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Indeed. All you need is a big enough lever and a place to stand upon.

No offense taken. It did seem to me, though, that the mother in my example thought her child was secure in her car seat and could be left unattended for a minute, just as the mother in the article thought her weapon was secure in her purse and it could be left with the two-year-old son. As it turned out, both of them were wrong.

I've only seen The Big Bang Theory a couple of times--it seemed like all the humor was based on showing how stupid smart people can be. I do watch AMC's Comic Book Men and TBS's King Of The Nerds--although when I posted about that show when it first premiered, no one here was interested.

2-Year-Old Accidentally Shoots His Mother With Her Handgun This reminded me of an incident many years ago--I was working in a factory in a small town; the factory was in the downtown, and near the south entrance was the parking lot for the VFW hall next door. One very cold winter day I happened to look at the south entrance--and the door had been bashed in. I found out later what had happened--a woman had left the engine running to run an errand in the VFW hall, with a little child supposedly secure in the child seat. Apparently the kid managed to unlatch the harness, get out of the child seat and into the driver's seat, and put the car in gear. Thankfully no one was injured--but it does illustrate a really good point; now matter how cautious or prepared you think you are as a parent, there's always the possibility of that one moment where the kid somehow gets past all the safety blocks and causes a calamity. And in the case of the calamity in the article above, the result was especially tragic. I would not want to be that kid growing up. I'm thinking the father should take the rest of the family and move across the country, somewhere where the locals won't point and say, "That's the kid who killed his mom by accident." I don't know if it would help, but it's the best idea that came to mind.

"Then you will realize that it is not the debate that is solved, but you."

Myself, I had Mexican Coca-Cola (made with sugar) in a glass bottle. Reminded me of the days when I worked bottling Coca-Cola at the local plant before they closed down the bottling operation in 1992. Didn't pay a whole lot, but still, we got to make Coca-Cola. Those were the days.

Well, Crusader is basically Batman without all the money and with only a few select gadgets--the shield and the glider wings. So he can be as Four-Color or as Dark as you want to play him. (Although giving him a junior sidekick might be a bit much for players or GM to swallow.)

Sounds good to me. It would be the perfect thing for a disguise artist

Did you ever find a last name for the guy? I was reading Stalker's write-up in the BBB and all I could find out about his "civilian" ID was that he was a jungle trapper named Antonio. Just--Antonio. Drove me nuts.

They would--assuming they can put up with Beamline's "I'm-smarter-than-you-therefore-better-than-you" nonsense. That can get old really fast for some people. I did have the idea in this post that Beamline would attempt to recruit other science/tech oriented supervillains to his "cause," calling the group The Society for Scientific Supremacy. Feel free to use the idea if you think you can.

"Best Christmas EVER!!!"

Seconded. In fact, I said in this post that it would be interesting to bring them into a campaign at the beginning of their story, where they're sentenced to become superheroes and assigned to the PCs' team to keep an eye on them. No, actually I liked the powersets for the characters--I should have made that more clear. My apologies. It's that their villainous IDs really don't do anything for me. Like William Chow, who has a nifty background and the potential to make a great deal of trouble for the players--and the best he can do for a supervillain name is to call himself Utility. All three of those characters could use a makeover from Fabian Bartleheimer--although I doubt he made it into either the 5th or 6th Edition universes.

Pretty much. Like Dragon Master, Beamline, Hideous, Rainbow Archer and many others, they were just. . .forgotten. I was never that attached to Panda and Raccoon--there was nothing about their powers or modus operandi that could be considered panda-like or raccoon-like, and while a raccoon motif could be quite cool for a hero or even a villain, there was no great reason for him to have a integral tail--it serves no purpose than to justify the ten points taken for the Disadvantage. There's nothing wrong with the powersets--if fact it would be quite easy to take their builds and use them for other, more impressive characters. Just my thoughts on the subject--take them as you will.

"Stay on target--stay on target--"

There's Daisy Fields, who worked as Ham's (the Druid) secretary, and just about everyone else Ham has encountered. The Badger Universe

I believe as well. Remember, the guy was friends with a Druid who not only was several hundred years old, but could control the weather through blood sacrifice, among other feats of magic. Talking to animals is downright mundane by comparison.

I saw a bullet open up a big hole in her head. I saw Daryl carry her lifeless body out to Maggie. I saw the follow-up episode of Talking Dead where Robert Kirkman himself confirmed that Beth had been killed, and Emily Kinney herself trying to hold back the tears as she said goodbye. I don't know what you saw, but I saw the character get killed.

Here's an criminal organization-- GREED--Global Retribution, Extortion and Elimination Directorate

I thought Luster has the most minimal costume ever. And people claim Wonder Woman is underdressed. . .

GORGON--Greater Omnibus Response, Global Operations Network How's that for an acronym?

Actually, a blimp is a type of dirigible, which is a term for a steerable balloon equipped with an motor-driven propeller for forward motion. The other type is a zeppelin, which is a dirigible with a rigid framework. Dirgibles were invented by Alberto Santos-Dumont just before the beginning of the 20th century. This informative bite-size piece of information was brought to you by the letter "N" for "Nitpicky" and the letter "K" for "Know-It-All."

Brainz. . . Lemme see--I'll need one of these--and one of these--and maybe two of these-- C'mon, guys! I can't take 'em alone! And see if you can reach Emily Kinney--I understand she's available now.

The problem with "regulating" superpowers like they were guns or vehicles is that superpowers are, for the most part, innate abilities. Guns and cars can be legally prohibited to those who fail to use them responsibly or deliberately use them to harm others. But to take away a superhuman's powers would be like taking away someone's ability to read and write, or walk, or see or hear. It would be like medieval times, when punishments such as blinding or dismemberment were common for such things as petty theft, or one's tongue could be burned or cut out for blasphemy, or tortured to death for being accused of witchcraft. Alternately, it would be like Kurt Vonnegut's story Harrison Bergeron Jr. where everyone with even slightly exceptional ability was brought down to the lowest common denominator through the use of handicaps--or like Babylon 5, where human telepaths who did not join the Psi Corps were subjected to special drugs that not only suppressed their telepathy, but their intellect as well. That might be okay for the "normals" or the "mundanes"--but if you were one of the "exceptionals?" Would you be okay with sacrificing your individuality, your strengths, just so everyone else could be comfortable? Should you be expected to do that? Somehow, I don't think so. Yes, the fear--the concern, if you prefer--is quite understandable. But I don't believe we need to strip superpowered people of their rights or imprison them without due process to satisfy those concerns, or assuage those fears. (And we certainly shouldn't do it in real life, either.) Hope that helps.

When was Champions Complete released? I saw on the list of nominees that they were going back as far as 14 months, and I do not see any Champions or HERO product listed. Someone more knowledgeable about the product line needs to weigh in, please.