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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, some pundits on Russian state TV called for Putin to end the war as harsh sanctions and growing protests destabilize life in Russia.

On the rest of the menu, Senate Republicans are pretending gas prices didn't start rising under Trump; South Dakota lawmakers struck a deal to defy Kristi Noem to pass the state’s $5.8 Billion dollar budget; and, the IRS plans to hire 10,000 new workers to relieve a massive backlog.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the mayor of a troubled Mexican town was shot dead just weeks after the army's arrival to restore order; and, a far-right party will hold a share of power in Spain for the first time since the dictatorship of Francisco Franco.

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

Bon Appétit!

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“Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy profession, and a large number of its practitioners spend many nights drowning their sorrows in Ouisghian Zodahs.”

― Douglas Adams
"The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"

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Show Notes & Links:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/3/11/2085227/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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https://archive.org/details/west_coast_cookbook_and_speakeasy_with_justice_putnam_21_nov_17

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Putin will be overthrown before anyone gives him bad news about Russian setbacks in Ukraine.

Then, on the rest of the menu, one hundred and seventy-three GOP lawmakers tried to send Congress home instead of voting on Ukraine aid; over twenty-seven thousand mail ballots were rejected in the Texas primary, vastly surpassing the number of rejected ballots in all previous Texas elections combined; and, in another reversal of a Trump administration policy, the Biden administration is restoring California’s authority to set its own tailpipe pollution standards for cars.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Ukrainian government is preparing to move its sensitive data and servers abroad if Russia's invading forces push deeper into the country; and, UNICEF reported more than 1 million children have fled Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion fifteen days ago.

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

Bon Appétit!

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“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue his own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.”

-- The Daily Picayune,
New Orleans, March 5, 1851

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Show Notes & Links:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/3/10/2085035/-West-Coast-Cookbook-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-Grits-Thursdays

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https://archive.org/details/west_coast_cookbook_and_speakeasy_with_justice_putnam_21_nov_17

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, when Ukraine needed US backing after Zalenskyy was first elected, all they got was Trump’s corruption.

On the rest of the menu, legislation to limit insulin costs is being revived in the Senate; Congress sent the Postal Service overhaul bill to Biden’s desk for signing; and, the President has a solution for high inflation that seems counterintuitive, bring factory jobs back to the US.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a German court ruled for the nation’s domestic intel agency against the far-right Alternative for Germany party; and, a dual national has been charged with acting as an unregistered Russian agent in the US.

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

Bon Appétit!

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"To those of us who believe that all of life is sacred every crumb of bread and sip of wine is a Eucharist, a remembrance, a call to awareness of holiness right where we are. I want all of the holiness of the Eucharist to spill out beyond church walls, out of the hands of priests and into the regular streets and sidewalks, into the hands of regular, grubby people like you and me, onto our tables, in our kitchens and dining rooms and backyards.”

-- Shauna Niequist
"Bread and Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table with Recipes"

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Show Notes & Links:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/3/9/2084826/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the lessons of the Cold War could help us de-escalate the war in Ukraine.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a proposed EPA rule would make heavy trucks cut its smog and soot pollution; the Supreme Court turned away efforts from Republicans in North Carolina and Pennsylvania to block state court-ordered congressional district maps; and, President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order on regulating cryptocurrency.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the United States and ten other countries condemned North Korea’s latest ballistic missile launch; and, the US assured the nervous Baltics of NATO protection against Russia.

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

Bon Appétit!

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“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.”

- Ernest Hemingway
"A Moveable Feast"

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Show Notes & Links:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/3/8/2084599/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Putin is taking Russia back to the “depths of the cold war.”

Then, on the rest of the menu, housing advocates seek funding to repeal a California law that keeps Black families out of white neighborhoods; a contractor defaulted on a contract to build a $12.3 million bridge replacement on Interstate 40 in North Carolina; and, WNBA players wouldn’t have to play overseas during the offseason and become pawns in geopolitics if they were paid more here in the states.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where an international anti-money-laundering body put the United Arab Emirates on its global ‘gray’ list; and, Denmark will boost its defense spending in response to the invasion of Ukraine, while phasing out Russian gas.

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

Bon Appétit!

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"I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help."

-- Julia Child

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Russian state media refuses to show the death and destruction from the war with Ukraine, and its viewers sound a lot like Fox viewers in America.

