Joke of the decade...

[Chris James]

I thought this was a posting by The Onion as a joke until I saw the major news sources were carrying the story.

I suppose the only qualification for this award is to starve millions of your countrymen, women and children and to waste the slim resources of the nation building a ski resorts for the elite fat cats. Now we know what a Malaysian college degree is worth...nothing.

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2013/10/24/Malaysian-university-gives-Kim-Jong-Un-an-honorary-degree/UPI-89921382646316/?spt=rln&or=1

[Lugnutz]

Well, they were handing out Nobel Peace Prizes for a while like it was Halloween candy.

[Chris James]

The Nobel Peace Prize lost a little of it's luster when Stalin and Adolph Hitler were nominated. Gives pause to wonder, doesn't it?

[Cole Parker]

Nominated by whom?

C

[Chris James]

From Nobel Prize.org:

Examples of Nominated Individuals Who Did Not Receive the Nobel Peace Prize (1901-1950)

The three most common searches on individuals in the Nobel Peace Prize nomination database, are Adolf Hitler, Mahatma Gandhi and Joseph Stalin.

Joseph Stalin, the Secretary General of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922-1953), was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1945 and 1948 for his efforts to end World War II.

Mahatma Gandhi, one of the strongest symbols of non-violence in the 20th century, was nominated in 1937, 1938, 1939, 1947 and, finally, shortly before he was assassinated in January 1948. Although Gandhi was not awarded the Prize (a posthumous award is not allowed by the statutes), the Norwegian Nobel Committee decided to make no award that year on the grounds that "there was no suitable living candidate".

Adolf Hitler was nominated once in 1939. Incredulous though it may seem today, the Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1939, by a member of the Swedish parliament, an E.G.C. Brandt. Apparently though, Brandt never intended the nomination to be taken seriously. Brandt was to all intents and purposes a dedicated antifascist, and had intended this nomination more as a satiric criticism of the current political debate in Sweden. (At the time, a number of Swedish parliamentarians had nominated then British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlin for the Nobel Peace Prize, a nomination which Brandt viewed with great skepticism. ) However, Brandt's satirical intentions were not well received at all and the nomination was swiftly withdrawn in a letter dated 1 February 1939.

[Cole Parker]

Ah, it was a joke.

C

[Merkin]

Malaysia has an embassy in Pyongyang, and the two countries even have an agreement that allows Malaysians to travel to North Korea without visas for stays of no more than 30 days.

Read more: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2013/10/24/Malaysian-university-gives-Kim-Jong-Un-an-honorary-degree/UPI-89921382646316/#ixzz2ilEvvvcU

Wow, what a dream trip! It must give the contestants on Malaysia's Wheel of Fortune something to vie for.

[Cole Parker]

Second prize is 60 days.

C