Riches of embarrassment Tuesday, 16 November 2021 12:52:12 CST David-Braverman Chicago, Politics, Weather (0) Just a couple of eye-roll-worthy lunchtime links today: Chicago police union head John Catanzara, who I referred to on Facebook yesterday as a "whiny, belligerent infant," has quit the CPD and announced a run for mayor. My previous comments stand. Sears closed its last remaining store in its home state of Illinois on Sunday. I still hate Eddie Lampert for it. Michelle Goldberg takes the "social justice industry" to task for policing words instead of accomplishing real change. Ordinarily-idyllic coastal British Columbia got over 250 mm of rain in two days, causing widespread flooding and billions in damage. Russia shot a missile at one of its obsolete satellites, sending debris all over the lower orbits and threatening the International Space Station. What fun.