The biggest problem is that so much is being hung on interpreting the Podesta emails with retro-fitted "code words," which, absent a source or citations, are plumbed from the what-if musings of somebody reading the WikiLeaks.
Actually, the retro-fitting argument is untrue. It was those curious e-mails that led to the discovery of:
-Comet Ping Pong.
-James Alefantis' Instagrams containing children and comments with sexual innuendo (nothing he said was normal).
-Amanda Kleinman (a/k/a Majestic Ape) and the band Heavy Breathing, which contains lyrics and artwork with pedophile innuendo, not to mention the YouTube video in which he is at Comet Ping Pong.
-Portuguese police sketches that look similar to the Podesta brothers.
-Artwork in Tony Podesta's house that has pedophile innuendo and a sculpture that channels Jeffrey Dahmer crime scene photos.
-The use of pedophile symbols straight from an FBI unclassified document used by Comet Ping Pong, Besta Pizza, and Politics and Prose, all of which are within the same vicinity.
-Alefantis and Kleinman responding to the conspiracy theory by claiming to be the victims of white nationalism, anti-semitism, etc., but no reasonable explanation for their strange behavior.
I was skeptical at first, but there is a lot of smoke there, and everything discovered is outside the realm of normal, especially for people who are within the inner circle of government (or so one would presume). That said, some of the speculations can go off the rails, and I highly doubt most government officials are involved.
I would certainly like a reasonable explanation for what the following means:
-A handkerchief with a map that is pizza-related (WTF?).
-Whether it is easier to play dominoes on cheese or on pasta (WTF?).
Finally, the largest smoking gun: Many conversations about pizza, but not one argument about pizza toppings. I've never ordered a pizza with other people without having to spend ten minutes arguing and negotiating.
