Tag: Nobel Price

A Prize For Jared?

Closing Thought–02Feb21

NO not the pedophile that did Subway ads for year….but rather the the son-in-law of Donald the Orange, Jared Kushner……

It seems that after years of Trump basically begging for a Nobel prize his son-in-law has been nominated…..

The Trump family will have a rooting interest in the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. Jared Kushner has been nominated for the honor for his work in normalizing relations between Israel and four Arab nations, reports Reuters. The nomination of former President Trump’s son-in-law came from attorney Alan Dershowitz, who has the clout to make a formal pick as a professor emeritus at Harvard. Dershowitz, who represented Trump at his first impeachment trial, also nominated Kushner aide Avi Berkowitz over the Abraham Accords, in which the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco recognized Israel’s sovereignty, per Business Insider. Other high-profile nominees this year include teen climate activist Greta Thunberg and Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, according to a separate Reuters story.

“The Nobel Peace Prize is not for popularity,” wrote Dershowitz, appearing to acknowledge his nomination will be controversial because of the Trump connections. “Nor is it an assessment of what the international community may think of those who helped bring about peace. It is an award for fulfilling the daunting criteria set out by Alfred Nobel in his will.” For context, when the first deal between the UAE and Israel was struck, frequent Trump critic Thomas Friedman wrote that the deal was a “geopolitical earthquake” in a good way. It was close to being on par with Anwar Sadat going to Jerusalem and Yasir Arafat shaking the hand of Yitzhak Rabin, the New York Times columnist wrote at the time. The prize committee usually puts out a short list in the spring, with the winner to be announced in October.

First of all…..what the Hell did he accomplish?

His deal with the Arabs was basically a stick and carrot con….they either sign deals with Israel or lose their high rating for new weapons….Sudan got taken off the terror sponsorship list for recognizing Israel’

Plus they totally screwed the Palestinians who should have been at the heart of any deal.

These deals were blackmail not some genius diplomatic plan to achieve peace in the region.

Jared deserves jail not a Nobel Peace Prize.

I Read, I Write, You Know

“lego ergo scribo”

Closing Thought–03Oct18

Ever notice that when the science of Physics is mentioned there is very little thought for the women in the field…….that oversight may well be a thing of the past…..

You see that a woman has finally won the Nobel prize for Physics…..

Three scientists from the United States, France, and Canada have been awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for advances in laser physics, including the first woman to take home the prize in 55 years. The Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences on Tuesday awarded half the $1.01 million prize to Arthur Ashkin of the United States, and the other half will be shared by Gerard Mourou of France and Donna Strickland of Canada, per the AP. Strickland is the third female laureate in physics, but the first in more than half a century, reports the BBC.

The academy says Ashkin developed “optical tweezers” that can grab tiny particles such as viruses without damaging them. As the Guardian notes, “this means scientists can hold even living cells in place, allowing them to probe their inner workings.” Strickland and Mourou helped develop short and intense laser pulses that have broad industrial and medical applications. The Nobel panel’s explanation: “Ultra-sharp laser beams make it possible to cut or drill holes in various materials extremely precisely—even in living matter. Millions of eye operations are performed every year with the sharpest of laser beams.” (A CERN scientist just got suspended for saying physics was built by men.)

Congrats to Ashkin for her award…..a much deserved one at that.

I must be off like a dirty shirt…..see ya later….chuq