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Episode 484 – The Nobel War Prize Strikes Again

And the Nobel Peace Prize goes to . . . María Corina Machado? Wait, what’s going on here? Why does it seem like, far from celebrating a champion of peace, the Nobel Committee is in fact paving a path to war? Let’s find out!

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