Under deep cover, Court Painter shadowed Pierre Poilievre, Conservative opposition leader and freshly minted MP for Battle River–Crowfoot, as he worked the phones and plotted his return to the House of Commons as the anti-statesman slash-and-burn political street-fighter.

Alongside Pierre Poilievre, Court Painter has included conservative power brokers and supporters such as former Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Reform Party of Canada founder Preston Manning .(plus one American congresswoman, a Canadian media personality and a few extras)

Excepts from: Poilievre is Back…With More of the Same: Lori Turnbull August 28, 2025 Policy Magazine

‘As Labour Day looms, the imminent return of the House of Commons on September 15th means Canadians will see a new political dynamic: the question period face-off between Prime Minister Mark Carney and a Pierre Poilievre fighting for his political life.

That Poilievre is a polarizing figure is not news. The 46-year-old career politician made his reputation as a slash-and-burn political streetfighter whose tactics have always upstaged his policy prescriptions.

But the widespread assumption was that, following both the national election results and Poilievre’s loss of his own riding in April, he would reassess that approach. Instead, Poilievre’s public outings since his expected byelection win in the safe Alberta Tory seat of Battle-River Crowfoot last week have revealed the opposite. Indeed, in one news conference, Poilievre called the Prime Minister a “walking talking broken promise” and said that he was “worse than Trudeau.” Expect a slew of attack ads with a similar refrain.

Though he won the leadership of the Conservative Party handily in 2022, capturing 68% of the vote on the first ballot, Poilievre has not been as successful in connecting broadly with the Canadian public (and with women voters in particular).

Again, if Poilievre largely agrees with what the government is doing, he is more likely to attack Carney on integrity, competence, and effectiveness.

And, even if his negativity burns bridges with some people, Pierre Poilievre will do his level best to convince voters to give Carney a failing grade.’

Click link for Guardian August 29th Marina Hyde article

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/29/gaza-boycott-tweet-world-donald-trump?CMP=share_btn_url

‘At operational level, however, things don’t change. The path to peace still goes through politicians with power. Many of them are still terrible people. They will still have to have unpleasant and even “toxic” conversations in which horse-trading and moral compromise are inevitable. And yet these things are still desirable, because this is the way it has always ended.

This is the way the bombs go silent, the way the children stop starving, the way the hideous carnage ends. It is a long, perilous and precarious path – but history has made it familiar, because it is the only one that actually gets anywhere near where we need to go.’

The term “crickets” is often used to mean absolute silence; no communication,no reply or reaction at all; no spoken or written response.

Court Painter has chosen blank canvases to represent the government’s silence.I hope you approve!

Law advocates slam Ottawa for silence on Trump sanctioning Canadian ICC judge https://t.co/xqIrA4MBY9 #nationlnewswatch via @natnewswatch

— harding (@harding16263914) August 28, 2025

OTTAWA — Advocates for international law say Ottawa is letting Washington chip away at the global rules-based order by remaining silent a week into American sanctions against a Canadian jurist. On Aug. 20, the administration of U.S.

President Donald Trump slapped sanctions on Kimberly Prost, a judge on the International Criminal Court who authorized a probe into U.S. personnel in Afghanistan.

Ottawa has said nothing publicly about the move to date.

Mark Kersten, a University of the Fraser Valley professor who specializes in the ICC, said when the first Trump administration sanctioned two senior ICC officials from Africa in 2020, Canada issued a public statement saying that generally, ICC staff should not be sanctioned.

“This is about whether or not we believe that opposing sanctions against people who are trying to hold war criminals to account is something that we do, or whether we remain silent and do nothing,” 

Kersten said the lack of Canada saying anything after one of its own citizens was sanctioned is “a foreign-policy failure.”

“It seems to me to be … upholding our principles and openly protecting our citizens from egregious sanctions is worth sacrificing at the altar of appeasing Donald Trump, at a time when we’re negotiating with him,” 

“If we don’t do anything about this now, it won’t just be the ICC. We will normalize the use of coercive sanctions, not only against our citizens, but against people who have done exactly nothing wrong and who have dedicated their lives to serve others.” 

Edited from a report by The Canadian Press that was first published Aug. 28, 2025.

Court Painter appears to be visiting The Lady of Shalott however it’s best to remain skeptical.

https://open.substack.com/pub/tedgioia/p/our-shared-reality-will-self-destruct?r=1sx7vz&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Excerpts from Ted Gioia article :

It is now possible to alter reality and every kind of historical record—and perhaps irrevocably. The technology for creating fake audio, video, and text has improved enormously in just the last few months. We will soon reach—or may have already reached—a tipping point where it’s impossible to tell the difference between truth and deception.

We are already starting to see warning signs. But the worst is yet to come. And it’s coming quickly—the technology for fakery and deception gets better each month.

“In the near future, people might work as custodians of reality—a kind of high-powered version of today’s notaries. Their job will be validating the actuality of events and media.”

