Nino, at least we both agree that we cannot follow each others thoughts!  Perhaps a compliment to both of us and undoubtedly at least in part an issue tied up in trying to communicate via email.

My question on reducing commercials and why some and not others was a direct enquiry about your statement

Truth be known, we have reduced the number of Commercial "industry" entities. 

 
I took that to mean that moderators had taken a conscious decision to remove some - I can't see or think of another way to interpret your statement.  What did you mean?

The argument that sponsors supply the funds to keep the site running  is trotted out fairly often, so in the interests of transparency could you tell us what it costs, in dollar terms, to run the site for a year and what percentage of this comes from sponsors?  This may ease the concerns of some.