I remember how Michael Jackson was so popular. All celebrities wanted to be a part of him, including Brooke Shields and Elizabeth Taylor. Men, women, children were fainting just to touch his white glove. Everyone got caught up in the moonwalk. Won all these Grammies etc etc. Selling out to millions of crowds. And he was the acceptable black man because he didnt do rap or acted like a thug. Also looked white(because of the surgeries).
Is Obama the Michael Jackson of our times?
Financial Times editor Lionel Barber predicted that “almost all” news organizations will be charging in a year just because they need to. Meanwhile, former McClatchy news exec Howard Weaver thinks that news orgs should get, oh, say, …
In the news . Russ Roberts, Mark Calabria, and I weigh in on the lessons from CIT at the NYT. And the WSJ surveys economics blogs. I’ll give away the plot: the one you’re reading rates “five calculators” on the geekiness scale. …
Odir Isreal Esquivel-Menendez, 25 of Denison, was sentenced on Monday, July 13, to serve 12 years and four months in prison, pay a $1,700 special assessment, and to 10 years supervised release for his involvement in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Denison.
A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine in Denison was sentenced on July 9 to 10 years in federal prison. Soyner Umanor, 25, from Denison, received the prison term after a March 13 guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and four counts of aiding and abetting the distribution of methamphetamine.
A previously unreleased Michael Jackson song has been leaked online. A Place with No Name, the King of Pop’s take on 1970s group America’s song A Horse with No Name, has debuted on website TMZ.com.
The Note, authored by ABC News ‘ Rick Klein, covers politics, the White House, Congress, Democrats, Republicans, and all latest political campaigning for the 2012 presidential race. Washington’s first and most influential tipsheet, …
Good News ? [Cliff May]. Fox headline just now: CIA Director Pulled the Plug on “Secret” CIA Assassin Plan. But shouldn’t the media — not least Fox — be discussing (now that the cat is out of the bag) whether it’s a good idea to pull the …
Google is once again reminding news publishers that they do not have to be indexed by the search engine. All they have to do is slap some simple code on a robots.txt file to block the Googlebot. News publishers, for whatever reason, …
Earth Song Lyrics What about sunrise What about rain What about all the things That you said we were to gain What about killing fields Is there a time What about all the things That you said was yours and mine… Did you ever stop to notice All the blood we’ve shed before Did you ever stop to notice This crying Earth this weeping shore? Aaaaaaaah Oooooooh Aaaaaaaah Oooooooh What have we done to the world Look what we’ve done What about all the peace That you pledge your only son… What …
A trial-setting date of Aug. 26 was set today in Tulare County Superior Court in the case against a Camarillo-based fire-prevention company whose owner and an employee are charged with 112 felony and misdemeanor counts — including theft, conspiracy and fire-code violations.
FRESNO – A third defendant in the federal racketeering case against Road Dog cycle pleaded guilty today. Reynaldo Sotelo, 52, of Gilroy, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to traffic in stolen motorcycle parts. Sotelo, once the chief executive officer of Indian Motorcycles, has agreed to testify at any future trials in the case.