I’m unlikely to be able to follow this closely, so follow Jason on Twitter (@JDTalley) and Pete (@peteeyre) if you haven’t already. Also, tracking the #MHD tag on Twitter is a way to get the news, especially if the boys go silent.

From Jason’s tweets, reverse-chronological:

1. We will now be escorted into a new holding area. This time it’s the U.S. government. 16 minutes ago
2. Reinforcements have been called. Homeland Security vehicle is now blocking MARV. 19 minutes ago
3. U.S. Border Guard told @peteeyre to stop recording or his camera would be confiscated. 21 minutes ago
4. Now we are getting hassled by U.S. Border Guards in Detroit. #MHD 23 minutes ago
5. Canadian border guards are tossing our motorhome again. I just cleaned it. about 2 hours ago
6. We’re in the no man’s land between Detroit and Windsor, Canada… on accident. Wrong turns suck. about 2 hours ago

Gak.

The American Heritage Dictionary, among other definitions, suggests that a border is “The line or frontier area separating political divisions or geographic regions; a boundary.”

"Warning! State border!" -- sign at Devín, on the Slovak side of what was once the officially-impassible border between Republik Österreich and Československá socialistická republika

I’ve heard about these border things, but I’ve never actually seen one.

I got to thinking about this because the Motorhome Diaries crew (agorist comrades Jason Talley and Pete Eyre) just got stopped and searched and denied passage across one of these “border” things. From the reports, it sounds like the “border” in question was one dividing two political entities which call themselves “United States of America” and “Canada”.

Huh. These borders things sound a bit dangerous.

I offer a few alternate definitions for your consideration:

bor-der (bôr’dər) n.:

1. An imaginary line near which organized criminals in and out of uniform may stop, search, kidnap, cage, shoot, rob or otherwise harm peaceful people without consequence.
2. An imaginary line representing a place at which two or more tyrants agree to stop killing, raping, maiming and robbing each others’ slaves, the better to continue enslaving and stealing from their respective territorial thralls.
3. An imaginary line marking zones of exclusivity for legalized privilege in the forms of taxation, regulation, reporting duties, “law” enforcement, subsidy, etc.

Dangerous indeed. Stay away.

Anyone else have their own definition for “border”? Let’s hear ‘em in the comments!

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From Free Keene:

Adam Mueller – Disorderly Conduct and Disobeying an Officer
Pete Eyre – Possession of a Beer in a Dry County
Jason Talley – Disorderly Conduct, Disobeying, and Resisting Arrest

From elsewhere:

Pete Eyre – also charged with a Federal firearms offense

From Dan Patrick in the comments there:

May 14, 2009 @ 5:19 pm

Just spoke with “Stacy” at the jail.

Bail has been set as follows:

$1000 each– Pete possession of beer in dry county, Adam disorderly conduct, disobeying

$1500 – Jason Possession firearm, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest

Additionally they will have to pay a towing fee to get MARV out of lockup. She did not have information on where MARV was towed, but said that you’d have to call general dispatch to get that info.

From Allison Gibbs aka Allison Zayne, just landed in Mississippi and trying to get bail together for them and provide other coordination on-scene, via Twitter:

Here is an update: $1000 pete, $1500 jason. Adam is on hold with ATF. we have to have cash. Western union is the only way. I need a car!

Western union option #1 food tiger, 615 hill st ellisville ms 29437emai

Option 1 closes at 8pm. Email me if u do it. We have to havew cash

Option 2: piggly wiggly 321 n 16th ave laurel ms 39440. Close 7.

From Jim Davidson, via Twitter:

Send Western Union to Allison GIBBS (not Zayne!) at food tiger, 615 hill st ellisville ms 29437. E-mail her with MTCN.

UPDATE 6:04pm local time from Allison:

Need cash within 30 minutes…let’s at least gete pete out….

Countdown for the night. Wothout a car this is all I can do for the night. Stopping by western union, then the jail… email me with con …

UPDATE 6:05pm local time from Jim Davidson, via Facebook:

Thanks Mike.  See my recent status update for sending bail money by Western Union.

Western union to Allison Gibbs Food Tiger, 615 hill st ellisville ms 39437. Closes at 8 p.m. tonite so if you are sending Western Union, let me know. I’ll get MTCN to Allison, or you can.

UPDATE 6:09pm local time from Allison:

30 min to send to tiger mart in ellisville!! I have $400 on me… let’s get 1 out at least

UPDATE: 6:17pm local time from Allison Gibbs:

$300 more bucks and 1 gets out! Western union to allison gibbs: food tiger in ellisville ms, 29437! Confirm it allisonzayne@gmail.com

UPDATE: 6:30pm local time:

Old new thread at Free Keene: http://freekeene.com/2009/05/14/update-on-the-mhd-crews-imprisonment/

Best you read there instead of here. Also, search for “planetaryjim OR allisonzayne OR mhd” at twitter.com to keep up that way.

Going to sleep. Godspeed, you guys…