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Only 1 in 7 believe in impending Mayan Apocalypse Doomsday 2012

by APU CALYPSO May 8, 2012 Doomsday Countdown
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Only 1 in 7 people has faced up to the fact that the world will end soon and maybe in December, according to a new poll released by Reuters. “Whether they think it will come to an end through the hands of God, or a natural disaster or a political event, whatever the reason, one [...]

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PochoCast #4: Alcaraz/Madrigal ‘Cinco de Mayo fever jumps the shark’

by HERMAN CAIN'S ARCADE May 7, 2012 Audio
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POCHO’s Lalo Alcaraz, Jefe-in-Chief, and Al Madrigal, Migrant Editor, Skype truth to power in PochoCast Number Four. The long-distance interlocutors are all about Cinco de Mayo fever, Mexican Mitt Romney, Gustavo Arellano,  Taco John’s,  SB1070, Obama, the Dream Act, Los Lobos, Latino USA, Taco USA, La Cucaracha, Ann Romney, Twitter, hate mail, the Politico blog, [...]

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Ñewsweek: MEChA makeover, French tribe in Puebla, MX, Hey Vato!

by Comic Saenz May 6, 2012 El Now
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It’s so last century, the new generation of Chicano students say, and the hard-to-pronounce-and-explain name for venerable activist organization M.E.Ch.A has to change! POCHO covered the explosive debate and published your reader comments in this week’s biggest story. And history came alive as anthropologists discovered a previously-lost tribe of Frenchman living in caves near the [...]

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Lost tribe of Frenchmen discovered living in cave near Puebla, MX

by Victor Payan May 5, 2012 Cultura
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(PNS reporting from PUEBLA, MEXICO) Mexican researchers are baffled by the discovery of a lost tribe of Frenchmen living in an artfully-decorated cave in the foothills of Mt. Popocatépetl in the state of Puebla.  The Frenchmen, found by a group of hikers, are believed to be descended from a military patrol that went missing in 1862, during the [...]

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Cartel street battle in Puebla, MX ends in rout of French gang invaders

by EDUARDO BURRO May 4, 2012 Cultura
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(PNS reporting from PUEBLA, MEXICO) Federales are cleaning up the streets of this southeastern city after a three-day battle between area gangsters and a French gang left 83 locals and 462 gabachos dead. The  Marseilles gang (“La Eme”) — sent to collect a drug debt allegedly owed by the Puebla-based Ignacio Zaragosa clika (the “Zetas”) — [...]

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MEChA changes name to one members can pronounce

by Moctezuma Cortés May 3, 2012 El Now
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(PNS reporting from WASHINGTON D.C.) The board of the historic student organization MEChA voted Wednesday to change the group’s name to something easier for its members to pronounce. MEChA was born during the Chicano Civil Rights Movement, and its name — Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán — was an artifact of its 1960s’ genesis. But [...]

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Pocho Ocho reasons Romney won’t choose Marco Rubio for VP

by S.J. Rivera May 2, 2012 El Now
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As reported by the Miami Herald, there are about 8,000 reasons why Mitt Romney might not pick Florida’s Teabbagged Sen. Marco Rubio for as his running mate. Here are the top eight: 8. Sin Papeles. He’s illegal! It’s debatable who has the wetter back since Romney is from Mexico but Rubio is just as undocumented [...]

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Adios, Gordo Gingrich! You’ll never get your sangwich :(

by MOL DEF May 2, 2012 El Now
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Former Freaker of the House Newt Gingrich’s campaign for the Republican presidential nomination is over. POCHO laments the loss of this serial adulterer and nominee wannabe, as his ignorant, racist douchebaggery provided us with lots of ñews, including this Spanish-language campaign commercial with realistic English subtitles. And there’s more below:

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Romney courts ‘Hispanic vote’ with cartoon parrot sidekick (video)

by Comic Saenz May 1, 2012 El Now
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GOP presidential wannabee Mitt Romney knows he needs help with the “Hispanic vote” so he hired a Spanish-speaking, taco-loving parrot named Paco to help him out on the campaign trail. This is their first joint video. Contrast and compare with Romney’s earlier Nosotros ad, presented here with English subtitles.

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I was an eyewitness/participant at the L.A. riots/uprising/desmadre

by Lalo Alcaraz April 30, 2012 El Now
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This Saturday, after driving and blasting some Public Enemy and NWA in my decidedly non-gangster hoopty (a new, very gas-friendly tiny vehicle) I went home feeling amped up about the commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of the L.A. Riots. I checked the newspapers, then went online and  was reading an excellent piece by Pocho homie, [...]

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