Danley, Paddock’s girlfriend, appears to be receiving undue
attention. Perhaps because she and Campos are the only ones involved who aren’t
white. Vegas police haven’t presented well. I’m thinking that Reno 911 is
more real than satire. Paddock seems to have given Danley the opportunity for a
fat lawsuit. Maybe it’s just that all parties are concerned with liability but
there is smoke. Did Paddock belong to somebody?
Odd that Paddocks tax returns have not yet been released. I
doubt that he was operational, those guys been there, done that. He could have
been in a support function. The only
operational goofs I can think of are Oswald and McVeigh.
Some of the smoke is Paddock as “professional gambler”. Supposedly,
with comps, if you play big slots you can profit. This is why Vegas has so many
rich gamblers and the casinos are broke. When gamblers play for comps they
identify themselves to the casino. Everyone knows the machines are throttled.
There is nothing illegal about this. When the house has volume it makes sense
to throttle forward the machines, more big payouts and dings, to generate
excitement. Likewise low volume is an opportunity to tighten the throttle and
improve margins. Once a player is identified it is possible to tailor the throttle
strategy to that player, keep them playing, and milk them for maximum return.
It is a natural AI application. This would be legal as long as the percentage
payout would be over the required amount. So Paddock was a chump. Did Paddock
change his life style and investments only to realize he had been suckered?
It is likely that Paddock was a victim of child abuse. His
dad was caught when Paddock was seven. Bad people, such as his father, often do
bad things.
However Paddock got his stake and whatever his gullibility,
he entered the real estate market at an auspicious time. In a boom market a
persistent fool may do far better than a cautious investor.
The Korean War was voted down because of casualties and
supply scandals. In Vietnam the military kept casualties down and when stories
of the ArmaLite rifles jamming came out the military reacted with hysteria. To
this day soldiers regard a rifle jam as a personal failure. Now that these
rifles are widely available, you can see shooters clearing their jams while
insisting that their guns are reliable.
-Look how easy it is to clear the jam.
Once a gun starts jamming it is best to clean it. It is now
obvious that the guns jam because they are designed to minimize recoil. Why did
the shooter have so many rifles? Because he knew that they would get hot and jam.
Why did he stop shooting? Initially I thought maybe all his guns had jammed.
But mass killers often become disgusted with the reality and are frightened of
capture.
If you must have conspiracy, Campos, the hotel security
responder, might have shot Paddock. Given
Vegas he would have deemed it better to avoid attention.
Why is there so much violence? Violence is endemic. Constant
immigration takes its toll. Our violence is quantitatively less than other places
but it doesn’t have the same level of institutional acceptance. Why so much
shooting? Shooting has gotten easier; the equipment is improved. The lone
shooter reminds me of domestic violence. They are attacking people because they
feel isolated, abandoned and betrayed.
