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How do you know he's crazy? I like how in another thread you argued that someone who believes in a god or gods can be rational, but you immediately associate a belief in alien abductions with insanity. That is a surely absurd double-standard.Originally posted by Paul Beckwith View Posteverytime it hurts, it hurts just like the first (and then you cry till there's no more tears) -
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Ben it is impossible to destroy their beliefs with logic when they are so irrational to have the beliefs in the first place.University and Chess, a difficult mix.Comment
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I did not claim that he is crazy. Just that he can dive and swim.
It was not me arguing that someone who believes in a god or gods can be rational; you must be thinking of someone else...Comment
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http://www.chesstalk.info/forum/show...&postcount=375Originally posted by Paul Beckwith View Posteverytime it hurts, it hurts just like the first (and then you cry till there's no more tears)Comment
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Wow. There must be an alien double of me making some of these posts.Comment
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Aliens communicating with the Russian president!? But this is no longer news! They've already spoken to President Obama!! Please do a search for "Serpo Release 32" and get all the details!Originally posted by Paul Beckwith View PostComment
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Who did he pair them with?Gary Ruben
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These aliens are mad at us. Look what they are doing in the US plains tonight...
http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/new...utbreak_in.asp
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Impressive. Think of what they would do to our Olympic teams.Originally posted by Paul Beckwith View Post
Jimmy Carter saw a UFO before they made him president. In American I think that makes a person uniquely qualified. Just google Jimmy Carter UFO and have a good read. You'll probably find where his Mrs. saw a ghost.
Do you figure the Aliens would sponsor our teams? I notice in another thread an organizer wants the players to find the sponsors and wonder what spaceship he stepped off.Gary Ruben
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The Aliens do not need to sponsor the team; only give them a free lift to the tournament. I think that Ben knows how to make contact with them.Comment
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We're talking Siberia here. The problem is never getting there. It's getting back.Originally posted by Paul Beckwith View Post
I once met a woman doctor from Siberia. While she was working on me we talked about chess (no kidding). What I remember most is she had nice soft hands. :) She was working as a technician in a cardiologists office. I suppose she had to intern, or whatever they call it, before they issued her a Canadian certificate to practice.Gary Ruben
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Ben, if you need another job I found a possibility, and it is green to boot...
*Victoria** Binners Deserve Community Aid:* They are called binners or
dumpster divers, and they have become part of our economy, our daily
lives and even our commitment to the environment. We see them rooting
through garbage cans and hedges around downtown Victoria, looking for
bottles and cans that other people have tossed aside. Still, it is good
that a map has been drawn up that shows the location of downtown
services for people who make their living scavenging from dumpsters. The
map will help binners, and help bring credibility to the work they do.
The result of a project by University of Victoria students, done with
the geography department's "community-based research laboratory
<http://cbrl.uvic.ca/en/welcome/index.html>," the
map is based on interviews with 156 local binners. The pamphlet includes
information about binners along with a map that shows washrooms, water
sources, and the places that will accept salvaged recyclables. Victoria
Times Colonist
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