Los Angeles Gears Up for Michael Jackson Memorial 7 July 2009

LOS ANGELES — After winning a random drawing for tickets to the Michael Jackson memorial, fans danced and sang on Monday, and some tried to make a buck, while city officials girded for the throngs expected to show up at the Tuesday event, invited or not.

Branden Grant was among those who picked up his tickets for the memorial service to Michael Jackson at the Staples Center.

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More than 1.6 million people registered for 8,750 pairs of free tickets to the Michael Jackson memorial service at the Staples Center.
As organizers distributed free pairs of tickets on Monday to 8,750 of the more 1.6 million people who had applied online for them, offers of tickets priced from a few hundred to several thousand dollars appeared on Web sites like eBay and Craigslist. Site administrators rushed to remove the postings, saying such sales were not authorized by the Staples Center, the downtown arena that will host the event. Organizers of the memorial said they were confident security measures would limit illegitimate ticket holders.

But the efforts at selling tickets, as well as signs of downtown hotels filling and the police preparing for thousands of people, if not more, by ringing a security perimeter around the event, added to a sense that the memorial was taking on shades of spectacle.

Late Monday night, local television broadcast live images of Jackson family members and others arriving and departing from Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills, a San Fernando Valley cemetery studded with celebrity graves where Mr. Jackson's private service is expected Tuesday morning. A hearse was seen driving from one building to another, backing nearly into it through a large entrance way where men then removed a coffin covered by a dark cloth.

The official list of participants in the service for Mr. Jackson, who died suddenly on June 25 at 50 of undetermined causes, included some of the biggest names in music, past and present, including Stevie Wonder, John Mayer, Jennifer Hudson, Smokey Robinson and Usher. More than a dozen television channels, including the big broadcast networks, planned live coverage of the memorial, which is set for 10 a.m. California time on Tuesday.

Elizabeth Taylor, one of Mr. Jacksons closest friends, sent word through her Twitter feed that she had turned down an offer to speak to avoid what she called the public whoopla.

Debbie Rowe, a former wife of Mr. Jackson and the mother of two of his three children, changed her mind about attending, saying through a spokeswoman that the onslaught of media attention has made it clear her attendance would be an unnecessary distraction. Ms. Rowe, who was shown on local television Monday screaming and cursing at photographers trailing her near her home, has not announced whether she will seek custody of the children, whom Mr. Jackson had wanted raised by his mother, or failing that, Diana Ross.

Los Angeles Gears Up for Michael Jackson Memorial 7 July 2009

LOS ANGELES — After winning a random drawing for tickets to the Michael Jackson memorial, fans danced and sang on Monday, and some tried to make a buck, while city officials girded for the throngs expected to show up at the Tuesday event, invited or not.

Branden Grant was among those who picked up his tickets for the memorial service to Michael Jackson at the Staples Center.

Enlarge This Image

Monica Almeida/The New York Times
More than 1.6 million people registered for 8,750 pairs of free tickets to the Michael Jackson memorial service at the Staples Center.
As organizers distributed free pairs of tickets on Monday to 8,750 of the more 1.6 million people who had applied online for them, offers of tickets priced from a few hundred to several thousand dollars appeared on Web sites like eBay and Craigslist. Site administrators rushed to remove the postings, saying such sales were not authorized by the Staples Center, the downtown arena that will host the event. Organizers of the memorial said they were confident security measures would limit illegitimate ticket holders.

But the efforts at selling tickets, as well as signs of downtown hotels filling and the police preparing for thousands of people, if not more, by ringing a security perimeter around the event, added to a sense that the memorial was taking on shades of spectacle.

Late Monday night, local television broadcast live images of Jackson family members and others arriving and departing from Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills, a San Fernando Valley cemetery studded with celebrity graves where Mr. Jackson's private service is expected Tuesday morning. A hearse was seen driving from one building to another, backing nearly into it through a large entrance way where men then removed a coffin covered by a dark cloth.

The official list of participants in the service for Mr. Jackson, who died suddenly on June 25 at 50 of undetermined causes, included some of the biggest names in music, past and present, including Stevie Wonder, John Mayer, Jennifer Hudson, Smokey Robinson and Usher. More than a dozen television channels, including the big broadcast networks, planned live coverage of the memorial, which is set for 10 a.m. California time on Tuesday.

Elizabeth Taylor, one of Mr. Jacksons closest friends, sent word through her Twitter feed that she had turned down an offer to speak to avoid what she called the public whoopla.

Debbie Rowe, a former wife of Mr. Jackson and the mother of two of his three children, changed her mind about attending, saying through a spokeswoman that the onslaught of media attention has made it clear her attendance would be an unnecessary distraction. Ms. Rowe, who was shown on local television Monday screaming and cursing at photographers trailing her near her home, has not announced whether she will seek custody of the children, whom Mr. Jackson had wanted raised by his mother, or failing that, Diana Ross.

