Court Painter’s resident Headline Editor in Chief: Chatterley Groaner Percipitious Thunderclap (ChatGPT) has rewritten the headlines of March 16/24 in the style of Shakesperian sonnets.
So much easier to digest ,he suggests…please note Court Painter is playing the part of his Editor in Chief for dramatic effect…
In merry fields of digital delight, Where youth doth dance with sprites in merry glee, No worries cast on TikTok’s fleeting flight, Despite the whispers of insecurity.
Trudeau, in Quebec, doth firmly stand, Rejecting powers sought with fervent plea, Immigration’s reins held in his hand, No total sway o’er lands shall there be.
The Commissioner of Privacy doth launch, A fresh inquiry, myriad in its sum, ArriveCan’s secrets probed with eagle’s haunch, Adding to investigations’ tally hum.
Clear’d are the military, absolved of blame, In tragic tale of pilot’s final flight, Yet shadows linger, whispering their shame, In silent echoes of the waning night.
Poilievre, at rally in Corner Brook, Doth name N.L. Liberal MPs with scorn, “The silent six,” in voices stern, he took, In rhetoric that doth the masses adorn.
In Canada, the scholars foreign-born, Face trials unseen, in mental strain’s cruel jest, Their anguish grows, with each impending morn, In northern lands, they find no peaceful rest.
Ontario’s coffers open wide, and spill, Six billion owed to workers’ steadfast hand, In Bill 124’s compensation’s thrill, The debt mounts high, as if on shifting sand.
Gretzky’s words at Mulroney’s funeral sound, In Montreal’s hushed halls, where echoes dwell, A eulogy for statesman’s laurel’d ground, As tributes ring, his legacy shall swell.
The Freedom Convoy, trial’s end draws near, With Lich and Barber, fate hangs on the breeze, In courtrooms’ halls, where justice doth appear, The closing arguments, as leaves from trees.
A member of the Tribunal, once didst file, A claim of hate, in days now distant past, Yet now, if online harms should yet compile, Their gavel’d voice might judge the die they cast.
In Ukraine’s clasp, the Russian bear doth squeeze, Forced passports and conscription’s call to war, In occupied lands, where freedom flees, The struggle rages on, both near and far.
Macron, in France, doth steadfast hold his ground, No yielding to the cries for Western might, In Ukraine’s plight, where hopes and fears abound, He stands resolved, against the dark of night.
In lands afar, where Russians dare to dream, Pro-democracy voices face the storm, As Kremlin’s hand, with iron grip, doth scheme, Their ballots cast, amidst the growing harm.
Orban, in Hungary, doth vow a surge, To rightward path, in Europe’s shifting dance, In US and Europe, his voice doth urge, A course charted with nationalist stance.
In Gaza’s streets, a massacre doth bloom, As Israel’s forces rain down death’s cruel hail, The toll mounts high, amidst the city’s gloom, As cries for aid are met with iron flail.
Hamas proposes truce, with terms in hand, An exchange of captives for prisoners’ fate, In Gaza’s sands, where hope’s faint spark doth stand, A fragile peace, in conflict’s dire strait.
Netanyahu approves, with steely gaze, Plans for attack, as aid ship finds its way, To Gaza’s shores, where shadows doth amaze, The dance of death, in the light of day.
Australia, with noble heart, doth vow, To aid the suffering in Gaza’s plight, With funds and aid, to staunch the bleeding brow, And bring relief in shadows of the night.
In Israel’s halls, where politics doth sway, Biden lends his voice, in Schumer’s plea, For new elections, in the light of day, To honor democracy’s decree.
In Sudan’s lands, where hunger’s cruel grip, Doth tighten round the throats of those in need, The UN’s warning, like a fateful whip, Doth urge for action, with dire speed.
In Hungary’s realm, Orbán’s stance is bold, Yet condemned by the ambassador’s tongue, A nation’s fate, in peril’s icy hold, As freedoms falter, and rights come undone.
Croatia’s parliament, dissolved in turn, To pave the way for elections anew, In democracy’s dance, where all must earn, Their place in halls where power’s promise brew.
