EDM : Southern Migration BPM Festival Playa Del Carmen, Mexico January 4th – 13th

NOW we are done with NYE and the hangovers are dying off and the blues are descending for most of us as we get back to work and head into 2013 there is a DJ migration taking place as The World’s elite head south for the BPM festival in Mexico.

The festival will be hosting multiple day parties at at Kool Beach Club, Mamita's Beach Club and Canibal Royal Beach Club all located along the Caribbean sea with its turquoise waters and miles of vanilla sand.
At night, the quiet town of Playa Del Carmen turns it up at Blue Parrot Night Club, Coco Maya Night Club, La Santanera, Alux Cave, Blue Venado, and Marlins After Hours with dancing past sunrise.
The line up is frankly one of the comprehensive put together and highlights why it is regarded as one of the finest (if not the finest) electronic music festivals in The World.
It also illustrates how underground electronic music is conquering the globe continent by continent.
"One New Year's resolution you should make is to attend BPM Festival, returning on 4th January to the gloriously tropical climes of Mexico's stunning coastline region, Playa Del Carmen, for its sixth edition... Originally conceived as the industry's chance to escape the grind of constant travelling and endless late nights, by offering a series of beachside parties in paradise with plenty of downtime, its evolved into a fully-fledged festival bearing possibly the longest line-up of underground dance talent we've ever laid eyes on each year. It's only getting bigger, too."
-- DJ Mag

Bigger then ever ... The full BPM festival line up

Not to be missed parties include the legendary Masters At Work team of "Little" Louie Vega and Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez, two house maestros guest starring at the Rebel Rave.
One of BPM's daytime beach staples is Lee Burridge's All Day I Dream, a much-anticipated party with a dreamy soundtrack tailor-made for blue skies, sunny smiles, and dancing with sand between your toes.
Perennial faves Art Department return stronger than ever for their No. 19 Music showcase as one of the pillars of BPM.
Jamie Jones' Hot Creations presents Paradise is destined to become a nu-disco favorite.
Debut parties with techno legends Carl Cox and Sven Väth brings along his Cocoon Heroes.
Richie Hawtin returns with the Minus crew and unleashes the power of today's technology.
Dubfire returns once again with his surefire hit SCI+TEC party, along with Carlo Lio.
Cadenza head honcho Luciano brings along his merry band.
Guy Gerber brings back his live show for a genuinely unique performance.
Marco Carola will bring Music On all night long for a special extended set.
Innervisions' veterans Dixon & Henrik Schwarz bring their intimable blend of deep house.
Disco don DJ Harvey is sure to mesmerize the uninitiated with his penchant for disco classics, obscure beauties and impeccable mixing style.
After all that, be sure to maintain your party pacing and save your energy for the The BPM closing party with Danny Tenaglia and special guests for a grand finale finish.
We caught up with a number of artists appearing during the festival and asked them why BPM has become so special ...
"The pace of BPM is so different from other electronic dance music festivals. It's purely about the music - substance over style." DUBFIRE
"Last year was my first experience at BPM and I was blown away by the whole event. Amazing party and the crowd was so up for it, with a great mixture of people from all nationalities. What could be better than a 10 day party with some of the best DJs in the world in a beautiful sunny location." JOHN DIGWEED
"For me it's one of the highlights of the year. It reminds me of how WMC was all those years back. People are all there for the music, and you get that feeling when you're there." NIC FANCIULLI

My beat will control ... Dubfire behind the decks at BPM Festival, Mexico

"We're returning to BPM for their legendary beach parties and intimate chill vibes with all our friends from around the world." SOUL CLAP
“I look forward to being with all my friends [at The BPM Festival]. It's a pretty big window in the festival season in the winter and BPM is a good chance to see your mates and people you met touring and for everyone to be in the same place like Miami and Detroit.” LEE FOSS
“BPM is about catching up with some friends, eating octopus, swimming in cenotes and cold lampin in the sun.”DROOG (LA Culprit Trio: Andrei Osyka, Brett Griffin and Justin Sloe)
“I can't wait to see how it feels being close to the beach to play and party. Also many friends are there, so it will be lots of fun. We rented a big house with few friends and after the festival I will make some holidays for 2 weeks. Only 2 weeks this year, because i wanna go back to berlin to make music. It will be a bit cold and grey in Berlin, but winter time is very good for creativity and i am missing making music.” ELLEN ALLIEN
“We're reuniting the Superfreqs in Mexico and If you're looking for amazing music, a futuristic experience, soulful attitude, class, sexiness, madness, style, innovation, love, passion, honesty, integrity & most of all fun all rolled into one beautiful event, then this will be by far the best party that BPM have put together for this forthcoming festival. I'm so excited I could explode!” MR. C (formerly of the SHAMEN and The End)
"BPM is the best electronic dance music festival in the world right now." ART DEPARTMENT

Parties Rage On As Many Make Light Of Mayan Doomsday Predicitons

Picture taken December 20, 2012 in the French southwestern village of Bugarach of 1,231 meter high peak of Bugarach – one of the few places on Earth some believe will be spared when the world allegedly ends according to claims regarding the ancient Mayan calendar. French authorities have pleaded with New Age fanatics, sightseers and media crews not to converge on the tiny village. AFP

(CBSNewYork) — Hollywood has been portraying the end of the world on-screen for decades, and now we are only hours away from the real-life doomsday that was predicted by the Mayans.

