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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump is privately "very angry" after the disappointing performance for Republicans in the midterm elections.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the CDC is conducting a new study to determine whether veterans were exposed to dangerously high levels of cancer-causing toxins at the now-shuttered Fort Ord military base in California; a Virginia judge ordered Gingrich to testify in the Georgia election probe; and, Twitter’s new owner sold nearly $4 billion worth of Tesla shares, totaling more than $19 billion liquidated since April.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where NATO announced its next leaders’ summit will be in Lithuania; and, Holocaust survivors from around the world warned about the reemergence of antisemitism as they marked the 84th anniversary of Kristallnacht.

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/2022/11/10/2134988/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, voters voting against Dobbs, Deniers and Donald lifted the Dems in the midterms.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the Supreme Court seemed unlikely to agree to overturn decades of precedent in a case about civil rights lawsuits; over one million Americans with diabetes rationed their insulin in the past year; and, Colgate University is returning fifteen hundred funerary artifacts to the Oneida Indian Nation.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where hackers published the personal medical records of over ten million customers after Australian health insurer Medibank refused to pay a ransom; and, a senior UK government member resigned after mounting allegations that he bullied colleagues.

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/2022/11/9/2134694/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, “Republicans who have given in to fascist elements are trying to nuke democracy.”

Then, on the rest of the menu, an Arizona judge blocked a Republican effort to delay election results by hand-counting all ballots; Biden legislation is funding the largest community air pollution monitoring program in EPA history; and, the Justice Department has sent monitors to twenty-four states in an effort to ensure compliance with federal voting rights laws in today’s elections.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Philippine authorities filed murder charges against the nation’s top prisons official in the killing of a radio commentator; and, China lashed out over a visit to Taiwan by British Trade Policy Minister, Greg Hands.

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/2022/11/8/2134450/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump’s 2020 election-denying lawyers have returned to assist in midterm election challenges, just like the over one hundred they’ve lost so far.

On the rest of the menu, the FBI warned of a ‘broad’ threat to synagogues in New Jersey; a top Milwaukee elections official has been fired after sending falsely obtained military absentee ballots to the home of an election-denying Republican state lawmaker; and, Oprah delivered a November surprise by endorsing Fetterman over Oz.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Bank of England rolled out its biggest interest rate increase in three decades; and, tens of thousands of Spanish union workers held a protest march in Madrid to demand higher wages to offset the soaring cost of living.

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/2022/11/4/2133502/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, crime as a big city, blue state problem is a GOP myth.

Then, on the rest of the menu, CBS and its former president, Leslie Moonves, will pay $30.5 million dollars for insider trading; the American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada asked the state’s secretary of state to investigate a “coordinated partisan” hand-count of mail-in ballots; and, the attorneys general of California, Illinois and the District of Columbia are suing Albertsons to stop the grocery chain from paying a nearly $4 billion dollar dividend to its shareholders.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where North Korea kept up its missile barrage with the launch of an ICBM; and, with Bolsonaro tamed in defeat, Brazil steps back from the brink of losing its democracy.

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/2022/11/3/2133241/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, “why would you trust somebody who jokes about the violent attack on Paul Pelosi?”

Then, on the rest of the menu, in another bonehead move, Musk has Twitter working on a paid video feature that raises potential copyright and scam concerns; toxic metal pollution is ten times worse in racially segregated communities; and, Alabama voters will decide whether to ratify a new constitution that strips out the document’s Jim Crow-era language.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Norway raised its military alert level after suspicious drone sightings put the country on edge; and, Brazilian President Bolsonaro’s administration signaled a willingness to hand over power, two days after the election loss to Lula da Silva.

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/2022/11/2/2132995/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the majority on the Supreme Court pretended arguments in favor of Affirmative Action “didn’t exist.”

Then, on the rest of the menu, the Department of Justice, supporting a claim by the League of Women Voters of Arizona, said that monitoring ballot drop boxes can amount to illegal voter intimidation; Jewish leaders called on GOP candidates to reject antisemitic comments; and, in a victory for the Biden administration’s tougher approach to proposed mergers, a federal judge blocked Penguin Random House’s purchase of Simon & Schuster.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Rwanda criticized the expulsion of its ambassador from Congo; and, a kidnapped French conservationist has been released in eastern Chad.

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/2022/11/1/2132725/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, years of Republican propaganda and Trump-fueled fascism helped inspire last week's attack on House Speaker Pelosi's 82-year-old husband, Paul.

Then, on the rest of the menu, President Joe Biden cast his midterm ballot on Saturday; striking Weyerhaeuser workers in the Pacific Northwest are back to work; and, the Black church tradition of “Souls to the Poll” survives Georgia’s voting changes.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where UK politicians demand a probe into the Liz Truss phone hack claim; and, a venomous seven foot king cobra that escaped from its home in a Swedish zoo, has returned back home by itself.

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/2022/10/31/2132443/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Donald Trump and allies continue to assert executive privilege as a way to dodge providing testimony in criminal investigations.

On the rest of the menu, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton blamed the Biden Justice Department for an investigation that was begun under Trump; North Carolina GOP Senate nominee Ted Budd was part of business scheme accused of defrauding farmers; and, Georgia DA Fani Willis urged the Supreme Court to allow Lindsey Graham’s testimony.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the FBI is probing an ex-CIA officer’s spying for World Cup host Qatar; and, a court in Belarus sentenced yet another independent journalist to three years in prison.

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/2022/10/28/2131828/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the reaction to Pennsylvania’s Senate debate between John Fetterman and Mehmet Oz ignores the history of illness and disability in the Senate and White House.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Texas Republican Chip Roy attacked the Biden administration over a program to stop COVID vaccine lies; Facebook parent Meta was fined nearly $25 million dollars for repeatedly and intentionally violating campaign finance disclosure law; and, three Maryland State Police officers have filed a federal class-action lawsuit, alleging widespread racial discrimination at the agency.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Saudi oil giant Aramco unveiled a $1.5 billion dollar “greenwashing” fund ahead of next month’s UN climate conference in Egypt; and, the gas crunch has eased in Europe, but the respite might not last.

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

Bon Appétit!

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

“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/2022/10/27/2131547/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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