Summer of our discontent ahead? Become comfortably numb!

Shakespeare wrote:

Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this sun of York

The spring of our discontent continues with temperatures rising, both literally and metaphorically.  Look at the sampling of news reports:

 Pakistan: Taliban attacks a naval base, and

At least 10 militants attacked the base with guns and grenades about 11 p.m. Sunday, leading to several explosions and an hours-long gun battle with Pakistani forces that killed four naval officials
Well, there is a lot more violence in Pakistan than that alone.
Such incidents then lead to the inevitable question: are the Pakistani nukes safe?

Worry, worry, worry.

Afghanistan: Taliban increasingly uses military uniforms when striking

Taliban insurgents expanded their summer offensive on Sunday by storming a government building in eastern Afghanistan and killing six people during a protracted battle that required support from U.S military forces in the area.
The assault by insurgents wearing military uniforms came one day after a suicide bomber hit Kabul's largest military hospital and killed six in the Afghan capital.

Worry, worry, worry.

Syria: Assad is on a murderous spree to put down the revolution

Syrian security forces opened fire on a funeral procession for slain antigovernment protesters yesterday, pushing the number of people reported killed in a two-month uprising to more than 900 and making it one of the deadliest of the Arab Spring.

Worry, worry, worry.

 And then there are ongoing issues in Egypt, Israel/Palestine, ...

Worry, worry, worry.

Stateside, unemployment + deficit/debt + gas prices = more discontent

Worry, worry, worry.

WTF happened, right?

Well, some of these are merely in Act I, and others are in Act II, and we are a long way before the plays come to their respective endings.  So, for now, become comfortably numb: