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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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Friday Short – Two Dosas

2021-05-14 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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Alternatino – Respect Your MOther

2021-05-13 elrichiboy alternatino, Video Leave a comment
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The Specials – Enjoy Yourself

2021-05-12 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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A Cure for Covid?

2021-05-11 elrichiboy Coronavirus, Public Health, Slider Leave a comment

Living on the edge of three states and two countries makes you appreciate the arbitrary vagaries of legislative jurisdictions. In

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Kris Kristofferson – Why Me Lord

2021-05-09 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Playing the Burque Blues

2021-05-08 Kent Paterson Music Leave a comment

by Kent Paterson Don’t miss these radio shows: On KUNM 89.9 FM Albuquerque Livestream: www.kunm.org Saturday, May 8,  7 pm

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Saturday Matinee – Bringing Down a Dictator

2021-05-08 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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The Most Successful One Night Stand Ever

2021-05-07 elrichiboy Video Leave a comment
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Friday Short – Muse

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Descanse en Paz, El Recreo

2021-05-07 elrichiboy History, Juarez, Local Heroes, Mexico, Slider 8 comments

El Recreo closed. El Recreo opened in 1921. This year we should be celebrating its centennial. But El Recreo is

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Junior Brown – Highway Patrol

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The Decline of Six Sigma

2021-05-05 elrichiboy City Management, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 3 comments

From Quartz (qz.com) via Pocket: Six Sigma, at its core, is a system for eliminating defects in manufacturing. The name

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3 2 of 4 CREEED Candidates lose EPISD Bids

2021-05-05 elrichiboy Education, Elections, Slider 2 comments

Three out of the four candidates receiving support from the Kids First PAC, which is supported by members of the

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Canal Surfing in the LV

2021-05-05 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, What to Do Leave a comment
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Joe T. Hodo – Joe Quiero Violencia!

2021-05-05 elrichiboy Joe T. Hodo Leave a comment
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Brother Elsey – Fast Train

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Groundhog Day

2021-05-04 elrichiboy Breaking News, Media 2 comments

Here’s the front page of the El Paso Times for the last couple of days. It’s like deja vu all

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City of Dust – Gleeson, Arizona

2021-05-04 John Mulhouse City of Dust Leave a comment

Copper, Turquoise, and Moonshine We’ve reached our last stop on the Cochise County Ghost Town Trail: Gleeson, Arizona. When the

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Sturgill Simpson – Could You Love Me One More Time

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Gus Clark & The Least of His Problems – Thoughts and Prayers

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