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Recent months have seen a number of unexpected and extremely encouraging statements coming out of the Muslim world. Respected, mainstream Muslim leaders in a variety of countries have voiced opinions which are at odds with traditional, conservative Islam. They have challenged aspects of shari'a and are calling for a liberal, modernist, enlightened Islam compatible with Western norms. Perhaps the most significant of all is a comment by a group of British Muslims calling for an end to the apostasy law and for full freedom in all religious matters.
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Same pic as Sick And Wrong!: Fille Fatale get usage counts
The picture for Fille Fatale is the same as Sick and Wrong. Isn't there a rule against this? I think the picture for Sick and Wrong is appropriate, so is there a better picture for Fille Fatale?
edited 21st Dec '10 9:51:40 PM by MissWhiteMascara
2 Deboss, Tue, 21st Dec '10 9:42:41 PM from Awesomeville Texas
I see the Awesomeness.It's not a strong rule, but it's there. And please remember to Pot Hole so people can click your links.
edited 21st Dec '10 9:46:19 PM by Deboss
Ah, sorry, I'm kind of new to this.
4 Deboss, Tue, 21st Dec '10 9:51:32 PM from Awesomeville Texas
I see the Awesomeness.Suggestion for Sick and Wrong:
5 Gilphon, Wed, 22nd Dec '10 6:46:06 PM from The Third Sound Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
ScumI, personally, feel the current image works a lot better for Fille Fatale than it does for Sick and Wrong, and we can probably find a good picture for that one.
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6 Deboss, Wed, 22nd Dec '10 7:39:34 PM from Awesomeville Texas
I see the Awesomeness.Remember me, I'm about to do a GIS for Sick and Wrong. There was significantly less Rule 34 for that search term. Options include:elephant poo◊reaction shot◊...
edited 22nd Dec '10 7:44:16 PM by Deboss
7 rodney Anonymous, Wed, 22nd Dec '10 11:40:37 PM from empty space
Sick and Wrong? I can picture people recoiling in horror from a computer screen. That laconic is: "Brain Bleach. Now."
edited 22nd Dec '10 11:42:32 PM by rodneyAnonymous
Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel.
Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.
8 Chabal 2, Thu, 23rd Dec '10 2:17:33 AM from Plains of Tolosa
Fear meWhat's wrong with the current Sick and Wrong? It has very obvious pedophilic qualities, which is pretty much the epitome of Sick and Wrong in any media. Not asking because I put up the image in the first place, nosireebob.
9 Deboss, Thu, 23rd Dec '10 2:19:57 AM from Awesomeville Texas
I see the Awesomeness.Nothing wrong with it, it's just a duplicate of Fille Fatale and it seems to work better over there.
Actually, I think the image works better for sick and wrong, because it's obviously just an ad, where some sick bastard took a photo of a little girl, and tried to portray it as sexy. It doesn't look like the girl herself is intentionally trying to be sexy. We had an image picking for Lolita, couldn't we use a runner-up from there?
edited 23rd Dec '10 4:43:29 AM by EternalSeptember
11 Ghilz, Thu, 23rd Dec '10 8:13:08 AM from The Moon. Or Canada. Relationship Status: Drift compatible
Fight It Out!I agree. I think it fits better with Sick and Wrong
12 Deboss, Thu, 23rd Dec '10 9:58:21 AM from Awesomeville Texas
I see the Awesomeness.Hm, I should probably make a thread for Sick and Wrong and then paste a link here.
13 Chabal 2, Thu, 23rd Dec '10 10:54:44 AM from Plains of Tolosa
Fear meFrom said thread for Sick and Wrong: "Fille Fatale should be changed. The picture doesn't show that this is a girl knowing what she is doing is sexual. It just looks like an ad where the girl is clearly too young, which fits Sick and Wrong." (Dragon Quest Z)
edited 23rd Dec '10 10:55:07 AM by Chabal2
14 Ghilz, Thu, 23rd Dec '10 2:02:04 PM from The Moon. Or Canada. Relationship Status: Drift compatible
Fight It Out!A reasoning I agree with.
15 rodney Anonymous, Thu, 23rd Dec '10 2:04:43 PM from empty space
Fille Fatale should not be of Lolita. The question of whether Dolores knows what she is doing is... complicated. And she is not a Femme Fatale-in-training. As even the example list points out, she is not an example of the trope. btw: Lolita is one of the most well-written books I have ever read. It's not every day that something evokes genuine sympathy for a murderous pedophile, for instance.
edited 23rd Dec '10 2:27:54 PM by rodneyAnonymous
Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel.
Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.
16 Willbyr, Fri, 4th Feb '11 8:20:10 PM from North Little Rock, AR Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
17 jewelleddragon, Fri, 4th Feb '11 8:26:37 PM from Pasadena, CA
Also known as KatzWe had a really long image discussion for Fille Fatale a while back; anyone got a link to it? It seems like a page that has gone through a lot of pictures. Perhaps it should just be imageless or we should just agree not to change it anymore.
18 marheavenangel 89, Sat, 5th Feb '11 3:52:56 PM from TEXAS!!!!
Captain MimiAgreed, I think the image fits better with Sick and Wrong
19 DRCEQ, Sat, 5th Feb '11 5:26:41 PM Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
MOVE, B****! GET OUT THE WAY!Thank you Deboss for reminding me about Sexy Losers.
I didn't find it in search, so I suspect it got lost in the forum purge. It's a good thing we realized that it is not a good idea to purge this particular subforum, but it's too late for those we already lost.
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21 Willbyr, Sat, 19th Feb '11 9:47:28 PM from North Little Rock, AR Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Anime-tedHere's a couple of strips from Sandra and Woo that might work for Fille Fatale; Word of God describes Larisa as such. The advertisement is great for Sick and Wrong.
edited 19th Feb '11 9:53:30 PM by Willbyr
I set the current picture for Fille Fatale, under the reasoning that the girl in the previous one looked too much older than she is in that picture to convey the trope unless you know the character, and to be honest I didn't want to spend that much time looking for an image, you know? But, anyway, I still like the Love's Baby Soft image for Fille Fatale, and I'd prefer changing Sick and Wrong to something different instead, but I think if we're going to go with something from that comic, it should probably be only one or two panels because of the page size and whatnot, and I'd pick this panel: It seems to convey her age (pre-college) and her approach to romance (kind of a Good Bad Girl who might break a few hearts by mistake, it looks like?) the best.
edited 27th Feb '11 7:33:40 PM by Lullabee
23 shimaspawn, Sun, 27th Feb '11 7:33:55 PM from Here and Now Relationship Status: In your bunk
That makes her sound high school age 14-18 in general, so she could be an adult and thus she doesn't count for this trope.
edited 27th Feb '11 7:35:41 PM by shimaspawn
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I actually didn't notice she's supposed to be eleven. Oh, if only she was saying "high school" in that panel!
