Since 2003, nonsensical posts about noncritical issues in nonenglish. Red blogule or white blogule? It depends on the mood. Stephane MOT. Egalement: blogules en V.F. - NEW: join blogules on Facebook!
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… Read More
Below, a list of blogules spilled over the 2020s decade. A far cry from the heyday, but I post way more often on Twitter (@stephanemot, @theseoulvillage...). NB : updated randomly, check th… Read More
It's that time of the year*, and as usual, I have no choice but to wish you a happy next year, considering what's going to happen in 2023: January 2023Xi Jinping declares the pandemic over… Read More
Josh Hawley was actually caught twice by The Prisoner's Rover (giant ball) in D.C.:1) as he cowardly ran away from the Capitol Riot, right after entering while fist pumping to the Trump Insu… Read More
Josh Hawley was actually caught twice by The Prisoner's Rover (giant ball) in D.C.:1) as he cowardly ran away from the Capitol Riot, right after entering while fist pumping to the Trump Insu… Read More
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… Read More
Yesterday, I met in person Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin for an exclusive fake interview with my Agence Fausse Presse. We actually chatted over the phone, since we were both seated at one e… Read More
It's that time of the year*, and as usual, I have no choice but to wish you a happy next year, considering what's going to happen in 2022: January 2022On January 6, the Capitol is stormed a… Read More
It took only a dozen money transfers to his offshore accounts for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to accept an exclusive fake interview with our Agence Fausse Presse.blogules: "Senato… Read More
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… Read More
It's that time of the year*, and I won't skip my duties after what happened last year (ICYMI** for the first time in a decade, I skipped my worst wishes exorcism... which obviously caused th… Read More
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. Of course, Repub… Read More
blogules: 'Thank you President Trump for accepting this exclusive fake interview with our Agence Fausse Presse'.Donald J. Trump: 'You're welcome. It's good to see Fake News that don't preten… Read More
Forget the confetti, forget the spin room, Zoom-in on issues and character. The 'Unconventional Convention' delivered the goods that matter. 'We The People' DNC 2020 will soon give way to 'M… Read More
If you are appalled by Facebook and Twitter, wait until you try Parler. Scratch that - don't ever set virtual foot on that abject platform. Take that from someone who did.Founded by John Mat… Read More
On July 4th, Kanye West declared his candidacy for President. On the same day Donald Trump delivered a divisive speech defending the Confederate heritage.The strategy is obvious: without wai… Read More
"I Can't Breathe" could sum up Donald Trump's Amerika.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… Read More
'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-Ja… Read More
Sorry about this coronavirus: it's all my fault. Since 2008, I used to exorcise each upcoming year by wishing you a happy next year*, but as last December was drawing to an end, for som… Read More
Below, a list of blogules spilled over the year 2019. A far cry from the heyday, but I post way more often on Twitter (@stephanemot, @theseoulvillage...).NB : for the comprehensive lists o… Read More
Best buy! You are convinced by Trump's latest lies about the 'coronavirus hoax', and you are looking for the best protection againt science, facts, and truth? Here's our best selling MAGA ma… Read More
John Bolton sent a draft of his memoir to the NSC at the White House for review. In the heat of the impeachment trial, it confirms Trump's quid pro quo on Ukraine. Perfect blackmail time to… Read More
It just took a few days for Trump's decision to deliver the expected goods. His controversial withdrawal of US troops from North East Syria, and his shameless betrayal of the Kurd allies tha… Read More
Donald Trump is focusing on 4 priorities to secure his reelection:delaying the upcoming downturn to after November 2020, even if it means destroying US competitiveness to achieve it bui… Read More
Asked by George Stephanopoulos what he would do if Russia or China told him they had dirt on a political opponent, Donald Trump replied: 'I think I'd take it'. And when reminded that Christo… Read More
Donald Trump will probably remember his State Visit to Japan as a triumphant ego trip: we saw him play golf with his favorite losing partner Abe Shinzo, lift the first ever President Cup (de… Read More
If we have yet to see the full Mueller Report, we can already confirm many elements. I'll list them just like I did after the infamous Barr 'Summary' (see "Muellerxit before more Easter Eggs… Read More
Robert Mueller delivered his report to William Barr, who quickly released a 4-page letter to the Congress that sounds like a victory for Donald Trump, but not so much considering the fact th… Read More
Below, a list of blogules spilled over the year 2018. A far cry from the heyday, but I post way more often on Twitter (@stephanemot, @theseoulvillage...).NB : for the comprehensive lists of… Read More
It's that time of the year*, and I have no choice but to wish you a happy next year, considering what's going to happen in 2019: January 2019During their first week in charge, House Democr… Read More
