Now is the winter of our discontentThe spring of our discontent continues with temperatures rising, both literally and metaphorically. Look at the sampling of news reports:
Made glorious summer by this sun of York
Pakistan: Taliban attacks a naval base, andAnd then there are ongoing issues in Egypt, Israel/Palestine, ...
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 officialsWorry, worry, worry.
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?
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.Worry, worry, worry.
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.
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.
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:
