BocaRatonBuzz
Heart-warming patriotism in action is
one way of looking at this site; the other is a permanent soapbox for some surly Florida
gadflies. Which side you take depends on how you felt upon witnessing some cranky
local being further infuriated and silenced by an arrogant city council. We think it's
Americans at their best. |
Alyeska Group of Six
Every few years a news item might make
the ordinary American wonder whether oil companies are abusing their privileges to drain
and pipe away Alaska's oil. These "six anonymous mid-level managers of the
Trans-Alaskan Pipeline" are watching every move up there, and post all their
official, whistle-blower type correspondence on their site. Fires, broken pipes, political
intimidation, rip-offs, all here. |
MTA
Gossip
Gossip and inside info on LA's transport authority (MTA), shepherded by "a retired
MTA employee." Innocuous postings about electrical trolleys and new train car orders
disintegrate into an alter-world of smoke screens and cajones. A world of story ideas for
Jimmy Olsen types. |
BBC's Talking Point
15-year-old daughter of London-based
U.S. ambassador says British men are all skinny and pasty. Agree? How will Clinton be
remembered? Smart responses to smart, leading questions magically rocket across the web
and onto this news- and society-based page. Other brand pubs -- such as NYT Abuzz -- can
only gawk in wonder at the simple, fascinating interactive success BBC has created here. |
SmarterTimes
Ira Stoll
Many days loyal New York Times readers
catch mistakes, error-based reporting or biases so glaring they're soon venting on the
phone or message boards, or ranting to their spouses. This Brooklyn guy's done one better
-- established a daily site to grimly pick out the BS and possibly build a community
around this pulse-raising activity. |
Bad Company
Portal set to destroy American
Technology Group, a listed pharmaceutical firm. Webmaster charges it is an immoral
cult. Inspired rage, yay. |
Ford Auto Gossip
Mission of BlueOvalNews? "To create and report news (regarding Ford Motors)."
Seemingly superb inside sources and attitude, plus ultimate trophy: they've been sued by
Ford. |
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"I may live in a shitty apartment in South Boston,
drink and smoke my way through life, be a loser, but when I blast these tunes on my Trans
Am stereo, I go wild, man."
- Judas Priest CD review by Chaz
| "Maxim, the swanky men's magazine transplanted to our
shores from Britain in '97, threw a holiday bash in Manhattan last week...a
fake-snow-adorned theme-club serving a bit of the old T & A on ice over a bed of
unthawed second-string celebrities. ..Who's that middle-aged sitcom guy in the tux?
"Oh I think he was the neighbor on Mad About You," postulated the photographer
from World Photo." |
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