In Georgia’s courts, the case of Trump’s disdain, Continues on, if prosecutors stray, But justice moves, as clouds in autumn rain, In twists and turns, the truth shall find its way.
Sanders, with vision, unveils his decree, A 32-hour workweek’s bold advance, In halls of power, where the weary plea, For respite from the grind’s relentless dance.
A former judge, with voice of thunder’s might, Doth cast his scorn on the Supreme Court’s choice, To disqualify, in truth’s piercing light, With words that echo in democracy’s voice.
With many provincial premiers (exceptions being B.C.’s David Eby and Quebec’s François Legault, both of whom lead provinces with their own carbon pricing systems in place) and the federal Leader of the Conservative Opposition calling for an elimination and or pause on the Carbon Tax : they are by implication calling to AXE the REBATEwhich up to 80 per cent of Canadian families continue to receive more than they pay in the tax.
So Pierre Polievre Conservative Leader of the Official opposition and the allied premiers are by default supporting the axing of the rebate!
On April 1, the price per tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent will jump from $65 to $80, meaning residents of provinces using the federal carbon pricing system (everywhere but B.C. and Quebec) can expect to pay slightly higher prices for polluting fuels like gasoline, natural gas, and propane at the start of next month.
The federal government points out that most Canadian households are actually financially benefitting from the policy as a result of the corresponding carbon rebate program, which is set to increase in April and that 80 per cent of families continue to receive more than they pay in the tax.
Because of the Court Painter Studio standards for what constitutes newsworthy, it was decided by an internal studio focus group that it may be best to not specifically identify the recent Royal moronic media flap by anything more than “A Royal moronic media flap.” These decisions are not taken lightly!
The fastest growing sector of the culture economy is distraction. Or call it scrolling or swiping or wasting time or whatever you want. But it’s not art or entertainment, just ceaseless activity.
The key is that each stimulus only lasts a few seconds, and must be repeated.
It’s a huge business, and will soon be larger than arts and entertainment combined. Everything is getting turned into TikTok—an aptly named platform for a business based on stimuli that must be repeated after only a few ticks of the clock.
TikTok made a fortune with fast-paced scrolling video. And now Facebook—once a place to connect with family and friends—is imitating it. So long, Granny, hello Reels. Twitter has done the same. And, of course, Instagram, YouTube, and everybody else trying to get rich on social media.
This is more than just the hot trend of 2024. It can last forever—because it’s based on body chemistry, not fashion or aesthetics.
Our brain rewards these brief bursts of distraction. The neurochemical dopamine is released, and this makes us feel good—so we want to repeat the stimulus.
The cycle looks like this.
This is a familiar model for addiction.
Only now it is getting applied to culture and the creative world—and billions of people. They are unwitting volunteers in the largest social engineering experiment in human history.
Source (edited) : The Intercept :Politics with Ryan Grim Saturday March 2/2024
Sen. Raphael Warnock took to the Senate floor Wednesday night to address the ongoing slaughter in Gaza, saying that he would be speaking more as a pastor than as a politician, more to the people in harm’s way than about the geopolitics. He delivered a brutal sermon all the way through, and highlighted an acronym now being used by relief agencies and the surviving hospitals in Gaza. “There’s an acronym used in Gaza, WCNSF: ‘Wounded child with no surviving family.’ According to media reports, an estimated 17,000 Palestinian children fall under that category,” Warnock said. That WCNSF number is also in constant flux, with new children being added daily, and children being removed.
They did it. The Supreme Court handed a massive victory to Donald Trump in this so-called “immunity” case, and it will probably take a year or more before there’s even a chance he’ll be held to trial for trying to overthrow the 2020 election and, thus, the government of the United States.
As feared, the six Republicans on the Court essentially threw Trump’s sedition case back to the lower court (with caveats) where there will be numerous decisions to make — which are all further appealable, resetting the case so Trump can drag things out for another year or more — about whether the crimes he’s committed are “official” or “private/personal” acts.
But that’s not the worst of it. They also turned Trump or any future fascist president into our first American king or führer.
