Tom Cowan

Mussolini and the fascists managed to be simultaneously revolutionary and traditionalist;[83][84] because this was vastly different from anything else in the political climate of the time, it is sometimes described[by whom?] as "The Third Way".[85] The Fascisti, led by one of Mussolini's close confidants, Dino Grandi, formed armed squads of war veterans called blackshirts (or squadristi) with the goal of restoring order to the streets of Italy with a strong hand. The blackshirts clashed with communists, socialists, and anarchists at parades and demonstrations; all of these factions were also involved in clashes against each other. The Italian government rarely interfered with the blackshirts' actions, owing in part to a looming threat and widespread fear of a communist revolution. The Fascisti grew rapidly; within two years they transformed themselves into the National Fascist Party at a congress in Rome. In 1921, Mussolini won election to the Chamber of Deputies for the first time.[18] In the meantime, from about 1911 until 1938, Mussolini had various affairs with the Jewish author and academic Margherita Sarfatti, called the "Jewish Mother of Fascism" at the time.[86]
March on Rome
In the night between 27 and 28 October 1922, about 30,000 Fascist blackshirts gathered in Rome to demand the resignation of liberal Prime Minister Luigi Facta and the appointment of a new Fascist government. On the morning of 28 October, King Victor Emmanuel III, who according to the Albertine Statute held the supreme military power, refused the government request to declare martial law, which led to Facta's resignation. The King then handed over power to Mussolini (who stayed in his headquarters in Milan during the talks) by asking him to form a new government. The King's controversial decision has been explained by historians as a combination of delusions and fears; Mussolini enjoyed wide support in the military and among the industrial and agrarian elites, while the King and the conservative establishment were afraid of a possible civil war and ultimately thought they could use Mussolini to restore law and order in the country, but failed to foresee the danger of a totalitarian evolution

Definitely not safe for work!
 
 

Part of a conversation...
 
Other guy, sarcastically, "Lockdowns have a great record of success. Just look at California and New York."
 
Me:
 
"Sir, the wounded soldier lost half of his blood despite the bandages!"
"My God! Send out the word! No more bandaging wounded soldiers! Bandages don't work!"

Yeah, I've learned to not Google "Adult Fantasy" when I'm looking for literature which isn't "Juvenile Fantasy".

The distinction between, "efficient character building" and, "powergaming" can be pretty fine. I consider powergaming to be exploiting the rules to create a character more combat-effective than the campaign guidelines would normally allow.

From one of my favorite music YouTubers, the same young lady who brought us Google Translate Sings:
 

Got news that the assisted living home the grandmother of my husband is at had an outbreak -- and she tested positive.

Remember -- The Addams Family is a Christmas movie!
The opening scene has them dumping boiling oil onto carolers.
 
 
 
 

There’s a term for people like Trump.
 
But there’s not a second one.

I think the above covers it pretty well. Do remember that some people even in brutally hard games like hockey (Mark Messier, etc.) play for more than 20 years and you are going to have some heroes who are more detective types or long distance combatants or support who could have careers in the 40-50 year range. On the flip side, there are tragic accidents that take down people in their early years or even the first foray. The line will likely have a few people who sat out the hero game altogether for a variety of reasons. And you might even get a generation or two that the genes skip altogether. Maybe they still went into the family trade, maybe not. 
 
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It’s not that politicians are getting vaccinated early. It’s that politicians who spent all year downplaying the danger from the virus and calling it a Democrat hoax are getting vaccinated early. 

Hmm, I think you can get no base or a bar to use on your own base.  for no base click the base type that is marked to unpick it just like removing any thing else.

I think that is sometimes called a tree-toppler

How's this for a tree-topper?

Known strengths (ie: Powers and skills.) 
 
Known weaknesses. Eg: actual Vulnerabilities and Susceptibilities but also psych lims. that can be exploited, such as habits, obsessions, other patterns of behaviour. Basically - Complications. I'd hope that, as a hero, they wouldn't exploit DNPCs but I guess some versions of Batman would.
 
Known associates. It's much easier to find someone if you know where to look. Also you may overhear confidences shared if you are surveilling (not a real word) them. 
 
Then there's the actual plans. The hero will list ways in which to leverage the weaknesses and negate the strengths.
 
Then add some creepy stalker pics that Batman, er I mean Plan Guy, has taken of the hero at private times.

The biology teacher across the hall from me--the one who's a hardcore Trump supporter, the one who grumbled about the necessity of the masking and cleaning measures we had to implement in the school this year, the one who insisted that COVID-19 would "disappear the day after the election"--just dropped into my room to tell me he's being sent home because he's tested positive for COVID-19.
 
Shit.

"Twit" is not the word I'd use for someone who intentionally hid covid deaths for two weeks before and after the election.