Court Painter with portrait of ‘A Common Man Contemplating Common Sense”
(Note: The list has grown since this image was created)
Conservatives won’t be taking advice from “so-called experts” when it comes to carbon pricing, the party said in a statement Wednesday after more than 200 economists signed an open letter challenging leader Pierre Poilievre’s stance.
Instead, the party is pledging to listen to the “common sense of the common people.”
“Common sense Conservatives will listen the common sense of the common people, not Justin Trudeau’s so-called ‘experts,’” Sebastian Skamski, a spokesperson for Poilievre, said in a statement Wednesday.
A Common Sense Explainer: There are common sense known knowns, things we know common sensically that we know ; and there are common sense known unknowns, things that we common sensically know we don’t know .But there are also, using common sense, unknown unknowns, things we do not know we don’t know.If you have any common sense!
“There are known knowns, things we know that we know; and there are known unknowns, things that we know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns, things we do not know we don’t know.” ― Donald Rumsfeld, Known and Unknown
Jagmeet Singh and PM Trudeau continue on with the wild ride.
And for a rousing finish:
Talking Heads – Life During Wartime (Stop Making Sense)
Court Painter once again calls upon resident poet Chatterley Gorgeous Preposterous Thunderbuns (ChatGPT) to rhyme out the headlines for March 27/24.
Please note: Court Painter does not rely on the advances of AI for images. All CP images are Zero & One crafted from the painter’s hand in the studios of the past and signed on the back of each canvas in cursive script.The random selection of CP images from the archive are meant to tilitate,arouse and stimulate the inner eye and outer shell.
In Commons halls, concerns about labs doth ring, Witnesses summoned, security they bring.
From Haiti’s shores, Canadians seek to flee, Weather’s delay doth cause misery.
United States doth urge, in whispers unseen, Canada, support UNWRA’s dream.
Bridges sturdy in Canada’s land, Unlike the one that fell ‘neath ship’s command.
In Niagara’s hotels, seekers find reprieve, Yet cost so high, doth many grieve.
Rakhi Pancholi, her bid doth cease, Backs Nenshi now, in political peace.
Doctors lament, unfair pay’s decree, From family medicine, they long to flee.
Bank of Canada cries, an emergency dire, Weak productivity doth spark its ire.
For foreign investments, Canada shall tighten, In AI and sectors, report doth heighten.
Court Painter attempts to provide Canadian content on his postings whenever warrented.We are so proud to provide a most recent ‘cameo’ of our favourite Canuck business blowhard Kevin Mr. Wonderful O’Leary ,whose inside business confessions were featured on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.(Jon Stewart Deconstructs Trump’s “Victimless” $450 Million Fraud)
Mr. Wonderful always the kidder with his Rolexs
Click link for video (Mr.Wonderful starts at 7:17)
Stewart introduced a clip of O’Leary speaking to CNN personality Laura Coates, who informed O’Leary that Trump had engaged in the “falsification of business records” and “issuing false financial records,” and asked him if his argument was that such infractions shouldn’t be prosecuted.
“Everything you just listed off is done by every real estate developer everywhere on earth in every city,” O’Leary responded. “This has never, ever been prosecuted.”
Because Mr. Wonderful has been the subject of Court Painter pictures in the past ,we include a selection for your viewing displeasure!
Yes Kevin had aspirations to become leader of the Conservative Party
Here Kevin is captured doing his swelled head stand up routine
🎤 OPINION: iPolitics Fred DeLorey Published Mar 22, 2024 at 10:00am
Harper to foreign affairs in a Poilievre government?
“The appointment of Stephen Harper as minister of foreign affairs under a Poilievre government represents more than just a political maneuver; it is a bold declaration of Canada’s readiness to assume a pivotal role in shaping global affairs.
Harper’s role as chair of the International Democrat Union (IDU) — an alliance fostering links among centre-right parties worldwide — further amplifies his global influence. In today’s climate, where conservative governments are gaining prominence, his extensive network through the IDU could serve Canada well, providing unparalleled access and insights into the machinations of global conservative leadership.”
The Alberta government has said wind energy projects have a negative impact on “unobstructed, natural landscapes” and has banned new turbines along all of Alberta’s eastern slopes.