My proposition is this page from the Skip Beat! manga. Not as a whole, just the second pannel.
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The best smartphones for Christmas
Re: Ug?
It supports USB OTG if you root it and slap Stickmount onto it.
Easy peasy
got to order
...a Nexus 4 from the second batch - delivery 3-4 weeks and counting.
Agree with the comment on HTC build quality - I've been a fan since my Nexus Some - really not keen on Sense though
What I'd really like to see is every manufacturer coming out with a Nexus ph9ne once each year - the "pure Android" interface and instant updates are a compelling sales-pitch.
BT to rent cheaper FTTP lines to ISPs - if they stump up £1k a go
Re: may be worth it
Hmm, I live 50 feet from my exchange - when I moved into this flat 12 years ago, and requested a broadband connection, the BT engineers ripped out fibre and replaced it with copper.
Reckon I have a case to get it reinstated at no cost? Neither do I.
Habitable HEAVY GRAVITY WORLD found just 42 light-years away
Re: whats the point
Hold up - 10% light speed is around 67 million MPH, right? I think the fastest man made object yet, the Helios probes, achieved roughly 150,000 MPH by virtue of a "slingshot" from the sun (the fiery ball of gas, not the "newspaper"). Accelerating from 150,000 to 67,000,000? >420 years to get there?
Send me a postcard
Fans rap Apple's 'crap' Map app
so is it...
...mapocalypse now?
Hooper's copyright hubs - could be a big British win with BBC backing
"How much, if any public money is required"?
Whatever happened to old Maggie's market driven ethos?
Let those who will profit bear the cost - I for one am sick of funneling public money into private, capacious pockets
Google Nexus 7 blighted by brightness blunder
Re: Mine is ok
Like the above, mine seems to be perfectly adequate.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but there appears to have been a fairly concerted hate-campaign on the go...
Every delivery has been "Gordon Housed" - mine wasn't
Every screen is coming apart - mine hasn't
Every screen has dead pixels - not mine
Every screen suffers from light leakage - nope
I can only answer for me and the people I know, but none of us who ordered this glistenening beauty has experienced any of the above problems, or has any complaint at all
Google suspends 16GB Nexus 7 orders
Re: Does Google not know why people want local storage?
Here's the thing - you don't want one, then don't buy one.
Unlocking & Rooting isn't rocket science - especially for readers of El Reg. Put Stickmount on it and you can use USB OTG to access 32 GB thumb-drives - one of the wags over at XDA developer forums has hooked up a floppy-drive to one.
Seriously though, buy what you want to buy, and enjoy what you like.
I got mine...
...on time, no dead pixels, no wobbly screen, and I'm very happy with it.
I never saw the need for a tablet before, but now I'm a convert.
Spotify coining it at home in Sweden: But are artists getting any?
...another Orlowski piece demanding that consumers pay more so the creative types can attain the lifestyles enjoyed by the Stones, the Beatles, Bowie et al.
Because it's the consumer who will pay - god forbid that Daniel Ek, or the oily big-media execs should take a drop in income.
I use Spotify and pay a Tenner a month for it. Currently I reckon it is good value. If they revise the pricing upwards so the artists can get a bigger wedge, I'll have to consider the point where it ceases to be worth it.
Simple as that.
Build a bonkers hi-fi
Re: hold on
Unconvinced. The job of any hi-fi kit is to reproduce the source material as accurately as possible. Hence Ivor Tiefenbraun's notorious ploy of using a concert violinist playing live to confound critics reviewing the Linn LP-12.
My contention is that any increase in accuracy of this system over a £30,000 system would be undetectable to any human ears.
hold on
...I appreciate this is very much a tongue in cheek article, but can any audiophile persuade me that any human ears are capable of detecting any difference between this, and a competently specified system, costing a tenth of the price (or less)?
Truly snake-oil - and yet these manufacturers must have a market for these bits of kit - it baffles me.
UK's brazen copyright land grab sneaked into Enterprise Bill
...there's an awful lot of piffle spoken on these boards.
So far, it's sounding a lot like the league of blacksmiths and farriers trying to outlaw the internal combustion engine.
Welcome to tomorrow lads.
Lowery: The blue-collar musician at the eye of the copyright storm
no objections
To musicians and artists getting fair recompense for their efforts - but to portray all the advocates of SOPA/ACTA/DEA as blameless exploited victims is stretching the truth, more than a little.
Don't misunderstand, I don't pirate - I either pay the price that is asked, or do without - but I grow weary of a predatory business model that seems to be predicated on abolishing personal ownership and substituting a license rental model. Perpetual payment for content - lovely. Especially in a country where even format shifting is technically illegal. They may not pursue individuals ( yet), but they could.
I agree that artists are not adequately compensated - time for them to explore direct distribution - vide Louis CK.
I won't steal from them, but nuts to big media anyway.
If Google's only taking a COPY of your personality, why worry?
...trading elements of our privacy in return for things we consider worthwhile long predates the Internet. Schools, libraries, government, employers gave us forms to fill, and we dutifully complied.
Personally, I respect others property, and don't pirate anything...instead I do a value sum, and either pay the price asked, or do without them
Similarly, if the services offered by Google, Facebook et al, in return for chunks of privacy aren't worth it, I'll live without them.
I do resent however attempts by "big media" to turn the Internet into no more than a storefront, and a parochial one at that. This is akin to a wild-West land-grab, and we digital squatters are re being dispossessed
Rogue IPO bureaucrats feel MPs' red-hot probe
Hold on...
...am I totally misinterpreting this, or have big media just successfully derailed implementation of the Hargreaves review?
Hargreaves, and Gove before him, recommended (amongst other things) limited exception, to allow personal format-shifting. How much longer will people be technically criminals for ripping their own media for personal use?
At least 7 years this nonsense has been perpetuated to the benefit of companies who appear to be attempting to bilk the consumer repeatedly for the same content, over and over again.
