Does anyone know where to find alternative info on Ison and related topics?

I'm not interested in NASA or "official" sources. Perhaps a skilled amateur or a former employee that has a good grasp of how to analyze available data without any sort of religious bent.

1- BP said that the coma of Ison is 6 times the size of earth Is this even true?) He also mentioned that it could possibly be a plasma field. He cited a wiki article about how plasma could be generated at high speeds.. it was for a plasma weapon but what about a massive propulsion system? Or just a naturally occurring plasma field? In any case a plasma field that huge could totally fry the power grid (see item 4)

2- What about the segmented V shape? The NASA explanation on this doesn't seem to hold water.

3- The Deep Impact satellite that was supposed to send pics is conveniently tumbling out of control and unable to do so. Something fishy here no?

4- The power grid shutdown supposedly going down in November. Where did this story come from? Last I heard this has not been confirmed and people don't know if it's an actual shutdown or a drill. Is this story even true?

5- How are the orbits calculated on a "new" comet? If it's new as they say, how do they know that this thing isn't just making a beeline for our solar system? How do they know that it will whip around the sun?