Wonkette guest editor (and Reason sellout) Dave Weigel snuck into a screening of Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter Thompson last night, and reports that it’s “funny and raw as hell,” but spoiled by dirty liberal anti-Bush hippieness, because everybody knows how much HST loved the Bush Family, oil companies and imperialist wars. (It’s Reason; what do you expect?) But was Thompson’s 9/11 column really “thin and watery stuff” and “a catalogue of worries and ‘Bush is dumb’ jibes”? MORE »

• Guess what happens when your insurance company won’t pay for a liver transplant? You die! [Raw Story]
• It’s tough to make money for your legal defense on the college lecture circuit when you’re hated on every single college campus in the world. [Think Progress]
• Judas! [Michelle Malkin]
• Sounds like someone doesn’t really take criticism very well. [Hot Air]
• This holiday season give your favorite candidates the gift that will surely be on their minds anyway. [Political Wire]
• If by “withdrawal” from Iraq you mean keeping everything the way it is right now, then, yes, that’s what we’re doing. [Swamp Politics]
• Global Warming rejected by hundreds. [WorldNet Daily]

As usual, all sorts of weird shit is going down with our late, dear friend Hunter S. Thompson. Even in death, the guy can stir stink and raise hell. The rumors, books, family infighting, estate rumbles and creepy accusations of murder all have friends and fans a little edgy. Guess it’s par for the course. Anyway, we sent New York writer Katie Clancy — the daughter of the late, beloved John Clancy, a friend and attorney of Hunter’s — to cover the book party and reading at Sebastian Junger’s Half King Pub in NYC. After the jump, a brief report. MORE »