where moles are king

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As the deaths in the Syrian civil war continue to mount, as the economic tribulations of the world continue to mangle those who did not benefit from fiscal legerdemain, and as the gimme-more of Christmas approaches ....

Jerome Dormion, molecatcher

Still there is the royal molecatcher, Jerome Dormion.

I'm known as the king's molecatcher because Versailles is still the palace. ... The king might be gone, but the palace still has moles, loads of them. ... Which is good, as it keeps me in work!

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.