Well, that was fast! VP met with #Bono today to discuss global development, AIDS and fighting poverty. Check back soon for a picture!— Office of VP Biden (@VP) November 13, 2012 U2's Bono surprised the press at the WH Tues, dropping by to talk abt international development issues w/@VP.— Kelly Chernenkoff (@FNCKellyC) November 13, 2012… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Bono
Bono Smugly Declares ‘We Need More Aid’ And Only The ‘Brain-Dead’ Disagree
The Daily Caller reports that Friday afternoon at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs Food and Global Agriculture (mouthful!) symposium, U2 singer and humanitarian Bono declared that even though “we are broke,” we need to increase foreign aid budgets. And to those who disagree? Well, Bono says you’re all “brain-dead, heart-dead ideologues or controversialists.” Bono… Read more »
How the Facebook IPO and U2’s Bono explain income inequality
Last night, I hosted “The Rachel Maddow Show.” The full show is here. But I’m particularly proud of this segment looking at how Facebook’s IPO and U2’s Bono explain the shocking rise in income inequality: [Some of the content in this entry could not be displayed on this device.] I’ll be writing more on that… Read more »
Bono has hope, despair in the form of a mask-wearing dog
This is a letter left by singer Bono in the guestbook at a hotel in Jerusalem, according to BuzzFeed. Bono’s penmanship is illegible a little unclear so I’ll translate what I can for you. Just know that in it, he compares “hope” and “despair” to a sniffing dog that runs back and forth. In Jerusalem,… Read more »