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  • MEXICO’S FORCED LAND CESSIONS TO THE UNITED STATES

    2026-02-02 Oscar J. Martinez

    by Oscar J. Martínez The year 2026 (on February 2) marks the 178th anniversary of the signing of one of the most important treaties in

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  • Gone Fishing

    2026-01-28 J. Eugenio Cotera E.

    by J. Eugenio Cotera E. As a young kid growing up in the vast and sparse Chihuahuan Desert, I believed that fish simply materialized wherever

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  • The Anti-Immigrant Family Judge

    2026-01-27 Rich Wright

    Here’s a story from ElPasoMatters.org: Attorneys with the immigration advocacy group Estrella del Paso last month asked that District Court Judge Marlene Gonzalez recuse herself

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  • “How We Make Hope Normal Again”

    2026-01-26 elrichiboy

    This is a Green Party ad from England and Wales.

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  • “Nightfall”

    2026-01-25 elrichiboy
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  • Ricardo Pepi to Fullham?

    2026-01-25 Rich Wright

    ESPN reports that English Premier League’s Fullham F.C. have reportedly offered Dutch futbol team PSV $38 million for the contract of El Paso/San Elizario native

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  • Masa pa’ la Raza: Taconeta

    2026-01-23 Rich Wright

    For the third year in a row, Taconeta made it to the semi-finals of the James Beard Awards in the category Outstanding Wine and Other

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  • Fritz Lang’s “House by the River”

    2026-01-18 elrichiboy
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  • “The Gilded Age”

    2026-01-17 elrichiboy
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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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Sturgill Simpson – You Can Have the Crown / Some Days

2021-03-02 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Debt and Taxes

2021-03-02 elrichiboy Certificates of Obligation, City Council, City Management, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes One comment

Is your City Council Representative concerned about your property tax burden? Mine isn’t. Back in 2019, she sent out a

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Follow For Now – Holy Moses

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Sunday Matinee – Shoot to Kill

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” Billionaire Philanthropy is a ‘PR Scam’ “

2021-02-28 elrichiboy Slider, Taxes, The Economy 2 comments

Here’s an interesting take from the CEO who raised his employees base annual pay to $70,000 a year. The CEO

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Solomon Burke – Since I Met You Jesus

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Plastic Recycling is an Actual Scam

2021-02-26 elrichiboy Public Health, The Environment One comment

Reduce. Reuse. Refuse to buy any more plastic.

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Friday Short – Miro

2021-02-26 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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Community Forum for EPISD Board of Trustees Candidates

2021-02-26 elrichiboy Education, Elections One comment

This came in from Xavier Miranda: We would like to cordially invite you to participate at our Community Forum for

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Tim Timebomb and Friends – She’s Drunk All The Time

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Violent Femmes – Gone Daddy Gone

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The American Dreamer

2021-02-24 elrichiboy Immigration Leave a comment

Here’s a story in New Yorker about the life of a successful Dreamer and the sacrifices her parents made. The

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Tom Waits – God’s Away On Business

2021-02-23 elrichiboy Music One comment
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City of Dust – Pearce, Arizona

2021-02-23 elrichiboy City of Dust Leave a comment

Getting on the Ghost Town Trail Pearce, Arizona marks the beginning of the Ghost Town Trail. Start heading southwest out

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Agenda Review 15 February 202i Recap

2021-02-23 elrichiboy Cassandra Hernandez, Certificates of Obligation, City Council, City Management, Corruption, Quality of Life Projects, Robert Cortinas, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez One comment

Here’s the video of the 15 February 2021 El Paso City Council Agenda Review meeting. I watched (most of) it

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Charlie Crockett – Lesson in Depression

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Smoking Time Jazz Club – Percolatin’ Blues

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Some Lawyers are Sleazebags

2021-02-21 elrichiboy Commissioners Court, Downtown Historic District, Slider 4 comments

There is a horrific story in this week’s El Paso Inc., about an older Las Cruces woman who was essentially

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Sunday Matinee – Alfred Hitchcock’s Family Plot

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The Jubilaires – Noah

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