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Music when you visit Stamps.com and use the promo code GabFest. Hello and welcome to Slate Political GabFest for August 22nd, 2014.

The Why Isn't Everyone Rioting Edition?

I'm David Plotz, the editor at large of Slate in Washington, D.C. today,

after nearly two weeks of protest, Ferguson and Missouri remains tense. The shooting of Michael

Brown remains mysterious and the president remains basically silent. What lasting impact

will Ferguson have on the rest of the nation. Then the horrifying execution of American

journalist James Foley by ISIS. And then Los Angeles considers a voting lottery, cast a ballot

in a municipal election, get the chance to win $50,000 plus we'll have cocktail chatter

and a special Slate Plus segment for Slate Plus members, the tangled tale of Rick Perry and the drunk prosecutor.

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Slate senior editor Emily Bazelon joins me today in New York. Hello, Emily.

Hey, David. Welcome back. Thank you. John Dickerson remains MIA. We are dragging lakes and

sending the bloodhounds out looking for him. If you have seen John, please let us know.

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