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Stephane MOThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16814448452457333863noreply@blogger.comBlogger551125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9747191.post-34166596557420336112023-11-09T04:34:00.007+01:002024-02-11T08:52:53.579+01:00'Seoul Urban Legends' ('Seoul Villages' adapted into movies!)<p><span style="font-family: arial;">In case you missed the VIP Presentation of '<b>SEOUL URBAN LEGEND</b>S' ('<b>서울 도시 전설들</b>') in CGV Apgujeong on October 31, here's what you need to know about the first adaptation of my short stories into movies. <br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZAXzt5bLLRH9pFLjSPj8ubP7ZCi329J0L-c-DVSSm2J7QGiJpsR1ml-B0cctHDIsDAP0RKZ5bGoAvIGewgdhYNLamkm58ed36teACY4-pdFVg5f3ervTcCRdO_L8GLibXNi810g2_llyod-eeATfihiBoZ3MQZ-moCFIpCz7QJcBylOi8t1e9fgwpVk/s1202/StephaneMOT202310SeoulUrbanLegendsWall.jpg" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1202" data-original-width="875" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUZAXzt5bLLRH9pFLjSPj8ubP7ZCi329J0L-c-DVSSm2J7QGiJpsR1ml-B0cctHDIsDAP0RKZ5bGoAvIGewgdhYNLamkm58ed36teACY4-pdFVg5f3ervTcCRdO_L8GLibXNi810g2_llyod-eeATfihiBoZ3MQZ-moCFIpCz7QJcBylOi8t1e9fgwpVk/s320/StephaneMOT202310SeoulUrbanLegendsWall.jpg" width="233" /></a></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDXs5UH0qbEhlgarMv1WWpQUJk2hGBkUy_8Z0hLI_K-LT4Q4z_iIi28P58kkZtlCrEn6i68gzzGu15eg3W8iW6VhOfXBzupw7jlC0ZPBgSB50Mx2clx6xYTBOnTGLcISsQ-bl-7KuNL3_bqp7AyHYtqBQKPTEL3uv63bHyYwVp3rC3hawVdIcJV0BzdEI/s1244/sulpress20231031pulse9stage.jpg" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="1244" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDXs5UH0qbEhlgarMv1WWpQUJk2hGBkUy_8Z0hLI_K-LT4Q4z_iIi28P58kkZtlCrEn6i68gzzGu15eg3W8iW6VhOfXBzupw7jlC0ZPBgSB50Mx2clx6xYTBOnTGLcISsQ-bl-7KuNL3_bqp7AyHYtqBQKPTEL3uv63bHyYwVp3rC3hawVdIcJV0BzdEI/s320/sulpress20231031pulse9stage.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: arial;">(Answering
the question 'Some films are very close to your original stories,
others build upon them. Any remarks?': 'Books are triggers. Authors and
readers create their own images in their own heads. It's very
stimulating to see each and every one of these very diverse and gifted
creators add their own creative layers of fiction and reality'. With CHE
Heesuk, YOU On, and KIM Yong-ho during the VIP presentation in CGV
Apgujeong (photos Pulse9)</i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpJ3LWUYh2GOopzxU0LGd7IN2tHATKL53Jmv2VUVnqQsfUfGgirvWxm6mpTPMR3uBrF1rvj8TySrMa2oVchFDFeZ2ZYZCJtQIsGEjZ3JicFa-047CfouOrSm8yOb4epTdfE-VBLCy-IRZ-ebUXuTLRsZNu4_EOU4ZoGr6sqArE0yn2lNw7m8HiaZD-ftk/s1240/sulpress20231031pulse9audience.jpg" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="823" data-original-width="1240" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpJ3LWUYh2GOopzxU0LGd7IN2tHATKL53Jmv2VUVnqQsfUfGgirvWxm6mpTPMR3uBrF1rvj8TySrMa2oVchFDFeZ2ZYZCJtQIsGEjZ3JicFa-047CfouOrSm8yOb4epTdfE-VBLCy-IRZ-ebUXuTLRsZNu4_EOU4ZoGr6sqArE0yn2lNw7m8HiaZD-ftk/s320/sulpress20231031pulse9audience.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><b style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;">ABOUT 'SEOUL URBAN LEGENDS':</b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">'Get out of your comfort zone, and dive into a fictional Seoul '<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">an omnibus movie featuring 4 short films by 6 Korean filmmakers:</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;">'Sweat Dream' (directed by CHE Heesuk)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">'Black Snow' (directed by YOU On)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">'Guisin-dong' (directed by CHOI Jong Wook, KIM Ye Jin, WON Chang Sung)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">'de Vermis Seoulis' (directed by KIM Yong-ho) <br /></span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;">adapted from Stephane MOT's 'Seoul Villages', a collection of short stories about a fictional Seoul</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">produced by Pulse9, sponsored by Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">independent cinema with a touch of A.I.<br /></span></li></ul><p><b><span style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;">ABOUT THE SHORT FILMS AND THEIR DIRECTORS:</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>'SWEAT DREAM' <br />(DIRECTED BY CHE HEESUK): <br /><br /></b></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;">'Yes, this heat is inhumane, but is there even any humanity left in a world controlled by A.I.?'</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">From experimental film to music videos, CHE keeps exploring humanity and technology<br /></span></li></ul></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>'BLACK SNOW' <br />(DIRECTED BY YOU ON):<br /><br /></b></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Mi-hyun finds a boy lying on the street; her city and her life itself start feeling more intense.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">An expert in short format contents, 'On Oppa' is also a TikTok phenomenon with over 21M followers.</span></li></ul></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>'GUISIN-DONG' <br />(DIRECTED BY CHOI JONG WOOK, KIM YE JIN, WON CHANG SUNG):<br /><br /></b></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;">If Seoul's most mysterious neighborhood claims you, don't even think about escaping it'</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Glamour or underground? CHOI, KIM,, and WON track all vibes across Seoul and beyond.</span></li></ul></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>'DE VERMIS SEOULIS' <br />(DIRECTED BY KIM YONG-HO):<br /><br /></b></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Life is a masquerade, worms roam Seoul, and acclaimed photographer KIM Yong-ho invites you to a surreal experience.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Iconic fashion photographer turned artist, KIM Yong-ho brings a new light to the fabric of reality. </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></li></ul></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b style="font-family: arial;">FOUR VERY DIFFERENT CREATIVE APPROACHES:</b></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;">They're all visual creators expert in their field, they're all making their first movie</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Four radically different creations (around 20 mn each):<br /></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;">CHE
Heesuk added new dimensions to the protagonist's struggles by
transposing the original short story, set in early 90s Seoul, into a
dystopian future.<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">YOU On opted for a vertical format to focus on the characters. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">CHOI, KIM, and WON built a ghost story on top of the original one, with a resolutely indie / underground touch.</span> </li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">KIM Yong-ho created a highly artistic experimental film based on still pictures and quotes from the book</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Like the book combines multiple fictions about a shapeshifting city, the film combines multiple approaches of these fictions. <i>'This might be the very definition of a city: a work of fiction, utterly real, but always eluding its authors'</i>.</span></li></ul></ul><p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9qOTVlBPz1_UhvjH_zPTuTWDxoRQb2se23mochbCtZ1Iac0pL3lRWAZFa-AhDtWfbb9tE75VwKMIuxatQYAKlPJQGF1KOK23_KTp-gLOtEh9_Rtx2x2I4Kizi5eBCLHijOA2rqgZdW4Opmu3dzxkK6bVO1OT-LlOBW38LrwbqYxnMpyzhbxPpWyywzg0/s1446/sul20231031yr.jpg" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1446" data-original-width="1156" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9qOTVlBPz1_UhvjH_zPTuTWDxoRQb2se23mochbCtZ1Iac0pL3lRWAZFa-AhDtWfbb9tE75VwKMIuxatQYAKlPJQGF1KOK23_KTp-gLOtEh9_Rtx2x2I4Kizi5eBCLHijOA2rqgZdW4Opmu3dzxkK6bVO1OT-LlOBW38LrwbqYxnMpyzhbxPpWyywzg0/s320/sul20231031yr.jpg" width="256" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: arial;">(Answering
the question 'Your fiction is timeless, but your background also
includes startups. What did you think when you learned that A.I. virtual
characters would appear in the adaptations?') 'These virtual characters
belong to what's known as the 'uncanny valley', and 'Uncanny Valley
could be the name of one of my fictional Seoul villages. This particular
technology opens new possibilities for all kind of visual creators,
actors, and performers, and it's significant to see Korea's independent
cinema explore it."</i><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">We'll keep you posted about the distribution of the movie and the next steps. </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The
happy few (well actually enough to fill twice the theater) who attended
the VIP presentation of Seoul Urban Legends could watch the teasers and
the filmmakers' interviews before a Q and A session. KIM Yong-ho's 'de
Vermis Seoulis' was then screened twice so that everyone who came could
watch. The whole team thanks those who could make it that day as well as
everyone who supported this project that only started a few months ago.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhif1zl3sgprZiTAOX7JB3lzVl_JGIrATzeqFVJ2xE4_Qi38jB7H1et7oyQX7E84zOwH99Mi1ZUhq0N2fk6Qex1Db1XncAxymKL6OuZeCqel323yMj-BGpldcmOzgPo7ampYM9gsCrmZE7gPT6gubdGjJ3fdo3xFC70WWNdKALmgMwxDWGX-KDYl2m933g/s670/StephaneMOT20231029SeoulUrbanLegendsTIFFCOM.png" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="609" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhif1zl3sgprZiTAOX7JB3lzVl_JGIrATzeqFVJ2xE4_Qi38jB7H1et7oyQX7E84zOwH99Mi1ZUhq0N2fk6Qex1Db1XncAxymKL6OuZeCqel323yMj-BGpldcmOzgPo7ampYM9gsCrmZE7gPT6gubdGjJ3fdo3xFC70WWNdKALmgMwxDWGX-KDYl2m933g/s320/StephaneMOT20231029SeoulUrbanLegendsTIFFCOM.png" width="291" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: arial;">'Seoul Urban Legends' in Tokyo for TIFFCOM 2023 (with YOU On, CHOI Jong Wook, CHE Heesuk)</i><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE4BBnRp9dtJiRK5va-YdfLZ2FVyvhyNelxhejYTI0dIl413047wun-z15ukGQpuKV4ypVNH1N2RH1xG9ioIlDtvFaHDtz7Lyx7tI09pHmeE_s8rJ3mkQbKYptBy3DDIMQGn1XjR4VVgYSSAoGSV9qTRJcpXK22ijV1IAndSjvWw1Di-DB5i7xL1CZrmc/s598/SeoulVillageS2023054covers2.gif" style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="442" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE4BBnRp9dtJiRK5va-YdfLZ2FVyvhyNelxhejYTI0dIl413047wun-z15ukGQpuKV4ypVNH1N2RH1xG9ioIlDtvFaHDtz7Lyx7tI09pHmeE_s8rJ3mkQbKYptBy3DDIMQGn1XjR4VVgYSSAoGSV9qTRJcpXK22ijV1IAndSjvWw1Di-DB5i7xL1CZrmc/w148-h200/SeoulVillageS2023054covers2.gif" width="148" /></a></div><b style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;">ABOUT THE BOOK:</b><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">If you haven't read 'Seoul Villages' yet, download the free ebook:</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">'<a href="https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=LwHeDwAAQBAJ">Seoul Villages</a>' (EN)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">'<a href="https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=tke-EAAAQBAJ">서울 마을들</a>' (KR)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">'<a href="https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=dV6-EAAAQBAJ">서울 마을들</a>' (EN/KR)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">'</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=Gc9qEAAAQBAJ">Séoul Villages</a>' (FR)</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span>
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Copyright Stephane MOT - blogules.com</div>Stephane MOThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16814448452457333863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9747191.post-69501392245923008122023-05-08T12:00:00.005+02:002023-05-08T12:00:49.622+02:00Coronation 23 - A long awaited ending more than a new beginning<p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Hard to find highlights in Charles III's anticlimatic coronation. That brief moment of complicity around Camilla's curtsy, maybe, or the realization that William's kiss was genuine, or that refreshing, final smile on the balcony, reminiscent of Barack Omaba's as he left the stage with Michelle at the end of his acceptance speech. Otherwise, I had the constant feeling that the new old King wanted to be somewhere else - anywhere else, as far away as possible of these ridiculous items people kept wanting him to touch or carry with his oily sausage fingers. A long awaited ending more than a new beginning.<br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin0l5Z329XSg1UpHdR7lePDAZLSDMFpCNmbq8R-K79fXiTI5nr7cvF8jWoI-yNL-XcxtYgnqcPiReJLXTNdxRS-OmMsyxaeae0vOuhhKA_h0sdl_Hn2EU0z6zL40HJ_2lvikuXjLmpboUXSxwCWNI9g2hAeLawN3I1ON6e0_AChQT4RtJpjkU/s645/StephaneMOT20230506charlesIIIski.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="645" data-original-width="505" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin0l5Z329XSg1UpHdR7lePDAZLSDMFpCNmbq8R-K79fXiTI5nr7cvF8jWoI-yNL-XcxtYgnqcPiReJLXTNdxRS-OmMsyxaeae0vOuhhKA_h0sdl_Hn2EU0z6zL40HJ_2lvikuXjLmpboUXSxwCWNI9g2hAeLawN3I1ON6e0_AChQT4RtJpjkU/s320/StephaneMOT20230506charlesIIIski.jpg" width="251" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: arial;">'From here, Charles III will go downhill. Geared up for ski.' (20230506 - <a href="https://twitter.com/stephanemot/status/1654807976375635971" target="_blank">twitter.com/stephanemot/status/1654807976375635971</a>)</i><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span>
