General Briefing

Mysterious Poop Foam Causes Explosions on Hog Farms

motherjones:

greenpeacesemester:

you read that right.

poop

foam

poop foam.

“The foam grows to a thickness of up to four feet … a vile-looking substance seeping up from between the slats that form the floor of a hog barn …

And here’s the catch: Scientists can’t explain the phenomenon.”

Yeah, sorry to gross everyone out, but we figured you’d rather know about the existence of unexplained exploding poop foam (UEPF) than not know about it.

Where does all our military spending go?

Outside the United States, the Pentagon controls a collection of military bases unprecedented in history. With U.S. troops gone from Iraq and the withdrawal from Afghanistan underway, it’s easy to forget that we probably still have about 1,000 military bases in other peoples’ lands. This giant collection of bases receives remarkably little media attention, costs a fortune, and even when cost cutting is the subject du jour, it still seems to get a free ride.

(via truth-has-a-liberal-bias)

Pope blames tyranny of capitalism for making people miserable

Rome: Pope Francis has attacked the ”dictatorship” of the global financial system and warned that the ”cult of money” is making life a misery for millions.

(via sageoflogic)

NYTimes to Obama: Climate Warnings, Growing Louder

Given new evidence on carbon pollution, President Obama should get moving on global warming.

(via truth-has-a-liberal-bias)

black alien shit: on Josephine Baker

wakeupblackpower:

Josephine Baker, later known as ‘Bronze Venus’, ‘Black Pearl’ and ‘Créole Goddess’ was born in America in 1906 and later moved to France to become a singer, dancer, and actress. She was the first African-American woman to star in a major motion picture, and became famous…

The Frogman: Dear Yahoo,

thefrogman:

First, I would like to welcome you to this wonderful tumblr community. Most of us just sign up for free, but I guess paying a billion dollars works too.

A lot of us are apprehensive about your presence in our space. I’m afraid we don’t like change very much. Whenever something big happens, we…