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  • The History and Geography of Cartels in Juarez

    2025-08-08 Rich Wright

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

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  • What Redistricting Means to El Paso

    2025-08-07 Rich Wright

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

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

    2025-08-06 elrichiboy
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  • Let’s Put the Deck Park to a Vote

    2025-08-04 Rich Wright

    Isn’t that the way things get decided in a democracy? I know, elections are expensive, but not as expensive as a $400 million deck park.

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  • “Trapped”

    2025-08-03 elrichiboy
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  • “Bolivia: La vida en las nubes | Las carreteras más peligrosas del mundo”

    2025-08-02 elrichiboy
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  • The “Notorious NARCOTIC Smuggler” La Nacha: The El Paso Years

    2025-07-31 Bob Chessey

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

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  • Garbage Revisited

    2025-07-29 Rich Wright

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

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  • The Opportunity Costs of the Deck Park

    2025-07-28 Rich Wright

    The estimated cost of the deck park is more than $400 million before it’s done. The initial phase is projected to cost $207 million, just

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  • El Paso Matters Can’t Be Bought Cheap

    2025-07-24 Rich Wright

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

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  • Sunwest Seafood Sales

    2025-07-23 elrichiboy

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

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  • Retrovision: I Could Tolerate the Deck Park, Maybe

    2025-07-22 Rich Wright

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

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“Bad for Each Other”

2025-04-06 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Battle for Tibet”

2025-04-05 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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A’s hire A’s

2025-03-28 elrichiboy Politics, Slider Leave a comment

B’s appoint C’s as cabinet members.

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Victor Mature & Anita Ekberg in “Pickup Alley”

2025-03-23 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Unacknowledged”

2025-03-22 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Edward G. Robinson & Burt Lancaster in Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons”

2025-03-16 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“The Real Donnie Brasco”

2025-03-15 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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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”

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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”

2025-03-02 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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“Narcosis: How Cartels Actually Operate in America”

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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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