Al Sharpton, to Michael Jackson’s kids: “There wasn’t nothing strange about your daddy.”
Joe Mama, in comments: “It’s these kinds of reckless statements that risk tearing the very fabric of the space-time continuum, trapping all light and heat, and sucking a good part of Los Angeles into another dimension.”
Heh.
(Actually, if we take Sharpton’s use of the double-negative literally, his statement is quite correct.)
A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 has struck the North Pole. (RT @BreakingNews.) IS SANTA SAFE???
The only thing more repulsive than the media’s excessive MJ coverage? The navel-gazing tomorrow about whether it was excessive (RT @allahpundit)
CNN’s sixth — count ’em, six! — Breaking News alert about MJ’s death: “Michael Jackson’s golden coffin is placed in front of the stage as his memorial service gets under way.” Thank God I was instantly notified via text and e-mail of this momentous, earth-shattering, world-changing turn of events. #cnnfail
Livetweeting MJ @allahpundit. “Nothing says taste and class like Mariah Carey caterwauling in a plunging neckline onstage with a corpse.”
Prediction: Greg Packer is in L.A. today for MJ’s memorial service, and will get quoted somewhere. http://tiny.cc/dLMl0