... That is not the answer to the question. This question came up at every meeting of the board that I attended and no conclusive answer was ever provided. At...
[quote="Randy Bauer"]Geez, we're having trouble getting above the "Sam Sloan line" as it is - do you really want to make it more difficult to get more...
... OK. I apologize. She was a high level clerk. However, the decision to pay the $13,358.36 to Susan Polgar was ultimately made by Bill Goichberg. He signed...
[quote="MikeMurray"][quote="samsloan"]Perhaps I wrote too soon: Nomen Nescio is back today, posting over on rgcp, through anonymous remailer dizum.com. He...
In Iceland with Bobby Fischer, Day 2, August 13, 1972, continued I missed the flight back to New York because Skuli Thoradsson's drunken friend was on the...
I am of course thankful for the bequest by Phil LeCornu and for the wonderful recollections by Tim Redman. I am fairly certain that I met Phil LeCornu. At...
Sam, your obsession with dissing Bill is insane!! Of course he signed the check. IT HAD BEEN APPROVED BY THE OUT GOING ED!! BILL was supposed to know that this...
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Jan 2, 2009 2:34 pm
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[quote="Brian Mottershead"]Another question: if it is a good thing to invest LMA funds in paying off the mortgage, how come the LMA Committee has not done that...
Sam, Bill G. will finish last when pigs fly! As usual, Sad Sam hasn't got a clue. There will be a field of 7 or 8 as it now stands and SAM WILL FINISH LAST,...
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Jan 2, 2009 3:30 pm
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... The answer to that question is over on the other thread entitled "Mortgage Proposal from LMA Chair". However, David Quinn who, rumor has it, is also...
[quote="Brian Mottershead"]But, frankly, I am really getting fed up with all the political B.S. and gimmicks in this organization. I know that the LMA...
... hasn't got a ... FINISH ... Since I have been publishing history books lately, I have learned that on election day in 1932 President Herbert Hoover was...
Regardng some recent comments. For those not reading well, the posting was from the LMA Committee Chair. The posting was not from the LMA Committee. I haven't...
[quote="Brian Mottershead"]Here is why it seems like political deal. The LMA Committee is really just another political power center within the USCF made up of...
[quote="MichaelAtkins"][quote="samsloan"]I agree that Mike Atkins is very well qualified to be a member of the board, especially since he promised to reverse...
[quote="texasrob"]My main concern on having so much cash is that we burn through it in legal or operating expenses. I like the flexibility that having so much...
Brian Lafferty has declared himself to be a candidate for election to the USCF Executive Board. Candidate Brian Lafferty no longer practices law but he once...
Not a "wag". It is from Terry Pratchett, about the ruler of Ankh-Morpork. He's used it in several of his Discworld novels. I brought it to Sam's attention....
I did not initially post the chapter below, although I did post the chapter before and after this one. I then received an email from Al Lawrence who is writing...
[quote="BrianLafferty"][quote="samsloan"]However, today he stated over on RGCP that he will ask the USCF to become involved in litigation to keep me off the...
I Return to Iceland, September 2, 1972 I first traveled to Iceland during the 1972 Great Fischer-Spassky Match because Fischer's lawyer, Andy Davis, called me...
A candidate for the USCF Executive Board has just posted a statement over on the USCF Issues Forum that he is dropping out of the race because Goichberg has...
... This is not true. I have never made a conflict of interest claim against anybody. I believe in letting the voters decide who is the best candidate. If I...
Is there ANY ONE out there who takes Sam seriously when he constantly attacks Bill Goichberg, who Sam seems to see as the malevolent, all powerful, greater...
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Jan 6, 2009 8:47 pm
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[quote="Grayson"]As I'm generally only able to play in tournaments that are scheduled many months in advance, I play almost exclusively in Continental Chess...
Jerry, I take Sam seriously. I think he is a fine person and that his various critiques are worthy of consideration. I think "obsession" better applies to his...
*Please note, the sender's email address has not been verified. The USCF can be saved with targeted marketing. Lets get the message "OUT" ******************** ...
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Jan 7, 2009 10:40 pm
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Thursday, February 20, 2003 Love soars, then goes sour on Alaska flight ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A flight that started with kisses and coos on Valentine's Day...