THE LIGHTER SIDE
God bless America, and how’s everybody?
Congress is debating a bill to allow states to decide the legalization of marijuana and remove the federal ban. They’ll never be able to mesh the bill with all the different state laws. If the cops catch you with a bag of weed in California, the weed’s legal, but the plastic baggie will land you in jail.
President Trump celebrated his 71st birthday at the White House on Wednesday with his family. He gushed about it to reporters. Trump said that 500,000 candles were on his birthday cake, and that’s the most candles ever to attend a birthday party in presidential history.
Bill Cosby’s judge refused to accept a deadlocked verdict on Thursday and ordered the jury to keep working until they could reach a verdict in the drug rape charge against the comedian. Expecting the worst, Cosby arrived at the courthouse on Thursday in a white Ford Bronco.
Dennis Rodman was given a hero’s welcome to North Korea by his close friend Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang. They haven’t seen each other in three years. Dennis and Kim spent their first hour together in North Korea comparing the medications they’ve been prescribed and are not taking. Argus Hamilton is the host comedian at The Comedy Store in Hollywood and entertains groups and organizations around the country. Email him at Argus@ArgusHamilton.com.