nomadpete

Well, no. It always costs somebody. In your case, it cost the taxpayers. Don't get me wrong, I believe we should get rid of health insurance companies and make all medical care into a universal government funded health care programme.

Are you aware that every coal seam gas hole does this (there are around 30,000 of these.) They simply burn off the dirty gas until the well produces "cleaner" gas. Note that methane is many times worse than CO2. Coal is so much nicer than alternative energy sources, just look at this lovely coal mine. Compared to the ugly wind turbines in the distance.

Just for the (older) nerds..... Fortran joke: God is real, unless declared integer. Cobol joke: A single missed period can be of great significance.

Thanks for explaining, Peter. Just when I think the USofA cannot sink any lower...... They do

Good to see you are settling down... Welcome back Jerry.

Waste of money. All that effort for nothing. (Only joking. Great resilt of course)

Well Octave, I think your posts are positive so they are not out of place here. Thanks for the input.

So tell me true.... Did Donny claim the FBI's $10,000,000 reward for bringing the Crown Prince to USA ? Or, how did The Prince suddenly change from public enemy number one, to 'best buddy'?

Octave, I consider the EchoCardioGraph is a fantastic invention. I was overjoyed to SEE the blood flow and valve operation. It is awesome! Such things are great advances in medical science.

The Ministry of Truth, will soon be releasing new and better truths for us all. Thank you for attention to this matter

She's not telling us anything we didn't already know. The problem remains... what can we do about the long term fallout, now that DjT has destroyed the already failing democracy thar WAS USA. Our country is a little fish in a big pond, but the uncertain decade or so that follows, will still affect us. The flowchart of global possibilities has many branches, but none of them look good. So my concern is no longer 'What Has Trump Done Now?' My concern is that even after he is gone, (which cannot be soon enough) now that the guardrails are gone from all US administrations, what will the US do? Not only that, but the worst of the nutters and narcissists have taken up residence.

Nev An echo cardiogram is not an ECG. Different thing entirely.

I think Jerry's in lerv. I haven't seen him this chatty for .... ever. Judging by the readability of recent posts, the bike is good for his alertness (keyboard accuracy is up) too.

A Daft sign...

I see what you did there... 'christains'.... ha! I know you aint dyslectic.

Really? In the big sceme of things, who cares 'who's up who and who's not paying rent'? Their personal playground doesn't affect world politics. There is plenty of other serious unconsciencable and unethical shyte going around to keep us amused.

I agree, Ian. It is an interesting thought experiment to try to visualise those scenarios. Eg: Can someone actually 'cross the floor' if there is no other floor to go to? Where can they sling mud if there isn't a opposition to target? In question time, who would bother to question a party policy or law?

Maybe something trump didn't do.

No, I'm not on a theme.... Random!

This is RANDOM..... Oscar Wild's conundrum....

Haven't you all had enough of The Decine and Fall of the American Empire? How do you think the gods feel about it?

By ROYAL decree.... The new world !

I read somewhere that Mr Lavrov has not been seen for 3 weeks. I hope he hasn't been going around checking that the windows are all locked shut?

My crystal ball predicts rain, rain, rain!