News Las vegas massacre

[hodge]

Um, his name was Paddock.?

 

[SaharaSon]

Sorry Hodge, Stephen Paddock.;)

 

[hodge]

I'm not keen on speculation, waiting for more evidence to come in, which I hope it does.

 

[Deleted member 541]

From what I’ve seen on TV and have read.... The police have NO MOTIVE. Reportedly his father was a diagnosed psychopath, and his brother reportedly has theatened to kill someone in an argument. For me, I think it’s clear that this guy and his family have some serious issues.

I think that people here are getting hooked on what he might have done, bombs he might have, CIA sleepers, and tons of other theories that are floating around. Again, does it really matter????

He shot and killed 58 people and injured over 500. Why he did it, for me doesn’t really matter. The fact that he did it, and how we can learn from this and try and prevent another incident like this is more important. As are the victims that are still fighting for their lives...

 

[scout86]

Why he did it, for me doesn’t really matter. The fact that he did it, and how we can learn from this and try and prevent another incident like this is more important

I think understanding his motivation is important when it comes to potentially preventing future such events. So, I hope they come up with something on his motives.

 

[Deleted member 541]

@scout86 I get what you are saying.... But this guy wasn’t on anyone’s radar. If anything he was way below the radar scope. No hint of anything potentially threatening that would have put him on the radar scope. As to his motivation????? It’s anyone’s guess, and until we can bring back the dead and ask him, we will probably never know.....

 

[Nessa7]

Hodge, check charlottecountyfloridacopwatch.com there is a video of Pollock marching in an anti-Trum...

Here's what Snopes has to say about the pink hat theory. Newsweek has also been debunking some similar rumors.http://www.snopes.com/las-vegas-shooter-trump-protest/

 

[mamachick]

Gambling machines has been referred to as "electric crack". Those who play the tables like attention, enjoy people standing around watching them, and their personality is that of more like being the center of attention. Those who gravitate to machines are usually those who want to escape...from life...from people, problems, etc. They may be more of the "loner" type but not necessarily, they just don't prefer to draw attention to themselves. That seems to fit perfectly with what his neighbors report, such as him beautifying his new home then attempting to hide it with some shield around it.

 

[SaharaSon]

Here's what Snopes has to say about the pi...

Nessa, I hope you are right for the sake of the country. We are already terribly divided. It seems that some people have a vested interest in keeping it that way. ;)

 

[hodge]

I hate that we're so divided. I think it's a result of Fox News, among other factors. We get our news from various places. That's what makes this era so horribly different from earlier days in America. Remember those? When everyone accepted the three networks' reporting on what was going on and we weren't so divided? If one gets their news from CNN or MSNBC, you're getting some sense of what's really going on. If you watch Fox, you're getting what you want to hear.

 

[SaharaSon]

I hate that we're so divided. I think it's a result of Fox News, among other factors. We get our news fro...

Hodge, this is an example of how divided we are. I read it 180 degrees opposite from you. To me CNN and MSNBC are propaganda arms of the Left. I haven't watched CNN or MSNBC in twenty years. Fox is better at reporting facts, but not a whole lot better. See how we see the world so very differently? I agree with you that in the distant past the news reporting seemed to be more factual, and less agenda driven. I currently get alot of my news from overseas, because I don't trust the American Press for the most part. It is a carryover from my days of listening to the BBC in North Africa way back when. I really like The Financial Times of London and The Jerusalem Post. :D

 

[Friday]

<laughing> I get my news mostly from the AP.

f*ck other people interpreting my events for me. Give me the 2 second blurb to go research my own self. Or not. Depending on how much I happen to care. ;)

It's pretty easy to talk to the same people reporters talk to, because everyone does press releases. Freaking everyone. From the moment something happens, everyone actually involved in it is throwing information at related agencies (help!) and the press corps (go away!). Both of which are grabbable. And it takes a lot less time than sitting through a half an hour of talking heads with whatever their personal/corporate/political agenda is, coloring everything. The "news" lost me as a consumer forever the moment they kicked journalistic integrity to the curb by classifying their programs as "entertainment". :meh: They were already on thin ice the moment they started reporting shit I was actually there for... Wrong. Not a new thing, by any means, I was just new to the phenomenon. I can accept stupidity... In small doses. But bullshit -entertainment?!? WTFO- just pisses me off.