THE LIGHTER SIDE
God bless America, and how’s everybody?
The Times of India reported a military recruitment center in India forced its applicants to take their essay test while in their underwear to prevent them from cheating. What a terrific idea. If they did that at the Republican presidential debates, there would be no need for all that hand-checking.
Fox Sports star Erin Andrews won a jury award of $55 million in damages from Marriott and her video stalker. The man who shot the video of her nude through her hotel room peephole admitted he has secretly filmed 16 other reporters. Luckily, Chris Berman wasn’t one of them.
The Vatican reported the number of Catholics worldwide has grown faster than the population. Using more modern Bibles helps to reach out to today’s young people. Genesis now teaches that Adam and Eve were the first people who didn’t read Apple’s Terms and Conditions.
President Obama passed his final White House physical with flying colors. It showed he lowered his resting heart rate, lowered his blood pressure and lost 5 pounds since last year’s physical. It is amazing when you consider the stress he’s under from his 72-hole workweek.
St. Simon’s Island off Georgia hosted a forum of U.S. business and political shakers at which they discussed the best possible way to get rid of Donald Trump. It was a little like a reality show. One guy suggested enforcing the two-term limit and got kicked off the island.