Sparky: Let's InfoDump on Iraq, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, CIA, Saddam Hussein

Huffington Report article you should read: Rep. John Murtha: Claims and Facts: The War in Iraq

Plus locate Adrianna's latest well deserved attack on Judy Miller the War Monger while you visit.

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Be Aware Of How The Below Links to the Bush Junta II Cheating Themselves Into The White House Again because Sparky aggrees with Greg Palast 's accusation against Florida Governor Jeb Bush, Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris, and Florida Elections Unit Chief Clay Roberts, along with the ChoicePoint corporation, of election fraud during the US Presidential Election of 2000 and again in 2004 when, he argued, the problems and machinations from 2000 continued and that challenger John Kerry actually would have won if not for disproportional "spoilage" of Democratic votes.^[1]

1. Diebold "whistleblower" faces criminal charges in California
2. Black Box Voting finds anomalies in electronic voting logs of 2004 U.S. election

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Newsworthy stuff

1. Wikipedia class action site vanishes, backers revealed
2. Geysers of water on one of Saturn's moons
3. "Massive" oil spill in Alaska
4. U.S. found in violation of Native Americans rights
5. Japanese Buddhist priest arrested for child prostitution
6. Gordon Parks, African American filmmaker, dies at 93
7. Study reveals 10% of telecommuters work nude
8. Bonobo chimp threatened in Congo
9. Amateur sex video stirs controversy on Internet

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Sparky was interested in item 9 for research purposes -

Tammy Sex Video Scandal

First circulated around mid-February 2006, the Tammy sex video scandal is a scandal in Singapore involving a sex video that has turned into an Internet phenomenon. The incident began when a cheerleader student from Nanyang Polytechnic, only known as Tammy, apparently had her handphone stolen by a rival, and a 10-minute video in her handphone involving oral sex and intercourse with her boyfriend was uploaded on the Internet. <sup>[1]

Tammy as claimed</sup>

The video was initially spread obscurely via instant messaging, email and blogs, but eventually made it to the frontpages of national newspapers. Shortly after, the video gained international notoriety as many people curiously began searching for it online under the keyword tammy nyp, causing the scandal to make it to the first five places in Technorati's top search terms for almost two weeks.^[2]

Cases of people capitalising on the scandal have been widespread, from traffic whoring to commercialisation. Bloggers who wrote about the scandal, or even gave a mention of the abovementioned search phrases, found themselves experiencing a spike in their visitor traffic, often by thousands. The video was reportedly sold in DVD at Penang, Malaysia^[3], and made it as far as New York City. A domain on the scandal's top search term was also squattered by someone, and other merchandise such as T-shirts was sold online.^[4]

Questions on morality have been raised and debated after the scandal broke.^[5] Critics blamed the girl for shooting the video in the first place, while others pointed the finger at the person who uploaded the video. Her boyfriend, on the other hand, has escaped the same level of the criticism thrust upon Tammy, prompting comments questioning some critics' bias. The girl, when interviewed, claimed that she had no intention for fame or being a porn star^[6], and has since undergone counselling.

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References

1. "Living in glass houses", Mr. Miygai, Today, 22 February 2006
2. "Taking over Tecnorati", Tym Blogs Too!, 24 February 2006
3. "Sex video featuring student on sale", The Star Malaysia, 25 February 2006
4. "blogosphere", Melissa Hwee, The Straits Times (Digital Life), 28 February 2006
5. "Parents must address lax values", Jeremy Au Yong and Nur Dianah Subaimi, The Sunday Times, 26 February 2006
6. "Behave and be damned?", Tan Mae Lynn, The New Paper, 27 February 2006

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Ah well, late for an interesting meme - Sparky
PS - As lil Tammy is still underage - please no torrent links. Thanks.