Emmanuel MACRON: 'Please don't go'Angela MERKEL: 'You know I don't need translation when you talk to me that way'Donald TRUMP: 'I should build a wall between these two. Maybe Russia will pay… Read More
Reading Christine Blasey Ford's testimony was already convincing, but I don't think anyone who watched her deliver it believed one second that she was lying, including many Republican senato… Read More
The Trump-Putin Summit in Helsinki more than confirmed what we suspected (see 'Donald Trump meets his maker, off the record'): this POTUS is totally in the Kremlin's pocket.Here's our exclus… Read More
Unlike last month's Trump-Kim summit in Singapore, the upcoming Trump-Putin meeting in Helsinki has been carefully prepared by the leader of America, who these days happens to be... not Amer… Read More
blogules: 'Thank you for accepting this interview in your Mar-a-Lago lair.'Donald J. Trump: 'You know I'm getting tired of Fox News, and I can't accept interviews with fake news anymore. I t… Read More
Will this time be different, or will Parkland just be one more line in the endless list of mass shootings silenced by Amerika's almighty gun lobby?What's most different so far, beyond the po… Read More
Devin Nunes proves, once again with the help of Paul Ryan, that he would do anything to defend Donald Trump and torpedo the Russia Probe. And just like last year, his fellow GOP lawmakers s… Read More
White House physician Dr. Ronny Jackson, who tested Donald Trump for 4 hours on Friday, said that the POTUS should lose 10 to 15 pounds over the next year, but also that "there’s no in… Read More
Below, a list of blogules spilled over the year 2017. A far cry from the heyday, but I post way more often on Twitter (@stephanemot, @theseoulvillage...).NB : for the comprehensive lists of… Read More
It's that time of the year, and for the 20th time*, I have no choice but to wish you a happy next year, considering what's going to happen in 2018:January 2018:Full mailbox for Donald Trum… Read More
Donna Brazile's revelations* didn't come as a surprise. Everybody knew that the Clintons sank the party they helped reform a quarter of a century earlier. Well we knew for the political part… Read More
Here we are again, on the eve of massive asset bubbles purges. And as always (see for instance "Mondialisation : du "free market" au "fair market" - 20070726, "This is not a financial crisis… Read More
Everybody knows that Donald Trump, obstructing justice in plain sight and tweets, tries to get rid of Robert Mueller and the Russia investigation he brought upon himself.Everybody knows that… Read More
France votes tomorrow. I will vote against Marine Le Pen, because France and democracy must be protected from the most dangerous impostors. I will vote for Emmanuel Macron, b… Read More
This White House Correspondents' Dinner started on a weird note, and not just because of that 'elephant not in the room', who left his usual personal swamps (WH, Mar-a-Lago) for PA*.Jeff Mas… Read More
Imagine just for one second the reaction of GOP lawmakers if we replaced in the news Donald Trump, Jared Kushner, and Devin Nunes with Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, and Adam Schiff. Eve… Read More
Below, a list of blogules spilled over the year 2016. A far cry from the heyday, but I post way more often on Twitter (@stephanemot, @theseoulvillage...).NB : for the comprehensive lists of… Read More
Barack Obama's farewell speech echoed his inaugural address, and that powerful 'we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals'*. If 44 didn't always honor this beautiful pr… Read More
It's that time of the year, and for the 18th time*, I have no choice but to wish you a happy next year, considering what's going to happen in 2017:January 2017:On the 20th, Vladimir Putin… Read More
Election Night 2016 turned out to be a dud, suspense-wise. And a 8,978 gigaton nuclear bomb otherwise.Donald J. Trump will nominate at least the next two (sorry Ruth) Supreme Court Justices… Read More
One of the things the Donald Trump campaign has in common with George W. Bush's is the way their propaganda systematically inverts accusations.- Hillary Clinton is a crook: Trump University… Read More
ICYMI, Donald Trump's Twitter timeline during his first 'Presidential' Debate with Hillary Clinton:I'm GOOD. This audience is AWESOME, Lester Holt is a peach - love this mike.Look at Crooked… Read More
If Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are equally disliked for their characters, it seems that more and more Americans are starting to feel less and less comfortable with the latter blend.And… Read More
Japan just voted for its Peacexit - or is it Democracexit? After securing a 2/3 majority in the House of Councillors, Shinzo Abe is getting closer to his lifetime dream: undoing the nation's… Read More
History will remember the first time a POTUS and a Japanese PM stood together in Hiroshima more than they empty words.Hiroshima mon amourAs expected, Shinzo Abe delivered one of his trademar… Read More
The "New York" songs played ahead of tonight's victory speeches? A cunning old mobster for Donald Trump (Frank Sinatra), a smart young African American for Hillary Clinton (Alicia Keys).&nb&hell…Read More
Obama's back from Europe, where he managed to score rare photo ops: with Pope Francis in Rome, and with the Shinzo Ehud Abe - Park Yasser Geun-hye duet in The Hague (see "The Tripartite Summ… Read More
