Fiore Cartoon: 100% Safe Airlines

Thu Jan. 7, 2010 11:17 AM PST

Thanks to the underwear bomber scare, Obama and the airline industry are tightening air security. Could that soon include the use of head belts, microwave bomb detonation chambers, and detention center lounges?

So ponders satirist Mark Fiore in the cartoon below:

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