But as the hours pass, predictions of doom and gloom fade, and parties increase.

People from around the world are flocking to Southern Mexico, ahead of the December 21, 2012 doomsday date.

Crowds are surrounding the Chichen Itza and the Mayan ruins, but interpretations of the doomsday calculation vary. Mayans believe that the calendar signaled December 21 as the end of one era, and December 22 as the beginning of a new one.

“We say, some people believe it’s the end of the world. We believe and the Mayans believe, it’s the beginning of a new era,” explained former Mexican Tourism Minister Gloria Guevara.

Along with the doomsday prophecy are predictions that certain parts of the world will survive. Residents of a mountain village in France believe that the Peak of Bugarch will protect them. It is also believed that the village of Sirince in Turkey has the ability to stave off the apocalypse, CBS 2′s Kristine Johnson reported.

There is also money to be made. Some property owners have listed their homes for nearly double the previous sales price.

“This kind of opportunity doesn’t come always, all the time. So we are ready to get this chance,” explained Ali Gulumser, a Turkish businessman.

Most, however, are not taking the doomsday prediction seriously.

“On December 21, all of our guests stay for free. In addition it’s my birthday on the 21st of December,” said hotel owner Sevan Nisanan.

Star gazers in Mexico plan to welcome the new era with a ceremony at a Mayan pyramid.

Mexico is America’s Next Afghanistan

Like it or Not: Mexico is America’s Next Afghanistan

It's time to 'man up' and face a fact that most politicians know, but few care to admit.

With the exception of, perhaps, Texas governor Rick Perry, no public official wants to publicly admit an obvious fact: The United States of America will likely be forced to invade Mexico. It’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when. The question then becomes: What to do with Mexico after we invade it and wipe out the drug cartels (as much as can be). Does the United States merely return Mexico to a nation state of corrupt politicians, failed economic policies, and lawlessness, or do we annex Mexico and turn it into the 51st state?

For many of us, there is a certain false security in believing that, since most of America’s streets are not filled with the murder and mayhem that is going on just South of our borders, we have nothing to worry about. The feeling that most Americans likely have is: Well, it’s their problem, not ours. However, that illusion of security is quickly being eroded with the stories of American police officers being threatened by Mexican drug cartels, of kidnappings and drug murders in Arizona and Texas, of control of certain parts of Arizona and forays into New Mexico and Colorado by drug cartels, of teenagers being turned into hitmen, and American tourists being kidnapped or killed while on vacation in Mexico.

Mexico, with its kidnappings and more than 28,000 murders in the last four years alone, is being terrorized. Now, instead of economic refugees coming across our borders in search of jobs and income, humanitarian refugees are fleeing Mexico in order to stay alive. However, despite all of that, if one thought that only certain parts of Mexico are under the control of the cartels, that illusion was shattered on Tuesday when this map (see upper right) was presented on a heart-breaking post on RedState that shows that almost all of Mexico has been taken over by drug cartels.

Mexican Authorities Are Impotent, Unable to Control the Chaos

One of the cables that the much-maligned Wikileaks exposed was the concern over whether or not the Mexican government is even capable of undertaking the cleaning up of its own nation.

Another embassy cable sent in October 2009 quotes a senior Mexican official as saying his government was worried it was losing control of some regions to the drug gangs.

“We have 18 months,” Geronimo Gutierrez, at the time Mexico’s under-secretary of the interior, is quoted as saying.

“And if we do not produce a tangible success that is recognisable to the Mexican people, it will be difficult to sustain this confrontation into the next administration.”

“It is damaging Mexico’s reputation, hurting foreign investment, and leading to a sense of government impotence.” [Emphasis added.]

That cable was 14 months ago and the violence is still raging. The Mexican government has, so far, been unable to curtail the violence and it is likely that, without intervention, the country will become far more deadly than Afghanistan prior to 9/11. Worse, Islamic terrorists have been long suspected of using Mexico as a gateway into the U.S.

While America’s national interests are certainly being threatened, not just by the flood of illegal immigrants, but by the violence that is beginning to spill across our borders, the Obama administration chooses to pander to special interests pushing amnesty, while ignoring repeated requests for troops along our Southern border. Moreoever, the administration claims about the level of deportations in 2010 have come under scrutiny, leaving many to wonder if the administration is even remotely serious about secure borders, or just playing games for the media.

