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Fox News Finally Admits It Has Issues

As you may have seen, http://t.co/m6O9czWONs is having issues. It's an internal production problem and will be fixed soon. #FoxNews
— Fox News (@FoxNews) November 5, 2013

Oh. Wait. They mean technical issues.

Am I The Only One Who Thinks This Bit Is Cruel and Vicious*?

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*In the original title, "vicious" was misspelled. Liberally Lean regrets this error. 

And Another - Utah

Strong to quite strong.

Assistant DA In Waco Luckily Didn't Kill Someone

More.

Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts

• "UGH - it took half the newscast before someone told me my jacket wasn't buttoned!! Happy Monday!  :)" - Tweet from Fox 4's Heather Hayes (which would be so much better if there was a screenshot.)
• Watched most of 2004 Tom Hanks' movie The Ladykillers last night. I greatly, greatly underrated comedy. 
• I'm beyond anxious about the Baylor/Oklahoma game on Thursday, but I deal with it by expecting Baylor to lose. I'm a big fan of the concept of Low Expectations. That way I'm rarely disappointed.
• There's a story today in the Star-Telegram about the restoration of a subway car that used to take passengers between a parking lot and what would eventually become the Tandy Center. When I was in high school, late one night, the kid conductor of an empty subway car had me drive alongside him because he wanted me to know how fast he could get it up to. I think the max speed was in the 30s.  
• Tony Romo trying to scooch the ball up before a measurement on Sunday is funny.
• Attorney Lisa Blue is always in the news (she's the widow of asbestos lawyer Fred Baron who paid the housing costs for John Edwards' paramour, and she was most recently embroiled in Dallas DA Craig Watkins contempt hearing). But I'll never get past the time I heard her speak to a bunch of criminal defense lawyers, mistakenly believed she was talking to prosecutors, and then referred to a hypothetical victim as the prosecutor's "client".   (For those of you that understand that, you'll appreciate it.)
• I think I have a unique ability to spot a fraud. 
• I can't say I'm informed about Prop 6 on today's ballot, but the Morning News, in a story about it,  ran a picture of a 1980s(?) boombox laying on the ever growing shores of Lake Bridgeport. 
• Have they ever considered building a feeder lake for Lake Bridgeport? Wouldn't it be justified? 
• I'd bet that the first stone being turned in the abolition of football will come from the Ivy League. I can absolutely see Yale or Harvard saying they will no longer participate in a sport that causes brain damage. 
• Every time I see a sports reporter tweet or say he had a "nice chat with [insert athlete]" I'm convinced they are more interested in name-dropping than content. (Jean Jacques Taylor and Tim MacMahon are the worst.)
• The bullying story regarding the Miami Dolphins which has caused one guy to quit the team and another to be suspended is both fascinating and infuriating. Mental abuse isn't far behind physical abuse. 
• The sleep inducing Peter King used the word "pussification" on The Ticket this morning. 
• And if you're not familiar with the Dolphins' bullying story, Richie Incognito bullied teammate Jonathan Martin into a mental breakdown. If that's all you know, that will still make this page out of the Dolphins game program shocking. 

Stuff I Didn't Know

Fire engulfed Neel Hall men’s dormitory at Decatur Baptist College on February 22, 1912. Named for college benefactor J.E. Neel of Boyd, the dormitory had been constructed 18 years before at a cost of about $7,500. The fire was probably sparked by coals dropping from a stove onto the floor of a sleeping room on the northeast corner of the second floor. Although the building was a total loss, the personal belongings of the residents were saved. Gov. Colquitt was petitioned for tents to house the students until other arrangements could be made. The forerunner of Dallas Baptist University, Decatur Baptist College opened in 1898 on the campus of the former Northwest Texas Baptist College. The junior college served as a preparatory school for Baylor University until it moved to Dallas in 1965. This hand-tinted photograph is nestled in the papers of Burleson native Robert Hanks Brister (1890-1965), a graduate of Decatur Baptist College (1912) and Baylor University (1917). Brister, a veteran of World War I, was superintendent of Taylor Public Schools (1922-1935) and Waco Public Schools (1935-1944).

The University of Texas at Arlington Library offers a diverse collection of materials on the history of Texas and the Southwest. Each week, readers get a glimpse of the past with an image from Special Collections. 817-272-3393, www.uta.edu/library/spco

Not The Feel Good Story Of The Year

Random Funny

And that oblivious glare:

From The Email Bag

Decatur gal with a dead deer.

"It was open season of deer season (with a rifle) this last weekend... just in case you were running low on things to post in your random thoughts this week. http://thehuntinggame.com/shots-of-the-week-11313/ "

Random Monday Morning Thoughts

• I loved jogging this weekend as the trees have now begun to change colors. I even listened to music. And I even considered just shutting out all the noise for the rest of my life. 
• I found a pretty leaf.
• I got angry with a clerk this weekend which is something I never do. And then I spent the next five minutes apologizing to him for my outburst. 
• I watched some of Presumed Innocent last night. As someone who thinks he knows a great deal about criminal law, that movie confuses me at points. 
• Re the Adrian Peterson touchdown run yesterday: An offensive player can't pick up and carry a guy into the endzone, right? 
• Early poll numbers show Greg Abbott a five point favorite over Wendy Davis. Make no mistake, he will win.  But that number is shockingly close for Red State Texas. And once Texas becomes Blue, the Democrats will control New York, California, and Texas. You will win every election if you control those three states.
• How in the world did West Virginia beat Oklahoma State earlier in the year?
• From the Update: "He ran several people off the road, Nodine said, and when he reached Rhome, he headed east toward Texas Motor Speedway in Denton County." Is it "toward" or "towards"?
• When close friends give you a warning, you probably should listen.
• I had 60 Minutes recorded from last week because it had a huge Benghazi segment. When I hit "play" this weekend, all I got was the fourth quarter of some some spare NFL game. 
• They are hard to find, but I watch a couple of people on Facebook who just go scorched earth about their life and relationships. Big time entertainment. 

The Saddest Day Ever

I don't even believe in love anymore.

Above The Fold

Florida State Taking You Into The Weekend

Edit by request:

Hey, Now?

North Texas cheerleader who is also an extra on The Walking Dead. That's really her.

Developing: Shooting At LAX

Something crazy is going down at LAX. People running everywhere. We just got evacuated. pic.twitter.com/pSdaB8VmsD
— Tory Belleci (@ToryBelleci) November 1, 2013

And one of the Mythbuster guys was there. TSA agent shot. Others believed hit.


Edit:

@AlienGurudeva: Inside LAX terminal, possibly the gun used laying on ground in front of guard. #Terminal3 pic.twitter.com/gv5A9aBhnr
— Alien Guru Deva (@AlienGurudeva) November 1, 2013

I Wonder If He'll Just Ask The Bank Teller To Cash It

Because of how he negotiated his contract, Kobe Bryant gets most of his salary in one payment. Today, he'll make a cool $24.4 million.
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) November 1, 2013

Random Friday Morning Thoughts

• There seemed to be a huge drop off in the number of trick or treaters compared to the last couple of years.
• So I had my full Art Briles costume: Baylor gold polo shirt, long sleeve under shirt, khakis, tennis shoes, Baylor cap, and a pair of headphones around my neck.  The neighbor kid saw me and said: "You're a McDonald's worker!"  (The Fake Art Briles had Slumped Shoulders at that point.)
• One kid showed up at the door without a costume. "Who are you dressed up as?" I asked. He had the saddest expression as he said, "Myself." I felt awful -- I'm not sure it was his decision not to have a costume. 
• After Sunday's NASCAR race, there will be 100 to 120 race related aircraft depart from Alliance Airport in two to three hours. I thought that was a sport for the common man. 
• Autopsy reports show that the elderly and innocent homeowner in Fort Worth was shot by police seven times last May. Good grief. 
• Odds of seeing a Duck Dynasty costume yesterday: 100%
• The Fifth Circuit reinstated the new Texas abortion law late yesterday.  The Fifth Circuit is the Pat Robertson of federal appellate courts.
• There was a funny ESPN commercial once which simply had various Alabama fans going through their lives using the phrase "Roll tide" at otherwise normal moments. It happened in real life this week as a teacher met reporters after being accused of going to school high on heroin. (I worry about you if you can't watch both of those clips and not laugh). 
• "This bus has wifi, plugs, big tvs with surround sound.We're watching World War Z." - An email from Mrs. LL who is on a high school band trip this morning. 
• Big win for North Texas over a good Rice team to become bowl eligible. 
• Completely forgot about: Jodi Arias had a hung jury during the penalty phase of her capital murder trial in May. She still hasn't been retried. And now she wants her lead lawyer removed because, in part, he has an "utter poverty of people skills."
• The Star-Telegram refers to the shooting of a man by a Wise County deputy this week as "possible suicide by cop." 
• Go over to BagOfNothing's blog and see his kid dressed up as a Dallas Cowboy sitting on the porch with that Dallas Cowboy (who just happens to be his neighbor.)