Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸
@thereisnocat
Advocating Semantic Markup since 1987. Not posting here any more. Married to @JerseyGrrrl. On Mastodon: @thereisnocat@toot.cafe
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 30, 2016 at 8:26:25 AM
Well of course the Republicans don’t have an alternative for Obamacare. It was a Republican idea to start with. http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/republicans-grapple-with-how-far-obamacare-repeal-should-reach
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 29, 2016 at 9:04:16 PM
@markjfine I thought of the exact same thing
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 28, 2016 at 10:37:37 PM
@markjfine They have to do something to distract from the fact that they’re being boycotted for supporting Trump.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 26, 2016 at 7:13:59 PM
Just caught a sight of the Land Grant Trophy. Jeez, could they have come up with an uglier trophy? #psuvsmsu #msuvspsu #45to12
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 26, 2016 at 6:12:49 PM
And, true to form, Penn State starts to pull away. #psuvsmsu
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 26, 2016 at 4:22:11 PM
@dylanw if PSU loses, the Buckeyes go to the B1G championship game. I think you’d prefer PSU there.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 26, 2016 at 4:05:59 PM
Thank you, Buckeyes. Now it’s up to the Nittany Lions to win. They control their own destiny now. #psuvsmsu
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 26, 2016 at 2:43:51 PM
Unsportsmanlike conduct on Jim Harbaugh. Oops.
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 26, 2016 at 1:26:29 PM
Instinctive reaction to Buckeyes pick-6: AUGH! Half second later: Yes! Go Buckeyes! #psuvsmsu #psutotheplayoff
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 25, 2016 at 10:23:07 PM
@PGourevitch @stribs @thehill I hope he tells Trump to go fuck himself with a chainsaw
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 25, 2016 at 6:16:05 PM
@lachlanhardy Good choice! Neshaminy Creek makes some great beers. I’ve been to the brewery twice.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 25, 2016 at 9:22:49 AM
RT @Green_Footballs: I hear Donald Trump really hates this photo. So make sure not to retweet it. Ever. https://t.co/6dUnchk8tC
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 23, 2016 at 12:20:06 PM
@luxuryluke Some folks say that bowling alleys all look the same.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 23, 2016 at 9:20:12 AM
@danrubin @EMULSIVEfilm @FilmsnotDead Tri-X. Winter feels gray and grainy and cold, and nothing conveys that to me like Tri-X.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 22, 2016 at 8:06:32 PM
@dylanw Taking suggestions for additions ;-)
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 22, 2016 at 8:00:27 PM
@dylanw funny; I just started putting together a playlist on Spotify called Playlist for Apocolypse that had The Wipers, Minutemen et. al.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 21, 2016 at 10:45:14 PM
@dylanw I can easily see them declaring war on a 1 billion person religion.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 21, 2016 at 10:40:45 PM
@dylanw I think he’s thinking much larger than a domestic race war. http://time.com/4575780/stephen-bannon-fourth-turning/
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 21, 2016 at 10:37:16 PM
@dylanw This assumes that we survive the World War III that Bannon is determined to engineer.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 19, 2016 at 2:23:29 PM
@surlyshirley only if he uses a private e-mail server….
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 19, 2016 at 1:53:37 PM
@surlyshirley meanwhile, it’s 72 degrees at the Dogfish Head brewery in Delaware where i’m sitting at a picnic table. Sorry….
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 14, 2016 at 11:02:49 PM
@surlyshirley why did you return? You had the perfect opportunity to escape!
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 14, 2016 at 1:27:40 PM
@cwodtke we had the same conversations in State College at the time. This guy scares me so much more than Reagan did.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 11, 2016 at 4:25:15 PM
@stribs Check this out: http://www.nationalpopularvote.com/written-explanation It’s not just Maryland, and it gets discussed every election.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 11, 2016 at 10:13:30 AM
Paul Ryan announced today the government will be privatizing Medicare. Which will make it work just like Obamacare. Which doesn't work.
