢɪᴀ ❤️🔥 (@punk_y_cursi) September 14, 2023
YUM!
Hice un meme de Jaime Maussan y las fiestas patrias pic.twitter.com/wHorgQzc3Z
— Torres (@ongy_irving) September 14, 2023
TAMALIEN
Tamalien 🌽👽 pic.twitter.com/awuHiLUV16
— Andrea Ixchíu (@Andreakomio) September 18, 2023
SOPE ALIEN, ANYONE?
Baby are you ok? You barely touched your sopealien… pic.twitter.com/lOcgFsKG1v
— Nash (@NashBaptiste) September 18, 2023
IN A NUTSHELL…
¡Qué pena con las visitas!
Supposed aliens landed in Mexico’s Congress, and scientists called fraud. pic.twitter.com/787KhHwHGl
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 14, 2023
Mexico: Home of “Entrepreneurs” –and “Quotation Marks”
Awwww, Mexico… The land of the coc nuts coold and the Special Chapo Coffee, is also ground zero for small businesses –and plenty of quotation marks.
A recent trip to the Mexican states of Hidalgo, Querétaro and Guanajuato just confirmed what this blogger always suspected: My people just looooove quotation marks.
Check out the following gallery (by yours truly) to see only a few examples of our love affair with the ubiquitous comillas.
Then again… Some small business owners just take the simplest — and yet still adorable — way to peddle their wares, like this clothing store in Pinal de Amoles, Querétaro:
Here’s to Romina: Apple of my Eye, Music Companion, Sweetest Girl Ever
Well, hello, Romy McLane:
You might not know this, but I have been trying to keep a diary since you got sick, bonita.
Rest assured it is not a drab, depressing detailed medical minutia some people might expect. It is rather (or hopes to be) an upbeat, objective timeline to try to keep track of where things stand today (March 30, 2023) – and what has happened since you entered a cold hospital room on Feb. 17 with nothing but a bad back pain.
I know this sounds selfish, but I want (need) you to know you have been on my mind 24/7 since that Sunday afternoon when my brother called – in panic – saying you might be very, very sick. Fortunately, things have been better ever since and I’m here to be close to you. For as long as it takes.
Yes, there were doctors who gave up on you at some point, only to be told to basically FUCK OFF because, I mean, you are only 28. Screw them. We’re fighting this to the end. Go, Catus-Condo!
Of course you know this, but there is an army of well-intentioned people who adore you and who are doing all we can to move Heaven & Earth to make sure you’re OK. We know you’re calm, painless and asleep right now and that gives us peace.
If life has taught me anything, is that the medical profession can do wonders, but not nearly as much as the army of people sending you prayers and great vibes on a regular basis, every day, all the time: Did you know we got folks sending you thoughts and love from places like Austin, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Belica, Berlin, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, New Paltz, Manila, Munich, Tijuana, Toluca, Querétaro, Washington D.C., and Zagreb, like EVERY SINGLE DAY? Yeah, you’re worth that – and so much more.
We got you, bonita.
You mean so much to so many of us, that you’d be well advised to come out of your beauty sleep and come sing, dance with us.
Take your time, of course, we’ll be here for your curls, your voice, your ukulele –and your incredibly witty sense of humor.
Sing alone, Romy McLane! 🎶 🎶
when people ask me when I was happiest, I’ll just go grab this pic.twitter.com/eclTGCRp6f
— Laura Martínez (@miblogestublog) March 18, 2023
All Eyes on Mexico as the Team Preps to Play Argentina
All eyes were on the Mexico vs. Argentina match on Saturday afternoon, as the teams played their first Qatar 2022 game at the Lusail Stadium.
And even before the game, the memes and “memos” started to show up…
Speacking of hopes & wishes…
This post will be updated with whatever outcome… WISH US LUCK!
Day of the Dead Is the New Cinco de Mayo –and I Can’t Even
Come November, there’s one thing that really, really, gets on my nerves (besides pumpkin-spice stuff, of course) and that is America’s obsession with the Mexican tradition known as Día de Muertos (basically Day of the Dead) or as some here dare calling it: Mexico’s Halloween.