On the rest of the menu, the EPA confirmed the filters distributed in Benton Harbor, Michigan during the city’s recent lead water crisis worked properly; Sean Hannity’s former Fox News director has been arrested in London and charged with violating Crimea-related sanctions; and, the Peace Corps plans to start sending volunteers overseas again.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Germany urged the UN rights office to publish its Uyghur report; and, Biden will meet the Finnish leader at the White House today as Russia rattles its European neighbors.

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

Bon Appétit!

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“Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy profession, and a large number of its practitioners spend many nights drowning their sorrows in Ouisghian Zodahs.”

- Douglas Adams
"The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"

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Show Notes & Links: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/3/4/2083805/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Republicans are on defense after idealizing “Red State” Russia for years.

Then, on the rest of the menu, an Alabama Oath Keeper is first person involved in the insurrection to be convicted of seditious conspiracy; the House is poised to vote on a bill to help veterans exposed to burn pits; and, the federal government warned states seeking billions of dollars from the infrastructure law to widen roads, protect the safety of pedestrians and bicyclists, or risk losing the money.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where OPEC is sticking with their plan to gradually increase oil production while Russia’s invasion of Ukraine rattles the world’s markets; and, the United States delayed a scheduled ICBM test-launch in a bid to de-escalate Russia nuclear tensions.

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

Bon Appétit!

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“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue his own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.”

-- The Daily Picayune,
New Orleans, March 5, 1851

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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https://archive.org/details/west_coast_cookbook_and_speakeasy_with_justice_putnam_21_nov_17

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, seizing oligarchs' property may be trickier than it sounds.

On the rest of the menu, Texas has begun investigating the parents of transgender youth for child abuse; despite wide-ranging opposition, Utah lawmakers passed new media restrictions for their House floor; and, a judge overturned a Washington state legislature-approved capital gains tax on high profit stocks, bonds and other assets, ruling that it is an unconstitutional tax on income.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Russian authorities have threatened to block Wikipedia's Russian-language site over an article that mentions deaths among Ukrainian civilians; and, non-Ukrainians also fleeing the war are reporting mistreatment at border check points.

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

Bon Appétit!

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"To those of us who believe that all of life is sacred every crumb of bread and sip of wine is a Eucharist, a remembrance, a call to awareness of holiness right where we are. I want all of the holiness of the Eucharist to spill out beyond church walls, out of the hands of priests and into the regular streets and sidewalks, into the hands of regular, grubby people like you and me, onto our tables, in our kitchens and dining rooms and backyards.”

-- Shauna Niequist
"Bread and Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table with Recipes"

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Show Notes & Links:

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/3/2/2083336/-West-Coast-Cookbook-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays?_=2022-03-02T07:49:31.000-08:00

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump couldn’t slam Biden and praise Putin enough at CPAC.

Then, on the rest of the menu, California, Oregon and Washington announced they will drop school mask mandates; the US Supreme Court wrestled with the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to curb greenhouse gas emissions; and, the Arizona Republican Party filed a lawsuit with the state Supreme Court to strike down the vote-by-mail system used by ninety percent of the state’s voters since 1991.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Germany’s vice chancellor will raise energy security and the climate on his visit to the US; and, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court will open an investigation into war crimes and crimes against humanity by Russia in Ukraine.

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

Bon Appétit!

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“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.”

- Ernest Hemingway
"A Moveable Feast"

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Show Notes & Links: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/3/1/2083072/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, The Republican Party just can’t get enough of Vladimir Putin.



Then, on the rest of the menu, the Biden administration has blown past expectations with $3 billion in wind lease sales; repeatedly stymied by local courts to draw election maps in their favor, Republicans are now set on neutralizing state supreme courts; and, Phil Mickelson was removed from a PGA Tour event in California as the fallout continued over his shocking remarks and involvement in a Saudi-funded rival league.



After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Germany’s move to help arm Ukraine signals an historic shift; and, despite the arrests of hundreds of protesters each day, tens of thousands of Russians continue anti war protests across the country.




All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.



Bon Appétit!

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"I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help."

-- Julia Child

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Show Notes & Links:

"I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help."

-- Julia Child


WCC&S Deep Archive:

https://archive.org/details/west_coast_cookbook_and_speakeasy_with_justice_putnam_21_nov_17

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.