From organizer Lahke:
Here’s the meetup picture from DC, kindly taken by our waitress on Caphilldcne‘s camera. Also Barbara was there, Mike in DC, I believe ET, boatboy, woodrowfan, MattF. It was a little loud and I had trouble hearing, so may have missed some. Also not sure if people want to be identified, even by nym, so maybe they should identify voluntarily? That’s me on the left in purple.
Tell Cole that we honored him in absentia with an accident–someone who will not be named broke their wine glass. Since no one got sliced up on the glass, however, we can’t be said to have done a full Cole. These things take time, Grasshopper.
Yutsano
Oh how awesome! Meet-ups can be the best!
Speaking of which, will be in the Seattle area again August 12-15. That’s a Saturday through Tuesday. Il drop you an e-mail about it either later tonight or tomorrow AL.
Mary G
Always good to see Juicers in real life! A fine crew.
Major Major Major Major
Glad you guys were able to make it happen!
MazeDancer
Love seeing meet-up pics! (Hope people do identify themselves.) Excellent turn-out, must have been great fun.
Iowa Old Lady
What a good looking group.
efgoldman
I know some of those people.
Yup, every one we’ve been to (in DC and in Boston) has been really fun and interesting. BJ participants are great people in many, many ways.
We now return to our regularly scheduled old, grumpy cynicism.
Brachiator
Looks like a good group. Hope everyone had a great time.
Patricia Kayden
What a lovely group of people!! I love the photos of the BJ meet ups along with the pet posts.
satby
Nice turnout! And a great looking group, hope it was as fun as it looks.
Caphilldcne
Hey Lahke! Thanks for visiting so we had a good excuse to meet. Let’s do it again. That’s me in the back right with dark glasses. I went from there to an event toasting the founding members of Stand Up! for Democracy in DC (Free DC) so was feeling quite activisty by the end of the evening. Also the meetup was across the street from the old post office (now trump hotel). It was pouring as I left and right as I was trying to hail a cab trump hotel got hit by lightning. Wow so loud and close. Anyway in addition to breaking glasses we called thunder and lightning down on the president* and good time had by all.
ruemara
And a handsome bunch they are! I should resend the San Diego meetup, since they never got their day to shine. I’m glad BJers manage to get together and have a good time. Cheers to the most social pack of malingering jackals on the internets!
MomSense
Jackals in the wild! Love seeing all of your smiling faces.
Mnemosyne
@ruemara:
I’m hoping to do the NaNoWriMo train thing back up to the Bay Area in November, but I have to see what the date will be. This time we know to make reservations for kitty time!
Baud
Meh. I’ve seen better.
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j/k
efgoldman
@Baud:
You know better than to disresepect your core constituency!
Baud
@efgoldman: They need to stop socializing and get busy attacking Kamala Harris.
Kathleen
@Baud: Will you be recruiting Baud Bros to terrorize social media? How much will you pay? If you’re paying a bigly amount, would you consider Baud Bro-ettes? Asking for a friend.
LAO
It’s always reassuring to see that not all the commenters here are Russian bots.
Looks like fun. New York’s needs to do another get together.
MomSense
@Kathleen:
How about baudy babes?
ETA or the Baud squad
NotMax
@Kathleen
The unisex designation is Baudies.
;)
Baud
@Kathleen:
Yes. I call them Broads. Baud’s Broads.
Depends on the dollar-ruble exchange rate.
efgoldman
@Baud:
Don’t they have to create a clouds and concerns narrative for you, first?
NotMax
@LAO
Shall be in NYC area in late Aug./early Sept. (dates not set yet). Was contemplating asking about setting one up.
Patricia Kayden
@Caphilldcne:
That’s a good sign. I’ll take it as an omen of good things to come in the anti-Trump resistance.
manyakitty
@LAO: I’d show for a NEOhio meetup!
NotMax
@Baud
Snarly’s Angels?
schrodingers_cat
@LAO: As far as you know.@Mnemosyne: I started a new summer teaching assignment which will be over this coming week, so sadly no writing got done.
