In the following wikileaks email release, https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/50332,
Herb Sandler messaged John & Mary Podesta,
"I think you should give notice when changing strategies which have been long in place. I immediately realized something was different by the shape of the box and I contemplated who would be sending me something in the square shaped box. Lo and behold, instead of pasta and wonderful sauces, it was a lovely, tempting assortment of cheeses, Yummy. I am awaiting the return of my children and grandchildren from their holiday travels so that we can demolish them.
Thank you so much. I hope you and your gang are well.
I miss you both
Best wishes fro a merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Herb
Ps. Do you think I'll do better playing dominos on cheese than on pasta?"
(b) The second sentence states,
" I immediately realized something was different by the shape of the box and I contemplated who would be sending me something in the square shaped box. "
(1) So evidently the strategy was using an unusual type of box other than the standard square box,
(A) agree
(B) Disagree
(C) not sure
(2) Since the identity of the sender could not be instantly known by the shape of the box, Sandler had to "contemplate" who sent it.
Evidently, contemplation is a more serious "mulling over" than a mere 'guess the mystery sender" scenarion
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con·tem·plate
ˈkän(t)əmˌplāt/
verb
look thoughtfully for a long time at.
"he sat on the carpet contemplating his image in the mirrors"
synonyms: look at, view, regard, examine, inspect, observe, survey, study, scrutinize, scan, stare at, gaze at, eye
"she contemplated her image in the mirror"
think about.
"the results of a trade war are too horrifying to contemplate"
synonyms: think about, ponder, reflect on, consider, mull over, muse on, dwell on, deliberate over, meditate on, ruminate on, chew over, brood on/about, turn over in one's mind;
(A) Agree
(B) Disagree, will provide a reason
(C) Not sure
(3) Sandler also had to seriously consider who sent it, because no "contemplation" would be required if the Podesta's names & address info was on the box, as what most people do when sending a package in case something goes wrong in transit and needs to be returned.
(A) Agree
(B) DIsagree
(C) Not sure
(4) If some one were to send an illegal
product of some sort such as ch!ld P-rn pictures or drugs, and they didn't want to get caught, they would
(A) Definitely not put their return address info on the box
(B) Put their name & address on the box in case it needed to be returned due to a logistical discrepancy so they'd still get their precious cargo back.
(5) If there were a known anonymous or pseudonymous transaction between sender & receiver of illegal goods being sent through the mail , and the BOTH the sender AND receiver wanted to know who sent what , a box with a shape other than the normal square shape would be a good identifier.
(A) agree
(B) Disagree, ill give reasons
(C)Not sure
(c)
3rd sentence, " Lo and behold, instead of pasta and wonderful sauces, it was a lovely, tempting assortment of cheeses,"
Okay, a surface reading of the first two sentences could be that Herb was being sarcastic and using hyperbole calling something as simple as sending a package of a holiday cheese sampler by calling it a "strategy," and having to "contemplate" instead of simply "guess" the surprise sender, and perhaps John always sent a box with a special kind of pasta and a variety of "wonderful sauces"
(1) However an assortment of pasta sauces, including the pasta would make for somewhat of a large box.
in the 2nd sentence, Sandler is talking about the SHAPE of the box being different in strategy rather than the SIZE of the box.
(a) agreed
(b) disagree, will explain
(c)not sure
(2) Do you think this email details a rich power broker year after year (long held) sending another rich power broker pasta and different sauces in an unusually shaped box every year as a tradition , with the receiver being taken off guard by a different box than the usual and having to seriously mull over who could have sent it, then being elated ("yummy") about a LOVELY & TEMPTING assortment of cheeses?
(A) Yes
(B) No
(C) Unsure
(3) Would people send & want to receive illegal goods in a box with nothing to shield it from being discovered?
(A) Absolutely
(B) No
(C) Maybe
(4) In order to disguise the illegal goods being mailed, would hiding them in a package of holiday food items be an effective "strategy" ?
(A) Yes
(B)No
(C) not sure
(5) With Christmas time being the busiest time of the year for the courier industry , would sending illegal goods be a good "strategy" since the package would be the proverbial "needle in a haystack"?
(A) Yes
(B)No
(C) not sure
(6) Could Sandler have received illegal goods plus a holiday food item in the package, and been using a code of some sort, plus really describing his gratitude the holiday cheese sampler?
(A) Yes
(B)No
(C) Maybe
(7) When someone refers to something or someone else as "lovely & tempting", the connotation usually refers, more of ten than not to
(a) something sexual
(b) something culinary
(8) Have you referred or ever heard someone refer to food items as "lovely & tempting" ?
