We lack gardening tools.

CBS: Philadelphia activist trying to make streets safer by forging guns into jewelry, art and tools. 

Shane Claiborne, a Tennessee native, grew up around guns. But when he moved to North Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood, he saw too many lives lost to gun violence. [Violence caused by guns or criminals with guns? There's a difference. - DD]

He felt he had to do something, so two years ago Claiborne opened RAWtools Philadelphia.

"My philosophy is any gun we can chop up makes the world a little safer," he said.

"It's mindboggling what people have," Claiborne said of the weapons collected by the shop. "We've had grenade launchers, Uzis, weapons of war."

A lifelong activist, Claiborne has been to warzones to advocate for nonviolence, but never thought he'd be fighting a war on his home front.
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"That was one of those wake up moments where our country was like never again, but then we let it happen again and again," he said.

After that, Claiborne joined the RAW effort, breaking down guns into jewelry, art and garden tools. On average, the group collects 1,000 guns a year.

He's been to "warzones." Tell us. Name them. The story doesn't identify which warzones, but I'd like to know if he's been to downtown Philly, Chicago, Baltimore, SF or LA late at night or the early AM.

Nor do "we" let it happen again and again. The revolving doors of courtrooms and judges who give lenient sentences or slaps on the wrist to repeat offenders allow this to happen. Don't allow people like Claiborne to paint law-abiding gun owners as the cause of gun violence because we're not.

The story refers to RAW. This is RAW.

These are some of RAW's board members and no, we're not surprised.

BTW - where do I git me a dozen or so of them grenade launchers?

Trump assassination attempt.

Breitbart: *** Livewire *** Secret Service Rushes Trump out of Pennsylvania Rally After Shots Fired. 

NOLA: Trump rally shooting is being investigated as an assassination attempt, officials say. 

Breitbart: Biden Told Donors ‘Time to Put Trump in the Bullseye.

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This Arrowhead...and The Main Stage...

This Arrowhead needs to be sold. Or donated. 

To Canada, Wisconsin, or Michigan. It's an area that needs to be excised like a malignant tumor.

Small square bottom: Carlton County, population 36,370
Above Carlton is St. Louis County which includes Duluth, total population 200,226
To the right of SLC is Lake County, population just shy of 11,000.
The tip is Cook County, population 5,600.

Carlton County. Very middle class, hard-working, nice area but likely suffers from multi-generational "my parents and grandparents voted democrat so I vote democrat." Scenic, rivers, forests, lakes.

St. Louis County demographics emulates Carlton County, only larger. A beautiful part of the state, great people who work hard and play hard. But deeply Blue. The City of Duluth is a Blue Shithole. 

Lake County has some really high-end summer homes sitting on sprawling estates owned by generational big money democrats. They head South during the winters, the middle-income, hard-working families who by far outnumber the rich libs, stay put.

Cook County: Grand Marais is epically scenic. Eagle Mountain and other areas of great wilderness abound. Similar to Lake County, but on a smaller scale with some wealthy, liberal estates who head South during winters. 

Total pop those counties: roughly 253,200. Not enough, maybe, to overcome the deeply entrenched blue vote in major MN cities - but...put that land on the auction block!

I get it that the rich libs in these counties vote the way they do. They're a bunch of Thurston Howells. Why the others stay stuck in Blue is a mystery to me.

And Clay County in western MN, no clue why they Blue.

MN's Gov. the /Liberal and Morbidly Obese Timmy Walz was reelected and both Houses are Blue unless someone finds some boxes in the trunk of a car full of ballots for Republicans.

The Main Stage Federal Election: Appears a Republican majority in the House. Nancy Pelosi loses her role as Speaker. We can all give a "Blessed Amen" to that. The Senate, last I checked, still holding at D 48 - R 49. 

And how about Maricopa County, AZ? 

France, population 64,634,083 can count their election ballots in 24 hours.

Maricopa County, Arizona, population 4,541,258, can't. FFS.

Not the Blue Tears Wave I'd hoped for, but, lower expectations, hope for the best and find the good outcomes. Be happy the House turned Red and Pelosi is out! That's a victory!

Phil wrapped up the entire election quite nicely. 👍

And Zack? I wonder what kind of Blue Pill he may have taken?

Please comment, curious what happened in your area and state.

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* Population figures for counties from 2020 U.S. Census and 2022 USAFacts.org and search results for population of France and Maricopa County.

Has Bret Baier declared the winning candidates yet?

If you haven't voted - GO VOTE ! RED ! ALL RED ! If you're not voting RED, stay home, it's really cold out, crime is at an all time high, you could slip and fall. Stay Safe at Home Blues. It's dangerous out there.

I stay under expectations to avoid being disappointed and allow for unexpected joy. 

I really want to see Blue Tears tonight. Cascading waterfalls of Blue Tears pooling into newly formed oceans on the Earf. We'll see.

