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TRUMP: One, Final, Egregious Trait.

Had enough of Donald Trump?  Well, I'll end with another egregious trait, his disdain for what should be good and supported.  For example, he kept making fun of global climate warming and  began the process of withdrawing from the Paris Agreement .  But those diplomats in the UN are not total idiots.  The departure process insured for a one year delay so that about the time the U.S. officially was to have departed, Trump lost to Biden.  Of course,  President Joe Biden scuttled the exodus,  and rescued America, and the World. He is  xenophobic and particularly despised NATO and the UN .  For example: Withdrew the U.S. from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in October of 2017.  Had something to do with bias of the UN against Israel.  Well, whatever, it was, President Joe Biden worked it out, for we are  rejoining UNESCO next month . Pulled out of the UN Human Rights Council, the first nation to ever do so, and became among only four nations not part

THE RAZZIES, OSCARS AND MORE

I'll begin with the Razzies, also known as the Golden Raspberry Awards, a parody honoring the worst cinematic under-achievements.  The list of nominees is always announced just before the Academy Award announcements are made.  Winners this year will be publicized on March 11, the day before the Oscar ceremony. The Razzies: Were created by a few film industry veterans and UCLA film graduates in 1981. This was all started by John JB Wilson ( right ) who in 1980 hosted a potluck party immediately following the 53rd Academy Award ceremony, where he passed ballots out for the partygoers to vote on the worst film of the year.  The winner of the first Golden Raspberry Award was  Can't Stop the Music , a fictional account of The Village People.  I noticed that  Rotten Tomatoes  gave it 18%/37% ratings.  Among the stars were Steve Guttenberg, Valerie Perrine and Bruce Jenner ( won Olympic Gold in Montreal 1976, then later became Caitlyn ), to the right. For the record, in Year One Neil