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Hunter S. Thompson Shoots Himself

Hunter S. Thompson fatally shoots himself [*1]
“For the whole point on this picaresque is that the American-style rogue-hero must not merely tease or insult the Silent Majority, but abuse it, outrage it, twist it, hurt it, smash it,” he once wrote.

I’ll admit, I’m not a big HST fan. But, he was an icon of antiauthority and the founder of “gonzo journalism” which subsequently metastatized into Dan Rather, Steve Irwin (the “Crocodile Hunter”) and reality TV. His passing, by self-inflicted gunshot wound, was probably predictable.

Welcome Home

De Smet keeps busy preparing for return. [*1]
DE SMET – There’s a sense of relief and excitement these days among the 1,100 residents of De Smet. The relief comes in knowing that members of the 153rd Engineer Battalion are in Kuwait, a much safer place than they spent previous months while serving their nation in Iraq.

Welcome home, we’re proud of you. The Anheuser/Busch Super Bowl ad was for you.

Morning Whip, 2/24/05

Our good friends at the Center for Science in the Public Interest (sarcasm intended) have apparently realized that salt is bad.[*1]

Ladies and gentlemen, the cowbell[*2] . The cowbell[*3] .

You all probably knew this already, but Google Maps [*4] is quite cool.

Spyware removal links, courtesy NetworkWorldFusion’s Compendium blog:

Remote BHO exploit scanner[*5] .

Dave Piscitello [*6] apparently dislikes spyware as much or more than I do.

And, one of the motherships of the anti-spyware movement: spywareinfo.com[*7] .