Like it or not, Mexico’s problems are our problems. For decades, politicians in Washington have cowardly turned a bi-partisan blind eye to the economic refugees (i.e., illegal aliens) that have transgressed our borders until it has become an unbearable strain upon our economy. Then, rather than securing our border and addressing the problem, the immigrants are now being used as political pawns in order to create a huge pool of 8 million progressive voters.

The Politics at Play: A Humanitarian Request vs. ‘Just Do It’

Whether the Obama administration lacks the desire to keep the nation’s borders safe or is merely playing politics with people’s lives remains to be seen. In either case, though, it is highly unlikely there will be any stopping the violence on our borders between now and 2013 unless something catastrophic occurs on the U.S. side of the border, or violence ramps up significantly with many more Americans being kidnapped or killed. Further, even with something disastrous occurring, it is doubtful that the Obama administration would ever have the cojones political will to put troops into Mexico as unilateral action as it would alienate the Latino community his party has become reliant on for votes in the Southwestern states.

On the Mexico side, however, politics also come into play as Mexican authorities will be unlikely to ask for humanitarian assistance due to that country’s presidential election in 2012.

The PRI, which ruled Mexico for 71 years as a semi-dictatorship, has been in opposition for a decade after it lost power in an historic 2000 election to the PAN. It is gearing up for a comeback in 2012 with its young rising star, State of Mexico Governor Enrique Pena Nieto.

With a feeble economy and raging drug gang violence dogging Calderon’s ratings, many analysts are already putting their money on a PRI return, but Sunday’s results suggest many voters in Mexico are still skeptical of a party with a reputation of ruling with a mixture of corruption and authoritarianism.

The PAN and the PRD are unlikely to join forces again for the presidential race and either party on its own may have a hard time beating the PRI, which controls large blocks of voters from unions to farmer organizations in rural Mexico.

“The alliance was a successful bet, the results prove that,” Jose Gonzalez, the PAN’s deputy leader, told Reuters. “But for the presidency, frankly, it would be impossible.”

State-level voting in Mexico tends to focus on local, rather than national issues, yet the PRI is keen to capitalize on Calderon’s sinking popularity as a slow economic rebound and out-of-control drug killings weigh on morale. [Emphasis added.]

With the presidency of Mexico at stake in 2012, Calderon’s party is unlikely to ask for help as it would give the PRI a campaign issue to capitalize on ahead of Mexico’s election. As a result of the political ramp up to elections in both countries and using the number of killings in Mexico over the last four years as a predictor, another 10,000 to 14,000 Mexicans and an unknown number of Americans will die before either country takes decisive action.

In 2013 and beyond, though, all bets are off. If the Mexican government cannot contain the violence in that country, or more bloodshed occurs on the U.S. side of the border, either the Mexican government may request humanitarian aide, or the U.S. would be justified in acting unilaterally to go into Mexico to end the drug cartels’ brutal terrorism (it’s not like it hasn’t happened before). In fact, if the violence on the U.S. side of the border does not cease, or escalates further, whomever is sitting in the oval office will be hard pressed not to go into Mexico.

Nation Build or Annex Mexico?

The question then become what to do afterward. Is the U.S. ready for another protracted foray into nation building? Or, in the alternative, does Mexico enter the United States as the 51st state?

Now, this should not be considered an ‘endorsement’ of either idea (see note below). Rather, it is more of a cost-benefit analysis that requires much more study:

Rather than nation building, which would be much more costly to the U.S. treasury (which can ill afford it), a case can be made for statehood (albeit, not without controversy), given the amount of Mexico’s citizenry that is already residing in the U.S., as well as Mexico’s historically mis-managed economy and resources (i.e., oil, farmland, beaches, ports, etc.). Moreoever, as so many illegal immigrants work already in the U.S., but send their earnings back to Mexico, by having Mexico become the 51st state, the money exported would not leave the U.S. but would stay in “our economy” and could offset the costs of an invasion/humanitarian mission. Most importantly, by assimilating Mexico into the U.S., with the Constitution it would solve the the issue of immigration reform in one fell swoop.

Note: Being well aware of the tin-hat/NWO conspiracy theories, this is not a CFR/TC conceived idea. Instead it is an examination of current events caused by a bunch of narco-terrorists and illegal immigration, as well as an attempt to figure out what do we do about it?

Irrespective of what happens farther down the road, the violence that is occurring today in Mexico and spilling over into the U.S. is something that cannot continue to be ignored by the administration, regardless how weak it may be. If things do not change in Mexico (or if the President refuses to secure our borders), sooner or later, the U.S. will likely have to send a large amount of troops into that country to wipe out the drug cartels. Mexico, today, poses as significant (or more significant) threat to the United States than Afghanistan and, as a sovereign nation, America has the right to defend itself and its time the White House (and other politicians) get honest with the American people about what they intend to do about it.

In the meantime, the Obama administration should stop playing politics with people’s lives along the border, ‘man up’ and get Rick Perry and the other Republican governors the troops they need to keep Americans safe along the border.

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