LAO
@NotMax: that would be excellent. Reddirtgirl set up the last one. (I should never be in charge of anything).
schrodingers_cat
@Baud: We like Kamala, we are not going to attack her even for you. And who are you calling broad? Speak for yourself.
efgoldman
@NotMax:
You know where I’m going with this, right?
Baud
@schrodingers_cat: ok, I am a broad.
efgoldman
@NotMax:
Don’t suppose you’re coming as far North as New England….
NotMax
@efgoldman
Lurves me some Mills Bros., no matter whether quartet or trio.
schrodingers_cat
@efgoldman: We should have a New England meetup!
Laura
That’s a good looking pack of jackals!
Way to go juicers.
efgoldman
@schrodingers_cat:
Last one (when Cole was in Boston) was terrific except for driving 50 miles home in sleet storm.
Unlikely that happens for the next few months.
Daughter and SIL will be up your neck of the woods in September. She’s a UMass alum, he’s never been there.
Kathleen
@MomSense: Good ones!
geg6
We Pittsburghers are slackers. I know there’s a bunch of us and Cole only lives an hour or so away, but we can’t manage a meetup. ☹️ It’s apparently like herding cats. Well, looks like a lovely group in DC and sounds like a good time was had by all.
Quinerly
@Baud:
Poco sez that he has a special goose for that Harris chick. You’re the boss…tell him when and where and he’ll take care of her. Baud/Poco 2020!
Kathleen
@NotMax: Offended white working class Republican Christian voters might consider that too “bau-dy”. Besides, no one is in the mood for endless FTFNYT interviews with alienated white working class Christian voters.
Kathleen
@Baud: Ahem. (clears throat). Juicer Women? What sayeth you?
efgoldman
@geg6:
Take heart. It literally took us years until we (spelled “Anne Laurie”) could organize one in Boston.
For some reason DC seems easier.
Baud
@Kathleen: Who said my broads were women?
Felonius Monk
Since there are no MAGA hats visible, you all might be mistaken for a meeting of the anti-Dumpf Society. Oh, wait!
Kathleen
Southwestern Ohio (translation Cincinnati) meet up anyone? Ms. Fax from Idaho and I had micro meet up in June but would like to expand the Cincy Jackalhood.
eemom
Holy shit….I’m not 100% sure from this pic, but I THINK that one of this group is someone I know IRL. ?
Kathleen
@Baud: Well, we were discussing what to call your female cult, er, supporters and there you go dragging identity politics into this.
schrodingers_cat
@efgoldman: Will you be joining them? We can have a meetup then if everything else works out.
Baud
@Kathleen: We’ll never win Wisconsin now.
schrodingers_cat
@Baud: Tunchesque or Stevesque?
schrodingers_cat
@Baud: Choose O^2 as your running mate, then Wisconsin is yours.
Ruckus
@Baud:
Harris is my senator, did I miss something that I should know about?
Miss Bianca
Yeah, meet-ups! I’m going to be down in Santa Fe/Pecos area this coming Monday/Tuesday, would love to see some New Mexico Jackals!
schrodingers_cat
@Ruckus: He is teasing, I think, because BS bros go after her, Baud wants his cult to go after her too.
Kathleen
@Baud: You can blame Poco. I’m sure Breitbart will produce a video which will unleash a Poco Poop firestorm. Or Hillary.
schrodingers_cat
@Miss Bianca: Weren’t you coming to ME sometime? You can home to Mass and then we can drive up to see Momsense.
debbie
@schrodingers_cat:
No offense to Poco, but I think Baud and Kamala would make quite a team.
Baud
If Trump/Sessions make a hero out of Chuck Todd, I will cut somebody.
Baud
@Ruckus: Bro Wars.
Yutsano
@Baud: You’re welcome to cut either Dolt45 or the KKKeebler Elf.
Baud
@Kathleen: The Pee Pee Tape: Poco edition.
@debbie: She would be the brains, I would be the … some other body part.
debbie
@Baud:
You’d be the bright shiny object?
Mnemosyne
@schrodingers_cat:
These things happen. I set a ridiculously low goal since I’m trying to get a daily writing habit going, and I only missed three days. One of the days I had a migraine, one was our travel day back from Chicago + wedding anniversary, and one was Cat Poop night.
whyknot241
Wish I could have been there, but I was doing the replace the phone you dropped in the toilet thing. Oh, wait, that’s JC’s job.
