Where hope and fault lines abide…

Shiner…

Tech Titans & Rising U.S. Authoritarianism

Court Painter with portrait of tech billionaire Peter Thiel

Court Painter with portrait of tech billionaire Mark Zuckerberg

Court Painter with portrait of tech billionaire Elon Musk

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Court Painter with portrait of billionaire Donald J Trump

Court Painter with portrait of tech billionaire Alex Karp CEO of Palantir Technologies

Court Painter looking resplendent in dark times.

So…about those SIN numbers…

Politicians pressed the Nova Scotia Power president on why the company collected and saved that information in the first place. 

Since at least 2018, federal privacy laws and directives from Service Canada advise private companies not to ask for SINs as a way of verifying an individual’s identity, and customers are never legally required to provide their SIN information to anyone except Service Canada and their bank. 

Hell freezing over ? …

How it works…

Court Painter unveils his version of the Speech from the Throne

In Canada, the Speech from the Throne is a formal event that marks the opening of a new session of Parliament.

This process symbolizes the start of democratic governance for a new parliamentary session and reaffirms the constitutional monarchy’s role in Canada’s political system.

royalty…

PM Carney meets cultural royalty Court Painter in his palatial studio

King Charles greets PM Carney in his palatial setting.

MAGA Monarch greets PM Carney in his gilded ante room.

Court Painter & Portrait of King Charles of Canada

enough already…

The statement called Sunday’s announcement that Israel will allow a basic quantity of food into Gaza “wholly inadequate” and said the level of human suffering is “intolerable.”

“We will not stand by while the Netanyahu government pursues these egregious actions,” the statement said. “If Israel does not cease the renewed military offensive and lift its restrictions on humanitarian aid, we will take further concrete actions in response.”

The Israeli army said on Tuesday afternoon that it attacked 100 targets in Gaza in the preceding 24 hours, claiming they were all “terrorist” targets.

As the Israeli military and government continue to promise to “defeat” Hamas, devastating military strikes on the Palestinian territory have intensified.

Thousands of children in Gaza are at risk after a nearly three-month total Israeli blockade on the besieged enclave, which has spread famine, the United Nations relief chief warns.

https://www.politico.eu/article/benjamin-netanyahu-keir-starmer-emmanuel-macron-mark-carney-gaza-criticism

Edited text Sources: Canadian Press, Politico, AlJazeera,Haaretz