4/8     Margaret Thatcher, Annette Funicello, who's next? They always
        die in threes.
        \_ Yeah.  Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett died on the same day also.
           I still recall that when I was driving in the afternoon that day,
           KCSM was playing Dave Brubeck sound tracks non-stop for half an hour
           without the DJ saying anything.  So I thought Brubeck died on that
           day too.
           \_ Robert Edwards is number three. Really strange.
           \_ YOU.

5/15    Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson team up to work on a Tintin movie:
        http://preview.tinyurl.com/3b9d4k (variety.com)
        \_ Let's hope they keep all the homoerotic undertones between Tintin
           and Captain Haddock!

1/26    Michael Jackson goes from white man to muslim woman:
        http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4650420.stm

5/24    Now you can bet whether Michael Jackson is guilty or not:
        http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/05/24/jackson.bets.reut
                \_ You mean bet whether he's found guilty or not?  Being
                   guilty and being found guilty are different.
                   \_ no.  it's a legal term.  being found guilty is being
                      guilty unless later reversed in this situation.

3/17    Why doesn't Amazon show customer reviews for Michael Jackson albums?
        \_ Guess.
        \_ Wow!  Good catch, that's BIZARRE!
        \_ This CD box set still has customer reviews: http://tinyurl.com/48zef
        \_ You like Michael Jackson's songs?
           \_ It's just funny how they don't allow customer reviews for his
              stuff... I guess they must have turned into trollfests but
              that CD box set one looks reasonable. What other thing does
              Amazon exclude from reviews? I don't know of any. As for MJ,
              well, not that I listen to a lot of pop but the early stuff was
              good pop to say the least. It's kind of nostalgic. When I imagine
              certain old MJ songs I get an image in my mind of times when I
              was like 7 years old on vacation etc. and heard the songs...
        \_ Actually, it looks like there are reviews for some of his
           albums, maybe for the other ones no one has bothered:
           http://tinyurl.com/6kjrj
        \_ I heard there was an issue when Jay Leno made MJ jokes.  Is there
           a court injunction/gag order?
           \_ That's only if you have been subpeoned(sp?) in the case, as
              Leno was.
              \_ I don't get this. Jay Leno is an employee of NBC. He didn't
                 write the jokes, his script-writers did. NBC scripted MJ
                 jokes, NBC filmed the jokes, NBC aired the jokes. Why is the
                 blame on Leno instead of NBC?
                 \_ A subpoened witness is speaking in public about a defendant
                    in a criminal case.  It's pretty hard to seperate out what
                    part is recitation of lines, and what part is off-the-cuff
                    commentary.

3/12    Biggest prediction of 2005. Michael Jackson will commit suicide
        before the trial is over.                       -Oracle #1
        \_ It's not a really big prediction, since drudgereport already
           scooped you by two or three days.

3/10    "He told me that if men didn't masturbate, they can get to a point
        where they might rape a girl or might become unstable ... [Jackson]
        said if I didn't know how to do it, he would do it for me. ... I said
        I didn't really want to ... I was under the covers and he put his hand
        in my pants and he was masturbating me ..." Asked if Jackson was also
        masturbating, the boy replied that he couldn't see, but, "I could feel
        him moving." ... The boy described the second time when Jackson said
        he wanted to touch him: "The same thing happened again. He said he
        wanted to teach me. He started doing it again and then he kind of
        grabbed my hand like he wanted me to do it to him ...I pulled it away."
        \_ Sounds like Jacko needs to do a Polanski for a while.
        \_ Don't look at the disaster in Iraq, look at that freak over there!
           Quick look!
           \_ Isn't that Martha?!
                \_ Bush & Co must be pinching themselves in giddy joy.  While
                   they're busy pissing off the world and plundering the
                   nation the "liberal" media just saturates the airwaves
                   with fluff, keeping the sheeple distracted.

