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Donald Trump Wins — Again! President-Elect Nabs Coveted Honor as ‘Dubious Man of the Year’!
NEW YORK, (FNN NEWS) By Esquire — Having been swept into the highest office in the land on November 8, President-Elect Donald Trump reached another pinnacle of achievement today, when it was announced by the editors of Esquire that he had been elected to the prestigious, hard-won title of “Dubious Man of the Year.”
“It was a crowded field,” said Jay Fielden, editor-in-chief of Esquire. “But very early in the running the rest of the year’s bad hombres – blue-haired prevaricator Ryan Lochte, greedy extortionist Martin Shkreli and all those creepy clowns hanging around schoolyards with hockey sticks – fell away and it was clear who was going to be the winner whichever way the Presidency went. Not since Richard Nixon became the annual patron saint of these awards in 1963 have we seen such a worthy and unanimous winner. We congratulate President-Elect Donald J. Trump, his family and his entire team on this historic effort, which almost transcends last week’s, in our opinion.”
December/January issue of Esquire Magazine
In addition to the high honor accorded to Mr. Trump, the 2016 Dubious Achievement Awards in the new December/January issue are bestowed upon a host of other figures who have defined the outer limits of acceptable behavior during the calendar year, including Chappaqua resident Hillary Clinton, Libertarian spoiler and weed broker Gary Johnson, previously disgraced and upcoming Presidential advisor Roger Ailes, Blind Bill Cosby, and anyone who played Pokémon Go.
“When it comes to truly dubious figures, Donald Trump has stood hair and shoulders above everyone this year,” said EsquireContributing Editor David Hirshey, who piloted the renewed awards this month as well as during the dubious heyday of Michael Jackson, O.J. Simpson and George W. Bush. “Without his contribution, it would have been a relatively normal year of stupidity and greed, but our ‘Dubious Man of the Year’ elevated his game to a level so spectacularly dubious that it may have actually swept him into the Oval Office. We really had no choice but to award him this accolade for which he has so clearly been preparing for his entire adult life.”
The Dubious Achievement Awards first appeared in Esquire in January 1962 as “a salute to those many whom the rest of us owe so little.” They ran in the magazine until 2008, when they were accidentally left behind in the coat room at Elaine’s restaurant for eight years.
The December/January issue hits newsstands on November 22.
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Military Simulation and STEM on Display at I/ITSEC Conference at Orange County Convention Center
Cupertino, CA (FNN NEWS) — July 17th is National Emoji Day! What better way to celebrate this holiday with an announcement of a fresh batch of emojis from Apple?
With the next major update bringing more animals, faces and food, these fun new additions to apple products are set to release as soon as this fall.
The company is also going to include hand-holding emojis that contain 75+ combinations of skin shades and genders, as well as emoticons for people with disabilities, further broadening their range of inclusion and shedding light on diversity.
Only 20 emojis have been revealed out of the the 50+ being released, and consumers are eager to see and use them all.
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