The Pine Tree Road Fire in Union County is currently estimated at approximately 2,000 acres as crews continue working to contain the fire, which has been burning since last night.

Ten bulldozers are currently working the fire, and we are preparing replacement crews from other parts of the state. A detection flight over Southeast Arkansas is planned this morning. Air tankers are scheduled to begin aerial operations immediately.

Approximately 150 people have been evacuated to nearby shelters in Lawson and El Dorado. Entergy has also de-energized power lines in the area as crews work to improve containment. We will provide an updated containment estimate as soon as it is available.

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300,000 tons of beef, this is going to hurt cattle producers yet again. 😕

Hi Pirate. Another church. 😭 https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcTjKd0Oy-M/

173-Year-Old Church Burned Down. It’s Not The First In Recent Months. https://share.google/ALnzic8VVKmLp3Rgc

MAP: the 132 churches burned or vandalized since the residential school announcement https://share.google/gmFZq0gJx64lWgZ0v

UK churches are being hit by 10 crimes a day. Something has to be done | Opinion | Premier Christianity https://share.google/57b7tSxkfwMVg5T6h

Churches All Over America Are Being Set on Fire: Are Sleeper Cells Involved? - Charisma Magazine Online https://share.google/9LrJTDdowaQEZqkQs

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I think Miss Davis is absolutely right in a way I was only vaguely aware of until recently.

Her thesis is that there really is “a war on beauty”, as a deliberate strategy to degrade society.

Her focus initially was on formal art & architecture but has since widened to include almost everything (perhaps it is everything?).

Music. The design and paint colours of cars. Movies. Public buildings. Clothing, especially “street sports” apparel. Television, the series and soaps. The way “The News” is delivered. The conglomeration of local radio to become single message mouthpieces, single playlists, all while ending local discovery of talented people. Science and medicine. Is there anything not being subjected to degradation? Most likely deliberate?

This video is about language. I think it’s important to resist “injected” words and phrases, which obfuscate the underlying act, description or meaning.

They’re injected into our culture thoughtfully by societal vandals working in pursuit of diabolical objectives. So let’s not help them

In parallel, it is made close to unacceptable, sometimes literally made criminal, to use certain words in particular contexts.

I caught myself using the nonsense, injected word “unalived” in place of “murder”. See how powerful that is in downgrading the horror of it?

Similarly, though I’ve never used this one, sushicide instead of suicide. The injected word makes light humour of a dreadful situation. Please resist.

I’ve also noticed my thoughts over the last almost seven years have somewhat coarsened, in the sense of too readily including swear words in place of something else. Bunny isn’t a sweary kind of person and she rightly pulls me up on this bad habit. However, in turn, I’ve occasionally noticed she’s used a swear word where I’m sure she wouldn’t have in the distant past. When we discuss this issue, we too readily agree that “The Perpetrators”, the “Useless Eliters” and their “Obedient Rule Followers” fully warrant the exceptional curse word descriptions.

We’ve resolved to use words that better describe what we’re seeing, like coward, lazy, thoughtless, selfish, mean spirited etc.

Also, to notice and remark upon beauty whenever we see it. Also, to do things which increase the amount of beauty in our world.

Russia is moving to make digital identity verification standard practice at hotels nationwide. Hotels will soon be required to check in guests who arrive without an internal passport using the state-backed messaging app Max. https://ftnnews.com/travel-news/accommodation/russia-mandates-digital-id-app-for-hotel-check-ins-from-september-1/

St. Thomas is coming back!

Soon, people will learn the truth about the history of what is underneath Lake Mead!

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