Missouri, nord aux arc, or Misery - The Show Me State

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As a proud Missourian, I decided that there should be a thread for the Greatest State in the Union.


Honestly, I just wanted to post the above vidya.

I note that Harry Truman, Rush Limbaugh and myself were all born in this fantastic State; those three are just the top three on the list of Notable Missourians.

List of Missouri state symbols

State Bird:



I have never actually seen one of these in the wild, although I see Cardinals all the time.  For some reason I believe when I was a kid that the Cardinal was actually the State Bird.

Nautical Shore.

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American Jazz Museum

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Missouri & Louisiana Tigers team up:

Missouri, Louisiana AGs File Suit Against President Biden, Top Admin Officials for Allegedly Colluding with Social Media Giants to Censor and Suppress Free Speech

Ah, both the "Show-Me State" and the "Sportsman's Paradise" make me proud.  Really, they are both the same state.  Missouri was originally part of Louisiana...