Bono wanted Hillary Clinton to stream U2 in space; mercifully, he was denied

I was briefly surprised to learn the latest controversy involves Hillary Clinton, U2 lead singer Bono, and the International Space Station. Then I remembered that the 2016 US presidential election has been a circus for a full year, and this fit with its ongoing theme: nonsense.

Here's the long-short of it. Bono apparently donated to the Clinton Foundation for the same reason I suspect most rich people donate millions of dollars to politicians and Super PACs: because they want to ingratiate themselves with other powerful people so they might one day call upon them for a favor. In this case, it appeared the favor Bono wanted in return was — according to The Washington Post — "some kind of arrangement whereby upcoming U2 concerts would be...