On Wednesday, I received an urgent call on my business line telling me “Dear customer your computer is at risk. We are receiving errors and warning messages from your computer. Please press one to speak to the Microsoft Certified technician.” The obviously computer generated voice was telling that my computer had become infected and that […]
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First at bat for the El Paso Chusmas is Jose Rodriguez
Welcome to the first issue of the El Paso Chusmas. As you know, the El Paso Chusmas represent everything that is wrong with El Paso. Today’s El Paso Chusma is Jose Rodriguez. I did not intend to start the Chusma lineup with Jose Rodriguez. However, recent events forced me to bring him to your attention. […]
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The El Paso Chusmas
As the El Paso Chihuahuas are the talk of the town even though the rampant corruption in the city continues unabated, I thought it appropriate that I introduce you to the El Paso Chusmas. Chusma, as used in Mexico, is a term used the well-to-do when they discuss the poor of the community. It is […]
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Outrageous EPISD School Board Goal
“Brutus” over at the El Paso Speak blog pointed out something in the El Paso Independent School District’s 2014-2015 proposed budget on April 29 that is truly outrageous. There are many issues surrounding EPISD and its budget woes and I am not minimizing the seriousness of the budget discussions and the other problems at the […]
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Is the US a Failed State?
Before everyone gets mad at me, consider the following. Stratfor, along with other so-called intelligence think tanks asserted that Mexico was becoming a failed state because of the rising drug violence. In 2008, and then again on April 6, 2010, George Friedman argued that Mexico was “nearing the status of a failed state”. In the […]
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I Need Your Help Finding Documents
My last few articles on the Poisoned Pawns Operation has raised many questions about how I arrived at who and what I linked on my link charts and who I listed as being involved. Some of you wrote to tell me I missed others. Some of you commented and filled in missing pieces. Others of […]
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City Manager Candidate Finalists 2014
The City announced earlier today the four finalists for the city manager position. Two are from El Paso and two are from Fort Worth. The two from El Paso are both current city employees. David Almonte is the current Deputy City Manager. The city’s Chief Financial Officer, Carmen Arietta-Candelaria is also a finalist for the […]
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Texas Tribune, Ballpark and Email Gate: Money Talks, Bullshit Walks
As you might remember, on August 28, 2013 I posted a blog titled “How Useful Idiots Manipulate Public Perception: Case Study David Karlsruher and MaxPowers”. In my blog post, I shared with you an example of how political operatives are used to manipulate public perception in order to control an outcome. As you probably also […]
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Where is the City?
I am sure most of you noticed something that struck me interesting when I was putting together the various Poisoned Pawns links charts, the absence of the City of El Paso. With the various controversies involving the ballpark and the other hullabaloos surrounding the public agenda policy initiated by Ray Caballero I found it curious […]
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Poisoned Pawns Convicts and Named Individuals
Operation Poisoned Pawns is an FBI investigation into public corruption in El Paso Texas that began around 2004. The FBI nationally began focusing on public corruption cases around 2004 as it shifted its focus from terrorism after 9/11 towards political crimes. Several search warrants were served on El Paso officials on May 2007 at their […]