WORDS OF PEACE: Selections from the Speeches of the Winners of the Nobel Peace Prize 1901-2007 (Newmarket Words Of...)
Theodore's World (Free subscription) | yesterday
Obama doing his martial arts moves ~ OMG help us all! Hey Obama, you just broke your 4th metacarpal and/or sprained your wrist. Of course, this assumes you have enough power to actually break a bone in your hand....
I Luv SA (Free subscription) | yesterday
At what point will The Arrogant One realise that all this false fawnery and "good lil' nigra" head patting BS is just that, BS? Or is he so used to riding the affirmative action wave that he believes he deserves all the adulation? Even President Obama himself during his just-concluded trip to Asia admitted that he was surprised to receive the Nobel Peace Prize earlier this year without actually...
- Are You Riled Up? - (Free subscription) | yesterday
It was really a surprise to hear that President Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize . Just as he said, I did not even know that he was nominated. And I think the way that he has dealt with winning the Prize has been incredible. …More
American Presidents Blog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The most recent presidential Nobel Prize winner is Jimmy Carter , who won it in 2002, well after his presidency. Carter was awarded this honor for his decades of work for international peace: The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2002 to Jimmy Carter, for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy...
- Are You Riled Up? - (Free subscription) | yesterday
And lately, a fierce new argument has been engaged in the fragile household of the international community: should Barack Obama have won the Nobel Peace Prize ? The President of the United States being rewarded for “his extraordinary …Click Here
baithak (Free subscription) | yesterday
Writing About Pakistan, but ‘No Beards, No Bombs’ - As announcers urged the crowd at the National Book Awards party to take their dinner seats, Daniyal Mueenuddin , the Pakistani-American author of “In Other Rooms, Other Wonders,” hung back to chat briefly about his work and the wonder of being nominated for a prestigious literary award. “What it feels is a little premature,”...
- Are You Riled Up? - (Free subscription) | yesterday
Percentage of independents who approve of President Barack Obama , who made history, is sort of God according to one Newsweek editor, won the Nobel Peace Prize , and continuing efforts to heal the sick and prevent the oceans from rising: …This Post
BlueOregon (Free subscription) | yesterday
In what may become known as a key turning point for the Bill Bradbury's gubernatorial campaign, Vice President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore announced his endorsement of Bradbury at this morning's sold out fundraiser at the Left Bank. While it was no secret Gore was supportive of Bradbury's campaign, this morning's unequivocal endorsement was icing on the cake and thrilling to those of us in...
- Are You Riled Up? - (Free subscription) | yesterday
… to have the federal government take over the health care sector. Some pro-life Catholics reacted with shock to the news that the Vatican warmly greeted the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama, who is pro-abortion. …This Blog
Asian Gazette (Free subscription) | yesterday
[pba] A special committee of the U.N. General Assembly condemned North Korea and Burma on Thursday for what it said were widespread human rights violations in the two Asian countries. The 192-nation General Assembly's Third Committee, which focuses on human rights issues, approved a resolution on North Korea 97-19 with 65 abstentions. A similar resolution on Burma (Myanmar) passed 92-26 with 65 abstentions....
Top Stories from Newser (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
This has gone too far. First President Obama gets the Nobel Peace Prize “without actually producing any peace,” writes Andrew Malcolm. Now the South Korean president has awarded him a black belt in tae kwon do “after zero long years of study. What would Chuck Norris do?” Malcolm wonders in...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
When President Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the Nobel Committee explained that he "has created a new climate in international politics...Dialogue and negotiations...
The Paradigm Shift (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Here is shoemoney’s post. I never invested a dime into blitzlocal. I invested a small amount of money in a company that was building websites for charities, including the guy who won the nobel peace prize. The company went under, and somehow my shares transfered to blizlocal, although no one elses did. I’ve never talked to anyone [...]
Ridenbaugh Press (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Linus Torvalds Former Vice President Al Gore’s visit to Portland today and tomorrow has prompted some Nobel Peace Prize thoughts, and in Oregon the idea of nominating a Northwesterner. The prospect shot around the Portland-area Linux circles (drawing some debate as well as approval as it did), starting with this email from Keith Lofstrom: Since the Nobel [...]
A Skewed View (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Al Gore, Nobel Peace Prize winner and science prodigy, presented credible evidence about how hot the earth is while explaining the finer points of geothermal energy. The cerebral and scientific savant Al Gore effused: It definitely is, and it’s a relatively new one. People think about geothermal energy – when they think about it at all [...]
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