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Define "dangerous". After all the stories Bootstoots told us about his chemistry experiments...
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as CFC members we still are not in isolation from the larger world . While learning whom through stuff would have constituted a "predatory action" , stuff happening later has proven it was something else , not just the Heavy Election Helicopter . That goes along the lines of a possible outcome of elections leading an investigation with the natural outcome that New Turkey donated taxpayer money to Ukraine to have "exported" drones , a mighty great success and nice prestige and really just a little income for the second son-in-law of the PM . Which then could lead to yet undisclosed stuff on how "free stuff donated" by New Turkey is what keeps the war going on . Considering the way US applied in breaking the Reagan-Gorbachov deal on IRBMs was allowing New Turkey testing one supplied by China and stuff like in 2018 or so , friends of friends of friends might have been alarmed to notice a possible New Turkey plot to acquire some SS-24 missile thing as in "payment" for the weapon deliveries . Which uncomfortably comes close to claims by the supporters of the bad side that the good side will assemble nuclear warheads in a year's time , in return for delaying the defeat of the bad side to suit the 2024 American Elections . A thing we apparently lack . A share of which like might have been purchased with yet more supplies ...
even limiting it to the missile body and rocket engine set up would be like glory for New Turkey , a space launcher for New Turkey's colonies on Jupiter where nobody has even dreamed of doing yet ! Putin's Russia nipped it in the bud that very night by attacking a facility which held a potential of 8 kilotons in sympathetic explosion of conventional military supplies .
if and when ı need ICBMs , ı will buy them from New Korea .
that apart , the New CFC is not a nice place to talk about the good side in a negative light and ı stand by this definition of New CFC .
even limiting it to the missile body and rocket engine set up would be like glory for New Turkey , a space launcher for New Turkey's colonies on Jupiter where nobody has even dreamed of doing yet ! Putin's Russia nipped it in the bud that very night by attacking a facility which held a potential of 8 kilotons in sympathetic explosion of conventional military supplies .
if and when ı need ICBMs , ı will buy them from New Korea .
that apart , the New CFC is not a nice place to talk about the good side in a negative light and ı stand by this definition of New CFC .
Dying Without a Will Leaves a Mess Behind
BY ASHLEA EBELING
Despite potentially devastating consequences for their heirs, millions of Americans still haven’t written a will. Some 54% of surveyed Americans told Gallup they didn’t have a will in 2021. Even the wealthy put off estate planning: One in five Americans with investible assets of $1 million or more don’t have a will, according to a recent Charles Schwab survey. If you die without a will, a range of state laws dictate who gets your assets, and your loved ones may get nothing. They might get kicked out of the family house and could face hefty surprise tax bills.
Grief and hassle
John Powers, of Auburn, Wash., and his live-in partner of 18 years, Christina Lewis, had an appointment with an estate lawyer to draw up wills in November, but she died in a horseback-riding accident the weekend before. The consequences of dying without a will—the legal term is intestate—come down to where you live. What Ms. Lewis, age 64, might have written in her will didn’t matter. Instead, Washington state’s intestacy laws decided. While grieving, Mr. Powers, 62, had to get Ms. Lewis’s sons who live in England to sign off so he could be appointed by the local probate court to administer her estate. He said she wanted him to have both the $600,000 house and Volkswagen SUV they bought together, but by law her sons were entitled to her 50% interest, so he had to buy them out to keep his home and car. “It’s been quite a struggle,” Mr. Powers said, who made sure in February to get his own will finished.
Dying without a will is especially painful if there are unmarried partners or stepchildren, who are left out under the law in almost every scenario. Without a will or trust, you’re giving up the opportunity to say who will administer your estate, who will be a guardian for minor children, and who will get what. “Don’t assume that what you think will happen when you die without a will or trust is what actually will happen,” said Toni Ann Kruse, a New York City estate lawyer.
Here’s what to know and how to avoid the worst.
Know your state law
Kurt Nilson, a lawyer in Johnstown, Pa., has been keeping track of intestacy statutes as a hobby for decades and developed online calculators at heirbase.com where you can enter your family information to see what might happen if you die without a will. If there is a surviving spouse and children, the surviving spouse gets 100% of the estate and the children get nothing in some states. In other states, the percentage split varies. In Tennessee, a surviving spouse with two or more children gets a third of the estate, with the rest split equally among the children. In Pennsylvania, if there are no children but a surviving parent, the surviving spouse gets the first $30,000, with the balance split 50%-50% with the parent. The way people want to distribute their assets is often at odds with the law, a survey of 9,000 Americans conducted by two Yale law professors found. Nearly 30% of people who were married with children said they would prefer to leave their spouse nothing, co-author John Morley said.
Many would like to leave substantial assets to their live-in nonmarital partners. And many would prefer to give much less to parents than intestacy laws provide, and much more to siblings.
