Bakery Square now with windows

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It has been a while since I have posted any pictures of new development. Looks like there are now lots more windows .

Barack Obama takes the stage in Pittsburgh

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1 week until election day. Barack Obama is here in Pittsburgh to an electric crowd.

Multiple sources are reporting about a developing story from Bloomfield.  A woman was robbed at an ATM and when her assailant saw her McCain bumper sticker, he allegedly “carved” a ‘B’ into her face.  It’s always sad when things like this happen and it’s kind of scary to see the election drama continue to escalate from verbal threats to now physical violence.  The attack was not caught on the ATM’s video tape, so hopefully police will be able to piece things together.

Details are still really sketchy at this point, but the story is being reported by the Post Gazette (second link is their political blog, Early Returns), WTAE and even the Drudge Report (and I’m sure many others as well).  Not a good way to bring Pittsburgh back into the national spotlight.

Update: Good gravy!  This story just keeps going!  A couple reports are now surfacing saying that this might have been faked.  I do have to agree with what I read at “Early Returns,” it is strange that she refused medical attention initially, it struck me as odd the first time I read it, but I guess I just passed over it as the stress related to the incident.  Who knows, more information will be probably keep showing up this weekend about this.  I’ll be gone camping, but I’ll see what I can find out when I get back on Sunday!

Update 2: Good god!  Now the police are saying that the entire incident was made upand will be charging Ms. Todd with such.  So crazy!  It still doesn’t look good for Pittsburgh (although really, what would life be without a little crazy?), but at least the election isn’t turning as outwardly violent as I once thought.

Pittsburgh from the Smithdield Bridge

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Michelle Obama in Pittsburgh

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Michelle Obama is here in Pittsburgh today speaking at Soldiers and Sailors in Oakland.
The crowd is really excited and women keep jumping out of their seats to take pictures with their cell phone cameras.

They are Penn State and they like Nkotb

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And they are, I kid you not, performing some new kids on the block as they walk past me! Awesome.

Check out the shoes

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More from the fort Ligonier days parade

A little scary for a parade?

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I am at the fort Ligonier days parade – you can see more live pics at here.