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27 Apr 2020, 11:05 am

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I think Dear Leader may be a bit confused (or just plain ignorant), as there is no "Noble" Prize for Journalism.

There isn't even any such thing as a "Noble" prize -- it's actually "Nobel"

When Alfred Nobel signed his will in 1895, he specified that the bulk of his estate be spent on awarding prizes for those who made significant contributions in one of five fields.  These fields are chemistry, physics, medicine, literature and peace.

A sixth Nobel Prize was created in 1969 in the field of economics. This award is not technically a Nobel Prize because the Bank of Sweden finances funds for the award.  However, some of the committee nominating and selecting a winner in mathematics have ties to other committees that grant the Prize to those in other science branches.

Maybe Dear Leader was thinking (and I use the term loosely) of the Pulitzer prize ... ?



He was likely thinking that the prize gives you a title of nobility, much like royalty. He wants to be king, so winning the noble award sounds good to him. Truly sad that we have come to this.

I have personally met three Nobel laureates, two in chemistry and one in physics. One of my research advisors was trained by one when he was in grad school at MIT. They were true geniuses who worked hard to achieve what they did. They did not spend all of their time ranting on twitter or golfing to get their “work” done. If he wants to win the prize, maybe he should try their route.



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27 Apr 2020, 11:10 am

Well...

at least he hasn't started talking to birds yet!



On the other hand if Trump were to claim that say...Ronald Reagan.... were talking to him through a chickadee it might help with his base. Pence is always crediting Trump with channeling Reagan.



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27 Apr 2020, 11:17 am

^ I thought channeling the dead was a big biblical no-no?
One of the naughties King Saul is meant to have got up to with the Witch of Endor...



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27 Apr 2020, 11:25 am

Karamazov wrote:
^ I thought channeling the dead was a big biblical no-no?  One of the naughties King Saul is meant to have got up to with the Witch of Endor...
Oh, but didn't you know?  Nothing is a sin if an Evangelical Christian does it!

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I take that back, Lord!  It was just sarcasm!



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27 Apr 2020, 12:28 pm

^ ah, yes: how silly of me!
Must remember that although the ranter movement ended centuries ago the spirit of ranterism lives on. :doh:



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27 Apr 2020, 2:27 pm

Fnord wrote:
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The man is bat s**t crazy.
That's an insult to s**t-producing bats everywhere!

:wink:

He doesn’t even produce good guano.


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27 Apr 2020, 2:30 pm

The guy in that video is speaking Spanish ? so no idea what he is saying, but he is definitely talking to the people sitting beside him and the cameraman, not birds.


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27 Apr 2020, 2:35 pm

^ the man is Nicholas Maduro: currently dictator of Venezuela.
I think an opportunity to take the mick out of both him and Trump simultaneously was taken.



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27 Apr 2020, 2:39 pm

Misslizard wrote:
Fnord wrote:
Misslizard wrote:
The man is bat s**t crazy.
That's an insult to s**t-producing bats everywhere!
He doesn’t even produce good guano.
He does, but only when he speaks.



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27 Apr 2020, 2:42 pm

Aah. 8)


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