Genius of the press, part II

Published in the Santa Barbara News Press, Winter 2009. Who can tell me what’s wrong with these captions?

Page scan credit: Stuart Wilson.

Time to let Texas be its own country again

As if educational standards weren’t bad enough in this country, Texas has decided to make them worse. A recent push from a conservative school board has re-written history, literally. The logic may be a bit difficult to follow, but they have attempted tobalancehistory by injecting more conservative ideals (prātā, jūs, no one is . . . → Lasīt vairāk: Time to let Texas be its own country again

Kad es esmu pārāk slinks, lai domāt par savu materiālu,

I post someone else’s. Came across this series in a PZ Myers lecture, pretty entertaining and you should go check out Mr. Deity yourself.

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Tauriņš nedēļas

Ne tipisks tauriņš – bet tas ir proteīns locīšanas struktūra no Dienvidamerikas hemorāģisko drudzi – Machupo vīruss. The article was found on Science Daily. Pārsteidzoša līdzība ar tauriņš, varbūt pat Hesperiidae (photo from Butterflies of America).

. . . → Lasīt vairāk: Tauriņš nedēļas

Ārsti ir out.

Es noķēru īsu TV pārraides pārraidi “Ārsti“, šodienas epizodei bija nosaukums “Ārkārtas medicīniskās palīdzības gadījumi, kurus nevar ignorēt”. Lielākoties viņi atgrūž pozitīvus medicīniskās veselības apstiprinājumus. Viņi arī pļāpā par “vesels” pārtikas produkti un lietas, kas ir noderīgas jums un “briesmas” of all kinds of common household bacteria/chemicals and . . . → Lasīt vairāk: Ārsti ir out.

Buy Chris’s all new healing tonic!

Labi, I bet if I was selling something it would show up pretty damn low on this chart. Below you can see different alternative remedies ranked in accordance to their scientific efficacy. Follow the link for a more comprehensive explanation of the ratings, but the remedies are ranked based on each claimgreen tea . . . → Lasīt vairāk: Buy Chris’s all new healing tonic!

Par laimi, I’m not a beetle

Because I would have been subjected to this. Talk about animal cruelty! Labi, just kidding, but this story is a bit ridiculous. The article states that the scientists had used the voice of Limbaugh because it wasreadily available”, not because they hated him. Well that turns out not to be true, they chose Rush . . . → Lasīt vairāk: Par laimi, I’m not a beetle

Visi mani draugi ir kukaiņi

Rivers Cuomo uzrakstīja man dziesmu. Nav slikti, bet tagad es domāju, ka es gribu, ka mantis kostīms par Halloween. Un, protams, es esmu pateicīgs norādīt, ka sliekas nav kukaiņi…

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Preses ģēnijs

Came across this article today care of Doug Yanega at UC Riverside, which spurred the search for further information. Kurš var man pateikt, kas tiem “ziedi” actually are? 10 norāda uz pirmo uzminēt pareizi… vai varbūt kādu laba balva?

Mazliet rīta mūzika

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