It would be more honest if they just admitted that they want us to own nothing, rent everything and pay and pay and pay.
iPlayer repeat fees threaten BBC earthquake
Re: One flaw
Look at the source article - the proposal isn't a subscription model, or pay-per-view. It is "download to own".
Just like buying a DVD without the physical disk.
Nothing wrong with that, but I'd probably expect a "long-tail" mechanism, where older and less popular content starts to drop in price.
Looking at...
...the source article, the proposal is "download to own", so as pointed out, it's just like buying DVDs without the physical media.
I have no problems with this, provided I don't have to buy it again when I buy a new laptop. Either flag it as perpetually mine, or allow me to make a personal archive copy.
If anything is for sale, and I cannot afford it, or do not think it is worth the price asked, then I do without it.
SOPA poked an angry bear and set it loose on the net
I'm all for Creatives getting paid for their work, and I have an inherent dislike of those who download free stuff because "they can", or because they think "they deserve it".
That said, big media have displayed an appalling contempt for consumers, and have done themselves no favours by treating people as criminals by default.
I find alternate funding models, like kickstarter.com, and distribution models like bandcamp.com to be interesting, I'd like to see more of this, so that creatives can get more, and consumers don't have to pay an inflated price to the bloated dinosaurs.
Punters are the real losers in BT, TalkTalk copyright court blow
I have no issues with counter-piracy measures, as I don't pirate.
I do object however to the outlandish prices charged for streaming films - I have a Lovefilm and a Netflix subscription - but worthwhile included content remains sparse.
And when are the government going to get the finger out and implement the Hargreaves review that will legitimize copyright exceptions for personal format shifting?
I want to be able to legally rip my own CD and DVD/BDs and stream them on my own devices, I want Google & Amazon to be able to offer their cloud based music services in the UK.
How much longer do I have to wait?
Top Euro beaks to probe ACTA for rights breaches
I'm relieved...
...that the Register still carries articles by Andrew Orlowski.
I'd never know what to disagree vehemently with otherwise.
No Gingerbread snack for Desire owners, says HTC
each to their own
Personally I prefer the heft and quality of HTC phones - the Samsung Galaxy phones feel like flimsy tat by comparison.
The Desire can be rooted and Cyanogen Mod 7 installed - hey presto - Gingerbread
HTC make good phones, and they have committed to having unlockable bootloaders. I'll take one of theirs over Motorola, Samsung, LG or Sony Ericsson - but that's just my opinion.
BT earmarks 66 more exchanges for fibre-to-the-cabinet upgrade
Aberdeen geography
My exchange in Aberdeen isn't marked for upgrade yet either - but it appears that BT are under the impression that Aberdeen is in Fife.
Explains a lot.
Google will throw open lid on music locker service today
Currently in UK copyright law, there is no provision for fair use, or for format-shifting. Technically, anyone who rips a legally purchased CD to play on a mobile device is a lawbreaker.
Possibly this is why the Amazon cloud-locker, and from the looks of things, this new Google Music service are not available in the UK.
Incidentally, where is the Hargreaves report on UK copyright law review - I understood they were scheduled to publish by end of April 2011. I'll be very annoyed if it doesn't pave the way for the legalisation of format-shifting, which in turn will allow this kind of service to be offered in the UK.
Supermarkets trounce telcos on mobile services
yes but...
...coming to the end of a 2 year contract - I've worked out that the best way to ensure that you don't end up with an antique albatross around your neck is:
1. Buy a bleeding edge phone outright.
2. Get whichever 30 day (12 month if you must) SIM only Contract that represents best value.
3. Enjoy.
Why is Google's new Nexus S like no other smartphone?
..what perplexes me is the justification for this to cost £550 in the UK, and 530 dollars in the US. Even buying one from the US and paying carriage, import duty and VAT would work out substantially cheaper
Not a vast improvement over my Nexus One anyway - so I reckon I'll pass for mow.
Nexus One resuscitated as 'Pure Google Nexus S'
Got to say...
...I'm a very happy Nexus One owner, and I'm bewildered that anyone cannot see the advantages of running "vanilla" Android.
With the increasing (but futile it seems) efforts of carriers and manufacturers to lock-down new Android handsets, encrypt bootloaders, and install tons of unnecessary and annoying "crapware", give me vanilla every time.
I'm running Android 2.2.1 - and I'll be running Gingerbread pretty soon. Getting updates direct from Google for the win (as we geeks say).
There hasn't been a handset released yet that makes the N1 seem dated or obsolete - not for what I use a smartphone for anyway.
Personally, I just think its a pity that the next "developer handset" is being manufactured by Samsung - I reckon the build quality from HTC is unquestionably superior. Never mind, I'll keep using my N1 until it cannot cope with the updated o/s, or until the Nexus 3/T/Z or whatever is released.
Google Nexus One spends dying days as dev phone
Got my N1...
...back in February, and I love it.
I'm not impressed with the way OEMs and carriers are going with newer phones - encrypting bootloader, preventing sideloading of apps, and generally trying to lock down the Android experience into a hedged, if not walled garden.
OEMs and carriers have been ridiculously tardy in preparing, testing and delivering updates, and for that reason alone, I'll continue to use dev phones as they become available. You can keep your Sense, and your Motoblur and your Timescape - its vanilla Android for me, with updates delivered directly from Google, as soon as they are ready for primetime.
I'm happy to register as a developer, simply to be able to get my hands on one of the next generation of dev phone. Don't care what it looks like - function > form in my book.
Google risks OEM wrath for unified Android UI plan
Praise be
The whole "fragmentation"/"legacy" issue has been caused by OEMs and carriers trying to differentiate their offerings by adding unnecessary bells and whistles. In addition, they have, in some cases, been subtly crippling some aspects of platform functionality.
Let them differentiate purely in terms of hardware offerings and price points.
I'm using a Nexus One running "Froyo" build FRF72 - and that's the way it should be for every Android device - the latest updates available without carriers and manufacturers placing roadblocks in the way.
I would have thought that Motorola especially should be grateful for their first successful handsets since the RAZR - rather than throwing hissy fits and threatening to leave the OHA and develop their own o/s, unless Google ditched their direct sales model.
Android is a massively dynamic platform, and that is its principal strength.
Bring on the Gingerbread
Steve Jobs unveils iPhone 4
with both Apple and Google working on "cloud-based" streaming solutions, there will be no need to carry copies of your media files around with you.