G8 - Proteste a l'Aquila e in tutta Italia...

Da Greenpeace che ha occupato 4 centrali a carbone in diverse località italiane ai ragazzi del comitato di l'Aquila. Non importa come, è importante dire a questi "GRANDI" buffoni che si vergognino. Ogni mezzo, ogni metodo, ogni persiero che si userà per far vedere e diffondere il nostro dissenso andrà benissimo.

CINA - Continua il caos causato dalle proteste della minoranza musulmana Cinese!!!

Ecco cosa succede quando una minoranza di Religione Islamica decide di seminare il caos ed il terrore come solo loro sanno fare!!! Il fondamentalismo ed il fanatismo Islamico è una minaccia ed un serio pericolo per tutte le nazioni del Mondo!!! Fortunatamente la Repubblica Popolare Cinese sà come reagire per fermare sul nascere questa Religione guerrafondaia...

Honduras coup: Roberto Micheletti named interim president....

IN THE FIELD: Newly appointed Honduran President Roberto Micheletti has announced a two-day nationwide curfew as supporters of the country's ousted leader erect barricades in the capital, Tegucigalpa. Gunfire was heard near the presidential palace.

Fonte: http://www.youtube.com/user/france24english

Roberto Micheletti nuevo presidente de Honduras

El presidente del Congreso, Roberto Micheletti, ha sido nombrado nuevo jefe del Estado por el Parlamento nacional. Zelaya, que niega categóricamente haber renunciado a su cargo, ha sido destituido por "reiteradas violaciones" de la Constitución, otras leyes y sentencias judiciales.

Fonte: http://www.youtube.com/user/libertaddigitaltv

Honduras renuncia a su presencia en la OEA...

El nuevo Gobierno hondureño de Roberto Micheletti ha anunciado su renuncia a la OEA. El organismo, denuncia el Ejecutivo, "cree que ya no existe espacio para los estados que aman su libertad". Insulza, ahora en el país, dice que "no tienen intención de revertir la situación".

Fonte: http://www.youtube.com/user/libertaddigitaltv

Honduras 126 GOLPE DE ESTADO Mel Zelaya Ejército asesino del pueblo Falsimedia

James Petras: Mientras EEUU no rompa relaciones y les retire el apoyo, los golpistas masacradores no se irán
http://www.radiomundial.com.ve/yvke/f...

Hondureños mantienen movilizaciones a favor del retorno de Zelaya
http://vtv.gob.ve/noticias-internacio...

"Estamos frente a una masacre, un acto de terrorismo de Estado. Esperamos escuchar la voz del presidente norteamericano, que hasta ahora ha jugado un papel vergonzoso frente a los golpistas. Esperamos que por fin declare el golpe ilegal y condene a los golpistas, así como que corte la ayuda norteamericana y rompa relaciones con un gobierno masacrador, pero todavía no hemos recibido ningún anuncio de la Casa Blanca ni de la cancillera, Hillary Clinton. El pueblo aquí, particularmente las comunidades latinoamericanas están muy indignados con este presidente, supuestamente representante de los grupos afroamericanos, latinoamericanos y las clases populares".

Hoy en la rueda de prensa del gobierno de facto se veía cierta desesperación por ser reconocidos por algún gobierno. Sin embargo, esta actitud beligerante y la represión salvaje del pueblo que esperaba en el aeropuerto a su presidente legítimo no parece mostrar a un gobierno que esté absolutamente aislado. ¿Cuando se refiere al papel indignante del gobierno estadounidense es porque cree que existe apoyo del gobierno de Estados Unidos a este golpe de Estado?

"Bueno, por lo menos veamos los indicadores concretos. Primero, el embajador norteamericano sigue allá. Segundo, los generales, mayores y coroneles estadounidenses estacionados en la base de Honduras siguen en contacto con los asesinos como si fuera una cosa rutinaria. Todavía el presidente norteamericano no ha definido las acciones en Honduras como un golpe de Estado ni ha roto relaciones ni ha cortado la ayuda. Mientras los golpistas masacradores sigan pensando que Washington va a seguir dando apoyo económico y diplomático o manteniendo relaciones, ellos no van a renunciar".
http://www.aporrea.org/tiburon/n13809...

En el avión también se econtraba Miguel D'Escoto, Presidente de la Asamblea General de la ONU
Golpistas amenazaron y colocaron obstáculos en la pista, evitando aterrizaje de avión de Zelaya.

Fonte: http://www.youtube.com/user/TVZL

Raúl Castro canta en chino para recibir a Hu Jintao...

Immagini d'archivio: Raúl Castro recibe a Hu Jintao cantando en chino que junto a Fidel Castro, aparentemente muy deteriorado, mantuvo una entrevista con el mandatario chino...

Fonte: http://www.youtube.com/user/libertaddigitaltv