{"id":28286,"date":"2024-12-31T19:27:42","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T19:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=28286"},"modified":"2026-05-26T23:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T23:53:10","slug":"your-guess-as-good-as-mine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=28286","title":{"rendered":"Your guess&#8230; as good as mine&#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<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Court Painter and his trusty Press Attache A Hardon MacKay polled politicians, journalists, pundits, political strategists, pollsters, lobbyists , partisans, academics, policy wonks ,content creators, creatives, grifters, AI platforms and anti matter experts; for their <strong>2025 predictions<\/strong> .<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"772\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/CP-AHM-crystal-balls.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/CP-AHM-crystal-balls.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/CP-AHM-crystal-balls-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/CP-AHM-crystal-balls-768x593.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-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>All participants were offered the choice of a crystal ball or an 8 Ball to aid in the process of predictive pundit prognosis.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/crystal-copy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22164\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/crystal-copy.png 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/crystal-copy-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Unknown.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Unknown.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Unknown-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Unknown-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>As much as this helped to expose the prescience of a few of those who responded : some chose to spread misinformation, disinformation, harassment , general nastiness and private mockery including snap judgments, hot takes, outrage, condemnation, doomsaying and disagreement sprinkled with a few real good guesses on the Leafs chances in 2025.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ghost-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3063\" style=\"width:1000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ghost-8.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ghost-8-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ghost-8-768x538.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fortuneteller and his crystal ball<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Court Painter predicted he would not conduct this exercise again in future in that it elevates the most extreme predictions, offers ample opportunity for bad-faith actors ,short sighted public officials, non visionary&#8217;s of all types and is a terrible proxy for measuring the veracity of predictability in the public square, private land, gated communities, space stations or out on the 7 Seas.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"524\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Court-Painter-in-state-of-prediction.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Court-Painter-in-state-of-prediction.jpg 700w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Court-Painter-in-state-of-prediction-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote has-large-font-size\"><blockquote><p>&#8220;What the hell are we going to do if we don&#8217;t know what is going to happen,&#8221; rising as one, the people screamed into the howling wind!<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"790\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/AHM-prediction-1024x790.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/AHM-prediction-1024x790.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/AHM-prediction-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/AHM-prediction-768x593.jpg 768w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/AHM-prediction-1200x926.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/AHM-prediction.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>That&#8217;s all we have to report .<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"555\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Court-Painter-2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Court-Painter-2025.jpg 555w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Court-Painter-2025-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 555px) 85vw, 555px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>By the way keep your head down in 2025<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Court Painter and his trusty Press Attache A Hardon MacKay polled politicians, journalists, pundits, political strategists, pollsters, lobbyists , partisans, academics, policy wonks ,content creators, creatives, grifters, AI platforms and anti matter experts; for their 2025 predictions . All participants were offered the choice of a crystal ball or an 8 Ball to aid in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=28286\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Your guess&#8230; as good as mine&#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-28286","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\/28286","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=28286"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33408,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28286\/revisions\/33408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}