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10/24/17: FEAR AND GRIEVING IN LAS VEGAS

Ron Patton | October 24, 2017

FEAR AND GRIEVING IN LAS VEGAS

MONOLOGUE WRITTEN BY CLYDE LEWIS

As many of you know, I returned from a trip to Las Vegas, I was there for a conference and I was also there to get a local idea of what happened on October 1st, when a gunman opened fire on a crowd of concert goers. It was an exhausting trip and it is sad but I have to say that Vegas has lost its magic.

It is official now, Las Vegas’ 14-year-old tourism motto, “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas,” is no longer being used, as the city felt it was no longer appropriate for city tourism, officials said. The catchphrase, used since 2003, refers to the high debauchery for which the city is famous. But in the wake of the mass shooting there, the city put it on hold.

There is something else Las Vegas has put on hold and that is fun. It has also put on hold the opportunity to treat tourists well; something they used to do and now the entire area is now a tourist trap where it feels as if the tourist cannot be trusted. So you face heavy deposits on hotels and hidden service fees for everything you do now.

It is also ironic that they have retired the old slogan because no matter how badly you want to create a hash tag slogan like #VegasStrong to make the owners of the casinos feel better as the old slogan still applies. There is nothing new about the massacre, so apparently whatever happens in Vegas not only will stay there – it is evidently being buried there.

The agency for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, swiftly pulled all its ads with the irreverent, “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” probably because it describes exactly what is happening with the investigation into the massacre that led 58 dead and 500 plus injured.

In the meantime, the people are being told that #VegasStrong is being used to express solidarity with the city and victims.

It isn’t working – the new hash tag slogan has a lot of people feeling like it is some empty way of covering up the fact that three weeks after the massacre, every detail about the incident is now either gagged or covered up.

When I was in Vegas for the Quantum Consciousness and Healing Symposium, I was not only there to be a keynote speaker, I also wanted to get a feel for Las Vegas in the aftermath. I have always loved my experience in Las Vegas. I even hung out with two guys, Andrew and Chris that were listeners to my show – they showed up to the event wearing Ground Zero shirts and even gave me a voucher to play some slots at the Hard Rock Café.

The people at the event were amazing and I was so happy that I was able to finally meet Jordan Maxwell and Andrew Basiago, two guests that have appeared on Ground Zero.

I was very impressed with the positive work of Ed Spina and soon I will introduce you to the research of Caroline Cory. Her new documentary about alien contact and evidence of the hybridization process is amazing.

I hung out with Brad Olsen, who is one of the most fun and interesting guys I have known in the field of esoterica.

However, beyond the new friends, old friends and listeners, I ventured out of the feel good bubble into the unforgiving arms of the Las Vegas experience.

I blended in, asked questions, read the independent magazines and was astonished on how very little was being said about the shooting.

It was as if it never happened. The window of my hotel had a clear view of Mandalay Bay – I did not see the broken windows – it looked as if they were repaired. Hanging from the roof of the hotel was a banner that said #Vegas Strong.

I asked about the new slogan and most people seemed cynical about the whole thing and that the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority is only keeping up appearances and is part of the conspiracy of silence.

If you have any doubts about the possibility of a conspiracy and cover up we now have had nearly a month of silence – no answers, no details, disputed timelines, gag orders, dead witnesses, missing witnesses, and from what I now understand perfectly, a media narrative that wanted to suspend the belief of the American people about the named lone wolf gunman Stephen Paddock.

The release of details surrounding the horrific attack has slowed from a trickle to a standstill: police have yet to schedule another news conference, confusion continues to surround the gunman’s motive and critical questions linger about what exactly happened on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino.

A Las Vegas judge has ordered that the whole area of the crime scene be frozen in time. The judge has ordered investigators not destroy anything that could be considered evidence in a trial; right down to the broken glass from gunman Stephen Paddock’s suite.

The question is – did the hotel even consider destroying evidence in the first place? As I reported on my show when the story first broke, Vegas has a reputation for sanitizing incidents on casino properties.

Suicide, domestic violence, prostitution, drugs and cheating and murder happen all the time in Vegas hotels and casinos and yet most of the time there is hardly a long drawn out media focus on such crimes.

The mass shooting at Mandalay Bay took a turn not even the most trained security personnel could have anticipated. “Nobody thought of a killer breaking out the windows to shoot at crowds 32 stories below and this is because these hotels and casinos are the most securing facilities anywhere.

On Thursday afternoon, the day that I arrived in Las Vegas, I learned from local news that a preservation order was signed by Judge Mark Denton that blocks Mandalay Bay from erasing video surveillance, card swipe data and complaints coming from Paddock’s hotel suite, among other items, until another hearing on Oct. 30 where MGM Resorts International will have a chance to argue against it.

MGM will be arguing against presenting evidence in one of the most brutal massacres in modern history?

Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo said earlier last week that Stephen Paddock shot at Mandalay security guard Jesus Campos at 9:59 p.m. on Oct. 1, six minutes before the attack. Hotel brass clarified last Thursday that there was a paperwork snafu, saying Campos was actually shot about 40 seconds before the bloodbath.

It is legal to open-carry guns in Nevada, but most if not, all Vegas casinos have policies forbidding it.

Surprisingly, many casino security guards opt not to carry firearms. At the majority of these places there is extensive testing, including a firearms test and a psychological test required in order for employees to be armed; many don’t want to go through the liability hassle.

