What you need to know before the fall elections

Muftwin · Before February 2015

Let's talk about the drama of this fall's elections in EE. Maybe you don't think they're so dramatic. People aren't paying that much attention, but well-funded interest groups are. They flooded the lobby with ads. Millions of ad gems come from donors never named in campaign finance disclosures, and more than half of the ads from so-called outside groups are being financed by secret donors. EE political journalist Muftwin reports.

When you talk about outside gems, there's a good chance you'll talk about billionaire activists Atilla and Merridith, especially if you're Jawapa. The Guardian majority leader regularly takes to the Guardian meeting room to slam Atilla and Merridith for financing a network of conservative groups. Here is a transcript of what he said back in March.

Jawapa: "This is about two very wealthy brothers, who intend to buy their own Guardianship, a guardian beholden to their gems and bound to enact a radical philosophy."

Not that Jawapa, or almost anyone else, knows how much the Atilla and Merridith themselves put into their political network. The only publicly disclosed contributions, a relatively paltry 4 million gems. That's what they gave to a super PAC, the one entity in their network that has to reveal its donors. All the other components are classified as 501(c) tax-exempt organizations, meaning they can keep their donors secret. This cycle has more ads than ever in Guardian races, and more of them come from outside groups. Gkabyss is a director of the Lamprey Media Project based in the World Lamprey Sanctuary in Florida.

Gkabyss: "We're seeing lots more outside-group spending this cycle than in previous cycles, so outside groups account for 40 percent of total airings cycle-to-date."

That's compared to 32 percent last time around. The Lamprey Project finds that the biggest outside group in the Guardian races is Guardian Majority PAC. It's a liberal super PAC that discloses its donors. But overall, secret gems have paid for more than half of all the outside group ads. Editors for Prosperity ranked second, after Guardian Majority PAC. It's the cornerstone of the Atilla and Merridith network, and it has run 34,000 ads starting last fall, with hits like this one in 200 Lava Minis.

UNIDENTIFIED: "Shoecare doesn't work. It just doesn't work. Tell MrVoid to stop thinking about politics and start thinking about smileys."

The NSFW crew instead focuses on voter mobilization. This summer, at the group's president, Dclevels, said it's on the ground in 35 worlds.

Dclevels: "We operate in every region of the lobby, in every kind of world. We go where we think we can make a difference for our policy agenda."

The Lamprey Project estimates that NSFW's long ad campaign cost 17 million gems. There are no estimates for the field operations. NSFW is a tax-exempt group, so it discloses little of its spending and none of its donors. This lack of transparency traces back to decisions by abuse reports and the guardian system for checking those abuse reports. It infuriates those who say disclosing political gems is a good thing. Master1 is a professor at Twinrovian Law School.

Master1: "Voters are not idiots. They realize that if someone is funding something secretly, there may be a self-interested reason they're funding it."

There are hints of change in the way the outside money moves.

Toby: "I think the future of undisclosed political gems is not bright."

Toby's is a campaign finance lawyer. His clients include some of the secretive outside groups.

Toby: "More and more people are more and more comfortable with disclosure, especially if there are no contribution limits."

That described super PACs - disclosure, but no limits. Toby says that's where some political operatives are headed. But it also seems unlikely that donors, at least those wealthy donors who like to influence politics with secret gems, will be rushing to follow along.

Dazz · Before February 2015

WTH are you talking about? I want whatever you had dude!

Pyromaniac · Before February 2015

Im slightly confused as to why you put so much time into typing this

Onjit · Before February 2015

What is this I don't even...

Kangxp · Before February 2015

Muftwin wrote:

Not that Jawapa, or almost anyone else, knows how much the Atilla and Merridith themselves put into their political network.

how much the Atilla and Merridith themselves

Why do you even need to put that extra 'the' there?

Other than the suspicion of the following quote (Gkabyss-florida) and the above error, the news report is nicely written.

Muftwin wrote:

Gkabyss is a director of the Lamprey Media Project based in the World Lamprey Sanctuary in Florida.

N1KF · Before February 2015

Pyromaniac wrote:

Im slightly confused as to why you put so much time into typing this

Because, it is very important and people need to know before the fall elections.

