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Theater uses fake gunmen for ‘Iron Man 3′ publicity stunt
While a movie theater in Jefferson City, Missouri issued a public apology on Friday for using fake gunmen during a showing of Iron Man 3, the theater’s manager said he did not regret the promotional tactic, despite complaints from customers. KMIZ-TV reported on Thursday that viewers called police after spotting…
‘KKK’ painted on ‘dozens’ of Missouri homes and cars
Police in Richmond Heights, Missouri have arrested a man suspected of a hate crime for spray painting “Ku Klux Klan” and “KKK” on houses and vehicles. KSDK reported that “dozens” of residents of one neighborhood woke up on Sunday to find racist symbols of the Ku Klux Klan white supremacists…
Akin: McCaskill ‘like one of those dogs: fetch’
Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin (MO) on Saturday accused of his opponent, Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill, of creating big government policies and fetching them back to Missouri “like a dog.” “She goes to Washington, D.C., it’s a little bit like one of those dogs, ‘fetch,’” Akin said at a fundraiser,…
U.S. military’s secret experiment sprayed radiation on low-income housing
A college professor from St. Louis, Missouri has released research claiming that the U.S. Army conducted secret Cold War tests by spraying toxic radioactive chemicals on cities like St. Louis and Corpus Christi. St. Louis Community College-Meramec sociology professor Lisa Martino-Taylor told The Associated Press that her research showed that…
Rep. Todd Akin: Morning-after pills should be banned
Republican Rep. Todd Akin, who is running for Senate in Missouri, on Wednesday said that emergency contraceptive pills should be outlawed. “As far as I’m concerned, the morning-after pill is a form of abortion,” he told KCMO’s Greg Knapp, “and I think we shouldn’t have abortion in this country.” Akin…
Missouri mosque destroyed in suspicious fire
For the second time in about a month, a mosque in Joplin, Missouri caught fire on Monday, but this time it was burned to the ground. KODE first reported that firefighters responded to a fire at the Islamic Center of Joplin, but the flames quickly spread and engulfed the building.…
Liberal group identifies 30 ALEC ‘model bills’ in Missouri
More than two dozen pieces of legislation introduced to the Missouri General Assembly over the past decade were based on “model” legislation drafted by the conservative American Legislative Exchange Council, according to a report by Progress Missouri. “The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is a corporate bill mill that is…
Santorum: Iranian nukes would threaten Missouri
During a campaign speech delivered in Missouri on Friday, Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum did his best to make his audience shake in their boots with the specter of an Iranian nuclear attack. “Once they have a nuclear weapon, let me assure you, you will not be safe, even here…
Music Fridays: Going to Missouri Edition
I'm leaving for Missouri late this afternoon for Skepticon, but until then, I'm totally down to Panda Party. For a lot of us, it's been an emotionally wrenching week as things escalate with Occupy Wall St., so we need to listen to some tunes and have a little Friday fun…
Skepticon update
Sorry no CSA post this week—I’m traveling. Specifically, I’m in Springfield, Missouri to attend Skepticon. (I spoke yesterday for an hour on feminism and skepticism.) Lots going on, and I’ve only just now started to organize my thoughts on it. I think the biggest revelation to me has been the…
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