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  • Earl Grant “Autumn Leaves”

    2025-07-18 elrichiboy
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  • La Fiesta, Downtown Juarez

    2025-07-17 Rich Wright

    You’d have to be older than I am to remember La Fiesta in downtown Juarez, and I’m pretty old. La Fiesta used to be a

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  • Roaming Free in Mexico: How Will the Wolf Survive?

    2025-07-15 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson A Mexican gray wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) of undetermined sex was captured on camera roaming the back country of the Sierra Madre

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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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“Punch-Drunk”

2022-05-13 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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Retrovision – El Paso, (Temporary) Home of the Carpetbaggers

2022-05-13 Rich Wright City Management, Letters to the Editor, Media, Retrovision, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 8 comments

This post originally appeared on 10 February 2021. You know why there’s so little crime in El Paso? Because we

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Tommy Gonzalez Has Been Cheating On Us

2022-05-11 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 11 comments

You’ve heard the news. El Paso City Manager Tommy Gonzalez is among three other finalists being considered for city manager

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Climate Town — Your Money Is Cheating On You

2022-05-11 elrichiboy Climate Town Leave a comment
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Cantinflas in “Por Mis Pistolas”

2022-05-10 elrichiboy Cine Mexicano Leave a comment
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Warren Buffett — The Rich Are Winning the Class War

2022-05-10 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Cost of Living, Slider, Taxes, Welfare for the Rich 4 comments

He said it in a New York Times article back in 2006. “There’s class warfare, all right,” Mr. Buffett said,

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“Meet Boston Blackie”

2022-05-08 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Greater Vision – Oh, Daniel Prayed

2022-05-08 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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“American Scar”

2022-05-07 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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“The Rabbit’s Foot”

2022-05-06 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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The Wider War

2022-05-06 Rich Wright Politics, Slider, World 3 comments

How about this, from the NYTimes.com: The United States has provided intelligence about Russian units that has allowed Ukrainians to

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Los Lobos – Soy Mexico Americano

2022-05-05 elrichiboy Music One comment
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Vicente Fernandez in “El Hijo del Pueblo”

2022-05-03 elrichiboy Cine Mexicano Leave a comment
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Is This What Corruption Looks Like?

2022-05-03 Rich Wright Arena Highlights, City Council, City Management, Corruption, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 12 comments

From ElPasoTimes.com: The [El Paso City Council] voted to hire a San Francisco-based architecture firm to provide an updated cost

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“The Green Hornet – 10 – The Preying Mantis”

2022-05-02 elrichiboy Video Leave a comment
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“Between Midnight and Dawn”

2022-05-01 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Bethel Music and Molly Skaggs – Ain’t No Grave

2022-05-01 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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“Kadesh 1274 BC”

2022-04-30 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Adios, Club Quince

2022-04-29 elrichiboy Juarez, Slider Leave a comment

Reliable sources claim that the venerable Club Quince, the boutique bar under the Juan Gabriel mural in downtown Juarez, will

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“The Economy is Great. The Middle Class is Mad.”

2022-04-28 Rich Wright The Economy 3 comments

From Time.com: Jeff Swope felt the first spurt of anger bubble up when he learned in February that his landlord

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