3/2     What does Michael Jackson looks like before all the face
        surgery? His current face is like a ghost everytime I look at it.
        \_ I remember seeing pictures of his early days, and he looked like a
           normal black person with dark skin and African complexion.  Nothing
           as scary as how he is today.
        \_ http://anomalies-unlimited.com/Jackson.html
           The complete horrific history.
           \_ Why does anyone give a shit about Michael Jackson now? The 80's
              are over, folks.
           \_ Wow, there's a new entry since last time I looked.
              That's... disturbing.

12/1    Speaking of fat shambling types getting a new look, has anyone seen a
        picture of Peter Jackson lately?  Did motherfucker go on the Atkins diet
        or something?
        \_ Peter Jackson kinda looks like my boss.  (Or he did when he was
           fat.)
        \_ link??
           \_ He's still not skinny, but compare it to LotR era pictures:
              http://img-nex.kongisking.net/kong/movies/day51-480x270-mpeg4.mov

4/20    JOTD: What's the difference between Michael Jackson and acne?
          \_ I got rid of acne after highschool ten years ago, but still have
             to hear about Jackson because of ass clowns like you.  That's the
             difference.
          \_ None.  Both MJ and acne make kids put cream on their faces.
          \_ Acne makes blotches on kids cheeks.  So does MJ, just different
             cheeks.
          \_ None.  Both MJ and acne come upon kids at the age of puberty.
          \_ None.  Both MJ and acne are an embarassment to kids everywhere.
          \_ One is a greasy scourge upon children everwhere.  The other is
             easily controlled by washing frequently
          \_ One comes upon kids at the age of puberty, and the other one likes
             to molest little boys.  DUH.
          \_ Acne usually doesn't come on a kid's face until he's at least
             13 years-old.
          \_ One errupts all over the face of a thirteen year old in a
             sticky white mess...and the other's a skin complaint!
          \_ Your lawyer doesn't smile after seeing  pictures of acne on your
             kid's face.
          \_ Kids wake up with acne, they go to bed with Michael Jackson.
        \_ Was this thread to prove that a motd.humor could be just as
           disgusting and offensive as motd.politics?

02/02   it wasn't Janet Jackson but Michael in disguise!
        \_ Now you're just trying to hurt my feelings.
        \_ I don't think there's enough makeup or surgery in the world to
           turn a guy like MJ into a black person of either sex.

12/16   Saddam should hire Johnny Cochran.  He might pull another OJ.
        \_ More likely he'll go for Geragos, who's already got Scott Peterson
           and Michael Jackson

12/11   Surprise, surprise, surprise. "No bid" Halliburton might have
        been ripping off the taxpayer:
        http://www.csua.org/u/58s
        \_ Look!  Over there!  Michael Jackson!

11/19   Oh great.  Arrest warrant issued for Michael Jackson.  So much for
        hearing any real news for awhile.
        http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/11/19/jackson.ranch/index.html
        \_ Yeah because it's more important that you can get "real" news than
           the fate of the boys he's been raping.  Without media attention
           forcing the government's hand, he'll never be stopped.
           \_ STOP OVERWRITING PEOPLE'S POSTS
              \_ idiot.  i wasn't.  i know who was though but it's not worth
                 getting into another motdedit use/not use flame fest.
           \_ What in Sam Hill you talkin' about, boey?  The gub'mint is the
              one doin' the arrestin', I'm talkin' about the stupid media.
              They report every single MJ item as front page news already.
              You're a real peice of work, son - not a brain cell in ya.
              \_ Is this meant to be sarcastic?  Ironic?  Something else?
                 \_ Does it matter?  The post it was replying to is asinine.