Google have hinted that their solution will be launched with the next release of Android, and from the demos, it will be like everybody having their own private Spotify. I think some people expected Steve Jobs to unveil the Apple version last night - maybe it isn't quite ready for primetime just yet.
Maybe it isn't music and video that eat your mobile storage...but they accounted for the bulk of mine until recently.
Besides, how long ago was it that 32GB on a phone or SIM card seemed unattainable? Rest assured there are fine minds at work on either giving you 1TB on your phone, or developing technology to make huge local storage unnecessary.
Fanboi's lament – falling out of love with the iPad
No arguments....
...from me, if you want one, need one, then buy it and enjoy.
Personally, I have no desperate requirement for an iPad, notebook, netbook, or any other "intermediate device".
I cannot envision any situation that would require an additional device to my (grotesquely overspecced) PC, and my mobile phone (Nexus One running Android 2.2). so equally, I won't be queuing for an iPad, or for any other kind of slate, tablet, or similar.
Call me a cynic, but I really don't get the hostility and nonsense flung between the rival camps of fanbois. I'm not going to malign someone for choosing differently to me.
Buy what you want to buy, enjoy it while you can.
'Steve Jobs' switches to Android
Have to say...
...that some people are just better suited to Android than others.
Over the weekend someone posted a link to the 2.2 update, for a specific build of a specific device. Happily, I am the owner of just such a device, and in the space of 10 minutes I was running "Froyo" and Flash 10.1 beta. Which was nice.
However, all the blogs were stuffed with people clamouring "Will this work for my G1/Hero/Desire", or "how do I download this?" or "I'm stuck, plz mail me DETAILED instructions", or other fairly inane/naive drivel.
Equally, there were hordes of Droid/Milestone and Desire owners complaining bitterly and DEMANDING 2.2 IMMEDIATELY.
On a couple of sites, I posted trying to clarify the situation, but sure enough, five posts later, the same clamour from the lost and the furious.
Now my thinking is this: If someone cannot take the time to read some fairly clear and concise instructions, and attendant disclaimers, then they probably belong in a walled garden, where there is nothing sharp to hurt themselves with.
I appreciate that the Android user-community is multinational, some with a better grasp of English than others, but the original post and instructions were very clear, and written in very basic language.
What we have currently is
Google developing the platform much faster than the carriers (and manufacturers) are happy with,
The carriers still staunchly clinging to a "You want an updated O/S? Then get a new device" mentality.
The manufacturers introducing all sorts of (frankly) unnecessary bells and whistles in custom UIs to "differentiate" their handsets.
The customers, with unrealistic expectations of immediate updates, regardless.
From my reading of the situation, and I freely acknowledge I could be wrong, I suspect that Google pulled the Nexus One sales model in return for an undertaking from OEMs and carriers to push out updates faster.
Anyway, for the time being, I've got a Nexus One running 2.2 - bring on the Gingerbread.
Chocolate Factory eats crow on Googlephone
I don't hate you for it...you've got something that works for you, and I've got something that works for me.
I've never seen the point of all the antagonism between people who swear by the iPhone, and those who favour Palm, or Android, or Symbian. Buy what you want to buy, use whichever you prefer. Yes, I'm a confirmed Android diehard fanboi, but I'm not going to rubbish devotees of other products.
Say what you like, the Nexus One is a decent smartphone, with a lot to recommend it.
I bought one primarily because it seemed that manufacturers and carriers were "dragging their heels" in delivering Android updates. Don't get me wrong, Android 1.6 and even 1.5 are very good, but I don't see why consumers should be locked into them, simply because of the Motoblur and Sense etc., addons.
Seems to me that the carriers and manufacturers would prefer that the o/s is static for the lifetime of the phone, sparing them the expense of recustomising and rolling out updates. What the Nexus One promised, it delivers: a well-designed and built handset, running "vanilla" Android - it does everything I need it to do, and it represents (to me) value for money.
I don't need the glitz and empty glamour of a customised UI, I'd sooner have a handset that can receive updates in a timely fashion, but each to their own.
I'll keep using the Nexus One until the hardware cannot cope with the latest iteration of Android, using whichever sim-only deal represents best value at the time. When it finally dies or becomes truly redundant, I'll buy the best available sim-free Android phone that gets its updates direct from Google, always assuming that Motorola, Verizon et. al. haven't finally destroyed the platform in a fit of greedy pique.
Mandybill: All the Commons drama
What worries me...
..are some of the howlers that MPs came out with last night.
I don't expect them to be geeks, but surely they have access to professionals who can adequately brief them on the technology and how it actually works.
In addition to the examples cited in the article, one MP appeared to believe that on taking out a contract with an ISP, a subsequent change of address would be transparent and potentially unrecorded.
As can be seen from my previous posts, I don't subscribe personally to the "anything goes" freetard culture, but at the same time, I have no desire to see the internet become no more than a shop-front for old business.
Regarding the much cited "losses of billions of pounds to the creative industries", I have to ask: How many "Frankie Freebooters" will actually start paying for what they consume? I suspect that unrepentant pirates will simply find other ways of getting stuff for free.
I also have grave concerns about ACTA, and what the implications are, especially taken in conjunction with the provisions of the Digital Economy Bill.
I cannot see any legitimate recourse except for boycott, and I'll be doing everything I can to encourage a month-long boycott of commercially licensed creative works on a sufficiently large scale as to be noticeable and significant.
I urge everyone who reads this post and who agrees with my sentiment to do the same. You'll probably find me on various fora (Techcrunch, Boing Boing et. al.) trying to seed this as an idea.
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I'm not a freetard - I've paid for every bit of software, music and film that is on my computer. Many years ago, before I knew better, I, (hangs head in shame) recorded music onto C90 cassettes and distributed them to friends. In my own defence, I suspect one or two others did the same.
My concern is the ability of the much vaunted DEB provisions to correctly distinguish between legal and illegal P2P traffic. I foresee much wailing and gnashing of teeth, as innocent netizens are bombarded with threatening letters.
I could be wrong, but I'm sure that I also heard a reference during the "debate on the second reading" last night, about ISPs being obliged to provide reports to rights-holders groups, to enable civil prosecution and fines.
I'm also going to predict that some of my favourite wifi hotspots in local pubs and cafes will elect to just pull the plug, rather than undergo the expense and hassle of the "technical measures" to police the connection they provide.
