Call it a hunch

I have a feeling Rosie O’Donnell will be the next host of the Price is Right.

Her contract mentioned she could leave The View if that position became available to her.

She’s not going back to The View, and she made some comment along the lines of “You’ll hear my new plans soon.”

On a somewhat related note, she had a comment from that article that did catch my attention: 

O’Donnell’s advice for teenagers who felt pressure from girlfriends or boyfriends: “You will never meet an adult who will say, ‘God, I wish I had sex sooner.”‘

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The Resolute Desk

jfkres.jpgI’ve always been fascinated by the Resolute Desk.

It was made from the timbers of HMS Resolute, an abandoned British ship discovered by an American vessel and returned to the Queen of England as a token of friendship and goodwill. When the ship was retired, Queen Victoria commissioned the desk and presented to President Rutherford Hayes in 1880.

The desk has twice been modified. Franklin Roosevelt had the whole desk raised on a 2 inch base to accommodate his wheelchair. He also requested that the kneehole be fitted with a modesty panel carved with the presidential seal (he preferred people not see his leg braces and often placed a waste basket in front of his desks), but he did not live to see it installed. However, President Truman like the eagle motif and had it installed when he came into office in 1945.

Every president since Hayes—except Presidents Johnson, Nixon, and Ford—has used the Resolute desk, although some chose to use it in their private study in the Residence.

Well, it turns out you can buy a replica of the Resolute Desk.

Prices start at $7520.

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In Indiana, a fight over ‘In God We Trust’ license plates

ingodwetrust.jpgFORT WAYNE, IND. — When Mark Studler was renewing his specialty license plate recently, which touts his support of environmental issues, he expected to pay the annual premium of $40 to the state.

After all, he wanted to express his love of the great outdoors every time he hit the highways — and liked that $25 of the fee was donated to the Indiana Heritage Trust, a state conservation group.

But he objected to a new license plate that he felt also qualified as a specialty plate — one with the motto “In God We Trust” — but didn’t require a premium. Not even the $15 extra fee that usually goes to the state for administrative costs.

“I don’t have any problem with people expressing their religious beliefs, whether it’s on a bumper sticker or their license plate,” said Studler, 49, a construction worker. “But folks should be treated in the same way — and charged the same fees by the state — as Hoosiers who prefer that their custom tags promote education or the environment.”

Last week, the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana filed a lawsuit, on behalf of Studler, in state court against the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles and Commissioner Ronald L. Stiver. The complaint challenges a law that lets motorists get the “In God We Trust” design without paying the $15 administrative fee.

The state says the new “In God We Trust” plate is not a specialty plate — like dozens of others it offers — but rather a second “standard” plate, like the one that features a pastoral scene, and is thus not subject to special fees.

State officials say the plate, introduced in January, has been a hit, chosen by more than 540,000 motorists. That means that had the state charged the $15 fee, it would have an additional $8 million in its coffers.

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