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Copyright Stephane MOT - blogules.com</div>Stephane MOThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16814448452457333863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9747191.post-66183677563979564702022-07-24T10:36:00.002+02:002022-07-25T06:53:04.778+02:00The Prisoner's Rover v. Josh Hawley<div><span style="font-family: arial;">Josh Hawley was actually caught twice by The Prisoner's Rover (giant ball) in D.C.:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">1) as he cowardly ran away from the Capitol Riot, right after entering while fist pumping to the Trump Insurrection crowd</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXftwssnwSY2xS_KKZU9PB6yz1gGXb-y3m2iYUNfadvA9i4_z3imBJ5moZPaWJ0qVXM60R2jWHSH95Z3MicpPJ7LuUQl30qy3Uy2HqkdzkLGj0bQCkHuqRMefH5MeoZXj9e9orw_PVCBPfpstITcj7xrET_GljO_po9aYryaQ8zK91FyETNQc/s243/220721-josh-hawley-2up-3x2-ac-1004p-2e4154.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="243" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXftwssnwSY2xS_KKZU9PB6yz1gGXb-y3m2iYUNfadvA9i4_z3imBJ5moZPaWJ0qVXM60R2jWHSH95Z3MicpPJ7LuUQl30qy3Uy2HqkdzkLGj0bQCkHuqRMefH5MeoZXj9e9orw_PVCBPfpstITcj7xrET_GljO_po9aYryaQ8zK91FyETNQc/s1600/220721-josh-hawley-2up-3x2-ac-1004p-2e4154.webp" width="243" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">2) as he cowardly swam away from mocking crowds through the Lincoln Memorial Reflection Pool (of course still no reflection for this fool):</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyvV6poaA0JVyZwgNF-7YA3gtMOiB-y0gybpebrNeYXKR_TAImGqSzGaIChoK11VTB6cELJiibjRP0' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
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Copyright Stephane MOT - blogules.com</div>Stephane MOThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16814448452457333863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9747191.post-75375032660213214932022-05-26T03:53:00.337+02:002022-05-31T09:55:59.914+02:00America's War on Prevention<p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">If America keeps failing with gun violence, that's fundamentally because she's waging war on prevention, and because the forces that feed upon these failures have faced impunity for too long.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Worse: constant mass shootings are only one of the nation's most obvious self inflicted traumas. At least, there, everybody knows the rules of the game: </span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">more people die of guns in the US than anywhere else, and not just because 332M Americans own 400M of them</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">implementing basic gun control laws (e.g. background checks) have always showed spectacular results, including in the States between the moment Bill Clinton signed the last batch and the moment Republicans blocked its prolongation</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">even if a vast majority of Americans</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> (including within Republicans)</span> support these laws, the NRA and the GOP keep distorting the 2nd Amendment to push even harder against any kind of oversight or accountability. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">the situation keeps worsening: Republicans are likely to sweep the Middterms, and the Supreme Court they reshaped against the will of the people is likely to dismantle the few remaining safeguards. This self-proclaimed 'pro-life' crew prefers to protect guns to protecting the lives of kids or pregnant teens.<br /></span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family: arial;">America is not just sick, she doesn't want to heal. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">And that's exactly the same story with health in general. Even before the pandemic, America spent one third more per capita on healthcare than any other developed country, and yet saw her life expectancy plummet, the average health of her citizens being more worthy of a laggard.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Like with guns, there's a lot of money involved, but here, at least two families of lobbies are working in sinc to sink the boat: where everywhere else the focus is on prevention, Big Pharma and Big Food make sure that prevention is withdrawn from all policies, and that only the 'cures' they propose are considered. Because they couldn't gain more shares of stomachs, Big Food had the genius idea of supersizing our stomachs, and Big Pharma certainly can't complain because they make more money selling drugs that no one needs when they follow just a normal diet. And don't count on health associations to defend consumers: most of them are bankrolled by the same lobbies, and promote the very behaviors they're supposed to fight against.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The prevention of gun violence, obesity or heart diseases are national causes everywhere except in the US, where they would mean the end of the party for lobbies who need America to keep getting sicker instead of healing.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">If these lobbies reach across the aisle, they've always worked in symbiosis with the Republican Party. But that party itself has given up all restraints, any ambition for common ground or common sense. And it's now waging war at all levels. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">Solutions to major problems are no-brainers? Let's dumb everybody further down, let's ban books, let's reject facts, truth, reason, and science. </span>We want you to feel stupid, victimized, angry, we want you to replace critical thinking with systematic, blind criticism, we want you to forget about moderation and to live on a permanent conflictual mode. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">The GOP not only stopped fighting racism, it's deliberately fueling it now, crushing voting rights for minorities, promoting voices that fuel hatred (exhibit A: Tucker Carson spreading the Great Replacement fallacy). The big tent has turned into a dangerous tin foil hat under which thrive the worst of the worst (Holocaust deniers and white supremacists are more welcome than ever).<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Even if they know better, these guys will tell you with a straight face that the Earth is flat, that Trump won in 2020, and that arming teachers is the solution when even a squad of trained police officers are scared to face a teenager carrying assault weapons. <br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCBPfRA1j-Va2aer1Z0i39e-zRCn5THLea4CdcoxDvrzLPuY1a_24wTvvhbuaA6BSSFgw9Ed_DT_uQmoY4wj_DAq9CUar748VXwNY225tcUhWaHG-oae1eM-LvY0q2hO23B9j2KC1tCwfq4VL_4NggdZYtponn1cw4yIJPyFAwhJ70GLO3iQY/s1108/blogules202205guncontrolpewbipartisan2021.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1108" data-original-width="840" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCBPfRA1j-Va2aer1Z0i39e-zRCn5THLea4CdcoxDvrzLPuY1a_24wTvvhbuaA6BSSFgw9Ed_DT_uQmoY4wj_DAq9CUar748VXwNY225tcUhWaHG-oae1eM-LvY0q2hO23B9j2KC1tCwfq4VL_4NggdZYtponn1cw4yIJPyFAwhJ70GLO3iQY/s320/blogules202205guncontrolpewbipartisan2021.png" width="243" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Pew Research on bipartisan support for gun control</i><br /><i>NB: more data on Brady Campaign's website: <a href="http://bradyunited.org/resources" target="_blank">bradyunited.org/resources</a></i><br /></span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br />
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Copyright Stephane MOT - blogules.com</div>Stephane MOThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16814448452457333863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9747191.post-4151480842046577222022-02-28T07:13:00.005+01:002023-04-13T04:41:07.009+02:00Exclusive fake interview with Vladimir Putin<p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 17px;">Y<span style="font-size: small;">esterday, I met in person Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin for an exclusive fake interview with </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span> my Agence Fausse Presse</span>. We actually chatted over the phone, since we were each seated at one end of a 75-meter-long marble table.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgdCzk_LHIXX_htjDZNIR7jfNMz4wbnXTpsdg8H8JFXbDtgAaeqJyFcRY5-SK76SKrYJ8WDR24_4uxuYcwPYyE98uDLS9Sml-bFC5MQESV_fXdB1s-QYzOZZ7n2pvjOkp5GHP7YyPczalLiP516mA_dM_dvjOXTizsoUHGFSYIAY0M0zpGD0PA=s528" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="342" data-original-width="528" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgdCzk_LHIXX_htjDZNIR7jfNMz4wbnXTpsdg8H8JFXbDtgAaeqJyFcRY5-SK76SKrYJ8WDR24_4uxuYcwPYyE98uDLS9Sml-bFC5MQESV_fXdB1s-QYzOZZ7n2pvjOkp5GHP7YyPczalLiP516mA_dM_dvjOXTizsoUHGFSYIAY0M0zpGD0PA=s320" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">blogules - 'Thank you for having me for breakfast, and not on the menu'.</span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>Vladimir Putin - 'You're welcome. And don't worry, I don't eat people. Ukrainians do. They're genocidal, war-mongering neo-nazi cannibals, kabbalist pedophiles, and they always distort the truth.' <br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>b - 'If I may, you're the blood-thisrty war-monger pushing massive disinformation campaigns and spreading totally outrageous lies about Ukraine. And as far as neo-nazis go, you're the one helping Assad gas his own people, you're the one playing the Hitler playbook with a fallacious story about 'liberating' Ukraine, just like Adolf invaded Poland under the fake pretext that its German minorities suffered from persecution.'</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>VP - 'Don't push your luck, I may reconsider my vegetarian habits for breakfast... I'm not Hitler. I'm just a Russian leader defending Russian interests. We're the ones who defeated Hitler, remember?' <br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>b - 'Stalin did play a decisive role in defeating Nazi Germany. He was also a ruthless dictator and Imperialist who spread war across the globe and was responsible for millions of Russian deaths.'</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>VP - 'I'm not Stalin. I'm not a communist.'</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>b - 'But you never swallowed the fall of the Soviet Union. Like Hitler with 1919, you're obsessed with reversing 1991.'</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>VP - 'Russia goes beyond regimes. The Tsars passed, the USSR passed, Russia remains.'</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>b - 'Putism will pass. Heck, it doesn't even exist. Do you consider yourself like one of the Great Tsars, the way Erdogan pretends to be a Great Sultan or Xi Jinping acts like the new Emperor?'</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>VP - 'I'm not Ivan The Terrible. My business model is more the mob.'</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>b - 'Exactly. You don't have a system to sustain or to survive you, you're using smokescreens of ideologies, nationalism, religion, or such obsolete symbols as the Cossacks to cement your power and your image, but basically you're just a mob boss.'</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>VP - 'I'm simply the G.O.A.T. I don't even have lieutenants or deputies. For the power, I have my KGB-FSB circle at home, and thugs like </span><span><span>Ramzan Kadyrov or </span></span><span><span>Alexander Lukashenko nearby</span>. For the money, I have oligarchs: I keep them alive, away from jail, and rich, they give me a fat cut on their wealth. Now I'm much richer than Musk, Bezos, and Zuckerberg combined. And these losers only have paper when I have gold, properties, real assets. I don't have shareholders to answer to, and my rockets can have a significantly greater impact than their baby boy toys'</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>b - 'Your nukes definitely can. When you put the World on high nuclear alert, when you threaten even Sweden and Finland, are you deliberately playing the 'mad man', or have you gone full paranoid, on a Nero-tic path? Even if, one day, you win in Ukraine, aren't you already losing it? I mean where's the charming, fit, acute strategic thinker these days? We can only see a vulgar, puffed up egotist with serious anger management issues. Is it steroids? Are you sick, physically and/or mentally?'</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>VP - 'You, for sure, are utterly crazy. You must know that disrespectful journalists don't live old here.'</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>b - 'I never pretended to be a journalist.'</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>VP - 'Well you know how I treat comedians. Ask Volodymyr Zelensky.'</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>b - 'I never pretended to be a comedian. And Zelensky is not an actor anymore. Unlike you, he's a genuine patriot.'</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>VP - 'I'm a patriot. You may not know it yet, but Russia has been renamed Putinia. And Saint Petersburg Putingrad. And no, I'm not stopping at Georgia, Ukraine or Sweden. I must reclaim control of the States and put my thug back on the throne.'</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>b - 'All you're managing to do is to make the EU and NATO relevant and strong again. Trump failed to destroy NATO for you, and Biden will not let that happen.'</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>VP - 'Joe Biden is already out. My Republican Party is doing a great job at destroying American democracy from the inside, and my local disinformation machine has never been damaged. As for Europe, I still control it.'</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>b - 'Are you kidding?'</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>VP - 'Never with business. Germany? Dope pushers hooked to my fossil fuel. And that Olaf Scholz is such a joke... Like Macron, he just came for his national credentials. Macron is not dumb, he doesn't get confrontational. He knows I didn't want him to win in 2017, he knows how easily I got rid of Juppe and Barnier in the primaries (yeah, this year, I had to make dead people and even a dog vote, but still no sweat), he knows how I can destroy him by putting gullible masses on the street. Yellow Jackets, antivaxxers.... piece of cake. But Macron also knows how to flatter egos. Look how he impressed Trump with the Invalides and that military show. Look how he had me tour Versailles and our new </span><span>Russian Spiritual and Cultural Center in Paris - by the way the mayor was so easy to corrupt on that one. Did you see how the golden dome of my church</span> outshines the Eiffel Tower along the Seine river? How could you frogs let that happen?'