Everyone okay after yesterday? You Americans, I mean. Not too bloated after all the beer and tube meat, or whatever it was you forced down your throats while patriotically ignoring the decline and fall of your empire*? While you're pondering that, a couple of other relevant questions: Anyone else put peanut butter on their hamburgers? (Because it's awesome.) And anyone else think fireworks suck?

Lance Mannion: Theocratizing the Hobby Lobby cult.

Ranger Against War: Losing the asymmetrical war in Iraq.

The Impolitic: Unleashing the Velocitarian Church.

Rising Hegemon: Cashing in shamelessly, Tony Blair-style.

MAL Contends: Filming yet more police abuse, in Wisconsin.

*I love America. Seriously. I pick because I care.

Round-up by Michael J.W. Stickings of The Reaction. (Twitter: @mjwstickings.) I'll be here through the weekend.

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