Comments on: “Rumblegate:” Independent Sources dispatched to investigate Mickey Kaus/LA Observed Dispute

By: Phantom Gang Rumble in Brentwood « 8763 Wonderland

Phantom Gang Rumble in Brentwood « 8763 Wonderland — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 21:13:39 +0000

[...] ing) each other around 26th Street and San Vicente.” Independent Sources » Blog Archive » “Rumblegate:” [...]

By: A. Grimmke

A. Grimmke — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 18:44:04 +0000

Is I have mentioned at Mr. Ailes’ site, I have puzzled out the Identity of the mysterious gangs.

They consist of teenaged hackers who contend that they never recieved a copy of X-man comic #1 promised them by their street fighting opponents, the executives of the company Jukt Micronics.

By: Rodger Jacobs

Rodger Jacobs — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 23:36:27 +0000

My sources are now telling me it was two warring factions of tourists from the Graveline Tours bus. Shortly after driving past the former O.J. estate on Rockingham and then the Meza Luna Restaurant a lot of loud talk broke out on the bus about the guilt or innocence of O.J. Simpson. Soon, the blue-haired ladies and the men in the bowling shirts broke of into two camps and words began flying. Fists — and maps of the stars’ homes — were flying. The bus driver stopped his vehicle to summon police but by that time the heated rumble continued into the street.

By: Max Patkin

Max Patkin — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 18:07:16 +0000

I did some asking around myself. It turns out that what Kaus reported as a “brawl” was actually a group of kids caught up in an especially loud game of Risk. As often happens, one of the youngsters had sequestered his armies in Australia/New Zealand, a classic strategy that never wins the game but usually guarantees 2nd place. Another player got a phone call from mom to come home, so before leaving he sent his armies on a suicide mission to Australia to wipe out the defending troops, where with each roll of the dice he let out a mocking “g’day, mate.” The rest of the players, spread out from Kamchatka to Argentina, erupted in riotous laughter, though nobody called the cops.

By: 8763 Wonderland - Flashpoint: San Vicente & 26th

8763 Wonderland - Flashpoint: San Vicente & 26th — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 16:12:13 +0000

[...] emails that nothing came over the 911 network. Independent Sources, in the meanwhile, has dispatched photographers to the scene of the rumored rumble and is the only blog to interview [...]

By: L.A. Observed: Los Angeles media, news and sense of place

L.A. Observed: Los Angeles media, news and sense of place — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 15:57:11 +0000

[...] between boss Barry Munitz and the museum experts who don’t like him. ♦ Blogger Independent Sources goes into the field in search of the Rumble in Brentwood, with photos. Al [...]

By: GOPINION — Monday, November 7, 2005

GOPINION — Monday, November 7, 2005 — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 11:44:50 +0000

[...] ael Steele, who is running for Senate in my home state of Maryland? Rumblegate@ Independent Sources # Is Mickey Kaus lying about a Halloween gang fight? [...]

By: Martini Republic

Martini Republic — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

and nobody anywhere has heard anything about this—excepting Mickey Kaus, whose most recent words on the subject still suggest that the Times should have covered a story nobody has heard a thing about. Elsewhere: Rodger Jacobs, Kevin Roderick, Independent Sources all express their strong doubts. [joseph]

By: Roger Ailes

Roger Ailes — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Several Los Angeles bloggers have looked into Mickey Kaus’s hackpocryphal tale of dark-skinned teens rumbling with ballbats — and dirks and daggers and shivs and shanks — on All Hallows’ Eve. Reports are in from: Independent Sources