</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">b - 'I see. Let's not even talk about the UK...'</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;">VP - 'I sent them <span>back to the Jurassic with Brexit, and Boris Johnson is clearly more a Fred Flintstone than a T-rex. We own London, corrupted it to the core, and they won't have the guts to pull the plug. I'm not worried about sanctions anyway. We've got them all already sorted out with Jinping, Narendra, and Ali (that's Khamenei).'</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>b - 'If you always have your usual partners overseas, you're losing support at home. Old Russians in rural areas may buy your propaganda, but the urban youth knows that you won't be here forever, and more and more people start questioning your mental state...'</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>VP - 'Bah. I'll probably have to create yet another hostage crisis. You know, like at the Moscow Theater or at that Breslan school. Nothing like it to boost the ratings. Otherwise, I can still lose a few more millions Russians; our demographics are not so good anyways. Yes, they can't be all put to rest with a gallon of vodka, like I did with Boris Yeltsin, but I already got rid of hundreds of thousands during the pandemic. Only 'good citizens' got good vaccines. Why do you think we push antivaxxers, beyond undermining Western democracies? We need to compensate our lousy vaxxes, so if they're 60-70% efficient only, turning 30-40% of your populations into antivaxxers brings you and your economies down to our level.'<br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>b - 'And as for more surgical strikes, who's the next Alexei Navalny on your hit list beyond Zelensky, Vitali Klitschko, and friends?' </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>VP - 'Adam Kinzinger. Couldn't find any kompromat on him. I had kilometers of reels for Lindsey Graham, and Mitch McConnell only required wads of cash, but this guy is a disgrace for my new and improved GOP.' </span><br /></span></span></p><p>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>b - 'So what do you have about Trump?'</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>VP - 'A lot of kompromat, but I don't even need that to manipulate this pathetic loser. Not even all the money we gave him to keep him afloat, or his ties to the Mafia. You know, this crybaby truly dreams of becoming a mob boss too. How cute.'<br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>b - 'I also have questions about human rights and the environment.'</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>VP - 'I don't have time to answer. Anyway you know where I stand: I don't care about human rights, and I'm a strong believer in climate change.'</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>b - '?!?'</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>VP - 'I'm investing in facilities to harvest the methane liberated by the melting permafrost, and accelerating climate change to anschluss all arctic routes. Since all the icecap has already melted, we had to plant our flags on the ocean floor.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>b - 'But then, where will you organize the Winter Olympics in 2036?'</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>VP - 'In Alaska. Ivanka has already agreed to sell it to us during her fourth mandate. Now you must go.'</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>b - 'Okay. I guess thank you for being as honest as an expert propagandist dictator can be.'<br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span>VP - 'You're welcome. And obviously you liked the breakfast. Did you know my granddad cooked for Lenin and Stalin? I saw you ate all the cookies, but could you taste the Novichok?'<br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
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Copyright Stephane MOT - blogules.com</div>Stephane MOThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16814448452457333863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9747191.post-61039894602173138342021-07-10T12:49:00.002+02:002021-07-13T04:09:16.789+02:00Exclusive fake interview with Obstructionist in Chief Mitch McConnell<p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It took only a dozen money transfers to his offshore accounts for Senate Minority Leader <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Mitch%20McConnell">Mitch McConnell</a> to accept an exclusive fake interview with our Agence Fausse Presse.<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-59y4kLQW8I0/YOwIIPPr-dI/AAAAAAAAVp4/mGeaKtY_WjILuuRGlYY-Bu-ydiOqSnZRACLcBGAsYHQ/s350/blogules202107mitchmcconnellbiglieblue.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="350" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-59y4kLQW8I0/YOwIIPPr-dI/AAAAAAAAVp4/mGeaKtY_WjILuuRGlYY-Bu-ydiOqSnZRACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/blogules202107mitchmcconnellbiglieblue.jpeg" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;">blogules: "Senator, thank you for having us."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Mitch McConnell: "You're welcome, interesting to see that <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Fox">Fox News</a> or Sinclair Broadcasting are not the only pseudo medias out there."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">b: "How do you want History to remember you? As <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Donald%20Trump">Donald Trump</a>'s Paul von Hindenburg? As the man who stole the <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Supreme%20Court">Supreme Court</a>? As D.C.'s most morally corrupt and hypocrite politician?"<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">MMC: "Nice try, but flattery doesn't work on me: <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Elaine%20Chao">Elaine</a> and I prefer bribery in cash. That said, I guess the last compliment fits best my ultimate ambition."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">b: "You have a serious competitor in Donald Trump."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">MMC: "He definitely would be if he were a politician. But the former and present President is a salesman. And he sells only one product: himself." <br /></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;">b: "The <i>former and present</i> President?"</span><p><span style="font-family: arial;">MMC: "You know my motto in politics: I want it all, and I want it both ways. We all know that <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Joe%20Biden">Joe Biden</a> won by a landslide, but that's not what Donald Trump and his base want to hear."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">b: "But his <i>Big Lie</i> fueled the bloody January 6th attack of the Capitol."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">MMC: "Clearly, Trump is responsible for the insurrection, his inaction during the attack amounts to dereliction of duty, he is the most appalling President in our history, and a constant threat for our <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/democracy">democracy</a>, but we need the <i>Big Lie</i> fallacy to justify our voter suppression laws, to steal the 2022 <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/elections">elections</a>, and to put him back in the White House."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">b: "So you confirm what everybody who follows the actual news knows, which is: the <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/gop">Republican</a> establishment deliberately follows Trump's dangerous lies just to help the party artificially cling to power, even if that means destroying American democracy."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">MMC: "Of course that's the plan. We simply can't win if everybody is allowed to vote, and by 'everybody', yes we do mean black voters. If we managed to score key wins in the past simply by gerrymandering or redistricting, now we have no choice but to go Jim Crow full throttle."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">b: "Well, you do have a choice: clean up your party, repudiate conspiracy theories, kick out Qanon, the KKK, and the <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/nazism">Nazis</a>, and win around restored <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Abraham%20Lincoln">Lincoln</a> values..."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">MMC: "But we can't go against these guys anymore, just like we can't go against Trump. At the beginning we entertained his conspiracy theories just to spare his ego and to keep him happy, but once we've understoods that Republican voters believe his <i>Big Lie</i> and everything he says, and that we can use this to steal the next elections, we just let the racists run our show - by the way did you see the splendid Nazi runes at the CPAC conference?"</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C8FnVkPhNe8/YOwywa_XHAI/AAAAAAAAVqY/FsR6DZnr_ZAfskCccSJVVAJBzUjQ1AJCgCLcBGAsYHQ/s688/stephanemot20210227twOdalRuneCPAC.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="601" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C8FnVkPhNe8/YOwywa_XHAI/AAAAAAAAVqY/FsR6DZnr_ZAfskCccSJVVAJBzUjQ1AJCgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/stephanemot20210227twOdalRuneCPAC.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>"#CPAC stage shaped like an #OdalRune... That's the symbol US #Neonazis have picked to replace #Nazi #swastika and go mainstream in US politics. The whole #GOP is #RINO: #Republican party officially replaced by #Trump #cult & #fascism. Sce @dailykos" (20210227 - <a href="http://twitter.com/stephanemot/status/1365560322858254341" target="_blank">twitter.com/stephanemot/status/1365560322858254341</a>)</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">b: "That's abominable." <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">MMC: "I know, but it works. Look at the Supreme Court! If <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Stephen%20Breyer">Stephen Breyer</a> is kind enough to pass away after our triumph at the Mid-term elections, we'll go 7-2."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">b: "Now <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Merrick%20Garland">Merrick Garland</a> is back to haunt you and to clean up <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/William%20Barr">William Barr</a>'s mess... You have absolutely no moral compass, no ethics."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">MMC: "Thank you. We have a reputation to maintain as a couple: Elaine Chao and Mitch McConnell have the highest standards when it comes to moral corruption." <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">b: "Don't you have anything positive to motivate you in any way?"</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">MMC: "Ummm... no. I'm 100% focused on blocking Joe Biden like I was to block <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Barack%20Obama">Barack Obama</a>."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">b: "And you were ready to impeach <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Bill%20Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> for something that was a thousand times less impeachable than what Trump did."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">MMC: "The Trumpites think that the Clintons are dangerous, they even believe that <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Hillary%20R.%20Clinton">Hillary</a> eats babies! I'm proud of the fact that we got Bill and her testify for hours (all for nothing of course), while <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Kevin%20McCarthy">Kevin McCarthy</a>, <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Devin%20Nunes">Devin Nunes</a>, <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Ted%20Cruz">Ted Cruz</a>, <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Lauren%20Boebert">Lauren Boebert</a>, <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Josh%20Hawley">Josh Hawley</a> and Co. can do and say whatever they fancy and get away without any hearing. Guess what: impeachment is not about justice. Everything is political. And with politics, I don't compromise. For instance, if Joe Biden wants to meet us halfway, it's not appropriate for us to help him achieve anything. Anyway we can't achieve anything with those <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Democrats">Democrats</a>. They're never ready to compromise."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">b: "You've got some gall! <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/John%20McCain">John McCain</a> would be so ashamed of you."<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">MMC: "If he were alive, he'd probably kick my fat bottom, and punch <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Lindsey%20Graham">Lindsey Graham</a> in the face. John knew me, so he couldn't have been disappointed. But Lindsey... going at Hunter Biden, selling his soul to <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Vladimir%20Putin">Putin</a>, to <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Russia">Russia</a>... if I'm the undisputed king of all hypocrites, Linnie's the mother of all fallen angels."<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">b: "Is they...? Now the closest thing to a John McCain the GOP has in Congress could well be <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Adam%20Kinzinger">Adam Kinzinger</a>, but he's not even a Senator..."