(a) Yes
(b) no
(d)
(1) 4th sentence reads, "Ps. Do you think I'll do better playing dominos on cheese than on pasta?"
(a) This sentence describes an act that sounds like total nonsense, and would have to be code in order to make more sense
(b) This sentence makes sense. Playing Dominos on cheese and pasta does sound strange, but maybe Sandler & Podesta really do that. They are not using code at all.
(c) Not sure, they might be using code.
(2) SInce boys & girls are self evidently & indisputably different, and if there is such thing as pedophile code words, would they use two different terms to denote the opposite sexes ?
(A) Yes
(B) No, i will explain why not
(C)Maybe
(3) If this sentence is code for something, does it qualify the usages of the words , "cheese" & "pasta" as code as well ?
(A) Yes
(B) No, i will explain
(C) Maybe
(4)If he is using the code as displayed by Anonymous, the sentence would read, "Do you think I'll do better with bondage on little girls than on little boys?"
Without implying that he is really saying that, and just looking at it as a sentence, does that event make more sense as an action that people do in contrast to actually playing the game dominos on say a block of cheeese or on a plate of pasta ?
(A) Yes
(B) No, playing an actual game of dominos on cheese and/or pasta makes alot more sense
(C) Not sure
If all Podesta sent was a surprise christmas care package of cheeses in a different box instead of "the usual" pasta & sauces year in & year out, why couldn't Sandler have said something to the effect of, "Hey John, different box than usual over the years. Although i really love the pasta & sauces, these cheeses are great. Kinda had to guess who sent it, but when i saw who sent it, I knew it was going to be great"
Would you call a simple scenario like that "a change in strategy, and then having to "contemplate" the sender ?
AreWeSure ago
Hi,
This whole search for odd language in a giant pile of emails is called anomaly hunting. It's a known cognitive glitch and a way of fooling ourselves. Anomaly hunting is large aspect of conspiracy theories. Rather than focus on the mass of evidence you focus on the small odd things that are hard to explain to introduce doubt.
We are all prone to conspiratorial thinking because we share these cognitive glitches. You actually need to train yourself to think more logically, because these glitches are often snap instinctive judgements.
So when the Podesta email were released, people scoured over them lookied for anomalies like the email above. I can infer that they are talking about a strategy for Christmas presents, but I can't know because I am not them and I don't know how they have talked before. For example, do you know how Herb Sandler normally talks? Do you have any sort of baseline? People who study deception and body language say you can't just say someone is lying because they are fidgeting. How do you know this person doesn't normally just fidget all day long? You have to observe the person and establish a baseline and then you have a better sense if they are off their baseline or not.
If all you know is that email you think Herb Sandler and Podesta only talk in "food code" that probably means you are looking at this through a pizzagate lens and haven't read all the emails between the two men. There are dozens. They are more likely to be talking about income inequality or climate change than dominoes.
Another bit of "food code" people misunderstood is pasta with walnut sauce. This totally sounds weird to Americans. In fact, it's a well known dish from the same region where Pesto comes from and where Podesta's Italian grandfather is from. Look up Salsa di noci. 30 years ago, most Americans didn't know about pesto. They would have thought pasta with basil sauce was weird too. Pesto also contains nuts.
In addition to anomaly hunting you are engaging in a logical fallacy called argument from incredulity in this quoted example. Because it doesn't make sense to you, doesn't mean it's not perfectly understandable to other including two old friends.
I read the letters not to mean they are playing on a plate of pasta or a block of cheese. I read it to mean they are playing dominoes with a stomach full of cheese or a stomach full of pasta. Pasta and other high carb food is known to make people sleepy.
Here's an article on anomaly hunting and a guy who made a weird personal protest on the day JFK was shot. People thought he was signalling the shooters. http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/anomaly-hunting-and-the-umbrella-man/
I hate the formatting on voat too. You might have better luck making your answers into a numbered list
Cheers.
DarkMath ago
"Rather than focus on the mass of evidence you focus on the small odd things that are hard to explain"....Oh I absolutely agree.
Take Edgar Welch for example. Most shallow minded cognitively impaired PizzaGate conspiracy theorists see the bullet hole in Comet Ping Pong's computer and immediately get suspicious. What knuckle draggers!
These rubes seem to think it's too big of a coincidence for a bullet fired randomly would end of up hitting a computer system that may have hosted the now infamous highly secured download page because after all when has anyone ever downloaded a pizza.
