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  • El Paso 23rd Biggest City in the U.S.?

    2025-05-30 Rich Wright

    From ElPasoMatters.org: The population in El Paso’s city limits grew by 150 people between 2023 and 2024, continuing a decade-long plateauing of people, according to

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  • CRRUA Update: State of New Mexico Sues

    2025-05-29 Rich Wright

    From SourceNM.com: New Mexico’s environment department on Wednesday announced it has filed a lawsuit against the Camino Real Regional Utility Authority and has asked the

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  • The Sunland Park-Santa Teresa Chronicles: Cannabis, CRRUA and Capitalism

    2025-05-29 Kent Paterson

    The evening of May 21, 2025 will surely count as one of the liveliest meetings of the Sunland Park City Council. Carrying a 50-person capacity,

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  • The New Hypernormalization

    2025-05-28 Rich Wright

    From TheGuardian.com: First articulated in 2005 by scholar Alexei Yurchak to describe the civilian experience in Soviet Russia, hypernormalization describes life in a society where

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  • No Mas La Puntita

    2025-05-26 Rich Wright

    From KVIA.com: El Paso City Council voted eight to zero to pass a resolution authorizing the submission of an application to the Office of Congresswoman

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  • Gallium in Round Top Mountain

    2025-05-25 Rich Wright

    From EcoPortal.net, a story titled 36,000,000 kg under this American region ? It’s better than lithium and the end of China: A recent discovery may

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  • CRRUA in the Whirlwind: The Future of People and Water in Sunland Park-Santa Teresa at the Crossroads

    2025-05-17 Kent Paterson

    by Kent Paterson Like the wind, dust and mist that sting the spring of 2025, stormy developments surround the fundamental question of water and wastewater

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  • The Apartment

    2025-05-14 Rich Wright

    by Rich Wright His hands are filthy. He looks at them where they protrude from the frayed cuffs of his dark flannel shirt as though

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  • Blow, Wind, Blow

    2025-05-13 Rich Wright

    From a May 4 post on Gizmodo.com: This year’s drought-exacerbated dusty season is “truly exceptional—one for the record books,” said Thomas Gill, an environmental scientist

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  • “Yes, Your Arrogancy”

    2025-05-12 elrichiboy

    From ElPasoTimes.com: The El Paso City Council this week will take another look at public engagement at meetings after a vote limiting audience speakers to

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  • Lady Liberty

    2025-05-11 Kent Paterson
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  • The New Soccer Stadium

    2025-04-26 Rich Wright

    From Mexico’s national media outlet Milenio.com: Alejandra de la Vega, propietaria de los Bravos de Juárez, ha confirmado uno de los proyectos más ambiciosos en

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Harry Mitchell, the Mint Café, and The Narcotic Trafficking Question, Part 3

2025-03-10 Bob Chessey History, Juarez, Slider, Uncategorized Leave a comment

By Bob Chessey This is Part 3 of a three part series. You can read Part 1 here, and Part

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Fritz Lang’s “Human Desire”

2025-03-09 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Minimalism”

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Harry Mitchell, the Mint Café, and The Narcotic Trafficking Question, Part 2

2025-03-07 Bob Chessey History, Juarez, Slider Leave a comment

By Bob Chessey This is Part 2 of a three part series. You can read Part 1 here. The Valera

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Harry Mitchell, the Mint Café, and The Narcotic Trafficking Question, Part 1

2025-03-06 Bob Chessey History, Juarez, Slider Leave a comment

This is Part 1 of a three part series. “Harry Mitchell, owner of the Mint café, Juarez, and Rogelio Sanchez,

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“The Raging Tide”

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“Narcosis: How Cartels Actually Operate in America”

2025-03-01 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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John Stewart on Doge

2025-02-25 elrichiboy Politics, Slider Leave a comment
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“The Undercover Man”

2025-02-23 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“King Arthur’s Lost Kingdom”

2025-02-22 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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We Need a New Political Party

2025-02-19 Rich Wright Politics, Slider 5 comments

President Obama bailed out the banks. President Cheney started a war that netted his company billions in no-bid contracts. Both

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“Vicki”

2025-02-16 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“The Ancient Tribes That Settled the Americas”

2025-02-15 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary, Uncategorized Leave a comment
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Border Theater

2025-02-10 Rich Wright International Relations, Juarez, Mexico, Slider One comment

Yesterday the Mexican Army posted up on Avenida Juarez. What were they looking for? Fentanyl? Venezuelans? The approval of the

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“Forbidden”

2025-02-09 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Tariffs, the Superbowl and Ecocide

2025-02-07 Kent Paterson Mexico, Slider, The Environment 4 comments

By Kent Paterson President Donald Trump’s decision to delay for 30 days the implementation of tariffs on Mexican products averted

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Otero County Deputy Charged With Murder

2025-02-04 Rich Wright El Paso Police Department, Law Enforcement, Slider Leave a comment

Here’s a horrific story about a trigger happy deputy unloading a whole clip into a teenager who dropped an airsoft

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“Alimony”

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“The Atlantis Puzzle”

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Shenanigans in Canuto?

2025-01-27 elrichiboy Canutillo ISD, Slider Leave a comment

Here are the contents of an email I received on January 15: Respected Media Members, Below is a timeline recently

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