Once upon this time in the United States of America, where the hills are adorned with monster houses,clear cuts and toxic rivers whispering secrets of old Republican ways, there lives a group of MAGA Monarchists who eagerly awaited with joy in their black hearts for the the latest ruling of the US Supreme Court. They were thrilled at the future prospect of jump starting the installation of a new President-King to rule over all the lands and waters of a soon to be extinguished once great democracy.
DonaldJTrump the First was the name whispered in the halls of the MAGA Monarchists’ grand corporate malls, smokeless backrooms and smokey backyard BBQs; for it was said that he could ascend to the throne as President-King once the United States Supreme Court had completed its solemn deliberations and send him on his merry deranged way to success. The court’s decision to entertain Donald Trump’s claims of Presidental immunity added a sparkle of anticipation to the MAGA Monarchists’ eyes, for they saw it as the court’s direct entry into the unfolding drama of the 2024 presidential election.
As Wednesday dawned, heralding the court’s announcement, the MAGA Monarchists held their breath, for they knew that the decision held the key to their devious dreams. When it was revealed that the court would hear Trump’s claims and delay his trial, cheers erupted throughout MAGA land. It was a stinging victory ,a triumph that echoed through the hollow craniums of MAGA imaginings.
For the Orange Dumpster who would be king Trump, it meant more than just a delay in his legal proceedings; it was a validation of his strategy to stall, to wait until the stars aligned in his favour once more. The US Supreme Court had essentially given its blessing to his delaying tactics, paving the way for a potential return to power without the specter of accountability hanging over his head. rex pro re publicarex pro re publica
And so, as the cases against him were pushed further into the future, the MAGA Monarchists whispered in hushed tones of the possibility that their wish might come true. Trump could indeed become the President-King he and they so desired, ruling with an iron retributitive fist and casting his ample shadow over the realm for years to come.
In the MAGA Republican heart, where fairy tales are spun from the partisan threads of reality, the stage is set for a grand crowning spectacle. The MAGA Monarchists watch with bated breath as the saga unfolds, knowing that their MAGA fever dreams hang in the balance, waiting for the final act to be played out to their thunderous applause as the curtain falls on the great democratic experiment and the President King is declared!
AHM text with Editing assistance by Chatterley Grumpy Preposterous Thunderballs (ChatGPT)
Court Painter and P-K Donald J Trump the First diptych
Court Painter seen smoking and drinking while guarding his money.
Court Painter once again has called upon the poverty striken poet Chatterley Gainsbourgh Peacock Tarnation (ChatGPT) to absent himself from his essay ghost writing for students, to pen a few lines on the state of PM Justin Trudeau’s walking on broken glass régime. While composing he hummed the lyrics of this tune:
Once I had a love and it was a gas Soon turned out had a heart of glass Seemed like the real thing, only to find Mucho mistrust, love’s gone behind
A celebrity and Prime Minister seen feeling in the pink.
Should the Prime Minister, in solemn contemplation, deem
To relinquish power, one voice, in Liberal stream,
With words uncouth, did emphasize the creed,
On his father’s snow day, let not his reign concede.
For in Ottawa’s forecast, snow hath fled,
Rain poured, as all the day of memory sped.
And as tales tell, young Trudeau, bold and keen,
Prefers his walks on glass, though harsh, unseen.
None from Trudeau’s circle dared break the seal,
Of public discourse on glass beneath his heel.
Yet in the realm of politics, ’tis said,
Two factors weigh on paths where leaders tread:
The chance of victory in ballot’s call,
And dreams fulfilled, or dashed, before they fall.
‘Tis oft a blend of both, where fate does steer,
The ship of state, through tumult and through fear.
The parallels, like sun at noon, are clear:
A Liberal bastion, aged, yet austere,
Beset by woes of economy’s blight,
And a youthful rival, rising in the fight.
In leap year’s span, akin to ’84’s sight,
Trudeau, with scorn, dismisses thoughts of flight.
For months, he’s tread the path of glass, prepared,
To face his foe, whose fervor’s boldly bared.