Only a complete moron coud doubt Edgar Welch would even have fired an assault rifle indoors because old Edgar said he went to Comet Ping Pong TO SAVE CHILDREN. Does everyone see how utterly retarded it is to question the likelihood a man looking for children hidden inside Comet Ping Pong would discharge his assault rifle? Hitting something roughly the size of a child hiding in a closet is impossible. So thank you for being so rational. Coinkydinks happen more often than you think you deplorable shitlords.
And great job AreWeSure. Keep up the good work! Thanks for keeping it real my brother. Thanks for always being there as the lone voice of reason in this god forsaken sordid shit show that is PizzaGate.
AreWeSure ago
You are doing what lawyers call assuming facts not in evidence.
Rereading I do see the "may have."
I point out things like* You also don't need some false flag operation to move a computer or swap out a hard drive. * I don't call people deplorable shitlords. That's projection.
DarkMath ago
Assuming facts? Like what?
AreWeSure ago
That computer was the web server.
DarkMath ago
I'm glad you brought this up again. It will help me re-explain why you have a tin ear for logic and why I worry you may have a closed head wound. Ready?
Since food is very hard to download over the Interwebs the presence of a highly secure download page suggests Child P*********y given the various Pedophilia symbols at CPP(the owner's instagram avatar is considered the God of Man-Boy Love) and BCAF(bucks are children a pedo wants to have sex with on a camping trip he takes them on). Now while it's true CPP hosting downloadable child porn is by no means a certainty there's enough evidence to warrant further investigation. Certainly after the DC Police lied about investigating CPP one could get even more skeptical.
So here's the question AreWeSure. If that download page WAS for child porn what's the likelihood the CPP web site was hosted remotely in some data center >100 miles away? It wouldn't be very likely right? You could almost guarantee they wouldn't host remotely .......right?
Take your time answering. I'll be here all day.
;-)
AreWeSure ago
This is such bullshit, tunnel vision conjecture.
If that download page was for CP, why would you have it on the same page as your business? If it wasme I would host it on sfwroweuflasfowiruljfsljfowieureijsflksdjfowierueour.com out of Tajikistan
Is there one case that you know where CP was hosted on the same page as a regular business.
I have never heard "bucks" used that way. I have heard of strapping young bucks and have heard it this definition of it. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buck 2 a : a male human being : man b : a dashing fellow : dandy
DarkMath ago
I pointed you to the video explaining what a "buck" is in pedo-slang weeks ago. You obviously didn't watch it. You didn't watch it because you will only consider evidence you agree with. That's not good given your name is AreWeSure.
Regarding "tunnel vision conjecture", your argument is no one would host CP on their business's web site. Great. But that's still conjecture. You can't dismiss my "tunnel vision conjecture" with your own.
Finally AreWeSure this is the entire reason we have people like the FBI. They don't run on conjecture, they run on facts. The highly secure download page, the pedo symbols, the bullet into a computer system, the DC Police faking an investigation, that's all reason to investigate. Frankly the last one with the DC Police faking an investigation is almost a guarantee of some sort of cover up. That's exactly what happened with the Franklin scandal and countless other Pedophile scandals. They're often covered up because people in power could be brought down.
So how about you take the high road here AreWeSure. How about you start trying to do the right thing. There's a distinct possibility some really bad shit went down. Stop pretending it didn't.
;-)
AreWeSure ago
The FBI is not involved because it's straight up conjecture any crime has been committed. This is investigation is a long, long way from real evidence that would lead to probable cause. Law enforcement is not investigating because there's nothing to compel to investigation, it's not some grand conspiracy.
The tunnel vision is you not considering any other possibilities other than child porn. Great claims require great evidence. You have made a great claim. You have not provided any evidence for it or even that you considered anything else. My response was not tunnel vision. It was logical. Hosting illegal material on a server that identifies you is pretty stupid. I am not making the claim, you are. I'm asking why would he do that? Your evidence needs to be compelling enough to overcome logical objections. Could he have done this? Yeah, it will still be stupid, but it's possible. Possibilities are not great evidence.
DarkMath ago
"Hosting illegal material on a server that identifies you is pretty stupid".......Yes it is stupid. But criminals are idiots. For Pedophiles finding the stash of CP on their computer is often how they're caught. And as the Pentagon pedo-gate taught us, they'll even store this shit on their work computer. Which is a distinct possibility in the case of CPP. We won't know UNTIL SOMEONE INVESTIGATES.
So once again AreWeSure your "no one would be so stupid as to do that and therefor CPP's computer can't have hosted CP" defense imploded again. What will you do now?
"Police seized McCoole's camera, a computer and a hard drive during a search of his home. The court was told McCoole stored images of his offending in a specific folder on his computer, in which there were 593 images and 57 videos of physical offending against children."
