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Melatonin is a natural hormone produced by the brain to promote healthy sleep and regulate the body’s internal clock. It can also be taken in the form of a dietary supplement, and studies have shown melatonin to be effective in improving sleep and treating headaches, anxiety and other health conditions. Most recently, though, researchers have focused their attention on the effect melatonin might have on COVID-19 and the vaccines created to prevent it. According to a Cleveland Clinic study, melatonin may help prevent COVID-19 or aid in the treatment of COVID-19 due to its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. Researchers found...

Pray For The Peace of JerusalemDaniel 6Daniel in the Den of Lions 6 [a]It pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom, 2 with three administrators over them, one of whom was Daniel. The satraps were made accountable to them so that the king might not suffer loss. 3 Now Daniel so distinguished himself among the administrators and the satraps by his exceptional qualities that the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom. 4 At this, the administrators and the satraps tried to find grounds for charges against Daniel in his conduct of government affairs,...

Recently my husband was installing curtain rods for me because the cold was seeping through the windows. It was time to put up the cozy, plaid, dark warmer colors to make the farmhouse warm and inviting. My husband put his drill down and I found it on a pile of curtains. Aghast, there was grease on it! “Oh no, that is not good”. I got a little bit of dish washing liquid and wiped the greasy tool and I handed it back to him. When he went to use it next, bubbles came out of it! The look on his...

Former President Donald Trump issued a Friday statement again attacking "fake news" writers and allegations he contemplated attacking China during his final days in office. "Peril," a book written by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa, said that Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley twice called his Chinese counterpart in the final months of the Trump administration to reassure him that the then-president had no plans to attack China in an effort to remain in power. "Does anybody really believe that longtime Con Man Bob Woodward, and his lightweight lapdog assistant Robert Costa, are implying in their book of...

During a recent monologue on his show, Tucker Carlson suggested that Biden’s poll numbers are collapsing mainly because the standard of living in America is going down rapidly on his watch. He pointed out that Americans are very forgiving but not on this particular point. He also wondered how the country can take this for another three years.

Oh that’s just great: a new COVID variant. A new variant is Christmas come early for the deviants in government. And the news broke so late Thursday that the memosphere hasn’t generated much new material yet in time for today’s gallery. We shall have to make do the best we can, with the usual targets.

Writing for NBC in October, Ashley Pratte Oates, communications strategist and board member, Republican Women for Progress, accused Trump of “hijacking” the GOP with his continued influence. “While it’s disheartening to see these elected officials lambasted and pushed out of a party they’ve desperately—and bravely—tried to fix, it also should serve as a final wake-up call for leadership: The GOP is no longer the GOP of the Bushes, Ronald Reagan, Mitt Romney and John McCain. It is now the party of Trump,” Pratte Oates said.

November 27, 2021 Saturday of week 34 in Ordinary Time Cathedral Sts. Virgil & Rupert, Salzburg Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First readingDaniel 7:15-27 ©His sovereignty will be an eternal sovereigntyI, Daniel, was deeply disturbed and the visions that passed through my head alarmed me. So I approached one of those who were standing by and asked him to tell me the truth about all this. And in reply he revealed to me what these things meant. “These four great beasts are four kings who will rise from the earth. Those who are granted sovereignty are the saints of the Most...

The former New Jersey governor and onetime Republican presidential candidate denounced “conspiracy theorists” during a September appearance at the Ronald Reagan Library in California. He followed up with a speech this month to influential Republicans in Las Vegas, warning that the party will only succeed if it offers a "plan for tomorrow, not a grievance about yesterday.”

PLEASE SEE THE A F T E R W O R D AT THE BOTTOM A FEW VISIONS OF HEAVEN. REVELATION 22 New International Version, emphases added Abrdgd: the complete text is in YOUR Bible Resources to CLICK: To read REVELATION 2 in full To hear MAX McLEAN reading it To hear a DRAMATIZATION of it To read J-F-B's COMMENTARY on it BIBLE TIMELINE 95 A.D. REVELATIONChapter 22, Verses 1-5 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of...

