About The Donald bringing an end to Democracy in the USA,   The Independent   featured Sir Michael Caine, a 91-year actor: One such person who shared their thoughts on the incident was   Get Carter   and   I nterstellar  actor Caine, who simply wrote on X/Twitter: “Calm down Trump.” He followed this up with a post referencing one of the most famous quotes from his 1969 film   The Italian Job , which saw him memorably utter: “You were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!” Caine wrote in the second post: “You’re only suppose to sign a cease fire [sic].” Many concurred with the actor’s words, celebrating its succinctness, with one person stating: ‘Excellent, no notes. ”   Thomas Friedman of the  New York Times  remarked on this incident.  If you can't access that newspaper,  Raw Story  has a coverage.  Here are Friedman's first two paragraphs.  The drama going on between President Trump and President Volodymy...

  My China series continues today, but first, a few comments on mass shootings in the USA.  From the   New York Times   this morning: If anything, the chart, which uses data from 2017 and 2018, understates America’s problem. The U.S. rate of gun homicides has increased in recent years, according to the Small Arms Survey. The data exposes a clear trend: Where there are more guns, there are more gun deaths. Studies have found this to be true at the state and national level, and for homicides, suicides, mass shootings and   police shootings . Stricter regulations on firearms   are linked to fewer gun deaths . The latest  Lunar New Year Monterey Park incident was the  33rd Mass Shooting of 2023 .   The month isn't yet over.   Eleven killed, and the deadliest in the U.S. since the May 2022 Uvalde, Texas tragedy.  There were  647 of these last year, and more than 44,000 people  in the country died due to gun violence. ...