That and, lest we forget, its smart reliance on penny tax revenues to fund infrastructure.

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Lest we forget that LeBron took less money for a chance to play with a friend and stud in Dwyane Wade, and with an organization that seems committed to winning.

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Lest we forget, this was precisely the argument that Germany made to its European partners a decade ago, in explaining why it was not going to get its budget deficit back to below 3% overnight.

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Lest we forget, Mrs Merkel and her German colleagues are actually much more devoted to that long-term objective of integration than many of those now calling for rapid steps towards it.

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And lest we forget, the man behind it all, Joss Whedon, is currently trying to figure out how the hell to make a movie out of The Avengers.

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And, lest we forget, those with the greatest financial resources are those who will find it easiest to relocate in that way.

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And, what a comeback that was, lest we forget that Apple was on the verge of irrelevance in the late 1990s to the point where its board of directors pursued a sale, but found no buyers.

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And lest we forget, drugs are a very tiny part of overall health care costs, with a lot more going to hospitals and surgeries.

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