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Reply to Gimpyknee (Reply #11)

Fri Oct 10, 2025, 01:04 PM

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Nobody Wins the Nobel Peace Prize [View all] MineralMan Oct 2025 OP

From Wikipedia: Four US Presidents Have Received the Nobel Peace Prize MineralMan Oct 2025 #1

Jimmy Carter has been the best recipient of my lifetime... ananda Oct 2025 #23

Agreed! MineralMan Oct 2025 #24

He wanted it, he coveted it, and he was denied it. Then he lost it. Ketchup cleanup time! Blues Heron Oct 2025 #2

Mr. Webster disagrees with your definition of "win." Gore1FL Oct 2025 #3

I think you missed MineralMan's point. Gimpyknee Oct 2025 #11

Nope Torchlight Oct 2025 #12

If the word was used in the context of a Medal of Honor, it would be accepted and understood for what is Gore1FL Oct 2025 #14

I remember when the Academy Awards changed the wording to "... and the Oscar goes to..." QueerDuck Oct 2025 #4

Quite true. It's awarded, not won. It's not a competition, though doubtless Trump sees it that way. Ocelot II Oct 2025 #5

;-{) Goonch Oct 2025 #6

he lost Shellback Squid Oct 2025 #7

And he lost to (gasp) a WOMAN! GopherGal Oct 2025 #8

The best part is that he will LOSE 3 more times Bluetus Oct 2025 #15

Apart from the sheer waste of the award in that case. apparently there is a rule niyad Oct 2025 #22

That's a pity. I wonder if the Nobel people would make one exception Bluetus Oct 2025 #34

Nobody wins a Nobel Peace Prize Dave Id Oct 2025 #9

Trump wants the Nobel Peace Prize because Obama got one. It's part of Trump's sick need Gaugamela Oct 2025 #10

Very well put. twodogsbarking Oct 2025 #13

In 50 years we'll learn that Trump was not a nominee. Gimpyknee Oct 2025 #16

Cogent. Intelligent. Well-informed. Hekate Oct 2025 #17

Yassar Arafat was a previous recipient n/t MichMan Oct 2025 #18

And that has exactly what to do with the point of the OP? niyad Oct 2025 #20

Thank you. An important distinction. niyad Oct 2025 #19

It's much like His MAGAsty saying he always wanted to win a Purple Heart. MineralMan Oct 2025 #21

That one always puzzled me. It was as if he had no clue how one came niyad Oct 2025 #25

Truly, I don't think he actually knows. Or he has forgotten. MineralMan Oct 2025 #27

It is nevertheless a very common locution to "Win the Nobel Prize." NNadir Oct 2025 #26

As you note, we should take our cues from the Nobel Prize Committee. MineralMan Oct 2025 #28

William Faulkner was a writer too... NNadir Oct 2025 #33

Wonderful essay, MM. Totally Tunsie Oct 2025 #29

You're very kind to say so. MineralMan Oct 2025 #31

True Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2025 #30

Pretty much everything connected to trump is sickening. MineralMan Oct 2025 #32