You what?

It's starting to feel like bemused incredulity should be the name of this blog.

BBC: Obama wins 2009 Nobel Peace Prize

US President Barack Obama has won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.

The Nobel Committee said he was awarded it for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and co-operation between peoples".

I saw the headline and I thought this has to be a joke.

What efforts? Pretty speeches? Idealistic statements? What, exactly, has Barack Obama actually done to advance world peace? Nothing. Nada. Zilch.

I thought it was ridiculous when Al Gore won the Peace Prize for doing a shoddy mockumentary on climate change, but this is even worse. The Nobel Peace Prize is now officially a complete joke.