Today’s a big damn deal

And so we wait, to see what the electors (among them Bill Clinton, of New York) will do today. Here’s more on what’s happening.

So Clinton and Trump go to dinner

Here are the highlights. One thing? It’s encouraging that they can sit and eat together. Doesn’t the photo above look…pleasant?

Sickened by the shooting of the NY imam and his assistant?

If you didn’t know, Maulama Akonjee, 55, and his assistant, Thara Uddin, 64, were shot on Saturday afternoon near their Queens mosque, Al-Furqan Jame Masjid. It was broad daylight. The men were shot in the back of their heads. While New York police are searching for a suspect, we who wish to see an end to violence (and …

More on strangers touching

Jac sends this, a wonderful photographic experiment of posing two strangers together, as if they’re friends. After the shoot? They are. You can read more here. I love this stuff. Happy Tuesday.

Your biggest regret

Check out what Trinity Church is doing

Trinity Church will focus on Cabela’s and their sale of high-capacity weapons. Trinity Church already pursued behemoth Walmart, which eventually won in court. Trinity Church is a shareholder in both retail organizations, and recently filed a resolution on gun sales, to be considered at Cabela’s next year’s shareholder meeting.

Richard Gere made $1.50 while panhandling

He was preparing for a role in a movie about a man who is homeless and dealing with mental health issues. And here’s what he wants you to know about homelessness. And thanks, Sherry, for the link.

Hartford to begin a municipal id program

Joining cities like San Francisco, New York, and our own New Haven (see former Mayor John DeStefano, Jr.’s card over there?), Connecticut’s capital city is set to start their own municipal identification program in September. Yesterday, I spoke with Mayor Pedro Segarra about this for a story for WNPR that will run later this month. …

No pay? No way.

Check out this campaign to make Port Chester, NY., the nation’s first wage-theft-free zone. To find out more, go here.

Every gun has a history

Read more about this New York store that tells the history behind guns. If was, of course, a front, for this organization, States United to Prevent Gun Violence. You can read more here. And thanks, DickG., for this link.