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  • The 13th Anniversary of the Killing of Daniel Saenz

    2026-03-08 Rich Wright

    Today is the 13th anniversary of the day that El Paso Police Department Officer Jose Flores shot and killed the handcuffed prisoner Daniel Saenz in

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  • Lucille Ball in “The Dark Corner”

    2026-03-08 elrichiboy
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  • Puerto Vallarta Travel Log, Part Two: Preface and Postscript to “Black Sunday”

    2026-03-07 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson On a recent sunny day, tourists and locals on Puerto Vallarta’s ocean front boardwalk, the Malecon, watched intensely as a Mexican navy

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  • The Biggest Campaign of the Season

    2026-03-02 Rich Wright

    The biggest campaign of this election season isn’t taking place by any candidate on the ballot. The President of the University of Texas at El

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  • Economic Undevelopment

    2026-02-25 Rich Wright

    According to ElDiario.mx, El Paso lost 750 jobs in the last four months of 2025. Juarez lost 17,000 maquila jobs in all of 2025. That

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  • Puerto Vallarta Travel Log, Part One: Hurricane Mencho

    2026-02-23 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Fear, hunger, thirst and uncertainty. That’s what folks in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco lived through on February 22, now undoubtedly one of the

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  • “Where Texas Begins”

    2026-02-21 Rich Wright

    The latest (several years old) tagline from Visit El Paso/the Convention and Visitors Center/Destination El Paso appears to be “Where Texas Begins”. Of course Texas

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  • Charles Boyer and Lauren Bacall in “Confidential Agent”

    2026-02-15 elrichiboy
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  • “You’re Fired!”

    2026-02-14 Rich Wright

    Remember when Donald Trump’s tagline was “You’re fired!” One might think that he’d be pulling that old standard out again, what with the clown car

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  • “YEMEN: A Forgotten Earth Where Time Still Breathes”

    2026-02-14 elrichiboy
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  • “Love in a Man’s World”

    2026-02-08 elrichiboy
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  • Mexico: Where Women Increasingly Rule

    2026-02-07 Kent Paterson

    by Kent Paterson In case you haven’t noticed, political power in Mexico is increasingly in the hands of women. That reality was proudly stated by

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Sunday Matinee: Tell Them Willie Boy is Here

2020-05-10 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment

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Retrovision: Who Represents El Paso?

2020-05-10 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Retrovision, Slider, Welfare for the Rich 5 comments

This article originally appeared on 03 August 2015. If you only read the local newspapers, and maybe watch the City

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Ry Cooder: He’ll Have to Go

2020-05-08 elrichiboy Music, Video One comment
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Tightening the Belt?

2020-05-08 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Coronavirus, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Slider 10 comments

In what world does cutting pay by five percent for the highest paid City staffers make sense? Tommy G is

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Debunking “Plandemic”

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The Harsh Future of El Paso

2020-05-06 elrichiboy Economic Development, Slider, Taxes, The Arena 2 comments

Here’s a great read from Medium.com titled The Harsh Future of American Cities: On the nation’s current trajectory, one of

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The Big Pharma Covid 19 Conspiracy

2020-05-06 elrichiboy Coronavirus, Quarantine 4 comments
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My Lucky Day

2020-05-06 elrichiboy It's All Good, Just Kidding. Leave a comment

If I didn’t occasionally check my Spam box, I might have missed this email: Congratulation My name is Warren E.

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Viral Load

2020-05-05 elrichiboy Coronavirus, Quarantine, Slider One comment

Some viruses are so strong, and they reproduce so rapidly in the human body, that just a little dose of

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Paul Foster Needs a Hobby

2020-05-04 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Slider, The Arena, Tommy Gonzalez 17 comments

Paul Foster inserted himself into the news cycle this week, with this email he sent to all the players on

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Sunday Matinee: The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

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Saturday Documentary: Michael Moore Presents: Planet of the Humans

2020-05-02 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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City of Dust: Colfax, New Mexico

2020-05-02 John Mulhouse City of Dust Leave a comment

Days Too Late Originally known as Vermejo Junction, Colfax was established in 1869 and took its name from Schuyler Colfax,

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Heaping Disrespect on Disrespect

2020-05-01 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Henry Rivera, Slider 5 comments

From the El Paso Times: Eastridge-Mid-Valley city Rep. Henry Rivera denied he was referring to a resident as a “f—ing idiot”

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The City Wants to Give MountainStar a Soccer Stadium

2020-04-29 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Taxes, Urban Planning 10 comments

At yesterday’s City Council meeting, your Representatives voted 5-2 to support TxDOT’s plan to widen the freeway downtown. You won’t

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Power Cruise

2020-04-28 elrichiboy Coronavirus, How to Live in El Paso, Quarantine, Slider 2 comments

Right now, West Texas Intermediate is going for $14.16 a barrel. A year ago, it was almost $62. So why

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What About Open El Paso?

2020-04-28 elrichiboy Coronavirus, How to Live in El Paso, Quarantine, Slider 8 comments

I’m a little curious about the motivations of the Open El Paso advocates. Do their home lives suck? Maybe they

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The Lies They Tell Us

2020-04-27 Rich Wright City Council, City Management, Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Quality of Life Projects, Slider, Taxes, The Arena, Tommy Gonzalez 2 comments

Tomorrow the El Paso City Council will vote on a measure to indefinitely postpone the proposed arena in Duranguito. Let’s

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World Party: Ship of Fools

2020-04-27 elrichiboy Music, Video One comment
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The Offspring: Here Kitty Kitty

2020-04-25 elrichiboy Music, Video One comment
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