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The New York Post tore Bono’s One charity a new one yesterday:

“The Bono nonprofit took in $14,993,873 in public donations in 2008, the latest year for which tax records are available.Of that, $184,732 was distributed to three charities, according to the IRS filing. Meanwhile, more than $8 million was spent on executive and employee salaries!!”

A statement from One was sent overnight to the good offices of Mr Perez Hilton, Broadsheet’s man in LA, stating that the charity employs 120 people and adding:

“ONE does not fundraise from the general public and we are not a grant-making organization. We are funded almost entirely by a handful of philanthropists on our board of directors to raise awareness and pressure political leaders to fight extreme poverty through smart and effective policies and programs, like the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, which is saving 4,000 lives a day.”

So that’s clear then.

Of course it is.

Perfectly natural.

He’s not Jesus.

And she’s over 18.

Eve Hewson (19) stars and acts in the new video (actually six-minute mini-movie) from Irish pop trio, The Script.

After the annoyingly loud ad.

‘For The First Time’ deals with the pain of unemployment and emigration.

And how that pain is felt by very good-looking people.

The Script: Bono’s Daughter Was Perfect (MTV)

Kidding.

“Bono could have been a president or prime minister standing on his head. He had an absolutely natural gift for politicking, was great with people, very smart and an inspirational speaker … motivated by an abundant desire to keep on improving, never really content or relaxed. I knew he would work with George [W. Bush] well, and with none of the prissy disdain of most of his ilk”. (Tony Blair: A Journey, p555)

Blair: Bono Could Be ‘President Or Prime Minister’ (Spinner.Ca)

(Via Cracked)

Photographer: Annie Leibovitz

Clothes: Bono and Ali’s ethical clothing company Edun (49 per cent owned by Louis Vuitton parent company, LMVH). Ali carries a handbag co-designed by Edun and Vuitton.

Location: South Africa

Previous Adverts Have Featured: Mikhail Gorbachev, Keith Richards, John Glenn,  Mikhail Baryshnikov, Pele and Catherine Denueve.

Proceeds: TechnoServe, a nongovernmental organization that fosters enterprise in the developing world; Conservation Cotton Initiative, which supports sustainable farming in Africa and the Chernobyl Children’s Project:

A Word From Louis Vuitton That May Make You Ill: “When they [Bono & Ali] go to Africa, they don’t go to see the beautiful landscapes: They’re there to help people,”

Annoyance factor: Off. The. Scale.

Bono-Hewson To Appear In Ad For LVMH (WWD)

Sorry Nat, are you trying to equate Stalin with Medvedev? 

Oh yeah because…

What? Because he met him before a U2 concert. In which a few Amnesty volunteers were arrested and manhandled by Russian secret police. How was he to know that?

They’re killing civilians and journalists. It’s becoming a police state. And…

And yes he hung with Putin and Blair while G8 protesters were being clubbed on the streets of Genoa. That was 10 years ago. Build a bridge, Nat-tard.

But…why?

Why does he keep meeting these creeps? Maybe he’s lonely. Maybe he likes shooting the shit with shitheads. The truth is we don’t know. Nobody really knows. You forget one thing, Nat. He’s not like us, the Bonster. He’s a little bit rock ‘n’ roll, a little bit hedge fund, a little bit Sister Stan and a little bit Barry Egan.  The guy lives with these contradictions. Why can’t you, Nat? Why?

Well at least I pay…

Your taxes? Number one, you sign on. Number two, If it was Nick Cave you’d be like ‘Go On Nick. Fuck the system.’  Who’s the hypocrite now, eh? Eh? Eh? Eh, Nat?

Put Churchill’s face back in. Go on.

Thanks.

No, thank you. I’m sorry.

U2 Concert Hits Sour Note (Guardian).

Bono And Medvedev Talk Rock Music, Fight Against Aids (Wall Street Journal – Slide Show)

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Bono! Dev! Lemass! Dev! Bono again! James Joyce! Twice! A leprechaun! U2! That’d be Bono again!

CLICK the ARROW. It’s a history of modern Ireland recorded by Time Magazine.

A gift from us. We had a little time on our hands. Lolz.

UPDATED: Now with extra covers (Nat forget to upload four from earlier on).