Idjits

We offer an object lesson. When robbing a bank, you need to get five out of five. Two out of five won't do. Today's idjit major gets style points for a) driving up to the branch bank in a stolen BMW, and b) wearing a nice suit. He flunks on c) making sure his hostages weren't texting their predicament (they were), d) robbing a branch bank early in the day, before it had more than chump change on hand, and e) picking a bank with two cops on duty right across the street. In the old gangster movies, point e) was called casing the joint. Our hero did not case.

Trouble is, much of our current mess comes from people with BMWs and equally nice suits whose planning and execution was just as flawed.