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">MMC: "Adam does have a big moral compass, indeed. Therefore, we'll have to get rid of him, just like we will with <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Liz%20Cheney">Liz Cheney</a> and <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Mitt%20Romney">Mitt Romney</a>."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">b: "Wait. They're all Republicans. They are not your enemies."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">MMC: "Of course they're not our enemies. But we don't care about the Democrats anymore - we've already fixed the next elections, remember? These rogue lawmakers are much more problematic because they make us look bad. They are conservative Republicans, and they always vote as conservative Republicans should, but that's not what we want now because it means that they can't vote for Trump or Qanon stuff, and we can't afford dissent on the very essence of our new platform. We can afford people like <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Elise%20Stefanik">Elise Stefanik</a>, people who, even if they have voted in favor of liberal issues before, are ready to sell their soul and kiss Trump's ring or whatever."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">b: "And you're totally ok with your party being represented by a lunatic extremist like <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Marjorie%20Taylor%20Greene">Marjorie Taylor Greene</a> or a pedophile clown like <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Matt%20Gaetz">Matt Gaetz</a>."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">MMC: "The Donald loves them, so we love them. Personally, I feel more comfortable with people who reflect our core values. For example, <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Ron%20DeSantis">Ron DeSantis</a> has corruption written all over this face, and you won't find a better nazi pit bull than <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Jim%20Jordan">Jim Jordan</a>. The Donald loves them and I love them too."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">b: "So why don't you invite <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/KIM%20Jong-un">KIM Jong-un</a> to chair the GOP? The Donald loves him too, no? Wait... I know: you already proposed him, but he refused for some reason. Maybe because of the anti-Asian sentiment fueled by your boss and his friends."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">MMC: "You're right. And you're wrong. He accepted. As Elaine often says, there's nothing <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/China">Chinese</a> money can't solve." <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span>
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Copyright Stephane MOT - blogules.com</div>Stephane MOThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16814448452457333863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9747191.post-85128323710345734402021-01-22T06:38:00.000+01:002021-01-22T06:38:01.686+01:00Deuce in Senate, Now Who's Ready To Serve For America?<p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">So the Trump Insurrection failed, the disgraced POTUS and his white supremacist followers face trial, Anthony Fauci can at long last speak openly with the blessing of sound leaders (welcome to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris), and poetry has never been that supercool (O Say Can You See Amanda Gorman?).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">But. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Coronavirus destruction has yet to peak, Qanon propagandists have yet to mutate and splinter into new murderous sleeping cells, Obstructionist in Chief Mitch McConnell remains the most noxious politician in town, and the GOP has yet to declare its independence from its worst enemies from within (don't count on Kevin McCarthy, whose new blend of mccarhyism will forever associate the House GOP's legacy to that of the ultimate traitor). </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V8IOeRAEIEQ/YApeWXITmVI/AAAAAAAAVVQ/tKReiT7hl6oWK8JU3YH9mj_PQFU9RbGVwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1343/blogules2021bernietrumptennis.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="1343" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V8IOeRAEIEQ/YApeWXITmVI/AAAAAAAAVVQ/tKReiT7hl6oWK8JU3YH9mj_PQFU9RbGVwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/blogules2021bernietrumptennis.png" width="320" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Can new budget chair Bernie Sanders balance Trump Era's kolossal deficits? </i><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This time, GOP lawmakers won't go away with the outrageous elusive tactics they used for the 2020 impeachment. They'll have to decide how History will remember them by answering simple questions: is it okay for a President to incite an insurrection? can Donald Trump be allowed to run again for office?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I count on justice to at last catch up with Trump, his corrupt family, his enablers (Ted Cruz must go, but bigger fishes must as well), and all blends of hatemongers who preyed upon the desperate and the gullible.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">
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Copyright Stephane MOT - blogules.com</div>Stephane MOThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16814448452457333863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9747191.post-89855603247820111692020-11-23T07:47:00.005+01:002020-11-24T07:38:15.629+01:00Obstruction<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The man in charge of the White House has yet to concede: yesterday, Vladimir Putin said that he would not recognize Joe Biden's victory until the Republican Party does. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Of course, Republicans are too coward to state the obvious, and to acknowledge the elephant in the room (not a genuine elephant, purists would argue). Why would they do it now? They've let him cross every red line over the past four years, and they even managed not to remove him when the Constitution forced them to, by following the most obscene pseudo legal reasoning ever. Because of their lack of courage, over a quarter of a million US lives were lost. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Will they move before December 14 and the electoral college vote? Before January 5 and the Georgia runoff elections? Before January 20 and Biden's inauguration? Before 2024 and Emperor Trump's Third Term?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Republicans are scared of a man who set a new record of votes for an incumbent POTUS (almost 74 millions so far). Even if he's been trounced fair and squared by a ticket that claimed 6M more votes, and an electoral college landslide. Even if they themselves fared much better than Donald Trump during these elections.</span></p><span style="font-family: arial;">America has chosen Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to pivot from extremism and chaos to the center and order. Republican lawmakers have chosen to go down in History with a tandem of Obstructors in Chief that don't care one second about decency or their own legacy. Enough obstruction of justice, enough obstruction of democracy, enough obstruction of health, enough obstruction of truth. Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell must go.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />
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Copyright Stephane MOT - blogules.com</div>Stephane MOThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16814448452457333863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9747191.post-34480093964315099892020-09-24T09:11:00.001+02:002020-09-24T09:11:14.063+02:00Trump: 'my plan to steal the elections' (fake interview, real threats)<p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">blogules: 'Thank you President Trump for accepting this exclusive fake interview with our Agence Fausse Presse'.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Donald J. Trump: 'You're welcome. It's good to see Fake News that don't pretend, and openly define themselves as <i>Weapons of Mass Disinformation</i>'.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">B: 'You are aware that I'm very critical of you and your administration...'</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">DJT: 'I can handle that, like I did so beautifully with Bob Woodward. Have you seen how he changed his mind about me, how he's flattering me in his book?'</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">B: 'How can you lie so blatantly? Even after being caught on tape? Can't you feel any shame?'</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">DJT: 'Listen. I'm feeling shame all the time, but I trained my brain to translate it instantly into pride. I simply cannot be wrong, I simply cannot fail. I'm basically the most perfect being the World has ever seen. To start with, I have good genes.'</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-57Uza9KqwJs/X2wjh-C_nMI/AAAAAAAAVL4/Y0S5oqv18QUIr_0OdXg1U0rnB01JUFifgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1198/blogules202009trumpKKK.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1198" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-57Uza9KqwJs/X2wjh-C_nMI/AAAAAAAAVL4/Y0S5oqv18QUIr_0OdXg1U0rnB01JUFifgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/blogules202009trumpKKK.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;">B: 'At least you don't seem to have been genetically modified: your granddad Drumpf ran a brothel in Yukon, you grab women by the p...y, and you're being sued for raping an underage girl.'</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">DJT: 'My new fixer will take care of that.'</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">B: 'William Barr is supposed to be the US Attorney General, not a mobster's personal lawyer, justice is supposed to be independent from the executive, democracy relies on checks and balances...'</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">DJT: 'Come on. The US are not a democracy. Not under my watch. I can't let that happen. I have to win the elections. Do you know how many lifetimes in prison I'd have to serve? First thing I do when I'm reelected is to ensure I can serve at least 6 terms like my friend <span class="st"> Alexander Lukashenko. After that, Ivanka and Barron will continue the dynasty. Arabella Rose comes next. That one, what a looker. If she weren't my granddaughter...'.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="st">B: 'You're a monster.'</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="st">DJT: 'I like to win no matter what, okay? And I've got all bases covered for the 2020 elections and for the next ones. We corrupted the census to facilitate further gerrymandering, but also to justify why so many ballots will disappear in the weeks to come. That's why I'm asking my base to vote twice: once by email, once in person.'</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="st">B: 'But that's totally illegal.'</span> <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="st">DJT: 'I'm trying to explain to you that I can't win
legally, and that I have to do do like I've always done: the ugly,
mobster way. But in parallel, I'm also working on changing the law, justice, people
who could prevent that. If I put a thug in charge of USPS, if I stuffed courts </span><span class="st">with moronic ayatollahs, that's part of my plan to steal the elections.'</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="st">B: 'So you confess that you plan to steal the elections'.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="st">DJT: 'You're not paying attention: I've already said that several times. When I say 'get rid of the ballots', it means that we will block and remove all ballots that come from suspicious zip codes, the ones with Democratic demographics, or minorities. And if our countless voter suppression measures fail, I can count on the virus and on my militias.'</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="st">B: 'Is that why you are not fighting the virus, and encouraging extreme right supporters to patrol cities with their assault weapons?'</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="st">DJT: 'Of course! We want the virus and riots to bloom in Democratic states and cities, we know that the virus kills more among minorities, and that my base is not afraid to go out because they think that's a hoax. Besides, there's no way moderates and minorities will show up on election day if they see Nazis roam the streets. And these thugs showed they know how to shoot, but we're doing our best to steal the elections without having to resort to that kind of voter suppression. If you want my opinion, that brilliant young lad in Kenosha was a bit too quick to do well - only 17 years old, but already perfectly brainwashed with 'Birth of a Nation', 'The Camp of the Saints', and other great white supremacist books. These Trump Youth are the future of our nation, but until the elections at least, they must not communicate too openly about our Great Plan.'</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="st">B: '</span><span class="st"><span class="st">You are so openly racist, and still y</span>ou're trying to convince minorities to vote for you, even after all you've done to them...'</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="st">DJT: 'Yes. But I must confess that this time it's harder with black communities. In 2016, I told them 'what do you have to lose? try it', and four years later, how many died of covid or police brutality? Now I can't tell Latinos 'what do you have to lose?', because they fear #LatinoLivesMatter will trend in 2024. So I asked Vladimir to beef up the propaganda and disinformation campaigns among Latino communities, like 10 times what we did for Hillary. And it worked, we've already turned the tables in places like Florida and Arizona.'