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Odd and Unusual Perks That Accompany the Nobel Peace Prize

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Cool Nobel Bling  Three-month free trial of Netflix Gnarly Nobel Peace Prize tribal tattoo 2007 Toyota Yaris Get star named after you Can go to the front of the line at Disneyworld All expense paid weekend package at Kandahar Hilton Lunch with the King of Norway (Norway has a King?) Honorary Degree from Strayer University Online Can keep frequent-flyer miles for trip to Norway Fareed Zakaria’s cell phone number Gets to jam with Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, and Ice-Cube Lifetime all you can eat Chick-fil-A Chick-n-Strips New email account (Obama@NobelPeacePrize.com) Advanced viewing of Law & Order: Norway $1 off Pillsbury Toaster Strudel Coupon Photo on Wheaties cereal box Rides with Santa in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade Becomes King of the Krew of Comus at Mardi Gras Private audience with Lady Gaga Nobel Peace Prize Grillz Cameo appearance in upcoming Nicolas Cage movie Free Ambien An "I Won the Peace Prize" T-shirt

Afghanistan Surge: Curious, Unusual, and Confusing Programs, Issues, and Promises

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Iraqi shoe-thrower to throw the first shoe as the surge begins Countrywide "Camels for Clunkers Program" begins Surge largely paid for by sponsors Pepsi, KFC, and Toyota Tiger Woods to lead tank and mechanized infantry battalion The entire surge to be carbon neutral Uninvited Visits by Tareq and Michaele Salahi Sri Lankan Army force surges from 10 to 15 troops Netflix pop-up ads to be banned in Afghanistan Tourism Department: free hookah pipes for the first 100 post-war visitors Taliban to be warned about Santa's Naughty or Nice List New reality TV show: Is That My Goat? Tea Bag protesters invited to Afghanistan to find something real to protest Dick Cheney to say something horribly ridiculous every couple of weeks Turns out that some of those Taliban caves are pretty cool Bush to mount massive "My Bad" campaign War to be decided by arm wrestling contest with Secretaries of State from the US, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Governor of Louisiana