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  • An “Unprecedented” Event

    2026-01-13 Rich Wright

    This from ElPasoTimes.com: It could be until mid-week when a boil water notice is lifted and water service is fully returned to normal after a

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  • The Primary Elections

    2026-01-12 Rich Wright

    I always vote. Every election. School boards. State judges. Railroad Commissioner. I have even gone to the fire station to make no selection in every

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  • “Between Midnight and Dawn”

    2026-01-11 elrichiboy
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  • “This Border City Isn’t What You Think (El Paso)”

    2026-01-03 elrichiboy
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  • Shopping South El Paso Street

    2025-12-22 Rich Wright

    South El Paso Street is El Paso’s most vibrant street. In the daytime, South El Paso Street is what our city planners aspire to. Walkable,

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  • “Fire Maidens from Outer Space”

    2025-12-21 elrichiboy
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  • “White, Poor & Angry: Inside America’s Most Racist Town”

    2025-12-20 elrichiboy
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  • Project Jupiter’s Environmental Impact

    2025-12-17 Rich Wright

    Here’s another article critical about Project Jupiter. This critique is environmental. From Truthout.org: At the very Southeastern tip of New Mexico bordering Texas and Mexico,

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  • Humphery Bogart & Rod Steiger in “The Harder They Fall”

    2025-12-14 elrichiboy
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  • “Why Turkmenistan Makes North Korea Look Normal”

    2025-12-13 elrichiboy
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  • The New York Times on Project Jupiter

    2025-12-11 elrichiboy

    NYTimes.com did a story about Project Jupiter Stargate Project Miner, the mega data center that is to built out there by Santa Teresa. Mostly the

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  • The Santa Teresa Data Center: On Pollutants, Permits and Project Alphabet Soup

    2025-12-06 Kent Paterson

    Text and Photos by Kent Paterson Since last summer, the hyperscale AI data center under construction in Santa Teresa has been promoted under different names

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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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“I Am Normal”

2022-04-28 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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Retrovision – What’s Wrong With El Paso?

2022-04-26 Rich Wright ballpark, Economic Development, Retrovision, Slider 3 comments

This was one of El Chuqueño’s first posts. It originally appeared on 28 August 2012. I like El Paso. What

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