Anyway I hope there’s another in the not too distant future. I enjoy discussing policy with open-minded people who are intelligent and good-looking like the crew in the photo.
Ruckus
@schrodingers_cat:
I figured but wanted to be sure.
She did come out with a bipartisan bill to overhaul the monetary criminal bond system. With Rand Paul. That sure got my attention.
Baud
@debbie: Edited.
Baud
@Ruckus: Cory Booker came out for nationwide marijuana legalization, but he’ll get no credit for it.
stinger
((waves))
Baud
@Ruckus: I didn’t know that. Good.
Yarrow
Butowsky is the guy behind the fake Seth Rich conspiracy stuff.
Quinerly
@Baud:
It’s actually that illegal sand dune poop that is more worrisome. That house next door might have had security cameras.
Baud
@Yarrow: I thought that was Trump.
Baud
@Quinerly: The Poo Poo Tape.
Yarrow
@Baud: Trump’s not smart enough to come up with that.
schrodingers_cat
@Mnemosyne: After dealing with 38 kids over the course of day, I had no energy to write.
Baud
@Yarrow: True.
Ruckus
@Baud:
Given the current political hell we are in, I doubt that will have a snowball’s chance. I give the bail thing Harris is co-sponsoring about a 1/10 of one percent greater chance than that. But you can’t just hide in the corner hoping that the sun comes up tomorrow so good on both of them
Baud
@Ruckus: Agree.
schrodingers_cat
@Baud: Beauty?
Mike J
@Baud:
There are 28 states with some form of decriminalization on the books. In a sane world, that would be 56 rock solid votes in the senate for at least a small move in the right direction.
I’d be surprised if you could get 40 for even the most meaningless legislation.
efgoldman
@schrodingers_cat:
We have the onerous task of keeping our granddaughter entertained for the week here in RI.
Kathleen
@Baud: Or “Baudy” part.
Felonius Monk
@Baud:
Nobody in their right mind ever leaked anything to the Toad. He’s kind of sniffing his own farts with that tweet.
randy khan
Sorry I missed it. I was thinking of you from a block away.
Kathleen
@Baud: On the other hand, you could also “poo poo” any suggestion that Poco’s antics create clouds and storms on your campaign.
Kathleen
@Felonius Monk: I’m amazed that Todd wants to take it to the Republikkkan man. I thought he could only stand up to Dems. I’m with Baud. If any of these hacks emerge as “heroes” I’ll be pissed.
woodrowfan
It was fun. I left pre-photo and got caught in an absolute downpour. The CVS at the end of the block was doing a brisk business in umbrellas (including selling one to me).
zhena gogolia
@Baud:
hahaha
the Conster, la Citoyenne
wait – isn’t lahke a Boston area meet-up regular? I haz a cornfuzzled.
Omnes Omnibus
@schrodingers_cat: That’s crazy talk. I know because I live here.
boatboy_srq
Lucky me had the 2 hour trek and missed the photo – but I also missed most of the rain, so I suppose it was a wash. I’d forgotten the tRump hostel was across from Federal Triangle (it got zapped?YAY!). “Last Call” was great.
boatboy_srq
@schrodingers_cat: That DOES sound like fun. Torn between Jake Wirth’s in Beantown and Federal Jacks in K’port for the venue…
efgoldman
@boatboy_srq:
We haven’t been to Jake’s in years. It’s a time capsule. Do they still have the old wooden phone booth?
I meant to recommend it to Steve from ATL, who stayed just down the street.
Ohio Mom
@Kathleen: Besides you two and me, who else hails from southwest Ohio? Or Northern Kentucky? anyway, I’m game.
sharl
@Ohio Mom: If I visited family in Dayton more often – right now it’s only during Christmas holidays and once/twice a year otherwise – I might consider the drive south down I-75, (my) schedule, traffic, and road conditions permitting. But regardless, I hope you guys can make that get-together happen!
woodrowfan
@Ohio Mom: I’m a native. Hold it at Marion’s pizza and I might drive the 500 miles to attend…
rikyrah
Good to see you all?
