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She got it from Jim. We all agree, it must have been Louise who gave it to him.

I rather like this idea. I also rather like the idea of making Impenetrable defenses block 1 point of Penetrating damager per point of Impenetrable defense. Not very fond of the "all-or-nothingness" of Impenetrable. I already had discussions with my players about use/abuse of various game elements. If they come up with a concept or power writeup that bends the rules, but doesn't outright break them, I point out that I'll allow it if they're aware that at some point, villains will do likewise. Over half the time, they decide they don't want to face that possibility and back off.

Haley says Trump campaign sent her birdcage after he called her ‘birdbrain’ | The Hill She should really respond with something to the effect of: "I'm surprised that Trump would be doing anything involving cages, given his many current legal woes..."

Frankly, I'd be surprised if he could *spell* "jet".

I'd actually say if they don't both have Teamwork skill, their DEX roll with a slight penalty (say -1 or -2) as Teamwork is a DEX skill, and those with Teamwork should have a leg up (see what I did there?) on those without it. Other than that, I like Grailknight's idea above.

I once saw a comedian who used to be a lawyer. Or as he put it, "Well, I'm still a lawyer, I just used to have clients." He talked about his first client, for a murder case. He said: "The prosecutor said, 'There's no evidence in your client's favor. I'm not going to offer a plea deal. I'm going to try him and get him the death penalty.' So I had to go back to my client and say, 'There really is no evidence in your favor and the prosecutor won't make a deal. He wants to give you the death penalty. (shrugs) I think you should take it.'" "So during the trial, I had to resort to arguments like, 'Mr. Eyewitness, you say you saw my client stab the deceased in the chest. Did you actually see the knife pierce the skin? No? Well, then, you only saw my client stab him in the shirt.' 'Dr. Smith, you're the medical examiner in this case. Let me ask you a hypothetical question. If, despite my client stabbing the victim, his heart had continued beating, then would he still be alive today? Yes? Well, then, it wasn't my client's stabbing that killed the victim, but his heart's refusal...'" "My closing argument was, 'It has been said that it is better to let a hundred guilty men go free than to convict one innocent person. (pause) My client is guilty. Let him go.'"

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FWIW, I brought up Margarita Man about 6 posts prior to yours, albeit with a link rather than a quote. And now I need to add a rubber chicken to my GM toolkit.

What you're basically talking about is Hugh Neilson's infamous Margarita Man.

In fairness, a brain-damaged sloth would be better than the overwhelming majority of elected officials.

See, I'd have had him dump the Coke on the PC first, then the McDonald's shake. And say, "Coke always gives me the shakes." Might as well throw a bad pun in there when you can.

It's no wonder the guy on the left is sweating. He knows there's no way he'll get to the knife before one of the others.

Seriously, what possessed somebody to think, "Hey, I should replace Judy Garland's face with Arnold and have him sing"? I'll have to counter that with this... Edit to add: And I won't disturb you further by posting the video, but do a search for "Little Orphan Arnie" if you want to be both amused and disturbed at the same time.

I honestly read that as the Pinocchio coup, and imagined an army of wooden puppets led by a cricket.

Not a news story, but it made my daughter feel a bit better. Wednesday after work, she stopped to gas up her car, and when she drove off she forgot that she had set her wallet on the back of her car. Of course, it fell off somewhere along the way. She was understandably upset. The next day, a man in a nearby town contacted her via Facebook (having tracked her down from her license) saying that he had found her wallet. Since he was going to be in her city that day for a vet appointment, he dropped it off in her mailbox - all credit cards and cash intact (only $2, but still). Didn't ask for a reward (though she's going to try and get him something just to say thank you). She had been having a very crappy last couple of months, and said that this helped restore some of her faith in humanity. - - - - - - - - - Here is an article that also helps restore faith in humanity. I found $5,000 in a thrift store after it fell out of a shirt I picked up - a note I found meant I had to give it back | The US Sun (the-sun.com)

Would that make it "Neuter Evil"?

Ah, I see she met my wife...

...in Australia. Which by itself probably increases its danger level by a factor of three.

So definitely not Make America Great And Memorable.

Make America Great Again Maybe?

Should have had him ride in on a pair of sheep. That way, ON TWO EWE THE SAVIOUR IS BJORN.

From the parts I did read, it didn't seem like a first effort. (For instance, it doesn't seem riddled with poor grammar and misspellings galore.) There were a few things I laughed out loud at. (Referring to Genocide: "Plus the branding sucked.") I'm pretty sure there will be more. Keep up the good work. (One tip, though - "it's" is short for "it is", not the possessive of "it". Sorry, it's a pet peeve of mine, and each time I saw it used incorrectly I cringed.)

Gotta admit, I found this kinda cool. Ukraine is fielding new $3,500 'cardboard' drones against Russia — they're flat-packed and could prove deadly (msn.com)

Good enough for me. I picked up a copy. (Well, the paper copy will come in time, but I could go into the PDF copy immediately.) Haven't had time yet to go through it in detail, just flipped through it and read a few bits and pieces, so most of what I can give at this point are impressions and generalities. I like the overall look of it. Nice and clean, with good headings / subheadings. For instance, I really like how the Mutant Classifications are laid out. At times, the text seems to go a bit close to the header / footer bars, but that's not a deal-breaker and may be different in the printed version. (I'll have to wait and see for that.) I also like the distinctive look of the character writeups, though I think there's a bit too much white space there (particularly between the various skills, though other things could be tightened up as well). Also on the down side, I really wish all of the individual characters had character art depicting them (even if it was just a group pic, like "Father" Todd with the Sons of the Father gathered around him). I'll admit it, I'm a sucker for superhero / supervillain character art, and not seeing it for all characters was disappointing to me. Power-level wise, some of them (the Minuteman Mk. 7 and the MTU - I'm kinda surprised you actually used Terminator without worrying about copyright issues) are meant to take on whole teams, or at least multiple foes at once. Most of them, though, look good for going one-on-one (or one-on-two) with your PC heroes. (This is with the caveat that I didn't dive deep enough to see how balanced the various characters are.) Missing character art withstanding, I really liked the related or semi-related art throughout (good quality stuff, too). I kinda wish there was some scattered through the Equipment Manifold, even if they were just some standard real-world pistols / rifles / grenade launchers, but you can't have everything. (Where would you put it?) Anyway, on the whole I'm happy with my purchase. Edit to add: Yes, I know this review is light on actual content about the IHA. I'd like to do some reading of it before making substantive comments there.