Epstein Secrets

ed interstate commerce.” When Life magazine ran a favorable profile of me in 1968, an FBI agent sent a poison-pen letter to the editor: “To classify Krassner as some sort of ‘social rebel’ is far too cute. He's a nut, a raving, unconfined nut.” But in 1969, the FBI's previous attempt at mere character assa

hat LA. 7imes Sunday Calendar section blared out: Paul Krassner-- “1 Was a Communist for the FBI.” \|n the San Fr

provide the funds to cover the FBI’ s theater critics squad? The banner headline on the cover of that LA. 7imes Sunday Calendar section blared out: Paul Krassner-- “1 Was a Communist for the FBI.” \|n the San Francisco Chronicle columnist Herb Caen wrote, “Fearing Krassner would sue, the 7imes recalled and destr

those who dye their skins black. *All Jews. Look out, Abbie, Jerry, Paul and Mark!” (Shades of Wernher von Braun.) It was approved by FBI director J. Edgar Hoover's top two aides: “Authority is granted to prepare and distribute on an anonymous basis to selected individuals and organizations in the New Left the le

ist was the inspiration that 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 extraordinai

blic figures. He would rather savor a piquant irony about a public figure than eat a bowl of fresh strawberries and ice cream.” --Ken Kesey “T told Krassner one time that his writings made me hopeful. He found this an odd compliment to offer a satirist. I explained that he made supposedly serious matters

ch fun to belong to any more. But there’ s a way to belong without going to jail. You have to join the FBI first. Most of the members do it that way. J. Edgar Hoover is the head of the Communist Party. Why are Communists such a threat to us? Because they advocate the violent overthrow of the government. That is w

ce their partners. | start to slide out, but not inconspicuously enough. Ramana Das, who knows me from a previous incarnation, calls out, “There goes Paul Krassner. Are you afraid to participate?” “I’m here as a journalist.” “Ah, he can’ t participate because he’ s a journalist. See how everybody has excuses.”

previous incarnation, calls out, “There goes Paul Krassner. Are you afraid to participate?” “I’m here as a

tags, ‘Hello, my name is—none of your fucking business!’ Great seminars— ‘Triangulation and You, ‘Paranoia for Profit,’ ‘Victoria’ s Real Secret Was J. Edgar Hoover.’ In the lobby, | saw five people get off the elevator—what, you think that’ s a coincidence? There was entertainment, of course—a group of horny ant

A POLITE INTERVIEW = Skin So Thin, It’s Inside Out” Ethan Persoff talks with Paul Krassner about running The Realist, hacking The New York Times Bestseller list, and that “true, extraordinary liar,” Donald Trump. of American comedy: Lenny

hese days — it’s the fate of truly seminal sources to seem inevitable, when in fact they reshaped the world in their own image. Fortunately, in 2006 Krassner teamed with archivist/comic artist Ethan Persoff on The Realist Archive Project (http:// www.ep.tc/realist/), a free online repository of every issue

ump and Russia? PK: I read one article where an uniden- tified Russian official used the phrase “useful idiot”. That’s really what it is. It’s like J. Edgar Hoover; he stayed around for decades [via] blackmail. I think it’s the same thing, You don’t have to say it, you know. Hoover would just go to JFK and say,