Nobel Lit

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...?