THE SUGGESTION that United States President Donald Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize, much less several as he believes, is unsound and offensive.
A subjective assessment of the list of Peace Prize winners, and other Nobel categories, shows people who have contributed so much for so long and made improvements to our lives and our knowledge. How can Donald Trump claim this?
His “complete and total” ceasefire was like many ceasefires in the Middle East, fictional rather than functional, over before it started, and didn’t resolve any issues.
Pick a noble person for the Nobel prize.
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To Bee or Not to Bee
Bees are beeautiful but beecoming scarce.
The number of bees is declining in many countries as shown by orchardists who now have to hire colonies of bees to help fertilise their trees.
On the individual level, my tomato plants haven’t been that productive, possibly as I haven’t seen that many bees. But it could also be climate change.
The Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab is facing closure as a result of the Trump 2026 budget cut proposals. Is this just cost saving or an example of an apparent anti-science stance?
The approach to vaccines by the Kennedy-led health system does not inspire confidence. There is a need for research on how to increase bee numbers and that includes knowing what is happening at present.
Buzz off, President Trump.
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No more bombs
You can’t bomb people into peace, just into surrender. Those that survive will not think well of their aggressors; hatred will endure.
There must be a way to bring people in the Middle East, and loud words and explosions are the wrong approach. Quiet words and a lot of prayers may help.
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A holy war – an impossibility
There are a number of countries attacking each other at the moment, and frequently in the past, with the basic intent of bombing the hell out of each other.
The countries in the Middle East include some with strong religious foundations but why are they fighting? Religions provide a set of guidelines to live by and also promote living with your neighbors.
There have already been many conflicts but more do not help improve anything. It’s time to back off and back down, take some time to breathe and to heal. Talking might not work but bombs don’t either.
Hell might be the final place for those that hurt others and it currently looks like it won’t be a lonely place.
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Less is more
The G7 is a major meeting of world leaders working on problems that affect them. The G7-1, with President Trump gone, is likely to be more effective and have better outcomes.
There will be less drama, things will be signed, less grandstanding and all of the remaining leaders will be treated as equals, not subservient to Trump.
Use the time well./PN