Cover all assets
Retirement accounts and life-insurance policies pass to whomever is listed on a beneficiary form. If you leave it blank and don’t have a will, the state law will typically apply. Mr. Powers got a life-insurance payout because Ms. Lewis’s policy listed him as the beneficiary, and her sons got her 401(k)—with a big tax bill for the lump-sum distribution— because the account listed no beneficiary. Any real estate or bank accounts listed only in the name of someone who dies without a will are distributed based on the state’s intestacy rules. If you don’t have a will and want to make sure a partner gets your house or bank account, use a transfer-on-death deed or a payable-on-death account.
Jotting down your wishes isn’t going to be good enough.
BY ASHLEA EBELING
Despite potentially devastating consequences for their heirs, millions of Americans still haven’t written a will. Some 54% of surveyed Americans told Gallup they didn’t have a will in 2021. Even the wealthy put off estate planning: One in five Americans with investible assets of $1 million or more don’t have a will, according to a recent Charles Schwab survey. If you die without a will, a range of state laws dictate who gets your assets, and your loved ones may get nothing. They might get kicked out of the family house and could face hefty surprise tax bills.
Grief and hassle
John Powers, of Auburn, Wash., and his live-in partner of 18 years, Christina Lewis, had an appointment with an estate lawyer to draw up wills in November, but she died in a horseback-riding accident the weekend before. The consequences of dying without a will—the legal term is intestate—come down to where you live. What Ms. Lewis, age 64, might have written in her will didn’t matter. Instead, Washington state’s intestacy laws decided. While grieving, Mr. Powers, 62, had to get Ms. Lewis’s sons who live in England to sign off so he could be appointed by the local probate court to administer her estate. He said she wanted him to have both the $600,000 house and Volkswagen SUV they bought together, but by law her sons were entitled to her 50% interest, so he had to buy them out to keep his home and car. “It’s been quite a struggle,” Mr. Powers said, who made sure in February to get his own will finished.
Dying without a will is especially painful if there are unmarried partners or stepchildren, who are left out under the law in almost every scenario. Without a will or trust, you’re giving up the opportunity to say who will administer your estate, who will be a guardian for minor children, and who will get what. “Don’t assume that what you think will happen when you die without a will or trust is what actually will happen,” said Toni Ann Kruse, a New York City estate lawyer.
Here’s what to know and how to avoid the worst.
Know your state law
Kurt Nilson, a lawyer in Johnstown, Pa., has been keeping track of intestacy statutes as a hobby for decades and developed online calculators at heirbase.com where you can enter your family information to see what might happen if you die without a will. If there is a surviving spouse and children, the surviving spouse gets 100% of the estate and the children get nothing in some states. In other states, the percentage split varies. In Tennessee, a surviving spouse with two or more children gets a third of the estate, with the rest split equally among the children. In Pennsylvania, if there are no children but a surviving parent, the surviving spouse gets the first $30,000, with the balance split 50%-50% with the parent. The way people want to distribute their assets is often at odds with the law, a survey of 9,000 Americans conducted by two Yale law professors found. Nearly 30% of people who were married with children said they would prefer to leave their spouse nothing, co-author John Morley said.
Many would like to leave substantial assets to their live-in nonmarital partners. And many would prefer to give much less to parents than intestacy laws provide, and much more to siblings.
Cover all assets
Retirement accounts and life-insurance policies pass to whomever is listed on a beneficiary form. If you leave it blank and don’t have a will, the state law will typically apply. Mr. Powers got a life-insurance payout because Ms. Lewis’s policy listed him as the beneficiary, and her sons got her 401(k)—with a big tax bill for the lump-sum distribution— because the account listed no beneficiary. Any real estate or bank accounts listed only in the name of someone who dies without a will are distributed based on the state’s intestacy rules. If you don’t have a will and want to make sure a partner gets your house or bank account, use a transfer-on-death deed or a payable-on-death account.
Jotting down your wishes isn’t going to be good enough.
It is loads better than nothing, right?
I recommend reading Schole Aleichem's works, of course, but you should bear in mind the marked difference in tone.Fiddler on the Roof is one of my favorite musicals.
That might well depend upon your nation's laws. Distribution of assets (large or small) after a death can get complicated and personal very easily. Who's in charge can make a difference. Most folks ignore such things until it is too late. A will is the best starting point. Depending upon the complexity of an estate, a trust may be next. Generally, the last thing one would want is a big family fight over what one has left behind.
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basically wills are illegal in this country and everybody entitled gets a share ... Am not writing any will , like for other countries and stuff , not just because we will sail plainly out of the so called danger zone , not least because Putin would know like there would be 20 more ... like if it wasn't them good side possibly using New Turkey stuff .
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Marrying money is a full time job.
I don't need that aggravation, I'm a lazy slob.
I don't need that aggravation, I'm a lazy slob.
