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

Then, on the rest of the menu, despite loud GOP opposition, the majority of Americans support COVID-19 vaccine mandates; House Republicans are outraged that Congress might fund the Presidio national park in San Francisco; and, the Department of Justice will increase oversight of police-reform monitors.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where North Korea says it tested several new long-range cruise missiles; and, a World Bank Report found that climate change could force over two hundred fifty million people to move from their homes by 2050.


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/2021/9/14/2052103/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Joe Manchin says he “will vote no on the $3.5 Trillion Bill,” but he cannot explain why.

Then, on the rest of the menu, GOP lawmakers are urging their constituents to use violence to push back against the Biden vaccine orders; an inmate on death row for fifteen years, exonerated by DNA and released from prison, has died from COVID-19; and leaders of the Oregon School Boards Association admonished anti-mask school board members to follow the law, like it or not.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where several thousand people protested in Serbia demanding a ban on lithium mining that has made the region one of the most polluted in Europe; and, oil-rich Norway goes to polls, with climate on the agenda.

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/2021/9/13/2051846/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the “Biden Administration will make sure the Capitol is protected” at the Insurrection 2.0 rally.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the US is doubling the fine for people who break the rule requiring masks on planes, trains and other forms of public transit; after a request by the city, the Justice Department will review the police force in Columbus, Ohio; and, the House Select Committee on January 6 has received thousands of documents before Thursday's deadline for US companies and government agencies to submit them.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a top human rights lawyer has fled Russia after accusing officials of a “purge of people they see as undesirable;” and, the small right-wing People's Party of Canada expelled one of its local officials for throwing gravel at Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

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/2021/9/10/2051356/-West-Coast-Cookbook-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Friday

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a Georgia election official and his predominantly Black staff received over one hundred fifty death threats, some by “biker gangs” at their homes, after Trump accused him of a “crime” at one of his hate rallies.

Then, on the rest of the menu, in an echo of the New Deal, President Biden and Congressional Democrats have proposed a Civilian Climate Corps; Silicon Valley has discovered remote work is easier to begin than to end; and, an academic press outlined plans to reissue a corrected version of a wildly inaccurate accounting of World War One hero Sgt York, by Trump insurrectionist, Pennsylvania State Senator Doug Mastriano.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Brazilian Supreme Court’s Chief Justice issued a sharp rebuttal to Bolsonaro, after the right-wing leader vowed to no longer abide by some of the court’s rulings; and, the French broadcast regulator clipped a far-right commentator's wings before his presidential run.

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/2021/9/9/2051154/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the Fulton County, Georgia prosecutor has turned up the heat on her criminal probe into Trump election meddling.

On the rest of the menu, Idaho hospitals have begun rationing care amid skyrocketing COVID infections; after seven patients died in a deteriorating warehouse in the aftermath of Ida, Louisiana officials revoked the nursing home licenses of a hospital owner; and, a California bill seeks to halt the prison-to-ICE deportation pipeline.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where French doctors and scientists called on authorities to take action against the frequent death threats they have received during the pandemic; and, in a rare move, the European Commission said it wants the European Court of Justice to “impose financial penalties on Poland to ensure compliance” with the tribunal’s orders.

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/2021/9/8/2050945/-West-Coast-Cookbook-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Dr Anthony Fauci pushed back on a claim by DeSantis that unvaccinated individuals have no impact on others.

Then, on the rest of the menu, shortages of supplies and workers will delay Gulf rebuilding; the Minnesota State Patrol purged emails and text messages immediately after protests over the death of George Floyd last year; and, a prominent South Carolina lawyer was shot and hurt months after his wife and son were slain.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Germany lodged a protest against Russia over its attempts to steal data from the country’s lawmakers; and, the UN’s top climate official warned that no country is safe from global warming.


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"

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

Show Notes & Links: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/9/7/2050744/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, “there is no legal authority Kevin McCarthy has to make threats” to the Telecoms.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the deal with OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, has left families angry and conflicted; shadow docket Supreme Court decisions could affect millions; and, a Mississippi man freed after nearly 23 years in prison, filed a lawsuit against the district attorney who capriciously prosecuted him, six times.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where ethnic tensions in Montenegro have flared up over the inauguration of the new head of the Serbian Orthodox Church; and, the group behind the annual Tiananmen Square memorial vigil in Hong Kong said it will not cooperate with police conducting a national security investigation into the group’s activities.

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/2021/9/6/2050535/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Labor-Day-Monday

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, structural court reform is the only way to counter Republican distortion of the courts on abortion, voting rights and democracy itself.

Then, on the rest of the menu, US hospitals have been hit with a nurse staffing crisis amid the COVID pandemic; federal and state agencies say they are responding to reports of oil and chemical spills resulting from Hurricane Ida; and, the Secretary of State for Georgia is looking for “evidence of collusion” between Stacey Abrams and DOJ.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the editor-in-chief of a Russian news outlet designated a "foreign agent," has accused the Russian state of destroying the media; and, “Zorba the Greek” composer, Mikis Theodorakis, has died at age ninety-six.

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/2021/9/3/2050025/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Friday

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the extremist majority on the Supreme Court let stand a law that “turns every anti-abortion zealot into a bounty hunter.”

Then, on the rest of the menu, White House officials are outlining plans to build and restore more than 2 million homes to improve housing affordability; the White House has offered an ambitious $7.5 billion plan to expand electric vehicle charging to underserved areas; and, the White House and the Treasury Department have partnered with a new internet site to help more Americans apply for and receive the expanded child tax credit.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Israel promoted the military handler of former spy Jonathon Pollard; and, a British man has been extradited to the US to face movie piracy charges.

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/2021/9/2/2049766/-West-Coast-Cookbook-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the January 6 Committee clapped back on Kevin McCarthy’s attempt to “whitewash” the insurrection.

On the rest of the menu, Black US farmers are still waiting for billions of dollars in promised debt relief; a rural Oregon school superintendent was fired after enforcing the state mask mandate; and, the Biden administration aims to cut costs for solar and wind projects on public lands.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the European Court of Human Rights ruled that Russia failed to conduct an effective investigation into the killing of a prominent human rights activist in Chechnya; and, the unpopular Japanese prime minister denied he ever intended to dissolve the lower house of parliament in mid-September, might still happen, but he never intended it.

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/2021/9/1/2049527/-West-Coast-Cookbook-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays