Talk About No-Nonsense Political Endorsement

Here’s how ImpreMedia-owned El Diario La Prensa chose to show its endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama. A front page editorial on today’s paper calls for change in the face of the nation’s near-collapse.

McCain Thinks Obama is ‘Very Riesgoso’

McCain has just launched a new TV ad in Spanish calling Obama and his friends as very “risky” (un riesgo) for the nation’s small business owners.

I don’t know you guys, but judging from the picture above, I wouldn’t be so sure as to who is the riskiest loco around.

Gringo Food [and Traditions] Can Be Fatal

In an effort to replicate one of America’s most stupid popular eating challenges, a company in Mexicali, Baja California, offered to give away $5,000 pesos ($450) to the person who could eat as many hamburgers possible in 10 minutes.

One of them didn’t make it. According to La Jornada, 37-year-old Samuel Gallego Sánchez died of asphyxia in front of his family while stuffing himself with hamburgers, a contest organized by local eatery Las Calotonas.

Why the obsession with disgusting food challenges? How about how many books can you read in one month? how many hours can you go without using the net? How many companies can we fine for encouraging people to be fat? Anyone?