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“Any artistic group or individual who have ever engaged in activities which threaten our national sovereignty will not be allowed in,” the Ministry of Culture said in a statement on its website.

“It will be somewhere between $600,000 and $700,000 with about a third of it going directly to the Bush library.”?? More here.

“In less than a month…he has performed a series of policy pirouettes to assuage concerns about his candidacy among a wider and more conservative electorate. It is change, but not the type for which many of those who enthusiastically supported Mr Obama during the primaries had hoped.”

“You feel that you are drowning because you are drowning???or, rather, being drowned, albeit slowly and under controlled conditions and at the mercy (or otherwise) of those who are applying the pressure.” Not sure if the Enigma music is part of the torture or not.

“This is the most offended I’ve ever??been… this is the maddest I ever will be…. NEVER SAY I DIDN’T GIVE MY ALL!!!” On his blog, he defends the Bonnaroo “debacle” in which he didn’t go on until 4AM.?? OK, but the caps and exclamation points aren’t helping you any.?? Possibly related: he apparently reads Digg.

Indian firm to take over some copy editing duties for the Orange Country Register.?? I fail to see an upside, regardless of the financial climate.?? The newspaper unions should be all over this.

Note the guy who worries that gay marriage “will end up kind of chipping away at the culture.” Is he thinking of the random hookups or the Craigslist sex and drugs ads? Maybe the extreme superficiality or the rampant promiscuity? Bathhouses? Unsafe sex? Meth? I have a difficult time thinking of anything unique to gay culture worth preserving.

A preview of the looming bandwidth war between Internet providers, media companies and end users.

Advises “unprecedented” $45 trillion worldwide investment in energy production, including wind and solar, in order to meet demand and cut emissions. Can’t say we weren’t warned.