Cartels: Coming To A Town Near You

Via Horace 

 

 What had been an open secret is no longer secret: Mexican drug cartels are now openly carrying their war into Texas.
 

The question is whether or not the federal government is intentionally allowing it to happen.

In spite of assurances from Department of Homeland Security head Janet Napolitano ("the border's never been more secure"), a cartel hit man pulled off a trademark, brutally violent execution in the quiet suburb of Southlake Wednesday night.

The murder of 43-year-old Juan Guerrero-Chapa, a ranch owner and lawyer from Nuevo Leon, Mexico, who had been residing in Southlake for two years, was accomplished by "an organized, professional criminal outfit," police told reporters.

"Obviously the nature of this homicide, the way it was carried out indicates –– and I said indicates –– an organization that is trained to do this type of activity," Police Chief Steve Mylett was quoted during a news conference at the Southlake Police Department. "When you're dealing with individuals that operate on such a professional level, certainly caution forces me to have to lean towards that this is an organized criminal activity act."

 

According to news reports, Guerrero-Chapa was shot dead at 6:47 p.m. in a parking spot in the 100 block of Grand Ave. at the Town Square, a popular outdoor shopping mall. He arrived with his wife about 45 minutes prior to shop. And as Guerrero-Chapa's wife loaded bags into their SUV, another newer model white SUV pulled in behind it.

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Texas Nationalist Movement - 1 Kanye West - 0

Via Horace 

 

On Saturday, May 25, the Texas Nationalist Movement received word that performer and noted lip-sync mogul, Kanye West, would be engaging in a guerilla marketing stunt for his newest music video by projecting it on the wall of The Alamo at 11:30PM on Sunday.

We immediately alerted the Regional Director for Region 20, Jim Deslatte, and the Captain or our ceremonial Alamo Guard, Chris Jacka. Our members and supporters were mobilized for an onsite protest and a phone campaign.

Jerry Patterson, the head of the General Land Office, whose office is in charge of administration of The Alamo, the San Antonio Police Department and the Department of Public Safety were all notified by the TNM. Until the avalanche of phone calls, emails and Facebook messages by our members and supporters none of them knew about West's publicity stunt.

Daniel Miller, President of the Texas Nationalist Movement, received a personal message from Commissioner Jerry Patterson in the early evening that stated, "I think if Mr. Kanye is planning on doing something at the Alamo tonight he's gonna be disappointed."

Word spread quickly across Texas about our planned protest and people began arriving at The Alamo at 8:30 PM.

The members who arrived onsite first were notified by the Alamo Rangers, the official Alamo security details, that we were expected and that they would be working with SAPD to stop any attempt to defile the grounds of The Alamo by using it for a publicity stunt.

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Moonshine Is Growing in the U.S., and Big Whiskey Wants a Taste

Via WiscoDave

For decades, most people had never even seen a jar of moonshine, let alone  tasted it. These days, you can find it at stores and restaurants around the  country thanks to loosened liquor laws and changing consumer preferences. Even  the industry’s biggest distilleries are experimenting with moonshine.

Moonshine has been distilled in backwoods Appalachia since the 1800s. By its  most traditional definition, the term means “illegal spirit,” and many families  in that historically independent-minded, libertarian-leaning area of the U.S.  made a living off making it — partly because the liquor could be produced and  sold quickly, as it didn’t require years of aging in barrels. (That, by the  way, is also what gives the hooch its oftentimes harsh character.) Today,  moonshine is generally used as a catchall term for unaged white whiskeys, many  of which are made in Tennessee and North  Carolina.

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