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    Joe Biden and Kamala Harris named Time Person of the Year

    Updated 0417 GMT (1217 HKT) December 11, 2020





    New York (CNN Business)Time magazine has named Joe Biden and Kamala Harris 2020's Person of the Year.

    The two made history on November 7 when they beat Donald Trump in a bitter election that put him in a small club of presidents who served only one term. Harris on that day became the country's first female, first Black and first South Asian vice president-elect.
    "For changing the American story, for showing that the forces of empathy are greater than the furies of division, for sharing a vision of healing in a grieving world, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are TIME's 2020 Person of the Year," wrote Time editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal.
    Zoom CEO Eric Yuan was named Businessperson of the Year. The video chat service spiked in popularity amid a health crisis that forced people to work and learn from home.

    In the category of Guardians of the Year, Time named activists Assa Traoré, Porche Bennett-Bey and racial-justice organizers; frontline health workers fighting the pandemic; and Dr. Anthony Fauci.
    Time magazine's tradition of singling out an especially influential person started in 1927, launching as Man of the Year. The name was later changed to Person of the Year, which is bestowed on an individual, a group, a movement or an idea that had the most influence in the past year. In 2006, Time named "You" as Person of the Year to recognize the millions of people who contribute to content on the internet. Not everyone who made the cut wielded positive influence. Adolf Hitler, for example, was Man of the Year in 1938. In 2019, Time picked young climate activist, Greta Thunberg.
    The shortlist unveiled earlier Thursday was a clear reflection of the year's most dramatic events. Biden, Trump, Frontline Health Care Workers and Dr. Fauci and the Movement for Racial Justice were all major characters in a tumultuous year that included a deadly pandemic, social unrest over racial injustices and a contentious election.
    NBA star LeBron James was named Athlete of the Year and Korean pop group BTS was Entertainer of the Year, both of which were revealed on NBC's "Today" show Thursday morning. The Person of the Year was introduced in a special prime time broadcast on the network, marking the first time that NBC has partnered with the magazine's Emmy-winning Time Studios on coverage of this scale for Person of the Year.
    Actors Issa Rae and Matthew McConaughey kicked off the hour-long, star-studded event that included appearances by Vanessa Bryant, John Cena, Yo Yo Ma, BTS and H.E.R. Bruce Springsteen presented the Person of the Year.
    Time expanded its Person of the Year franchise last year by introducing four additional categories including Businessperson of the Year. The decision came after Salesforce (CRM) CEO Marc Benioff and his wife Lynne Benioff bought Time in 2018 from magazine conglomerate Meredith Corp (MDP), which had acquired Time Inc. in 2017.

    Time's cover for Athlete of the Year features a painting of LeBron James by 14-year-old Tyler Gordon




    The TV event is the third such broadcast partnership for Time Studios this year. In place of its annual TIME100 gala, Time revealed its list of the 100 most influential people in September with a TV special on ABC. Last week, Time named its first-ever Kid of the Year on a TV special that aired on Nickelodeon and CBS.

    https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/10/media/joe-biden-kamala-harris-time-person-of-the-year/index.html



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    Of course the best thing about that is how much it will enrage the big baby that is the baldy orange loser.

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    Stolen- shoulda been Vlad.

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    shoulda be health care workers or medical doctors.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheRealKW View Post
    Joe Biden and Kamala Harris named Time Person of the Year
    50/50? or 30/70? or perhaps 20/100?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Klondyke View Post
    50/50? or 30/70? or perhaps 20/100?
    Read the article, retard, and you will learn.


    maybe.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sabang View Post
    Stolen- shoulda been Vlad.
    It's Person of the Year, not C u n t of the year.

    He shares that one with Mr. Shithole automatically.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Klondyke View Post
    50/50? or 30/70? or perhaps 20/100?
    You're really as stupid as you come across every single time . . .

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    Quote Originally Posted by TheRealKW View Post
    shoulda be health care workers or medical doctors.
    One of the runners (of 4) was Anthony Fauci and front line healthcare workers.

    Should have been that. At least a nod to the rest of the world. Otherwise Biden/Harris (US), Trump (US), BLM (US) and AF+FHW (US, but there are healthcare workers in other countries).

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    Quote Originally Posted by panama hat View Post
    You're really as stupid as you come across every single time . . .
    Amazing (actually deplorable), how some can react on others - whilst themselves not having anything to say... (luckily, pitifully for them, they have their best weapon: denigration and vulgarities....)

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    Unless Kamala ate Joe, Shouldn't it be Persons of the Year?