As you may have noticed, I've been posting fewer blogules since I joined Twitter, and I'm only using @blogules for alerts about new posts. If you want to stay tuned, follow my two main accou… Read More
Below, a list of blogules spilled over the year 2013. NB : for the comprehensive lists of blogules (2003 - to date), go to the bottom of this post or to the blogules transfusion center.2013… Read More
Below, a list of blogules spilled over the year 2012. NB : for the comprehensive lists of blogules (2003 - to date), go to the bottom of this post or to the blogules transfusion center.201… Read More
After 2004, 2008, and 2012*, I have to post a blogule about the implosion of The Republican Party on an election year. This time, I come after all mainstream media, who've been paying more a… Read More
Below, a list of blogules spilled over the year 2015. NB : for the comprehensive lists of blogules (2003 - to date), go to the bottom of this post or to the blogules transfusion center.. "Ha… Read More
It's that time of the year, and for the 16th time*, I have no choice but to wish you a happy next year, considering what's going to happen in 2016:January 2016: China devaluates its s… Read More
I knew it! SHCOMP or NASDAQ are not stock exchange index symbols, but onomatopoeia invented by the late Don Martin:blogules 2015Since 2003, nonsensical posts about noncritical issues in none… Read More
This from the Trump Campaign: "Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is… Read More
Following Friday's attacks, I posted this image of Paris from my mobile phone:That's a simple map of my hometown, with its motto in Latin.'Fluctuat nec mergitur' means that even when tossed… Read More
After CNBC's controversial show, the GOP now leads Dems 3-1 in presidential debates.This time, Jeb Bush seems to have lost big time, and against his most direct rival Marco Rubio, who confir… Read More
These days, I usually have Trump for breakfast, courtesy CNN. Seoul time is perfect to enjoy primary debates (that, at times, look and sound like debates between primates), and the daily dos… Read More
HRC is obviously trying to roll the clock back to early 2008, when she found her voice by shedding a tear. But this time again, it seems too late in the game, and not that sincere.As announc… Read More
Today, Jon Stewart left The Daily Show to join the Academy Award trail - fare well Maestro! A dozen people embracing Jon Stewart in a big hug, what a contrast with the GOP Debate podium!Now… Read More
Since last May (see "ABH Corpus"), more candidates have joined the race. No surprise, except maybe for George Pataki, a serious contender for VP who didn't have to show up that early. As exp… Read More
Even if many heavyweights are taking their time, the 2016 race is considerably more crowded than when Ted Cruz launched / torpedoed his own campaign (see "2016 - Recyclable Expendables").By… Read More
Ted Cruz and his wife launched this stand up comedy season: Heidi's Goldman Sachs story and Ted's Obamacare flip-flop set the bar relatively high.as a friend put it, Heidi makes serious doug… Read More
Here's a small gift for you: 'Guisin-dong', a short fiction I wrote a couple of years ago (part of my collection of Seoul 'dragedies' in English). Frankly, you don't want to visit Guisi… Read More
Je Suis Charlie.Well. Actually, I'm rather Canard Enchaîné than Charlie Hebdo (I only purchased once a copy of the latter, about thirty years ago), but that doesn't matter. They… Read More
Below, a list of blogules spilled over the year 2014. NB : for the comprehensive lists of blogules (2003 - to date), go to the bottom of this post or to the blogules transfusion center. … Read More
It's that time of the year, and for the 14th time*, I have no choice but to wish you a happy next year, considering what's going to happen in 2015:January 2015: First YouTube video to… Read More
On December 14, Japan will probably give the LDP four more years to rule. More than enough for Shinzo Abe to fulfill his dream of destroying post-war Japan (see "It's the democracy, stupid")… Read More
Mitch McConnell - conservatism won vs. changeWhen America last voted in 2012, Obama was confirmed, and the Democratic lead in the Senate strengthened, but the gap in the House of Representat… Read More
The Clinton Presidential Center will soon release new batches of Presidential Records. Here's an exclusive preview, for your eyes only - transcripts from phone conversation recorded during h… Read More
A great classic, the pounding of Gaza on a US election year*. But this time, Benjamin Netanyahu went too far too early, losing critical support at a critical moment. Of course he didn't get… Read More
Again, the end of Iraq was sealed in 2003 with the invasion led by the Theocon-Neocon duet Bush-Cheney (as usual, from my 7-year-old "Universal Declaration of Independence From Fundamentalis… Read More
France's extreme right party Front National claimed almost 25% of the votes at the European election, finishing for the first time as the first party in the country, four points ahead of the… Read More
The East West Center, an education and research center established by the US Congress in 1960, just published my piece "Obama’s Visit to Korea: An Unwavering US-ROK Alliance Amidst Reg… Read More
I grew up with Marvel comics, and always found Captain America one of their most boring characters, a Wartime Superman only good at kicking foreign ass. Frankly, this poster won't help me ch… Read More