</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="st">B: 'Interesting to see QAnon conspiracy theories accuse Biden of precisely what you're accused of: threatening democracy, preparing a coup, being evil, protecting pedophiles.'</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="st">DJT: 'QAnon is a beautiful invention from our propagandists. Before, when I said 'many people think', or 'many people say', I couldn't provide any proof </span><span class="st"><span class="st">when asked for more details</span>, so in order to support our fabricated stories and most outrageous claims, we created someone who doesn't exist, and use him as our mouthpiece. Bonus: I can use code words in public, and my base knows exactly what I'm talking about, but the general public doesn't get the full antisemitic, racist and fascist references. Works like a charm, including in Europe now. People are so gullible.'</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="st">B: 'Yeah. Some even believe that drinking bleach can cure coronavirus infections.'<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="st">DJT: 'Now THAT is science. I drink bleach all the time. They tell me that's milk, but I know better. I always know best.'</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="st">B: 'But conspiracy theories don't seem to move the black communities.'</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="st">DJT: 'Not this time. So what I did was ask my friend Kanye to be my running mate*. Even if he has become a total mental wreck and doesn't campaign, even if a fraction of his millions of followers cast a vote for him just by </span><span class="st"><span class="st">seeing his name on the ballots,</span> that can be enough to flip battleground states.'</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="st">B: 'No black life matters for you. Not even your supporter Herman Cain, who died of covid because he attended your infamous Tulsa rally.'</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="st">DJT: 'I don't care, do you? </span><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st"><span class="st">I don't care if some of my supporters die because I criticized masks and social distancing measures, or because I told my staff to pack them more even when I knew the virus was lethal and airborne. </span>I need to hold as many rallies as possible with as many people as possible, otherwise I feel insecure. I need to project artificial power, I need people to cheer at me, it's like a drug, and I'm great at it. There is no dictator who has done more in history, with the possible exception of Adolf.' </span></span></span><span class="st"><span class="st"></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="st">B: 'But these people believe you when you say that you're like them, that you defend their interests'.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="st">DJT: 'I have special interest groups to defend. And first and foremost, I must defend my own interests. When I say 'Make America Great Again', I always mean 'Make Trump Great Again'. By the way, did you notice that whenever I use the words 'America' or 'Americans', I actually mean me? Because I am America. America is mine.'</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="st">B: 'You're a dangerous, delusional autocrat and psychopath.'</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="st">DJT: 'It is what it is. I always dreamed of being a mafia boss, and now I can become a lifetime dictator. No one is stopping me, and certainly not Republican lawmakers.'</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="st">B: 'They didn't even dare to show up or pretend to propose a platform for your Convention. The only program was Vote Trump.'</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="st">DJT: 'That was simply beautiful. </span><span class="st"><span class="st">Stephen Miller learned a lot from his model, Joseph Goebbels, and what he did in Nuremberg. But we added the Trump touch, the Trump logo. </span>The White House is now The Trump White Supremacy House, the GOP Trump's party, and step by step, America is becoming Trump's Amerika. That's how it works: I corrupt and bankrupt everything I touch. Dad handed me his company? I went bankrupt, like all my ventures. Putin handed me America? I destroyed it. Mitch McConnell handed me the Republican Party? I raped it.'</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="st">B: 'Mitch McConnell will go down in History as your Paul von Hindenburg: he knew you were a danger for democracy, but he gave you the keys because he thought he could control you.'</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="st">DJT: '</span><span class="st"><span class="st">Lindsey Graham is a master hypocrite, but </span>Mitch is the most corrupt of them all. I wouldn't be there without him. And we're on a roll - so lucky! I had to call Vladimir to ask him if it was Novichok for Ruth Bader Ginsburg, but he said no, and this time I genuinely believe him.'<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="st">B: 'You mentioned Stephen Miller earlier, and it's interesting to see that's he's the only one who survived your toxic White House sphere.'</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="st">DJT: 'Ah, this time you're paying attention! Four years ago, I said I would only take the best...'</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="st">B: '... and all of them either quit, were fired, or turned against you.'</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="st">DJT: 'These guys don't count. When I say the best, of course I mean the Trump family.'</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="st">B: 'So Stephen Miller is part of the family.'</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="st">DJT: 'Steve is different. He is what I believe in, deep down. People think I have no values whatsoever, but I do have convictions, particularly regarding race, and genes. But even Miller is only a part of what I believe in. I'm not religious, but I'm The Chosen One. God has picked me, and I know that for sure because I am God. A God like the World has never seen before. And as a God, I give myself a A+. Can't you see the beautiful year of 2020 we're all having? And the best is yet to come!' <br /></span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><b><a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com">blogules</a> 2020</b></span><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: arial;">
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Copyright Stephane MOT - blogules.com</div>Stephane MOThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16814448452457333863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9747191.post-185100891299730762020-08-21T08:54:00.002+02:002020-08-21T09:49:39.850+02:00A Democratic. National. Convention. With Mender In Chief Joe Biden.<p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Forget the confetti, forget the spin room, Zoom-in on issues and character. The 'Unconventional Convention' delivered the goods that matter. <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">'We The People' <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Democrats">DNC</a> 2020 will soon give way to 'Me Donald' <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/gop">RNC</a> 2020, an alternative reality show where America will be pitched as stronger than ever, admired and respected overseas, her POTUS a winner, a strong, courageous patriot that will protect the people from a chaos like the World has never seen before. As if America weren't on her knees, despised overseas, her POTUS a pathetic failure, a coward narcissist that corrupts and bankrupts everything he touches, and the very person who keeps bringing and nurturing 'unpresidented' chaos. A sick joke that gets every day sicker and deadlier.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">But let's get back to a Democratic National Convention that was all about Democracy, all about the Nation, all about Convening. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7P_GzHTYU2o/Xz9gIlva3II/AAAAAAAAVJY/dqD1PwedBssoo8WxglSfIDGQsnT7F_2TQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1186/blogules202008dnc2020.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1186" height="324" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7P_GzHTYU2o/Xz9gIlva3II/AAAAAAAAVJY/dqD1PwedBssoo8WxglSfIDGQsnT7F_2TQCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h324/blogules202008dnc2020.png" width="400" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Joe, Kamala, Michelle, Barack - one message: vote to save democracy, the constitution, the soul of a nation, and its future.</i><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span><p><span style="font-family: arial;">We saw all kinds of faces and faiths, we heard all kinds of voices (even from more significant Republicans than ever before), we felt all sources of positive and sustainable energy to tap into. We witnessed the cultural and political diversity that makes America truly great. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Four pillars emerged*: <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Michelle%20Obama">Michelle</a> and <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Barack%20Obama">Barack Obama</a> reaffirmed the moral and constitutional foundations, <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Joe%20Biden">Joe Biden</a> and <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Kamala%20Harris">Kamala Harris</a> provided the platform for changes which they may not embody best themselves, but will do everything to enable as the next presidents of the United States**. They proved that they care, and that they know how to get things done. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">These four faces do not say 'we won' to <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Bernie%20Sanders">Bernie</a> or <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/AOC">A.O.C.</a>, but 'we will win all together' to keep <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/democracy">democracy</a> and the <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/debate">debate</a> alive. That's why Joe is the perfect president for this time. Because he knows he's not perfect, because everybody knows he's the ideal, non-ideological Mender in Chief, and because he already demonstrated that he could listen to and work with people like <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Elizabeth%20Warren">Elizabeth Warren</a>, Bernie Sanders, or <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/John%20McCain">John McCain</a>.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">More urgent debates will arrive soon, even more thrilling; Meltdown <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Donald%20Trump">Trump</a> will need even more boxes of uppers as usual to confront the man he likes to depict as 'sleepy', and I can't wait to see Kamala face to face (no chaperones) with 'Cheerleader's Cheerleader' <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Mike%20Pence">Mike Pence</a>...<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Beyond conventions and debates, democracy will only win if everybody <a href="https://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/elections">votes</a> on time. Massively. In every State. In every county and parish. In every town and township. And for that to happen, everybody must get ready now, make a plan to defeat the voter suppression campaigns led by Trump and his enablers.<br /></span></p><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p>
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Copyright Stephane MOT - blogules.com</div>Stephane MOThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16814448452457333863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9747191.post-22017121784419352020-07-05T05:15:00.002+02:002020-07-08T05:04:50.579+02:00Kanye West: a fake #BlackLivesMatter candidate to rescue a real White Supremacist<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On July 4th, Kanye West declared his candidacy for President. On the same day Donald Trump delivered a divisive speech defending the Confederate heritage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The strategy is obvious: without waiting for Putin to spin a third candidate for the November elections (now his only path to victory, combined with voter suppression), DJT launches his friend Kanye as the ultimate Uncle Tom.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In other words, Joe Biden will be sandwiched between a fake #BlackLivesMatter candidate and a true White Supremacist candidate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. "<span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">Very smart: with </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" data-focusable="true" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KanyeWest?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#Kanye West</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">, </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" data-focusable="true" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Trump?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#Trump</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> doesn't just split the </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-1ny4l3l r-1ddef8g r-qvutc0" data-focusable="true" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Biden?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#Biden</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> vote: he triggers a divisive war within </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" data-focusable="true" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AfricanAmerican?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#African American</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> voters.
