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U.S. Auto Executives, Rank & File Workers - Pay Attention in Outplacement

As the beginning of the end of the U.S. auto industry picks up steam, there will be lots of assignments for outplacement firms.

Displaced American car executives and rank and file workers who are given outplacement as a benefit, should treasure that opportunity to reskill.

When the dust settles, there could be two or there global auto companies and none might be a U.S. one.

Axios has posted what could be interpreted as the draft of the obituary of the U.S. auto industry. It notes the significant layoffs at Ford and GM. Donald Trump's tweet about 5% tariffs on imports from Mexico will discourage auto exports to that nation. of course.

Meanwhile, there is the 200,000+ miles auto phenomenon. Since new cars are so expensive, more consumers are sticking with what the wheels they have. They expect them to last beyond 200,000 miles. After that, think "pre-owned," as the marketing terminology puts it.

Here near Lordstown, Ohio, where the last Chevy Colbalt rolled off the assembly line in 2010, parking lots are jam-packed with those car models.

Mine has 80,000 miles.

My boyfriend, who also has a Cobalt, calls it "the kid." Compared with other cars in this region which is an extension of Detroit, my vehicle, in terms of miles, is a baby.

It's almost funny. A neighbor mentioned her grandson bought a new car. We all looked at her funny. We wondered why the hell anyone would do that.

On a clear day as well as an overcast one, you can see the end is near.

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Travis Fieldgrove - Seems He Was The Total Package, to Both Daughters

Travis Fieldgrove in serving out the last of his sentence post plea deal. After release he will not be allowed contact with his daughter-wife Samantha Kershner.

The case, covered by Law & Crime, is a combo platter of sibling rivalry and fatherly (romantic) love.

Kershner had asked her mother who her biological father was. That was Fieldgrove. She and he enjoyed a wholesome father-daughter for about three years. Then in September 2018, it turned sexual. After someone blew the whistle on that, they married in October of that same year.

What motivated Kershner to tie the knot was not just Fieldgrove's supposed charms. According to her, she was competing with her half sister for that man's sexual attention. 

So, given that she turned out to be the bride, one has to conclude that she won. 

This saga could become a "20/20" episode titled "Twisted Sisters."

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Rats 1, Aging Dreamer 0

Across America, many 60-somethings are commuting to work or sitting at their desks staring out the window. 

They expected this: The Dow is down 300 points when the market opened this morning. It's the uncertainty about trade. It's slowing economic growth worldwide. It's the assumption that recoveries end. 

Their piece in all that macro action is whether they will be able to retire. Can they pack in the stress and do something else? As the Merrill Lynch study shows, most don't intend to stop working completely. They know they need the money. They need the stimulation. They need the social aspect of work.

But with the long hours in the current workplace, they don't need the grim daily grind. 

Now, they have to consider if their nest egg will hold up. They could lose hundreds of thousands of dollars. In a severe downturn it will be tough to sell their houses at the price they want. Part-time jobs will be hard to land. 

So, the weekend starts with a cloud hanging over hopes of exiting the rat race.

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When Jennifer Dulos Went Missing ...

Law enforcement, report members of the media, is now treating the May 24th disappearance of Jennifer Dulos as a homicide. Blood has been found where Jennifer had lived. Yes, our mindset is now in the past tense. Jennifer is dead. 

No newsflash to so many of us.

We watch "Dateline," both the new episodes and the re-runs. Call our pessimism The Dateline Effect.

It's rare in that who-done-it that the spouse isn't the first person of interest. And, that person of interest usually winds up taking a plea or being convicted in a sensational trial. This is the era of CSI. The evidence is found by the forensic team.

Usually the miscreant is a male. But there are female spousal killers. One offed her husband during a hunting trip in Canada. After a bench trial there she was acquitted. She went on to live a quiet life enjoying his insurance money. But, again, the lesson was hammered: Marriage can cause premature death. 

From the get-go, when we found out Jennifer, mother of five in New Canaan, Connecticut, was involved in a bitter divorce with husband Fotis, we knew. It was only going to be a matter of time before the spouse gave it up to the police or a body was discovered.

Yes, it's sad. It always is. 

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Down Memory Lane

Before Alan Dershowitz went on to O.J. Simpson fame, he was a major celebrity for getting Claus Von Bulow acquitted.

Von Bulow was charged with putting his very rich wife Martha, who was known globally as "Sunny," in a coma. The method was allegedly through an overdose of insulin. 

Dershowitz chronicled his defense work in the book "Reversal of Fortune." That became a movie starring Jeremy Irons as Von Bulow. 

Now, Von Bulow is dead at age 92. Here are more details from the Daily Mail.

The acquittal gave Von Bulow his freedom but Sunny's children made it their business to have him removed from her will. He didn't get a penny of her large fortune. 

