John Maher @Nutzpool

@HughRacing The Secrets out! Nice catch Mr Taylor

Robert De Niro’s full statement on Trump. Please read and let me know your thoughts: I’ve spent a lot of time studying bad men.  I’ve examined their characteristics, their mannerisms, the utter banality of their cruelty. Yet there’s something different about Donald Trump. When I look at him, I don’t see a bad man. Truly. I see an evil one. Over the years, I’ve met gangsters here and there. This guy tries to be one, but he can’t quite pull it off. There’s such a thing as “honor among thieves.” Yes, even criminals usually have a sense of right and wrong.  Whether they do the right thing or not is a different story — but — they have a moral code, however warped. Donald Trump does not. He’s a wannabe tough guy with no morals or ethics. No sense of right or wrong. No regard for anyone but himself — not the people he was supposed to lead and protect, not the people he does business with, not the people who follow him, blindly and loyally, not even the people who consider themselves his “friends.” He has contempt for all of them. We New Yorkers got to know him over the years that he poisoned the atmosphere and littered our city with monuments to his ego.  We knew first hand that this was someone who should never be considered for leadership.  We tried to warn the world in 2016. The repercussions of his turbulent presidency divided America and rattled New York City beyond imagination.  Remember how we were jolted by crisis in early 2020, as a virus swept the world. We lived with Donald Trump’s bombastic behavior every day on the national stage, and we suffered as we saw our neighbors piling up in body bags. The man who was supposed to protect this country put it in peril, because of his recklessness and impulsiveness. It was like an abusive father ruling the family by fear and violent behavior.  That was the consequence of New York’s warning getting ignored. Next time, we know it will be worse. Make no mistake: the twice-impeached, 4-time indicted Donald Trump is still a fool. But we can’t let our fellow Americans write him off like one. Evil thrives in the shadow of dismissive mockery, which is why we must take the danger of Donald Trump very seriously. So today we issue another warning. From this place where Abraham Lincoln spoke — right here in the beating heart of New York — to the rest of America: This is our last chance. Democracy won’t survive the return of a wannabe dictator. And it won’t overcome evil if we are divided. So what do we do about it?  I know I’m preaching to the choir here.  What we’re doing today is valuable, but we have to take today into tomorrow – take it outside these walls.   We have to reach out to the half of our country who have ignored the hazards of Trump and, for whatever reason, support elevating him back into the White House.  They’re not stupid, and we must not condemn them for making a stupid choice.  Our future doesn’t just depend on us. It depends on them. Let’s reach out to Trump’s followers with respect.  Let’s not talk about “democracy.”  “Democracy” may be our holy grail, but to others it is just a word, a concept, and in their embrace of Trump, they’ve already turned their backs on it.  Let’s talk about right and wrong.  Let’s talk about humanity.  Let’s talk about kindness.  Security for our world.  Safety for our families.  Decency.  Let’s welcome them back.  We won’t get them all, but we can get enough to end the nightmare of Trump, and fulfill the mission of this “Stop Trump Summit.”

Gaza, in the words of an ex-Israeli intel chief, is an "open-air prison." "Hell on earth," per the UN Secretary-General. 2.2. million people. 50% kids. 50% in poverty. 90% without access to clean drinking water. I shared some important background & context on @MSNBC tonight:

😞 It’s been a sad couple of days for the sport of pool… WPA president Ishaun Singh has revealed plans to ban players who compete in World Nineball Tour events. absolute-pool.com/2023/09/01/wpa…

A British writer penned the best description of Donald Trump I’ve ever read: “Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?” A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief. Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty. Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness. There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege. And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down. So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think ‘Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that: • Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are. • You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man. This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum. God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump. And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: ‘My God… what… have… I… created?' If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.” -Nate White

@blackballpool @blackballrules @scottish8ball @IPAPool @BBall_INTL @wpapool @redsandyellows Matchroom Pool and Predator is quickly into action, making WPA defunct. Pool players now ranked in Matchroom have no interest in WPA Ranking lists anymore. Now, European BlackBall Association has seen the light and rightly have enough corruption from BlackBall International

@blackballpool @blackballrules @scottish8ball @IPAPool @BBall_INTL @wpapool @redsandyellows The WPA is a pointless money-making racket by an elite handful who takes money from every tournament without any return to Pool. They say they are the route to the Olympics, but it'll never happen as there are too many Billiard disciplines.

@blackballpool @blackballrules @scottish8ball @IPAPool @BBall_INTL @wpapool @redsandyellows Majority of blackball players and their national bodies voted to compete within a unified association because they are exasperated by the antics of the inept administrators of Blackball International, which has led to the current woeful situation. BI brought this on their selves.

@blackballpool @blackballrules @scottish8ball @IPAPool @BBall_INTL @wpapool @redsandyellows When one does their research, they see that all European BlackBall nations withdraw enmasse from the corrupt parent body, Blackball International. Your international player is not worried about affiliation to WPA.

@HughRacing Cavallucio has his jockey to blame for loss of race there. Extraordinary moment of madness sweeping wide around final 2 bends. Either make that move on back straight with slow pace or wait.

@CrubanyNS @CrubanyPrin Fantastic experience for all. Thanks to Miss mcKenna and Crubany Admin for all their hard work. 🙏👏👏

@HughRacing She travelled great. Couple factors could explain her not winning. Ground no issue, but did the far side have an advantage compared to route 1 down the middle? Trip? In front too long?

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@CrubanyNS Well Done lads. Great performance.

@ILoveSnooker_ @CueSportArchive It's called a Carom. A Plant is where the last ball contacted is the one potted.

@Schwarzenegger If only they had Independent unbiased TV. Or Facebook, Instagram,WhatsApp,twitter or any other digital media for the truth to seep through . Oh wait, yeah thats all blocked 🚫

@hughlaurie @hughlaurie help me with my arithmetic. 140mill deficit, borrow 150mill from treasury and then sponsor the Golf EuroTour for 140mill. And pay out 200 in dividends. Hmmm

Kleptopia by @tomburgis is as advertised and more. A dizzying cat’s cradle of rampant awfulness.

@wpapool Any details on the PayPerView details?

@IPAPool @scottish8ball @Daily_Sport That Surname is vaguely familiar. I can't put my finger on it right this minute. Leave it with me though, I'll get it. #likefatherlikeson