I haven't said this publicly yet, so it is time... this is such a great space. Thank you, of course, to @th3j35t3r for creating and sharing this experience, and for all of the most-excellent decisions that have made CoSo what it is today... but also thanks to you, kind reader, for being who you are. My interactions have been overwhelmingly positive, and I've found many interesting and intelligent new friends.

Positivity and intelligence seem in short supply these days, but here there is wealth.

To continue my most recent post, here is another portion of Bonhoeffer's "Letters and Papers from Prison" that rings true.

"Never again will we try to persuade the stupid person with reasons, for it is senseless and dangerous."

From the writings of a personal hero.

I have to go back and read his "Letters and Papers from Prison" (among other writings) every now and then to remain properly tuned.

This portion helped me this morning. Maybe it will help someone else make sense of what we've been experiencing.

This is what it looked like in my neighborhood sometime around the summer of '73 .

This photo would have been taken just before we all got bored and decided to play lawn-dart dare, girls vs. boys edition.

#sweetjumps

morning laugh

For my friends who dig music, trivia and especially musical-trivia:

Here is another selection from Chamæleon Church, called "Spring This Year"

https://youtu.be/NuQ6Go4G8Nk

#cosomusic
#codesmusic

reshare-worthy

Toy Matinee
"Last Plane Out"

https://youtu.be/4aAbBfGYaZw

#cosomusic
#codesmusic

As God is my witness...

https://youtu.be/lf3mgmEdfwg

#politics #politics #politics

<opinion>

By framing immigration as an invasion, and repeatedly lying about cities in the USA now being run by gangs and illegal immigrants, TNG is setting the stage for suspension of the writ of habeas corpus, as specified in Article I, section 9 of the constitution. This would effectively allow him (or those directed by him) to imprison people indefinitely without any judicial check.

</opinion>

What fresh hell, indeed.

#politics #politics #politics

Still waiting to see which high-visibility positions are awarded to Mike Lindell and Roger Stone.

#politics

#20Artists20days. Your favorites, those that move you etc. Any reason. Post with art example if you like.

Day 7: The typographic art of Peng Cheng

(https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/cheng-peng-graphic-design-270722)

And of course, if we're talking about something called a "prison camp" that is likely a whole different scenario than a standard (current) US prison.

As an example, I would be surprised if the Japanese detention camps (1942-1945) had a prisoner-to-officer ratio anywhere near as low as described above.

The average ratio of prisoners to guards in US prisons is 3.09 prisoners for every 1 corrections officer, but can range much higher than that in certain states (as high as 5.87 prisoners for every 1 officer in Oklahoma) and certain prisons (over 15 prisoners for each officer in FCP Bryan)

https://www.onfocus.news/state-by-state-ranking-highest-and-lowest-prison-staff-levels-in-america/

https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/ji20st.pdf

https://www.bop.gov/about/statistics/docs/bop_hiring_and_staffing_report_fy_2021_q2.pdf

Crikey.

It was merely a thought experiment about the dangers of unstable, power-hungry wack-a-doos who also happen to be kajillionaires.

Although I do think that the potential is high for a "see something say something" type of citizen program in our near future.