Nobel Peace Prize
DCCC chair: Our 2012 agenda will be making Pelosi Speaker again
Hot Air - 58mins ago
The reknowned political satirist Tom Lehrer once declared that Henry Kissinger’s Nobel Peace Prize in 1973 made political satire redundant. After reading about the DCCC’s new strategy to win back the House in 2012, I must admit…
Read more >>Laura Bush speaks by phone to Suu Kyi
The Daily Caller - 17th Dec 2010DALLAS (AP) — Former U.S. First Lady Laura Bush says she has spoken by phone with Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and that Suu Kyi sounds strong after her release last month after more than seven years of House Arrest. …
Read more >>Pelosi Attends Nobel Ceremony for Jailed Chinese Peace Price Winner
Washington Wire - 10th Dec 2010
By Patrick O'Connor In one of her last official acts as speaker of the House, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) traveled to Oslo, Norway, to attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony for a jailed Chinese human-rights Activist. The outgoing speaker made …
Read more >>Russian government: Hey, let's give Wikileaks' Julian Assange the Nobel Prize!
Washington Examiner - 9th Dec 2010Russian government: Hey, let's give Wikileaks' Julian Assange the Nobel Peace Prize! Did Putin really take that much umbrage over the 'Batman and Robin' crack? It looks like it: "Public and non-governmental organisations should think of how to hel…
Read more >>The night Chris Matthews told the truth
Washington Examiner - 9th Dec 2010Blogger Don Surber presents us with this illustrated transcript of Barbara Boxer's recent appearence on Hardball. I'm not sure, but think he might be paraphrasing a bit: Russian government: Hey, let's give Wikileaks' Julian Assange the N…
Read more >>House passes resolution honoring Chinese Nobel winner
The Hill - 8th Dec 2010The House passed a resolution Wednesday honoring Chinese Democracy advocate and Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, even as China cracked down on Dissidents two days before the Nobel ceremony in Oslo. The resolution introduced by Rep. Chris Smi…
Read more >>US lawmakers to honor Nobel Peace laureate
Breitbart - 6th Dec 2010The US House of Representatives could vote as early as Tuesday on a resolution honoring Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo's push for democratic reforms in China and urging Beijing to free him. The non-binding measure, crafted by Republican Repr…
Read more >>Pachauri Debunks Myth Of IPCC As Money-Hungry Bureaucracy
Wonk Room - 4th Dec 2010
Pachauri Debunks Myth Of IPCC As Money-Hungry Bureaucracy The Wonk Room is reporting and tweeting live from the international climate talks in Cancun, Mexico. Right-wing opponents of climate action such as Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) and Koch Indust…
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