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synch
02-25-2006, 06:48 AM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4749392.stm

Bono... fine... he's a little pet hate of mine but I'll admit that he does some good stuff... or something...

But can anyone please explain to me why John Bolton is on the nomination list for an award previously handed to mother Theresa and Martin Luther King?
Funkaloyd
02-25-2006, 07:16 AM
There are often controversial nominations. Bush made it on the list in 2004, and Kissinger actually fucking won.
Lihi
02-25-2006, 07:40 AM
There are often controversial nominations. Bush made it on the list in 2004, and Kissinger actually fucking won.

Also Yasser Arrafat.

Anyway, now with a useless prize nomination, it's time for Bono to finally shut up and retire. I'll drink to that!
DroppinScience
02-25-2006, 02:15 PM
What's also ironic is that Alfred Nobel himself was the inventor of TNT...
Ace42X
02-25-2006, 02:22 PM
What's also ironic is that Alfred Nobel himself was the inventor of TNT...

Dynamite, not TNT.
Jmoney77
02-25-2006, 02:23 PM
Question mark?
DroppinScience
02-25-2006, 02:24 PM
Dynamite, not TNT.

Isn't it the same thing?
Ace42X
02-25-2006, 02:26 PM
Isn't it the same thing?

Nope. Similar in shape and usage, but different. Dynamite (stablised nitro-glycerine) can be ignited by flames (hence the lighted fuses out of sticks of dynamite) - TNT (Tri-Nitro Toluene) can only be detonated by percussive force (udner normal circumstances).
DroppinScience
02-25-2006, 02:28 PM
Nope. Similar in shape and usage, but different. Dynamite (stablised nitro-glycerine) can be ignited by flames (hence the lighted fuses out of sticks of dynamite) - TNT (Tri-Nitro Toluene) can only be detonated by percussive force (udner normal circumstances).

Ah. Learn something new everyday...
EN[i]GMA
02-25-2006, 02:37 PM
There are often controversial nominations. Bush made it on the list in 2004, and Kissinger actually fucking won.

Probably for arranging the chess match.
paulb
02-25-2006, 03:56 PM
how do they choose a winner for this shit?
Funkaloyd
02-25-2006, 05:40 PM
There's a panel which decides the winner, and it's not too bad these days. Though, it seems to be really easy to get nominated.
Jmoney77
02-25-2006, 06:30 PM
Bono's 2nd time?