2 more murdered today in Ajijic Feb 13, 2019

this appears to be the reason:
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2018/07/jalisco-how-powerful-is-nueva-plaza.html

DolceVita wrote:this appears to be the reason:
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2018/07/jalisco-how-powerful-is-nueva-plaza.html

Isn't that surprising... Not!

With El Chapo in prison in the US, I would not be surprised if they start kidnapping US citizens...

Nothing in Mexico surprises me any longer.

it is all suppositions the reality is that we have no clue of what is really happening and the government is not talking...

HoneyBee wrote:With El Chapo in prison in the US, I would not be surprised if they start kidnapping US citizens...

I think they don't a shit about El Chapo anymore. He is long gone and long replaced. They will more likely have Chapo eliminated while he's in custody. Don't forget who their largest customer is......

But on the other hand, given what the cartel does to journalists who expose or criticize them, it's no surprise everyone wants to remain anonymous.

Mexico Is the Deadliest Country for Journalists

https://www-vice-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.vice.com/amp/en_ca/article/mbkxyp/mexico-is-the-deadliest-country-for-journalists-but-thats-not-stopping-these-students?amp_js_v=a2&amp_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQCCAE%3D#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vice.com%2Fen_ca%2Farticle%2Fmbkxyp%2Fmexico-is-the-deadliest-country-for-journalists-but-thats-not-stopping-these-students

kiko wrote:Borderland Beat:  The owner has always been anonymous, the reporters are anonymous, and the commentators are anonymous.   Anyone can contribute news to BB.  At times stories have been posted by competing cartels to intimidate the competition.  Plays fast and loose with facts

Yeah, like GDL is Mexico´s third largest city...

It is a 9 mos. old article and things change fast in the narco trafficking world, so who knows who´s on first today?......the police? the reporters? the ex-pats posting on this board?
There is probably a lot of distrust and jealousy, amongst the members of the cartels themselves, as they jockey for position.

As they say…."only the "shadow" knows".

As they say…."only the "shadow" knows".

If you remember where that originated, you've got "long teeth"

The Shadow, Lone Ranger, Roy Rogers, Breakfast Club and President Roosevelt, all lived inside a 10" speaker at the bottom of a large Philco radio in our living room. There was a comfortable rug in front to lie upon, and Morris Chairs for our parents.
If my teeth were long, now they are worn down.

RVG...that phrase about "long teeth" was common among horse traders, since the gums tended to recede with age. (I guess it works for people, too.)

All those programs lived in my growing up years, too. The spooky music in the intros really set the mood, too!

Yup! I grew up with horses & know the expression well. That is why one always looks into a horse's mouth, if interested in buying.

RVGRINGO wrote:The Shadow, Lone Ranger, Roy Rogers, Breakfast Club and President Roosevelt, all lived inside a 10" speaker at the bottom of a large Philco radio in our living room. There was a comfortable rug in front to lie upon, and Morris Chairs for our parents.
If my teeth were long, now they are worn down.

How about Jack Benny and Allen's Alley?

Allen's Alley? Where or what was that?

Jack Benny is a memory from TV, which came along much later. I can't remember if he was on radio earlier. We did not get TV reception until 1951, and it was seldom good enough to watch; mostly 'snow'. Then, in college, we did not have TV available, except for one small set in the Student Union. Later, I was in a country without TV for a few years, so I never really became a TV watcher until after retirement in 1998.

Big THANKS! to gringal and RVGRINGO for getting me sidetracked onto several episodes of Jack Benny and Fred Allen.
https://archive.org/search.php?query=allen%27s%20alley

RVGRINGO wrote:Jack Benny is a memory from TV, which came along much later. I can't remember if he was on radio earlier. We did not get TV reception until 1951, and it was seldom good enough to watch; mostly 'snow'. Then, in college, we did not have TV available, except for one small set in the Student Union. Later, I was in a country without TV for a few years, so I never really became a TV watcher until after retirement in 1998.

Jack Benny was on radio at the same time as the others named, before TV.
Fred Allen; same early radio era.

I remember George Burns and Gracie Allen but not Fred.

SunshineyDay wrote:I remember George Burns and Gracie Allen but not Fred.

I suspect my memory of Fred was delusional.  I do remember George and Gracie.

Oh come on yunguns, the funniest pre TV comedy was Fibber McGee and Molly, The Great Gildersleeve, Life with Luigi. Life of Riley and a few others that didn´t make TV.
Jack Benny and Rochester, Amos and Andy (with an all white cast that HAD to change), Ozzie and what´s her name, Harriet, and a few others, made the transition from radio to TV, for a short time.

My mother religiously listened to Arthur Godfrey on the radio.  I was about 7 when we got a television.  She would never turn on the TV during the day because those who did were lazy.

slainte39 wrote:Oh come on yunguns, the funniest pre TV comedy was Fibber McGee and Molly, The Great Gildersleeve, Life with Luigi. Life of Riley and a few others that didn´t make TV.
Jack Benny and Rochester, Amos and Andy (with an all white cast that HAD to change), Ozzie and what´s her name, Harriet, and a few others, made the transition from radio to TV, for a short time.

Sorry. But I remember watching Life of Riley on television.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045406/

I remember Scoobie Doo. His buddy Shaggy was the first stoner I ever saw as a kid.....lol.

Shaggy was stoned? Hmmmm...