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  • The Michigan Earthquake: Did Data Centers Clinch Al-Sayed’s Primary Victory?

    2026-08-05 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Outspent 11 to 1 by incumbent Senator Haley Stevens, Dr. Abdul Al-Sayed’s August 4 win in the Michigan Democratic primary for the

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  • “The Last Crooked Mile”

    2026-08-02 elrichiboy
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  • “Your Summer Electric Bill Explained”

    2026-07-31 Vanessa Johnson

    Shouts and Murmurs On July 30, El Paso Electric sent out an email to its customers, with the subject line “Your Summer Electric Bill Explained.”

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  • John Prine – “I Remember Everything”

    2026-07-30 elrichiboy
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  • Another Actor Suddenly Exits the Doña Ana County Political Stage

    2026-07-23 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Government in Doña Ana County is in turmoil. The shakeups continued this week as the Doña Ana County Board of Commissioners terminated

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  • How Government Works

    2026-07-22 Rich Wright

    Some people are talking a lot about the evils of socialism these days. None of the other isms are pure gold, either. Capitalism. Populism. Communism.

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  • “The Great Depression – America’s Biggest Economic Crisis”

    2026-07-18 elrichiboy
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  • “The Merry Gentlemen”

    2026-07-12 elrichiboy
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  • “The Siege of Syracuse (214-212 BC): How Archimedes Stopped Rome”

    2026-07-11 elrichiboy
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  • “Jigsaw”

    2026-07-05 elrichiboy
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  • Pay Raises for Everybody (But Not for You)

    2026-07-02 Rich Wright

    Our elected officials at the City (the Mayor and City Representatives) are getting 15% pay raises this year. The people at the City working for

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  • “Guilty Bystander”

    2026-06-28 elrichiboy
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Saturday Matinee – Most Dangerous State of Mexico

2021-01-02 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment

Mexico through the eyes of a Russian.

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Tir na nÓg – Looking Up

2021-01-01 elrichiboy Uncategorized, Music Leave a comment
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Friday Short – The Developer

2021-01-01 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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David Garza – Float Away

2020-12-31 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Max Flansburg – Long Hard Year

2020-12-30 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Joe T. Hodo – Agua pasa por mi termo (cates se los doy yo)

2020-12-30 elrichiboy Joe T. Hodo Leave a comment
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The Failing Health of Government By Spin

2020-12-30 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Ethics, Media, Politics, Slider, Technology Leave a comment

El Paso has a long history of catering to private interest in the name of public good. That worked before

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Sunday Matinee – The House on Telegraph Hill

2020-12-27 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Friday Short – Black Angel

2020-12-25 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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Joyeux Noel

2020-12-24 elrichiboy Video Leave a comment
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Dropkick Murphys – “The Season’s Upon Us”

2020-12-23 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Joe T. Hodo – Expropiación de órganos de los usuarios del Paso Express

2020-12-22 elrichiboy Joe T. Hodo Leave a comment
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A Message From the Local Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America

2020-12-22 Xavier Miranda Politics, Elections, Guest Column, Slider 4 comments

Greetings All, My name is Xavier Miranda, and I am the new Chair of the DSA of El Chuco Electoral

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Dinosaur 94 – Love Impaired

2020-12-21 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Better Candidates = Better Government

2020-12-21 elrichiboy Politics, City Council, Elections, Slider 8 comments

El Pasoans don’t vote. In the most recent mayoral runoff, only 13% of the registered voters cast a ballot. Yeah,

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Marijuana Might Save Your Life

2020-12-21 elrichiboy Coronavirus, News 2 comments

From High Times Forbes.com: As COVID-19 cases continue to rise, researchers have started to look for solutions in an unlikely

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Sunday Matinee – 1984

2020-12-20 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Saturday Matinee – Abducted in Argentina

2020-12-19 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Friday Short – A Shadow of Dara

2020-12-18 elrichiboy Uncategorized, Friday Short Leave a comment
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Retrovision: Our Local Public Private Partnerships

2020-12-17 elrichiboy The Arena, ballpark, Economic Development, MountainStar Sports Group, Opportunity Costs, Slider, Taxes, Welfare for the Rich Leave a comment

This post originally appeared on 08 February 2018. Public Private Partnerships are all the rage. The ballpark got one. The

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  • Data centers, school closures and sprawl are a signal that El Paso needs a new civic vision

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