Mastodawn

The real power in America is held by a fast-emerging new Oligarchy of pimps and preachers who see no need for Democracy or fairness or even trees, except maybe the ones in their own yards, and they don’t mind admitting it. They worship money and power and death. Their ideal solution to all the nation’s problems would be another 100 Year War.

Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005) American journalist, writer
Kingdom of Fear, “Memo from the Sports Desk” (2003)

More info about this quote: wist.info/thompson-hunter-s/79…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #hunterthompson #huntersthompson #huntersthompsonquote #America #fairness #money #oligarchy #politics #power #war #wealth

Milcom Miasma Aug 26, 2025

Duress.

"It was a face I'd seen a thousand times at every Derby I'd ever been to. I saw it, in my head, as the mask of the whiskey gentry--a pretentious mix of booze, failed dreams and a terminal identity crisis; the inevitable result of too much inbreeding in a closed and ignorant culture."
--Hunter S. Thompson, "The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved"

The whole article and Ralph Steadman's artwork in pdf file in the link below:

http://brianb.freeshell.org/a/kddd.pdf

#GreatWriting
#HunterThompson

Rolling Stone en Español May 6, 2025

Miedo y asco en Saigón: viaje salvaje de Hunter Thompson al fin de la Guerra de Vietnam | #RollingStoneES

https://es.rollingstone.com/arg-miedo-y-asco-en-saigon-viaje-salvaje-de-hunter-thompson-al-fin-de-la-guerra-de-vietnam/

#actualidad #guerradevietnam #hunterthompson #saigón

Miedo y asco en Saigón: viaje salvaje de Hunter Thompson al fin de la Guerra de Vietnam

A 50 años del desenlace del conflicto bélico, un rompecabezas de andanzas y desandanzas del padre del periodismo gonzo

Rolling Stone en Español

▲MANGOR▲Mar 17, 2025

... Fear and Loathing in Innsmouth... #innsmouth #fearandloathing #hunterthompson #deepones #cthulhu #shadowoverinnsmouth #lovecraftian #lovecraft #dagon #surreal #weirdcore #dream #surrealism

Bluesky

Bluesky Social

wolf of the wisp Sep 12, 2024

if you only read one book about USA presidential election politics…

Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 - Hunter S. Thompson #HunterThompson #TrickyDick #UncleSam #1972AndAllThat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_and_Loathing_on_the_Campaign_Trail_'72

Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 - Wikipedia

Eric Beavers Sep 10, 2024

Limited edition order #3000 confirmed. #IYKYK #Gonzo #HunterThompson #Mescalito

wolf of the wisp Jul 18, 2024

‘be informed, and care’

Hunter S. Thompson born 1937-07-18 #FearAndLoathing #HunterThompson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_S._Thompson

Hunter S. Thompson - Wikipedia

Paul Hébert Mar 10, 2024

Ibogaine back in the news

Powerful Psychedelic Gains Renewed Attention as a Treatment for Opioid Addiction https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/05/health/ibogaine-psychedelic-opioid-addiction.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

#gonzojournalism #hunterthompson #fearandloathing

Powerful Psychedelic Drug Gains New Notice as an Opioid Addiction Therapy

New research is stirring interest in ibogaine, which appears to help ease the agony of detox and prevent relapse. Used in other countries, it remains illegal in the U.S.

The New York Times

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David Forsyth Mar 3, 2024

@mekkaokereke

* Cries in #HunterThompson *

I am old enough to remember the now archaic term #KneeJerkLiberal .

The ratfuckers who wielded that epithet like a cudgel never admited the knee-jerk reflex was always to kick down and punch left.

wolf of the wisp Sep 19, 2023

Hunter S. Thompson Typed Out The Great Gatsby & A Farewell to Arms Word for Word: A Method for Learning How to Write Like the Masters - Open Culture http://www.openculture.com/2017/06/hunter-s-thompson-typed-out-the-great-gatsby-farewell-to-arms.html #HunterThompson

Hunter S. Thompson Typed Out The Great Gatsby & A Farewell to Arms Word for Word: A Method for Learning How to Write Like the Masters

Image via Wikimedia Commons The word quixotic derives, of course, from Miguel Cervantes’ irreverent early 17th century satire, Don Quixote. From the novel’s eponymous character it carries connotations of antiquated, extravagant chivalry.

Open Culture