BLOOMBERG PULLS 9/11 CARD FOR THIS?

Like many other politicians, you know NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg senses he’s hanging on the last inch of a failing argument when he brought up the old “WE’VE GOT TO FIGHT TERRORISM AND PROTECT THE HOMELAND” line of reasoning. Take today for example when Bloomberg offered the following response to the current court case […]

STOCKMAN ON REPUBLICANS – REBELS WITH A JACKED-UP CAUSE

(Laughing) A “Coalition of gangs.” You’ll find that I will make regular references to US Democrats as the Party of No Guts and Republicans as the Party of No Brains, and I have a suspicion that Former Reaganomics architect and budget director David Stockman would agree with me on the latter based on a recent […]

GOODBYE, RICHIE HAVENS

Hearing that Richie Havens passed away this week after 50 years of delivering beautiful music to the world doesn’t blunt this sharp sense of loss. Havens’ singing voice riveted to my brain the first time My Father played his records during my early childhood. I was very familiar with Folk music at this point […]

RUSSIA, BOSTON AND SOMETIME(Y) FRIENDSHIPS

Have you ever been to a funeral and someone who you felt never cared much about you rolled-up, gave you a big hug and began moaning about how “We need to get together, Love, and not wait for funerals to talk. Life’s too short!” And then – as you likely expected – you never hear […]

THE TSARNAEV BROTHERS – WHOSE BITCHES WERE THEY ANYWAY?

This FBI press release about Boston Marathon bombing suspects Tamerlan Tsarnaev (dead) and his brother Dzhokhar (captured) has me scratching my head: Once the FBI learned the identities of the two brothers today, the FBI reviewed its records and determined that in early 2011, a foreign government asked the FBI for information about Tamerlan Tsarnaev. […]

To Begin…

I have two pieces of news if you’re reading this blog post: first, I finally admitted that I’m a blogger and moved to the next step by launching Mental Unrest; second, I don’t take on projects unless I’m going to dedicate the time to do them properly. I’ll throw in one more thing: almost no […]