Our alleyway is solid ice. I have no salt.

Sigh.

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6-Year-Old Among 55 Bodies Uncovered at Florida’s School of Terror

http://bit.ly/1fTIINi

JUSTICE DEPT. APPLIES SAME-SEX RIGHTS TO ITSELF

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/justice-dept-applies-same-sex-rights-itself

Billionaire Sam Zell: Leave The One Percent Alone, We Just 'Work Harder'

I am so tired of delusional iterations on this prosperity gospel, Horatio Alger, rich people work harder and earned it all themselves bullshit.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/sam-zell-one-percent

Israeli demolition of Palestine homes at 5-year high: report

http://nydn.us/1iB3otW

Why the Christian right’s persecution fantasies are so dangerous

http://bit.ly/1l7cqjk

Variety in Language

This passage from Kugel’s How to Read the Bible combines Biblical study with linguistics.

http://languagehat.com/variety-in-language/

WATCH: Settlers assault Israeli in West Bank, tell soldiers to shoot

http://bit.ly/1eDyzFI

Group of Michigan superheroes fractured by crime-fighting feud

http://bit.ly/1ncY6oo

A Montessori group has posted up this checklist of age-appropriate chores children can do. The real fun, as always, is in reading the comments.

http://on.fb.me/1nkrWHH