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  • The Battle of Socorro (New Mexico) and the Futures of People and Data Centers

    2026-06-04 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Emerging as one of the hottest issues in the U.S. today, hyperscale AI data centers have become a magnet for citizen activism

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  • James Cagney in “Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye”

    2026-05-31 elrichiboy
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  • “Impossible Places: World’s Most Extreme Corners on Earth”

    2026-05-30 elrichiboy
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  • “Blackout”

    2026-05-24 elrichiboy
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  • “Sevres & Sykes–Picot: How the Middle East Was Divided”

    2026-05-23 elrichiboy
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  • Memories, Reflections and Connections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part Two

    2026-05-20 Kent Paterson

    Feature photo: Mercedes Doretti of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team addresses the Las Cruces gathering. (Photo by Cynthia Bejarano) Convened on the 20th anniversary of

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  • “Jealous Badge”

    2026-05-17 elrichiboy
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  • “The New ‘Oumuamua? Everything We Know So Far About 3I/Atlas”

    2026-05-16 elrichiboy
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  • Memories and Reflections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part One

    2026-05-13 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Paula Flores recently retold parts of a painfully long and unresolved story to an audience at New Mexico State University (NMSU) in

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  • “Cry Vegeance”

    2026-05-10 elrichiboy
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  • “The Officer Who Threw the Punch Isn’t the Problem. The Man Who Approved It Is.”

    2026-05-08 elrichiboy
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  • Our Surveillance State

    2026-05-05 Rich Wright

    From APNews.com: Once limited to policing the nation’s boundaries, the Border Patrol has built a surveillance system stretching into the country’s interior that can monitor

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“Spare Key”

2022-07-15 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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You Know Who Knows Coups

2022-07-13 elrichiboy National Policy One comment

From Reuters.com: John Bolton, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and former White House national security adviser, said

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What Gives?

2022-07-13 Rich Wright Cost of Living, How to Live in El Paso, Slider 2 comments

Sunday I went to Cloudcroft. The high temperature was 72. The low was 58. You should try it. Nowhere on

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“El Pecado de Ser Pobre”

2022-07-12 elrichiboy Cine Mexicano Leave a comment
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“Explaining the Pandemic to my Past Self”

2022-07-12 elrichiboy Explaining the Pandemic, Video Leave a comment
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Hard Times

2022-07-12 Rich Wright El Paso Times, Media, Slider One comment

The El Paso Times didn’t come out with a print edition on the 4th of July. They stopped printing a

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“The Second Woman”

2022-07-10 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee One comment
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Bill Monroe – “This World is Not My Home”

2022-07-10 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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“Undercover in Guyana: Exposing Chinese Business in South America”

2022-07-09 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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“Explaining the Pandemic to my Past Self Part 7”

2022-07-08 elrichiboy Video Leave a comment
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“Black Box”

2022-07-08 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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Cary Westin’s Lucrative Retirement

2022-07-07 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Col. (Ret.) Cary Westin, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 11 comments

You’ll remember that back in May, Col. (Ret.) Cary Westin retired from his position as Deputy City Manager for the

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Trouble in ChucoTown

2022-07-07 Rich Wright City Management, Gensler, Robert Cortinas, Slider, Strategic Plan, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 2 comments

The trouble with City Government is that the City Manager thinks that his job is to protect and promote the

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“Middle of Nowhere: New Mexico’s Multi-Million Dollar Blunder”

2022-07-07 elrichiboy Heritage Tourism, Slider, Video 2 comments
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Economic Indicators

2022-07-06 Rich Wright Downtown, Downtown Management District, Economic Development, Slider 3 comments

The El Paso Times reports that the Fallas Department Store in DWNTWN is closing: One of Downtown El Paso’s largest

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I Love You Guys

2022-07-05 elrichiboy Support El Chuqueño Leave a comment

Or is it gueys? Thank you for reading El Chuqueño. I am blessed, as are we all. But just because

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“Why Roads ALWAYS Fill Up, No Matter How Much We Widen Them”

2022-07-04 elrichiboy Deck Park, Slider, TxDOT, Widening I-10 4 comments
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50 Years of “Women Make Movies”

2022-07-03 elrichiboy Uncategorized Leave a comment

From Ariel Daugherty: This year I am celebrating Women Make Movies’, Inc. 50th anniversary, In 1972 I was one of

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“The Lone Wolf in Mexico”

2022-07-03 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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7th Annual Books and Raspas Giveaway at Jalisco Cafe

2022-07-02 elrichiboy Uncategorized 4 comments

From Hector (via Rick Melendrez) at the Jalisco: Free Books & Raspa for the entire family! FREE American flags to

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  • Paul Pino on The Battle of Socorro (New Mexico) and the Futures of People and Data Centers
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  • Lela Gayle Braswell Merz on City of Dust: Center Point, New Mexico (Updated)
  • Laurel on City of Dust: Monticello, New Mexico
  • Mark Z on La Fiesta, Downtown Juarez
  • Greg on Memories and Reflections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part One
  • Annony on New Chief, Same as the Old Chief
  • Jerry K on Memories and Reflections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part One
  • Jessamyn C Young on Memories and Reflections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part One
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El Chuqueño Lately

  • The Battle of Socorro (New Mexico) and the Futures of People and Data Centers
  • James Cagney in “Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye”
  • “Impossible Places: World’s Most Extreme Corners on Earth”
  • “Blackout”
  • “Sevres & Sykes–Picot: How the Middle East Was Divided”

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