Don't get fooled: voting </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" data-focusable="true" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/kanyewest" role="link">@kanyewest</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> is voting </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" data-focusable="true" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DonaldTrump?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#Donal dTrump</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">.</span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">" (2:37 PM · <a href="https://twitter.com/stephanemot/status/1279650491257913346" target="_blank">Jul 5, 2020</a></span></span><a href="https://twitter.com/stephanemot/status/1279650491257913346" target="_blank"><span aria-hidden="true" class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1re7ezh r-1q142lx r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-ou255f r-qvutc0"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">twitter.com/stephanemot/status/1279650491257913346</span></span></a>)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. "<span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">The Donald-Kanye Sandwich:
82M followers for </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" data-focusable="true" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Trump?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#Trump</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">, 29.4M for </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" data-focusable="true" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KanyeWest?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#Kanye West</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">, only 6.5M for </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" data-focusable="true" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/JoeBiden?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#Joe Biden</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. "<span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">... Not counting </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" data-focusable="true" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ElonMusk?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#Elon Musk</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> (36.6M followers and like </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" data-focusable="true" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Trump?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#Trump</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> & </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" data-focusable="true" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KanyeWest?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#Kanye West</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">, a few billions to spare - </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" data-focusable="true" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KimKardashian?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#Kim Kardashian</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> just reached her first bn)</span>" (<span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">11:00 AM · Jul 6, 2020</span></span> - <a href="https://twitter.com/stephanemot/status/1279958385513791488" target="_blank">twitter.com/stephanemot/status/1279958385513791488</a>)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. "<span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">Pretty sure </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" data-focusable="true" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KanyeWest?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#Kanye West</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> will pick a left-leaning, </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" data-focusable="true" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Putin?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#Putin</a></span><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">-friendly, white female running mate. </span><span class="r-18u37iz"><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" data-focusable="true" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TulsiGabbard?src=hashtag_click" role="link">#Tulsi Gabbard</a></span> a bit too obvious. Any other guess?" (<span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"><span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">2:54 PM · Jul 5, 2020</span></span> - <a href="https://twitter.com/stephanemot/status/1279654824938627073" target="_blank">twitter.com/stephanemot/status/1279654824938627073</a>)</span><br />
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Copyright Stephane MOT - blogules.com</div>Stephane MOThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16814448452457333863noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9747191.post-37101226979494369272020-05-28T04:49:00.001+02:002020-05-28T13:57:35.966+02:00Make America Breathe Again, Vote Biden<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"I Can't Breathe" could sum up <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Donald%20Trump" target="_blank">Donald Trump</a>'s Amerika.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm not just talking about George Floyd or Eric Garner, who should be breathing as I write these lines, like Ahmaud Arbery and so many others. <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/racism" target="_blank">Racism</a> already choked America long before Trump, <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Stephen%20Miller" target="_blank">Stephen Miller</a> and Co. took over the White House.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over 100,000 Americans can't breathe anymore because they lost their battle to <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/coronavirus" target="_blank">COVID-19</a>. Half of them would still be alive if the US were led by any normal human being. This POTUS will be responsible for tens of thousands more avoidable deaths.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">D.C. can't breathe. Instead of draining this already unbreathable swamp, Trump made it grow faster and further than ever, corrupting even the relief effort in the worst pandemic in a century.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">US <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/democracy" target="_blank">democracy</a> can't breathe. Trump, <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Vladimir%20Putin" target="_blank">Putin</a>, <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Mitch%20McConnell" target="_blank">McConnell</a> and friends are
pulling all levers to accelerate voter suppression and steal yet
another <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/elections" target="_blank">election</a>. All resistance within what's left of the <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/gop" target="_blank">GOP</a> is nipped in the bud, suffocated within hours.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A President who cares for America and every American is the least America deserves right now. Even if you didn't like <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Barack%20Obama" target="_blank">the last one</a>, even if you wish someone else than his Veep were running against DJT, you must vote for <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Joe%20Biden" target="_blank">Joe Biden</a> and whoever will help him make America breathe again.</span><br />
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Copyright Stephane MOT - blogules.com</div>Stephane MOThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16814448452457333863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9747191.post-42331921778734174272020-04-15T06:55:00.001+02:002020-04-15T07:04:01.299+02:00Just one more thing, Mr Trump<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">'Just one more thing, Mr Trump. Everybody knows you screwed up with COVID-19, because everybody watched you do it at the beginning of this show. But again, what was your alibi between mid-January and mid-March? Just asking for my wife...'</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Since 2008, I used to exorcise each upcoming year by wishing you a <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/new%20year" target="_blank">happy next year</a>*, but as last December was drawing to an end, for some reason I wasn't in a mood for humor. So I didn't wish you a happy new year 2021, and you got stuck to my crappy "</span><a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/2019/01/happy-new-year-2020.html">Happy New Year 2020</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">" announcing the calamities to plague 2019... </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Well it didn't fail: now we're all trapped in this abominable 2020. And the guy who wrote that one didn't waste time in subtleties: where I try to limit the bad news to one category per month, alternating between politics, economy, or social issues, this maniac drops the full package all the way, the pedal to the metal. You enjoyed March 2020? April will be even worse, thank you very much.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So don't forget to stay at home, and to wash your hands.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But please, don't forget to laugh at least a couple of times every day, and to smile kindly each time you circumnavigate strangers coming your way to respect safety distances - you're not doing that out of fear of others, but out of love for everyone.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">From the bottom of my heart, I wish every single one of us a very very very happy new year 2021.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">* <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">see "</span><a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/2009/01/happy-new-year-2010.html"><span style="color: black;">Happy New Year 2010</span></a><span style="color: black;">" (Jan 2009), "</span><a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/2009/12/happy-new-year-2011.html"><span style="color: black;">Happy New Year 2011</span></a><span style="color: black;">" (Dec 2009), "</span><a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/2010/12/happy-new-year-2012.html"><span style="color: black;">Happy New Year 2012</span></a><span style="color: black;">" (Dec 2010), "<a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/2011/12/happy-new-year-2013.html">Happy New Year 2013</a>" (Dec 2011), "<a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/2012/12/happy-new-year-2014.html" target="_blank">Happy New Year 2014</a>" (Dec 2012), "<a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/2013/12/happy-new-year-2015.html" target="_blank">Happy New Year 2015</a>" (Dec 2013), "<a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/2014/12/happy-new-year-2016.html" target="_blank">Happy New Year 2016</a>" (Dec 2014), "<a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/2015/12/happy-new-year-2017.html" target="_blank">Happy New Year 2017</a>" (Dec 2015), "<a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/2016/12/happy-new-year-2018.html" target="_blank">Happy New Year 2018</a>" (Dec 2016), </span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">"</span><a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.kr/2017/12/happy-new-year-2019.html">Happy New Year 2019</a><span style="color: black;">" (Dec 2017)</span>, "<a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/2019/01/happy-new-year-2020.html">Happy New Year 2020</a>" (Jan 2019), "<a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/2020/04/happy-new-year-2021-bit-belated-but.html" target="_blank">Happy New Year 2021</a>" (Apr 2020)... et en Francais: "</span><a href="http://blogules.blogspot.com/2008/01/bonne-anne-2009.html"><span style="color: black;">Bonne Année 2009</span></a><span style="color: black;">" (Jan 2008), "</span><a href="http://blogules.blogspot.com/2008/12/bonne-anne-2010.html"><span style="color: black;">Bonne Année 2010</span></a><span style="color: black;">" (Dec 2008), "</span><a href="http://blogules.blogspot.com/2009/12/bonne-annee-2011.html"><span style="color: black;">Bonne Année 2011</span></a><span style="color: black;">" (Dec 2009), "</span><a href="http://blogules.blogspot.com/2010/12/bonne-annee-2012.html"><span style="color: black;">Bonne Année 2012</span></a><span style="color: black;">" (Dec 2010), "<a href="http://blogules.blogspot.com/2011/12/bonne-annee-2013.html">Bonne Année 2013</a>" (Dec 2011), "<a href="http://blogules.blogspot.com/2012/12/bonne-annee-2014.html"><span style="color: black;">Bonne Année 2014</span></a><span style="color: black;">" (Dec 2012), "</span></span><a href="http://blogules.blogspot.kr/2013/12/bonne-annee-2015.html">Bonne Année 2015</a><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">" (Dec 2013)</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">, "</span></span><a href="http://blogules.blogspot.com/2014/12/bonne-annee-2016.html" target="_blank">Bonne Année 2016</a><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: black;">" (Dec 2014), "</span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://blogules.blogspot.com/2015/12/bonne-annee-2017.html" target="_blank">Bonne année 2017</a>"<span style="color: black;"> (Dec 2015), "<a href="http://blogules.blogspot.com/2016/12/bonne-annee-2018.html">Bonne Année 2018</a>" (Dec 2016), "</span><a href="http://blogules.blogspot.com/2017/12/bonne-annee-2019.html">Bonne année 2019</a><span style="color: black;">" (Dec 2017), "<a href="http://blogules.blogspot.com/2019/01/bonne-annee-2020.html">Bonne année 2020</a>" (Jan 2019), "</span></span></span><a href="http://blogules.blogspot.com/2020/04/bonne-annee-2021-un-peu-tard-mais-il-y.html">Bonne année 2021</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">" (Avr 2020).</span></span></span></span><br />
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Copyright Stephane MOT - blogules.com</div>Stephane MOThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16814448452457333863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9747191.post-47229228920046591402019-10-14T13:59:00.001+02:002019-10-14T14:03:31.135+02:00Make ISIS Great Again<div dir="ltr">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">His controversial withdrawal of US troops from North East Syria, and his shameless betrayal of the Kurd allies that helped reconquer ISIS territory gave a greenlight to Turkey's attack, which already led to the escape of hundreds of ISIS fighters, and the probable surrender of Kurds to Assad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why would the POTUS play against all US interests, revive ISIS, and grant such humungous gifts to Assad, Iran, or Putin?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why would he tear down Open Skies in the same breath?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why now? Why at the very moment impeachment inquiry gained momentum, and the Ukraine scandal threatened The Donald's hold on power and foreign affairs?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">His maker Putin simply understood he had to get his puppet rush while he still could call the shots. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And Donald obliged by doing exactly what Vladimir wanted.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">delaying the upcoming downturn to after November 2020, even if it means destroying US competitiveness to achieve it</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">building the new sections of the wall he promised, even if US taxpayers pay for it, and double if you consider the fact that he's taking on other budgets to do it (triple if you consider the fact that he's slashing security and military budgets).</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">positioning Democrats as socialist extremists, even if some oblige by doing it by themselves (exhibit A: Bernie Sanders)</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">preventing key demographics from voting, through classic voter suppression techniques (e.g. gerrymandering) as well as through his own trademark methods (e.g. turning politics into a disgusting circus, scaring minorities away with threats of ICE raids)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the moment, DJT seems on a much better track than in 2016. The question is: this time, how much will he be allowed to compensate a likely loss in popular vote with help from the outside through hacking or election meddling?</span><br />
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elections, he will get the opportunity to score some wins (the wall?
USMCA? China?), but risks keep piling up (collateral loan obligations?
