Pepe Escobar on U.S. VP Candidate Sarah Palin

Award winning Brazilian journalist and Real News Network correspondent Pepe Escobar breaks down Sarah Palin's views on American foreign policy. This is perhaps the most analytically dead-on deconstruction of Sarah Palin. Watch below:

Puerto Rico Wins Bronze in Paralympic Games

Her name is Nilda Gomez Lopez (Pictured on the right) and she is Puerto Rico's forgotten star. Her bronze came in the 10m Air Rifle Standing. She beat Libby Kosmala, Australia's favored shooter, for the medal.

The Australian Paralympic Committee reported the battle as follows:

"Libby Kosmala fought a neck-and-neck duel with Puerto Rico’s Nilda Gomez Lopez. Coming into the 10th and final shot, Kosmala had a 0.2 point lead but her score for the shot was 10.1 (out of a possible 10.9). But the Puerto Rican shot 10.4 to beat the Australian veteran by 0.1 with a total of 489.2 points overall to Kosmala’s 489.1."

Speaking with China's Xinhua News Nilda Gomez Lopez said:

"Please forgive me if I am being illogical. I am very, very excited."

Nilda Gomez Lopez, a true Puerto Rican hero and an inspiration to everyone in the island and beyond. We love you Nilda.

Bert & Ernie do M.O.P.'s "Ante Up"

Here are Bert and Ernie, Sesame Street's Hispanic roommates throwing it down for the 'Hood'. And I bet they would also laugh at Daddy Yankee. Sesame Street votes for Obama!

Barack Obama vs. Bill O'Reilly: The September Interview

Our Special Insurgent Correspondent Aileen collected these videos from Fox New's Bill O'Reilly's Interview with Barack Obama. Watch Obama as he answers O'Reilly's arguments one by one. Watch it all to see the progression, about 30 minutes total.

Click "READ MORE" to see the other three parts to the interview.

Jessica Alba and Christina Aguilera in Bondage for Your Vote

Jessica Alba, a.k.a. my future wife, and Christina Aguilera, a.k.a my future wife, posed for celebrated photographers Mark Liddell and David LaChapelle for the Declare Yourself voter registration campaign. The pictures, inspired by bondage-like apparel, are part of an online gallery and an ad campaign to encourage the youth vote in these upcoming elections. Cause nothing says "vote" like a little bondage. (By the way... I do not see a problem with both of them being my future wives)

Fat Joe calls Daddy Yankee a Sell-out, Daddy Yankee Responds

When Daddy Yankee endorsed John McCain for the Presidency, we laughed and made fun of both, but Fat Joe took the matter a bit more personal calling Daddy Yankee a sell-out.

From an interview with MTV-NEWS we get the following:

"I opened the newspaper and got sick to my stomach," Joe continued. "I felt like I wanted to vomit when I seen that. The reason why I called him a sellout is because I feel he did that for a [publicity] look, rather than the issues that are affecting his people that look up to him. How could you want John McCain in office when George Bush and the Republicans already have half a million people losing their homes in foreclosure? We're fighting an unjust war. It's the Latinos and black kids up in the frontlines, fighting that war. ... We over here trying to take the troops out of Iraq and bring peace. This guy immediately wants war. If not with Iraq or Afghanistan, he'll start a new one with Iran. I feel real disgusted that Daddy Yankee would do that. Either he did that for a look, or he's just not educated on politics."

Daddy Yankee, at first did not respond, his publicist claiming he was unreachable outside the country (don't you just hate when that happens).

However, Daddy Yankee has now just responded:

"McCain is the kind of man whose promises you can actually believe in. I'll support him till the end. I don't care who I piss off. This is about my ideals, not about making friends."

Daddy Yankee, who has resented that Calle 13 is considered the more intellectual artist in his genre, to his credit has tried to be more political lately but for someone who brags of growing up in the ghetto, his knowledge of politics and everyday issues seems to dwindle with every million he makes.

Hispanic Republicans out-of-touch with real Latinos

If anyone ever doubted how out of touch the Republican Party is with the issues affecting Latinos across the country, they need only visit the website for the Republican National Hispanic Assembly (or RNHA for the hipsters).

