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Happy cinco de drinko!

mtgoat666 - 5-5-2025 at 10:32 AM

Today all gringos will celebrate Mexico by doing shots of tequila until blacking out!


thebajarunner - 5-5-2025 at 12:23 PM

It is not even celebrated in Mexico

The real story
On May 5 the French met some angry farmers on the outskirts of Puebla
So they retreated a couple kliks - set up camp, probably hoisted a few
Next day they marched around the city, down the hill and set up office in downtown DF
Where they stayed for 12 years, still hoisting a few I suspect.

latitude32 - 5-5-2025 at 12:40 PM

It’s likely that the origins of Cinco de Mayo celebrations lie in the responses of Mexicans living in California in the 1860s to French rule in Mexico at that time. At first the holiday gained popularity in areas with large Mexican-American populations, like Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston and San Jose, but later took off as a celebratory day in the 1980s. Now, Cinco de Mayo has become associated with the celebration of Mexican-American culture.

mtgoat666 - 5-5-2025 at 01:17 PM

Here in san diego cinco de mayo is mostly a marketing event to sell chip/dips and mexican beer at local big mexican-themed bars.

lencho - 5-5-2025 at 01:19 PM

Quote: Originally posted by latitude32  
INow, Cinco de Mayo has become associated with the celebration of Mexican-American culture.

This year, not so much. A number of major celebrations have been cancelled due to concerns about ICE intervention. (El País article in Spanish; ask your browser to translate it.)

JZ - 5-5-2025 at 01:46 PM

Quote: Originally posted by lencho  
Quote: Originally posted by latitude32  
INow, Cinco de Mayo has become associated with the celebration of Mexican-American culture.

This year, not so much. A number of major celebrations have been cancelled due to concerns about ICE intervention. (El País article in Spanish; ask your browser to translate it.)


Give me a break. Have you ever been to a Cinco de Mayo event? I've been to many. The people who go aren't the ones ICE is looking for.

This is just a lib reporter spewing fear.


[Edited on 5-5-2025 by JZ]

Lee - 5-5-2025 at 04:16 PM

Quote: Originally posted by JZ  
Quote: Originally posted by lencho  
Quote: Originally posted by latitude32  
INow, Cinco de Mayo has become associated with the celebration of Mexican-American culture.

This year, not so much. A number of major celebrations have been cancelled due to concerns about ICE intervention. (El País article in Spanish; ask your browser to translate it.)


Give me a break. Have you ever been to a Cinco de Mayo event? I've been to many. The people who go aren't the ones ICE is looking for.

This is just a lib reporter spewing fear.

[Edited on 5-5-2025 by JZ]


If I was MX, I'd enjoy the Cinco at home, definitely not in public.

ICE targets names and bet they will be in abundance for celebrations in Denver, a very large MX community. Just read your debacle-in-chief is paying MX $1,000 to leave. Show up to collect, get arrested. Where's the integrity?

Tioloco - 5-5-2025 at 04:24 PM

Quote: Originally posted by Lee  
Quote: Originally posted by JZ  
Quote: Originally posted by lencho  
Quote: Originally posted by latitude32  
INow, Cinco de Mayo has become associated with the celebration of Mexican-American culture.

This year, not so much. A number of major celebrations have been cancelled due to concerns about ICE intervention. (El País article in Spanish; ask your browser to translate it.)


Give me a break. Have you ever been to a Cinco de Mayo event? I've been to many. The people who go aren't the ones ICE is looking for.

This is just a lib reporter spewing fear.

[Edited on 5-5-2025 by JZ]


If I was MX, I'd enjoy the Cinco at home, definitely not in public.

ICE targets names and bet they will be in abundance for celebrations in Denver, a very large MX community. Just read your debacle-in-chief is paying MX $1,000 to leave. Show up to collect, get arrested. Where's the integrity?


Lee- You are spreading false information.
The $1,000 is paid to Illegal Aliens upon them being gone from the USA. Free flights are arranged at their direction.
DHS also said preferential treatment will be given to any Alien seeking citizenship in the future if they self deport.

Why would you be against that? You allow strangers to walk in and live in your house? No, you dont. Get real dude

[Edited on 5-5-2025 by Tioloco]

Lee - 5-6-2025 at 07:47 AM

Quote: Originally posted by Tioloco  
Quote: Originally posted by Lee  
Quote: Originally posted by JZ  
Quote: Originally posted by lencho  
Quote: Originally posted by latitude32  
INow, Cinco de Mayo has become associated with the celebration of Mexican-American culture.

This year, not so much. A number of major celebrations have been cancelled due to concerns about ICE intervention. (El País article in Spanish; ask your browser to translate it.)


Give me a break. Have you ever been to a Cinco de Mayo event? I've been to many. The people who go aren't the ones ICE is looking for.

This is just a lib reporter spewing fear.

[Edited on 5-5-2025 by JZ]


If I was MX, I'd enjoy the Cinco at home, definitely not in public.

ICE targets names and bet they will be in abundance for celebrations in Denver, a very large MX community. Just read your debacle-in-chief is paying MX $1,000 to leave. Show up to collect, get arrested. Where's the integrity?


Lee- You are spreading false information.
The $1,000 is paid to Illegal Aliens upon them being gone from the USA. Free flights are arranged at their direction.
DHS also said preferential treatment will be given to any Alien seeking citizenship in the future if they self deport.

Why would you be against that? You allow strangers to walk in and live in your house? No, you dont. Get real dude

[Edited on 5-5-2025 by Tioloco]


The problem here? You believe what you read. Probably trust DHS. That says it all.

Preferential treatment to immigrants? Not with this administration.

bajaric - 5-6-2025 at 10:12 AM

The Mexican victory over the French at the battle of Puebla has been celebrated in Mexico for many years. This can be seen by the many places named Zaragosa (e.g. Ejido Zaragosa, on Hwy 3, and Arrroyo Zaragosa in the Sierra Juarez. The slim, bespectacled Zaragosa, only in his 30's, was one of the victorious generals on the Mexican side. He died soon thereafter, of typhus.