Just when you thought there was no news, it turns out there was... was, sigh...
Anyway, it turns out an item retracted on the Marathon's Story page was a bit more interesting than I'd initially suspected, and it's generated an interesting thread on the b.b.org forum.
Off in la la land, I missed it and am still trying to figure out what it was... but it was somehow Blam related, and appears rather interesting. And by a happy coincidence, the new poll seems to be directly related to the new controversy. More info as I figure out what I'm even trying to get info on...