Apparently, there is only one issue we Latinos care about according to the GOP and that's the passing of the Colombia Free Trade Agreement. Funny how in all my sleepless nights that never crossed my mind. Here I was thinking about the shrinking job market, rising unemployment, failing schools, police brutality, immigration laws, and my friends and family fighting in Iraq. Thanks to the Republicans now I know that all the issues I thought were important were just foolish. After all, if they say so, they must be right, I should only care about the Colombian Free Trade Agreement. Thanks G.O.P. for setting us dumb Latinos on the right path.

Here's a close-up:

Oh, in case you are wondering who these Republicans are who are so in touch with our needs here are the names of the members of the RNHA Advisory Board (its like a who's who of mediocrity and bad ideas):

George Allen
Former US Senator and VA Governor

Michael Barrera
Former Ombudsman, SBA

Victor Cabral
Senior Counsel, NBC/Telemundo

Roger Campos
President, Minority Business Round Table

Al Cardenas
Former Chairman, Republican Party of Florida

Linda Chavez
Chairman, Center for Equal Opportunity

Rita Dimartino
Former VP, Congressional Relations for AT&T

Ron Ebensteiner
Former Chairman, Republican Party of Minnesota

Luis Fortuño
US Congressman, Puerto Rico

Esperanza Guerrero-Anderson
President, Guerrero-Anderson, Inc.

Orin Hatch
U.S. Senator – Utah

Kay Bailey Hutchison
U.S. Senator - Texas

Tony Jimenez
President, MicroTech, LLC

Carol Jean Jordan
Former Chairman, Republican Party of Florida

Mel Martinez
U.S. Senator - Florida

Grover Norquist
President, Americans for Tax Reform

Henry Ramirez
Former Nixon White House Official

David Rivera
Florida State Representative

Marco Rubio
Speaker of the House, Florida

Michael Steele
Chairman, GOPAC

Massey Villarreal
Former Chairman, RNHA and USHCC

Juan Zapata
Florida State Representative

Gee, I almost expected Alberto Gonzalez on the list, I guess they have standards.

John McCain a Famous Panamanian

So after receiving a tip from a friend, I checked Wikipedia's "List of famous Panamanians". And... wow... If only Republican knew they were supporting the first Hispanic President of the United States... LOLZ all around!!!

Yeah, we all know the story. He was born in the canal zone, his father was stationed there, he is eligible for the presidency because they say he is. Still, its funny.

Puerto Rico Islanders Help Haitian Storm Victims

Just Received this communication from the Puerto Rico Islanders, Puerto Rico's soccer team. The team will begin accepting donation on behalf of Haiti's flood victims. Haiti has been especially battered by the recent run of tropical storms with almost a hundred dead and many more homeless. To help out you can make a donation through First Bank in Puerto Rico by donating a few dollars into account #018002554. The account name is "Ayuda de los Islanders a Haiti" (Help from the Islanders to Haiti).

Here is the original communication in Spanish:

"Los Puerto Rico Islanders se unen con First Bank para ayudar a Haiti, tras ser devastado por tres tormentas tropicales en las pasadas semanas. Nos motiva el que dos de nuestros jugadores, Fabrice Noel y James Marcelin, son de origen haitiano y reconocemos la necesidad de su país en este momento tan difícil. Si desean cooperar con esta causa pueden depositar su donativo en la cuenta # 018002554 de First Bank llamada “Ayuda de los Islanders a Haití” o llevar su donativo al Estadio Juan Ramón Loubriel de Bayamón durante los partidos del 16 y 19 de septiembre. Contamos con su ayuda, nuestro vecino Haití nos necesita."

Racism in the Elevator

I think Palin is pronounced "stoo-pid"...yes, yes it is.

I was SGA President of my High School, so I guess that makes me like the Mayor of a small town in Alaska, except I had a higher population and a bigger budget.

VOTE OBAMA...

*I wasn't actually the president of my High School, I was Secretary of Defense .