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The Nobel Peace price became a farce in the 1930s. From Bill Katz, "[T]o fully acaperipte the farcical nature of the peace prize, you need only go back to the painful years before World War II: In 1931 the prize was shared by Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, whose later enthusiasm for keeping good relations with Nazi universities has been a source of embarrassment to Columbia.In 1933, 1934 and 1936, the peace prize went to executives of the League of Nations, already a colossal failure.From 1939 through 1943 there was no peace prize. You know, World War II was such an inconvenience, and Oslo, where the peace prize is given, was under occupation. Ah, the success of those past prize winners!"Also, the nominations are due in early February." The Committee bases its assessment on nominations that must be postmarked no later than 1 February each year. Nominations postmarked and received after this date are included in the following year's discussions. In recent years, the Committee has received close to 200 different nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize. The number of nominating letters is much higher, as many are for the same candidates." So, Obama was nominated after being inaugurated.

Thanks Nima and Yaser for following our pomgrars and your comments. Good job Yaser, I am sure you will soon catch up with the rest of the pomgrars! A question for Nima, you mentioned writings on feminism in your comment. Can you please tell me why talking about gender and sexuality falls into this category? I thought Nassim in her program was talking about all people. I am trying to learn what feminism really means and why is it used so broadly. I guess from my question you can understand I have no background in human studies :) !!