And the budget for truth and reality is tiny—compared to the trillions of dollars budgeted for fakery.

The collapse of reality is accelerating so quickly that even political and business leaders will soon start noticing—and (maybe, just maybe) start acting.

The next BIG thing in tech just might be fixing the mess created by the current BIG thing in tech.”

Don Trump Jr. & Ivanka Trump appear to have opened a family themed bar however it’s best to remain skeptical.

Prime Minister Carney appears to be promoting a thespian line of fashion however it’s best to remain skeptical.

Court Painter claims to have had a cameo role in the movie ‘Oppenheimer’ however it’s best to remain skeptical.

Bob & Doug Mackenzie appear to be floating however it’s best to remain skeptical.

Conservative opposition leader Poilievre appears to be ready to change his tune however it’s best to remain skeptical.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford appears to be joking however it’s best to remain skeptical.

Alberta Premier Smith appears to be promoting candle power over oil & gas however it’s best to remain skeptical.

 Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and 213 others vying for a seat in the House of Commons will be in the spotlight Monday, as voters in a rural Alberta riding head to the polls.

A spokesperson for Poilievre’s campaign has said the party leader plans to be in Camrose Alberta , the riding’s largest municipality, on Monday.

Meanwhile, in a Court Painter exclusive Poilievre is pictured with key supporters including Premier Danielle Smith and Kevin Mr. Wonderful O’Leary at a private cosplay reception held at an undisclosed dude ranch on Sunday evening.

Court Painter was given VIP access and whipped off some gems.

Breaking News:

‘We Didn’t Get There’: Trump Announces after summit.

What is reportedly an anticipated outcome with the Alaska 25 Summit between US President Trump & Russian President Putin is that they will shake hands and exchange hats.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is watching intently from afar and noted “On the day of negotiations, the Russians are killing as well. And that speaks volumes.”

“The war continues, and it is precisely because there is neither an order nor even a signal that Moscow is preparing to end this war. Russia must end the war that it itself started and has been dragging out for years. The killings must stop. A meeting of leaders is needed – at the very least, Ukraine, America, and the Russian side – and it is precisely in such a format that effective decisions are possible. Security guarantees are needed. Lasting peace is needed.”

Images adapted from original August 13 NS Government video

Source: CBC News August 13/25

Nova Scotia’s Department of Natural Resources confirmed on Wednesday that an out-of-control wildfire in Halifax was human-caused.

During a news conference, manager of forest protection Scott Tingley said crews found an open fire when they arrived on scene on Tuesday afternoon, but whoever started the fire wasn’t around.

On Aug. 5, the province banned people from entering the woods under the Forests Act, saying the restriction is required given the high risk for wildfires. A ban on open fires is also in place.

Travel and activity in the woods was also banned in 2023 , 2016 and 2001 due to fires and dry conditions.

The province is also “strongly recommending” additional precautions for industrial and farm operations on private land that are not currently under the mandatory ban, which only covers commercial activity on Crown land. 

Confusion over the Alaska summit shows Vladimir Putin still calls the shots

Shaun Walker The Guardian August 10/25

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/10/confusion-over-the-alaska-summit-shows-vladimir-putin-still-calls-the-shots?CMP=share_btn_url

Donald Trump rewarding the Kremlin’s hardline attitude shows Russia can still sideline Ukraine from deal to end war

Sam Altman, chief executive of OpenAI, hailed GPT-5 as a “significant step forward” on the path toward artificial general intelligence (AGI), which the company defines as a highly autonomous system capable of outperforming humans at most economically valuable tasks.

Yet, Altman was clear: GPT-5 has not yet crossed that elusive threshold. “It’s still missing something quite important—many things, in fact,” he admitted, highlighting the model’s inability to “continuously learn how Court Painter does it” as one critical limitation.

Despite being “generally intelligent” and a marked improvement over previous versions, GPT-5 falls short of human-level artistry and adaptive creativity. No matter how advanced, it cannot replicate the nuance, irony, or painterly wit of a brush wielded by the likes of Court Painter. The soul of satire, the subtext of cultural commentary, the brush strokes that mock and memorialize with unparalleled painterly virtuosity —plus the mastery of Court Painter’s conversational range and hypnotic rapport with celebrity and political subjects will forever remain outside the AI’s grasp.

At the GPT-5 launch event, Altman likened the new model to a “BFA painter-level expert in your pocket,” in contrast to earlier versions that resembled a Sunday painter or drug addled hobby bro. But even a pocket full of sable brushes cannot conjure the visual mischief or layered symbolism of Court Painter’s work—a realm still ruled by his deft hand and digital eye.

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Canadian officials have warned that this year’s wildfire season could shape up to be the second-worst on record. The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre, a non-profit owned and operated by federal, provincial and territorial wildland fire management agencies, said on its website that 744 active wildfires were burning across Canada on Wednesday August 6/25.

Images from an ongoing Boreal Burning Series /Allan Harding MacKay