Notes from the new American Kingdom...

. NEXUS, the U.S. pre-travel, line-jumping clearance program, proposes not to process citizens who use marijuana. Medical pot is legal in 33 states, recreational in 11 states. One presidential candidate proposes national legalization, similar to Canada.

. Forty percent of Americans are overweight, one in 10 is morbidly obese. Today, Dunkin' Donuts debuts breakfast bacon strips, eight in a pack, 12 grams of fat, 9 grams of sugar.

.  "Potato pay" is featured in a new commercial for packaged French fries. If your child eats a piece of brocolli, you "potato pay" them with a crusty sliver of the tastier vegetable.