Marx was right: “History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.”
(Note: If you do not know what this post is referring to already, be sitting down and consuming no liquids when you open the second link above.
Ann Althouse, and the riddle of the day.
UPDATE: And he won "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."
That's... it?? Hell, that describes just about every American college kid who ever bummed across Europe looking to get laid. (Therefore, next year I nominate myself...)
UPDATE: Glenn Reynolds has a roundup.
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You forgot about Al Gore and his support for the unscientific unprovable Myth of Global Warming.
I didn't forget. But the quote said "a tragedy," not "a joke."
The deadline for submitting names was Feb. 1 2009. So President Obama was nominated after, at most, 11 days in office.
The good news: Since Obama won, we won't have to keep track of Kanye West during the award ceremony.
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