Finally, when I'm on the topic, I'm also miffed that despite representations, there is no such thing as "fair-use", or legal format-shifting in this country. So anyone who rips a legally purchased CD so they can listen to it on their own mobile phone is a criminal, they just rely on the BPI et. al. not prosecuting them (yet).
How long before there is legislation which obliges us all to stand outdoors with our eyes closed and our wallets open?
Googlephone sales top, um, 135,000
Ok, so....
...wait till next month, then go into your local Vodafone shop, and ask to play with an HTC Desire. If you love the HTC Sense UI overlay, and can't live without the optical touch-pad thingy, then buy a Desire. Be aware however, that the Sense UI might well cause delays to future updates.
I reckon that handset manufacturers believe that the o/s should be static for the lifetime of the phone, and that they regard the tailoring of updates to be an unnecessary overhead. That was a good part of the reason I went for a Nexus One running "vanilla" Android 2.1.
Of course, the plus side of all the customisation and variety is that there is an Android phone for everyone...diehard hardware keyboard fans included.
...each to their own, I guess.
I suspect that the Motorola Droid/Milestone secured a fair lump of the Nexus One's prospective market share before the N1 was launched.
I further suspect that the HTC Desire & Legend will eat some of N1's lunch, especially amongst those who feel the need to paw the goods prior to purchase.
Then again, the impending launch of the N1 on Verizon/Vodaphone might increase the rate of sale, but maybe not.
Personally, I bought a Nexus One, and am very, very happy with it, and what it can do. I've been an Android user and fanboy since May 2009.
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Why Ad Agencies aren't adjusting to a real-time social media world
May 5th
Usually when I hear a sentiment three times in week it is a signal for a blog post. Here are the signals coming at me in the last few days:
- "Our advertising agency is staggeringly out of touch with the demands of a digital world. I caught them giving us the same cookie-cutter plan they tried to lay on me when I was with another company three years ago! " — Brand Manager, Fortune 500 company
- "We are losing a lot of digital business to smaller agencies. We have too much bureaucracy, too many contracts, too many approvals to go through to be responsive and real-time." — Creative Lead, Large New York Agency
- "Our ad agency set up a separate division for social but they still try to manage it like it is purely advertising. I'm not happy with that. I don't think they know the difference." — CMO, Hospitality Industry
So what's going on here? Social media is a relatively mature channel by now. Why the ad agency angst?
I think I know the reason.
The dynamics of social versus advertising
I am about to make some generalizations. These statements are not universal but I do believe they paint a broad view of the problem.
Here is how Advertising typically works: A client gets money approved for an ad campaign. The Ad Agency pitches a concept for the campaign and if they win, they plan, create and execute. As the money is spent, awareness for your product goes up. When the money goes away, the awareness goes away.
There are MANY uses for social media but GENERALLY, it is a channel to deliver a drip of useful/interesting/vital content that leads to awareness, trust, and eventually loyalty. It rarely results in a short-term bump in sales like an ad campaign (although it can). It is more of a long-term play to reach new and existing audiences where and when they need you.
Although this is an evolution in how we may think about marketing, it's not really rocket science. Why are agencies having trouble adjusting to the digital world?
It's all about money
For decades, ad agencies have been organized and funded by this campaign model. Bid. Win. Execute. Repeat.
But succeeding in social media marketing and social influence marketing requires an organization and budgetary process geared toward the long-term. Agencies are not built to handle that. Every internal process is optimized for "campaigns," not "relationships."
I believe the main reason agencies seems to be flailing around is not for a lack of wisdom or ability, it is a matter of organizational design, company culture, and internal accounting processes.
The fact is, most company marketing departments are built this way too. Their budgets are constructed based on some percentage increase or decrease of what was done with the agency last year. Making a budget overhaul more aligned with today's realities is going to take some time.
So in a way, these outdated agency models are reinforced by their customers who take lazy approaches to budgeting based on past performance and some quarterly sales goal.
The challenge
In summary, ad agencies are slow to shift due to:
1) An accounting/organizational model built on campaigns.
2) Customer budgets historically aimed at quarterly spends and results (that reinforces this agency model)
3) Unrealistic expectations for social. When a customer approves a budget for social, it typically has the same quarterly budget and performance requirements, which may not be realistic, contributing to a cycle of unfulfilled expectations.
Some critics may add here that if social can't be held up to the same economic standard as advertising, why do it? An example:
I was consulting with a large company that is spending $70,000 a month on full-page newspaper advertising. They called me in for advice because they felt their ads were not working as well as they used to. Well duh … newspaper circulation in this city was down by 30% in five years.
Why were they still spending that amount each month on a sinking ship? Because that is what they had always spent, so it was easy to create that budget and get it approved.
Meanwhile, I was able to show them how competitors were building a vital, useful social media presence integrated with both TV advertising and digital ads. I tried to convince them to take a percentage of their traditional ad budget and build a social media presence.
This was two years ago. They still haven't done anything on the social media scene (other than a token Facebook page and Twitter account) because they can't move their organization and budget process away from the quarterly advertising metrics and budgeting cycle.
I want to emphasize once more that this is a generalization, not a gospel. Certainly there are exceptions and the best-managed companies are moving forward. What has your experience been? Is the ad industry stuck or is it moving ahead?
Five steps to establish a content-creating company culture
Aug 12th
I've worked with a number of large and small companies to help them develop a culture of content creation and there seems to be a few common themes that enable success. Here are some steps that launch a company toward a vibrant culture of content creation:
1. Use the whole buffalo
The first question many companies ask is, "Where is all of this content going to come from?" They don't realize they may already be sitting on a wealth of resources.
When native American Indians killed a buffalo for food they wasted nothing, using every part of the animal to make clothes, shelter, and weapons. Likewise, we should inventory all of our company content assets and leverage them to the max so that these existing investments are not wasted. Regular sources of superb content may already be coming to you through the form of:
- speeches
- customer presentations
- visits from guests and customers (why not do a video/)
- customer service bulletins
- investor communications
- marketing materials
- PR efforts
- employee newsletters
Try to extract as much value from the content you have by tailoring it to the social web and igniting it across multiple channels. Use your whole buffalo!
2. Start with passionate volunteers
Starting an initiative to create original content can come as a shock to an organization. One idea for success is to start where you are going to have the best chance for success — passionate volunteers.
