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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, a CNN reporter attempted to debunk Alabama beach-goer’s conspiracy theories about the pandemic, but no one was having any of it because we all have to die sometime.

Then, on the rest of the menu, three Republican groups sued California for allowing American citizens to vote without using for-profit, hackable voting machines; Trump threatened to move the Republican convention from the only state that grudgingly okay’d it; and, the Trump administration did not give an 'adequate response' to the probe into the State Department watchdog's firing.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Polish health minister denied any wrongdoing in a procurement spat over equipment to help combat the coronavirus pandemic; and, the World Health Organization warned of a 'second peak' of infections and deaths in areas where COVID-19 is declining.

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/2020/5/26/1947632/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, as Covid deaths top one hundred thousand this Memorial Day weekend, Trump spent his time golfing and attacking his opponents.

Then, on the rest of the menu, extensive federal safety recommendations by OSHA and the CDC for meatpackers can't be enforced because Trump insisted they be voluntary; a Florida law requiring felons to pay legal fees as part of their sentences before regaining the vote is unconstitutional; and, the White House goal on testing nursing homes is not going to happen.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where China’s proposed national security law should be on the G7 agenda; and, a defiant Netanyahu goes on trial in Israel charged with corruption.

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, Moscow Mitch pushed Ratcliffe’s confirmation as Director of National Intelligence because he’s “a dedicated soldier for Donald Trump's political agenda.”

Then, on the rest of the menu, the Michigan flood has raised fears toxic waste has washed into Lake Huron from a Superfund site in Midland; the FDA reported the E.coli lettuce outbreak in late 2019 came from cattle grazed near the California farms; and, US regulators are finally moving ahead with a crackdown on scores of antibody tests for coronavirus that have not yet been shown to work.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Egyptian government has seized on the pandemic to arrest at least ten journalists since the virus hit; and, locusts, covid-19 and flooding pose a “triple threat” to millions across East Africa.

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/2020/5/22/1946865/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump’s virus purge backfires as Congress zeroes in on the fired watchdogs.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Barr says he doesn’t envision investigations of Biden and Obama, he dreams about it, maybe, but never envisions it; the GOP is recruiting fifty thousand volunteers to intimidate voters they “deem suspicious” at the polls; and, details are scant in who got what in small business relief from Trump’s six hundred billion dollar virus relief program.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Trump threatened a permanent freeze on funds to the World Health Organization and withdrawing membership from the world body unless they bend to his every whim, no matter how irrational; and, Australia is disappointed by China’s barley tariffs.

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/2020/5/19/1946055/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, It takes a lot of “chutzpa” for Roger Stone to go on Fox in the hopes of getting a Trump pardon and claim that he is “as innocent as Flynn,” since Flynn “twice said he was guilty.”

Then, on the rest of the menu, Republicans in Congress keep pushing for unsafe working conditions; Trump’s purge of several Inspectors General is hobbling the coronavirus stimulus watchdog; and, the Roberts Supreme Court is helping Trump cover up his Russia crimes.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Swedish antibody study showed the decision not to lock down will result in little herd immunity in the future as was hoped; and, South Africa recorded its first neonatal coronavirus death.

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/2020/5/21/1946567/-West-Coast-Cookbook-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump called a hydroxychloroquine study that was partly funded by his administration, was phony and totally made up by Trump haters because it showed higher death rates of patients who took the drug.

Then, on the rest of the menu, The Lancet said Trump lied and made up a report the leading medical journal never published in his attack on the World Health Organization; the Trump campaign cited a fake science group to justify his use of hydroxychloroquine; and, the Oregon Supreme Court overturned a lower court order and ruled to keep virus restrictions in place.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where NASA’s human spaceflight chief resigned just a week before the agency is scheduled to launch two astronauts into space from US soil for the first time since 2011; and, Democratic senators want the Trump administration to “answer serious questions” about security concerns and undisclosed subsidies in its deal with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s plan to build a US-based $12 billion plant.

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/2020/5/20/1946325/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, as Trump forces the nation to reopen, evidence suggests large crowds in enclosed spaces is what it takes to spread the virus.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a Women’s Health advocacy group purchased an Alabama abortion clinic to keep it from closing; Trump’s firing of the State Department’s IG “could be unlawful” if it was intended to retaliate against one of his investigations; and, racism spread the virus in Oregon.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Nigeria impounded a British plane for breaking its coronavirus flight ban rules; and, using the pandemic as cover, Albanian authorities began demolishing the National Theatre after dragging away dozens of actors and activists at gun point.

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/2020/5/18/1945799/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, what Trump calls “Obamagate” is really a bogus conspiracy theory that “twitter trolls” like his acting- DNI Richard Grenell is spreading like a virus among the TrumpBrats.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the Republican Texas Attorney General falsely claimed that voting safely in a pandemic 'damages the integrity' of elections; the White House allowed the CDC to release an edited version of the agency’s coronavirus reopening guide; and, former big league infielder and Oakland A’s “Moneyball” manager Art Howe, is in a Houston hospital ICU with coronavirus.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the stalemate between China and the US at the UN over pandemic action has deepened because Trump hates the WHO as much as he hates Obama; and, France defended equal and worldwide access to any covid vaccine the nation develops, while the United States eyes its own plans to get its hands on as much of any vaccine France offers.

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/2020/5/15/1945189/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the reason Trump claimed that Dr Fauci's warning on reopening schools too soon is "not acceptable" is because his reelection strategy is to lie about covid deaths.

Then, on the rest of the menu, a New York GOP congressional candidate wants kids back in school just like in the 'pre vaccine era,' because she has some deep investments in iron lungs apparently; a GOP senator says he smells ‘the stench of politics' in states trying to stay safe; and, emails reveal Trump’s nominee to be the nation’s top consumer safety watchdog was involved in sidelining the detailed CDC reopening guidelines.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where New Zealand plans to spend vast amounts of money to counter virus job losses; and, authorities work to evacuate tens of thousands of people as a strong typhoon roars toward the pandemic-hit Philippines.

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/2020/5/14/1944954/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, “if you accuse your predecessor of a crime, you darn well better specify what that crime is.”

Then, on the rest of the menu, a lawsuit by right wing Oregon churches contesting the Governor’s Emergency Coronavirus Order raises thorny legal issues; Jackson County, Oregon Sheriff Nate Sickler is one of a growing number of law enforcement officials who refuse to enforce pandemic safety orders; and, the latest House relief bill includes twenty-five billion dollars for the Postal Service, but Moscow Mitch McConnell promised to push it out of a five story window at his Democracy Graveyard.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Russia is examining a ventilator type it sent to the US after fires kill six at a St Petersburg hospital, with more dead in Moscow; and, Bolsonaro is caught on tape in an April cabinet meeting revealing that he needed to change Rio de Janeiro’s chief of the federal police to protect family members under investigation.

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/2020/5/13/1944695/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays