SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – AT 11:56 P.M. ET: 

END OF AN ERA – FROM JAPAN-NEWS.COM:  The Yomiuri Shimbun Canon announced Wednesday it would end sales of its EOS-1v, the last remaining model of film camera that the company has sold in Japan. The company’s film cameras, which symbolize Canon’s old-time roots, will come to the end of their 80-year history.  As the sales of film cameras have been on a decline due to the spread of digital cameras, the company stopped the production of the EOS-1v in 2010 and currently is shipping its remaining stock.  The company said it will continue to accept repair orders and other customer inquiries until Oct. 31, 2025, even after finishing selling the product.  Canon’s film cameras have a sales history of about 80 years since the company’s predecessor released the Hansa Canon in 1936, having developed it from a prototype.  Film photography used to be a family staple, as well as a huge commercial business.  Kodak's "yellow box" was one of the world's great brands.  But no more, and unlikely to return.  It's economics.  We go on a trip and can shoot a thousand digital pictures without spending a dime.  Shoot a thousand photos on film and see what it costs.  It's in the hundreds, or more.  And that is really the story.

OUR NEXT NATIONAL HOLIDAY – FROM FOX:  Tucker Carlson called out the city of West Hollywood for declaring Wednesday to be "Stormy Daniels Day."  Daniels, an adult film star whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, is suing President Trump and his attorney over a non-disclosure agreement related to her alleged 2006 affair with Trump and a $130,000 payment she received to keep quiet about it.  On Wednesday, Daniels made an appearance at West Hollywood's Chi Chi LaRue’s and received a key to the city for being a "profile in courage by speaking truth to power."  “(The) Trump administration has been a direct threat to the people of the city of West Hollywood - our LGBTQ community, our immigrant community, women here in this community - so Stormy Daniels has really showed up as the woman to save the Republic,” West Hollywood Mayor John Duran said prior to the event.  Up next – the Stormy Memorial in Washington, featuring marble walls with Stormy's most inspiring quotes.

BILL CLINTON IS RIGHT – FROM FOX:  Former President Bill Clinton responded to 2017 comments by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), who said that he should have resigned the presidency during the Monica Lewinsky scandal.  Clinton told CBS News that he disagrees with her contention, pointing to the new "context" in which she made the statements.   "You know, she’s living in a different context. And she did it for different reasons. So ... I just disagree with her," he said in the interview, which will air in full Sunday morning.  I agree with Bill, but only because he's responding to Kirsten Gillibrand, our junior senator, and one of the worst senators I've seen.  This "senator" could walk into any venue in New York State, and no one would know who she is.  She has made no  impression, but is running for president anyway.  Kind of like a feminist Barack Obama.  I don't think she has much of a shot. 

June 1, 2018