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Do you recognize this person? This is the teenaged Gene Hackman. Okay, it takes a bit to see that. I saw the headline. Is this for real? They'll be investigating this and hopefully get the truth. I get it that he was a great actor. I didn't see many of his films. I was young when I saw "The French Connection" and I didn't understand anything about the topic, and that lingo, so I should probably see it again. I saw him in "Hoosiers." I can't remember any other movie featuring him. I didn't know he was born in dusty San Bernardino, CA, which would have been backwater at that time. He was in the womb during the stock market crash of 1929. I applaud him, and all stars who leave Hollywood to seek quieter, unpretentious lives. This is a tragic end, though. RIP, Gene Hackman

While I'm as angry over the current state of things as anyone, I'm going to gently steer the conversation away from politics given the no-politics rule we've had in place for years. If you've got something political to talk about, it must be related to the car industry somehow.

Stocks tanking....'

It was sad..I've seen him in many movies..great actor. Bonnie and Clyde (his first role that got attention), French Connection and French Connection Il, Narrow Margin, The Firm, Twilight, Night Moves, Superman and Superman II, The Package, Mississippi Burning, Absolute Power (with his contemporary Clint Eastwood), to name a few...

I wonder how Tesla owners who are "progressive" reconcile their ownership with having bought one. A college friend has 2 Teslas in the garage. He raves about them. He has a cheaper one (3, ?) and the S, which is their only "attractive" vehicle, IMO. He had to stomp on it to show me how fast it is. I have yet to ask him to weigh in on Musk and how it might affect his ownership trajectory.

Good news for a change.... Music for a better end to Friday.

My sister had a 1st gen..it was meh.. I did drive a rental Dodge Nitro (which was based on the 2nd gen Liberty IIRC)--the exterior was painfully ugly...and was very cheap and nasty gray inside. The Daimler-Chrysler era was not a good period for Chrysler interiors in general, IMO.

Very interesting GM patent on their tailgate, but one does have to wonder if the added weight is worth changing from cable / chain support for the tailgate to a beefy hinged tailgate. GM’s New Tailgate Patent Makes Loading Easier (If It’s Strong Enough)

Interesting Read on the Auto Industry. U.S. Car Stocks Get Hit by Coming Tariffs. Ford and GM Could Benefit Down the Road. 85% of people now feel the U.S. will go into a recession with some seeing a Depression. Stock analyst delivers blunt words on recession risk Another interesting read. America First? Not when it comes to stock markets worldwide this year Business Insider interviewed federal workers, and I am glad many are going to fight for their jobs. Incompetent leadership put in place by an incompetent administration with a Narcissistic wealthy man who is clearly only looking out to make himself wealthier needs to be kicked out and his citizen ship revoked which can be done for those that came here on a tourist visa and illegally overstayed their visit. Federal workers react to Trump administration's new plan for restructuring, staff cuts: 'They'll have to fire me' Interesting read from the Irish Star News of Ireland. Startling moment British PM Starmer becomes visibly crestfallen as Trump interrupts during tariff discussion

We need an army of them. Shows modern immaturity at its finest.

It has been on a rapid downhill slide since I was a kid in the early 1970's, its just like a runaway train down the Saluda grade. Just like the Saluda grade, America will eventually go the way of the Dodo bird. Buick content...

The issue, for me, is that she would be the only American passenger ocean liner for which this (c/w)ould have been done. I wanted to look at it the next time I go to Philadelphia, not knowing this had occurred. I suppose I could go to nearby Mobile if in Pensacola. The QM has a home in Long Beach. The QE2 has a home in Dubai. Thankfully, they went the tasteful route with the QE2 Hotel rather than making it for folks with too many gold chains and pet cheetahs. I feel that the SS United States, a singular piece of maritime history, could have found a home in an Eastern port city as part of a complex or venue. But what do I know? I wasn't putting together the spreadsheets for such an undertaking.