This is a collection of 15 great stories from some of our favorite sites around the web. Those of us in the industry call it a “link dump.” We run two per day. We call the first one “Morning Dump” because it’s early and we’re immature. We call this one “Morning Dump: Afternoon Edition” because we’re lazy and uncreative by noon each day (click the pics to read each article):

1. Michael Bay Reused Footage from The Island for Transformers 3 (Nextround)

2. God Blessed America this 4th of July with the Vocal Stylings of This Young, Proud and Patriotic American (CavemanCircus)

3. Worth a Shot of the Day (TheDailyWhat)

4. The 6 Weirdest Free Speech Issues Around the World (Cracked)

5. A Friendly Game Gets Out of Hand (TotallyCrap)

6. A Quick and Dirty Guide to Friends with Benefits (HolyTaco)

7. Pictures of an Incredible Thailand Bomb Explosion (Izismile)

8. The 15 Best Pictures of Kim Kardashian (Unreality)

9. LeAnn Rimes Kept Her Bikini Pictures Distracting (WWTDD)

10. The 10 Funniest News Segments Rudely Interrupted by Animals (SuperBooyah)

11. Of Course, There’s an Angry Birds Film (Filmdrunk)

12. Clayton Hill Confesses to Being an Accessory in Biggie Smalls Murder (TheSmokingSection)

13. Mary Jane of the Moment (Hailmaryjane)

14. Afternoon Pick-Me-Up: Larissa Riquelme (Flisted)

15. The 13 Most Inflammatory Statements Made by Roger Ebert (Ranker)