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Post-BuzzFeed Allegations about Tony Robbins - Simon & Schuster Reportedly Drops Book He Co-Authored

What a stunning reversal of fortune.

At BuzzFeed, investigative reporter Katie Baker states that publisher Simon & Schuster isn't going ahead with "The Path: Accelerating Your Journey to Financial Freedom." That was based on input from a source at S&S.

Self-help coach Tony Robbins had co-authored the guide with Peter Mallouk, President of Creative Planning. In addition, Robbins is no longer associated with Creative Planning. 

As many recall, it was BuzzFeed which contended that Robbins was sexually inappropriate with employees. He also berated those who said they were victims of rape. 

In this #MeToo era, it seems downright impossible for any player fingered for alleged inappropriate sexual behavior to restore his brand.

There had been rumors that former "Today" media strategist Matt Lauer was returning to broadcast. But that didn't happen.

Robbins might be finished. And that's that. 

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Church From "Pet Sematary" - Leo the Cat Playing Him Dies Suddenly

Did those in the loop producing the Stephen King horror "Pet Sematary" upset paranormal forces?

Could be.

No one can explain the sudden death of Leo the Cat which played feline Church in the film.

Church dies after a mauling by another animal. Then he is brought back to life by his pet parent in a creepy part of the woods which Native Americans had fled years ago.

But he returns not his own sweet Church self. Instead he is a predator. 

After the production wrapped, Leo's trainer Kirk Jarrett adopted him.

Soon enough Jarrett had to announce to the world that Leo had passed on. He now belongs to the ages. Here are more details from the media.

This blog calls for all animal lovers to transmit loving thoughts to Leo. He created such wonderful moments of terror for audiences of "Pet Sematary."

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Ruth Madoff - Has She Suffered Enough?

Has Ruth Madoff gotten off too easy?

That depends on how people view her life. 

She claimed she was unaware of Bernie's fraud and was never charged with anything. So, unlike Bernie she isn't in prison. But because she went from being an A-lister to the most hated woman in New York she did become a prisoner of extreme social censure.

Her sons also got off the hook. They also claimed they were unaware of what Pop was up to. But, one son Mark committed suicide. The other son Andrew died of cancer. So, yes, a mother loses both sons. 

And, recently she gave up much of the little money she still had. In a settlement worked out by U.S. Bankruptcy judge Stuart Bernstein, she ponied up $250,000 in cash. She also surrendered the $344,000 in trust funds for grandchildren. Upon her death, her assets will be turned over to Irving Picard. He's in charge of liquidating Bernie's investment fund. All those proceeds will go to the victims of the Ponzi caper. Here are more details from the media.

Now 78, Ruth bunks in under 1,000 feet in Old Greenwich, Connecticut. That's not Manhattan but it is an upscale small town near Long Island Sound. She could be stuck in subsidized housing for the aging in New Haven, Connecticut.

The question is: Has she experienced adequate suffering? Of course, only she can answer that.

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The Saga of the Kushner Family - Brilliant PR Trumps (pun intended) Legalities

It was New Jersey prosecutor Chris Christie who sent dynasty builder and real estate tycoon Charlie Kushner to the slammer. 

But the setback wouldn't be for long.

After he was released from prison, Charlie, father of Jared who is married to Ivanka Trump, set in play his rebranding.

The four-part strategy was developed by Manhattan public relations genius Howard Rubenstein. 

As Vicky Ward details in her book "Kushner, Inc.," the plan entailed:

Purchase a trophy property in Manhattan. That turned out to be 666 Fifth Avenue.

Establish his brand as a New Yorker, shifting from his NJ roots. One wonders if NJ will always have a stink attached to it.

Buy a newspaper or publication. Being a media owner brings immediate influence. The media property would be the New York Observer. Son Jared would operate it. He got to pal around with the likes of Rupert Murdoch. 

Create the platform for a marriage of convenience. Jared was instructed to begin dating brandname women. That search triggered the romance with Ivanka.

Obviously, the reimagining of an identity has gone well. At least for the time being. Like Joe Kennedy, Charlie is the father of a man who made it into the White House (but not exactly as U.S. president). 

Inherent in a successful rebranding is the ability to punish one's former enemies.

Christie believes he was ousted from the Trump Administration Transition team because of Jared's meddling in the matter. Maybe, maybe not. But what we know from Ward's book is that Christie pleaded for hours not to be axed. His wife Mary Pat had warned him that the "kid" would get him. 

In itself, that anecdote of fighting so hard for a job downsizes a once very powerful prosecutor and then governor. With his television gig Christie himself seems to be in rebranding mode. You bet, he has published a book. In addition to the supposed push-back from the "kid," Christie is also stalked by the ghost of Bridgegate.

Takeaway: Public relations, not the law, creates mankind's destiny.

Given Robert Mueller's statement today, one wonders if Charlie's version of Camelot is on short time. It could be the night of the long knives in Congress aimed at his son's father-in-law.

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