On the one hand, bat guano has played an important role in manufacturing gunpowder and explosives since the Middle Ages. Bat guano consists largely of saltpeter used in making (potassium nitrate, available online for US$4 a pound.) It's even said it prolonged the Civil War. "During the conflict, nearly every substantial Gray Bat cave in the South was harvested for its guano, and the Confederacy relied on these caves as a source for saltpeter long after supply lines were cut off."*

On the other hand, bat guano is incredibly rich in nitrogen and makes an excellent fertilizer to grow flowers in the garden.

that's ironic, isn't it ...

another wall story ...

OregonLive.com

Forest Grove High students plan walkout over 'build a wall' banner

Some Forest Grove High School students are planning a demonstration Thursday to protest a banner hung briefly in the school hallway this week that read "build a wall." Connie Potter, chief of staff for the Forest Grove School District, said the sign was put up Wednesday.

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Oklahoma calls for impeachment of Obama!

Obama plows on to cement his administration's  accomplishments, really, really riling the right.  Is that good for the election? 

Separate but equal does have a nice ring to it.  

Reuters

Oklahoma introduces measure to impeach Obama over bathroom rights

OKLAHOMA CITY Oklahoma's Republican-dominated legislature has filed a measure calling for President Barack Obama's impeachment over his administration's recommendations on accommodating transgender students, saying he overstepped his constitutional authority. Lawmakers in the socially conservative state are also expected to take up a measure as early as Friday that would allow students to claim a religious right to have separate but equal bathrooms and changing facilities to segregate them from transgender students.

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a story only for those with strong stomachs ... 

ABC News

Pakistani Woman Burns Daughter Alive for Marrying for Love

Pakistani police say a woman has been arrested after dousing her daughter with kerosene and burning her alive, allegedly because the girl had defied her family to marry a man she was in love with. Police official Sheikh Hammad says the killing took place on Wednesday in the eastern city of...

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Breaking News:
Well fed slaves built the White House!

USA TODAY

Bill O'Reilly: White House slaves were 'well-fed and had decent lodgings'

The first lady talks about how her girls play in a house built by slaves, and how future generations will take the fact that a female can be president for granted, thanks to Hillary Clinton.

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Nytimes

Yes, Slaves Did Help Build the White House

WASHINGTON - When Michelle Obama said in her prime-time televised address to the Democratic National Convention on Monday night that the White House had been built by slaves, she was citing a little-discussed fact that dramatized her own African-American family's place in history.

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Breaking News:
Donald asks Vladimir to hack Hillary

(in case they they haven't done so yet.)

Nytimes

Donald Trump Challenges Russia to Find Hillary Clinton's Missing Emails

DORAL, Fla. - Donald J. Trump directly addressed Russia in a news conference in Florida on Wednesday, openly calling on it to find the roughly 30,000 emails that Hillary Clinton deleted from her private email server. "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing," Mr. Trump said, staring directly into the cameras.

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Trump is dangerous!

Harry Reid suggests that Donald should get fake security briefings.

Heh. That's perfect. They can lie to him, he lies to the public...

Now it's Hillary who is Satan. Wish they'd make up their minds.

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/ben-carson-connects-clinton-to-satan-in-convention-address-042638198.html

https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/ct-hillary-clinton-robot-truth-20161014-story.html

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