HeleninEire
Balloon Juicers are the most beautiful people on the planet. Just ask me. Went to a NYC meet-up. Fan effingtastic people. Always good to match nyms with faces.
HeleninEire
@Baud: IKR??
At the NYC meetup those people in those pics were GORGEOUS.
ET
I was there! You can see my head. Fun night.
SiubhanDuinne
Haven’t even started yet to plan the itinerary, but I will be driving from Atlanta to Mackinac Island, MI, in mid-September. Either on the way up or back, would love to meet as many Juicers as are around. It will be pretty much I-75 both ways. Let me know if you’re interested, either via Anne Laurie or my own email (SiubhanDuinne at gmail dot com).
SiubhanDuinne
@HeleninEire:
It’s true! Over these years I’ve been to three large-scale meetups and have spent time separately with (counts on fingers) at least seven other Juicers one-on-one.
CarolDuhart2
@Ohio Mom: I do. Cincinnati born and bred.
Omnes Omnibus
@SiubhanDuinne: It will be pretty up there around then. Check out the Museum of Ogibwa Culture across the strait in St. Ignace if you get a chance. The museum store has some very good art by local NA artists.
glaukopis
@Kathleen: I’m near Dayton but would gladly drive down to meet some of the Ohio juicetariat.
bystander
@Baud: @Mike J: Booker’s pals in the hedge fund community have him in on the first tier of the IPO. I only hope Andrea Mitchell blows the lid off this.
Gin & Tonic
Speaking of meet ups, and pulling a PsiFighter37 thing, I might be in Sunnyvale Sep 11-13, if any South Bay or Valley types want to plan something.
Boatboy_srq
@efgoldman: Best sauerbraten this side of Wien. I haven’t been I’m ages either, but I’ll accept any excuse to go back.
schrodingers_cat
@SiubhanDuinne: Two, I have met two Juicers. I have met 3 cheezfriends IRL. All women!
OT lament: All this anti-immigrant hysteria has made husband kitteh feel homesick, sometimes one wonders whether it was all worth it.
Boatboy_srq
@SiubhanDuinne: (recalling what your hands look like) Whatever happened to the other three?
Steve in the ATL
Why weren’t there meetups in Cleveland and Philadelphia this week? You people are so mean to me.
SiubhanDuinne
@Boatboy_srq:
My hands are fine. The joints, perhaps, a little more arthritic than when you last saw them, but they’re fine. They’re fine, I tell you, they’re fine.
As for whatever happened to the other three? Bwahahahahahah!!! You’d like to know!!
SiubhanDuinne
@Omnes Omnibus:
Thanks! I am actually wondering how I’m going to survive a full week with my siblings, so any recommendations on side trips are greatly appreciated.
Lahke
@the Conster, la Citoyenne: Hi, Conster:. I was down in DC for a conference and decided to make glad the day and find some Juicers to talk to. Next year’s event is in Vegas, unfortunately.
Hay, anyone doing to be in Portland Oregon on August 19th? I’m going out for the eclipse…..
SiubhanDuinne
@schrodingers_cat:
Yes, it will get better. It must.
I am glad to be one of them.
Lahke
@Lahke:sorry, that typo should disappear soon.
debbie
@schrodingers_cat:
Did your husband become a citizen along with you?
schrodingers_cat
@debbie: He did. I convinced him.
J R in WV
@efgoldman:
EFG,
I was in RI once, the summer of 1968, with classmates in college, for the Newport Folk Festival. That year it was a blues festival, with Janis J and Big Brother, BB King, Albert King, Albert Collins, Buddy Guy… and lots of others. Some of the best were elderly gentlemen from deep in the Delta, playing wooden whistle, bass drum with what looked like a deerhide head and a small drum with a woodchuck head. They danced slowly around the small tent stage while making a wonderful noise.
I’ve been following your family escapades, I’m so glad to hear that you’re feeling better, it’s been quite a winter-spring-summer for you all. Keep us posted here at B-J central, the Jackals are concerned!
Best wishes for all of you all !!!
debbie
I regret ever liking the movie El Salvador.
debbie
@schrodingers_cat:
That’s great that you did it together! Remind him that Trump has the attention span of a gnat and will soon move on. As hateful as Cotton’s proposal is, it will go nowhere because too many people are against it.
