The Buzz: Silent partners

Who’s that riding shotgun? The state Department of Transportation will use cameras to monitor toll lanes on I-405 and send bills to vehicles’ registered owners. But the law forbids the state from using images of the people inside the cars to nail carpool lane violators.

Because mannequins, blow-up dolls and cardboard cutouts of the World’s Most Interesting Man deserve privacy protection, too.

Getting on the green: President Barack Obama, who is often called a socialist by his more vehement critics, on Sunday enjoyed a round of golf at a private country club in Florida with a trio of oil and private equity moguls that included a board member at Halliburton, Dick Cheney’s old job.

But don’t despair, progressives: Afterward, Obama engaged in some wealth redistribution by making one of the fatcats pick up the check at the club bar.

Surfing the vast cultural wasteland: Canadian pop star Justin Bieber, age 21 going on 14, gets the celebrity roast treatment tonight on Comedy Central.

Spoiler alert: A team of anti-bullying experts interrupts the program in an attempt to halt the onslaught of potshots and insults aimed at this very vulnerable young man.

— Mark Carlson, Herald staff

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