On page 75, Scott says that the chances of a child dying in an auto accident are 900 times greater than his or her chance of dying in a school shooting. Is this true?
In this instance, I'm tragically guilty of lifting that statistic from a news article without checking the methodology or even the source of the data. I can't even remember the article I got it from. Shame on me. I hate it when other people, even other novelists, throw around statistics of dubious origin. Although it sounds right, I'd say take that factoid with a thick grain of salt.

Scott makes a big deal of his spy-like voice recorder that's disguised as a PalmPilot. Does this device really exist?
Not to my knowledge. But if I had one, I'd make a big deal of it too.

Is there really a Hotel L'Ermitage?
Yes, and it's very snazzy.

When Scott lists Maxina's accomplishments, he mentions that the "people who wish she was never born include Marge Schott, Mark Fuhrman, John Ashcroft, the executive board of Texaco, and every publicist for Denny's." Care to fill me in?
Oh ye of short memory. These are all people and organizations who at one point or another have been raked over the coals for blatant (in some cases, stunningly blatant) racism.

Marge Schott (now deceased) and Mark Fuhrman were infamous for their liberal use of the N-word. In 1998, John Ashcroft (then a senator from Missouri) gave a Dixie-licious interview to Southern Partisan magazine that had many African-Americans up in arms. And both Texaco and Denny's had their own mini-scandals in the 90s regarding institutional racism. In each instance, it's not hard to imagine Maxina leading a righteous attack crusade from her home base in Atlanta.

And the stuff about Shell Oil making $300 million a year in Nigerian crude by supporting a brutal military regime? Is that true?
All too true.

Who is Maxina talking to on her cellphone when Scott and Doug enter the bedroom (p. 80)?
I assume it's one of her associates, and I assume she was trying to get him or her to procure the TV interview footage in which Hunta describes "Bitch Fiend" as a morality tale (as discussed later in the chapter).

Before Scott leaves the bathroom (p. 86), Hunta stops him and quotes a Tupac song. Which song was it?
Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z., which is the title track of Tupac's second album. For full lyrics, go here.

On page 89, Scott insinuates that the FBI threw Richard Jewell's name around the media as a chief suspect in the 1996 Olympic Park bombing even when they knew he was innoncent. Do you have proof that the FBI knew he was innocent at the time?
Nope. Scott and I were just conjecturing. Once again, take it as you will.