Originally posted June,2017

From the Guardian article  ‘A Reckoning for our Species’: Meet the philosopher prophet of the Anthropocene by Alex Blasdel

Court Painter in a burst of enthusiastic self interest has hired the same management consultant firm that recommended a 55% compensation increase for Loblaws CEO Galen Weston in 2022.

Court Painter with recent portrait of his new fan Galen

Court Painter went on to say at the top of his voice,”I’m fed up and won’t take it anymore…oops let me rephrase that…I’m fed up and will take…demand more!”, while also announcing his new hire!

Galen Weston got a 55 per cent raise for running Loblaws last year, after management consultants hired by the company his family controls determined he was underpaid. ( Court Painter hurriedly called Galen to find out who the consultant firm was…!)

Regulatory filings for Loblaw Cos Ltd. show that Weston, the scion of one of Canada’s richest families, took in just over $8.4 million in salary, bonuses and stock-based compensation last year as CEO of Loblaws, the grocery chain his family controls.

That was a 55 per cent increase from the just over $5.4 million in total compensation he got in 2021, the year he became president of the company in March. The year before, in 2020, Weston earned $3,549,591 in total compensation from Loblaws.

Ian Lee, an associate professor and free market blowhard of the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University in Ottawa , says that focus on executive compensation is misguided, because it is subject to the same rules of supply and demand that govern any market.

“Whether it’s entertainers, musicians, athletes, artist celebrities like Court Painter or CEOs, there is a supply and a demand, and you pay the market price or you lose them,” he told CBC News in an interview.

Following up on the professor’s words, Court Painter dangled the threat that unless a new compensation package was accepted by his studio he would time travel back to the 17th century when Court Painters were held in high esteem, lived high off the hog and were constantly high!

Source : Excerpts from CBC News

Former United States President Donald Trump has arrived in New York City for his first scheduled court appearance to face charges related to a hush-money payment made to an adult film actress before the 2016 presidential election.

Trump, the first former president to be criminally prosecuted, is expected to be fingerprinted, photographed and formally presented with the charges against him at the central Manhattan courthouse on Tuesday.

He’s now being described in some quarters as just an ordinary dude descending a staircase.

Court Painter seen with still wet Dude Descending a Staircase

• Mass Casualty Commission calls for overhaul of policing in Canada, including potentially breaking up the RCMP 

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  Mass Casualty Commission calls for overhaul of policing in Canada, including potentially breaking up the RCMP – Halifax ExaminerThe Mass Casualty Commission is calling for a complete overhaul of policing in Canada, including potentially breaking up the RCMP. Even without going that far, the commission recommends sweeping changes within the RCMP, including: • The RCMP Training Depot in Regina be phased out by 2032 and replaced by a three-year university degree program to […]www.halifaxexaminer.ca

• On a related Mountie matter check out Auntie Janet dealing with the mounties on her land!
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• Click Link to Auntie Janet kicks ass…from March 11/22

Meanwhile …when the Mounties were romantic & heroic….before the conflagration

A lawyer for Donald Trump says the former president has been informed that he’s been indicted in New York on charges involving payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter with adult film star Stormy Daniels. 

The Donald was seen pounding the table and was joined by his lawyers,family members and allies.

There’s an old legal aphorism that goes, “If you have the facts on your side, pound the facts. If you have the law on your side, pound the law. If you have neither on your side, pound the table.”

Opposition leader Notley & Premier Smith peruse the latest polls

Majority of Albertans 35 and over say they intend to vote UCP; NDP leads among 18- to 34-year-olds

March 29, 2023 – The writs have not yet been dropped for Alberta’s May election but it’s already campaign season on Albertan airwaves as the United Conservatives and New Democrats battle for the province’s hearts, minds and votes.

As attack ads reign, new data from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds the UCP with a seven-point lead in vote intention over the NDP.

Court Painter shown suffering from poll fatigue!

For those really really interested in the recent dust up over the media stories of Chinese intervention in Canadian elections and the implied demonization of MP Han Dong , this is a must watch for Chantal Hebert’s clear analysis of the story.(Chantal’s tearing a strip off Peter Mansbridge for his loose tongue treason utterance is also worth the watch!)

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• https://youtu.be/iu6D61yhMOU

• Currently, Hébert is a national affairs writer with the Toronto Star as well as a guest columnist for Le Devoir and L’actualite . She appears frequently on CBC TV’s The National  as a member of the At Issue political panel She also appears as a commentator on Peter Mansbridge’s Youtube GOOD TALK.

House passes motion calling for a public inquiry into foreign interference amid latest Han Dong allegations

Toronto MP Han Dong denies claim he worked against release of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor

Also in the news President Biden meets with Prime Minister Trudeau in Ottawa.

Court Painter, Press Attache A Hardon MacKay and all the unpaid studio interns are thrilled beyond words that Bing the Microsoft search engine powered by new super Artificial Intelligence has at last chosen our Court Painter as the #1 choice in it’s search thingy!

Court Painter is not making this up! AI through it’s wisdom has done the right thing and thrust our Court Painter to the top of list.

Many of the glorious images depicting the handiwork by Court Painter of past political and celebrity figure commissions are there for the whole world to see and we can be assured that at least half a dozen leading art experts and hobbyists will seek out the subject of “court painter” for research purposes within the next 5 years.

Microsoft on Tuesday added a new artificial intelligence-powered capability to its search slate: AI-generated visuals.

The new tool, powered by OpenAI’s DALL-E, will allow users to generate images using their own words, such as asking for pictures of “court painter,” the company explained in a press release.

The feature, called “Bing Image Creator,” will be available to Bing and Microsoft Edge users in preview. It will first roll out in the search engine’s “Creative Mode.” Eventually, it’ll become fully integrated into the Bing chat experience, the company added.

The inside story of the how

The untold story of the when

The threat of the where

The survival of the why

• Who was involved?
• What happened?
• When did it happen?
• Where did it happen?
• Why did it happen?
• How did it happen?
• Which happening happened? 
• Wherefore art thou Art?

Court Painter once again dives deep in the archives to try to illustrate what all these words might allude to…place your bets!