I'm killing time in the Vegas airport right now, really eager to get home. I almost got caught up in it - we were walking to Mandalay Bay but we turned back at 9:30 at Tropicana because I was tired and had too much to drink. I never ever drink Champaign- thank the stars I did!
Spent many hours in a line yesterday at UMC to donate blood . It was inspiring to see the Vegas community pull together , in so many ways.
Might as well add my two cents - here's what I think happened. Keep in mind two salient points - the shooting stopped ten minutes after it began, yet the cops didn't breach the door for an hour. They must have known he was already dead. The security guard who was shot likely heard him off himself, saw the cameras so the cops acted slowly fearing a booby trap.
Why did he kill himself so early? Because his dirty work was done. The $100k money transfer to the Philippines is the second salient point. I think a member of his girlfriend's family was kidnapped by terrorists. The ransom, after they found out the girlfriend was with a rich gun collector, was to commit a terrorist act. The money transfer was the signal Paddock had set a situation up. He'd apparently been looking for a suitable situation for several months - I doubt he was trying to target country music fans/conservatives. He may well have been apolitical like his brother says. He was, I think, caught up in an inextricable situation, did what he needed to do to pay the terrible price, and then shot himself.
Well, that's the only thing that makes any kind of sense to me right now. We all seek an explanation for the inexplcable. So much pain and suffering. Pray for Vegas.
Well, for once, we have come to similar conclusions.
The camera in the room is the key bit of evidence, and the destination of the live feed (evidence the act had been committed).
This is the second terrorist act which made no sense, but had ties to the PI (Terry Nichols' wife, iirc, was from the PI, too.)
The other question is one of if this is proven to be the case, will that be revealed?
In the instance of the OK City bombing, the link to the Philippines was pretty much suppressed, especially in the MSM.