(PNS reporting from ALTA CALIFORNIA) The original militant self-deportationist Daniel D. Portado is back and proud as punch that his ex-boss Pete Wilson has endorsed GOP wannabe Mitt Romney. Romney has already advocated self-deportation, as Portado told Rachel Maddow, and that means Romney endorses Portado! “Attention mojados,” he warns in this video. “It’s time to self-deport!”

Vintage footage of strip clubs and exotic GoGo dancers heats up this 2009 release from Mexican retro-rockers Matorralman. Beauties, cuties and nudies! ¡Que rocko!

(Semi-nude breasts with pasties and/or kinky tassels. No nipples. May be NSFW or unavailable in your area; ask your doctor before beginning any GoGo dancing regimen.)

8. You’re always late.

7. You laugh or talk too loudly.

6. You have a short temper.

5. You’re spicy/overly sexual.

4. You don’t speak English.

3. You are related to every other Latino.

2. You only eat Latino foods.

And the top stereotype about Latino professionals is …

When you speak Spanish, you are talking about them.

Based on stories from our friends at NewsTaco.com

What does it mean to be black and Latino in the U.S.? Black History Month is a good time to ask.

This video features interviews with Latino actors Laz Alonso (“Avatar”, “Jumping the Broom”), Tatyana Ali (“Fresh Prince of Bel Air”), Gina Torres (“Suits, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys”) and Judy Reyes (“Scrubs”), musicians Christina Milian (“Dip it Low”) and Kat DeLuna (“Whine Up”), and journalist Soledad O’Brien (CNN).

More videos here.

What’s it like for you? Do you have good hair or bad hair?

POCHO Migrant Editor and Daily Show Senior Latino Correspondent Al Madrigal explains the nuances of the Latino electorate to host Jon Stewart.

The secret? Arroz by any other name …

POCHO wishes Roberto Gomez Bolaños — AKA “Chespirito” — a happy 83rd birthday.

Chespirito (Little Shakespeare) is Mexico’s most-beloved children’s comic, humorist and performer, creator of the iconic television shows El Chavo and El Chapulin Colorado.

El Chapulin is famously the inspiration for the Simpson’s “Bumblebee Man.” I was fortunate to have met Bolaños and his wife “Doña Florinda” at the Latino Book and Family Festival at Cal State L.A. in 2005.

His characters appeared on Mexican and Latin American television from 1970 to 1995, and at their peak had 350 million viewers. Chespirito continues to bring joy and risas to children all over Latin America and the U.S.

¡Síganme los buenos, and keep on clicking for a classic Chesperito video! 

ESPN? Oh no you you di'nt!

ESPN editor Anthony Federico penned a controversial Lin-spired headline (screencapture, right) that used the word “chink,” as in “Chink In The Armor” and got fired for writing a dopey racist headline and/or for being lazy and publishing the first crappy thing that popped into his mind.

POCHO contributor Edward Rueda has created this series of Caption Chingazos featuring an array of Caucasian athletes, with the modest proposal:

What if white athletes had to deal with Lin-sensitive media headlines?

Images and captions courtesy Edward Rueda.

Dear Gorton’s Seafood and Rinck Advertising:

I am thrilled to the gills that you took the time to respond. I am a fan of your products, and hope that they reach many more households than mine.

However, your response reveals exactly why you floundered in the first place. You mention that you “used a Spanish translation service,” and that “Spanish-speaking staff members were involved throughout the project.”

You didn’t say that you translated it yourself in-house, or that Spanish-speaking and/or Latino executives (emphasis on executives) oversaw the project.

Instead, it seems like someone internally had the idea to reach out to Latina moms but fish-farmed out the work because you didn’t have the capabilities or experience to do it on your own.

If you want to dive into the pocketbooks of the Latino community, please dive into yours first by hiring and supporting Hispanic professionals. Lots of them.

I mean copy editors, creatives, artists, web designers, and in-house executives from a variety of Latin backgrounds, so that when someone leaves an accent off of one word you have a chorus of voices on deck, under your own roof, protecting you by saying, “Hey! Where I’m from, that means ‘tits and seafood’” or, “Wait a second. My own mom’s going to burst out laughing because you’re asking her to purchase blow jobs and gay men, not fish sticks.’”

Screenshot shows Gorton's website boner

I don’t like serving sloppy seconds to my own family, and I don’t like getting served sloppy seconds myself. When I see a Spanish-language website riddled with errors and only half thought-out creatively, a pale copy of the original English-language one, that’s what I’m being offered. Latinas are notoriously loyal to brands (I’m sure you’ve seen the numbers), and even more so when there’s a measurable commitment to our community in return.

So put your money where your Potato Crunch Fillets are. Hire a few full-time Latino professionals in-house to work on All Things Gorton’s so that I can be proud to put your products in my shopping cart.

Very sincerely,

Bernadette Rivero

Bernadette Rivero is the president of  The Cortez Brothers, a production company and creative development hub in Los Angeles dedicated to getting Latin culture right. She is also a mom and enjoys fish sticks.

(PNS reporting from ARIZONA) It’s the commercial the Mexican Mitt Romney campaign didn’t want you to see — an explosive TV endorsement by anti-immigrant Sheriff Paul Babeu calling for the erection of a GAYDAR border fence.

The six-figure TV buy on local stations was cancelled over the weekend after Babeu faced hard questions about how exactly he meant to “get to the bottom” of the Mexican immigrant situation.

@MexicanMitt

Babeu had to geu from the Mexican Mitt campaign after allegations surfaced that he threatened to deport his Mexican immigrant boyfriend.

“Complete the danged GAYDAR border fence!” Babeu urges in the video. “I approved this message,” adds Mitt.

The Good:

George Washington’s birthday is a federal holiday celebrated on the third Monday of February in honor of George Washington, the first President of Los United Estates, AKA The Father of Our Country. Some people call it Presidents Day (sometimes spelled Presidents’ Day or President’s Day.)

The Not So Good:

Dave Chappelle isn’t so sure about George’s special day, right there in the middle of Black History Month (NSFW Video):