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 (mind you, no one is . . . → לייענען מער: Time to let Texas be its own country again

When I’m too lazy to think of my own material,

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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Butterfly of the week

Not the typical butterflybut this is the protein folding structure from a South American hemorrhagic feverthe Machupo virus. The article was found on Science Daily. A striking resemblance to a butterfly, maybe even a Hesperiidae (photo from Butterflies of America).

. . . → לייענען מער: Butterfly of the week

די דאקטוירים זענען אויס.

I caught a brief airing of the TV showThe Doctors“, today’s episode was titledMedical Emergencies You Can’t Ignore”. For the most part they regurgitate positive medical health affirmations. They also babble on abouthealthyfoods and things that are good for you and thedangersof all kinds of common household bacteria/chemicals and . . . → לייענען מער: די דאקטוירים זענען אויס.

קויפן קריס ס אַלע נייַ היילונג שטאַרקעכץ!

געזונט, I bet if I was selling something it would show up pretty damn low on this chart. ונטער איר קענען זען פאַרשידענע אָלטערנאַטיוו רעמאַדיז ראַנגקט אין לויט צו זייער וויסנשאפטלעכע עפיקאַסי. גיי די לינק פֿאַר אַ מער פולשטענדיק דערקלערונג פון די רייטינגז, אָבער די רעמאַדיז זענען ראַנגקט באזירט אויף יעדער פאָדערן – green tea . . . → לייענען מער: קויפן קריס ס אַלע נייַ היילונג שטאַרקעכץ!

טאַנגקפאַלי, איך בין ניט אַ זשוק

Because I would have been subjected to this. Talk about animal cruelty! קעשורע, 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 . . . → לייענען מער: טאַנגקפאַלי, איך בין ניט אַ זשוק

אַלע מיינע פריינט זענען ינסעקץ

Rivers Cuomo wrote me a song. Not bad, but now I think I want that mantis costume for Halloween. And of course I am obliged to point out that earthworms are not insects

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דער זשעני פון דער פרעסע

Came across this article today care of Doug Yanega at UC Riverside, which spurred the search for further information. ווער קענען זאָגן מיר וואָס די “בלומען” actually are? 10 ווייזט צו דער ערשטער צו טרעפן ריכטיק… אָדער אפֿשר עטלעכע אָסאַם פרייז?

א ביסל מאָרגן מוזיק

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