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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Mike Pence is now blaming the media for the January 6 insurrection where the mob chanted, “Hang Mike Pence!”

Then, on the rest of the menu, behind-the-scenes workers on Hollywood films and television shows voted to strike if they cannot reach an agreement with producers on a new contract; in open defiance of its policy board, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources dramatically scaled back the number of wolves hunters can kill during the fall season; and, in response to threats against election administrators across the nation, legislation has been introduced to broaden protections for election workers, their families and physical polling locations.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the top US envoy brought up the Jamaal Khashoggi murder in talks with the Saudis; and, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Mexican nationals in the Pandora Papers should be investigated.


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/2021/10/5/2056174/-West-Coast-Cookbook-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-TuesdaysStory

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, in a Senate subcommittee hearing, multiple Senators compared Facebook to “Big Tobacco.”

Then, on the rest of the menu, tens of thousands of women marched in over six hundred sixty towns and cities across the country against the Texas anti abortion law; the mayor of Huntington Beach, California called the large oil spill there an “environmental catastrophe;” and, the Fed vice chair traded out of bond funds and into stocks on the eve of the Powell Pandemic Statement.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Polish police confiscated the computer equipment of a journalist who has investigated the country’s right-wing government; and, fire destroyed part of the historic “Iron Bridge” spanning the Tiber River in Rome.

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: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/10/4/2055943/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Democrats and Republicans cannot be covered the same because Republicans have overwhelmed the media with so much corruption, they have created “scandal fatigue.”

Then, on the rest of the menu, House Republicans tried to block the IRS from catching wealthy tax cheats; GOP lawmakers fight vaccine efforts with dubious 'natural immunity' claims; and, Republican arch-conservative Star Chamber Justice Sam Alito argued the “shadow docket” is not some sinister act to destroy Democracy in the dark, they’re doing it in the light of day.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the European rights court ruled an activist's deportation from Russia should be suspended; and, the editor of a Russian news outlet that investigated the poisoning of Alexei Navalny, said the authorities had declared him a wanted man.

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/2021/10/1/2055436/-West-Coast-Cookbook-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Friday

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the January 6th Committee issued new subpoenas in their investigation into the insurrection.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the administration’s failed nominee on gun policy says he got death threats and less than robust protection; the two largest police organizations suggested Republican Senator Tim Scott lied about the failed negotiations over the police reform bill; and, the House Judiciary Committee voted to approve three bills aimed at tackling high drug prices.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where police in northern Greece arrested six people and detained at least 59 others following clashes backed by an outlawed extreme right-wing political group; and, Ukraine marked the 80th anniversary of the World War Two Babi Yar massacre.

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/2021/9/30/2055215/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the only way to know what Manchin’s and Simema’s policy positions are is to “follow the money.”

On the rest of the menu, GOP lawmakers joined the NRA in opposing the 'red flag' rule aimed at preventing military suicides; the South Dakota Attorney General is reviewing the meeting between Kristi Noem and a state official over the Governor’s daughter being denied a real estate license; and, the January 6 trials are being slowed by mounting evidence in the US Capitol insurrection.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where women across Latin America marched in favor of abortion rights; and, hospitalizations during the Tokyo 2020 Games were higher than initially reported.

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/2021/9/29/2054996/-West-Coast-Cookbook-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, after the sham Arizona audit turned out to be a bust, Trump and the GOP have tripled down on dangerous new conspiracies to destroy Democracy.

Then, on the rest of the menu, an Arizona judge blocked the state’s laws banning school and local mask mandates; California has become the first state to require hourly wages in the garment industry; and, the Biden administration moved to protect the 'Dreamers' from deportation.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the British government put scores of soldiers on standby to help ease fuel supply problems caused by a shortage of truck drivers; and, cloud making machines are being employed to save Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.


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/2021/9/28/2054810/-West-Coast-Cookbook-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the GOP plot to bring death to democracy by a thousand cuts is spreading at the state level.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the racist majority on the Newberg, Oregon school board has banned educators from displaying Black Lives Matter and gay pride symbols; investigators from the NTSB are on site to probe the deadly Amtrak derailment in Montana; and, leading the nation in new COVID cases, Alabama wants to steal $400 million in pandemic relief funds to build new prisons.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where thousands of Tunisians protested the President’s naked power grab; and, in a clear rebuke of NATO, Erdogan said Turkey plans on buying more Russian defense systems.

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: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/9/27/2054545/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, healthy unvaccinated people are not exempt from getting ill.

Then, on the rest of the menu, four extreme right wing members of the California militia Boogaloo Bois have plead guilty to conspiracy to kill cops and blame it on Antifa; the EPA has ruled that domestic production of refrigerator gasses must be sharply limited; and, the oldest human footprints in North America have been found in New Mexico.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where with so many drug lords to deal with, questions arise why the Mexican government locked up thirty-one academics, professors and scientists in the country’s harshest maximum security prison; and, slowing lava spread fifty-feet high in some places, has raised fears of even more damage on the Canary Islands.

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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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Miles Taylor was Anonymous during part of the time written about in Woodward and Costa’s book.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Texas clergy could face tens of thousands of dollars in 'damages' for discussing abortion with congregants under the state’s new extreme abortion ban; GOP lawmakers are trying to strip affordable health care goals from the Biden agenda; and, California state legislators announced they will make changes to the recall system that has been “weaponized” by the GOP.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where world leaders will have to be vaccinated against the coronavirus to speak at the UN General Assembly’s big meeting next week, but only Russia complained about it; and, the UN human rights chief is calling for a moratorium on the use of artificial intelligence technology that poses a serious risk to human rights.

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/2021/9/16/2052529/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a Democratic House member criticized her GOP colleagues’ antics in their questioning of Antony Blinken.

On the rest of the menu, a county judge has suspended Minnesota’s tougher standards on when police can use deadly force; dozens of American Indian tribes asked the Biden administration to immediately enact emergency protections for gray wolves; and, three former US intel operatives admitted to hacking American journalists, human rights activists and rival governments for the United Arab Emirates.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Vladimir Putin entered self-isolation after people in his inner circle became infected with the coronavirus; and, Greek authorities have opened an investigation into the plane crash that killed a prosecution witness in the corruption trial of former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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/2021/9/15/2052333/-West-Coast-Cookbook-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays