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[Jonathan Lighter]

Pastor in Ferguson:

"I was in awe when I heard" that experts had detected ten shots on a
recording of the incident, because "I heard eleven shots."

"in awe" = shocked.

JL


On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 12:58 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> "The worst part for her will be the home-going service."
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> I.e., the funeral service.
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> JL
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> On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com
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> > Reporter in Ferguson:
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> > "It's quiet here. Sort of solemnfied."
> >
> > No OED, no DARE.
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> > JL
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> > On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 3:45 PM, Jonathan Lighter <
> wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
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> > > Attorney commentator today: "part of the analyzation."
> > >
> > > JL
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> > >
> > > On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 11:11 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net>
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> > > > At 8/18/2014 03:47 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >"The police are using illegal weapondry."
> > > >
> > > > They haven't yet used water hoses.
> > > >
> > > > JSB
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >JL
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 1:58 PM, Jonathan Lighter <
> > > wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com
> > > > >
> > > > >wrote:
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> > > > > > "The prosecuting attorney has shown some biasness."
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> > > > > > JL
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> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 9:01 AM, Jonathan Lighter <
> > > > wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> > > > > > wrote:
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> > > > > > > Poster:       Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> > > > > > > Subject:      Re: More from CNN
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> > > > > > > It seems to compress into one short-circuited
> pseudo-sociological
> > > > mass
> > > > > > more
> > > > > > > specific ideas like "thought of as different" or "discriminated
> > > > against"
> > > > > > or
> > > > > > > "victimized by authority" or worse.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Are Aleuts, for example, "othered" by non-Aleuts?  Beats me,
> but
> > if
> > > > so it
> > > > > > > can't be good. Nor would it be easy to debate such an
> assertion.
> > > Any
> > > > > > ethnic
> > > > > > > designation, including self-designation, presupposes some
> degree
> > of
> > > > > > > "otherness" from, you know, the "other."
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 1991 in Google Books (not checked): "Lesbian and gay
> > readers...most
> > > > > > likely
> > > > > > > have always felt the sting of invisibility and the persistent
> > > > experience
> > > > > > of
> > > > > > > being othered in everything from MacDonald's' ads to Jacques
> > > Lacan."
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >  JL
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 11:56 PM, Wilson Gray <
> hwgray at gmail.com>
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> > > > > > > > On Sat, Aug 16, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Jonathan Lighter <
> > > > > > > wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > wrote:
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> > > > > > > > > "Black people in this country are constantly othered."
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Damn! A brother can't catch a break! ;-)
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > --
> > > > > > > > -Wilson
> > > > > > > > -----
> > > > > > > > All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange
> > > > complaint to
> > > > > > > > come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
> > > > > > > > -Mark Twain
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