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  1. We don't know yet. They haven't announced a cabinet list yet. They'll probably wait till the parties have approved the coalition deal.
  2. I think that's a rather feeble excuse. The federal government's term has expired but it's still fully functional. And all the executive power lies with the state governments anyway. Merkel never did more than chair the meetings.
  3. If I recall correctly, FTL travel is a series of "jumps", which require some preparation. You assess your current position, then do some complicated math, perform the jump, which will (hopefully) get you close to the expected position. Then you repeat the whole thing. The distance you can cover with a single jump is limited by the precision of the math. Doing a very long jump runs the risk of ending up inside a star. On the second foundation with its telepathic capabilities: If they could steer the Galaxy along the Seldon plan, shouldn't they have been able to take over and save the empire? The whole thing doesn't make much sense to me.
  4. Haven't seen any of the shows yet. In the books, the rules and what the Seldon plan really is about change with each instalment. First it's all about statistics and how it's possible to predict history with math because individuals don't matter. Later it's the opposite, with telepaths bending people to their will, which shouldn't make much difference if the original premise held, but totally does.
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    Babylon 5

    Mira Furlan has died? That leaves about half the cast dead.
  6. iTunes has been split up on iOS a couple of years ago and meanwhile on the Mac, too. There's a music, a podcast and a tv app now. On Windows and older MacOS versions iTunes is still available, but I wouldn't expect it to see much development work any more. The trend towards proprietary platforms is regrettable. It fundamentally changes the character of podcasting. A podcast is supposed to be an RSS feed. No central hosting, no DRM, etc. That's not at all what Spotify etc. offer. I still stick to the free stuff, with the exception of Audible (which I have for the audiobooks).
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    Babylon 5

    Crusade had an X-Files parody episode: https://babylon5.fandom.com/wiki/Visitors_from_Down_the_Street
  8. Alaphilippe is quite successful with his current team. They just don't usually pursue the GC in a big multi-stage race. Most teams don't. Doesn't mean they aren't successful. Alaphilippe is No1 in the UCI world rankings. Not so bad.
  9. Who said the story arc of the Others should be reduced to a subplot? It's about the order of events, not their importance. Ending the civil war first and then fighting the Others doesn't make much sense as a story. Now the show obviously has reduced the whole story arc with the White Walkers to a rather insignificant subplot (and nixed pretty much all of the buildup it had done over seven seasons) by its clumsy "resolution" of that plot line, but it's not the order of events that's the problem here. Having some big, climactic battle against the White Walkers first and then sort out the politics of Westeros makes perfect sense.
  10. Actually, it makes sense to sort out who gets to sit on that iron chair after the Others have been defeated. I fully expect GRRM to finish the books like that (if he ever does). It would be the ASOIAF version of the Scouring of the Shire. Whether it's Cersei who is in control of Kings Landing is another matter. But the writers have been a Lannister fan club from day one.
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    Babylon 5

    Babylon 5 ran on a rather limited budget and was broadcast in NTSC, which wasn't exactly high definition, so the special effects didn't have to be very good. There also was the threat of cancellation and the show lost its lead character after season one, which required major changes to the main story arc. Still, it was a great show.
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    Babylon 5

    Has been a couple of years since I last watched the series, but if I recall correctly, the finale of season 5 was shot at the end of season 4 when Straczynski expected that season to be the final one. Isn't Ivanova in it?
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