My friend Jay Baer once said that "if you don't love social media you will suck at social media" … so find the people who already love it. In my mind this may be more important than finding people with writing ability or even marketing experience. Go to where the passion resides.
One company I work with started with five passionate volunteer bloggers and it grew to more than 200 in two years — organically! The enthusiasm spread from the passionate core.
3. Hire short-term help
It's not fair to "pile on" new content management duties when your people already have full-time jobs. When just starting out, think about hiring an outside editor to help you get going. The duties would include:
- Assisting with the content plan and keeping it on track
- Assuring that content goes through the proper internal reviews
- Editing volunteer content and making sure the content is appropriate and relevant
- Coaching company bloggers to help them improve
- Assure that blog comments and questions are being addressed
As your initiative grows, you will reach critical mass where you can consider hiring a full-time internal community manager to handle these tasks. Bring in an experienced resource to help give you your best chance for success.
4. Build-in quick wins
You need to "market your marketing" internally as well as externally. Reward bloggers and highlight their successes. One company maintains a leader board of bloggers who reach certain milestones and then rewards the top contributors with special events and company merchandise.
Build the opportunity for quick wins into your content marketing plan and promote with your internal leaders. Showing off the fun and success of your content team will get others interested in participating. Make it exciting. Build momentum.
5. Bring in some Top Guns
In addition to employee-created content, many companies also feature content from outside industry experts. Typically this is a paid assignment, but some authors are happy to do it for the exposure. This has a couple of strategic advantages:
- Adds instant credibility to your content marketing effort
- Provides third party validation to your company and brand
- Attracts fans of the author to your blog and to your company
- Can jump-start subscriptions and engagement
- Establishes a baseline of high quality "evergreen" content
So there you have it — Five ideas to help establish a "content culture." What ideas would you add? How do you transform a company into a content-creating machine?
How to establish your company's Social Media Lead Team
Apr 9th
I have written a lot about the critical importance of company culture to social media marketing success. It's more important than desire, it's more important than vision, it's even more important than having a budget. If you don't have a leadership team supporting a culture that is actively transforming to a digital, open, responsive environment, you'll simply be frustrated and waste a lot of money.
For many companies this is a dramatic and difficult change. And that change is not going to come from earnest employees at the bottom of the organization, no matter how passionate and driven they may be. Organizational change has to come from the top — from the people who control the budget, strategy, and resources. There is no such thing as a grassroots organizational change.
One of the most important things a company can do is to create a Social Media Lead Team to help drive the change you need that will support your efforts. By the way, doesn't "Lead Team" sound a lot better than "committee?" Let's look at the steps you need to take to do this effectively …
Are you ready?
You cannot hope to drive change unless the leadership team is convinced that change is necessary. If that has not yet occurred, you're not ready. At this point, you don't need a Lead Team, you need executive education. Here are two things to try if your leadership team stubbornly has its head in the sand:
1) Every week, send one short article to your leaders to educate them on social media marketing benefits, case studies, and examples of what the competition might be up to.
2) Bring in an outside expert. Sadly, sometimes they just need to hear from the "outside" to convince them that change is necessary. In my experience, even a two-hour social media workshop can have a powerful impact on the tone of the organization.
Who should be on the team?
The make-up of the team can vary, but there is one person who is absolutely critical. Look at the organizational chart. Now, identify all the people who have to make this strategy work on a day-to-day basis. In some companies this might include Legal, HR, PR, IT, Marketing, and Sales. Now look up the chart for the one person who can tell all these people what to do. It could be a manager or VP, but in some companies you might have to go all the way up to the CEO.
That person must be on the team. Why? Because that is the person who controls ALL the resources needed to make this work. This is single person who can set the direction so that the team operates with lock-step efficiency. If you don't have this person's leadership on the team, you risk constant in-fighting.
After that, you can populate the team with representatives of the key functional areas who will be working on the social media strategy and tactics.
What does a Social Media Lead Team do?
In my experience, there are five obstacles to social media success across every company I have worked with: Company culture, measurement, resources, IT, and Legal. If you would like to read about this in more detail, here is a thorough article for your consideration: The Social Media Minefield: Five Factors Blocking Your Success.
The number one goal of this team is openly address any problem that is jeopardizing the digital transformation of the company so it seems that focusing on these five common issues would be an appropriate agenda for your meetings:
1) Measurement — Review the dashboard to report on successes, opportunities and competitive efforts.
2) Legal — How is the approval process going? Is Legal allowing you to be "human?"
3) IT — Are you getting the IT support you need? Are they responsive to new customer needs and ideas?
4) Resources — Do you have the people and budget to optimize your efforts? (Of course the answer to this will always be "no" but are you moving forward at the right pace?)
5) Culture/leadership — Is everybody rowing in the right direction? Any personnel or political issues?
In addition to these standing agenda items, the team should also:
- Review and enforce the company social media policy
- Provide positive reinforcement and recognition to those embracing change
- Actively demonstrate their leadership and interest in digital business through their work on this team
- Decide on the timing of significant new projects
How often should the Lead Team meet?
For the first year, I would suggest having a two-hour meeting once per month and then backing off to one hour every other month in year two.
In the first year, you might consider one hour devoted to problem-solving and one hour of digital education on a topic like opportunities in analytics, social influence, digital advertising, mobile marketing, content marketing, etc. The more knowledgeable your team is, the more likely you will maintain their sense of urgency to move forward.
So those are a few of my thoughts on the subject of social media and leadership. What has your experience been like? What would you add to this discussion?
Social Media Conversation. Yes, but at what cost?
Dec 4th
There were some outstanding blog posts last week that explored the idea of the SPEED of social media communication changing traditional business models. This was social dialogue at its best.
Jay Baer started the conversation with a series of posts that included Why Social Media has Ruined Your Advantage. He postulates that the social channel is unique in that businesses are using the same playbook that consumers are using in their daily lives. This rapidly breaks down barriers and eliminates the shroud of mystery that businesses have used as an advantage for centuries.
In my own writing, I've characterized this barrier as an "ether" in the marketplace that has kept customers asleep. Many banks are profitable from fees and charges that customers overlook or don't understand. AOL still receives income from dial-up subscriptions people forgot they have on their credit cards, or don't understand they don't need any more. The transparency of the web will dissipate this ether over time.
