People do not make wars; governments do.
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OK, quit laughing. Paul Krugman, the guy who won a Nobel prize for economics for criticizing George Bush ad nauseum, still lives on that one trick. Citing a laundry list of bizarre claims, he criticizes Bush even though Bush had nothing to do with any of the issues. But, the issues are complex and many. [...]
This was the source of some discussion this morning: Some speculated it was something peaceful, like the large hadron collider creating the black hole that would engulf Earth and obliterate our existance in such a way no alien life form would ever know we existed. However, since there are particules that come from the [...]
No one has ever been stripped of a Nobel Prize, because this is actually specifically forbidden by the organization which administers the Nobel Prizes. According to the Nobel Foundation, “no appeals may be made against the decision of a prize-awarding body with regard to the award of a prize,” and no prizes can be revoked [...]
President Obama won a Nobel Peace Prize. Although some are scratching their heads over why, I’m not. It’s quite obvious and the Nobel peeps even said why: “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples” Some were somewhat dubious of his accomplishments: “Frankly to be nominated after he has been in [...]
Al Gore got his Nobel. I knew he would. Pandering to the latest craze with glitz and high-production costs usually gets the headlines. The Nobel committee are no different. The award named for the man that has led to more man-made deaths on Earth going to a man for making an obviously flawed movie recommending [...]
