Epstein Secrets

of RFK, the Weathermen and the SLA, and having the whole movement for something bigger start to go sour as it mainstreamed. The similarities between Nixon and Trump are so obvious, | feel like | don’t even need to mention them. | saw similarities in your spiritual journey to mine. “Paul Krassner” in my

ad a very contentious creative friendship with one of my best friends who is a friend no longer. That seemed to mirror some of your relationship with Lenny Bruce. | also felt like your relationship with Lenny had so much to do with your evolution as a writer, satirist, and comedian that it seemed proper to put

ed know an individual inside the San Clemente hideaway. The next step was to hire a professional graphologist. who determined the authenticity of Mr. Nixon’ s handwritten notes on the typed transcript. Finally, our attorneys assured us that there was no violation of copyright laws involved, because it wa

kept pushing me to the next level; there was no way I could continue reading it and remain the same.” --George Carlin “Paul Krassner--confidant of Lenny Bruce, co-founder of the Yippies, defiler of Disney characters, publisher of The Realist, and investigative satirist extraordinaire. As soon as we decided

used. Ruppert and | were both columnists for High Times then, but, he told me, “I don’ t smoke grass.” The other panelist was scheduled to be former Nixon speechwriter and now bespectacled, drone-voiced personality Ben Stein, but he canceled out at the last minute. Ann Coulter, former Justice Department

onate blood because he had ingested acid. In the eighties, there are those who are afraid to get a blood transfusion because of AIDS. In the sixties, Lenny Bruce got arrested for saying “cocksucker” on stage. In the eighties, Meryl Streep got an Academy Award for saying it in Sophie's Choice. Now, almost the e

tto Preminger. He's much hipper than me.” In 1971, during an interview with F/ash magazine, Groucho said, “I think the only hope this country has is Nixon's assassination.” Yet he wasn't subsequently arrested for threatening the life of a president. In view of the indictment against Black Panther David

legations against the club, and the current charge involved neither violence nor drunken behavior. The only charge pressed by the city prosecutor was Lenny Bruce's allegedly obscene performance. Nobody’ s prurience was aroused, but that made no difference. After all, there wasn’ t any law against blasphemy. “Ch

ur legal team not been successful in stopping the Nixon Admuinistration’s efforts to deport Lennon on tru

cifixion, there’s no Christianity, so if you had won they’d be blaming the Jews for destroying Christianity.” Woody reminded me of the riff that got Lenny Bruce into so much trouble. Bruce quipped that if the Roman’s electrocuted rather than crucified their enemies, millions of Christians would be walking ar

assner about running The Realist, hacking The New York Times Bestseller list, and that “true, extraordinary liar,” Donald Trump. of American comedy: Lenny Bruce, The Second City, and The Realist. From its first issue in the Spring of 1958, Paul Krassner’s iconoclastic “journal of freethought and satire” crea

er”. EP: Earlier you mentioned two interesting words: “assassination” and “impeach- ment”. You have the benefit of having lived through Kennedy and Nixon. PK: My earliest remembrance of a Presi- dent was Franklin D Roosevelt. EP: Do you remember him on the radio? PK: Yes. He was famous for having his