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Nobel Announces Winner of Renamed-Desert Prize
highclearing.com — I like to think that all people of good will, no matter our opinions on health-insurance reform, a second stimulus or cap-and-trade legislation, can agree that awarding the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize to Barack Obama is one of the bigger fucking absurd ... (more) Nobel Announces Winner of Renamed-Desert Prize
Obama Should Decline The Prize on Principle
reason.com — Congrats to President Barack Obama on being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize , which everyone in the world, with the exception of the committee that decides the award, basically agrees is undeserved . And in fact, must be a total headache for ... (more) Obama Should Decline The Prize on Principle
Nobel Prize: Weight Around Obama’s Neck?
Nobel Prize: Weight Around Obama’s Neck?
themoderatevoice.com — US president Barack Obama’s predicament (on hearing about Nobel Peace Prize) seems similar to that of a dashing man who comes face-to-face with a fawning socialite in public who gushes: “Darling I love you from the bottom of my heart.” The media is having a field day ... (more) Nobel Prize: Weight Around Obama’s Neck?
War and peace prizes | Howard Zinn | Comment is free
guardian.co.uk — Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger Nobel peace prize winer Henry Kissinger (right) with Richard Nixon. Photograph: AP (more) War and peace prizes | Howard Zinn | Comment is free
The Washington Post's Nobel Fetish
politics.theatlantic.com — My colleague, James Fallows, made an excellent point about The Washington Post 's op-ed lamenting that the Nobel peace prize didn't go to the martyred Iranian protestor. He noted that the award can't be given posthumously and thus never went to Gandhi ... (more) The Washington Post's Nobel Fetish
Matt Taibbi - Taibblog – There’s always room for Goldman Sachs (at the SEC)
trueslant.com — Say, did this guy win the Nobel Peace Prize too? I’m getting soooo confused lately. Gee whiz, I remember when they used to hire real criminal masterminds at the SEC (Joseph Kennedy) and real guys of integrity (William Douglas, Landes), whatever became ... (more) Matt Taibbi - Taibblog – There’s always ...