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-07/how-police-caught-shannon-grant-mccoole/6678448
AreWeSure ago
I will do nothing because this is a strawman that I never said and something I never believed.
Yes, folks have been caught with their personal stash of CP on their computer. But you are alleging he was distributing it, am I correct? That members were logging in and downloading from this computer?
As I mentioned in my other reply, the police need probable cause and that needs to based on something more than your suspicions or folks on the internet's suspicions FOR THEM TO INVESTIGATE. If you are claiming the police are negligent, then lay out a case for probable cause enough for a warrant because without that they can't do very much.
DarkMath ago
"you are alleging he was distributing it"......Yes. There's no good reason a Pizza restaurant would have a secure download page like that. And it's the numerous FBI defined pedophile symbols and the pedo code words like "buck" in Buck's Camping and Fishing which you STILL have not acknowledged. You don't get to ignore evidence and pretend it doesn't exist. Sorry, I don't make the rules.
"That members were logging in and downloading from this computer?".......Possibly, or more likely 99% of CPP's site is hosted remotely, including the download page. Only one tiny part would be hosted in that closet computer. There would be some server side javascript invoked when someone clicked the "Download" button. Only then would the server try to grab a file off that closet computer. There are many ways to set something like this up. Whatever the case you can't dismiss it with "no one would be that stupid". That's absurd and you know it.
"you are claiming the police are negligent"......Your reading comprehension is horrible or you're being deliberately obtuse. I'm suggesting the DC Police may have COVERED THIS UP. There's a big difference and evidently it went right over your head. Negligence is the DC Police saying they didn't bother to investigate. A COVER UP is the DC Police assuring people they investigated and then people finding out they didn't investigate and worse they intentionally lied about it. A COVER UP is the traffic camera outside of CPP getting repointed just before Edgar Welch took center stage. And the traffic camera was pointed back at Comet Ping Pong right after the incident. Coinkydink?
The DC Police and Edgar's Magic Bullet have cover up written all over them. It's mind numbing you can't entertain the possibility of a cover up. It's happened many times before. The most egregious example is the Franklin Scandal.
AreWeSure ago
Swap out Law Enforcement for police. The FBI would be under the same constraints. Please let me know how they get to probable cause.
I'm not ignoring evidence. You and I would just difference over the importance of that evidence which is why I was wondering how you get to probable cause to get to the investigation you are desiring. In that case we could discuss merits of said evidence. Every spiral is not pedo code. Every instance of pizza is not CP.
You're completely flipping the burden of proof. You claim A. That Edgar Welch is part of some conspiracy working on behalf of Alefantis or others close to him. B. The closet computer had child pornography. You have basically zero evidence outside of your own suspicion.
You have made a great claim. (In this case a great claim for Welch being a false flag and a great claim that child pornography existed on the computer he shot. Later a third claim about the police.) You need evidence that matches your claim. I do not have to knock down the many ways something could have happened. Nor, do I have to detail all the possible reasons for that download page I can think of that are not child porn. That's an absolutely absurd standard.
Probable cause needs to be reasonable and supported in some way. He made a joke an Instagram wouldn't fly in any court in this country.
You're claiming that an investigation by law enforcement is currently justified and it sounds like you think search and seizure warrants are justified as well.
So I am asking can you articulate this as if you were law enforcement looking for a warrant. Rather than accuse me or my motives, make your case
DarkMath ago
"I'm not ignoring evidence."..........Really? Where did you mention "buck" in the previous comment? Where did you acknowledge the word "Buck" to a Pedophile could mean a child he wants to rape on a camping trip?
AreWeSure ago
Looking forward to your presentation of probable cause.
cheers.
DarkMath ago
What does probable cause have to do with you acknowledging the word "Buck" to a Pedophile could mean a child he wants to rape on a camping trip?
You acknowledge a swirl could be a pedophile symbol sometimes. Why doesn't "buck" get the same treatment?
AreWeSure ago
If you were the police, what would your probable cause be? Can you articulate in that in a way where the a judge would grant a warrant?
Here's what FindLaw says
>Probable Cause to Search
>Probable Cause to Seize Property
>Conclusion
http://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-rights/probable-cause.html
wecanhelp ago
@Dejure, this is not a sourced post, I'm removing it under rule 2. Please resubmit this on /v/pizzagatewhatever. Thank you.
Dejure ago
where are the rules ? I figured it was along the lines of this post https://voat.co/v/pizzagate/1496145
wecanhelp ago
They're in the sidebar of the subverse. The post you've linked to is very old, the rules have been updated and effective only recently.
Dejure ago
cool thanks !!
wecanhelp ago
Sure!