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  • Beasts of Burden

    2025-07-14 Rich Wright

    by Rich Wright He wears a pistol on his ankle and carries a condom in his billfold. He never uses either one. The pistol weighs

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  • The Great Trumpini

    2025-07-13 Rich Wright

    From a July 12, 2025 article at APNews.com:  President Donald Trump on Saturday announced he’s levying tariffs of 30% against the European Union and Mexico starting Aug. 1, a

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  • July 12 Border Policy Protest Planned for Santa Teresa, New Mexico.

    2025-07-09 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Under the slogan “Humanize Don’t Militarize,” New Mexico and Texas activists intend to put their constitutional rights into practice this coming Saturday,

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  • Dystopia, USA

    2025-07-08 Rich Wright

    Imagine masked U.S. government agents kidnapping people off the street and sending them to concentration camps. Dystopian fiction? Nah. It’s happening today, in these United

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  • Immigration and Detention Witness

    2025-07-07 Xavier Miranda

    by Xavier Miranda I spent the morning of Friday, June 20,  at the U. S. Courthouse in downtown El Paso, TX observing the Immigration Court

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  • Watching the Watchers

    2025-07-02 Rich Wright

    I told you about the Torre Centinela that’s going up in downtown Juarez. Well, Juarez isn’t the only city in Mexico with a Sentinel System.

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  • EPEC’s Rate Increase

    2025-06-30 Rich Wright

    In this ElPasoMatters.com post, Diego Mendoza-Myers writes about EPEC’s plans to build out its system and what that means for EPEC’s customers. The El Paso

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  • “Intrigue”

    2025-06-29 elrichiboy
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  • “Physicist Brian Cox Investigates the Most Controversial Scientific Discoveries”

    2025-06-28 elrichiboy
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  • El Paso Electric is Coming for Your Money

    2025-06-23 Rich Wright

    Vic Kolenc has written an article for the El Paso Times headlined ‘An international issue’ | El Paso Electric substation construction boom aimed at big-energy

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  • “The Spider”

    2025-06-22 elrichiboy
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  • “The Last Volcanic Cave Village | Habitats of the World: Iran”

    2025-06-21 elrichiboy
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Stomp and the Globetrotters

2016-11-21 elrichiboy sports Leave a comment

Check it out:

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Champions League Tomorrow

2016-11-21 elrichiboy sports, Uncategorized, What to Do Leave a comment

Greetings, sports fans. Tomorrow is the fifth week of the first playoff round of the Champions League of the Union

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El Mariachi Rides Again!

2016-11-21 elrichiboy Juarez, Slider, What to Do One comment

There’s a new bar over on the Drag. El Mariachi. Okay, it’s not new if you’re a dinosaur. But still,

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Taking a Ride

2016-11-21 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena 3 comments

How long do you think the trolley will run every day? How long, till, like the Wyler Aerial Tramway, it

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The Summer of ’69

2016-11-20 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, Media, Slider 2 comments

A conscious reader alerted me to this piece on MSN.com: When Michael Lightbourn agreed to look at an old hot

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Boeing closing local plant, sending jobs to Huntsville

2016-11-19 elrichiboy Economic Development, sports One comment

Did you see this story in the El Paso Times? Boeing, an important part of El Paso’s defense industry for years,

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The Lost Emails: Day 4

2016-11-19 elrichiboy City Council, The Arena 3 comments

I got up early this morning, while the rest of the house was asleep, and booted up my laptop, as

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Hey! Ho! Let’s Go!

2016-11-17 Reesa Turner Art Leave a comment

by Reesa Turner I visited the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles this October. It’s near the Staples center…where Hollywood Park

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I’ve got a pal in Kalamazoo

2016-11-17 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena 2 comments

Did you hear about the philanthropists in Kalamazoo, Michigan? The city of Kalamazoo, Michigan recently approached two local philanthropists about

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Is your City Representative lying to you?

2016-11-17 elrichiboy City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, The Arena 5 comments

As I wiped the sleep from my eyes this morning, I fully expected to see those damning emails in today’s

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M. A. M. O. N.

2016-11-16 elrichiboy Art, Politics Leave a comment

This is good. M.A.M.O.N. – Latinos VS. Donald Trump / Ale Damiani from Taxi Films on Vimeo.

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A New Development in the Rail Yard Controversy

2016-11-16 elrichiboy City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, The Arena 2 comments

Here’s a twist. According to KVIA: El Paso city Rep. Cortney Niland charged today that the Union Pacific Railroad is

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El Paso: A Metaphor

2016-11-16 elrichiboy Brand El Paso, City Council 2 comments

This post originally appeared on 30 July 2015. Things haven’t improved since then. El Paso is like that really nice

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Mission Accomplished!

2016-11-15 elrichiboy Downtown, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena 2 comments

Take a look at this October 24 story from the El Paso Inc. Now that City Council has approved a

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City Council: “If we’d known the truth, we probably would have chosen the rail yard.”

2016-11-14 elrichiboy City Council, Downtown, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena 9 comments

Did you see this story in the El Paso Times? A majority of City Council members told the El Paso

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Are we getting hosed?

2016-11-13 elrichiboy Economic Development, Taxes Leave a comment

Here’s the latest from the committee with the Orwellian name, the Public Service Board, via the Times: El Paso Water

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Another Ultimate Video

2016-11-12 elrichiboy What to Do Leave a comment

Here’s another great video from the World Junior Ultimate Championships. Check it out.

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Save Union Plaza

2016-11-12 elrichiboy City Council, Economic Development, What to Do Leave a comment

Our public officials are kicking poor people out of their homes so rich people can watch events from luxury suites.

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Igor and the Red Elvises at 5 Points Bistro on Sunday!

2016-11-11 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, shows, What to Do Leave a comment

That’s right. Your favorite band is playing on the patio at the 5 Points Bistro, on Sunday with a special

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Bullfight this Sunday

2016-11-11 elrichiboy What to Do Leave a comment

If you’re a bullfight aficionado, you’ve already seen El Zotoluco. Over the last almost 20 years he’s fought in more

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