Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Jack Smith: “Why did you start campaigning in the middle of my investigation?!”

Jack be nimble, jack be quick, hurry up and indict this prick.

You’re just a puppy masquerading as an old coot.

Prediction: the gop will rethink its strategy of boycotting future committees.

When your entire life is steeped in white supremacy, equality feels like discrimination.

Perhaps you mistook them for somebody who gives a damn.

… gradually, and then suddenly.

They are lying in pursuit of an agenda.

Within six months Twitter will be fully self-driving.

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

We won’t go back.

“Let’s not pretend [Trump] wants to engage in high-minded discourse.”

The revolution will be supervised.

Pelosi: “He either is stupid, or he thinks the rest of us are.” Why not both?

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

Not all heroes wear capes.

“In the future, this lab will be a museum. don’t touch it.”

Accountability, motherfuckers.

At some point, the ability to learn is a factor of character, not IQ.

Whoever he was, that guy was nuts.

My right to basic bodily autonomy is not on the table. that’s the new deal.

The US Supreme Court is on the ballot in november.

Happy indictment week to all who celebrate!

Chutkan laughs. Lauro sits back down.

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NYC Meet-Up: Proof of Lively

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Via commentor RedDirtGirl, instigator & organizer…

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Standing at left, “Celia Dexter”, “RedDirtGirl”, can’t remember first seated woman on left :(, Helen, LAO, Robin Gittelman, ads, DaveNYC, Jerry, Sam, IvanX

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PurpleGirl and Helen

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Back of Helen’s head, LAO, Robin, ads, DaveNYC, Jerry

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Gary, and his wife Kathleen sitting across from him, CeliaDexter on his left, and mystery woman :(

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Jack with the mutton chops

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John Gabriel in bottom right corner

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54Comments

  1. 1.

    PsiFighter37

    Where are the green balloons!!!

    Looks like fun – let’s do another one in the summer, and I will make sure to be there!

  3. 3.

    SarahT

    Looks like a success & a good time for all. So wanted to go but had to be out of town. Sigh…

  6. 6.

    gogol's wife

    Shouldn’t there be like the equivalent of the Republican and Democrat conventions, where we pick a city and we all buy tickets and get hotel rooms and gather?

  13. 13.

    Helen

    We are GORGEOUS. Oh yes we are. A great night. Thanks again Reddirtgirl. Except for the pic of the back of my head. No thanks for that! ;)

  14. 14.

    PsiFighter37

    @Gene108: Philly had a great Drinking Liberally scene once upon a time. Meeting up with Atrios, Chris Bowers, and Booman in person was a real treat. Now that I think of it, this was almost a decade ago…

  18. 18.

    Helen

    @Baud: Also, too. I look nothing like a cynic and a bitch, right? I look like the nice Irish Catholic from the suburbs girl that I am. Right? Right?

  20. 20.

    geg6

    Looks like fun. Bummer that there will never be a Pittsburgh one for fear of sending Cole into hiding. I’d love to meet some local BJers. :-(

  21. 21.

    jharp

    Am I the only schmuck that lives in Central Indiana?

    Seems to be no chance of an event here.

  22. 22.

    Patricia Kayden

    Those were lovely photos of lovely people. It’s neat to be able to put faces to names you see over and over in the comments section here.

  24. 24.

    MazeDancer

    How wonderful you all look! Thank you so much for pics. Vicarious meeting-up is fun, too.

  25. 25.

    Prescott Cactus

    I’ don’t think Phoenix can compete with that.

    I know we can !

    Looks and sounds like you had a great time. Congrats ! ! !

  29. 29.

    jerry

    Hi Helen and LAO,

    It was great meeting both of you! Sorry I forgot to exchange email contact info with you. I hope we can do this again soon.

    Jerry

  34. 34.

    Miss Bianca

    you all look fabulous! and looks like a fabulously fun time! Why can’t I be closer to NYC? (pouts).

    One of these days, tho’, I’ll hit town to do an intensive workshop with Tony DeMarco, and then watch out!

  35. 35.

    PsiFighter37

    So…did anyone in SF want to step up and volunteer a spot on June 15? :)

  36. 36.

    Adam L Silverman

    @Baud: They’ll think you’re an AQ affiliate. Trust me, color choice is very, very important if you don’t want to get blowed up real good!

  37. 37.

    Adam L Silverman

    @jharp: No, there are lots of schmucks that live in Central Indiana, as well as North, South, East, and West Indiana. You are, however, the one who is self identifying and commenting here.

  40. 40.

    Anne Laurie

    @geg6

    : Bummer that there will never be a Pittsburgh one for fear of sending Cole into hiding. I’d love to meet some local BJers. :-(

    Nah — just announce your event, with a big coda that COLE IS NOT INVITED.

    Either he takes your ‘out’, or he shows up just to piss you off. Win-win!

  42. 42.

    Anne Laurie

    @Mike J:

    I’m allergic to giant puppets, and I’m afraid the streets will be full of them.

    Better than the Repub convention; the streets there will be full of giant tools.

    To be fair, so will the convention!

  45. 45.

    Jack the Second

    @jharp: Try setting something up around Christmas — there will no doubt be a bunch of ex-pat Hoosiers who need to go somewhere far away from their families and drink for a bit.

  46. 46.

    PurpleGirl

    I enjoyed myself a lot. I haven’t been getting out much and I very much wanted to be at the meet-up. I got there late so I stayed to very end. It was great to meet a lot of new people and others I’d met at other meet-ups. I could make a meet-up in Philly or Pittsburgh, but I need time to figure out travel plans. I’d would have loved to go to Phoenix. I’ve been thinking about doing some traveling. If I got to Phoenix I’d love to go to Litchfield Park and see what the WigWam Resort is like these days. (In 1990 I spent 19 days there for arbitration hearings,)

    ETA: It was good to have the meet-up on Friday night because my complex is turning off power tonight for repairs/upgrades to our generators.

  47. 47.

    RedDirtGirl

    It was a great night, and great to meet so many fellow BJers. Forgot to mention that lurker ML (i think) turned up on the late side and was a great addition to the group,

  48. 48.

    jerry

    @RedDirtGirl:

    RedDirtGirl,

    Thanks for organizing a very entertaining evening. Unfortunately, I can’t make out the email address you wrote on the back of my business card. If you read this message, could you send me an email so that I’ll have your correct address?

  49. 49.

    HeartlandLiberal

    @RedDirtGirl: I have to ask RedDirtGirl, since we are from Alabama, are you from Alabama? The Red Dirt of Alabama, in the north, is very characteristic. We even have red dirt Alabama tee shirts we wear occasionally. We fled the state in 1969, I have to admit, but still have a few friends and family there.

  51. 51.

    RedDirtGirl

    Forgot to mention this. As people left the meet-up they gave me cash to settle the bill. At the end of the evening we ended up with $126 extra. At PurpleGirl’s suggestion, I sent it to MARC as a BJ donation.

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