{"id":69253,"date":"2016-12-05T13:22:45","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T18:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=69253"},"modified":"2016-12-05T13:22:45","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T18:22:45","slug":"pizza-gate-conspiracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=69253","title":{"rendered":"Pizza-gate conspiracy"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Edgar<\/a><\/p>\n

I’m just finding out about this story today, mostly because stories about fake news don’t interest me. I spend too much time tracking down real news. But apparently, there a conspiracy theory going around about Washington DC pizzeria Comet Ping Pong which was, according to the conspiracy adherents, the home base of a child abuse ring led by Hillary Clinton and her campaign chief, John D. Podesta. <\/p>\n

Yesterday, Edgar M. Welch, 28, of Salisbury, N.C. went to investigate the conspiracy for himself. By investigate, he meant fire a few rounds into the floor of the Comet Ping Pong according to the New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The gunfire sharply escalated what had already been a tense period for the restaurant, its employees and the quiet neighborhood since the fake stories began spreading. Dozens of threats against employees had been made via email and social media.<\/p>\n

People inside the restaurant fled, and the police locked down the area, ordering patrons of a nearby bookstore and cafe called Politics and Prose to remain locked inside. Officers with rifles and protective gear surrounded the restaurant and apprehended Mr. Welch. Two additional firearms were found, one on Mr. Welch and the other in his vehicle, the police said.<\/p>\n

The police closed down a normally busy Connecticut Avenue, which runs in front of the restaurant, for several hours Sunday as they searched the area for other potential threats.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Comet Ping Pong\u2019s owner, James Alefantis, reports that he and his employees have been the victims of threats that result from this particular fake news story. We all survived this one, thankfully – but the fake news story thing isn’t new. There were the stories about George W Bush being a coke head and that he was AWOL from the National Guard. There’s that crack-pot who claims that he was Obama’s crack dealer and homosexual lover.<\/p>\n

Apparently this pizza-gate story was manufactured from Podesta and the pizzeria-owner’s email in which they planned a fund-raiser for Hillary. That morphed into a child exploitation story. Folks are going to believe what they’re going to believe. Be careful, it’s a jungle out there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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