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> I have scarcely read any posts in this newsgroup which contain in their
> obvert, and in their evident submersion, such witless deprecations. It is
> not as if the pseudo-anon Catalan, whose real name is Stan Booz, but for
> reasons best known to himself cannot sign his posts not admit what role he
> plays in his own commentary...
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> ... writing entirely without irony of the force of that place [Catalonia]
> or its stance in history of European culture, should speculate upon
> history to such a psychologically inane and impotent effect, but that he
> should propose as his strawman someone who could teach him a lesson in
> history and indeed in communicating it.
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> That this person should have recently been the *special* advisor to the
> board of USCF is as propitious as if I said that daffy-duck held the same
> post, or maybe Eyeore.
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> USCF central has been informed by such stuff - and this gentlemen, alack
> no ladies, is the state of the art which governs chess in the most
> powerful and richest country in the world.
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> It happens because of a certain weakness by those whose need is to govern
> by any means whatever in an increasing shrinking pool, even to complete
> rural obscurity.
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> Phil Innes
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> "Catalan" <xxx@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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