There was an extensive ESPN article a couple of months ago using all kinds of math and boatloads of statistics to make the point that LeBron had already matched MJ’s impact on his teams - and was accordingly projected to significantly surpass His Airness by the end of his career.

Truly a miracle of durability and athleticism.

Vladimir Putin bought a lot more with the price of just two hookers, a hotel room and some cameras, though one can not argue with the return of investment Mr Adelson has gotten for his handsome contributions to the Republican Party over the last decade.

“Kaiser Wilhelm is being recognized more and more.”

Why bother keeping them there? I assume he has already forgotten about them, since they have served their purpose as a political theater troupe for the President.

The man couldn’t even bother to visit a military cemetary located 50 miles outside of Paris because of....some rain.

Inaction on climate change will cause hundreds of millions of deaths in the future - either that, or the United States, Canada and Europe will have to absorb hundreds of millions of refugees from southern regions that will be uninhabitable in a few decades.

The troops will not be enforcing United States immigration law — that would run afoul of the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878, unless a special exception is made.

You should look up the difference between “likely” and “definitively”.

He is, and always has been, a basic animal.

It is a good thing then, that the Russians have about half the GDP of Germany and can barely afford their tremendous military expenditures anymore as it is.

That is a matter of Trump being Trump, though.

If one assumes that the next chancellor will be a member of the Christian Democratic Union (the mainstream conservative party in Germany), which is a very likely assumption, given that there hasn’t been a leftist majority in the country for many years, the three top contenders to succeed Merkel are Jens Spahn…

Because the military-industrial complex is a beast that wants feeding.

We also have to look at it from a political standpoint. A European army costs every politician who stands up for it political capital, because it is not a very popular proposal, given the approval rating of the EU right now. Relying on the United States to continue its presence in Europe indefinitely costs nothing.

See also: Intendant Kira Nerys on DS9's mirror universe episodes.

I wish they had made that show instead of Voyager. But then the Excelsior is my favorite Star Trek ship, so I’m hardly impartial.

Burnham doesn’t get promoted, though. Burnham’s old rank gets reinstated for her service during the Klingon war. Furthermore, she doesn’t regain the position as ship XO, who outranks the science officer.

If I remember correctly, Section 31 was already around in Star Trek: Enterprise as part of the original Starfleet charter proceeding the foundation of the Federation: One of their supervisors tries to coerce Malcolm Reed into becoming an operative for the organization at some point in season four, I believe. So that’s…

The EU already outspends Russia (the only threat in its realm) three to one. If every EU NATO member met the 2% goal, they’d outspend them five to one. It’s not a matter of money to enable Europe to deter Russian designs, but a matter of coordination - not just of armies and individual soldiers, but of the…