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    Quote Originally Posted by nidhogg View Post
    One of the runners (of 4) was Anthony Fauci and front line healthcare workers.

    Should have been that. At least a nod to the rest of the world. Otherwise Biden/Harris (US), Trump (US), BLM (US) and AF+FHW (US, but there are healthcare workers in other countries).

    Historically, Time Magazine and The Nobel people usually stumble over their feet -
    Quite predictable agencies.

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    Amazing how you can be person of the year before actually doing anything.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hugh Cow View Post
    Amazing how you can be person of the year before actually doing anything.
    They got rid of Trump - that is an achievement and a positive action for the world as his idiocy has affected everyone

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hugh Cow View Post
    Amazing how you can be person of the year before actually doing anything.
    That's usually how the Time does it. On potential and as an inspiration. Think Obama's peace prize within a few months of his first election.

    Quote Originally Posted by panama hat View Post
    They got rid of Trump - that is an achievement and a positive action for the world as his idiocy has affected everyone
    tbf, Trump got rid of Trump. An inanimate banana could have won that election against Trump.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hugh Cow View Post
    Amazing how you can be person of the year before actually doing anything.
    Isn't it an incredible achievement after all?

    https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/sta...can-history%2F

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    Quote Originally Posted by Klondyke View Post
    Isn't it an incredible achievement after all?
    No, so get fucked tovarish


    Quote Originally Posted by TheRealKW View Post
    tbf, Trump got rid of Trump. An inanimate banana could have won that election against Trump.
    Yes, good point . . . but 70 million still voted or him - amazing

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    Quote Originally Posted by nidhogg View Post
    One of the runners (of 4) was Anthony Fauci and front line healthcare workers.

    Should have been that. At least a nod to the rest of the world. Otherwise Biden/Harris (US), Trump (US), BLM (US) and AF+FHW (US, but there are healthcare workers in other countries).
    They gave it to 4th place in my opinion. It's more about the impact the winner has made, and the other three nominees made a bigger one. Even Hitler won it once.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pickel View Post
    It's more about the impact the winner has made, and the other three nominees made a bigger one
    world wide , trump being defeated probably is more important than fauci's contribution

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    Quote Originally Posted by sabang View Post
    Stolen- shoulda been Vlad.
    Fool of the Year!

    ...and all his faithful followers from Teakdoor.
    Jeezus Sabang, what has become of you?


    With the Sputnik V vaccine, Vladimir Putin wanted to defeat the coronavirus. But there are too few doses - and hardly anyone in Russia wants to be vaccinated with them.

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    Bad luck front line healthcare workers and whistle blowing Chinese doctors.


    Maybe next pandemic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by baldrick View Post
    world wide , trump being defeated probably is more important than fauci's contribution
    But Fauci was grouped in with frontline healthcare workers, who made a bigger impact world-wide than Biden and Harris imo.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pickel View Post
    But Fauci was grouped in with frontline healthcare workers, who made a bigger impact world-wide than Biden and Harris imo.
    imo, does it matter for TIME?

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    Quote Originally Posted by HermantheGerman View Post
    With the Sputnik V vaccine, Vladimir Putin wanted to defeat the coronavirus. But there are too few doses - and hardly anyone in Russia wants to be vaccinated with them.
    US Military Starts Vaccinating Troops, Behind Russia and China

    DOD has picked 16 sites for a “controlled pilot” COVID vaccination program.
    PATRICK TUCKER | DECEMBER 9, 2020

    The Pentagon expects to distribute 44,000 doses of covid-19 vaccine among military personnel and retirees against COVID as early as next week at 16 sites in what officials called a “controlled pilot.”

    Initial doses of the Pfizer vaccine will go to what officials described as a “limited, limited'' number of senior military officials and officers, including the Defense Secretary and Deputy Defense Secretary, the Chairmen and Vice Chairman of the Joints Chief and some others. But the bulk of the initial doses will go to the military healthcare workforce.

    The doses will cover only a small fraction of what's needed to vaccinate everyone in DoD care, including the one million active duty personnel and more than nine million benefits-receiving veterans.

    Meanwhile, Russia and China have begun to vaccinate their entire active duty force with their own versions of a vaccine — ones that did not go through rigorous FDA evaluations.

    om/technology/2020/12/us-military-starts-vaccinating-troops-behind-russia-and-china/170653/

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    In a fair world, this guy would have been the Time person of the year
    Joe Biden and Kamala Harris named Time Person of the Year-fair-world-jpg




    Last edited by Klondyke; 13-12-2020 at 11:49 AM. Reason: Missing picture

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