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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, no one is really surprised the GOP is using Afghanistan for political points.

Then, on the rest of the menu, New Hampshire’s GOP governor gave millions in pandemic school relief funds to a for-profit education company; US officials declared the first-ever water shortage from a river that serves forty million people in the West; and, the Biden administration appealed a federal court decision to block its pause of oil and gas leasing.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Colombia reissued Interpol Red Notices for three more ex-FARC members; and, wildfires raged outside Athens, Greece, as villages were hastily evacuated.


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/2021/8/17/2046352/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, suspicious deaths in Mississippi are being investigated as possible lynchings

Then, on the rest of the menu, the Wisconsin GOP wants to give unemployment benefits to people who quit their jobs over workplace vaccine mandates; a Trump-appointed federal judge ordered Biden to reinstate Trump's 'remain in Mexico' policy; and, badly needed water projects for the parched West are included in the infrastructure bill.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Israel recalled its top diplomat over Poland’s Holocaust restitution law; and, the Holocaust researchers sued by Poland have won their libel case on appeal.

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/2021/8/16/2046084/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, some Republicans are extending the pandemic for fun and profit.

Then, on the rest of the menu, there have been almost ten thousand anti-Asian incidents since the pandemic began; Kristi Noem claims Fauci is 'picking on' GOP governors as COVID cases surge in red states; and, census data shows the US is diversifying while the white population is shrinking.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the UN Security Council is discussing a draft statement that would condemn the Taliban; and, Russian prosecutors asked a court to put restrictions on Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's spokesperson Kira Yarmysh, for two years.

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/2021/8/13/2045521/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Friday

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, The Mini Trump in Florida is running the state into the ground amid record breaking covid deaths.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Oregon Governor Kate Brown warned that health care in the state could be overwhelmed as coronavirus hospitalizations reach record numbers; arrest warrants were issued to Texas Democrats, but the holdout continues; and, Washington state’s wheat crop has been devastated by the most severe drought since 1977.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Germany arrested a British man suspected of spying for Russia; and, the Black Sea oil spill is much bigger than first thought.

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/2021/8/12/2045280/-West-Coast-Cookbook-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, officials of the Alachua Public School District in Florida responded to DeSantis’ threat to cut their salary if they even think of trying to protect kids during a deadly pandemic.

On the rest of the menu, Facebook banned the Russian firm behind the Pfizer, AstraZeneca smear campaign; a Missouri judge ruled that Republican Governor Mike Parson no longer can deny Medicaid healthcare to thousands more newly eligible adults; and, local police across the nation emboldened the militant Trump insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol on January 6.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where wildfires ripped through Algeria, killing forty-two people, including twenty-five soldiers; and, Mexican President Obrador vowed to protect a prominent journalist after a powerful drug cartel threatened to kill her.

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/2021/8/11/2045048/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the GOP is ramping up the Great Replacement Theory because liberals are forcing them to.

Then, on the rest of the menu, fake COVID vaccination cards worry college officials; a federal class action lawsuit alleges Brown University failed to protect women from sexual misconduct; and, US health officials are investigating the latest fatal case of a rare tropical disease typically found in South Asia.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where France will require a virus pass for restaurants and cafes or travel by plane, train or bus; and, two space craft will make a Venus fly by within hours of each other.


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/2021/8/10/2044845/-West-Coast-Cookbook-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, DeSantis fired back at Biden with a 'low blow' in escalating war of words

Then, on the rest of the menu, Census experts are puzzled by the high rate of unanswered questions after Trump’s xenophobic attack on the decennial count; the pandemic set off a deadly rise in speeding that hasn’t stopped; and, transportation officials have closed an important 46-mile stretch of Interstate 70 because of Colorado mudslides.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a rescue ship carrying 257 migrants docked at a Sicilian port; and, the Democratic Republic of Congo suspended the director of the conservation agency responsible for protecting the country's UNESCO-listed national parks over possible embezzlement charges.

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/2021/8/9/2044569/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump will end the American Experiment for his own empowerment.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the Department of Justice will probe the Phoenix police over excessive force allegations; a Texas appeals court upheld the murder conviction of a white former Dallas police officer who was sentenced to prison for fatally shooting her Black neighbor in his home; and, California will require all of its roughly 2.2 million health care workers and long term care workers to be fully vaccinated by Sept 30.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Russian opposition activist will run for parliament from jail; and, Haiti requested a UN commission to probe their president's killing.

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/2021/8/6/2044125/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Friday

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, investigative news video appears to show gulags are being built in Belarus to hold dissenters against President Alexander Lukashenko.

Then, on the rest of the menu, amid the ongoing controversy, the Oregon state employee pension fund is examining its investment in the equity firm behind the Pegasus hacking spyware; Facebook shut down the accounts of two New York University researchers investigating misinformation spread through political ads on the social network; and, the Biden administration will require Border Agents be outfitted with body cameras in a major oversight move.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Russian news outlet, Open Media, long critical of Vladimir Putin, has been blocked by the state media watchdog; and, Brazil’s Bolsonaro raged against a Supreme Court investigation into his conduct, and threatened to respond outside the limits of the constitution.

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/2021/8/5/2043901/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump is wielding the “power of disinformation” in a cynical ploy to retain power.

On the rest of the menu, a GOP bill would ban federal protections against drilling in national forests; a GOP-opposed child tax credit expansion would benefit rural Americans the most; and, GOP lawmakers are silent, as a fourth officer who responded to the Capitol riot dies by suicide.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the exiled Belarusian Olympic sprinter said officials “made it clear” she would face severe punishment if she returned home; and, the head of a group for exiled Belarusians was found hanged in the Ukraine, after disappearing while on a jog.

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/2021/8/4/2043743/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays