Outside the Beltway

The Denver Post’s Craig Walker has captured this image of a TSA agent performing an “enhanced pat down.”

Virginian Republicans have heard of George Allen and not Eric Cantor, Ken Cuccinelli, Bill Bolling, Tom Davis, or Bob Marshall.

Less than expulsion, but more than a slap on the wrist. The House Ethics Committee recommends that New York Congressman be censured for cheating on his taxes and breaking the rules of Congress.

The Do The Hustle Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Congress will vote on extending the Bush Tax Cuts in December, and new polling shows that the public agrees with Democrats that the cuts should be limited to the “middle class.”

Only 46 percent of Americans know that Republicans will have a majority only in the House when the new Congress convenes in January.

Because no one should live in a world where Han didn’t shoot first.

Unless there’s an emergency, is it proper for representatives who have been defeated in a mid-term election to be voting on controversial legislation?

The battle between social and fiscal conservatives continues, with the SoCons now saying that criticism of South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint is now considered evidence of ideological impurity.

It’s quite possible that the delays spawned by airline security measures are killing more people than they’re saving.

Some Republican Senators-elect are imploring Harry Reid not to consider any treaties during the lame duck session.

The first civilian trial of a Guantanamo detainee ends with the Defendant being acquitted on all but one charge, and shows us why the entire process is little more than a show trial.

TSA boss John Pistole has offered to give Senators a pat-down search so that they understand the controversial new procedures.

Rush Limbaugh is apparently not impressed with Barack Obama’s presidency. That doesn’t make him a racist.

The Washington Independent goes dark in December, failing to find profitability in three years.

Time for the Thursday OTB Caption Contest^TM

Tonight’s topics: New airline screening measures, Karzai vs. Petraeus, political infighting among victorious Republicans, and the defeated Democrats keeping their leadership intact.

The gang at The Week ask, “Are child-free flights the next travel trend?”

Yet another sign that the GOP’s biggest nightmare may actually end up coming true.

The Atlantic’s Dave Thier laments that, “The Beatles on iTunes Means Your Kids May Never Hear ‘Her Majesty’

Terrorism risk assessment: Russia at “Extreme Risk”, Greece at “High Risk”, U. S. at “Medium Risk”, Canada and Germany at “Low Risk”.

Food prices are rising in China. For us higher food prices mean we get fat a little more slowly; for a poor Chinese family it means starvation stalks a little closer.

The cholera outbreak in Haiti continues unabated; riots against UN peacekeepers have broken out.

At least one group of Tea Party activists seems to realize that their biggest mistake of the 2010 election cycle was backing candidates like Christine O’Donnell who turned out to be their own worst enemies.

A Florida courthouse illegally saved 35,000 images from security scanners.