Trump nominated for Nobel Peace Prize by Norwegian official, citing Israel-UAE peace deal

[Burnt Reynolds 5,058]

2 hours ago, Divided States said:

Working so hard to achieve a peace deal while committing a century crime on the Americans which costs tons of lives, Nobel Peace Prize? Sounds about right.

Words of the week:

- Century crime 

- Negligent genocide 

 

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[Divided States 33]

1 hour ago, Boiler said:

i think it was a reference to Obama. He was awarded the prize.

 

Which is a very well-deserved one.

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

19 minutes ago, Burnt Reynolds said:

Words of the week:

- Century crime 

- Negligent genocide 

 

😍

My Voka Bullary is getting gooder, thanks to NB's CHEST!!

 

Edited September 11, 2020 by Voice of Reason

[Divided States 33]

Trump can still get the prize though, behind bars.

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

1 minute ago, Divided States said:

 

Which is a very well-deserved one.

Something for nothing participation trophy?  Yes, the younger generations are being brought up on that concept.

 

 

Just now, Divided States said:

Trump can still get the prize though, behind bars.

The only bars Trump will be behind are the ones on his mansion windows.  Can't send a person to prison without a conviction, it's a new thing for 2020.

[Burnt Reynolds 5,058]

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The Atlantic calls to 'end the Nobel Peace Prize' following Trump nominations

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'Peace had its chance, and blew it,' reads the tagline of the article

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The Atlantic magazine raised eyebrows on Friday when it published a piece calling for the abolition of the Nobel Peace Prize after President Trump was nominated for the prestigious honor.

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"If Trump wins the prize, it will be the fourth Nobel awarded for peace between Israel and its neighbors," wrote Atlantic staff writer Graeme Wood. "That will make Arab-Israeli peace mediators more successful at charming the Nobel Committee than the International Committee of the Red Cross, which has won three times in the prize’s 120-year history, but still less successful than my favorite, which is no one at all.

"Giving the peace prize to no one at all is a tradition the Nobel Committee should revive, perhaps on a permanent basis," Wood added. "The record of achievement of the peace laureates is so spotty, and the rationales for their awards so eclectic, that the committee should take a long break to consider whether peace is a category coherent enough to be worth recognizing. Peace had its chance, and blew it. The Trump nomination ... helps show why."

 

https://www.foxnews.com/media/the-atlantic-end-nobel-peace-prize-trump

 

Warmongering neocons and neoliberals are apparently done with peace.. which is a shock to absolutely nobody. 

Edited September 12, 2020 by Burnt Reynolds

[laylalex 7,252]

It's worth reading the entire Atlantic article if you haven't already. (I did earlier today.) It puts into context why the Peace Prize is a bit of a joke -- Henry Kissinger? Woodrow Wilson? Obama before he did anything as president? It makes the point that the Peace Prize is arguably the most subjective of the Nobels, and has been for years, with so many people nominated that really weren't deserving of a nomination (I say this without addressing whether or not Trump "deserves" a nomination or two). When you look at lists of who won the various scientific or even Literature or Economics prizes, most people can say, yeah, okay, that was a real achievement. But the Peace Prize nominations (when we know who was nominated -- the nominations are not officially released until 50 years after the prize awarded) and winners are ones that leave some people scratching heads.

 

[Boiler 43,592]

To be fair as much as Trump is obnoxious he has done much more than Obama did in 8 years to justify it.

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,319]

11 hours ago, laylalex said:

It's worth reading the entire Atlantic article if you haven't already. (I did earlier today.) It puts into context why the Peace Prize is a bit of a joke -- Henry Kissinger? Woodrow Wilson? Obama before he did anything as president? It makes the point that the Peace Prize is arguably the most subjective of the Nobels, and has been for years, with so many people nominated that really weren't deserving of a nomination (I say this without addressing whether or not Trump "deserves" a nomination or two). When you look at lists of who won the various scientific or even Literature or Economics prizes, most people can say, yeah, okay, that was a real achievement. But the Peace Prize nominations (when we know who was nominated -- the nominations are not officially released until 50 years after the prize awarded) and winners are ones that leave some people scratching heads.

 

and Gore winning might have been the biggest Joke of all

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The Committee has attached special importance to Obama’s vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons.

Obama has as President created a new climate in international politics.

 

Multilateral diplomacy has regained a central position, with emphasis on the role that the United Nations and other international institutions can play. Dialogue and negotiations are preferred as instruments for resolving even the most difficult international conflicts. The vision of a world free from nuclear arms has powerfully stimulated disarmament and arms control negotiations. Thanks to Obama’s initiative, the USA is now playing a more constructive role in meeting the great climatic challenges the world is confronting. Democracy and human rights are to be strengthened.

 

Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world’s attention and given its people hope for a better future. His diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world’s population.

 

For 108 years, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has sought to stimulate precisely that international policy and those attitudes for which Obama is now the world’s leading spokesman. The Committee endorses Obama’s appeal that “Now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility for a global response to global challenges.”

Oslo, October 9, 2009

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On 9/11/2020 at 10:48 PM, laylalex said:

It's worth reading the entire Atlantic article if you haven't already. (I did earlier today.) It puts into context why the Peace Prize is a bit of a joke -- Henry Kissinger? Woodrow Wilson? Obama before he did anything as president? It makes the point that the Peace Prize is arguably the most subjective of the Nobels, and has been for years, with so many people nominated that really weren't deserving of a nomination (I say this without addressing whether or not Trump "deserves" a nomination or two). When you look at lists of who won the various scientific or even Literature or Economics prizes, most people can say, yeah, okay, that was a real achievement. But the Peace Prize nominations (when we know who was nominated -- the nominations are not officially released until 50 years after the prize awarded) and winners are ones that leave some people scratching heads.

 

I actually agree with this.  All these awards be it a Nobel, Pulitzer, Oscar, etc., they are all meaningless.

On 9/11/2020 at 7:52 PM, Divided States said:

 

Which is a very well-deserved one.

 

Thanks for the laugh.

[Just Paul 4,591]

Trump was nominated for 2 Emmys.  The gift bag for that is much better than the gift bag for the Nobel Peace Prize.