Friday, October 14, 2016

AP - No 2016 female Nobel laureates = Redneck Nobel judges [sarc] - My 2-cents worth: Long ago should have been prize for plate tectonics--HUGE dIscovery. --tma






STOCKHOLM (AP) -- With Bob Dylan winning the Nobel Prize in literature, this year's Nobel laureates became an all-male ensemble, something that's not unusual in the 115-year-old history of the prestigious awards.

But this is 2016.

Critics are questioning why the Nobel judges couldn't find a single woman across the planet worthy of being honored in any of the six prize categories.

"No woman wins Nobel prize this year. Oh the times they ain't a-changin'," Leah Kaminsky, an Australian author and doctor, wrote on Twitter. ...

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