EVERY year since 1901 the Nobel Prize has been awarded for achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and for peace.
1- Martin Luther King Jr
2- Albert Einstien
3- Marie Curie
4- Sir Alexander Fleming
5- Francis Crick, James D Watson, and Maurice Wilkins
6- Hermann Joseph Muller
7- Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger
8- Sir Clive Granger
9- Jean-Paul Sartre
10- Rudyard Kipling
According to The Leader.com
1- The Pig Who Gave Us The Dark Knight
2- The Horse Who Cured Diphtheria and Reformed Medicine
3- The Greyhound that Created the Church of England
4- The Cat Who Single-Handedly Wiped Out a Species
5- The Two Monkeys That Caused 250,000 People to Die
6- The Pig that Created European Democracy
7- The Dog that Saved Napoleon
First, here’s the proof: The economy’s in the tank, but defense contractors are doing fine… Actually better than fine - they’re doing pretty well. Defense contractors Northrop Grumman Corp and General Dynamics Corp’s shares both rose. Read more…
Now, here’s the background: Smedley Butler “was a Major General in the U.S. Marine Corps and, at the time of his death, the most decorated Marine in U.S. history.” This man, who is one of 19 people in history to have been awarded the Medal of Honor twice, penned a speech and booklet called “War is a racket,” outlining how business benefits from warfare. He wrote this, of course, in the 1930s. The more things change…
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