Bits & Bytes

ACID REFLUX: [2:26] – I am finding alginate therapy to be far superior to antacids for stopping the burn. The only problems with it are the cost, which is higher per use than something like TUMS, and that you have to stay upright for an hour or so after taking it so that the gel raft stays in the upper part of the stomach. But IMO, it’s well worth the $$ and the small trouble, because it works without reducing the stomach acid you need to properly digest your food. There are more and more brands coming on the market. The two I have tried and can recommend for both effectiveness and flavor are Reflex Gourmet Rescue and Life Extension Esophageal Guardian. The first is a thick gel you can lick off a spoon. The mint chocolate flavor is delicious. The latter is a berry-flavored chewable that is also delicious.

• https://refluxgourmet.com/
• https://www.lifeextension.com/

ALABAMA: Effective October 1, 2024, state agencies, local boards of education, and institutions of higher education in Alabama are banned from sponsoring offices, programs, or curricula that promote divisive concepts about race, color, religion, sex, ethnicity, or national origin.

• https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/alabama-legislature-moves-forward-with-bill-banning-state-funding-of-dei-at-public-schools-universities-5610978

BORDERS: The Dominican Republican is busy proving that walls work. CLICK https://twitter.com/unlimited_ls/status/1770100915183198277 [:46] to hear the story.

• https://notthebee.com/article/weird-the-dominican-republic-has-a-100-mile-border-wall-to-keep-haitians-out-and-its-helping-to-reduce-crime-as-haiti-descends-into-chaos

BUSTING the NARRATIVE: [5:01] – If you’ve heard anything about Trump’s “bloodbath,” watch this. Funny how these self-righteous Democrats had no problem with those “mostly peaceful protests” in 2020.

INDIANA: Earlier this month, Cameron Blasek, a student at East Central High School in St. Leon, Indiana, drove to school with an American flag on the back of his truck. He was called into the office and ordered to remove it. He said no, citing both the flag code and the school handbook.

After hearing what happened, nearly 2 dozen other students flew American flags on their vehicles and the principal caved. After hearing the story, some business owners got together and gave Cameron’s truck a custom paint job!

• https://notthebee.com/article/an-indiana-high-school-student-was-pulled-into-the-office-and-asked-to-remove-the-american-flag-from-his-truck-the-next-day-a-bunch-of-other-students-showed-up-with-american-flags-on-their-tr
• https://notthebee.com/article/a-graphic-design-company-just-gave-that-indiana-kid-who-had-to-remove-the-american-flag-from-his-pickup-a-free-wrap-for-his-truck-thats-sure-to-trigger-people-at-his-school-

MORMONISM: [8:41] – I’m curious if this version of Mormon teaching is correct. If so, it strikes me that Scientology’s founder, L. Ron Hubbard, is kind of a latter-day Joseph Smith.

NEWS: There is just way too much crap going on. In a bid to avoid destroying my tenuous hold on my emotional well-being, I refer you to Not the Bee.

• https://notthebee.com/

VAXXX: On March 19, 2024, a paper entitled “Stroke Risk After COVID-19 Bivalent Vaccination Among US Older Adults” was published in JAMA. In it, researchers reported that adults (65 and older) who get a COVID-19 bivalent jab and a flu jab at the same time have a higher risk of suffering a stroke in the weeks following than those who got just one or the other.

• https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2816237

GRAMMY NOTES: After giving my life to Jesus, I church shopped for six months. Nowhere felt like “home“, so I went to a Catholic Tabernacle Chapel and prayed, “Please show me which church YOU want me to join!” I felt hands on the sides of my head gently turned my face slightly so that I was looking directly at the Tabernacle and a voice said, “What do you believe is in that box?” I suddenly realized that I had not a single doubt that the Holy Eucharist is the true Body of Christ. After that, it was easy. I think of myself as a Cradle Catholic who got Born Again and, by God’s grace, became a Genuine Catholic.