Paul Greene

Never be the smartest person in the room

[Moe @Mochievous]

Actually this is a “class action” I can get behind on my own dime. I’ll have a team do some preliminary research and if we decide to pursue, I’ll give an update. We need more public interest litigation.

[LM10 Brasil @MessiLeoBrasil_]

OLHA O PASSE DO MESSI. VTNC KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

[Fola Olatunji-David @folasanwo]

Croatia scored a perfectly fair goal against Portugal last minute, VAR claimed it touched someone’s head, 100 camera angles could not show it touching, but the ref said the sensor beeped.

Please I want you guys to take a second to imagine what this TL would have said if it was against Argentina, not Portugal.

Cc: @femibakre @mc_lively_

Today, Norway took a goal kick that hit the camera in the roof of the stadium and dropped back to an English player and England scored from that.
Again, please imagine if that was Argentina. This TL for don hot since.

Mbappe’s goal for France this week was assisted by a player who did hand ball, but the ref/VAR didn’t cancel the goal. No outrage from TL.

The craziest part to me is, Argentina haven’t been awarded 1 single wrong call. They haven’t scored what should have been cancelled, and haven’t had a goal cancelled that shouldn’t have been. But agenda…

[Melissa Reddy @MelissaReddy_]

To answer the questions: The moment the ball makes contact with an outside object (in this case the camera cable) play becomes dead and should be restarted with a dropped ball.

VAR could have intervened as it was in the immediate attacking phase of play that directly led to England's goal.

FIFA, meanwhile, say they’ve "checked the data - no peak on the graph from the connected ball heartbeat sensor" 🙃

[Melissa Reddy @MelissaReddy_]

For the benefit of those who haven’t seen the review of the ball hitting the camera cable before England’s equaliser on Fox Sports…

[UnitedMuppetiers @Muppetiers]

Apparently Englands goal shouldn’t have counted as the goal kick hit the camera cable and fell to an England player before the goal. Huge miss by the VAR and ref.

[Zekeri Idris Jnr @IdrisZekeriJnr]

TO THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF AVIATION, MR. FESTUS KEYAMO

Contrary to your account of events surrounding Mr. Peter Obi’s transit through the Abuja Airport on Saturday, July 4, it has become necessary to set the record straight.

Mr. Peter Obi does not have any police or civil defence personnel attached to him in Abuja, despite being entitled to VVIP protection by virtue of his status as a leading opposition figure in Nigeria. He certainly does not have a police officer serving as his driver. Your reference to a “police driver” appears to have been based on the assumption that he enjoys the level of security protection ordinarily accorded to someone of his standing. He does not.

Mr. Obi travels through multiple airports across Nigeria well over a dozen times every week. As someone who frequently travels with him, I have personally witnessed repeated instances of unusual discourtesy directed at him by some government personnel.

From your own account of events, it is evident that the incident Mr. Obi referred to during his interview occurred on a different date and at a different airport from the one referenced in your tweet.

However, let me address the incident you chose to publicise.

KEY CLARIFICATIONS

1. The incident you posted is entirely different from the one Mr. Peter Obi narrated in his interview. In that interview, he clearly stated: “I was there…” In the incident contained in your tweet, he was not present.

If we now have at least two separate incidents in which vehicles associated with Mr. Obi were clamped under questionable circumstances, does this not suggest a pattern of targeting an individual simply because of who he is?

2. The entire sequence of events you referenced, from arrival to the eventual clamping of the vehicle, lasted approximately five minutes.

At most airports around the world, including major international airports, a ten-minute drop-off window is generally considered acceptable. Where, then, did the claim of 30 minutes originate?

Do you not agree that half-truths can sometimes be more misleading than outright falsehoods?

3. Is it not a fact that several other vehicles were in the vicinity of Mr. Obi’s vehicle without attracting similar attention from airport officials? Indeed, some of those vehicles had been parked there long before Mr. Obi’s vehicle arrived, yet none was clamped.

4. I have personally been at the airport on several occasions when serving and former government officials arrived in large convoys, blocked access routes, and caused considerable inconvenience to the travelling public, without any agency of government taking similar action.