I don’t know who said it, but: This too shall pass.
KithKanan
@SiubhanDuinne: I’ve only met one Juicer that I’m aware of… though… does that really count if we met around 15 years ago back in college and we only realized we both were Juicers yesterday in Cheryl’s nuke power thread? XD
schrodingers_cat
@debbie: It feels personal, this demonization of immigrants. Like a slap in the face. Cotton’s proposed legislation is both a cruel joke and evil.
ETA: And I am fucking legal immigrant, not a Muslim, or Mexican and the bill doesn’t really affect me personally. But just the gratuitous cruelty is appalling.
Ohio Mom
@Kathleen: @CarolDuhart2: @glaukopis:
Plus Ms Fax, we are up to five
Ohio Mom
@sharl: We can always do another when you are in the area.
@woodrowfan: Marions?! You miss Marions? The world is full of inexplicable things.
Kathleen
Sorry Cincy Area Juicers – I took a break to watch Bad Moms which was hilarious and adorable and I’m back.
Sounds like we have a nice number. And I know Bella, Ohio Mom, Donnah, and Glaukopis live in/near Dayton and/or northern suburbs so I would propose a halfway point between Dayton and Cincy on either 75 or 71.
I live in the city near downtown but I have not problem going north and I don’t know where Carol lives so I can’t speak for her.
If you’re interested you can email me at [email protected] with suggested times, dates, places and one of us can ask Anne or Adam to post the information if they would be so kind.
Weekends are best for me.
SiubhanDuinne
@KithKanan:
I think so. I know two Juicers who also turn out to be fellow denizens of a long-defunct Lord Peter Wimsey group, from back in the late 1990s. So I’ll add them to my count (hat makes it nine, not seven at this point). Also, there are a few Juicers who are also, kind of separately, Facebook friends. I’m never sure what to do with these overlaps.
ET
@Caphilldcne: it was NIE meeting you. Don’t lurk, post!
debbie
@schrodingers_cat:
I’m sure it does. I imagine it’s how I felt years ago listening to people trading anti-Semitic jokes in Manhattan bars. But this won’t last. The country survived Joe McCarthy and Nixon, and it will survive this too.
Steeplejack
@Kathleen:
Re Dayton: is Little Kings Cream Ale still a thing? Went to a wedding in Dayton decades ago and got introduced to those little bottles at some pre-party. Used to be able to find it in Atlanta, but I haven’t seen it anywhere since I’ve been in D.C.
Elizabelle
Fabulous group. I feel my IQ is increasing, just looking at you.
September or October for the next meetup! Who wants to organize??
SWMBO
@Steeplejack: Did you cheat and try using the Googles?
Steeplejack
@SWMBO:
Not yet. I’ve been trying to catch up on Balloon Juice while watching Bukow and König with subtitles on MHz. Multi-multi-tasking.
Plus, when you ask a real person it’s a potential doorway into something beyond “just the facts.”
“Oh, yeah, Little Kings was swill. Nobody drank it after they got old enough to legally buy liquor.”
Caphilldcne
@ET: ok ok. Delurking to post. Just one tho. I’ve got to get up for a 7:30 run. One of the best things about living here – my local run is from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial and back.
Manyakitty
@Steve in the ATL: I’m near Cleveland!
Jeffro
Lemme know when the NoVA meet-up comes around, I’ll definitely be there.
Steve in the ATL
@Manyakitty: then you should have been at the Greenhouse Tavern on Sunday night!
woodrowfan
@Ohio Mom: best pizza in the world! and yes, I AM including NYC pizza…
woodrowfan
@Steeplejack: yes. and I think it’s made in Cinci again.
woodrowfan
Geeze, BJers who hate Marions AND who think Little Kings was “swill.” What is this, Brietbart?? ;P
Steeplejack
@woodrowfan:
Thanks.
And that “swill” was a hypothetical!
Miss Bianca
@schrodingers_cat: way late to this thread, but my sis in ME is down in New Mexico this week, we aew getting together. She is a jackal in spirit if not in fact! ;-)