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    2019-02-19 elrichiboy

    The City is up to something. They’re redoing their website. Here’s what it looks like this morning: Look at that menu bar. They’ve crammed tabs

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  • Mom and Dad Are Fighting

    2019-02-18 elrichiboy

    You probably saw this op-ed in the Times, where former mayor John Cook and ex-City Manager Joyce Wilson defend their fiscal profligacy. It’s unfortunate that

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  • Lessons in Horse Trading

    2019-02-14 elrichiboy

    If you’re selling a blind horse, the first thing you tell the mark prospective buyer is how good that horse can see. And that’s exactly

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  • Pity the Rich

    2019-02-13 elrichiboy

    Those poor little rich folk. They can’t go to dive bars, or downtown Juarez. They’ll never know the joys of thrift store shopping, of finding

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  • KVIA’s Special Report on QOL Cost Overruns

    2019-02-08 elrichiboy

    KVIA delivered a Special Report last night on the Quality of Life bond projects cost overruns. It’s entertaining. Just spitballing, it looks like the projects

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  • El Paso’s Secret City Government

    2019-02-01 elrichiboy

    Here’s something that should concern every El Pasoan. On Monday, El Paso’s City Council is having a Special Meeting. After they’re done discussing the funding

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  • John Stossel on Stadiums

    2019-01-30 elrichiboy

    On the occasion of Super Bowl LIII, John Stossel reminds us. Fortunately, we’re smarter than that. Aren’t we?

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Sniffer Dogs Get It Wrong. A Lot.

2013-12-21 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

This story from down under claims that, according to official figures, Australia’s sniffer dogs register false positives 80% of the

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Will Obamacare Cover That?

2013-12-21 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

If I’m coming back from Juarez, and the brave men policing our border decide to do a little investigative colonoscopy

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I’ll Drink to That

2013-12-20 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Here’s an article in Mother Jones that claims a new test proves the drinking alcohol boosts your immune system. To

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UMC and Forcible Penetration

2013-12-19 elrichiboy Uncategorized 2 comments

By now you’ve read this story about the New Mexico woman who was probed and x-rayed after a drug dog

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Putin Envies Obama

2013-12-19 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Vladimir Putin gave his annual press conference yesterday. Among all the answers about Russian civil rights was this quote: “I

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The Saudis, George W. Bush, and 9/11

2013-12-18 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Relatives of the victims of 9/11 are clamoring for 28 censored pages of the official report which allegedly link the

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The 10 Most Corrupt in Mexico, According to Forbes

2013-12-18 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

According to this article in Forbes Magazine, the ten most corrupt people in Mexico includes four former state governors who

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You could be next: Non-violent Protesters Charged Under Anti-Terrorism Law

2013-12-17 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

According to this story on FireDogLake.com, two non-violent protesters of the Keystone XL Pipeline were arrested under an anti-terrorism law

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The Medical Examiner Called it Homicide

2013-12-17 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Here’s Part 2 of the Arizona Republic’s reporting on the public impunity of Border Protection Agents. It covers the killing

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Why Weren’t the Bankers Held Accountable?

2013-12-17 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Here’s a story by a United States District Judge postulating on why no bank executives were tried for what appears

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Nothing is Beyond the Reach of Our Government Snoops

2013-12-16 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

. . . and they brag about it. (read the whole story at the Vigilant Citizen.)

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That Must Be Rough, Dear

2013-12-15 elrichiboy Uncategorized One comment
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JFK’s Revolution

2013-12-15 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment
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Border Patrol Lacks Accountability

2013-12-15 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Here’s a report for the Arizona Republic detailing the investigation and disciplinary policies of the Border Patrol in cases where

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Apocalypse, New Jersey

2013-12-13 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

There’s a piece in the new Rolling Stone by Matt Taibbi, about the Iraquization of Camden, New Jersey. “They let

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Zimmerman’s Chick Prefers the Attention

2013-12-11 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

According to this story from the Associated Press, George Zimmerman won’t face charges for domestic violence after his girlfriend decided

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Two Americas by David Simon, the Creator of the Wire

2013-12-11 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

Via Facebook and Dangerous Minds and the Guardian: That may be the ultimate tragedy of capitalism in our time, that

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A Strategic Plan for Downtown Development

2013-12-11 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, downtown, economic development 2 comments

Here’s how you hyper-vitalize downtown El Paso, and develop its reputation as the coolest city in the Southwest: Buy the

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The World is a Hologram

2013-12-11 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

This article on Nature.com claims that scientists are closer to proving that the world as we know it is a

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25 Foot Shoulders

2013-12-09 elrichiboy Uncategorized One comment

I told her there was only one standard for evaluating our relationship. The swamp coolers don’t work when it’s a

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