China? House commissions? post-Mueller lawsuits? Jim Mattis?)...</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On a more direct electoral front, Trump is facing a different Democratic field:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- the business-as-usual candidate isn't a clear leader anymore: Joe Biden's lagging too much behind Hillary Clinton in too many ways, except maybe in his miserable skills as a presidential candidate.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- the natural liberal candidate of 2016 seems to be at long last claiming the spot she abandoned to Sanders because Hillary decided to run again: Elizabeth Warren is an energizing candidate, and embodies change much more convincingly than Bernie, who in contrast looks like an old don Quixote great at barking at windmills, but unable to get them produce anything. Sanders still has the power to crash the party if he chooses to linger once more.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Kamala Harris and Pete Buttigieg seem to settle for Veep positions, but a lot can happen until IA-NH. Warren-Buttigieg? Biden-Harris? Warren-Harris could kick some serious ass.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One good news for the Democrats: if defeating Trump remains the common goal, his impeachment is now on a dedicated track, and key issues look much better separated and visible. The POTUS doesn't need anyone to draw spotlights on immigration or climate change (great idea, to invite fellow G7 members to watch Hurricane Doral from the front seat next Summer), but Mitch McConnell has at last become a prime target on issues as critical as gun control or SCOTUS nominations (mass shooting or Ruth Bader Ginsburg health scares unfortunately coming as recurring reminders). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is essential to target the Trump-McConnell duo, because winning doesn't stop at the White House. You need to reclaim the Senate, and to restore some dignity there as well. </span><br />
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Copyright Stephane MOT - blogules.com</div>Stephane MOThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16814448452457333863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9747191.post-79683239141232855722019-06-13T02:56:00.002+02:002019-06-13T04:14:55.937+02:00Dirt? "I'd take it"<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Asked by <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/George%20Stephanopoulos">George Stephanopoulos</a> what he would do if <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Russia">Russia</a> or <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/China">China</a> told him they had dirt on a political opponent, <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Donald%20Trump">Donald Trump</a> replied: 'I think I'd take it'. And when reminded that <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Christopher%20Wray">Christopher Wray</a> told the Congress that in this situation, candidates should contact the <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/FBI">FBI</a>, he simply said 'the FBI director is wrong'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When DJT says something is 'wrong', he's not talking <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/values">moral compasses</a>, but what doesn't follow his mobster principles. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Donald Trump is 'right', because the <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/gop">GOP</a> keeps following his mobster principles, putting him on the 'right' track to get reelected. GOP voters keep supporting him because GOP lawmakers keep enabling him, starting with the most corrupt of them all, <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Mitch%20McConnell">Mitch McConnell</a>, who not only confirmed his grand stand to block <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Barack%20Obama">Obama</a>'s legitimate <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Supreme%20Court">Supreme Court</a> pick would not be applied should Trump face the same situation, but also had his state shamelessly benefit from his wife's work for the administration. Corrupt Elaine Chao. Corrupt <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Susan%20Collins">Susan Collins</a>, who pretends to defend women's rights, but gives the nod to <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Brett%20Kavanaugh">Brett Kavanaugh</a>, and countless anti-<a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/abortion">abortion</a> judges.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">DJT will be reelected if <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Democrats">Democrats</a> let <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Vladimir%20Putin">Putin</a> and Trump run the show, like they did in 2016. Feeding the narrrative that DNC primaries will oppose an ultra-radical, revolutionary, and an old conservative, and that only Trump represents change.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Which is true. Only not the change you want, if you care for <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/democracy">democracy</a>, <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/human%20rights">human rights</a>, the <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/environment">environment</a>, <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/health">healthcare</a>...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Either you take a stand for decency, for democracy, for the values that make America great, or you let the worst enemies of America Make Amerika Great Again. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You want dirt? You'll get it. </span><br />
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Copyright Stephane MOT - blogules.com</div>Stephane MOThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16814448452457333863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9747191.post-28019600539654910042019-05-29T03:26:00.001+02:002019-05-31T03:52:10.303+02:00The Non-March of the Emperor (How Naruhito exposed Trump's ego trip, and Abe's agenda)<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Donald%20Trump" target="_blank">Donald Trump</a> will probably remember his State Visit to <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Japan" target="_blank">Japan</a> as a triumphant ego trip: we saw him play golf with his favorite losing partner <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Shinzo%20Abe" target="_blank">Abe Shinzo</a>, lift the first ever President Cup (designed for him: YUGE, sumo-sized), become the first Foreign head of state to meet the new Emperor... but what I will remember forever is The <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Naruhito" target="_blank">Naruhito</a> Statement.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Not a word, but a silent, immobile stand, that should resonate much louder than it has so far.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For six long minutes, a significant section of his first encounter with Trump, Naruhito left his guest alone. Everything was carefully timed and planned, as the intricate red carpet patterns, and an official's intervention confirm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So what happened? Donald, <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Melania%20Trump">Melania</a>, Naruhito and Masako arrive together on a wide podium, where they pause to listen to the national anthems. Then Trump moves ahead, and the other three stop where the official instructs them to, only a few meters after leaving the podium, just to symbolically lead him out. The POTUS joins another, smaller podium, where he listens to a military march, then moves to salute troops, then walks along another red line at the end of which he reconnects with the Emperor to meet civilians. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">During these six surreal minutes, Trump is either alone, or accompanied by military staff. The only music playing is military. As if a military parade had been especially prepared for him alone. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">DJT is a Commander in Chief, and the Emperor of Japan should remain apolitical, but the whole process turns the moment into a ridicule, onanic one for the former, and a strong political statement for the latter: what better way to express Naruhito's strong support of Japan's peaceful constitution, against Abe and <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Nippon%20Kaigi" target="_blank">Nippon Kaigi</a>, who want to destroy it?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the same immobile move, Naruhito managed to make his guest look like an egotistic dictator, and Abe like a dangerous fool. Simply brilliant. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>'Barf bag, anyone? Alt-Right meet Nippon Kaigi
- Donald Trump Abe Shinzo / Shinzo Abe' (20190526 - <a href="https://twitter.com/theseoulvillage/status/1132660710452867078" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/theseoulvillage/status/1132660710452867078</a>)</i></span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>'Trump to Abe Shinzo: US-Japan alliance is 'ironclad'. At the personal level, make that 'gold-plated, 7-iron-clad' (20190528 - <a href="https://twitter.com/theseoulvillage/status/1133175410756210688" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/theseoulvillage/status/1133175410756210688</a>)</i></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As if to nail it even deeper, DJT made the most of Memorial Day by praising a dictator: <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Kim%20Jong-un">KIM Jong-un</a> is right to criticize <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Joe%20Biden">Joe Biden</a>, I'm not bothered by his cute missile launches, and what a fantastic <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Real%20Estate" target="_blank">real estate</a> potential you have, Dear Chairman!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">'Say, Donald Trump, are North Korea's Concentration Camps the kind of 'prime real estate' you're looking for to lock up migrant kids at the US borders?
Your dictator friend could sure help you find Stephen Miller-friendly solutions to Make Amerika Great Again.' (20190528 - <a href="https://twitter.com/theseoulvillage/status/1133208200797253633" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/theseoulvillage/status/1133208200797253633</a>)</span></i></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/John%20Bolton" target="_blank">John BOLTON</a> and his fellow hawks have not conceded yet. And America's recent moves around Sasebo, theoretically meant to control the <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/North%20Korea">North Korea</a> - <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/iran">Iran</a> connection, could also facilitate a preemptive strike. The bloody nose scenario remains a tweet away.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One thing is sure: <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Moon%20Jae-in" target="_blank">MOON Jae-in</a> is out of the loop, and neither KIM nor TRUMP seem to trust him anymore.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">PS - from our twitterline (<a href="https://twitter.com/theseoulvillage" target="_blank">@theseoulvillage</a>):</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On the non-march of the Emperor:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">'I wish Naruhito could brief <a class="twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav" data-query-source="hashtag_click" dir="ltr" href="https://www.blogger.com/null">Trump</a> about actual East Asia <a href="http://seoulvillage.blogspot.com/search/label/History">History</a>, not the one he learned from Shinzo Abe / Abe Shinzo & <a class="twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav" data-query-source="hashtag_click" dir="ltr" href="http://seoulvillage.blogspot.com/search/label/XI%20Jinping"><b>Xi Jinping</b></a>' (20190526 - <a href="https://twitter.com/theseoulvillage/status/1132804997761064960" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/theseoulvillage/status/1132804997761064960</a>)</span></i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">'Surreal military march played for Trump alone on a podium. Ego trip (20190527 - <a href="https://twitter.com/theseoulvillage/status/1132806859591565312" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/theseoulvillage/status/1132806859591565312</a>)</span></i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">'Pacifist, apolitical Emperor Naruhito stays away from military while Trump salutes them' (20190527 - <a href="https://twitter.com/theseoulvillage/status/1132807172847333376" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/theseoulvillage/status/1132807172847333376</a>)</span></i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">'Kudos to Naruhito for keeping his distances from militarism, turning the parade Abe Shinzo / Shinzo Abe prepared for Trump into ridiculous ode to a dictator' (20190527 - <a href="https://twitter.com/theseoulvillage/status/1132811289032441856" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/theseoulvillage/status/1132811289032441856</a>)</span></i></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>'Even weirder on this video, the almost 6 mns Trump was left alone with military march & review (starting around 2:30). Naruhito only rejoined him to meet civilians. A clear message for Japan's Article 9, against ABEIGNomicS / Nippon Kaigi militarism?
