What an incredibly shitty day to be a Cubs fan.

Knowing that Daddy Moneybags of the clan (klan?) that owns the team is a rabid, dog-whistling racist shitbag is one thing. Knowing his brood is trying to extort $300 from the city of Chicago to fix up Wrigley while having at least $10 million ready to blow on racist advertising is even worse.

I’m still trying to get the family tickets to one of the Twins-Cubs games next month. I’ll still watch the team. But I’ll be damned if I am going out of my way to give this prick Joe Ricketts any penny I can avoid handing over.

And to hell with his kids for standing by him. If my dad sounded like a modern day Klucker, I’d call him out as a bigoted idiot like he’d deserve.

The right wing went after – and destroyed – ACORN, which basically got poor folks registered to vote. Meanwhile, ALEC is still in business, pushing for the right to shoot anyone whose skin color you don’t like and making it possible to disenfranchise the same poor and minority folks ACORN was assaulted for giving a damn about.

The world ain’t fair.

Congrats to Japan for weaning themselves off the nuclear teat. Granted, they have repeatedly paid a high cost to the atom.

Still, why can’t this be us?

I heard this in multiple venues yesterday. If only we reacted to every threat with this respectful solidarity.

From The World’s broadcast yesterday.

Also, as covered by NPR.

Some food for thought on the online privacy argument.