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[–] WilliamTruderung@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 hours ago
  1. I would laugh my ass off if Mark Carney actually won the Nobel Peace Prize.

  2. The downside would be that Trump would certainly throw the mother of all temper tantrums, and possibly order a military invasion of Canada.

  3. Mark Carney really has not done anything yet deserving of a Nobel Peace Prize (although that might change if he is as successful in founding a newer world order as he hopes, including robust climate change measures).

[–] northernlights@lemmy.today 60 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Uh... the only 2 "sources" for the article are from online betting sites.

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 27 points 4 days ago

I treat every bit of "news" from those sources (Kalshi, Polymarket) as outright manipulation. They have a vested interest in presenting either one of two sides, depending on how the odds fall that day. But they have zero duty to truth.

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 35 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Why are we pretending that Kalshi matters? Unless there are insiders betting, which has its own separate problems

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago

Because ~~prediction markets~~ gambling companies have a marketing strategy where they sponsor news outlets in exchange for reporting the predictions to feign legitimacy. CNN is probably the worst, but it's everywhere.

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (3 children)

You don't think compulsive gamblers are the best predictors of world events?

[–] GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca 5 points 4 days ago

I'll bet you $5 they are!

Where it is, there's actually a ton of insiders during trading on there as well. We've actually had a couple of news stories break regarding it. One for Trump's speeches, I think.

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[–] AmyAye@nord.pub 24 points 4 days ago (2 children)

There is no timeline or universe where Trump should get a Peace Prize.

[–] lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

As much as i like Carney’s speeches and how he has stood up to trump so far, there are surely more deserving recipients.

[–] deacon@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago (2 children)

But as a gesture from the world, I could hardly imagine anything more appropriate.

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[–] moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

In double speak society, where "war" means "peace"

He openly did this with "board of peace", which is full of people who have committed (or profited from) war (crimes)

Whenever trump says the word "peace", just replace it with "war" and then it makes sense.

[–] BooBees@fedinsfw.app 25 points 4 days ago (2 children)

No one is really focused on the Nobel prizes at this point, everyone is trying to figure out how to eat cheaper than the dollar stores or Walmart or whatever they downgraded to 10 years ago.

[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 32 points 4 days ago (2 children)

No one is really focused on the Nobel prizes at this point

Not no one... I can name one person who's far more concerned with that then something like "affordability".

[–] Ariselas@piefed.ca 5 points 4 days ago (9 children)

Is he orange and rapes children?

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[–] BooBees@fedinsfw.app 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, I get that, but he isn’t getting embarrassed, because he just uses these narcissistic collapses to change the topic by doing new extreme harm to large swaths of innocent people. I don’t need constant reports on how he’s about to feel slighted, I need constant reports on who is letting him do his awful shit, and how to organize pressure against those people so we can affect change.

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 3 points 4 days ago

"I don’t need constant reports on how he’s about to feel slighted, I need constant reports on who is letting him do his awful shit, and how to organize pressure against those people so we can affect change."

100% agree!

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[–] Darkonion@lemmy.world 17 points 4 days ago

At least the Fifa Peace Prize is still secure

[–] ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca 15 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Why the fuck would Carney get the Nobel peace prize???

[–] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 days ago

For real, dealing with the US has been no easy feat under Mango Mussolini but IMO he's done nothing that warrants the peace prize.

[–] moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Because Nobel means nothing.

Didn't the namesake make biological weapons for war?

If you want a prize that doesn't celebrate war criminals, checkout the Right Livelihood award. Truly excellent people win those awards.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_Livelihood_Award#Laureates

[–] yopyop@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

For being the first black prime Minister of Canada????

Being a shitty person?

[–] Pratai@piefed.ca 5 points 3 days ago

There should be zero humiliation from a war-mongering coward of a criminal rapist and child-fucking pedophile for not receiving an award created to promote and reward GOOD PEOPLE.

But that’s how fucking stupid he is.

Someone needs to send that asshole into the sun ASAP.

[–] rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Hey til there’s actual peace in the world can we stop giving this prize to politicians?

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Alternatively could we increase the kinetic force with which we award it to them by a factor of like 10^10000?

[–] GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

"The peace prize was given to zzz, a known war monger and authoritarian, as well as removing rights from his citizenry. The blast killed 5 of his administrative staff and injured 6 others while destroying a number of offices in the wing of the administrative center. It is hoped none of the injured staff survive. Turmoil reigns in the country as people resign rather than being named the new leader and be put at risk of receiving the next peace prize whose frequency has been increased to weekly due to popular demand."

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 3 points 4 days ago

Turnip receiving that peace prize would make me so happy.

[–] GreenBeard@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 days ago

Darwin Peace Award. Now that I would be excited to see.

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[–] daannii@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Nobel peace prize is a joke.

They just give it to whoever they like. Regardless of humanitarian work or actual "peace" work.

Nobel was a joke too

[–] 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They just give it to whoever they like.

yeah. and they did not like orange cheeto and that pisses him off. it is the same vibe as shouting at a woman "you whore, you slept with everyone else, why not me?" 😂

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[–] rumimevlevi@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago

Fuck those two criminals

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

If this happen I would have a giant double laugh

First at the orange pedophile and the knowledge he will have a rage stroke

Second at the continued disgrace that is the Nobel Peace prize... Carney is cool and all but has done nothing to earn this

[–] DaddleDew@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

If he wins, another condition the US will make for a trade deal with Canada will be that Mark hands over his award.

[–] 3daybanwithdrawl@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Do you all really think he is actually capable of feeling humiliation? Psychopaths don't think that way, they don't care.

[–] moldy_rice@piefed.keyboardvagabond.com 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I do. You can see it in his face when people boo him every time he's in public

[–] 3daybanwithdrawl@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Then he is the most painfully oblivious person to how he is perceived that I have ever known about.

I guess he just thinks the people who boo him are poor losers or leftists who don't matter.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The Nobel Peace Prize would be national embarrassment. Bullshit award.

[–] Bieren@lemmy.today 2 points 4 days ago

No he isn’t. He doesn’t know the meaning of the word. Seriously, he doesn’t a clue. He’s illiterate.

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