PA's Dem Senate candidate John Fetterman has a twin brother?

Anonymous sources cannot confirm.

Developing story...

2 workers fall into chocolate tank at Mars facility in Pennsylvania.

NY Post: 2 workers fall into chocolate tank at Mars facility in Pennsylvania.

Two employees at a Mars food processing plant in Pennsylvania needed to be rescued after they fell into a tank of chocolate Thursday, according to reports.

The pair fell waist-deep into a tank at the candy giant’s facility in Elizabethtown just before 2 p.m., PennLive.com reported, citing Lancaster County dispatchers.

The chocolate-coated victims weren’t hurt, but couldn’t get out of the tank on their own, dispatchers told the outlet. They were identified as workers at the facility by WHP-TV.
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A man who answered the phone at the facility on Brown Street said he had no additional information to provide.

“I don’t know anything,” he told The Post before abruptly hanging up.

Mars produces some of the most iconic treats at its factories, including M&M’s, Snickers and Skittles candies. It’s unclear what brand was connected to the incident.

“I don’t know anything,” he told The Post before abruptly hanging up.

^ A future democrat politician!

Biden rips a Swalwell during livestream.

Breitbart: Biden Accused of Farting During Virtual Event with Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf.

Joe Biden is being accused of audibly farting during a campaign livestream on Wednesday.

Biden was appearing with Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and as the candidate was speaking, he shifted in his chair, and a strange noise was heard.

Joe succumbs to the Brown Note. It probably doesn't take much. Not as atomic as Eric Swalwell's toxic expulsion, but it sure sounds...eeehhhyeah...wet and runny.

"Jill...Jill...get the Depends. It happened again."

Dr. Bing Liu murdered over 'long-running love triangle feud'.

Daily Mail: Coronavirus researcher, 37, on the verge of releasing 'significant findings' was shot and killed in a murder-suicide by software engineer over a 'long-running love triangle feud'.

A married coronavirus researcher who died in an apparent-murder suicide may have been involved in a long-term love triangle with his alleged killer, police say.

Dr Bing Liu, 37, was found dead with gunshot wounds to the head, neck and torso at his home in the suburb of Ross Township on Saturday afternoon.

Ross Township police said another man, identified as 46-year-old software engineer Hao Gu, entered Liu's home through an unlocked door and opened fire before going back to his car parked 100 yards away and turning the gun on himself.

On Wednesday investigators revealed that they believe the attack was motivated by a 'lengthy dispute regarding an intimate partner'.

The investigators did not offer any additional details about how Liu and Gu knew each other, nor did they say who they believe the 'intimate partner' is.

Police said neither of the men were US citizens, so their findings are being forwarded to federal authorities. 

They also reiterated that there is 'zero evidence' to suggest that the killing had anything to do with the coronavirus research Liu was doing with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
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'Bing was on the verge of making very significant findings toward understanding the cellular mechanisms that underlie SARS-CoV-2 [COVID-19] infection and the cellular basis of the following complications,' the statement read.
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Liu is survived by his wife and parents, who still live in China.

Dr. Bing Liu, Chinese coronavirus researcher, 37, at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is killed in murder-suicide while on verge of 'significant findings'.

Daily Mail: Mystery as Chinese coronavirus researcher, 37, at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is killed in murder-suicide while on verge of 'significant findings'.

A well-respected University of Pittsburgh Medical Center researcher was said to have been on the verge of 'very significant findings' related to the coronavirus when police say he was killed in an apparent murder-suicide.

Dr Bing Liu, 37, was alone at his home in the 200 block of Elm Court in Ross Township on Saturday afternoon when another man - identified as 46-year-old Hao Gu - allegedly entered the residence through an unlocked door and opened fire.

Liu was struck by bullets in the head, neck and torso, and died of his injuries.

His wife was not home at the time of the homicide, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported. The couple do not have children. 

Police said Gu then returned to his car parked 100 yards away at Charlemagne Circle and turned the gun on himself.

According to police, Liu and Gu knew each other prior to the murder-suicide, but they would not elaborate on the nature of their relationship, or speculate about a motive.

Nothing was reported missing from Liu's home, and police said there is no danger to the public, reported KDKA.

Liu was a research assistant professor in UPMC's Computational and Systems Biology Department, according to a statement released by his employer announcing his untimely death.

'Bing was on the verge of making very significant findings toward understanding the cellular mechanisms that underlie SARS-CoV-2 [COVID-19] infection and the cellular basis of the following complications,' the statement read. 'We will make an effort to complete what he started in an effort to pay homage to his scientific excellence.'

We need more details on Hao Gu, and we need them fast.

Does the timing and manner of Dr. Liu's murder, and the suicide of his killer, seem suspicious, or is it just me? Gu enters the home through an unlocked door and kills Liu. This doesn't appear random or coincidental.
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