Nobel Peace Prize

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Thanks to tabloidization – a concept rapidly integrating into even quality mainstream media – you’ve probably heard that Donald Trump has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize 2016.
Well, that prize has been thrown out to so many who didn’t qualify according to Alfred Nobel’s will – not even with a very liberal interpretation.
But there are two things you may not have seen which have very far-reaching implications and are much more newsworthy.
Court case against the Nobel Foundation

Early this morning in Moscow, a 30-foot flag featuring Barack Obama was raised to the top floor of a building across from the U.S. Embassy. In blood red letters, the word “KILLER” is stamped beneath the face of the president.
The post Russians Pay Tribute to America’s Favorite Nobel Peace Prize Winner appeared first on BSNEWS.

US threatens further naval incursions despite furious reaction from China
— Guardian

A group of peace negotiators has won the Nobel Peace Prize for its role in preserving the Tunisian Revolution. That 2011 event kicked off the wave of uprisings known as the Arab Spring. The Tunisian Revolution is widely seen as the one bright spot of the Arab Spring, which has otherwise brought war, tyranny, and chaos to […]

A quartet of peace negotiators has won the Nobel Peace Prize for its role in preserving the Tunisian Revolution. That 2011 event kicked off the wave of uprisings known as the Arab Spring. The Tunisian Revolution is widely seen as the one bright spot of the Arab Spring, which has otherwise brought war, tyranny, and chaos to every country it has touched.
But that should not be considered a mark against popular sovereignty itself. It was outside interference from the U.S. empire that poisoned the Arab Spring and turned it into a catastrophe.

Here's why.The post Tunisian Nobel Peace Prize an Indictment of US Intervention in the Arab Spring appeared first on The Anti-Media.

By Dan Sanchez | ANTIMEDIA | October 6, 2015 US/NATO planes bombed a hospital operated by Doctors Without Borders in Afghanistan on Saturday. The attack lasted an hour, and continued even after medics “frantically phoned NATO and Washington” to tell them what they were bombing. It was no use. The attackers already knew full well what […]

Sadly, this isn't the first time an American Nobel Peace Prize winner has bombed another one.The post That Awkward Moment When One Nobel Peace Prize Winner Bombs Another appeared first on The Anti-Media.