Friday, October 12, 2012

(OT) Friday Humor: European Union Wins Nobel Peace Prize

Peace? In Europe?






From Reuters (10/12/2012):































Maju said...

I think that the Nobel Peace Prize lost all its credibility when it was given to Obama three years ago. Just after he, as elect President totally shrugged off in silence the Zionist genocidal attacks against Gaza Strip (for example).

At that time one could say it had degenerated into a popularity prize but the EU? It's not even popular anymore, sorry.

The other Nobels may still be respectable but the Peace Prize has no credibility anymore. It is an ugly joke.

Next? I'd propose the inventors of the Cold War deterrence, the so-called M.A.D. theory, or the NATO troops in Afghanistan or, why not, Japanese Super-Minister Edano for his important contributions to the peace of mind of Japanese victims of Fukushima nuclear accident by denying all facts.

arclight said...

does that mean tony blairs recent bid for the kazahkstan (think Semey polygon and eugenics :( ) dictator is off?

i would like to have seen the shortlist for the prize! lol!

and thank you admin for annoying the wall street pust (no typo)

well done!

follow the link to for a japanese uk link to the soma high school video

Anonymous said...

Nobel Peace Prize has been a joke for a long time.

Awards in general are a joke. Every personal experience I've had with education was filled with sexist racists lavishing attention and awards upon their favorite people, regardless of their talent or skill, whilst ignoring everyone who could have made a significant contribution and improvement to society.

Anonymous said...

The Nobel prize was a feeble attempt by Alfred Nobel to assuage his guilt over an invention he claimed would make war too terrible to contemplate. This prize now allows the world to assuage their guilt over a myriad of issues without actually addressing them.

Mohamed ElBaradei of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) won the Peace prize in 2005?!?

"The Nobel Peace Prize 2005 was awarded jointly to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Mohamed ElBaradei "for their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way"

WFT! IAEA safeguards didn't stop Pakistan, India, North Korea, Israel or Iran from doing as they pleased yet they get accolades for doing a "heck of a job".

Anonymous said...

What is so funny?
EU is huge success despite the crisis.
And why you use a German domain?
Who are you? What are you?
Neo-Liberal Anti Nuke Freak?

Anonymous said...

Anon above, how much are you paid to post crap like that? 50 cents? 50 yen?

Anonymous said...

Yeah the EU is "such a huge success that the Euro is poised to collapse into the dust bin of history. I'm sure there are plenty of people in Greece, Ireland and Spain that would beat Anon 12:51 into a pile of goo over his deeply flawed opinion.


"Economics: the failure of European monetary union has been abject".


When he was leader of the Conservative party, William Hague once likened membership of the euro to being trapped in a burning building with no fire exit. It was an apt description, as young people in Greece would testify: in a country that has already contracted by more than Germany did during the Great Depression, the jobless rate for Greeks under 25 is 55%."

Success? you mean more like SUCKFEST, right?

Maju said...

Regardless on whether the EU is a success or not, an entity, a quasi-state that is dooming its citizens (we do have EU citizenship, mind you, giving some rights) to death under a bridge is a failed quasi-state and/or a criminal entity.

I'm for the latter: the EU is a criminal entity under the control of the global banksters dedicated in these days to destroy the lives of its worker-citizens in the short-term benefit of an already ultra-wealthy financial oligarchy.

You should not give a prestigious Peace Prize to a criminal entity dedicated to rob the poor to give to the rich. You should not give a prestigious Peace Prize to the infamous Sheriff of Nottingham.

If you do, you are obviously corrupt, at deep fault, something we already saw with Obama's wholly undeserved prize. Or the one given to Johnson-Shirleaf (another neo-liberal lackey of banksters). In general the Nobel Peace Prize is being more and more given to those in power, often without any merit and lots of demerits.

That's why I propose Edano... just another cruel joke.

Maju said...

Also, as some have mentioned EU's "success", I can't but recommend this hilarious and informative short video titled "Great Latvia Success Story":

Success! :D

Anonymous said...


Why you post this on a maybe Neo-liberal site.
(check his post about us economy)
Just like I have asked, Ex-Skf is apparently against Nuke, but pro Neo-liberal/Neocon ideas.
Pretty crass contradiction. But strange things happen.
In the End it doen't matter if you are from the far left (but never were a worker!) or are a Neocon, only the Neocon is making money from other people and the Leftie has to beg for my 50 cent to go in his tinfoil hat.

Maju said...

I basically follow this blog for the information on Fukushima catastrophe, which is very good.

I agree that he sounds neoliberal but he allows free speech so it's ok. It's like Falafel... I mean Faragel, I would never vote for him and his proposed policies seem nefarious and dogmatic but now and then out of merely just being critical he manages to say something that makes sense.

Anonymous said...

I'm against all labelling. I don't follow anyone or any of their personal ideals. I don't lean towards any side. The specifics are what's important.

One should always be prepared to take the best path available, and not constrain themselves to social groups.

Anonymous said...

...continuation from above.

Figureheads like Obama and Romney are the worst. They claim they're for and against this or that, but they constantly flip sides when nobody's looking.

It's their job to say things that push the right buttons in your head and heart. They're obviously not there to champion for any ideals.

Australia's current PM is a good example. The woman backstabbed her "friend" the previous PM, constantly lies, supposedly hates men and children, and is now using the "misogyny" card to defend against any criticism.

I don't know a single person that doesn't hate her, but the misogyny card ignited world-wide support for her, cheering her on as a champion for women and feminism. They forget that she's also strong supporter of a guy at the heart of a scandal involving mistreatment of women.

She's not in it for women. She's in it for herself. They all are. And they'll use whatever excuse they can that gets all those forgetful small-minded people to support them.

Anonymous said...

I am no admirer of the EU or its institutions, but when I hear of Nick Farage and EUKIP, and their like, I can't help thinking of the film "The Ruling Class" and the character Jack Gurney, 14th Earl of Gurney, played by Peter O'Toole:

Anonymous said...

thanks for sharing.

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