OK, here is what I have on the Vegas shootings. Something is not right,. shooting from 4th floor, as well as the 32nd!.
What do you see as a result of this, Zoron?
Zoron, It makes me wondering about Paddock suicide. When I look at the pictures of his room with his foot under AR-15-style rifle. Is it even possible for his foot to get under without knocking it over when he kill himself? Why even wear gloves unless you want to have a better grip, or was planning to leave after it? I would think you would want to keep the rifles closer to you, for even more access. Zoron, just wondering on your thought on this.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/10/04/us/vegas-shooting-hotel-room.html
Zoron, I'm not getting anything explicit because I don't have the stomach to read this guy. My hat is off to you that you can do it. And I'm interested in what you see.
Like you, I find it hard to believe that he made his money gambling, in spite of one report about his math ability to count when playing video poker. Casinos don’t cater to people who can beat the odds to the tune of a million dollars a year, as he claimed to his condo association in Mesquite where he resided. I’m also skeptical about his real estate success. As press reports about Paul Manafort have shown, real estate is a great way to launder money. So is gambling.
Also I haven't found convincing press coverage on how this guy made his money. Has anyone seen any convincing press reports on this man other than the usual stuff that he made his money gambling and in real estate? Show me his tax returns. Want to see documents on his real estate profits and gambling winnings.
I'm not discounting what you guys are saying because I don't know the truth about Paddock and I don't think we ever will but it is possible to make lots of money, yes millions in gambling. I worked in casinos, I met my husband in a casino and at the time he was a full time poker player. I know a lot of poker players and a lot of them are very rich, yes millionaires. You can do it, if you know what you're doing. See gamblers gamble on everything, odds games, on other players, they form groups and sponsor others for a percentage, they invest together...so it is possible for him to have made lots of money. Also when you play a lot, the hotels do comp everything, so all you're really spending is your gambling money. We went to Vegas every 2-3 months and we paid nothing 90% of the time, so it is possible.
Having said that, casinos are great for laundering money as well, and that does happen because I've seen people get arrested for it. I think Paddock was very secretive and private for a reason, who knows what else he was hiding? But as far as his finances go, I think it's entirely possible he made money from flipping homes and gambling. This is the NY times article about his finances https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/07/us/stephen-paddock-vegas.html
Diana, thanks for clarifying about gambling. I have a relative who does make a lot of money playing poker in competitions where the top players form groups and share winnings. But I thought he was playing against the casino and didn't think you could consistently win that way.
The NY Times article is helpful. It explains in more detail than other stories how he made his money both flipping houses and gambling. It's credible, especially since he's been doing the former since the 1980's where we've had three decades of real estate boom over these years.
So I guess the final question is why he went crazy. His father, as the article said, suffered from psychopathy. And his childhood was traumatic-- with a such a father who then disappeared into the prison system leaving him and his brothers and mother to fend for themselves..
Still doesn't explain it. I go back to my original gut reaction to him -- he had a rage inside, a slow burn that caused him to carefully plan and execute this act over many months. In visions I pick up a robot-like automaton quality in him.
In the end, however, he just flipped. There are many people all over the world who are that crazy. They just don't have access to guns in other countries, so they can't create a massacre.
I think your gut reaction is right on and that he did flip. Easy access to guns and his knowledge of them made it all possible :(