SamSpade
Well-Known Member
IN Ann Coulter's latest column, she vigorously disputes that anyone can make a substantial living playing video poker.
I actually know a guy who DID do that for a while - until they started changing the way it is done, made better software and the tax laws changed.
Then he came back to work where I do.
But - Ann is right. You really DON'T make a living playing poker. You can enjoy it, and if you're good at it, you can play for a while.
In the long run, you will always lose money.
She hints at a few ideas which I thought over --
What if Paddock was a patsy?
She asks these questions and poses a strange scenario -
"[FONT="]Why would Paddock unload 200 rounds into the hallway at a security guard who was checking on someone else's room [/FONT]beforebeginning his massacre?
How can it possibly take eight days to figure out when the alleged shooter checked into the hotel?
Why was Paddock wearing gloves if he was about to commit suicide?
Have any other solitary mass shooters ever had girlfriends?
If Paddock wasn't making money on video poker -- and he wasn't -- why would he be cycling millions of dollars through a casino, turning every dollar into, at best, 99 cents? "
Then she poses this:
"[FONT="]If this were a movie script, a terrorist would go to Paddock's room on the pretense of buying guns, kill Paddock, commit the massacre, put his gunshot residue-covered gloves on Paddock's dead hands and slip out of the room when the coast was clear. [/FONT]
[FONT="]According to the all-new timeline given by the Las Vegas police -- pending a third revision -- this is at least possible. The hallway was empty, except for a bleeding security guard down by the elevators, for at least two minutes after the shooting stopped. The stairwell was clear for more than half an hour. It also explains the gloves. "
I'd add another one : Why would he have SO MANY GUNS in a hotel at a less than ideal shooting location?
Because he sold GUNS for a living. THAT'S why. That is why he had so much money. He made money selling them.[/FONT]
I actually know a guy who DID do that for a while - until they started changing the way it is done, made better software and the tax laws changed.
Then he came back to work where I do.
But - Ann is right. You really DON'T make a living playing poker. You can enjoy it, and if you're good at it, you can play for a while.
In the long run, you will always lose money.
She hints at a few ideas which I thought over --
What if Paddock was a patsy?
She asks these questions and poses a strange scenario -
"[FONT="]Why would Paddock unload 200 rounds into the hallway at a security guard who was checking on someone else's room [/FONT]beforebeginning his massacre?
How can it possibly take eight days to figure out when the alleged shooter checked into the hotel?
Why was Paddock wearing gloves if he was about to commit suicide?
Have any other solitary mass shooters ever had girlfriends?
If Paddock wasn't making money on video poker -- and he wasn't -- why would he be cycling millions of dollars through a casino, turning every dollar into, at best, 99 cents? "
Then she poses this:
"[FONT="]If this were a movie script, a terrorist would go to Paddock's room on the pretense of buying guns, kill Paddock, commit the massacre, put his gunshot residue-covered gloves on Paddock's dead hands and slip out of the room when the coast was clear. [/FONT]
[FONT="]According to the all-new timeline given by the Las Vegas police -- pending a third revision -- this is at least possible. The hallway was empty, except for a bleeding security guard down by the elevators, for at least two minutes after the shooting stopped. The stairwell was clear for more than half an hour. It also explains the gloves. "
I'd add another one : Why would he have SO MANY GUNS in a hotel at a less than ideal shooting location?
Because he sold GUNS for a living. THAT'S why. That is why he had so much money. He made money selling them.[/FONT]