Animated GIF Of Sean Lee Getting Killed

And the photo I referenced this morning:

A Bomb Threat Has Cleared Out LSU

This sign went up shortly thereafter.

Fox and Friends "Punk'd" This Morning

Fanning The Anti-Islam Flames

Newsweek joins in.

Pretty Extensive Video And Story

From WFAA.

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

• If there were an electoral college tie (and it is possible), the House selects the President and the Senate selects the Vice-President. Romney/Biden 2012?
• According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, LSU and TCU will meet in the 2013 Cowboys Stadium Classic at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.  It will be like a home game for LSU with the number of people they will bring. 
• Students at Texas were griping about the text messaging system not working perfectly last Friday when the "clear the campus" message went out. Sheesh. I knew about the alert in Decatur moments after it happened. 
• And with that many buildings on campus, how in the world can they ever determine that a bomb was not in one of them?
• And that UT president is one strange looking guy especially when he holds a press conference in a Nike turtleneck shirt and a jacket. 
• The NFL Red Zone channel may be the greatest sports channel ever.
• First SMU date rape case in years to be prosecuted.
• Low moment this weekend: During my jog I was passed by lady with a stroller
• Federal, state and local government employs 22 million people. The number of people indirectly employed by the government (i.e. me, who has no job if there weren't cops, prosecutors, and judges) has to be many times more than that. And you think big government is a bad thing? Those people buy things and need services that keep the private sector functioning.
• Hockey is officially in a strike/lockout. Anyone care?
• Great picture of the moment of impact when Sean Lee of the Cowboys got crushed yesterday.
• The Talking Heads' David Byrne was featured in Time magazine. Make that a white haired David Byrne who still oozes coolness.
• If you would have taken my betting advice from Friday you would now own your home mortgage free (Alabama) but you would have to pay $20 (Texas).
• Wrong way driver in Irving last night (that's a lot of damage in that photo.)
• The Update reports a stabbing in Bridgeport over the weekend. This is the street.

                             

Seattle Blocks Punt, Scores TD

Wife hugs husband, husband hugs buddy.

Messenger Above The Fold

Friday Night Lights

Alvord 14 Krum 59
Godley 27 Boyd 14
Iowa Park 21 Bridgeport 42
Burkburnett 13 Decatur 56
Paradise 29 Leonard 35

Arizona State Cheerleaders Taking You Into The Weekend

Is Gordon Gekko Trying To Lose The Election?

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Is $100,000 middle income?
MITT ROMNEY: No, middle income is $200,000 to $250,000 and less.

Does This Look . . .

 . . . like a lawyer (left) who posted a pic of her client's leopard print underwear on Facebook during trial only to cause a mistrial and get kicked off the case?

Why, yes. Yes it does.

Alert Just Issued At UT

Evacuation due to threats on campus. Immediately evacuate ALL buildings and get as far away as possible. More information to come.
— UT Austin Police (@UTAustinPolice) September 14, 2012

Updates should be here.

Austin American Statesman's updates here.

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

• One station was doing a store on the 77 year old lady v. cop last night and then showed a video from a few years back of a senior citizen caught on dash cam firing back at the camera with a shotgun. A trooper was killed in that incident the report said. I had never heard of it.
• If the 77 year old lady is thinking about suing, she is wasting her time. 
• T. Boone Pickens was on The Ticket yesterday. That man is insufferable. (He was also on Piers Morgan last night with Mark Cuban -- I've got that DVR'd.)
• Kate Middleton is certainly in the news this morning. (You're on your own.)
• Sports: (1) Crazy fake field goal for a TD by the Packers last night on a 4th and 26, (2) with all the games left against the A's, the Rangers missing the playoffs can't be ruled out, (3) Alabama covers against Arkansas this weekend -- bet the house, (4) Ole Miss upsets Texas this weekend - bet about $20, and (5) if you are remotely interested in UT v. Ole Miss, scroll down this link to see a very funny preview of the game. Baylor is even mentioned.
• A spokesman for the very powerful hacker group "Anonymous" was arrested yesterday in Dallas during an online chat.  The group then retaliated by posting the name, address, telephone number, and credit card number (complete with expiration date and security code) of thirteen federal employees. 
• Any of you guys ever read The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11?
• The local CBS affiliate revised its weather forecast yesterday at noon to predict up to five inches of rain over the weekend. Man, they backed off that. 
• I had promised myself I'd get out of the stock market when the Dow hit 14,500. I'm now thinking about sooner -- it sits now at 13,539. There has been a heck of a good run over the last four years and I fear a "correction" is coming. It was around 7,600 at the end of Bush Presidency.
• This may be my favorite time of the year (as long as the weather is cool.)
• The USA Today is supposed to have wheeled out a brand new redesign today. People dog that paper, but I love it when ever I get to read one. But it's always weird when I hear someone say, "I read in the USA Today today . . . ."
• Celebrity prediction: Amanda Bynes' wheels will shoot off far worse than Lindsay Lohan's.
• Death of a 33 year old from Boyd in the Update. What happened? 

Lance Is Probably Going To Have To Change That Cell Phone Number

There are public tweets and then there are private direct twitter messages. Don't confuse the two.

Edit: This is a mystery.

Get Me This Cat That Sings The One Collective Soul Song I Know!!!

Jennifer Nicole Lee Playing Tennis

Just because.

Economics For Dummies

I'm serious, someone explain this to me.  I understand, I think, how the Fed can "buy" mortgages, but how exactly does that make the interest rate go down? My only guess would be that mortgage lenders who sell those mortgages now have cash to lend again. More money available for the same potential home buyers means lower rates based upon supply and demand?

But how in the world are mortgage interest rates the problem? They are at all time lows.