Tag: Al Capone

A Friendly Reminder to Criminals, from the IRS

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Al Capone

[Here’s the plan: I finish typing this nooze and then go back to bed. I need some sleep.]

Attention, criminals! The Internal Revenue Service (I almost typed “infernal”) is reminding you to report your ill-gotten gains as taxable income. “Income from illegal activities must be included in your income on Schedule 1 (Form 1040)…” (https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/stolen-property-income-from-illegal-activities-must-be-reported-on-taxes-irs-says).

Well, heck, this is how they finally got Al Capone. On tax evasion.

Whether it’s armed robbery, drugs, or anything else that’s less than kosher, the IRS wants its piece of the action.

Which raises the question: to what extent is our country governed by fools and nincompoops? Bad enough that SloJo doesn’t know where he is half the time. Is stupidity contagious?

I would love to see the criminal who reports the take from all his robberies to the IRS.

When a Chess Master Goes Bad… Watch Out

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Mug shot of Norman Tweed Whitaker, chess master and criminal

Boy howdy, when a chess master goes bad, he goes really bad!

Norman Tweed Whitaker (1890-1975), International Master and one of the strongest chess players in 20th century America, can’t quite match murderer and bank robber Claude Bloodgood as a chess whiz who committed crimes, but was still quite the lad when it came to breaking the law.

An auto theft/insurance fraud caper landed him in Leavenworth for two years, but in 1932 Whitaker made national headlines for his involvement in the Lindbergh baby kidnapping case. He and a confederate tried to scam the Washington Post by claiming to be in touch with the kidnappers, but came up empty when the baby was found dead; in fact, they had had nothing to do with the kidnapping itself. Sentenced to 15 years in the hoosegow, Whitaker served 18 months, got out on parole, and immediately resumed his career in crime, ending up in several other prisons before he finally gave it up–including Alcatraz, where he struck up a friendship with Al Capone.

In later life Whitaker concentrated on chess, won the rank of International Master, and performed strongly in many major tournaments.

Oh–he was also a lawyer, albeit a disbarred one. A criminal record as long as your arm will do that to you.

But it won’t stop you from running for president. If Norm had only known…

P.S.–So who says chess is dull?

Feds Ease Up on Order to Schools to Go Transgender

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Oops! They went a tiny bit too far, too fast, and now the Obama administration has to throttle back on its “order” to public schools in America to let boys into the girls’ bathrooms or else: so instead of an order, now it’s just a “letter of guidance” from the Justice Dept.–what???–and the Dept. of Education ( http://abcnews.go.com/US/obama-administration-public-schools-transgender-students-access-bathrooms/story?id=39081956 ).

Remember when the Justice Dept. used to go after guys like Al Capone? Now they go after people who are a bit slow to hop aboard the transgender express.

The “letter of guidance” admonishes schools to allow any kid to use any bathroom according to his, her, or its “gender identification,” which is to be whatever the student says it is on any given day. It comes with a veiled threat to cut off federal funds to any school district that won’t let the boys stand over the girls while they pee.

Excuse me? Did I just hear you say you weren’t going to vote for Donald Trump, or you just won’t vote at all, and you don’t care if Hillary Clinton is elected president?

Remember what not voting for Romney (warts and all) got you.