1. The Devil's Advocate

Time Stamp: 10:28​

* Growth Is Not A Race* Growth is presented in a material way for us human animals. * Birth to Death* Age* Physical height* But growth is more important in the intangible* Emotional* Social* Intellectual* When parents reflect on their children we focus on having them keep up with norms. Scholastically, age/height/weight barriers etc* And when they don’t match up, parents feel like they have failed or done something wrong* We must accept that if we actively witness growth in ourselves, we much allow the same processes to occur in our children at their own rates* Growth for the individual can be with others or within yourself. * Professional* Personal goals* General understanding and deprogramming of society

2. Infernal Informant

Time Sheet: 32:56​

* This was no triumph for Trump* https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/13/opinions/trump-impeachment-axelrod/index.html* By David Axelrod* There was never a doubt that former President Donald Trump would escape conviction in his latest impeachment trial. The "jurors" were, after all, politicians. And in a 50-50 Senate, the constitutional bar of 67 votes was never achievable. Not in these bitterly polarized times.* But even as the final chapter was known from the start, it was essential that the story of Trump's brazen acts be told.* It was the story of the months, not just the moment, of calculated incitement; of Trump's cold-blooded indifference to the lives he put in jeopardy at the US Capitol on January 6, including, most shockingly, that of his faithful Vice President Mike Pence.* It was the story of a president, desperately trying to cling to power, weaponizing those he had radicalized to believe the election was being stolen from them and that it was their patriotic duty to prevent this.* He summoned them to Washington, DC, that day as Congress convened to make his defeat official. He revved them up with talk of losing their country. He filled them with martial rhetoric and sent them down Pennsylvania Avenue to "stop the steal."* And he watched the horror he unleashed unfold on television, spurning pleas to call off the mob and send in reinforcements to buttress the badly outmanned Capitol Police. Seven people would die, including three police officers and one of Trump's followers.* It was, in short, the story of a commander in chief who flouted his oath and plotted to undermine the most basic of democratic institutions, free and fair elections.* As in the House, a handful of Republicans senators had the courage to place country over tribe and vote to hold the former president accountable. They did so with eyes wide open. They had seen what happened to Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney and nine other Republicans in the House who voted for impeachment. They put themselves at similar risk of primary challenges and, at a minimum, a lot of grief.* The rest of the Republicans fell in line as expected. They knew that the brooding, defeated president was watching and taking names, just as he was on January 6 — ready to unleash the fury of his still-loyal base on anyone who dared to step out of line.* His lawyers, who fumbled their way through the early part of the trial, concluded their arguments by channeling Trump himself with blatant lies, partisan attacks and pretensions that his actions were "totally appropriate.