Tom Webster continued the conversation in his post Be Careful What You Wish For. He wonders if the social web challenges tried and true business models and raises an unrealistic expectation of customer service.
These posts helped coalesce some of my thinking on a topic I have been pondering – Everybody is rushing to join the social media conversation. But at what cost?
The cost of dissatisfaction
Years ago, I led an effort to re-engineer a customer service model for my company. I used an academic study from the University of Michigan as my guide (can't find it now) that stated there is a diminishing return to satisfying ALL customers. More or less, once you get over 98% customer satisfaction, the cost of satisfying that final 2 percent is not economical. So, achieving 100 percent customer satisfaction is impractical for many businesses.
I see this playing out on the web every day. There is a core group of haters who will bellyache no matter what you do or say to appease them. When we had the "ether," we could afford to ignore them. But now their comments are public on company Facebook pages and other social platforms. A few vocal haters can be thunderous, hijack your social media efforts, and raise service costs exponentially. The ether has dissipated, and the 2 percent are now in control.
With so many conversations streaming at us, do we even have the ability to discern which complaints are legitimate any more? Are we conditioning consumers to game the system through complaints because of the easy rewards they can garner from companies who auto-respond with coupons and freebies? What is the cost of THAT over time?
Does every conversation sell stuff?
I'd like to introduce a radical concept. Businesses have to sell stuff.
It's easy to lose sight of this when we worship companies like Zappos, which states that their goal is to "deliver happiness." They also have deliver a profit, or all that happiness will go away. In Tony Hsieh's wonderful book, Delivering Happiness he admitted that the idea of building a business based on a culture of extreme service came while drinking at a bar one day, lamenting that his company was failing. It was a desperate experiment that worked, not some well-planned strategic vision.
Yes, he delivers happiness. but he also delivers money. In this era where "the Conversation" is king, too many people get caught up in the fear of being left behind and lose sight that we need to show a measurable return on these social media efforts, too.
I had the great pleasure of getting to know Rick Wion of McDonalds this year. There is no smarter marketing talent out there and no company more committed to connecting with its customers in the social media trenches. McDonalds has a staff of people Facebooking and tweeting all the time. But some of their tweeters have become so popular that lonely people look for them to come online and tweet with them to pass the time. This is very nice, but how does this sell hamburgers? At what point do you say, "enough is enough?" What is the cost of our conversation? Lots of companies are facing these issues right now.
Social media angst
I've met many great marketers at large American companies and have had the chance to get an inside peak at their social media angst. Here's a dirty little secret. Deep down, I think most companies wished the social web would just go away.
The Days of Ether, when we didn't have to "listen" so much, had its benefits. We could ignore that 2 percent. We didn't need $10,000/month listening platforms, social media war rooms, and a budget for teams of tweeters. Consumer Confusion was profitable.
Now if you've read this blog for any period of time, you know I am huge advocate of the social web and its potential to transform businesses. And the fact that it dis-intermediates the business sloppiness that was allowed to exist in the ether is a good thing in the long term. So I'm not saying that that it is not a historic and important channel. Quite the opposite. I'm just saying that it comes with a lot of unanticipated pain.
That ether — and its response time lapse — gave us time to think and analyze. It provided a buffer to get us through the messy process of re-tooling a strategy … or even a company. Diminishing the ether through increased transparency and light-speed information flow is one of the greatest and least-understood impacts of the social web. And, as both Jay and Tom have written so brilliantly, it is a one-way ticket.
The cost of conversation. It's a discussion we need to be having everywhere, don't you think?
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text: EXCLUSIVE--Palin Rips 'GOP High Roller Machine': 'Their Money Can't Buy Elections Anymore' Print article Send a Tip by Stephen K. Bannon & Tony Lee 5 Oct 2013 post a comment In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin blasted the Republican establishment's contempt for and destructive behavior toward the Tea Party during the current budget showdown with the Obama administration. Palin told Breitbart News that these establishment financiers cannot relate to the average American worker and are throwing a "fit" because Wall Street knows they are in a whole new ballgame where their influence is diminishing. Palin was responding to an article by David Freedlander in Thursday's Daily Beast in which prominent Republican establishment financiers showed disdain for the conservative grassroots while being unable to identify exactly what a "precinct captain" is. Palin, who started her political career on the local level as an outsider before eventually challenging the GOP establishment in Alaska to become governor, said that the "GOP high roller machine can't win elections with their cash anymore." "If they could, all the money they threw at Romney would have paid off," Palin said, referring to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's inability to galvanize the blue-collar conservative base during the 2012 presidential election. "It's the average American – the grassroots Tea Party patriot with enthusiasm and boots on the ground – who wins elections": So I say call these guys out and expose the fact that they no longer control any conservative movement because they're not the voice of the people. See, some of these Wall Street guys basically want to use the GOP for three things: They want low taxes for themselves; they want lots of cheap foreign labor (aka blanket amnesty); and they want to be safe (though most won't send their own kids to fight our wars, they don't want anyone blowing up buildings in Manhattan; so they're all for sending our sons and daughters to whatever foreign hell hole beckons to make sure the bad guys stay off our soil). Palin, the avatar of the Tea Party movement whom the Republican establishment has tried to eviscerate and whose endorsement former South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint (R) said had the most influence in Republican primaries, was not finished excoriating the establishment financiers who were berating the Tea Party: Ask yourself if most of them really care about America's industrial base or can even relate to the American worker and our values. The particular fat cats who are so often used as anonymous sources to trash the grassroots see this latest Tea Party effort to keep essential government open as just a distraction. They're throwing a bit of a fit because this is a whole new, needed ballgame where their money can't buy elections anymore. According to a Daily Beast report, Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, met with top GOP donors for lunch last month at Le Cirque, a fancy restaurant on Lexington Avenue in Manhattan. The donors, described as "a youngish collection of financial industry types and lawyers" and "banker types who occupy the upper reaches of Wall Street's towers," were frustrated at what they saw as conservative recalcitrance on the budget and could not understand why Republican politicians had to listen to their constituents and the grassroots who sent them to Washington. Walden told them, "Listen ... we have to do this because of the Tea Party. If we don't, these guys are going to get primaried and they are going to lose their primary." The financiers, though, may not have understood what Walden was talking about because they were oblivious to former Democrat and House Speaker Tip O'Neill's axiom that "all politics is local." Most of the moneymen in the room reportedly did not even know what a "precinct captain" was, according to the Daily Beast: Walden asked how many of those seated around