The Nobel prize in Politics Literature has been awarded to Herta Müller "who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed."
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Dave: I see that President Obama just won the Nobel Peace Prize "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."
What WERE these people thinking?
If I give some speeches about a DREAM to eradicate cancer, aids and malaria, do you think that I win the Nobel Prize in Medicine? Or do I need to get elected to be president too?
I think the key quantification is to be president after a cowboy...?