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the good side plane crisis is artificial . While F-16 was described as a can of worms , especially by pro French people before 1978 as F-1 was unsuccessfully competing with in the so called Deal of Century to provide fighter jets to 4 European NATO countries and insulting mine (as usual) , the low slung inlet and the FOD risks have always been mentioned . That's the reason for the snickering that it loves snug comfortable bases "700 to 1200 kilometers away from the front" ... That it can't actually fight without tanker support , aerial refuelling and all .
which is before the questions about all other sorts of support it needs ...
and apart from the question of who would donate some . ı clearly won't . Those things fetch a lot of money , considering "there should be money to spend" ...
the balance has been maintained with Soviet era SAMs which are to run out by the end of this month . Considering the Polish Patriots were like across the border in a week of the start of operations , it should no be no problem but it must be shown that control is absolutely flawless and the supporters of the good side wants their power accepted as absolute . So they demand New Turkey to turn over New Turkey's S-400 missiles ... Which were bought at the behest of America and have been throughly examined by Pentagon to assess its probable threat to Westerners ... Oh , ı actually never supported the purchase , all the glory implied and what not and ı will also not support its delivery to good side . The collective West can go and ... ı DO laugh at offers of letting us into the F-35 and smile at the blackmail that we will be utterly ruined if the West delivers 24 F-16s and defeats the bad side and we will have nowhere to run to .
it is only natural that the solution has been offered but not in CFC . Good side has Soviet era planes which can perform in the available support structure . The ECM pods and weapons stocked for the Nellis/Fallon Alumni doing nothing should be turned over to good side pilots who do the fighting ... and at times , dying . Yes , everybody knows there are volunteers inside the territory of the good side and they engage the bad side very reluctantly , only if there is a yet uncaptured bad side stuff . They even haven't yet produce an ace ! Ugh , do not believe at the claims of integration , too . After the 1975 embargo and a possibility that stuff might end up in a situation that Turkey would become neutral and the thing might have required a very rapid turnout , the MiG-29/Su-27 were given the option of using NATO infrastructure and whatnot as an export requirement ... The only Western weapons the Fulcrum can not use are the two '61s . Not enough space for the Vulcan gun and we take it as an insult that we would have to take over Incirlik as "strategic deterrence" ...
which is before the questions about all other sorts of support it needs ...
and apart from the question of who would donate some . ı clearly won't . Those things fetch a lot of money , considering "there should be money to spend" ...
the balance has been maintained with Soviet era SAMs which are to run out by the end of this month . Considering the Polish Patriots were like across the border in a week of the start of operations , it should no be no problem but it must be shown that control is absolutely flawless and the supporters of the good side wants their power accepted as absolute . So they demand New Turkey to turn over New Turkey's S-400 missiles ... Which were bought at the behest of America and have been throughly examined by Pentagon to assess its probable threat to Westerners ... Oh , ı actually never supported the purchase , all the glory implied and what not and ı will also not support its delivery to good side . The collective West can go and ... ı DO laugh at offers of letting us into the F-35 and smile at the blackmail that we will be utterly ruined if the West delivers 24 F-16s and defeats the bad side and we will have nowhere to run to .
it is only natural that the solution has been offered but not in CFC . Good side has Soviet era planes which can perform in the available support structure . The ECM pods and weapons stocked for the Nellis/Fallon Alumni doing nothing should be turned over to good side pilots who do the fighting ... and at times , dying . Yes , everybody knows there are volunteers inside the territory of the good side and they engage the bad side very reluctantly , only if there is a yet uncaptured bad side stuff . They even haven't yet produce an ace ! Ugh , do not believe at the claims of integration , too . After the 1975 embargo and a possibility that stuff might end up in a situation that Turkey would become neutral and the thing might have required a very rapid turnout , the MiG-29/Su-27 were given the option of using NATO infrastructure and whatnot as an export requirement ... The only Western weapons the Fulcrum can not use are the two '61s . Not enough space for the Vulcan gun and we take it as an insult that we would have to take over Incirlik as "strategic deterrence" ...
It is always nice to read a good short story, sent to me for the lit seminar. And I just read one more of those.
Although ultimately it's not much of a contribution, it is true that any larger impact I have made has been through these seminars. Maybe close to 1000 people have read them by now.
Although ultimately it's not much of a contribution, it is true that any larger impact I have made has been through these seminars. Maybe close to 1000 people have read them by now.
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Most of the so-called "noise" is just other signals.
I've been getting crazy Merlin fanfiction ideas (crossover stories). The latest is one that crosses the TV series with the Clue movie. Who killed Uther Pendragon...
Arthur in the kitchen with a crossbow?
Gwen in the throne room with a dagger?
Gaius in the courtyard with a potion?
Sir Leon in the marketplace with the quarterly grain report?
... and so on.
This is gonna be FUN!!!
Arthur in the kitchen with a crossbow?
Gwen in the throne room with a dagger?
Gaius in the courtyard with a potion?
Sir Leon in the marketplace with the quarterly grain report?
... and so on.
This is gonna be FUN!!!
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