Andy Grabia
@agrabia.bsky.social
Stand-up Philosopher. King of Nightlandia. My thoughts are sporadic. Suffering from Cassandra Complex. 🦉
Local politician BIG MAD that people are engaging in politics, story at 6.
Alberta MLA Angela Pitt accuses school principal of weaponizing position to push recall petition — principal says he’s specifically not been advertising his title, but Pitt has now brought it to the forefront.
From me today:
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...
From me today:
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/prairies_bc/...
Alberta MLA accuses school principal of weaponizing position to push recall petition
One of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s caucus members went on the attack Wednesday against a constituent trying to get her kicked out of the legislature.
www.thecanadianpressnews.ca
November 13, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Local politician BIG MAD that people are engaging in politics, story at 6.
This. Also means people shouldn’t get their hopes up too much about this damaging Trump. Might this be too much for MAGA? Maybe. Or they’ll just rationalize his abhorrent behaviour like they have a hundred times before.
Trump bragged about grappling women by the pu**y & barging into rooms of partially dressed, young pageant contestants. A jury concluded he assaulted E. Jean Carroll in a dressing room. So nothing that’s in the Epstein emails is a surprise. It’s just confirmation.
November 13, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This. Also means people shouldn’t get their hopes up too much about this damaging Trump. Might this be too much for MAGA? Maybe. Or they’ll just rationalize his abhorrent behaviour like they have a hundred times before.
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My god (sorry I’m late on a bunch of this stuff. But wow!)
According to this NYT report, the head of the FBI and the Attorney General are holding meetings *in the Situation Room* with GOP lawmakers they are trying to pressure to rescind their votes to release the Epstein info. This is madness.
According to this NYT report, the head of the FBI and the Attorney General are holding meetings *in the Situation Room* with GOP lawmakers they are trying to pressure to rescind their votes to release the Epstein info. This is madness.
November 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
My god (sorry I’m late on a bunch of this stuff. But wow!)
According to this NYT report, the head of the FBI and the Attorney General are holding meetings *in the Situation Room* with GOP lawmakers they are trying to pressure to rescind their votes to release the Epstein info. This is madness.
According to this NYT report, the head of the FBI and the Attorney General are holding meetings *in the Situation Room* with GOP lawmakers they are trying to pressure to rescind their votes to release the Epstein info. This is madness.
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Can we circle back to the part where the NY Times never disclosed that they have incriminating information on Donald Trump from sent by Epstein that's been sitting on their email servers for nearly a decade?
Stuff like this makes me wonder why there hasn't been any reporting about Trump having affairs during his presidencies
November 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Can we circle back to the part where the NY Times never disclosed that they have incriminating information on Donald Trump from sent by Epstein that's been sitting on their email servers for nearly a decade?
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My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
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It will not surprise you to learn that many of these same countries are the ones moving to block the just transition mechanism--the thing that would actually help the world move away from fossil fuels--at #COP30
As #COP30 gets underway in Belem, a new report shows that four countries—Australia, Canada, Norway and the U.S.—have collectively *increased* oil and gas production 40% since the Paris Agreement was signed 10 years ago @rishpardikar.bsky.social writes: drilled.media/news/COP30-OCI
Running into COP30 with Oil and Gas
As COP30 gets underway in Brazil, a new report spotlights increased oil and gas production from the U.S., Australia, Norway and Canada since the Paris Climate Agreement was signed a decade ago.
drilled.media
November 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It will not surprise you to learn that many of these same countries are the ones moving to block the just transition mechanism--the thing that would actually help the world move away from fossil fuels--at #COP30
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I feel like the business community in Canada is just not getting the message - there is no miracle deal with Trump and any arrangement we make will be immediately upended when he somehow takes offence at some trivial thing.
November 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I feel like the business community in Canada is just not getting the message - there is no miracle deal with Trump and any arrangement we make will be immediately upended when he somehow takes offence at some trivial thing.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Absolutely can’t stand these Eagles unis.
November 11, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Absolutely can’t stand these Eagles unis.
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The answer Sen, Shaheen is that since America elected the Black man to be president, the official position of the Republican Party is “not to work together with Democrats to address the problems that are facing this country.”
Shaheen: "When I talk to my constituents in New Hampshire, you know what they say to me? They say, 'Why can't you all just work together to address the problems that are facing this country?'"
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 AM
The answer Sen, Shaheen is that since America elected the Black man to be president, the official position of the Republican Party is “not to work together with Democrats to address the problems that are facing this country.”
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Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
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What the proponents of Pollingism simply cannot understand is that the purpose of politics is to enact an agenda, not simply to win for the sake of doing so.
contrarian.substack.com/p/bringing-a...
contrarian.substack.com/p/bringing-a...
Bringing a Survey to a Gun Fight, Part I
“Pollingism” Has Failed Democrats and Voters. Tuesday Showed the Power of Magnetism.
contrarian.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
What the proponents of Pollingism simply cannot understand is that the purpose of politics is to enact an agenda, not simply to win for the sake of doing so.
contrarian.substack.com/p/bringing-a...
contrarian.substack.com/p/bringing-a...
