Missouri's Libertarian Party got all hot and bothered this week upon learning that Missouri law enforcement considers its members to be part of the "modern militia."commons.wikimedia.orgMissouri Libertarians don't want to get mixed up with this crowd.A February memo circulated among law enforcement agencies (and issued by Governor Jay Nixon, Department of Public Safety Director John Britt, Missouri State Highway Patrol Colonel James Keathley and Missouri Information Analysis Center Director Van
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The New York Times had an interesting story this weekend about the Missouri Department of Transportation (MODOT) and its ongoing battle with racist groups that want to adopt highways. Last year the National Socialist Movement (the neo-Nazi group that rallied in St. Louis this past April) signed on to clean up a half-mile of highway near Springfield. In exchange for its volunteering, the state awarded the National Socialist Movement a sign. As the Times reports: ...states have little leeway when
A 24-year-old woman from Kennett, Missouri, is slated to go on trial tomorrow for alleged crimes stemming from a bizarre-o incident at Wal-mart more than two years ago. The Associated Press reports that Heather Ellis faces fifteen years behind bars for assaulting police officers and resisting arrest after she cut the line at the discount store.peopleofwalmart.com​Protestors reportedly filled the small town's streets yesterday, and St. Louis defense attorney Scott "Free" Rosenblum is endea