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I Had a Dream...Glen Beck Reversed his Lobotomy

Submitted by marika on Mon, 08/30/2010 - 06:57.

This is a message from Martin Luther King Jr.'s son:

(...please are you stupid f*cks with your tea-bags up your arses, grow a brain. Stem cells might not be a bad idea.)

Martin Luther King III:
Forty-seven years ago this weekend, on a sweltering August day often remembered simply as the March on Washington, my father delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial. A memorial to him is being erected at the Tidal Basin, not far from where he shared his vision of a nation united in justice, equality and brotherhood.

This weekend Glenn Beck is to host a "Restoring Honor" rally at the Lincoln Memorial. While it is commendable that this rally will honor the brave men and women of our armed forces, who serve our country with phenomenal dedication, it is clear from the timing and location that the rally's organizers present this event as also honoring the ideals and contributions of Martin Luther King Jr.

I would like to be clear about what those ideals are.

Germany Plans Limits on Facebook Use in Hiring

Submitted by editor.provokat... on Thu, 08/26/2010 - 13:41.

Germany Plans Limits on Facebook Use in Hiring

By David Jolly for The New York Times

As part of the draft of a law governing workplace privacy, the German government on Wednesday proposed placing restrictions on employers who want to use Facebook profiles when recruiting.

The Gaslight Anthem@ Kulturni Centrum Vltavska

Submitted by editor.provokat... on Wed, 08/18/2010 - 20:05.

The Gaslight Anthem@ Kulturni Centrum Vltavska

By Katerina Petkovska

Prague’s Kulturni Centrum Vltavska is a venue that during the day attracts because it offers a program that contains anything from “latino” workshops for women to sewing and Celtic pottery courses. On the occasional night, as this 16th of August, it was because a band that Bruce Springsteen sometimes likes to join on stage was playing. New Brunswick’s The Gaslight Anthem swelled the space with Jersey inspired folksy punk-rock during a show that will be remembered as truly splendid.

Let it Roll 2010@ Stare Zdanice

Submitted by editor.provokat... on Mon, 08/09/2010 - 13:48.

Let it Roll 2010@ Stare Zdanice
Study Shows: Human Life Can Prevail in Amphibian Environment, With Sufficient Bass
By Katerina Petkovska

On 23rd and 24th of July, Stare Zdanice was the meeting point for some of the most world-renowned drum and bass DJs and a crowd that deserves exactly the same level of respect, if not more. Let it Roll 2010 was a glorious mudfest, designed for the fittest and most obstinate, which as it turns out includes many in the Czech Republic. For the visually oriented a concise summarization of the weekend would resemble something like this.

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Fuck, I Just Realized I'm Going To Be One Of The People Who Die In This Heat Wave

Submitted by editor.provokat... on Thu, 07/15/2010 - 17:20.

By Rose Sidman for The Onion

Boy, is it a scorcher! Don't think I've seen one like this since the summer of '49. You know, at my age, I can feel pretty faint just sitting here, all alone in my stuffy, poorly ventilated apartment. Better brew a pot of coffee, take my blood pressure medication, and…hey, wait a minute.

Oh, shit. I'm going to be one of the poor fucks who dies in this heat wave, aren't I?

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5 Minutes with Brian

Submitted by events.provokat... on Thu, 06/17/2010 - 19:56.

Disturbing the British Conscience: Five Minutes with Brian

Brian Haw is a veteran protester. He has been camping outside the houses of Parliament in London in opposition to the British wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for 9 years now. I payed "Democracy Square" where he lives a visit when I was in London last weekend.

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You don't have anything to hide, right ?

Submitted by editor.provokat... on Wed, 06/09/2010 - 18:46.

By Jon Clements And Chris Hughes for The Mirror

Tourists visiting the US face even tougher security checks now airport officials can search through mobile phones and laptops.

Guards can download any details contained in the items and keep them indefinitely, following a new court ruling.

The Fight for Funding

Submitted by editor.provokat... on Wed, 06/09/2010 - 18:46.

By Kimberly Hiss from the Prague Post

Desperate for action in the wake of municipal funding cuts, the city’s nonprofit arts groups are intensifying their fight for grant money. On April 28, the Prague organization Initiative for Culture met to identify upcoming strategies, including the continuation of a petition, and the planning of a May 29 demonstration to further raise awareness about the the dire status of the arts in Prague.

The meeting followed an April 24 rally in front of the City Hall building on Marianské náměstí, during which demonstrators first delivered their petition calling for the creation of a cultural advisory board and the resignation of Milan Richter, city councilor responsible for culture.

The rally coincided with City Hall’s monthly assembly meeting, and drew an estimated 400 demonstrators, who started arriving with signs and banners at 8:30 a.m.

“It was a very clear statement of our argument,” said Šárka Havlíčková, artistic director of the Alfred ve dvoře theater, and an Initiative for Culture board member. “We had to loudly say what was true because there is such a damaged picture of the situation in the media.”