Anyhow, in an effort to show you I was right when back in 2018 I decided to call Day of the Dead the New Cinco de Mayo, I will be posting here some of the most bizarre/sad/pathetic/senseless examples of what America is doing with one of Mexico’s most beloved traditions.
CLICK THROUGH THE FOLLOWING GALLERY OF HORRORS and be sure to check back as I’ll be updating this thing as soon as new barbaridades come my way…
I hate to say I told you, but I told you ….
Day of the Dead the new Cinco de Mayo ☝🏾 #DíaDeMuertos #ImCallingIt pic.twitter.com/4ywVobovC0
— Laura Martínez (@miblogestublog) November 2, 2018
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The NFL Changes “N” to “Ñ” to Give Logo an “Unmistakable Latin Flavor”
Remember that nonsensical trend of putting “eñes” where they don’t belong just to make something look –and sound– more authentically “Latino?”
Well, it looks like salsa makers and Hispanic journalists organizations are not alone in this thing. The latest to jump on the nonsensical “eñe wagon” (or should I say “wagoñ?”) is the National Football League, which has added an “eñe” to give its logo an “unmistakable Latin flavor.”
Ay, dios mío!
I get it. As we “celebrate” the dreaded Hispanic Heritage Month, corporations, politicians and NGOs want to sound all cute and Latin in order to properly pander to my people, but how about learning first to put the “eñe” where it DOES belong? Like in “jalapeño?” for example?
IPAndemia: The Mexican IPA you Didn’t Know Existed
The mexicans have done it, my friends. I hereby present you with IPANDEMIA, a West Coast IPA celebrating “los héroes de la salud,” the heroes of our health –forever and ever.
Photos: IPA correspondent: Mariana Carreño King in CDMX.
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My Thoughts on the Whole “Latinx” Debate
I really didn’t want to do it, but then I thought about it and, well, what the heck? In my latest column for Hispanic Executive Magazine I went down the “x” rabbit hole and tried to “Hisplain” the so-called controversy around “Latinx.”
In a nutshell:
I must tell you I do not use “Latinx” in my daily life or my writing, nor do I identify myself as such. (Truth be told, I’m totally fine being called whatever—as long as you don’t call me before 8:00 a.m.)
But you can also click here to read the whole thing…
No, Thanks, Pepsi, I’m Good
I get it, “cola” is a type of carbonated soft drink, but if you promise me a bigger butt at a moment when I’m trying to shed my COVID weight, well, just move on. Nobody here needs a bigger cola.
Look! It’s a Concha! It’s a Chancla! It’s a Con-chancla!
Move over Con-chamacos! Mexican Mother’s Day is today, so Panadería KaryCar, a pastry shop in Jalisco, had the awesome idea of launching the con-chanclas, a concha/chancla combination that is going to make your mamá very happy.
Now… if they only worked a bit harder on their grammar, because, as y’all know: #AccentsMatter
Via: Panadería KaryCar
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Mexican Taco Math
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FIFA Unveils Qatar 2022 Official Mascot; Hilarity Ensues
FIFA on Friday officially unveiled La’eeb, the official mascot of the upcoming 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
La’eeb, FIFA explains, is an Arabic word meaning “super-skilled player” and it is here to “encourage everyone to believe in themselves.”
But, as this blogger rightly expected, La’eeb was quickly embraced by the Mexican meme machine, with one Twitter user rapidly turning him into a trapo para las tortillas.
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Who Said Payphones Are not Useful?
Hat tip: @alacrandetexas on Twitter
Mini Mariachi Singer Stars in Will Smith’s Super Bowl Commercial
Football Americano? Nah…
I’ve never been fond of this so-called sport and was not going to watch it this year either, but…
I just learned that San Antonio’s renowned mini mariachi singer, Mateo López, is the star of one of the ads.
According to KSAT, the seven-year-old makes a brief appeareance in Smith’s minute-long commercial promoting the premiere of the revamped “Bel-Air,” a spinoff series from “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.”
So, yup, babies, I’ll be watching!
Just look at him! 😍
Via: KSAT.com