So now I am concerned that casino security guards are not there to protect guests; at least this is what I am thinking. So, what do they do? They are just actors that are put in the casinos to deter cheating or theft?

Well now I am wondering why many of the places I went to in Vegas had hidden fees and deposits that are taken out of your bank account –when there is nothing they are doing to warrant holding your money.

So a casinos biggest concern is cheating; if there is any crime committed, the police are called but you won’t see them because they enter in discreet locations, like secret elevators.

This raises a red flag about Stephen Paddock and the possibility of him being an “agent” of some kind; maybe working for the FBI in a weapons sting. Now remember, if police are called to a casino, they don’t usually enter the front door, they enter in back doors and service elevators.

It was indicated that Stephen Paddock had access to Mandalay Bay Hotel casino’s service elevator, using it in the days leading up to the shooting. Steve Wynn, the owner of Steve Wynn Resort and Casino appeared on Fox News and stated that at his hotel “Nobody in his company’s history, no public person, has ever walked in the service elevator unless they were accompanied by security.”

Assuming security protocol among big Las Vegas casinos is largely identical, which it is, why then was Stephen Paddock allowed using the service elevator?

Also, given that the service elevator was likely used in order to bring in Paddock’s huge gun cache, how was he able to shuttle in a cache of arms undetected? Was it an inside job or massive oversight by gaming security forces?

Keep in mind that many of the gaming police officials are former military and/or Special Forces agents.

So figure it out Paddock was able to smuggle 20-plus guns into a highly-secured area, and he was somehow granted the service elevator on multiple occasions. So the media has failed to ask what security clearance Stephen Paddock had.

Since the media has failed to report anything new about the massacre – there are now at least seven known conspiracy theories that are being spun that are both local and on the internet.

The most popular theory is that Paddock was an Independent arms dealer. He was dealing arms illegally and independently of any sanctioned government black-op program. Some of his clients murdered him and the Las Vegas victims in a deal gone bad.

There is also an extension to the possibility that Paddock was certainly an undercover agent that was participating in a high-level arms deal. The arms deal went bad and the buyers covered their tracks by mowing down a crowd. The guns were either for Mexican bagmen, ISIS agents or even guns connected to deals in the Philippines.

Another popular theory is that Paddock was involved with a deep state operation (CIA/FBI) to advance a police state agenda body scanners, gun control, facial recognition etc. Paddock is the fall guy they murdered and placed in the crime scene.

As far as Paddock being an ISIS soldier or Antifa supporter, there are many people who knew him to be non-political and non-religious – he also liked country music which is bizarre since he is being accused of gunning down people at a country music concert.

Of course for those who like vanilla we have the media telling us that Paddock was nothing more than a Lone Wolf that just snapped because he was “losing” money at the casinos. He was angry, frustrated, or bored at life. He had simmering mental or financial issues that went undetected. This caused him to snap and plan a military-style shooting.

The plot just doesn’t seem to make any sense. Authorities tell us that Paddock earned a living as a professional video poker player. He was an acknowledged regular on the Vegas strip. If, somehow he became “disgruntled” after some big losses or some other gambling-related grievance, why would Paddock vent his frustration on innocent country music fans? Wouldn’t shooting targeting casino staff or management make more sense?

While we are on the subject of a mainstream narrative that sounds like the typical vanilla explanation, we may want to recheck the notion that the media convinced us that he made his “millions” gambling.

If you recall Gene “Chip” Tatum said on Ground Zero that you don’t make millions of dollars being an accountant for defense projects and you certainly don’t make millions gambling.

Well after my return from Vegas I can say that the casinos there are now nickel and diming people with hidden n fees for parking and other nonsense – and the slot machines that were once considered loose are living up to their reputations as one armed bandits.

The New York Times once explained that the “top” video poker machines pay out 99.17 percent. Well, I did not find any of those machines where I went. The machines kept you playing a long time but in the end the house would win.

Anyone who plays video poker over an extended period of time will absolutely end up a loser. The mainstream news was efficient in telling us that Paddock was a successful video poker player.

So the media has lied about the basic timeline to the preposterous allegation that Paddock made a good living at gambling. If Paddock wasn’t making money on video poker why would he be cycling millions of dollars through a casino, turning every dollar into about 99.17 cents on each one?

Losing a percent or two on millions of dollars doesn’t make sense as an investment strategy, but it does make sense if he is running a money laundering operation.

Paddock’s chronic gambling could have been a front for money laundering.

But for who – or for what? Where does the money trail lead?

I have also realized something that I wanted to point out about the many shooter theories. While I believe that the videos that CNN decided to avoid show multiple shooters, I have it on good authority that the shooters that were seen in the crowd and the south gate were unfortunately police officers.

This is also part of the cover up – it was also not reported that security, police and civilians remained under the stage at the event until 6AM the next morning.

So now we can again speculate with more confidence that an FBI sting operation was happening, Paddock an agent with clearance to use the service elevator brought guns up to officiate in an FBI sting. The cartel, mob or ISIS agents entered Paddock’s room on the pretense of buying guns.

Paddock blew his cover; the terror agents killed him and then committed the massacre, and slipped out of the room to the parking garage where they got away.

Maybe like the Kennedy assassination, the details of the whole Las Vegas case will be printed on papers, sealed in a box and wheeled somewhere in a warehouse, and left between the Roswell alien bodies and the Ark of the Covenant where they will eventually be reviewed by “top men.”

Written by Ron Patton




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