New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh suggests he may take an Alan Greenspan-style approach at the central bank
As Fed chairman, Powell wasn’t all that different from Greenspan in his favoring of banking deregulation. As I covered five long years ago.
America’s tRUMP Hole
“There is no worst, there is only worse.” – Mary Trump
https://www.marytrump.org/p/no-such-thing-as-worst
Donald proves once again that every accusation is an admission. He’s as trashy as Colbert is classy.
@realdonaldtrump
There’s nothing clever or funny about Trump. All he has are his endless, mindless insults. He is a bottomless pit of need and insecurity.
Here’s the fun thing that Colbert did on community cable TV after his final CBS show.
A Boatload of Trouble
These pictures almost seem as though they could have been taken from Triumph of the Will. They’re frames from 1934’s Eight Girls in a Boat, an American version of the German film, Acht Mädels im Boot.
Starring Dorothy Wilson, Eight Girls in a Boat is a universal human interest tale of an unmarried girl in trouble. It’s a theme that the Hays Office soon banned from movies. Which was silly, considering the New Testament begins with the story of a teen girl in trouble.
I first mentioned the thoroughly charming and disarming Dorothy Wilson six years ago, in a post about the pre-code movie The Age of Consent.
A newly restored print of Eight Girls in a Boat will be screened next Sunday. If a Blu-ray release is forthcoming, I will certainly buy a copy.
Muted Phone Talk
Despite claims that the Trump Phone is shipping, the product is nowhere to be seen, other than the single unit that NBC holds. For now, we should assume it’s a pre-production sample.
https://boingboing.net/2026/05/22/no-sign-of-fabled-trump-phone-in-the-wild.html
Until regular customers start receiving their Trump phones, it seems likely this is yet another Trump Scam.
Trump Mobile CEO says the phones are shipping. The terms and conditions say it doesn’t have to.
https://mashable.com/article/trump-mobile-t1-terms-conditions-never-release
Passing On American Passengers
I’ll be flying to Columbus, Ohio in August, to attend the annual National Cartoonists Society awards dinner. Rather than driving to Logan Airport and paying for parking there, I’ll take the Logan Express Shuttle from Framingham. My reservations are on American Airlines, so I won’t be able to take advantage of the new remote TSA security screening.
Charles M. Colbert
Not only a Beatle, but a Peanuts reference too, in Colbert’s swan song.