the 2016 Summer Olympics

Yes, this is a little overdue, but the collective city of Chicago is still all butthurt over losing the freaking 2016 Summer Olympics. Oh boo hoo. Get over it. I know, it's too bad that America lost the bid. Damn us Americans and our sense of entitlement!

But let's be honest. Would Chicago really have wanted to deal with the hassle that comes with being an Olympic city? The traffic and commutes are bad enough in Chicago as it is. I've heard the argument from other people that it would've provided job opportunities for the city and it's neighboring communities. (Yeah, sure, plum jobs that would've been given to people on the inside who didn't really deserve it.) I've heard the argument that paying to prepare the city wouldn't have come out of tax payer's money. (Yeah, sure they say that now...)

But let's get down to it. Chicago is a city of crime. (I keep thinking of that honor student who was beaten to death that the news keeps reporting on and that "No snitching" shit.) I know if I were anyone on that Olympics committee, I wouldn't want to bring something as precious and prestigious as the Olympiad to a city that can't control its crime rate. It's kind of how I feel about how we should be acknowledging Gary, Indiana as Michael Jackson's hometown instead of the "crime capital of the world." You want something to be proud of, not something to be ashamed of.

both Jon and Kate Gosselin fill me with rage

Kate came out swinging on "Today" this morning, slamming Jon for clearing $230,000 out of the couple's joint bank account: "You've left your children and their mother unable to pay for the roof over their head. It's unacceptable."

As for Jon's claim the children don't want to do the show anymore, Kate says there was "wailing and sobbing" when she broke the news to 'em that filming has halted.

As TMZ previously reported, Kate's lawyers are going to court today to demand the return of the cash and a contempt citation against Jon. Stay tuned ...

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Kate Gosselin just doesn't get it. If you don't have a real job of your own and you can't provide for your kids (let's be honest; being a single mother and having eight children doesn't leave you enough time to search for and hold down a full-time job) and the baby-daddy is a douchebag and won't hold down his end of the deal, you don't air your dirty laundry out on TV and exploit the kids' cuteness-factor on TV. You collect welfare and go on food stamps! That's the American way!

Shit, single parents on welfare/food stamps is a reality show in its own merit. MTV should do a "True Life" episode on it.

And I hate to say it, but does anyone know how Nadya Suleman's holding up these days with her fourteen chillins?