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Nation

A Country of Free Men or Free Things: Sultan Knish
The Wisdom of George Washington: Schaub
Did Obama And The Supreme Court Collude?: Western

Obama tells legal immigrants why we should reward illegals: MenRec
Marine Corps band plays Romney song on White House lawn: Hill
Obama’s “Civilian National Security Force”: CFP

Democrats to Blacks: Stay Angry, Vote Democratic: Elder
Bill Nelson facing possible defeat in November: Shark Tank
Ann Romney goes after Obama campaign's "Kill" strategy: Twitchy

Economy

Obamatax: 13,000 new pages of regulations drafted already: GWP
Indiana ends fiscal year with reserves of more than $2 billion: Fox 59
Obamacare: it just gets better and better: Conservatory

Obama’s Super-PAC Advantage : Geraghty
Report Card: In 2010 Obama Promised to Double Exports by 2015: Mish
David Rosenberg Explains The Housing "Recovery": ZH

Scandal Central

Grassley Questions Fast and Furious Timeline: Main Justice
Simulus Funded Nevada Geothermal Close To Going Bust: Cove
Did Obama And The Supreme Court Collude?: Western

Media

Question Asked and Answered: Driscoll
Media Digging For Romney News Already Exceeds Obama Digging In 2008: Riehl
Humiliation Of Ex-Politico WH Correspondent Joe Williams Complete, As Ex-Wife Weighs In: Riehl

Figures. On Independence Day NY Times Bashes Liberty and Individual Rights: GWP
Special Report: George Soros: Godfather of the Left: MRC
47% Consider Obama’s Political Views Extreme, 31% Say Same of Romney: Rasmussen

World

Obama Screws Israel at UN (And Nobody Cares): Lid
Egypt's "first sex-slave marriage" took place mere days after the Muslim Brotherhood takes over: Gatestone
Millions stolen from Medicare wound up in Cuban banking system: Miami Herald

Great news: Ahmadinejad calls to congratulate Morsy: Matzav
Obama Administration Stabs Israel in the Back: Gatestone
First NATO truck crosses Pakistan border: AP

Sci-Tech

Tips For A Finely Crafted Website: Smashing
20 best mobile phones in the world today: TechRadar
Malware Monday may knock thousands off Internet: Riehl

Cornucopia

Tea Party Rewind: Too Late to Apologize: iOTW
San Diego Accidentally Set Off All Its Fourth Of July Fireworks at Once: AtlWire
I want my country back: Copens

Image: The Eternal Meaning of Independence Day
Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Support Ted Cruz for U.S. Senate

QOTD: "The “Free Rider” principle is that the benefits of a policy must be forcibly extended to everyone in order to mandate that they help fund the entitlement. There is no natural limit to such an expansion. If your wages can be said to have risen because unions negotiated a new contract, then you can be compelled to pay the union. If you aren’t buying health insurance, then you must be getting it for free. If you aren’t part of the system, then there will be a mandate that will make you part of it.

“Free Riders” is a polite version of the Soviet Union’s “Parasites”. The concept is the same. In a system where benefits are extended to everyone, everyone is obligated to the system. The new Crown is not a person, it is an idea. The throne at whose foot a formerly free people kneel is the golden seat of the welfare state. While the fireworks light up the sky, a counterrevolution undid the revolution. There is a new king and his face is on every magazine cover in the land. His bounty is a jagged bear trap that turns everyone into a ward of the state at their own expense. " --Daniel Greenfield