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Thursday, June 25, 2009

News / International Twittering from Iran

Posted by Brendan Kiley on Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 3:14 PM

Bani Sadr [first president of Iran after the 1979 revolution] on interviews in tv channels: "if whole ppl of iran is on the street, crackdown isn´t possible anymore" #Iranelection 33 minutes ago from web

RT @banisadr NOW: Growing masses,mostly woman, walking from Jeyhoon st. throuh navab st toward Jomhori sq. Tehran #iranelectionabout 1 hour ago from web

@mriedlinger Javan,gov newspaper accused BBC journalist for murder Neda to get out a story #iranelectionabout 1 hour ago from web in reply to mriedlinger

RT Human right watch: NOW:Growing masses,mostly woman, walking from Jeyhoon st. throuh navab st toward Jomhori sq. Tehran #iranelection Iranabout 1 hour ago from web

And a new topic of discussion in the Iran Twitter feeds:

It is not official, but everyone is saying that Michael Jackson has passed. His family are on their way to the hospital. How sad 20 minutes ago from web

THEY HAVE NOT I REPEAT NOT CONFIRMED THAT MICHEAL JACKSON IS DEAD, LETS WAIT FOR FACTS PEOPLE 19 minutes ago from web

I agree, there is no confirmation> I heard from someone in tehran of all places 18 minutes ago from web

Sorry, Tehran. It's true.

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some sources are reporting he's in a coma.

go iranian women!

Posted by Max Solomon on June 25, 2009 at 3:22 PM

I can't imagine Michael wouldn't want something extraordinary for his burial. Like wrapped as a mummy and entombed with a gold mask as King Tut and buried in some fantastic pyramid.

Posted by Vince on June 25, 2009 at 4:33 PM

The man was talented and successful, and it's sad he died, but I imagine he led a very tormented life. His childhood was terrible, from his adulthood, I don't think he ever really got over that.

Posted by Urgutha Forka on June 25, 2009 at 4:36 PM

I think Michael had about ten minutes of happiness in his whole life, combined, probably when he was riding his train with a load of kids, pretending to be one of them again. Saddest man in the world, I swear.

Posted by Fnarf

on June 25, 2009 at 4:40 PM

Seriously, SLOG...no dedicated thread for MJ? I mean, I know this is the land of too cool for school...but this is huge news.

MJ, RIP. Off The Wall is probably in my top ten of all albums ever. You brought serious joy to my youth.

Posted by Timothy on June 25, 2009 at 4:41 PM

@2: it's going to be a tacky trainwreck, with delusional family and b-list celebrities falling over each other to pay tribute and gloss over the tragic self-loathing that lead to his death.

Posted by Max Solomon on June 25, 2009 at 4:43 PM

agreed @ timothy, WTF slog, and he is dead, as reported in NY Times 4 minutes ago.

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/0…

my question is, where is the candle light vigil going to be in Seattle, or better yet, the drunken MJ remembrance party!

Posted by benbenjamin on June 25, 2009 at 4:47 PM

is Slog broken? No new posts in two hours!

Posted by michael strangeways

on June 25, 2009 at 4:49 PM

@5 is right. MJ deserves at least a Line Out.

Somewhere on my desk at home I have a signed CD from him (recent). Wow. Mind blowing day.

Posted by Will in Seattle

on June 25, 2009 at 4:50 PM

(ok, so there is a Line Out RIP ... my bad)

Posted by Will in Seattle

on June 25, 2009 at 5:05 PM

And you'd actually posted on it. Multiple times.

Posted by leek on June 25, 2009 at 5:10 PM

@11, that's hilarious. Does WiS have multiple personalities, who don't know what the others are up to?

It does not surprise me in the slightest to hear that the only Jackson CD Will owns is a recent (terrible) one.

Posted by Fnarf

on June 25, 2009 at 6:12 PM

There's no actual evidence of fraud in the Iran elections. Every claim about vote rigging has a perfectly reasonable and rational counter-claim. See IranAffairs.com for more FACTS about the alleged election fraud in Iran.

Don't believe what you're told. THINK: WHY WOULD THEY RESORT TO FRAUD when the opposition leader, Mousavi, is very much a regime insider and hardly a threat to the system?

See IranAffairs.com for more FACTS

Posted by hass on June 26, 2009 at 9:09 AM