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every generation loves Rumours. it’s fucking Rumours
November 9, 2025 at 2:55 AM
every generation loves Rumours. it’s fucking Rumours
Totally weird that oil is $60 a barrel and gas is still $1.29. Must be that horrible carbon tax.
November 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Totally weird that oil is $60 a barrel and gas is still $1.29. Must be that horrible carbon tax.
Pretty thorough reporting on the fact the Biden administration—including the president himself—were aware that what was happening in Gaza was ethnic cleansing, and refused to do anything about it.
Blinken, Lew, McGuirk, and Sullivan should be shunned in good company as the genocidaires they are.
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
Biden Discussed Potential Israeli War Crimes In Gaza. He Kicked The Can To Trump.
New intelligence shocked officials in late 2024, spurring heightened fear of U.S. liability, HuffPost has learned. The period saw Secretary of State Antony Blinken ask if Israel’s actions constituted ...
www.huffpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Pretty thorough reporting on the fact the Biden administration—including the president himself—were aware that what was happening in Gaza was ethnic cleansing, and refused to do anything about it.
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/2 1. Real human beings will suffer from even a brief stay. 2. The government's position is transparently dishonest and in bad faith. 3. The Supreme Court has lost any benefit of the doubt. They have lost the mandate of the heaven that is the rule of law.
November 8, 2025 at 2:43 AM
/2 1. Real human beings will suffer from even a brief stay. 2. The government's position is transparently dishonest and in bad faith. 3. The Supreme Court has lost any benefit of the doubt. They have lost the mandate of the heaven that is the rule of law.
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This is actually a pretty standard and unremarkable move, as evidenced by Justice Jackson issuing it.
But most people won't believe that for several good reasons.
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But most people won't believe that for several good reasons.
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#BREAKING: Justice Jackson has issued an "administrative" stay, temporarily pausing a district court order that would've required the USDA to continue using contingency funds to pay SNAP benefits.
The stay expires 48 hours after the First Circuit rules on USDA's request for a stay pending appeal.
The stay expires 48 hours after the First Circuit rules on USDA's request for a stay pending appeal.
November 8, 2025 at 2:40 AM
This is actually a pretty standard and unremarkable move, as evidenced by Justice Jackson issuing it.
But most people won't believe that for several good reasons.
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But most people won't believe that for several good reasons.
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The proliferation of legal mobile gambling is the crack epidemic but less satisfying
Stephen A. Smith and other ESPNers partner with obscenely scuzzy mobile casino: defector.com/stephen-a-sm...
Stephen A. Smith And Other ESPNers Partner With Obscenely Scuzzy Mobile Casino | Defector
Earlier this summer, ESPN made the confounding and ultimately disastrous choice to build its NBA Finals broadcasts around the stentorian yowling of Stephen A. Smith, a man who neither knows ball nor…
defector.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The proliferation of legal mobile gambling is the crack epidemic but less satisfying
That’s not happening for the Liberals again, unless the NDP don’t run anyone. Carney isn’t getting the progressive vote after his performance in the last six months. Looking at the elections before 2025 will give you a true sense how much that riding splits Lib/NDP, and allows the CPC the win.
Will you look at how many polls in Matt Jeneroux's Edmonton riding went Liberal in the last election.
Closest Conservative win in the city; 5%. (narrower than Griesbach flipping from NDP, and South East, where mayor/ex-MP Sohi ran for Libs)
map via X's @RealAlbanianPat
Closest Conservative win in the city; 5%. (narrower than Griesbach flipping from NDP, and South East, where mayor/ex-MP Sohi ran for Libs)
map via X's @RealAlbanianPat
November 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
That’s not happening for the Liberals again, unless the NDP don’t run anyone. Carney isn’t getting the progressive vote after his performance in the last six months. Looking at the elections before 2025 will give you a true sense how much that riding splits Lib/NDP, and allows the CPC the win.
The red and black jersey is hideous. People should be fired.
Team Canada hockey jersey for Milano Cortina 2026 revealed
During the broadcast of a Rivalry Series game between the Canadian and American women’s national teams on Thursday, another exciting piece of the Olympic hockey puzzle was unveiled—the Milano Cortina ...
olympic.ca
November 7, 2025 at 2:46 AM
The red and black jersey is hideous. People should be fired.
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Bill 202 would:
🚫 Have a zero tolerance policy for gifts from lobbyists
📝 Disclose any gift valued over $100
✅ Implement a code of conduct for senior political staff
🏛️ Restore Albertans' trust in government
🚫 Have a zero tolerance policy for gifts from lobbyists
📝 Disclose any gift valued over $100
✅ Implement a code of conduct for senior political staff
🏛️ Restore Albertans' trust in government
No more Skyboxes. It's time for ethical governance
Bill 202 is about ensuring clear rules, stronger oversight, and greater public confidence in how decisions are made.
www.albertandpcaucus.ca
November 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Bill 202 would:
🚫 Have a zero tolerance policy for gifts from lobbyists
📝 Disclose any gift valued over $100
✅ Implement a code of conduct for senior political staff
🏛️ Restore Albertans' trust in government
🚫 Have a zero tolerance policy for gifts from lobbyists
📝 Disclose any gift valued over $100
✅ Implement a code of conduct for senior political staff
🏛️ Restore Albertans' trust in government