Russian activists deem Putin ‘worthy’ of Nobel Peace Prize

[tfcrew]

“The International Academy of Spiritual Unity and Cooperation of Nations had a good reason for proposing the candidature of our leader for the highest peacekeeping award,” Academy’s chief Georgy Trapeznikov said today at a media press conference in Moscow.

Read more: http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2013_10_01/Russian-activists-deem-Putin-worthy-of-Nobel-Peace-Prize-1378/

[Slumba]

He has started less wars and killed less innocent people (e.g. drones) than Obama, so why not?

[lordtiberius]

Putin has put his opponents in jail.  point O-nuts

[Shadow]

Putin has put his opponents in jail.  point O-nuts

What opponents does Putin have?

[Slumba]

Putin has put his opponents in jail.  point O-nuts

Ben Carson got audited by the IRS after he made remarks that "O" ffended Obama.  He was never audited before.

Gettin' droned might suck, whaddaya think?

[lordtiberius]

Forgot about Nannystate harassment IRS, EPA and using the full weight of the federal govt as your own chicago goon squad.  But years of your life though

It would suck but it wouldn't suck as much if I was not an American.  O-nuts draw

[lordtiberius]

How should we look at Putin?  He is no doubt a Russian patriot?  All honest men love their country.  But there are a lot of men and women that in jail and not a few that are dead for saying two words: "I disagree."  How should we interpret Navalny and the protests against his rule?  He does enjoy political support, but how should we view him?

[mendeleyev]

There is a part of me that just for a brief moment hopes he does win the Nobel prize. The idiots who awarded it previously to someone who had done nothing in his political career except vote "present" more often than not, revealed that the Nobel prize has fallen into a beauty contest and is today meaningless. To bestow it on someone who actually did something might bring that committee back to reality.

On the other hand, in the larger scope of things it would be a shame if he did. Not only have people died trying to keep peace in places like Chechnya, but the vast death toll and suffering from two more recent civil wars in that region would make such an award to be an insult on those Chechens and Ingush who died from those cruel wars.

[mendeleyev]

By Lela Gilbert for Fox News

Thanks to Facebook I watched the unforgettable clip of Jon Stewart’s touching interview with Malala Yousafzai this week on “The Daily Show” just this morning.

I was reminded of Malala’s story -- she became a well-known champion of women’s education as an eleven-year-old child in Pakistan, writing her own blog and demanding education for girls in her Swat Valley community.



Then almost exactly a year ago, she was rewarded for her efforts with a Taliban bullet to the head. For a few days her life hung in the balance. She survived, thanks to a gifted British medical team.

And now on Wednesday – sixteen-years-old and gracefully garbed in a sparkling orange veil – Malala left the irrepressible Jon Stewart speechless.
The audience couldn’t stop applauding.

We were all captivated. This amazing young woman was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. She had to win!

Only a few minutes after watching the clip, I got an email announcing the Nobel Norwegian Nobel Committee's decision: the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), located in The Hague, had been awarded the 2013 prize.

I’m pretty sure I wasn’t the only person whose first reaction was a disappointed shrug.

Really?

How could that brilliant, courageous Pakistani girl be overlooked in favor of some faceless, virtually anonymous agency?

Questions linger. While we can only speculate one can’t help but wonder if there is a political reason why the secretive Norwegian Nobel Committee turned a blind eye to this daring young woman, a target of radical Islamist terrorists?

Read the complete article by Lela Gilbert here.


Mendeleyev Note: Lela Gilbert is a journalist friend who is stationed in Jerusalem and a subscriber to the Mendeleyev Journal.

[Manny]

There is a part of me that just for a brief moment hopes he does win the Nobel prize.

He should have done. He has less blood on his hands than Obama.

[lordtiberius]

how anyone can support Vladimir Putin is beyond me . . .

[GQBlues]

Sure why not. Khaddafi, Gore (though not 'peace') and Obama got theirs, so why not Putin?

They all deserve it.