Don't Like History? Liberals Say 'Change It!'

Some 'progressive' movie critics, in an effort to show the world they are champions of political-correctness, are complaining that the film 'Dunkirk' has no significant female or minority roles.

The Battle of Dunkirk is a World War II historical event that occurred May 26 through June 4, 1940; it involved the evacuation of British forces from the beaches of that French village while under nearly constant air and ground attack by Nazi Germany.

Minorities and women, at that time in history, had no significant involvement in combat action, yet these handful of movie reviewers would have history re-written to reflect them as central characters in this battle, regardless of facts.

When history has to be changed in order to assuage the feelings of a handful of malcontents, we will have started down a very dark and dangerous path from which there is no return.

I am truly living in a world I don't understand.

Another 'What Were They Thinking?'

There’s no question that social media has contributed to much of society’s ills; for Ohioan John Mogan, his infatuation with Facebook, along with Mogan’s penchant for facial and neck tattoos, earned him a prison term for bank robbery.

Mogan, assisted by his girlfriend Ashley Duboe, decided it would be a great idea to rob a bank in Ashville, a little village twenty miles south of Columbus. While Duboe waited behind the wheel of their getaway car, the hoodie-wearing Mogan walked into the bank and handed the teller a note demanding money. Mogan and Duboe made a clean getaway with a wad of cash.

While assuming they would have eventually been arrested, thanks to Mogan’s numerous and distinctive facial inkings, the pair made law enforcement’s job much easier by then posting several photos of Mogan with a cash ‘sandwich’, which he referred to as his 'McStack', on his Facebook page.

Duboe and Mogan were convicted of bank robbery and are both currently incarcerated in the Ohio penal system

George Kelly Barnes: One of America's Infamous Criminals

Today is the anniversary of George Kelly Barnes' birth...and death.

Born on this date in 1895 in Memphis, Tennessee, Barnes attended Central High School. He would become a petty criminal, running bootleg liquor during the Prohibition Era, until his arrest and conviction for the crime; Barnes spent three years in prison, by all accounts a 'model' prisoner which earned him an early release.

It was after his first stint of incarceration that Barnes would become infamous, a man who would eventually become one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted men in America. Barnes, while fleeing federal authorities, dropped his last name and became George Kelly.

George 'Machine Gun' Kelly.

Kelly and his wife Kathryn, who bought Kelly his first Thompson sub-machine gun, kidnapped Oklahoma oil tycoon Charles Urschel, eventually collecting a $200,000 ransom. Urschel, however, proved to be smarter than his captors; after his release, Urschel was able to recount various details while being held, blindfolded, such as background noises and sounds, and made it a point to leave as many fingerprints as he could in the small house his kidnappers had used in which to hide. Urschel's quick thinking led to a massive amount of evidence that pointed the FBI to Kelly and his wife.

George Kelly was convicted in 1933 of kidnapping in a trial that had historic significance: it was the first federal trial during which in-court filming was permitted. Kelly and his wife both received life sentences for the crime, which was also the first time the newly-passed Lindbergh Law, making kidnapping a federal offense, was utilized.

After twenty-one years of incarceration, George 'Machine Gun' Kelly Barnes died in Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary of a heart attack on his 58th birthday. He is buried in Cottonwood, Texas.

Where Is The Outrage From 'Black Lives Matter' ?

NYPD Patrol Officer Miosotis Familia was just doing her job.

She wasn't abusing the public, wasn't harassing citizens in the Bronx; the 48-year-old Familia was doing paperwork while sitting in one of the department's mobile command posts, a vehicle that had been placed in an area where crime had markedly increased over the last year.

She was there to protect the public from people like ex-convict Alexander Bonds.

The former Attica State Prison inmate, who served eight years on a robbery charge, had railed on social media late last year, alleging police abuse of blacks and prison guards raping and murdering inmates. "I'm not playing, Mr. Officer. I don't care about 100 police watching this," Bonds, who was black, stated in a video. "It's time people wisen up."

Police caught up to Bonds a block away from the scene where he'd walked up to Familia and shot her in the head; Bonds, still in possession of the murder weapon, was in turn shot and killed by officers.

Miosotis Familia was a black/hispanic police officer. She was brutally executed without warning.

