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  • Again, Who’s the New Guy?

    2025-11-23 elrichiboy

    I’m probably late to the party with this. Won’t AI generated “people” start infiltrating your social media feed? Come on, AI is going to be

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  • “Powering AI: The Environmental Impacts of Borderland Data Centers”

    2025-11-17 elrichiboy

    “[NMELC] Staff Attorney, Kacey Hovden, along with our clients, has been invited as a guest speaker at a University of Texas El Paso panel, Powering AI: The Environmental

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  • “Harper”

    2025-11-16 elrichiboy
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  • Thank the Taxpayers

    2025-11-10 Rich Wright

    Here’s a story at ElPasoTimes.com titled State of the County address touts growth through bonds in address. “On time and on budget” was the rallying

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  • Can’t We Just Wait?

    2025-11-09 Rich Wright

    Judging from what I see on social media, the proposed deck park is wildly unpopular. Even most of the people who are okay with the

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  • “The Sniper”

    2025-11-09 elrichiboy
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  • “Why The Normans Were The Most Feared Warriors Across Medieval Europe”

    2025-11-08 elrichiboy
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  • “Deadfall”

    2025-11-02 elrichiboy
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  • Andres Muro Art Opening Tonight at Traffick Artspace

    2025-11-01 elrichiboy

    With music by David Romo.

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  • Bullfight Tonight!

    2025-10-31 Rich Wright

    The 2025 bullfighting season carries on tonight with another spectacle at the Aberto Balderas Bullring in downtown Juarez. Tonight’s headliner is El Zapata. From LaPrensa.org,

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  • Gregory Peck in “The Case of the Enchanted Prisoner”

    2025-10-26 elrichiboy
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  • “Medieval Feudalism, Explained”

    2025-10-25 elrichiboy
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“Root Cause”

2025-08-16 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary, Slider, Uncategorized Leave a comment
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King David

2025-08-13 Rich Wright Fiction, Slider Leave a comment

From up above, from a rooftop, or an upper window, they could be dancing. The hip hop thumps from the

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Retrovision: Billares El Cid

2025-08-12 Rich Wright How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, Slider 5 comments

This post originally appeared on 12 October 2017. I’m not sure if the information is current. Like everything else in

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We Don’t Need No Stinking Ethics

2025-08-11 Rich Wright City Council, Deck Park, Ethics, Slider One comment

Isn’t it a violation of the City’s ethics rules for Mayor Renard Johnson to support the deck park when he

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“Criminal Lawyer”

2025-08-10 elrichiboy Slider, Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“The Book of Enoch – What the Church Tried to Hide”

2025-08-09 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary, Slider Leave a comment
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The History and Geography of Cartels in Juarez

2025-08-08 Rich Wright Crime, History, Juarez, Slider Leave a comment

Here’s an insightful portrait of the criminal organizations in Ciudad Juarez, their histories, and their geographic domains, from InsightCrime.org1: If

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What Redistricting Means to El Paso

2025-08-07 Rich Wright Politics, Slider, Uncategorized 2 comments

From KTSM.com: The El Paso City Council has officially taken a stance to oppose Texas Republican legislators’ proposed redistricting map.

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“Liminal Spaces: A Border Dialogue” Art Opening This Friday

2025-08-06 elrichiboy Art, How to Live in El Paso, Slider Leave a comment
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Let’s Put the Deck Park to a Vote

2025-08-04 Rich Wright Deck Park, Elections, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider Leave a comment

Isn’t that the way things get decided in a democracy? I know, elections are expensive, but not as expensive as

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“Trapped”

2025-08-03 elrichiboy Slider, Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Bolivia: La vida en las nubes | Las carreteras más peligrosas del mundo”

2025-08-02 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary, Slider Leave a comment
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The “Notorious NARCOTIC Smuggler” La Nacha: The El Paso Years

2025-07-31 Bob Chessey History, Juarez, Slider One comment

So, “Who was ‘La Nacha’?” For 50 years “La Nacha” remained a name synonymous with Juarez and opiate trafficking, a

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Garbage Revisited

2025-07-29 Rich Wright Dumpsters, Environmental Services Department, Slider Leave a comment

Don’t you imagine that the City’s Environmental Services Department would love to get its hands on the local dumpster services?

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The Opportunity Costs of the Deck Park

2025-07-28 Rich Wright Deck Park, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider 2 comments

The estimated cost of the deck park is more than $400 million before it’s done. The initial phase is projected

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“He Walked by Night”

2025-07-27 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“The Evolution of Life with David Attneborough”

2025-07-26 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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El Paso Matters Can’t Be Bought Cheap

2025-07-24 Rich Wright City Council, El Paso Matters, Media, Renard Johnson, Slider 4 comments

An email I received from District 3 Representative Deanna M. Rocha contained this nugget: The City of El Paso proudly

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Sunwest Seafood Sales

2025-07-23 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Slider Leave a comment

Fresh Seafood at Wholesale Prices A hundred oysters for $100. Yeah, I know, who can eat a hundred oysters? Well,

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Retrovision: I Could Tolerate the Deck Park, Maybe

2025-07-22 Rich Wright Deck Park, Slider, TxDOT 2 comments

This post originally appeared on 23 November, 2021. I could tolerate the deck park, maybe, if the plans didn’t include

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