ICAN gets Nobel Peace Prize. BFD.

The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, another international gang of virtue signallers, has just received the Nobel Peace Prize.  So far, they have motivated fewer than 50 pipsqueak countries to sign a UN treaty banning nuclear weapons (122 have “adopted” it, but signing off?  Don’t hold your breath) .  BUT, they do have Yoko Ono onboard.  So far, North Korea is not impressed.

Somehow, I don’t think these folks rise to the standard set by Norm Borlaug.

Update (October 26): Jay Nordlinger reminds us of someone else who wanted to abolish nuclear weapons.

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One response to “ICAN gets Nobel Peace Prize. BFD.”

  1. Ellie Kesselman Avatar

    Hi there! I found you from a comment on one of John Cooke’s blog posts. I am a wayward statistician too, from a state or two to the west of you. I wrote a post featuring Norm Borlaug a few years ago on one of my hobby blogs. There is a really nice statue of Norm that I found from a pic on Twitter, and included it there. Here’s a link to my post, just in case you’d like to see https://arctanh.wordpress.com/2014/03/31/farmers-know-best/

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