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 10, 2016 at 10:16:39 PM
@joshtpm Maybe if we keep hurting his feelings, he’ll quit and go home
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 10, 2016 at 8:44:07 PM
@stribs well of course they’re coming out with this now. They wanted him strong before the election; they want him weak now.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 10, 2016 at 7:53:18 PM
@susankitchens @JeffreyGoldberg Why bother? They could provoke him with a tweet.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 10, 2016 at 5:24:40 PM
@mholzschlag You might find some solace in this article: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/11/10/trump-election-spurs-record-obamacare-signups-month/93590056/
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 10, 2016 at 4:51:26 PM
@shelleypowers yeah, that’s kind of the point, especially since some states were reporting penetration attempts a few weeks ago.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 10, 2016 at 4:23:11 PM
@shelleypowers so did they also break into the systems counting the votes and goose them toward Trump?
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 10, 2016 at 2:26:03 PM
@stribs @Incilin I want my country back. This is not my America.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 10, 2016 at 1:18:57 PM
@mholzschlag I share your apprehension about the next four years. This election has emboldened the idiots among us.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 10, 2016 at 1:13:02 PM
@mholzschlag I have read it. Repealing and replacing Obamacare requires action from Congress and won’t happen immediately
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 10, 2016 at 12:57:02 PM
@mholzschlag plus as a practical matter, once you have the policy, it should exist for the whole year.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 10, 2016 at 12:56:20 PM
@mholzschlag he doesn’t take office until Jan 20, and Congress on Jan 6. Obamacare still exists before that
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 10, 2016 at 12:51:29 PM
@mholzschlag take advantage of it while it still exists. Nothing changes until it changes.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 10, 2016 at 8:55:52 AM
@jrnoded @shelleypowers the part where they pay for healthcare for other “undeserving lazy” people
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 9, 2016 at 9:59:45 PM
@jschwartzdesign technically possible, but it’s more likely you’d be hit by lightning.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 9, 2016 at 9:34:04 PM
The last time we had to deal with a rogue racist nation, there was a campaign of disinvestment. Just saying. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disinvestment_from_South_Africa
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 9, 2016 at 3:02:11 PM
@shelleypowers @dotglen This assumes they don’t do away with the filibuster. Not a safe assumption, especially since Dems said they would
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 9, 2016 at 12:45:30 PM
@denisejacobs @missrobinjean @nightshiftc my thoughts exactly. I didn’t know when I read it XX years ago that it was journalism
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 9, 2016 at 12:11:53 PM
This song was written for another election, but it seems appropriate today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSOp507HJMA
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 9, 2016 at 12:09:22 AM
If you liked Gamergate, you’ll love Amerika 2.0.
Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 8, 2016 at 9:52:13 PM
@dori 538 is reporting that Clinton looks likely to win Virginia.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 8, 2016 at 9:50:40 PM
@dori Chris Matthews says what he’s hearing in PA is that it will go for Hillary.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 8, 2016 at 8:53:47 PM
Drinking.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 8, 2016 at 8:33:56 PM
@stribs looks like he’s giving you the stink eye….
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 8, 2016 at 8:10:56 PM
@belling @dylanw so the fewer votes she gets, the more effective and victorious she is?
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 8, 2016 at 5:08:43 PM
@obiwankimberly sad that this is the level of political discourse they’re capable of.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 8, 2016 at 1:02:11 PM
@karlgroves fuck yeah
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 7, 2016 at 7:31:28 PM
@stribs Not only that, but doing so in the most racially inflammatory manner possible.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 6, 2016 at 9:26:13 PM
The Baylor Bears deserve to have their team dismembered and their assistant coaches banned from football. http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/17983188/rape-activist-breda-tracy-says-baylor-bears-cancel-season
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat November 1, 2016 at 8:59:17 PM
@fmanjoo @stribs listen to the latest 538 podcast and you’ll find out you’re right.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 31, 2016 at 8:16:06 PM
@donkeyattack Kane’s regular IPA, Head High, is excellent, as well.
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 31, 2016 at 8:15:20 PM
@donkeyattack Kane focuses on IPAs and Belgians, although the beer they’ve won gold medals for is a barrel-aged stout
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 31, 2016 at 8:14:40 PM
@donkeyattack Carton in particular is all about doing unexpected flavor combinations, like a tripel made with truffels
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Ralph Brandi 🇺🇦-🇺🇸 @thereisnocat October 31, 2016 at 8:13:20 PM
@donkeyattack If you see any beers by Carton or Kane, jump on them. Carton’s double IPA, 077XX is outstanding, and is Kane’s Overhead.
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