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Part One: John McAfee Is Not Funny Anymore

Behind the Bastards

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The Fire Festival, but With Bike Planes

From May through October, as many as 150 pilots in their aircraft descend on Rodale and other airports. The group's quirky website describes Mr. McAfee and his 27-year-old girlfriend as John and Jen. One night, a group of gypsies decided they wanted tattoos. They drove 160 miles to a CD parlor and festooned themselves with tattoos of the ornate Celtic wing. It sounds like what a guy who loves being wasted and then knows he can't do that anymore because he'll kill himself, but has unlimited money does instead of drugs.

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