George News Archives

“One of the most surprising things is how invisible these tags can be”

A U.S. quarter shows the scale of the square RFID chip that is surrounded by a thin silver antenna. via The Seattle Times

“It has a bass register, which we really never wanted on our records before. But you should do it at least once, and now is the time!”

The Swedish garage rockers, who are currently touring Europe, will cross the Pond once again for nearly a dozen shows beginning May 15 in Atlanta. via LiveDaily News

A leader of a Spokane-based diploma mill pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal charge of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud.

Dixie Ellen Randock, 58, a high school dropout, sold fraudulent college degrees and transcripts from more than 125 bogus online universities she created.

She faces a maximum three years in prison and $250,000 fine when she is sentenced in several weeks in U.S. District Court.

Her husband, Steven K. Randock Sr., and Dixie Randock's daughter, Heidi Kae Lorhan, are also expected to enter pleas soon. The final defendant, Roberta Lynn Markishtrum, is also reportedly negotiating a deal with the U.S. attorney's office. Read more

Technically, U.S. presidents have no authority to veto legislation that they don't like. via Globe and Mail

Readers of Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy will realize that there is another rarely mentioned loss due to his assassination in 1963 - he did not write more books. via Ricklibrarian

“If I don't have that nose I just don't think it's going to work.”

In HBO's historical miniseries John Adams , David Morse is tasked with the role of recreating one of the United States' most legendary figures, George Washington. via Seattle Post-Intelligencer

“This clearly reduces our yearly outlay on the facility”

THE city's popular Tattoo Exhibition and Cafe has moved from the Royal Mile after bosses got an offer they "couldn't refuse" from the Gold Brothers. via Edinburgh News

Well, it had to happen. In this posting I turn briefly to the hilariously funny and rich with moral lessons saga of Eliot Spitzer, former Attorney General of New York and, more recently, former Governor of New ... via EU Referendum

“If I met her today, I'd ask, 'How did you manage to do so much alone?'”

Why isn't John Adams more famous? His face isn't on Mount Rushmore or any dollar bill. via Seattle Post-Intelligencer

“Now we prefer the euro. It gives us more riches.”

Antique store owners in lower Manhattan, ticket vendors at India's Taj Mahal and Brazilian business executives heading to China all have one thing in common these days: They don't want U.S. dollars. via KIMA

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or if we wait for some other time”

Political legends are made in times like these. Every period of upheaval needs a transformational leader. via Seattle Post-Intelligencer

“He would go into a store and recognize these names, and the dealer wouldn't. It was just pure gold for him.”

A 1703 edition of Pliny the Younger's Epistolae et Panegyricus bears the bookplate of John Quincy Adams. via Stanford News Service

“We think it's best just to leave them alone”

On the outskirts of Pioneer Cemetery, where some of the earliest Washington settlers are buried, a century-old secret has been uncovered. via The Olympian

In 1926 the brilliant scholar, Dr. Carter G. Woodson, declared and announced that there should be a Black History Week, one week in which he encouraged the populace to focus on and learn about the blood, ... via Seattle Medium

“Pop-Tarts is german for Little Iced Pastry O' Germany.”

Over at the New York Review of Books , the ever-delightful Nicholson Baker goes on at length about Wikipedia: The Pop-Tarts page is often aflutter. via Slog

“I've never sold George Washington's hair before; I don't know”

It might not even really be George Washington's hair - but it still sold for $17,000. Four strands reportedly clipped from the first president were sold at auction Friday night to a Richmond man who declined to ... via Seattle Post-Intelligencer