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I don't know anything about this relativity business you mention. In the scientific business, my racket, it is completely accepted as correct. But Hansen's hypothesis is a completely different matter. In the scientific community opinion is very divided regarding whether or not there is...

Ah yes, "The CO2 thermostat," that's an idea that has a certain appeal. I've seen it is papers written for the popular press. The thermostat doesn't seem to work so well over the Gobi desert. Or over the ocean where clouds form and are part of a major negative feed back mechanism which...

Did you perhaps forget about photosynthesis and the affect of CO2 on the rate of photosynthesis? There would have to be a tipping point beyond which CO2 feedback changes from negative to positive. If the feedback was positive for millennia prior to now none of us would be here. Co2 has been...

This is really an excellent point that you bring up. If the temperature really is increasing, and that is up in the air because the satellite data conflicts with the surface stations' data. But lets suppose it is increasing, then something should be the cause of this and whatever it is should...

the net CO2 warming in the troposphere comes from conversion of shorter wavelength emr than IR, that CO2 is transparent to, being absorbed by the Earth's surface and then converted into lower quality quanta by vibrational relaxation and radiated back at longer wavelengths, chiefly IR. Thus some...

No it is not someone else, it's you sucker! You can't imagine the pleasure I get from knowing you are being "fleeced' by me. I, just like your buddy Trump, am brilliant in the way I am taking advantage of you suckers. Ha ha ha, sucker!

That pretty much answers all your questions, I would think. And it seems you have the right answers too!

In countries with single payer, there is usually also a market for private insurers. Medicare in the U.S., for example, has created a huge market for private supplemental insurance to cover the 20% that medicare does not cover. And the medicare part D coverage has proved to be an absolute gold...

Were I seeking an answer to that question, I'm not sure that the American Chamber of Commerce is where I would start. Why not go to the experts to get your answer?; all the other developed countries of the world.

This will come as a surprise perhaps, but I find, as a patient, medicare paper work is no burden at all. I'm guessing for providers it's not quite so simple. No doubt there is lots of paperwork associated with compliance, certifications, etc. Most of the provider complaints with regard to...

It is true that they would have had enough votes among all who called themselves democrats, or caucused with the Democrats, but of course there were Democrats who were holdouts and were not going to go along with the public option. There were just enough holdouts to kill it without a couple...

ACA eliminated the cap on the maximum insurance would pay. In the typical 'single payer' system, like medicare, which is termed 'single payer' but is actually a dual payer system with optional third party payer. The way these systems are intended to work is entitlement contributions pay for a...

How much personal experience have you had with "healthcare" in the U.S. ? What is your basis for comparison?

:rolleyes: it may be time for a double martini

Thank you, jem, for representing, very authentically I must say, an important component of the Trump constituency.

Many people in this country are hurting, that is reflected in the outcome of the election. Some fraction of those who voted for Trump believe he will make a very good president, and some fraction voted for him for other reasons including not wanting to vote for the opposition, spite or anger...

This is a great question! Let suppose we had medicaid for everyone who could not afford medical care. That in my opinion would be a huge step forward. But we don't! Republican Governors blocked expansion of medicaid in their States. If you make too little to qualify for a federally...

I suppose what we are struggling with is whether free market capitalism is fundamentally incompatible with everyone having affordable access to a common standard of routine medical care at a level consistent with that of other industrialized countries. If we could answer that question, then we...

Are we waiting now for the media to come out and actually say it?; to say, "Our job is to see that this President fails," Mitch McConnell style. If so, we'll be waiting a long time.

I didn't approve of Hillary's email handling, I overlooked it (old definition of 'condone' before the unwashed masses got hold of the word). It wasn't at all important to me personally. Admittedly it's foolhardy behavior on my part to think in such a weird non-conspiratorial way, but I have...