{"id":22499,"date":"2023-02-10T20:59:58","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T20:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=22499"},"modified":"2023-02-10T21:18:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T21:18:53","slug":"double-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=22499","title":{"rendered":"Double down &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Paraphrasing from the  article: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>It is a strange and singular amalgam, this novel coalition which is not \u2014 both authors swear \u2014 a coalition. What are we to make of the current circumstances of Canadian journalism?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/rex-ink-spill.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/rex-ink-spill.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/rex-ink-spill-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/rex-ink-spill-768x505.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/jp-in-the-money-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/jp-in-the-money-2-1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/jp-in-the-money-2-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/jp-in-the-money-2-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Post features two of the shining stars of vainglorious verisimilitudinous verbosity ,Rex &amp; Jordan in one co authored arrangement of letters made up of subjects, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions  &amp; <strong> <\/strong>symbols used to separate and clarify the meaning of sentences and written elements. Being busy with other things Court Painter hasn&#8217;t read the two headed screed however he guesses it includes declarative sentences (which are statements), interrogative sentences (which are questions), and imperative sentences (which are orders) stewed in the juices of resentment, moralizing, ,nostalgia, freedom signalling horn honking, fear mongering&#8230;. predictably long winded ,full of bad advice and run off at the mouth sentences! Whew!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"789\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Court-Painter-alyssum-murale-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Court-Painter-alyssum-murale-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Court-Painter-alyssum-murale-1-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Court-Painter-alyssum-murale-1-768x606.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Before you scurry off to the National Post site in pursuit of this speechifying article to witness the verbal slaying of the noble yet slightly flawed NDP leader Jagmeet Singh  perhaps you could remember this quote by our favourite bard&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span><span><i>He draweth out the thread of his<\/i><\/span><span><i> verbosity finer than the staple of his argument.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/category\/opinion\/\">NP Comment<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jordan Peterson and Rex Murphy: Jagmeet Singh is an empty suit, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>The NDP leader is sacrificing what his party stands for in order to keep Justin Trudeau in power&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Author of the article: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/author\/jordan-peterson\/\">Jordan Peterson<\/a>,&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/author\/rmurphynp\/\">Rex Murphy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Published Feb 10, 2023&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Court-Painter-J-Petersen.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Court-Painter-J-Petersen.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Court-Painter-J-Petersen-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Court-Painter-J-Petersen-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Court-Painter-Rex-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Court-Painter-Rex-M.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Court-Painter-Rex-M-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Court-Painter-Rex-M-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paraphrasing from the article: It is a strange and singular amalgam, this novel coalition which is not \u2014 both authors swear \u2014 a coalition. What are we to make of the current circumstances of Canadian journalism? The National Post features two of the shining stars of vainglorious verisimilitudinous verbosity ,Rex &amp; Jordan in one co &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=22499\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Double down &#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-images","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22499"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22518,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22499\/revisions\/22518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}