Please estimate the size of the strongly worded memo in libraries of congress so that it makes sense to the lay person. Thank you.

Canadian here. The way our cameras work is that they only issue a fine to the registered owner of the vehicle. It is the owners responsibility since they are the ones registered and paying insurance. If the car was speeding or ran a red light, then the owner consented to allow the driver to use the car, and so is responsible for any infractions while driving. If the owner knows who was driving at the time, then they can try and collect the fee from the person driving (visible in the photo), or they can choose to not let that person use their car in the future. That being said, since it does not prove the owner was driving, it does not affect the owners driving record (ie, no demerits, no effect on future insurance rates, etc..). The owner is allowed to plead that the driver did not have consent, in which case the car was considered stolen and proper police work can be done to determine if the car is in fact stolen, or if the owner is lying. If it was indeed stolen, I believe the owner is not responsible for the fees resulting from infractions.

I find it very annoying that they are banning traditional bulbs. Especially in Canada, where I am. First off, there are many situations in which the CFL bulbs simply don't work. For example, outdoor lights. Sure, they work fine most of the year, but when winter hits they either take forever to turn on, and when they do are incredibly dim. LED bulbs are also not generally available yet in Canada, and if you do find them, they are ~$30 each. This leaves good old incandescent bulbs. And in the spring, fall, and winter months, the heat given off by the bulbs is hardly wasted. It helps heat the house; any heat given off by the light bulbs is less energy the furnace has to expend. Given these issues, I would much prefer the nice warm glow of an incandescent bulb to the harsh colour of the CFL (although they are improving). I do have some CFLs in my house for general purpose lighting, but there are many specialty bulbs that really just cant be replaced by CFL.

Agreed. Purchased a new Nikola Tesla coffee mug for my desk at work. Great guy, great comics, shitty thieves.

Actually, the earth is an oblate spheroid. Not a perfect sphere.