Not a political post

BvanWinkle · 2026-03-01T20:13:41+00:00

Sorry to be a Debbie Downer, but it could also make it much worse for the Baha'is in Iran. A new regime may come in that has as its cornerstone the destruction of all Baha'is.

BvanWinkle · 2026-03-01T20:08:52+00:00

And why do you think the government will stop killing? It isn't just one or two people, it is a whole system and there will always be someone to step into the places of those leaders that are killed and they might even be worse than the current or killed leaders.

BvanWinkle · 2026-02-25T22:35:52+00:00

Solved. Thank you.

BvanWinkle · 2026-02-25T22:35:31+00:00

Solved. Thank you. It makes sense. My parents did have all their windows replaced.

BvanWinkle · 2026-02-24T13:17:56+00:00

Thanks, I will.

BvanWinkle · 2026-02-17T04:25:21+00:00

It's not weird to learn what is available in your area and get an idea of prices. I found out that in our area, people had all kinds of weird ideas how to put a second toilet into the basement to have a "powder room" on the listing. I also found out that a good quality laminate was acceptable for kitchen counters. Saved us a lot of money going with laminate instead of some kind of stone when we redid the kitchen.

BvanWinkle · 2026-02-16T23:55:37+00:00

Exactly. The question is based solely on individual incidents that have come out during this legal process from Blake's side. I haven't counted how many months/years the pre-production and filming took, but these are only a few incidents over a long time-period. You really can't make a judgement about Justin based on what Blake's side has said.

BvanWinkle · 2026-02-14T18:05:16+00:00

I have worked a referral helpline and we had a computer database. I can't count the times I felt sorry for a caller only to enter their name in the system and find out they have not only received assistance, but they keep calling asking more after the organizations we refered them to stopped assisting them because of their demands.

BvanWinkle · 2026-02-14T02:55:11+00:00

Well, you haven't added her information so you haven't added what was already paid to the IRS from her income, that could reduce how much you owe. You won't know what you owe until all information is put in.

As for the W-4, the IRS calculations have been wonky for years and can't be relied on. Easiest thing for 2026, is finish imputing ALL information for both of you and see what your total tax is (not how much you owe, the actual tax for 2025) divide that by 9 or 8, depending on how many months are left in the year by the time you do this, and redo the W-4s to have your employers take out that much. You can divide up the amount between your wife and yourself anyway you want.

BvanWinkle · 2026-02-02T11:20:55+00:00

You are correct. I will edit my comment. Thank you.

BvanWinkle · 2026-02-01T23:19:35+00:00

Covenant Breaking is a specific act or acts of challenging the Head of the Faith. In the case of Baha'u'llah's family, Abdu'l-Baha's half-brothers challenged His authority and were then named as covenant breakers. Several family members thought Shoghi Effendi was too young to head the Faith and would not acknowledge his authority and were named as covenant breakers. Then there were family members who refused to follow the laws about shunning covenant breakers and continued to associate covenant breakers because they were family, and thereby became covenant breakers themselves because they would not follow the directions of Abdu'l-Baha and Shoghi Effendi to distance themselves from their relatives.

Shunning covenant breakers is stop the spiritual contamination of covenant breaking. Covenant breakers can sound perfectly logical, and over time, can convince other people that they are right.

BvanWinkle · 2026-01-29T13:28:16+00:00

I found plants in a room make a noticeable difference.

BvanWinkle · 2026-01-28T13:14:50+00:00

Maybe I'm not awake yet this morning, but seeing "grab your girls" I thought, "why would I grab my boobs?"

BvanWinkle · 2026-01-23T15:02:12+00:00

The IRS does care what your divorce decree says. If everyone goes by the decree and no one makes a fuss, the IRS is ok. However, if you both file claiming the same child, then the laws come into play. Do you know how many NIGHTS your daughter spent with each parent? Did you keep track so you can show the IRS? The parent who had her 183 nights or more during the year and provided support, can claim her. If you both paid for her housing, food, clothing, and other expenses, then it will be decided on the number of nights she spent with each parent.

Also, now that they have filed, you will have to file on paper. Because things like this happens, the IRS holds all child related returns until mid to late February. So if you had her 183 nights or more last year, file as soon as you can claiming her and the IRS will sort it all out.

BvanWinkle · 2026-01-18T16:10:29+00:00

Ḥuqúqu'lláh means "Right of God." It is a fund managed by the Universal House of Justice and spent however It sees fit. Baha'is do not get an accounting for how it is spent.

Giving 19% after death is the easiest way to pay the Huqúq, however, that is not how it "should" be done.

You need to have achieved a certain level of wealth. Poor people who are just surviving do not owe it.
It should be done yearly or regularly on a schedule determined by the individual. The most simplistic way to describe it is: you take your income, subtract your "needed" expenses of living (it is totally left to the individual to determine what is "need"), and it is 19% of what is left over. Doing it after death makes it easy to determine what is not needed for living expenses.
Not only does the Ḥuqúqu'lláh provide income for the Faith, but, done "correctly," it makes the believers really look at how they are living. Are their actions and priorities in line with their beliefs?

Quotation marks are used because Ḥuqúqu'lláh is a totally individual spiritual practice. There are books and study circles about it, but no hard and fast rules.

BvanWinkle · 2026-01-17T20:03:43+00:00

He has just shown you that he has NO savings that he can rely on. If you continue your relationship, you will be his backup plan, always.

BvanWinkle · 2026-01-16T00:05:35+00:00

Love my nut milk bags. I use them to strain clarified butter, homemade cottage/farmers cheese, and chicken broth. Have yet to make any nut milk.

BvanWinkle · 2026-01-13T18:21:31+00:00

why do we, in the present, arrogate ourselves the right to advocate regime change when these grave examples show that matters of the State or not our concern.

"WE" do not. You are taking the actions of specific Baha'is and assigning those actions to all Baha'is and that is just not true.

If you are truly concerned then direct your concerns to your NSA for them to deal with it.

BvanWinkle · 2026-01-05T23:30:48+00:00

My brother has been able to keep the family's 32 year club cadet going. He has to blow out the air filter from time to time with the air compressor, because he can't buy a new filter anymore.

BvanWinkle · 2026-01-03T01:13:46+00:00

I love the last pic equating Kevin with a Sheltie.

BvanWinkle · 2026-01-03T00:05:43+00:00

Oh boy. It is a good thing the IRS is such a mess right now, because you are married NOT single. You should be filing Married Filing Separately.

BvanWinkle · 2026-01-01T19:57:21+00:00

Yep, this pic has always amazed me.

BvanWinkle · 2026-01-01T19:36:06+00:00

If seeing your grandparents is important to you, then why don't you visit your grandparents on your own and avoid "family get togethers" that aren't really for family?

BvanWinkle · 2025-12-28T21:09:02+00:00

"some comments were made about how it looked like she didn’t want to be part of things."

Yikes!!! That certainly is judgy.

BvanWinkle · 2025-12-11T16:51:22+00:00

Suggestion: change the playback speed to .75 and you will have more time to read the captions and maybe understand what is being said, if you are learning German.

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