What The Hell Is 'PizzaGate'...?!

[DuckforcoveR]

I can't go through this line by line (the video that is) but here are a few of my OPINIONS on the matter. Fact or Fiction, it's not my place to say. But with that said:

"I will be sacrificing a chicken" Comment (4:07 mark +/-)

If you read the whole email (again, this is my opinion) it seems to be a tongue in cheek comment at the end about how BADLY they want this transaction to work:

Biehi called a little after 1:30 pm to say the meeting with the de facto envoys had been abruptly cancelled -- but
for perhaps a positive reason.

Micheletti has asked about half the team to return to Tegucigalpa (Corrales stayed, as "he seeks to confirm that

he will not lose his visa"). In the phone call he got from the de facto envoys as they headed for the airport,
Biehl said he detected a positive attitude. The envoys seemed confident they would get M to sign the SJ
Accord. The envoys prmoised to call Biehi late this afternoon with the news from Honduras. If, if, if, if, the

news is positive, Biehl and OAS Political Director Victor Rico will leave for Tegucigalpa tomorrow morning to
meet Micheletti, make sure this is not another time-wasting tactic, and get something in writing from him that
he agrees to the Accord and will sign it.

Just before speaking to me, Biehl had spoken with Arias who expressed cautious optimisim that we might have
a break-through. Arias told Biehl to tell us, that if that happens the United States gets the credit.

Arias said the US has played the game exactly right, with the appropriate mix of carrots, sticks, toughness,
unified message, even-handedness and, above all, good timing. Arias said the Europeans have been calling him

over the past two days, and have fallen into line with the US; the Swedes, as head of the EU, and have told him
that they will take their cue from the US and will support US actions. Arias, Biehi said, was extremely
complimentary of the "great political instincts shown by Secretary Clinton."

-1-4n

UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. F-2014-20439 Doc No. C05764911 Date: 07/31/2015

With fingers crossed, the old rabbit's foot out of the box in the attic, I will be sacrificing a chicken in the

backyard to Moloch . . .

Wiki Leaks Email 14333

The other comment about the handkerchief? I'm no sleuth (but I may dig into this over the weekend) but I think it actually is code for something. But not a Pedo ring, for drugs. John Podesta doing rails on a counter with his fancy friends. He wipes his the white off his nose and forgets the handkerchief on the kitchen island. He has a kilo stashed somewhere and the realtor is more than happy to find those "pillows" and send them back to him. 

The rest of the movie is re-hashed theories that are tied into the pedo ring. I know of a few places that debunked this stuff line by line, but by "debunk" I mean they untied these opinions with their own opinions. (Make any sense?) Here are a few examples:

The pictures that supposedly show underage kids:

We recently found the instagram account of James Alefantis. The contents of it are indescribably bizarre and the contexts of the posts and comment chains are weird. Alefantis does not have any children nor do his closest associates, but the photos seem to be a near constant assortment of different children of a variety of ages, intermingled between posts about gay bars, clubs, photos of common rape drugs, and piles of foreign currency

 
It turns out these "shocking" pictures of kids at the establishment were actually pictures of innocent kids stolen from various social media pages and then intertwined into this story:

Busted!!

"The most sickening part of this vicious attack has been the stealing of Instagram images, Facebook images of children, minors, aged 5, 7, and 8 years old that are then slapped across their chat boards as nothing but pawns," Alefantis says. "Yes, it’s scary to be attacked, it’s dangerous for business, but it's disgusting and filthy of these people to be posting photos on these websites. ... Someone should be prosecuting these people."

Here's the whole scoop from snopes:

Pizza Gate

There are a few sites that go into some of this but they did a good job providing the full story in one link (that's why I went with them). 

Take it for what it's worth, it's the "other side" of the story. But peddling a theory with little evidence or proof seems to be the name of the game lately, I thought I would post some of the unproved reaction to the story. 

Again, I can't say one way or the other whether or not it's true. I also don't discourage anybody or any organization from investigating claims like this (because it genuinely is a serious issue). But as the FBI says:

Myth: A child is most likely to be sexually abused by a stranger. Fact: Children are most often sexually abused by someone they know and trust. Approximately three quarters of reported cases of child sexual abuse are committed by family members or other individuals who are considered part of the victim’s “circle of trust.”2

PDF From CDC (DOJ)

It's a sick and sad world sometimes. I just don't want to see innocent people (or businesses) dragged through the mud by a few internet sleuths. But this stuff is allowed to fester and perpetrate because of the way our media has evolved. Everybody with a blog is a "journalist" now, and any "spicy" topic (especially during a campaign like we just experienced) is a hashtag away from spreading like fire around the globe. It's just the world we live in. It can be both a blessing and a curse. 

Human rights violations on the other side of the planet can be broadcast for the world to see in minutes. Good. Peaceful protesting in a faraway country like North Dakota (lol) can be seen and recognized by supporters (and detractors alike). Good. But any person with a reddit page can also use that force to spread lies and half-truths about anybody. Politicians are (mostly) crooked, they lie, they cheat, they steal, and they make bad deals with bad people for their own benefit. But stuff like this takes away from the actual (proven) bad things they do. The email above about the chicken sacrifice, I want to know more about the backhanded deal that would be "credited" to the US if it works! I want to know more about the person that got a visa because of a few connections effectively bypassing any good, honest person waiting in line!

Happy Thanksgiving everybody!

DFC