U2 – 40
An evening pause: Performed live 1983. It appears this became the band’s traditional closer at all of its concerts.
Hat tip Dan Morris.
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Bob – completely off topic but I heard some odd news on radio about how the House Democrats are piggybacking onto the back of a NASA bill their Voting bills – adding the so called Freedom to Vote Act & the John Lewis blah blah blah Bill. Not much information about this on Web so before I call my congressman I wanted to get as much information as possible- is there anything you can share?
Original Mark: No. I have not seen anything about this.
“The House on Thursday passed on party lines a combined voting bill tied to a NASA funding bill as part of a plan to force a Senate debate on the measure and put pressure on Democrats to abolish the filibuster.”
https://www.citizensjournal.us/breaking-news-house-passes-two-democratic-voting-bills-with-a-quirk-that-allows-them-to-skirt-one-filibuster-vote/
“NASA has issued a climate action plan aimed at continuing critical Earth science and climate research and averting mission impacts due to climate.”
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2022/01/11/nasas-gavin-schmidt-replaced-by-dr-katherine-calvin/
Thanks Max, I also just saw this on Youtube regarding the manipulation of the NASA Bill – why it was stripped down to be used for a hyper-partisan Voting legislation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anXQ_JRS4pU
SPACENEWS this morning has an article on this NASA leasing bill story.
https://spacenews.com/nasa-leasing-bill-transformed-into-voting-rights-legislation/