HOUSE SCIENCE COMMITTEE ASKS QUESTIONS ABOUT LIGHTSQUARED: Here’s the letter to OSTP, and here’s the letter to OMB.

SAYUNCLE REVIEWS concealed-carry pants. The price isn’t bad.

SOLARGATE UPDATE: Solyndra Execs Will Plead The Fifth. “Top Solyndra officials made no fewer than 20 trips to the White House around the time that the Obama administration awarded the now bankrupt solar-panel company a $535 million loan guarantee.”

CAN LACK OF SLEEP RUIN YOUR MARRIAGE? “A new study finds that lack of sleep can make women grumpy. And we end up taking it out on our husbands. . . . But here’s the weird part. They also looked at the husbands’ sleep patterns as well. Get this, they found no increase in negative interactions with their wives whatsoever–even amongst those who suffered insomnia.”

FRANK J. FLEMING: Take Pity On The Poor Politicians.

AT AMAZON, it’s the Baby Outlet. Which doesn’t involve selling actual babies. . . .

FASTER, PLEASE: SHARK MOLECULE KILLS HUMAN VIRUSES, TOO. “A molecule found in sharks appears to be able to wipe out human liver viruses, such as hepatitis, new research has found.”

SCIENCE: Seeking Advanced Stem Cell Treatment, Peyton Manning Flies to Europe. “Manning had surgery in May to correct a bulging disc in his neck, but it didn’t solve his problems. Prior to a third surgery in September, he took a private plane to an unknown hospital in an unnamed country, Fox’s Jay Glazer reported in a pregame show Sunday (clip below). The procedure is not available in the United States.”

SURE YOU ARE, CHAMP: Holder: Hey, we’re still totally going to close Gitmo. “At this point, it’s getting difficult to determine whether the Obama administration is working harder to fool its allies, its base, or itself.”

RAND SIMBERG: The Biggest Federal Earmark Plods On: Will the Senate’s “big monster rocket” eat the space program?

VIDEO: A better ketchup packet. From the geniuses at Heinz.

NEWSDAY EDITORIALIZES ON GUNWALKER: Shine a light on gun operation. “The probe into Operation Fast and Furious, a bungled investigation of gunrunning to Mexico from Arizona that may have contributed to the death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent, is revealing what’s seems more and more like a cover-up by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. . . . Holder has failed to answer the key question — what did the DEA and FBI know and when did they know it?”

MARY KATHARINE HAM: Hammertime: Pass this Bill, Right Now!

OH, GOODY: New Tick-Borne Disease Is Discovered. “The disease is caused by a spirochete bacterium called Borrelia miyamotoi, which is distantly related to Borrelia burgdorferi, the spirochete that causes Lyme disease. “

TENNESSEE CONGRESSMAN PHIL ROE SAVES A LIFE. “I just said, ‘I’m Dr. Roe, so and so,’ and then we just dived on top of the guy and started giving him CPR.”

THE INTERNET NEVER FORGETS: Walgreen’s Tries to Suppress Video of RX Shooting. And fails.

WAR ON PHOTOGRAPHY: Busted At The Post Office. Just gathering historical evidence of the time just before its demise . . . .

NEWS YOU CAN USE: How To Tell If A Red Light Camera Is A Safety Tool Or A Dangerous Form Of Taxation.

RICHARD EPSTEIN: “The president’s new tax plan defies the basic laws of economics.”

RICK PERRY SPEECH: Gov. Rick Perry: Obama’s Middle East Policy is Naive, Arrogant, Misguided and Dangerous. I hear people saying that Hillary’s post at State would make her a “clean” Democratic replacement for Obama, but given how foreign policy has gone on her watch, I’m not so sure that’s true.

UPDATE: Martin Peretz: Obama’s Middle East Is in Tatters, Utter Tatters.

MICHAEL YON: Captain Chainsaw. And here’s a post of his on medical evacuation and treatment from a couple of years ago that may be relevant.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Illinois Bombshell: Class of 2014 Median LSAT/GPA Is 163/3.70, Not 168/3.81. Fraud.

A.P. FACT-CHECK: Secretaries Don’t Pay More Taxes Than Their Bosses. “Even when talking rates rather than aggregate payments, the claims made by Buffett and Obama are nothing more than an urban legend.”

UPDATE: A reader emails: “When Michelle Bachmann repeated an anecdote about the HPV vaccine causing mental retardation as fact she was rightly criticized for not doing her due diligence, and it has hurt her campaign. Now President Obama wants to pass a bill premised on an anecdote that he did not fact-check. What is the difference exactly?”

SOLARGATE UPDATE: House Judiciary chair: Justice should probe Solyndra bankruptcy. I don’t have a lot of confidence in the Department of Justice. Maybe a special prosecutor should be appointed.