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The Hidden Forces That Promote Conspiracy Thinking About Mass Killing
Ammoland ^ | 20 October, 2017 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 10/23/2017 4:53:18 AM PDT by marktwain

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To: skinny old man

A man with seemingly no former bad episodes snaps all of a sudden?


We do not know all of the mass killer’s past history, so we do not know what you are taking for granted. For all we know the mass killer was a uncaught serial killer.

Lack of evidence is not evidence of a lack of reality.

Quite a few mass killers do not have previous violent episodes.


41 posted on 10/23/2017 8:51:26 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: Raycpa

We hate chaos because it means lack of control and order. Conspiracy theories provide an overlay of order over otherwise chaotic events.
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Yes, it is a coping mechanism of sorts.


42 posted on 10/23/2017 8:52:39 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: marktwain

I use Occam’s razor to winnow out the theories.

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While that’s great and valid, it’s still an oversimplification. The hypotheses must fit all of the verifiable data involved with the case.

And I am saying this as a skeptic.


43 posted on 10/23/2017 8:53:59 AM PDT by angryoldfatman
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To: Travis McGee

And add to it the revolving door between the LVMPD and casino security, where police brass take VERY lucrative jobs with the casinos upon retirement. Sheriff Lombardo, for example, has a big financial stake in protecting the casinos as much as he can, (changing and blurring the timeline, etc), if he wants to get that million-dollar “head of security” gig with one of the casinos after he retires.


WATCH: Sheriff Joseph Lombardo Told ‘Don’t Go There’ by Off-Camera Voice When Asked Question About Las Vegas Shooting

http://heavy.com/news/2017/10/las-vegas-shooting-conspiracy-false-flag-stephen-paddock-sheriff-joseph-lombardo-dont-go-there-video/


44 posted on 10/23/2017 8:54:31 AM PDT by Flick Lives
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To: T-Bone Texan

Watch out. Some on here will call you crazy for bringing that up.


45 posted on 10/23/2017 9:15:43 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: Travis McGee

Yep. LVPD and the hotels have a very close relationship.

He was travelling back and forth between his home in Mesquite and Vegas. On that Thursday (?), he signed into the senior center for lunch and asked the cook for her enchilada recipe. Easy enough to load more weapons into the car and take in all or a few at a time straight through the middle of the Mandalay lobby and wave at security with no one the wiser.


46 posted on 10/23/2017 9:25:35 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: Always A Marine

Here’s a question, no a conspiracy. Has the sheriff given any pressers after that one where he was obviously beside himself?


47 posted on 10/23/2017 9:30:06 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: smokingfrog

His vehicle being on the other side of the hotel is another reason why “the plan” wasn’t set to be acted upon during the concert.


48 posted on 10/23/2017 9:32:38 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: Travis McGee

Mateen also went into hiding at an undisclosed clinic.


49 posted on 10/23/2017 9:34:19 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: The_Media_never_lie; Travis McGee

We all know,if a bettor can make 5 million dollars in a year playing video poker, that that casino will get rid of that game immediately. They are in it to make money.

55 years later, president Trump is releasing secret material about the Kennedy assassination.

Someone tell me how that engenders trust and warm feelings toward government.


50 posted on 10/23/2017 9:35:11 AM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory. L)
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To: Travis McGee

Laundering money in a casino means the casino ends up with the money or the casino falsifies wins on a viseo game.

Either way the casino is part of the operation.


51 posted on 10/23/2017 12:52:51 PM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory. L)
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To: xzins

No it doesn’t.

It works like this.

The gambler places many millions of dollars of bets.

He wins five million dollars.

He loses five and a half million dollars. He walks out with five million, the casino keeps five and a half million.

The money has been laundered and the casino makes a net profit of half a million.

In video poker, the casino percentage is about 2 percent, so the casino profit would only be about $100,000 on five million in transactions.


52 posted on 10/24/2017 6:50:22 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: marktwain

That would work. What’s max bet on 1 video poker round.

Assuming that he is laundering someone else’s money, are those people really willing to lose a half million dollars to launder five and a half million dollars?


53 posted on 10/24/2017 7:41:37 AM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory. L)
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To: xzins

He might easily be laundering money he received from sources he does not want known.

Could be as simple as a real estate for cash deal.

He does not need to launder all the money he uses, just enough to pass IRS smell tests.


54 posted on 10/24/2017 7:54:27 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: marktwain

That’s a lot of cash. Anything digital can be traced.


55 posted on 10/24/2017 8:34:19 AM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory. L)
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To: xzins

You are correct.


56 posted on 10/24/2017 8:45:49 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: marktwain

Doesn’t the irs monitor casono cash...you’d think they would. They monitor my gasoline log book.


57 posted on 10/24/2017 8:51:43 AM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory. L)
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To: xzins

They are required to report cash transactions of over 10,000.

They are not required to report in they are wins or losses.

On income tax, you are only required to report wins.

You may, or may not, report losses.


58 posted on 10/24/2017 8:58:43 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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