Re: 2 - I think you failed at paging gas_dr, as you never pinged him.
Or maybe you did that on purpose, as he adds something to the discussion, and that is often unwelcome on these types of threads.
Of course it was intentional that the rules of etiquette here are not followed by the dwindling number of those who have reduced themselves to the absurd. The actual data are coming out and proving most of what I and others who are actually trained in the stuff correct. The argument now is entirely political and not based on actual study and data analysis. So when the politics go where some like the person you called out (and thank you for this) I find arguing pointless. They are unwilling to consider other opinions and arrive at his or her own conclusion. Besides, when all someone has to offer is pointless name calling, why bother to respond. I laugh that they are thinking of me and I enjoy living rent free in their head when I don’t think of them from day to day to day. Even when I have a look at this forum. I am not laughing with them, I am merely laughing at them 😊