With wind energy likely off the table in large swaths of the province — and new restrictions on solar farms in others — here’s a look at some of the things Albertans can still do in those “unobstructed, natural landscapes.”
1. Urban sprawl is continuing in Alberta’s draft ‘pristine viewscape’ regions
2. Logging applications are ongoing in Kananaskis Country — now off limits to new wind energy projects
3. A new pulp mill is being celebrated by the government just outside of Jasper National Park
4. Coal mining is not explicitly prohibited under Alberta’s new draft ‘pristine viewscape’ plans
5. There are no blanket bans on what landowners can do with their land, from RV storage fields to mega mansions
6. Drilling for oil and gas continues across much of the province, including in wind energy no-go zones
7. Fracking is using increasing amounts of water in areas off-limits to new wind energy projects
“Let me paint a picture for you. It’s a picture of school children setting safely off to school in the morning — their parents no longer worried about their safety. It’s a picture of a family sitting in their living room with their doors unlocked, because they’re no longer afraid of their neighbourhood. Seniors leaving the grocery store, putting groceries in their car with change in their pockets. A shopkeeper cleans the front of his shop, knowing that he will be rewarded for the risks he is taking the rest of the day. It’s a picture of Legionnaires sweeping up a grave and leaving fresh flowers to honour the soldiers who gave their lives in battle. This is the sound of mothers yelling out to their kids, ‘it’s bedtime!’, and those kids yelling right back ‘ten more minutes!’ as they try to play some more street hockey, and then all of a sudden, quiet. And there, on a front porch, is a young couple, with a Canadian flag hanging from the railing of a home they own which they bought with a beautiful paycheque. And their eyes will meet and they look at each other in a way that only they know. All the hard work paid off. The Canadian promise is their story. Because finally we are home. These are our people. That is our country. This is our home. “
Speech attributed to Pierre Poilievre : Federal Conservative Leader of the Opposition and aspiring Prime Minister
Source: The Halifax Examiner,March 18/24
As a public service the CourtPainter and his trusty Press Attache AHM have rewritten the aspiring prime minister’s speech to give it more punch and veracity.
Let me paint a picture for you. It’s a picture of school children setting off to school in the morning, their parents anxiously fretting about safety amidst the threats of human misdeeds, social media, floods, wildfires, hurricanes, rising tides, extreme storms, glacier melts and droughts. It’s a picture of a family sitting in their living room, their doors locked, because they feel the unease in their neighbourhood, with the spectre of social mistrust and climate change disruptions looming.
Seniors leaving the grocery store, putting overpriced groceries into their car with only spare change in their pockets; absorbing their world reshaped by price gouging and profitering: backgrounded by environmental upheavals never experienced in their formative years.
A shopkeeper diligently tidies the front of his shop, aware of the risks posed by natural disasters but undeterred as he has bought a new generator, reinforced his windows and roof knowing that he will be rewarded in the face of the risks he might face the rest of his life. It’s a picture of Legionnaires sweeping up a grave and leaving fresh flowers to honour the soldiers who gave their lives in battle, a timeless ritual amidst the ever present global conflicts filling more graves.
This is the sound of mothers yelling out to their kids, ‘it’s bedtime!’, and those kids yelling right back ‘ten more minutes!’ as they try to play some more street hockey, and then all of a sudden, quiet… as they return to their screens confronting them with toxic algorithms and the precarious social and physical balancing act between truth, lies and political phantasies they cohabit.
And there, on a front porch, is a young couple, with a Canadian flag on their railing fluttering in tatters from the recent hurricane nearby, now symbolizing the resilience of a nation amid adversity and political shortsightedness. And their eyes will meet and they look at each other in a way that only they know. All their hard work still has not paid off.
The fragile Canadian promise, once distant, is now their surreal reality. This Canadian promise is their story. Finally, they are home. These are our people. This is our country. These are our homes, amidst the realities of bad faith politicians, lies, misinformation, drug deaths, wildfires, rising tides, extreme storms, melting icecaps ,droughts and the sounds of distant wars ever closer!
Court Painter & Press Attache A Hardon MacKay celebrate their new found profitable skills as speech writers
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.