the table were precinct captains. These were money men, though, not the types to spend night after night knocking on doors and slipping palm cards into mailboxes. "A lot of the people there didn't even know what a precinct captain was," said one attendee. Not a single hand went up. "I hear this complaint all the time," Walden said. "But no one gets involved at the local level. The Tea Party gets involved at the local level." During his 21-hour speech on the Senate floor in support of defunding Obamacare, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), who has said he would not be in the U.S. Senate had it not been for Palin's endorsement during the 2012 Texas Republican primary, said that the ruling class in Washington, D.C. was not listening to the people. He said his purpose was to "#MakeDCListen." Precinct captains symbolize politics at the local level; they epitomize the country's democratic ideals. These "precinct captains" and millions like them knock on doors, make phone calls, put up signs, give small-dollar donations through direct mail and the internet, volunteer on election day, recruit volunteers, and persuade neighbors to vote for candidates. They do this in their spare time, often after five or six days of work and while raising families in flyover country far from the political, financial, and entertainment epicenters on the coasts. On the Republican side, they stand for conservative causes through thick and thin. The financial elite and the political establishment, though, often treat these grassroots voters the way Democrats have been accused of treating African American voters--using them for their votes during election season and running as far away from them as possible once they come to Washington. The Daily Beast writes that "a number of GOP donors are wondering if it is time for a little outside counter-pressure to sap the Tea Party of some of its energy," to "stand up and not be afraid of the Tea Party." The conservatives these donors so disdain revolted in part because of the big-government domestic policies of former President George W. Bush last decade, especially No Child Left Behind and the TARP bailouts during the 2008 financial crisis caused by the reckless behavior from the industries that employ these donors on Wall Street. These independent-minded Americans are supporting the third-party of "good guys" that Palin recently referenced in speaking of senators like Cruz and Mike Lee (R-UT). They see that the so-called Bipartisan Establishment Party, or "BEP," really did not differ that much from Democrats when it came to growing the size of government and supporting policies like comprehensive immigration reform that benefit themselves and their cronies while harming working class Americans. Because politicians on both sides have colluded to make Washington the wealthiest Boomtown in the country, veteran Washington Post congressional reporter Paul Kane was actually befuddled, as Breitbart News reported, that a politician like Cruz would not be co-opted by the permanent political class. Cruz told him that every day in the Senate he tries to remember "to whom I am accountable; and it is not elected officials in Washington." He also said, "with all respect," it is not the mainstream media either. "The people to whom I believe I am accountable are the men and women in Texas... who knocked on doors, who made phone calls, who stood up and said 'Please, help turn this country around,'" Cruz told him. Kane commented on Twitter that he found it "interesting" that Cruz "views people 'who knocked on doors, made phone calls' for him as who he answers to." They would be the same precinct captains that the establishment donors at the fundraisers were not even aware of. In a landmark 2011 speech in Indianola, Iowa, Palin blistered Washington's crony capitalism and permanent political class when she put down her marker to fight against the bipartisan political establishment. She was ahead of the curve. Americans in 2012 viscerally reacted to a Boomtown expose that exposed the racket that went on in Washington during the last decade in which the permanent political class extracted wealth from the rest of the country and spread it around to themselves and their cronies. The permanent political class cannot control the political process, thanks in large part to the rise of technology and new media, which Palin saw before nearly everyone else when she took to Twitter and Facebook in 2009 to confront the mainstream media's distortions, make news, and challenge President Barack Obama. She was resoundingly mocked by the mainstream media and these establishment donors who are unaware of what precinct captains do then, but Twitter and Facebook have been ingrained in everyday political discourse six years after Palin, "the great CommuniTweeter," first tweeted. Technology not only allows grassroots conservatives like Palin to get their message across without the mainstream media's filter and become a "force multiplier," it also helps them topple candidates financially backed by the establishment. In a moment of candor, former Republican Mississippi governor and legendary moneyman Haley Barbour, who is said to have purchased the bullhorn Newt Gingrich used to take back the House for Republicans in 1994, said Palin would be able to raise enough money to "burn a wet mule" (translation: tons). That is why the establishment disdains Palin and Cruz, who do not need them for support because they enjoy the approval of the grassroots. Palin's credentials as a corruption fighting political outsider, free market populist, and champion of "the little guy" against the powerful ruling class have made her a beloved figure among the grassroots. Ted Cruz is now earning that same respect by holding firm to the conservative principles that got him elected and not seeing the proverbial Washington cesspool as a jacuzzi. Recently, over 100,000 people turned out for a tele-town hall with Cruz, whom Republican primary voters now see as their leader in Congress. Cruz mentioned a "paradigm shift" is occurring in which the grassroots is rising up and challenging the ruling class and, in many cases, making the permanent political establishment irrelevant. So when establishment donors indicated to the Daily Beast that they did not want to give checks to the National Republican Congressional Committee, they may just be unknowingly doing Republican candidates a favor. In this new era, establishment money now buys candidates more scorn than love in Republican primaries, and candidates backed by the political establishment are instantly distrusted by the conservative grassroots. For instance, after spending over $100 million in the 2012 election cycle without having anything to show for it, groups like Karl Rove's American Crossroads have been losing influence. And the same can be said for the establishment's influence on issues like comprehensive immigration reform. Despite millions of dollars spent to advance amnesty by the groups associated with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and FWD.us, the political group founded by Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, immigration reform advocates like Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), who wrote the Senate's immigration bill along with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and six others, have conceded they are losing the public opinion battle. Commenting to the Daily Beast, Bobbie Kilberg, a prominent establishment Republican fundraiser, said, "This may be a turning point" for the establishment to combat the Tea Party. She said establishment Republicans may say, "Enough already." Kilberg was describing what she hoped would happen with the moneyed establishment, but the Tea Party has already said "enough already" to the Republican establishment whose preferred "pale pastel" candidates can never differentiate themselves from Democrats and end up losing election after election. Yet, the Republican establishment--on and off the record--continue to disparage politicians like Palin and Cruz who make more people want to be precinct captains at the local level and help build movements and foundations conservatives can use to win national elections. Palin told Breitbart News that "the day the GOP machine abandons the grassroots patriot – the heart and soul of the party who actually gets people elected – is the day the GOP elephant is extinct." "This keeps up and I'm not sticking around to watch it happen," Palin said.


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