4/8     This just in:  Paypal is Bad.
        \_ http://www.factnet.org/Scientology/celebrities_con.html

3/22    People born in the 70s and grew up in the 80s had:
        madonna, michael jackson, star wars, top gun, aids, etc.
                                                      \_ I didn't have AIDS
                                                         \_ Very few people
                                                            have it. Fewer
                                                            contract it.
                                                            (read urls below)
                                                            \_ Winner:
                                                               Unclear on
                                                               the Concept
                                                               Award.
                \_ Those things existed, but so what?  They were painful then
                   and painful now and all of them are still here so what's
                   the difference?  (Tom Cruise is still here even if his
                   earlier movies are forgotten)
                \_ Technically star wars is from the 70's. Or did you mean
                   Empire and ROTJ.
        How about the people born in the 80s and grew up in the 90s?  What
        is your equivalent?  I'm wondering if there's a generation gap with
        you young folks.
        \_ fuck your pop culture.  i was born in '76 and grew up in the 80's
           and know nothing for your pansy ass micheal jackson crap.
           DRI, Metallica, Iron maiden, motorhead, minor threat, black flag,
           repo man, thrasher magazine, skateboarding, setting stuff on
           fire, hating ronald reagan, being an anarchist, programming
           the apple ][e in assembler...
           \_ So Reagan was in office from 81 to 88 which makes you all of
              about 12 when he *left* office.  And you were all of about 14
              when the 80s ended.  So you were a Reagan hating anarchist
              listening to Iron Maiden all through the 80s from age 4 to 14?
              Sure, kid, sure.  We all know the 90s sucked but trying to worm
              your way into the 80s with bad math won't help you any.
        \_ They get nothing.  They are weak and easily pushed to the wall.
        \_ Ewe! You are so 80s!
           \_ How dare you call them a sheep.
        \_ you mean there are people born in the 80s?  How weird is that?
        \_ VH1, Win95, High Speed Internet, AIM, PlayStation
             \_ You really want to lay claim to vh1, win95 and AIM?
                \_ I'm just saying these are things that kids growing
                   up in the 90's had. I'm not saying that they are
                   good. Some other things that 90s kids had:
                   Linux, Street Fighter 2, MTV's Real World/Spring Break,
                   Gulf War, bad scifi (TNG, DS9, VOY, B5, etc.)
                   \_ They had fewer parents, more pregnancies and higher
                      rates of drug use and suicide, too.

6/8     Wow, Sequel to 1987's The Lost Boys, called "The Lost Girls." got
        corey feldman involved.
        \_ Wow, Corey Feldman's still alive? I hope he's still dressing
           like Michael Jackson
           \_ i had such a crush on corey feldman when i was like 11...
              \_ gayP femaleP
                 \_ moronP
                     \_ I think the low point of his life was this late-
                        night show where he had a mullet, looked like
                        a weird drug dealer, and started prancing around
                        singing "What's - up - with the youth?  What's up
                        with the youth?" straight after rehab.
        \_ If you check coming attractions, this has been nothing but vapour
           & rumors for years (thank god).

5/9     Boy howdy isn't he delicious?  http://www.geocities.com/asianprince213
        \_ that must be the love child of Michael Jackson and Little
           Richard.
        \_ yum! http://www.geocities.com/asianprince213/Possibly.htm
           \_ Omigawd!  It's President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo with a
              mustache!  Got chocolate milk?  -brian
           \_ The one named "George" is fake.  It's the picture of an actor
              in Hong Kong.
              \_ actually I've also seen this guy with his own personal web ad.

1/14    What does the title "The Rev." as in "The Rev. MLK Jr." and "Rev.
        Jesse Jackson" stand for?  Seems to have something to do with the
        church.  Thx.
        \_ revolutionary
        \_ Real Answer: Reverend
           \_ More specifically, he is a Baptist Minister
                \_ The truth: he's a race baiting politico racist.  He's also
                   a multi millionaire.  Income source officially unknown.
                   \_ MLK Jr. or Jesse Jackson?
                        \_ Jackson.  MLK was a great man.
                        \- we should send jackson to cuba with elian --psb
                           \_ instead of elian is more like it
                         \_ Goddammit psb, it's "\_" not "\-"
                                \_ The psb can do whatever he damned well
                                   pleases, you peasant!  --psb #1 Fan