The Rear Ends Justify Their Meanness
Fake but accurate
This is too rich for my carburetor:
The scientist behind the bogus claim in a Nobel Prize-winning UN report that Himalayan glaciers will have melted by 2035 last night admitted it was included purely to put political pressure on world leaders.
Dr Murari Lal also said he was well aware the statement, in the 2007 [...]
Honoring Scientists and Engineers
We hear a lot about Nobel Prize-winning scientists, and there are kudos galore for those august winners of the National Medal of Science and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, such as those honored by President Obama in October. But where do these great innovators come from? How did they get to their vaunted [...]
President Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize speech was an eloquent … - Cleveland Plain Dealer
President Barack Obama’s speech in Oslo Thursday may not have been what the Norwegian parliamentarians had in mind when they selected him for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. But as a meditation on the conflict between idealism and reality as seen by …
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Nobel award in hand, Obama…
With a Nobel Peace Prize in hand, President Barack Obama is returning to the grind of governing, refocusing on his top domestic priority as the Senate moves toward a pivotal moment on legislation to remake the nation’s health care system.
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A Quick Visit to the U.S. Embassy in Norway
After accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, the President and First Lady Michelle Obama made sure to stop by the U.S. Embassy, where they greeted a group of excited staffers. The informal meeting between the President and Embassy workers was followed by a trip to the airport in the presidential motorcade where they boarded [...]
Barack Obama accepts Nobel Peace Prize with defence of war - Times Online
President Barack Obama today accepted his Nobel Peace Prize saying that it is sometimes necessary to go to war. He opened his speech by acknowledging the controversy over the choice of a wartime president and saying he reserved the right to take …
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