Peter Braunstein's maniacal babbling continues. Police officers who drove him from Tenessee to ew York were wishing they had some tranquilizers to stab the suspect (or themselves) with.

Braunstein muttered on — he called his father a "media whore" and asked if the woman he assaulted, a former Women's Wear Daily co-worker, "has written her book yet … it is a symbol of a true victim when you get the book rights."

Yeah, we feel very releived that we have no idea what this psychopath is talking about.

Braunstein also told Manhattan Detectives Josh Ulan and John Savino that he couldn't believe he didn't die after stabbing himself in the neck, "because he did research and studied the carotid artery."

"Defendant stated that he bought the knife he used to stab himself in Greenwich Village … that it was a scary knife and that it had only one purpose [defendant made a fist with thrusting motion]."

Yes, that is strange … normally, as long as a knife is scary it should be able to kill you. Oh, yeah, and he thinks he looks like a "crazed Mexican" on his wanted picture. Crazy ass white boy.

Maniac's ravings [Barbara Ross and Adam Lisberg, NYDN]