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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Jim Comey’s wife tried to stop his October Surprise.

Then, on the rest of the menu, with an anemic 37.4% support among active military, it’s no wonder Trump doesn’t want armed services ballots from overseas counted; after white nationalists were busted plotting to assassinate Michigan Governor Whitmer, a Federalist Society judge ruled militias can carry loaded weapons in the state’s polling sites; and, a Texas council outlawed social worker bias against clients on the basis of their disability, sexual orientation or gender identity.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Facebook reported the same Iranian hackers behind the recent US election disinformation campaign, targeted the middle east last year; and, a Nigerian judge threw out the case of forty-seven men charged under the country’s anti-homosexual law.

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/2020/10/28/1990239/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, in a corrupt bargain, the GOP traded one hundred thousand American lives for a “political asset” on the Supreme Court.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a top Trump appointee quit over Trump’s executive order requiring political 'loyalty' pledges from federal workers; rather than tracing, testing, and treatment, House Republicans want to cure Covid with tax cuts; and, after nearly one hundred fifty years, the Salt Lake Tribune will stop printing a daily edition.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the mother of a journalist held in Syria says Pompeo is undermining his release; and, Trump joined an international coalition to oppose healthcare for women.

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/2020/10/27/1989910/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

and, tens of thousands of protesters disrupted church services across Poland on Sunday, over a near-total ban on abortion.

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: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/10/26/1989592/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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/2020/10/23/1988849/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, DNI Ratcliffe wanted to interfere with Obama’s barnstormer speech by accusing, without evidence, Russia and Iran of interfering with Trump so they could help Biden.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the arch-conservative Thomas More Society is already planning on challenging election results because municipalities got money to administer the polls; Lindsey Graham wants to investigate everyone who has donated to his opponent, Jamie Harrison; and, House Republicans want Amtrak to investigate Joe Biden for chartering trains like he’s some sort of wise guy.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Polish academics protested the country’s new “religious fundamentalist” education minister; and, the Trump Administration desperately appealed to countries to withdraw their support for the UN Nuclear Ban Treaty.

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/2020/10/22/1988520/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump demanded Barr to investigate Joe and Hunter for something.

Then, on the rest of the menu, older workers face higher unemployment amid the pandemic; San Francisco officials passed legislation to allow the victims of racist 911 “Karen” calls to sue the caller; and, a North Carolina insurance magnate who is also a prolific GOP donor, has started serving a federal prison sentence for corruption-related convictions.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a prominent European Jewish group condemned a Munich auction house selling Hitler’s handwritten speech notes; and, over sixty art exhibits were damaged at scores of Berlin museums, with the motive still a mystery.

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/2020/10/21/1988215/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump bellowed that Fauci is a disaster and Biden is lucky that Bill Barr hasn’t locked him up.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the Supreme court rejected a Republican bid to limit mail-in voting in Pennsylvania; a coronavirus outbreak has killed ten residents in a nursing home in northwestern Kansas; and, California won’t allow any coronavirus vaccines without state approval.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Indonesia rejected a US request allow its P-8 Poseidon maritime surveillance planes to land and refuel there; and, New Zealand's next parliament is set to be the most diverse ever.

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/2020/10/20/1987932/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, as coronavirus surges across the States, Trump mocked Joe Biden for ‘listening to the scientists.”

Then, on the rest of the menu, some North Dakota voters want their Republican governor to take a more aggressive tack against the virus; Black officers nationwide break with Police Unions’ endorsements of Trump; and, an Indiana police recruit fired for ties to neo-Nazis raises troubling questions about departments across the country.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the UK policeman sickened in the Russian poison attack in Salisbury two years ago, quit his job because of medical complications from the event; and, transit shutdowns fail to deter the Thai pro-democracy protests.

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/2020/10/19/1987622/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

and, the investigation of an Egyptian state-owned bank that illegally contributed to Trump's 2016 campaign has mysteriously been shut down.

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/2020/10/16/1986926/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials, Metro Shrimp & Grits Thursdays!

Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Barr’s corrupt treatment of the judicial system and its policies are “unforgivable” and “totally reprehensible.”

Then, on the rest of the menu, Amy can’t really answer questions about voting rights because she still wants people to think she only baked cookies for the Brooks Bros Rioters; Wells Fargo fired over one hundred employees for misusing the COVID-19 relief fund; and, a federal judge ordered the Trump-decimated Federal Election Commission to investigate a “dark money” group accused of improper coordination with Senator Joni Ernst.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a woman close to a Vatican cardinal was arrested in the latest salacious corruption probe; and, a Greek court sentenced the leadership of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party to thirteen years in prison for running a criminal organization blamed for numerous violent hate crimes.

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/2020/10/15/1986633/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays