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his material. “One hit is all | need now and it’ s punch-up time.” At the Shadow Convention that took place while the Democrats were in Los Angeles, Bill Maher revealed to the audience, “I’ m not just a pot reformer, I’ m a user” —something which ABC forbids him to say on Politically Incorrect—then quickly a
ace while the Democrats were in Los Angeles, Bill Maher revealed to the audience, “I’ m not just a pot re
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
ask. | have to tell you, though, as far as campaign slogans go: Donald Trump 2016--Who’ s Doing the Raping?” Hey, it sounds familiar already. And on Bill Maher’ s Rea/ Time the reactionary blond witch Ann Coulter defended Trump: “These aren’ t people we have to have here. We already have our own rapists and
g?” Hey, it sounds familiar already. And on Bill Maher’ s Rea/ Time the reactionary blond witch Ann Coul
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
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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
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023638 →is job!” He would just take an approach like that. Lenny would “appreciate” the defined tragedy. 1See The American Bystander #1, Dec. 2015. I think Bill Maher’s show, February 17, was terrific. Lenny would have really appreciated it. Just the same way Lenny got serious sometimes, and the audi- ence would say,
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023643 →ly appreciated it. Just the same way Lenny got serious sometimes, and the audi- ence would say, “Hey, you’re honest!” instead of “Hey, you’re funny.” Maher’s monologue that night was really beauti- ful. Because he’s well informed, and he couldn’t just do jokes about it. He talked about the fascism. He ta
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Marc Rich
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Alan Dershowitz
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George Mitchell
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