Reminder Alefantis and Tony Podesta were recently in Rome together for Podesta’s birthday.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2018/10/24/pence-to-headline-playbook-interview-333153
On the topic of long digs and notables.
I think its healthy for us to spend a long time learning/digging the subject and then fail to get notables. It aids in ultimately trying to dissolve the ego, by failing to get rewarded for something we expected a reward for. If a notable is the qres reward system, we are getting rewarded for digging something interesting and putting time and effort into making a logical argument etc etc. A skill thats actually useful in life. Unlike facebook or instragram etc where the reward system is likes for putting a photo up of your nice ass up and your fancy meal, its just a massive ego boost. Qres is definitely spiritual.