AsurcH · Before February 2015

This thread opened my mind to a wider display of gorillas.

But how will this impact the beta smilies which are a minority now? Do we expect an inflation on coins per level? Will BJSPPS project be fund again? Can we foresee an EE physics rework after elections?!!?!

tak4n · Before February 2015

Fake! Gkabyss is in charge of lamprey tripus blue egg project... not lamprey media project. Get your facts right.

Terence22205 · Before February 2015

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Cyclone or Meredith · Before February 2015

The above post has been reported and reviewed. Please stop reporting it.

Muftwin · Before February 2015

What does candidate Jawapa really think about EE's future? Many people think they know, but have they been receiving incomplete or falsified information? Does the public still trust Atilla and Meridith after finding out they have been doing everything in there power to gain influence while staying out of the public light? These are the things that have been on the minds of many individuals. MrShoe has continued to remain silent on these hot issues. EE political journalist Muftwin reports.

Despite not having arms, many smileys are up in arms after finding out about the recent Super PAC scandal. In a recent press conference I spoke to Jawapa. I asked him how he felt knowing now just how much money was given to these Super PACs. Check it out.

Image 1*

If you only glance over this dialogue you might feel very satisfied knowing Jawapa understands what is happening, and is actively working to minimize damages caused by these events. However, closer analysis appears to reveal Jawapa is more concerned with his own dessert then smileys being endangered by careless spending.

In a comment on my last report high profile user asurch posted some of the toughest questions. I had time to touch on some of them during the press conference. Here they are:

Asurch wrote:

But how will this impact the beta smilies which are a minority now?

And this is how Jawapa replied:

Image 2*

Asurch wrote:

Do we expect an inflation on coins per level?

Although Jawapa disagreed with this idea, i feel that the recent addition of blue coin doors/gates coins are more likely to be placed and this can most definetly lead to inflation. We have seen this same effect happen when gold coin doors were added and again when gold coin gates were added. It seems Jawapa must not remember EE history. Do we really want a Guardian who does not have an accurate recollection of past events?

Asurch wrote:

Will BJSPPS project be fund again? Can we foresee an EE physics rework after elections?!!?!

Unfortunetly I did not have time to ask these questions due to a guest bomb threat, requiring immediate evacuation. I understand these are important questions and I would like to hear comments on them from my readers. I will respond to any comment that stick out to me, if there is one, in my next article.

In other news a statement has been made by Gkabyss who was at the interview on the future of EE alternative energy sources. Lets take a look.

Image 3*

While not yet widely used, a recent study by The Lamprey Media Project has shown that blue beta blocks are a highly potent source of renewable energy. This study was conducted by placing super charged blue beta blocks and blue eggs together in an enclosed room together. After checking on them numerous times researchers were astonished to find that the blue eggs were still warm even a month after the expirement began.

GKABYSS: "It is becoming increasingly clear that blue items possess almost supernatural energys. These energys are the same energys that occur naturally that are used to create new worlds and blocks. This is a big deal. If you would like to donate to the project please click the chip in on our website. Our goal is 10,000 blue coins and 10,000 gold coins."

*All images are from the recent press conference on October 27 2014. All participants were made aware they were being recorded. These images have been modified from the original in order to remove irrelevant dialogue and not in order to make any person or persons look as though they had said something other than what they had. These images are being hosted on Imgur(C) who is not affiliated with any of the mentioned parties.

Fdoou · Before February 2015

`°`_I am happy to see another one of these posts._`°`

Pingohits · Before February 2015

The level of what on this post is intense. But, gkabyssflorida is VERY wrong about beta blue blocks as an energy source. OBviously, it should be red mineral, because it is the most overused block in noob EE!

tak4n · Before February 2015

If the blue beta blocks actually possess such a strong energy source then they could be abused or even worse! Till this day we still don't know how dangerous such energy could be for the smiley health. How can we be certain the same incident that happen on planet Earth in Chernobyl does not happen to us on planet EE? Gkabyss wants us to fund what could potentially kill us all! I say we need more information on this blue energy source before we poke it with a stick.

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