Friday, Oct 12, 2012 8:24 PM UTC

Hilarious Nobel Peace Prize predictions

After Obama and the EU, it seems anything goes. One historian tweets some suggestions

Aerosmith 2015?

Aerosmith 2015?  (Credit: Wikimedia)

In recent years, commentators have scoffed at Nobel Peace Prize selections, including Barack Obama in 2009 and the European Union this year. CUNY historian and activist organizer Angus Johnston took to Twitter Friday to predict some future honorees. They’re too good to keep to myself:

 

Natasha Lennard is an assistant news editor at Salon, covering non-electoral politics, general news and rabble-rousing. Follow her on Twitter @natashalennard, email nlennard@salon.com.