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On the return of bloody nose: </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>'Bloody nose returns? US getting ready for preemptive strike against North Korea, including bunker buster capacity
(<a class="twitter-hashtag pretty-link js-nav" data-query-source="hashtag_click" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KimKiho?src=hash">Kim Ki-ho</a>:
<a href="http://news.donga.com/home/3/all/20190525/95691723/1" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="js-display-url">news.donga.com/home/3/all/201</span><span class="invisible">90525/95691723/1</span></a><span class="tco-ellipsis"><span class="invisible"> </span></span> Sasebo)' (20190526 - <a href="https://twitter.com/theseoulvillage/status/1132409982039646208" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/theseoulvillage/status/1132409982039646208</a>)</i></span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>'FYI this bunker buster is meant to bust Kim Jong-un, not to rescue Abe Shinzo / Shinzo Abe when he plays golf with Trump:' (20190526 - <a href="https://twitter.com/theseoulvillage/status/1132439023559950336" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/theseoulvillage/status/1132439023559950336</a>)</i></span></span></td></tr>
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Copyright Stephane MOT - blogules.com</div>Stephane MOThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16814448452457333863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9747191.post-76473535367158295742019-04-19T08:29:00.001+02:002019-04-19T09:36:13.836+02:00Mueller Time: Trump is guilty, but I was not allowed to prosecute him<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If we have yet to see the full <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Robert%20Mueller">Mueller</a> Report, we can already confirm many elements. I'll list them just like I did after the infamous <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/William%20Barr">Barr</a> 'Summary' (see "<a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/2019/03/muellerxit-before-more-easter-eggs.html">Muellerxit before more Easter Eggs?</a>"):</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- this may be a final report, but certainly not a conclusion: Mueller invites the Congress to dig further, and mentions 14 cases stemming from it, 12 of which have been masked by A.G. <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/William%20Barr">William Barr</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- collusion: the <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Donald%20Trump">Trump</a> campaign sought help from <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Russia">Russians</a>, and Russians proposed help to the Trump campaign, but at a legal level, a crime from Trump and his mob can't be established</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- obstruction of <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/justice">justice</a>: <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Donald%20Trump">Donald Trump</a> has constantly been trying to obstruct justice, but most of the time failed, because people around him managed to prevent that. This also means that occasionally, he succeeded. Which is equivalent to say that he his guilty.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- so why did Mueller decide not to do the logical thing, and to prosecute Trump? only because of a controversial Office of Legal Counsel position stating that a sitting president can't prosecuted by the DoJ. Mueller mentions the possibility for the Congress to seek impeachment, or for the DoJ to wait for the end of Trump's immunity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In other words: I think Trump is guilty, but I'm not allowed to prosecute him myself, yet the Congress has the power and the constitutional duty to investigate and consider impeachment. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Expect <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Democrats">Democrats</a> to do just that, but in a highly explosive context:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- most people who prevented Trump from breaking the law have either been discarded or about to be purged, in the White House as well at the DoJ, with William Barr acting as Trump's personal attorney, instead of as the US Attorney General. Obstruction of justice has been beefed up by obstruction by justice! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Trump <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/propaganda">propaganda</a> and Barr's spin have already altered the public's perception of the whole investigation</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- 2020 <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/elections">elections</a> are tomorrow, and no <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/gop">GOP</a> lawmaker seeking reelection is willing to fight Trump and thus certainly lose even their Republican primaries.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Robert%20Mueller">Bob Mueller</a>'s testimony in Congress will be the next big moment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Beyond that, the following weeks and months will be crucial, particularly when and if we know more about the 12 cases Barr doesn't want us to see, but probably showed to his boss nonetheless.</span><br />
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Copyright Stephane MOT - blogules.com</div>Stephane MOThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16814448452457333863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9747191.post-4934191392662436842019-03-25T08:11:00.000+01:002019-03-25T08:57:36.541+01:00Muellerxit before more Easter Eggs?<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Robert%20Mueller">Robert Mueller</a> delivered his report to <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/William%20Barr">William Barr</a>, who quickly released a 4-page letter to the Congress that sounds like a victory for <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Donald%20Trump">Donald Trump</a>, but not so much considering the fact that it confirms, between the lines, that:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Russia">Russia</a> did interfere with the 2016 <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/elections">elections</a>, and in favor of Donald Trump</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Russia was in touch with the Trump campaign to help them win the elections</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- conspiration or collaboration couldn't be 'established', meaning there were not enough evidence to prove such crimes beyond a shadow of a doubt from a legal point of view (a broader - including political - definition of 'collusion' could still apply)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Mueller had evidence of obstruction of <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/justice">justice</a>; not enough to legally prove the crime beyond a shadow of a doubt, but enough to say the president himself couldn't be exonerated. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- If at this stage, Mueller couldn't guarantee the cases to win in court, it doesn't mean that his report is harmless at the political level. And regardless of what the DOJ decides to do after this report, Mueller confirms that there are evidences against Trump and his campaign, material that could be used if some other case or new elements were to pop up, particularly since the Special Counsel didn't interview Trump about what happened after the elections, leaving that up to potential further investigation (starting from <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Democrats">Democrat</a>-led committees). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />Robert Mueller already knew very well William Barr and his positions, and guessed what he would try to make of his report. If Mueller has a personal conviction that Trump and/or his campaign are guilty, he will have done the necessary to let open key entry points into the mass he piled up, and bet on other channels to bring more prosecutions, or political condemnations. We know he already transferred many Easter Eggs to collateral investigations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As we wait for more details about the true content of the report, my only question is: did <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Rod%20Rosenstein">Rod Rosenstein</a> collaborate with Barr and Trump, or with justice and Mueller? Did he clinch, months ago, a deal with Trump by trading Mueller's safety for some leniency regarding the White House's stonewalling strategy?</span><br />
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Copyright Stephane MOT - blogules.com</div>Stephane MOThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16814448452457333863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9747191.post-62228940958212679362019-01-01T07:00:00.000+01:002019-01-02T08:56:51.019+01:00Happy New Year 2020<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/new%20year" target="_blank">that time of the year</a>*, and
I have no choice but to wish you a happy next year,
considering what's going to happen in 2019:
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>January 2019</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">During their first week in charge, House <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Democrats">Democrats</a> issue a combined 3,320 subpoenas (over 500 each for <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Adam%20Schiff">Adam Schiff</a>, Elijah Cummings, Jerrold Nadler, <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Maxine%20Waters">Maxine Waters</a>, and Richard Neal) for past and present members of the <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Donald%20Trump">Trump</a> administration. Meanwhile, <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Robert%20Mueller">Robert Mueller</a> starts investigating <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/gop">GOP</a> lawmakers blackmailed with kompromat by <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Vladimir%20Putin">Putin</a> and Trump. <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Lindsay%20Graham">Lindsey Graham</a>, <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Devin%20Nunes">Devin Nunes</a>, and other powerful figures abruptly flee for <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Brazil">Brazil</a>, where <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Jair%20Bolsonaro">Jair Bolsonaro</a> grants them political asylum.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>February 2019</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Facing prison charges, <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Benjamin%20Netanyahu">Benjamin Netanyahu</a> takes the first plane for Brasilia.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>March 2019</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">No blessing from lawmakers, no referendum, no deal, but no no Brexit either: the <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/UK">UK</a> crashes out of the Union with the only consolation that <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Theresa%20May">Theresa May</a> will no longer be in 10 Downing Street (the building being sold to pay part of the EUR 55 bn fine, the PM moves in 221B Baker Street). <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Boris%20Johnson">Boris Johnson</a> parades at the 2019 Rio Carnival on the Monstrosity float:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>April 2019</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The day Akihito abdicates, <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Nippon%20Kaigi">Nippon Kaigi</a> and Shinzo Abe have Naruhito, Akishino, and Hisahito murdered to install on the throne an obscure member of the Imperial Family compliant with their lifetime dream to restore <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/fascism">fascism</a>. At <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Japan">Japan</a>'s top military academy, the new Emperor welcomes his first Head of State with a vibrant homage: 'we do have a lot to learn from people like Jair Bolsonaro'.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>May 2019</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Vladimir Putin wins the <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Europe">European</a> <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/elections">Elections</a> in every single member state, the Gilets Jaunes Party claiming 41% of the ballot in France, and <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Marine%20Le%20Pen">Marine Le Pen</a>'s movement 33%.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>June 2019</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/North%20Korea">North Korea</a>, Mount Paektu explodes, allowing <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Kim%20Jong-un">KIM Jong-un</a> to get six more unnoticed <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/nuclear">nuclear</a> tests before going on a trek along the Amazon river, joined by <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Bashar%20al%20Assad">Bashar al Assad</a> the time for chemical weapons to dissipate across Kurdistan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>July 2019</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Metoo: <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/France">France</a> wins the Women's FIFA <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/World%20Cup">World Cup</a> at home just days after five players of the male team get jailed for domestic abuse. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Coldest month of August on record: global warming takes a short pause thanks to Korea's nuclear winter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>September 2019</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The day <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Mike%20Pence">Mike Pence</a> is forced to quit by Mueller Probe revelations, <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Donald%20Trump">Donald Trump</a> is impeached. <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Nancy%20Pelosi">Nancy Pelosi</a> is sworn in, with Vice President <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Beto%20O'Rourke">Beto O'Rourke</a> by her side. <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Jeff%20Flake">Jeff Flake</a> declares his candidacy for 2020, then withdraws after being spotted in the same elevator as <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Brett%20Kavanaugh">Brett Kavanaugh</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>October 2019</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At long last, <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Vladimir%20Putin">Vladimir Putin</a> wins the <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Nobel">Nobel</a> Peace Prize for restoring eternal peace in <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Syria">Syria</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Only the third asset collapse of the year for China, but <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Xi%20Jinping">XI Jinping</a> still believes he can, like the US, pull a fifth one by the end of the year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>December 2019</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Carlos%20Ghosn">Carlos Ghosn</a> is re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-arrested. Japan gives up all hope of getting a confession from him, and extradite the Brazilian back home, where Jair The First puts him in charge of the merger of Brazil with <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Hungary">Hungary</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Emmanuel%20Macron">Emmanuel MACRON</a>: 'Please don't go'</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Angela%20Merkel">Angela MERKEL</a>: 'You know I don't need translation when you talk to me that way'</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Donald%20Trump">Donald TRUMP</a>: 'I should build a wall between these two. Maybe <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Russia">Russia</a> will pay for it, I'll ask <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Vladimir%20Putin">Vlad</a>'</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Melania%20Trump">Melania TRUMP</a>: 'Did I pick the right vert-de-gris color? The mustard of my pollution mask matched so well, but after the colonial helmet disaster in Kenya, my staff advised against keeping it on' </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This great shot (by François MORI / AP) tells a lot about how differently close two couples can be, even when each member is only one chair apart from their partner.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But don't get fooled. Merkel is on the way out, Macron remains dangerously low in the polls, and both are likely to receive major blows at the upcoming <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Europe">European</a> <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/elections">elections</a>. If Donald Trump lost the House, he did increase his control where it mattered most over the past few weeks: the Senate, and the <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Supreme%20Court">Supreme Court</a>. Without any moral leadership in sight (R.I.P. <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/John%20McCain">McCain</a>, <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Jeff%20Flake">Flake</a>, Corker), <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/gop">GOP</a> lawmakers remain totally under his spell. They didn't lift a finger when Trump fired <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Jeff%20Sessions">Jeff Sessions</a> to illegally elevate to acting A.G. an open critic of <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Robert%20Mueller">Robert Mueller</a>'s Russia probe (<a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Matt%20Whitaker">Matt Whitaker</a>), when <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/Rod%20Rosenstein">Rod Rosenstein</a> was supposed to get the position.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/democracy">Democracy</a> is losing ground to <a href="http://e-blogules.blogspot.com/search/label/nationalism">nationalism</a>, extremism, hatred. And in this world of strongmen, the free world doesn't have any strong leader in sight. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But we do see and hear swarms of them. We do see inspiring new faces taking a stand for human rights or gun control, strengthening diversity in Congress. We do hear powerful voices, that resonate even more when they're silenced (Anna Politkovskaya and Jamal Khashoggi had Vladimir Putin and MBS expose themselves as murdering despots).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And sometimes, we do see a majority of citizens cast a ballot against the destructive tide.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> In contrast, Kavanaugh exposed himself (!) as a shamelessly partisan judge with major anger management and alcohol issues, not to mention a total disrespect of fairness in justice.<br />
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This man should be not only totally disqualified for the SCOTUS, but challenged for his status as a judge altogether. Since he chose indecency, and refused to withdraw his candidacy, he deserves the fair and thourough investigation Ford was deprived by GOP Senators in the most outrageous process ever.<br />
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But no.<br />
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Even before Donald Trump officially ordered Senators to vote and confirm him, Republican members of the Committee went full throttle behind this disgraced judge, even dumping their 'female assistant' smokescreen to scream in unison with Kavanaugh the 'victim'. Because the only thing that matters for them seems to be making sure the Supreme Court will tilt to the wrong side of History, whatever the cost.<br />
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No one objects. Susan Collins just had to say it would be fair to investigate further, and to postpone the vote, but so far nothing.<br />
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It seems that Collins doesn't mind ruining her legacy, and remaining forever the betrayer who failed to stand for womens rights in America when they most needed it.<br />
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Unless Susan Collins rises to the challenge, and choses decency, the Supreme Court will be tainted even more than when Clarence Thomas joined it, decades before the words 'hashtag' and 'metoo' even existed.<br />
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Susan Collins met with Jeff Flake, Lisa Murkowski to decide how (whether) to vote. They brought on board Joe Manchin, one of the few Democrats able to confirm Kavanaugh to secure his reelection.<br />
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History is watching them mercilessly.<br />
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