So where is the outcry from Black Lives Matter? Didn't Familia's life count? Isn't her death at the hands of another worthy of protests, demonstrations or even a statement from Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton?

Silence.

No press releases or television appearances are forthcoming, the same as in January's shooting of Orlando Police Sergeant Debra Clayton. Clayton was shot three times at close range just outside a Wal Mart store by Markeith Lloyd, who was wanted for murdering his pregnant ex-girlfriend. Both Clayton and Lloyd were black.

Therein lies the issue. Both black criminals murdered black police officers.

To the BLM movement, African-American lives only matter if their killers are of a different race.

                                                         Officer Miosotis Familia

Hazards of Online Dating

Sometimes you're the windshield; others, you're the bug.

Hannah Hardy recently found out how the bugs feel.

The metro Lousville, Kentucky woman apparently felt very strongly about being dumped by a man she'd met through an online dating website. Her actions probably speak volumes about why the unidentified man ended their short relationship.

The 28-year-old Hardy, after going to the man's apartment several times and finally discovering he no longer resided there, believed she had happened upon the car owned by the man who'd jilted her. Hardy broke out four of the vehicle's windows and then scratched her name into the paint on the driver's door, causing an estimated $6,000 in damage. There was one problem, though.

Wrong car.

Hardy, who had previously been arrested for kicking in the door of an apartment in the building in which she thought the man currently lived, was arrested and jailed.

Hardy's book-in photo reinforces an old adage: never trust a woman with pencil-thin eyebrows.

You Can't Even Trust Santa Anymore

William McKinlay, a 56-year-old Philadelphia resident, has been playing Santa Claus during the Christmas season for several years at a department store in that city. The balding, rotund man was perfect for the part, right down to his long gray/white beard.

He will not be making any repeat appearances.

Referring to himself as 'dirty old Santa', McKinlay posted an online ad saying that he was looking for a 'young 'un' with which to have sex. An extended, sexually-explicit electronic conversation ensued with a fourteen-year-old girl during which McKinlay stated that he wanted to teach the girl all about sex; that girl turned out to be Officer Tim Kearney of the Ridley Township Police Department, who called himself 'Stephanie' during their exchange.

McKinlay made arrangements to meet 'Stephanie' at a neighborhood ice cream shop, telling her to wear a sleeveless T-shirt, shorts and tennis shoes...and nothing else. When McKinlay arrived, he was arrested without incident and charged with attempted statutory sexual assault and related charges.

Unfortunately, today's electronic social media platforms make it very easy for predators such as McKinlay to prey upon the young; my hat is off to those tireless men and women who arrest and prosecute these soul-less, filthy vermin and put them where they belong: in prison for a very long time.

                                                                   William McKinlay

What Was He Thinking?

The story of American college student Otto Warmbier is a sad one, a story that should never have occurred to begin with.

A 21-year-old undergraduate student at the University of Virginia, Warmbier had traveled to Pyongyang, North Korea with a tour group through the China-based Young Pioneers Tours because, he allegedly stated, he "wanted to show my bravery and improve my reputation"; these words were spoken by Warmbier during a tearful 'confession' which was broadcast on State-run North Korean television. His alleged crime?

Trying to steal a wall-mounted propaganda poster from the hotel he was staying in.

For that alleged crime, Warmbier had been sentenced to fifteen years of hard labor in a prison camp. It is unclear why, or even if, Warmbier had actually committed the act for which he was accused. His roommate during the tour, United Kingdom resident Danny Gratton, said he hadn't seen anything to indicate that Warmbier would even commit such an act. "I got to know Otto really, really well. He was such a mature lad for his age", Gratton remarked.

Warmbier, who had been returned to the United States in a comatose state just days ago by the Communist nation, died in a Cincinnati-area hospital yesterday from 'significant loss of brain tissue.' It was reported that his body had no signs of physical abuse.

The question that immediately comes to mind is: WHY would an American citizen want to go to a Communist nation that is openly hostile to this country?

I, nor anyone else, put any stock in Warmbier's 'confession', which no doubt was scripted for him by his accusers.

However, had Otto Warmbier simply chosen NOT to visit a Communist nation dominated by a tyrannical, bloodthirsty despot with an intense hatred of freedom, he would still be alive this day.

He took a tremendous gamble and, ultimately, lost his life because of it.

                                                       Otto Warmbier in custody