Rumors swirling around said that Joe Jackson was planning on pimping out Michael’s children as the new Jackson Three . Tito Jackson claims that those rumors are false and his father has no such plans. Tito says, “My father has no intentions whatsoever of turning Michael’s kids into a singing group. He’s been there, done that already. Michael’s kids are going to be allowed to be pretty much what they want to be, as long as it’s beneficial to themselves and to the world.

inothernews : propagandery : Ebony Magazine in 1985 projects what Michael Jackson will look like in 2000.

inky : Michael Jackson  Note from Ron: Damn they were dead on with this.

Is cultural continuity an issue for you? A new commenter, Lurker frequent , brought up this interesting topic in regards to intercultural marriages in the comments section of my last post : As an Indian in the USA; the only reason I would not want to marry a local is to not “lose” my own traditions and culture.

p2pnet news view P2P :- I tell you, I want some of what the Global Gaming Factory (GGF) is smokin’. After the GGF sent out a press release concerning the imminent acquisition of The Pirate Bay for $7.8 million (krona?) the P2P doomsayers had a coronary, and with good reason. ‘The impending doom of the internet’ was heard from Alaska to Australia. (Tom Koltai should be pleased, with all those damn Johnny’s brazenly using ALL the bandwidth they paid for, (how dare they), soon to be snuffed quietly in their sleep).

LOS ANGELES – With the investigation of Michael Jackson’s death zeroing in on what drugs the pop singer took and who provided them, an upcoming toxicology report is key to whether anyone is criminally charged. It’s already known propofol, a powerful anesthetic not meant for home use, was among the drugs found in Jackson’s rented mansion. The Los Angeles Police Department, working with the Drug Enforcement Administration and California attorney general’s office, is trying to determine how the medications got there.

On July 5, The Post published a letter from Martha Gillis of Springfield, whose nephew, Lt. Brian Bradshaw, was killed in Afghanistan on June 25, the day that Michael Jackson died. The letter criticized the extensive media coverage of Jackson’s death compared with the brief coverage of Lt. Bradshaw’s death. Among the responses was the following letter, written July 9 by an Air National Guard pilot and a fellow member of the crew that flew Lt. Bradshaw’s body from a forward base in Afghanistan to Bagram Air Base.

LISTEN LIVE TONIGHT AT 9 PM ET Join Dana tonight at 9 PM ET on the Dana Pretzer Show as he welcomes the following guests: Crime reporter Diane Dimond – ‘ The Enigma That Was Michael Jackson’ Victims Advocate Alexis Moore with an Open Letter To Lynn Rosenthal LA ADA Robin Sax with her weekly segment “Nothing But The Sax”

It’s the video that peeps are talking about…the Us Weekly magazine video of the Michael Jackson Pepsi commercial accident that happened back in 1984. The video of Michael Jackson’s 1984 Pepsi commercial shows the King of Pop’s hair catching fire from exploding fireworks. The accident happened on the sixth take of the TV spot, which was held at the LA Shine Auditorium.

This was produced by Shaq, who clearly needs to keep his day job. (I still love you Shaq)