THE LIGHTER SIDE

God bless America, and how’s everybody?

Los Angeles International Airport reported handling a record 3 million air travelers over the Christmas weekend. The holiday scene in LA often mixes up the sacred with the secular. The Nativity scene at the Beverly Hills Courthouse includes a statue of Maury Povich announcing that God’s the father.

The Hollywood Reporter said records of celebrity political contributions show Hollywood is overwhelmingly Democratic in donations. It all comes back. On Christmas Eve, Gov. Jerry Brown pardoned Robert Downey Jr. for his past drug use and Charlie Sheen for his future drug use.

The Washington Post reports Homeland Security is preparing to launch a nationwide push to find and deport 100,000 Central American families who followed their children north across the border last year. We have got to protect those kids. They represent the future of U.S. soccer.

Bill Cosby countersued eight of his accusers and accused model Beverly Johnson of trying to revive her career by falsely accusing him of rape. This story has dragged on for over a year now, when it should have been over in two weeks. It just underscores what a great storyteller Bill Cosby is.

Language Journal published a study that found people who swear and use foul language have better vocabularies than those who don’t. So cussers are just slumming. Donald Trump said his rise in the polls after his “schlong” reference to Hillary turned out be ineffably serendipitous.