Against Poilievre, he takes his stand, resolute,
Upon the shards of glass, his destiny’s pursuit.
Upon the shards of glass, his destiny’s pursuit.
Court Painter captures painful moment upon PM Trudeau’s return from his daily walk on broken glass.
PM seen impatiently watching the sands of time do its thing!
Conservative Environment and Climate Change Minister Timothy Halman announced the province won’t proclaim Nova Scotia’s long-awaited Coastal Protection Act, passed in 2019 with full support from all parties.
The Two Timmies
“The Coastal Protection Act will not be proclaimed. What you have today is coastal action. As of 10am today, Nova Scotians can access the online tool map and access navigators,” Halman told reporters on Monday morning. “We have a climate action plan that will be implemented over the months and years ahead.”
The online tool map Halman referred to is known as the coastal hazard map. Developed in-house by GeoNova, it is intended to show property owners how much sea level rise is projected by 2100. It can be searched by civic address or PID number. ” From Government of Nova Scotia Media release Monday Feb 26/24
What is it with this government and apps? What is this, 2012? The app might be able to tell people what the expected sea level rise will be at any given point — although it can’t even do that at present. But no app will be able to predict the damage from the wrath of a storm on a particular property. And an app won’t tell you that because of the lack of the Coastal Protection Act, a guy a kilometre down the shore hardened his property, resulting in currents that erodes away your land, which wouldn’t had otherwise flooded, even with sea level rise.
The Houston government’s irresponsible killing of the Coastal Protection Act means more of Nova Scotia will be destroyed in storms, unnecessary billions of dollars in damage will be incurred, and people will die. BY TIM BOUSQUET FEBRUARY 27, 2024
NOTE: Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, announced On March 22,2020 an agreement reached by the Liberal Party of Canada and the New Democratic Party in Parliament, Delivering for Canadians Now, A Supply and Confidence Agreement.
February 25/2024 Source CBC news
Now that the Trudeau Liberal government and New Democrats under leader Jagmeet Singh have announced they’ve reached a deal on pharmacare, the path is open for the parties to carry on a confidence-and-supply agreement that has helped to keep the government in power since March 2022.
The parties have reached agreements on several fronts but there are several items on the list that have yet to be completed.
The deal provides the minority Liberal government with the backing of New Democrat MPs on confidence and budgetary matters, staving off an early election. In exchange, the Liberals have agreed to move on several NDP policy priorities. Pharmacare was just one of them.
Court Painter proudly displays his two recent paintings of The Cooperators.Because this political display of cooperation is so rare the asking price of these works will reflect the rare value added context of their creation.That’s all we can reveal at this time.
Davis Legree https://www.ipolitics.ca/news/wilkinson-admonishes-poilievres-stance-on-climate-as-iea-turns-50 via @ipoliticsca
EXCERPTS edited from article:
“I think that [Poilievre] would struggle mightily because there would be nobody in the room that would agree with him,” said Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson. “The current Conservative Party’s climate plan is about letting it rip and letting the planet burn.”
Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson was in Paris last week to mark the 50th anniversary of the International Energy Agency (IEA)but he spent most of his time thinking about how Canada’s presence would look different if Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives were in charge.
“I reflected a lot during the meetings about what this would look like for Canada, if you had a government that was led by Mr. Poilievre,” said Wilkinson. “He would be so far out of the mainstream of the conversations that it would be very challenging for Canada to be part of that conversation.”
Court Painter with Portrait of PP as Outlier Liar
However, for Wilkinson, the evolution towards balancing the interrelated issues of energy and climate is a change yet to be embraced by the Conservative Party. Poilievre has refused to say how he plans to meet the agreement’s targets, emphasizing his climate plan as “technology, not taxes,” referencing his well-established opposition to federal carbon pricing. …”Canada would end up with being an outlier in large measure because the current Conservative Party’s climate plan is about letting it rip and letting the planet burn.”
Court Painter with portrait of Fiery Laggard Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson.
That being said, some environmentalists ripped Wilkinson and co. for continuing to fall short on climate change, emphasizing how Canada is actually lagging behind the IEA on embracing the clean energy transition.