WASHINGTON, Tuesday, Nov. 26. A LIVELY SKIRMISH WITH THE REBELS. This morning Capt. ROWLAND, while scouting near HUNTER'S mills with two companies of FRIEDMAN'S Cavalry, sent forward Lieut. ANDREWS with a squad to reconnoitre, who soon returned reporting that a large force of rebel infantry was in ambush awaiting our troops. Our men then retired. About 2 o'clock this afternoon Capt. RELL, with a company of the Third Pennsylvania Cavalry, while reconnoitering near the same place, was attacked by a great number of the enemy hidden in the woods, on Loth sides of the road, and five volleys were interchanged,...

A man wielding a knife was fatally shot by police inside a residential building in San Francisco Friday, authorities said. Officers responded to the building in the South of Market neighborhood after receiving a call about a man armed with a knife, San Francisco Police Officer Robert Rueca said in a statement. The officers made contact with the man and an officer-involved shooting occurred, Rueca said without offering any other information on what led to the fatal shooting.

VIDEOWe have already seen the Tasmanian Devil aka Jacqui Lambie go full mental jacket. Now she is joined in the unhinged Aussie department by Michael Gunner, Chief Minister of Australia's Northern Territory. As you can see, Gunner has been served with papers charging him with malfeasance and misfeasance for going far off his rocker.

Cleveland Amory was a popular author and TV personality who was known for writing about the foibles of wealthy families and individuals from the 1950s through the 1980s. He came from the Boston Brahmin "Amory" clan and there are a number of semi-famous Massachusetts "industry pioneers" and town founders in his family tree. His Wikipedia biography, however, does not mention that his brother Robert Amory Jr. was the CIA Director of Intelligence from 1953 to 1962. Robert Amory was a member of the CIA's executive suite when the Bay of Pigs invasion failed, along with Allen Dulles, Gen. Cabell, and...

The Weekly Gardening Thread is a weekly gathering of folks that love soil, seeds and plants of all kinds. From complete newbies that are looking to start that first potted plant, to gardeners with some acreage, to Master Gardener level and beyond, we would love to hear from you. If you have specific question about a plant/problem you are having, please remember to state the Growing Zone where you are located. This thread is a non-political respite. No matter what, you won’t be flamed, and the only dumb question is the one that isn’t asked. It is impossible to hijack...

Buffalo, NY (Sat, 11/26/21) I was visiting aging father in a major hospital in Buffalo, NY. My stepmom (dad’s wife) was frantically concerned about his missing items including his vaccination card (showing they both got their boosters back in October), all while a nurse was checking his vitals. Then in an un-solicited comment, the nurse stated: “…Hospitals in the [Buffalo] area are filling up with mostly VACCINATED patients..”. She went on: “The problem is they take that shot and think they are safe, but they’re not.” She stated they should still wear the mask and do the social distancing thing....

BioNTech SE (22UAy.DE) said on Friday it expects more data on a worrying new coronavirus variant detected in South Africa within two weeks to help determine whether its vaccine produced with partner Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) would have to be reworked. Pfizer and BioNTech said that if necessary they expect to be able to ship a new vaccine tailored to the emerging variant in approximately 100 days

I am growing more concerned that recent gang smash and grab activity is going to move into the neighborhoods. Why not? Of all the troubling news I've seen lately I believe this is the beginning of something—a virus—that is going to spread like wildfire. I know all you gun types will be protected but watch for those around you too.

Never say that Biden is incompetent. His goal is to bring the country down and he is doing exactly what is necessary to succeed. Still, we can survive and fight back. Remember when Obama said that his policies would raise the cost of energy substantially and that this would be good for America? He said this in campaign speeches and was still elected. Biden has successfully followed thru on these policies. One way to do this is to write down trillions of dollars of fossil fuels in the ground as stranded assets and kill all the traditional energy companies. Then...

With everything else on the planet to worry about I don’t know if this is worth keeping you up at night or not. But I pass it on so you can decide for yourself: Inexplicable Phenomena Spur Pentagon to Launch New UFO Investigation Force. It could be anything…The order came five months after a classified US intelligence report on possible alien UFOs came up inconclusive: it could explain some reported incidents but was unable to account for other phenomena, some filmed by pilots near military testing areas.Honestly, they are far more likely to be from, oh I don’t know, China...