HERE’S A NON-PDF VERSION of that C-SPAN letter about cameras on the floor of Congress.

TEA PARTY LEADERS urge GOP to avoid social issues. It’s good advice. We’re heading off a cliff financially. Other stuff, not so urgent.

USING MICROTHREADS TO grow new muscles.

ALABAMA LAW PROFESSOR crosses to the dark side.

UPDATE: Or not.

TOM COBURN: Earmark supporting Republicans should worry about primary challengers.

A 21ST CENTURY SOLUTION TO A 21ST CENTURY PROBLEM: The public release of the genome of the cacao tree – from which chocolate is made – will save the chocolate industry from collapse, a scientist has said.

CHANGE: Trees Infused With Glowing Nanoparticles Could Replace Streetlights.

CRAIG VENTER TO NASA: Engineer Your Astronauts.

JAMES PETHOKOUKIS: Balance the U.S. Budget? I did it in under a minute.

I think it took me about twice as long. But he’s a money guy . . . .

SHOCKER: The Nissan Murano Convertible Is Real.

BRIAN MICKLETHWAIT EXPLAINS why anti-gun activists are so violent. “In my opinion, an amazing number of mysteriously vehement, evidence-defying opinions can be better understood once you understand that the expresser of such opinions is unthinkingly assuming that most others are, in some particular respect, just like him.”

MICHAEL YON: To Wish Upon A Star.

You can also pre-order his new book.

IN THE MAIL: The Performance of Politics: Obama’s Victory and the Democratic Struggle for Power.

CONGRESSIONAL ETHICS: Defiant Rep. Charles Rangel Seeks Delay, But Ethics Trial Moves Forward.

WASHINGTON D.C., where the livin’ is still good.

I’M PRETTY SURE THAT IF A MAN WENT AROUND secretly poking holes in condoms, many feminists would regard it as tantamount to rape.

MEGAN MCARDLE: “I confess, I am opposed to the death penalty for other reasons, but I think that even if you think it’s morally acceptable to execute the guilty, the long string of exonerations suggest an error rate in the justice system incompatible with executions. Remember, most cases don’t even have DNA evidence, so we’re certainly not discovering all the innocent people we’ve sent to jail.”

As I’ve said before, I don’t think there’s anything inherently immoral about the death penalty, but Charles Black’s argument about the inevitability of caprice and mistake is looking better and better.

THE HILL: No promises from Axelrod on Obama vetoing earmark-laden legislation.

NATIONAL OPT-OUT DAY: “November 24th, as many of you already know, is National Opt-Out Day, when airline passengers should refuse to submit themselves to those privacy-invading, genital-picture-taking, radiation-delivering back-scatter imaging machines now installed at many American airports.”

Here’s more on National Opt-Out Day.

UPDATE: “First, they came for the gimps.”

POLL: Are new security screenings affecting your decision to fly?

AT AMAZON, a Star Trek movie sale.

THE SUNLIGHT FOUNDATION will offer live coverage of Charlie Rangel’s ethics trial, commencing in just a few minutes.

MORE ON THOSE suspiciously convenient ObamaCare “waivers.”

QUESTION: Why Isn’t Mexico Rich? I think it’s culture, and corruption.

THINGS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED THIS WEEKEND:

Rangel in new trouble over tapping his PAC for cash. To pay for defending against his other ethics problems.

Tea Partiers to GOP: Fall In Line On Spending, Taxes — Or Face Primary Challenges.

Mirror, mirror.

“He came back with bupkis.”

Charles Krauthammer: Obama’s India Trip Was Worth All The Money.

Thoughts on wearing socks during sex. Plus, your chance to take part in a poll.

I find your lack of faith disturbing.

So much for science.

The stimulus: What went wrong?

“They told me if I voted for John McCain detainees would be held indefinitely at Guantanamo without trial, and they were right!”

“Robotic and anesthetized.”