5. Under your watch, there have been other high-profile airport incidents, including:

The disruption involving Senator Adams Oshiomhole and airline staff.

The incident involving Mr. Wasiu Ayinde Marshal (KWAM 1), a known associate of the President, who allegedly attempted to prevent an aircraft from departing.

You are undoubtedly aware of both incidents.

Where was this same enthusiasm to instigate public outrage and issue official condemnations? Was CCTV footage from those incidents also released, or was the CCTV system only activated when it involved Mr. Peter Obi?

6. Can the publication of CCTV footage detailing Mr. Peter Obi’s movements on your personal social media platform be considered a serious breach of his personal security?

Your footage established no wrongdoing. Instead, you further exposed the movements of a leading opposition figure whose security concerns are already significant.

Would you release equivalent CCTV footage of other presidential candidates of Mr. Obi’s standing who travel in private and presidential aircraft funded by taxpayers?

Should a leading presidential candidate not be accorded security protocols consistent with democratic best practices?

[Ibeh @masurge7]

Also Governors have warned him to avoid their states

Campuses have cancelled Speeches he was supposed to hold there.

Nursing schools have rejected his gestures so as not to offend

His convoy was shut at in Edo..

Obi doesn't even have to say it, we already know he's being targeted

[Morris Monye @Morris_Monye]

PRESS RELEASE

[Mohamed Salah @MoSalah]

أنا عارف إنكم لسه زعلانين، بس وعد مني إني هعمل كل اللي في قدرتي عشان أضمن إن دي تكون بداية جديدة للكورة المصرية على الساحة الدولية. التأهل لكأس العالم مش هيكون كفاية، والمشاركة كمان مش كفاية. الفريق ده يستاهل ثقتكم

[Melissa Chen @MsMelChen]

The US men's national soccer team is being subjected to the same kind of legalized plunder that defines too many divorce proceedings in this country.

After grinding through qualifiers, earning their spot in the World Cup, and generating the massive FIFA payout that only the men's game can produce ($12.8 million in this case), the players are now forced to hand over a huge chunk of that money to the women's team under the "equal pay" collective bargaining agreement.

The women didn't play a single minute of those matches, didn't draw the crowds, didn't sell the tickets, and didn't create the revenue - yet they still get a cut of the men's prize money while the reverse transfer remains a fraction. Yes the women are more successful (having won the Women's World Cup several times) but the prize is much smaller. Why? It reflects differences in global interest, sponsorship, viewership and actual performance.

This is all under the guise of "parity" between "equivalent work." But in reality, it's more like subsidizing one program with the output of the other, just like the ex-spouse cashing checks from earnings she didn't generate.

"Equal pay" sounds noble until you realize it erases differences in market value, risk, audience draw, and results. It disincentivizes excellence on the men's side (why push harder if your windfall gets redistributed?) and removes pressure on the women's side to grow their own commercial appeal.

Like divorce settlements that trap high-earners in perpetual support roles, this policy treats men's soccer as a piggy bank for "fairness," not a business rewarding what fans and sponsors actually value.

[chart radar @chartradar_]

Wizkid’s Made in Lagos has now sold over 1 million units in the United States, becoming the first African album to sell 1 million units in the US.

[Paul Greene @paulgreene___]

@HUSSIENFCB2 He could have literally bought a penalty right there with that slide tackle but my GOAT stayed on his feet.

[MoonPay 🟣 @moonpay]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

[STARBOY GUCCI🖤🦉🖤 @Guccistarboi]

ARE THESE THE TWO PEOPLE THAT GIVES YOU JOY?😂🔥

[Wizkid Source @WizkidSource]

WIZ NATION 🌎 Thank you, Portugal. 🇵🇹❤️🦅

[Bishop @BishopPOEvang]

"Ali Modu Sheriff Started the Boko Haram in Borno State. He provided funds & had a governorship reelection deal with them in 2003--Femi Falana challenged him to Sue.

[MadMoney @DjMaphorisa]

Mad

[Paul Greene @paulgreene___]

@tobyasky Between Leao and Ferran who’s more frustrating to watch?

[L E X I S @misturr_lexis]

“I’m backkkkk” is going back to his country 🤣