17 March 2023

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays!

Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, McCarthy is willing to sacrifice the security of Congress to curry favor with MAGA and Fox.


Then, on the rest of the menu, Oregon will halt electric vehicle rebates for one year beginning in May, due to high demand and dwindling funds; Michigan added LGBTQ protections to state's civil rights law; and, California will transform the infamous San Quinten prison into a lockup where less-dangerous prisoners will receive education, training and rehabilitation.


After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Guatemala arrested another former prosecutor, the latest in a series of detentions seen as weakening anti-corruption efforts in the country; and, Tanzania’s first female president is on her first official visit to South Africa.



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

Bon Appétit!

15 March 2023

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Daily Special, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials, Smothered Benedict Wednesdays!

Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, how long until Trump’s lawyers turn on Trump, again?

Then, on the rest of the menu, the Michigan Senate voted to repeal the 2012 law restricting unions; Mississippi will restrict electric vehicle manufacturers from selling cars in person unless they open franchised dealerships; and, Ohio State asked the Supreme Court to hear Title IX issues in the sexual abuse suits Jim Jordan helped cover up.


After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Dutch voters go to the polls today in local elections that have a national impact; and, a "mafia-style" assault on a state-employed archaeologist by commercial development interests has triggered protests in Greece.


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

Bon Appétit!

Your Intrepid Reporter
Your Intrepid Chef/Owner

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Show Music for West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is by Frances Livings!

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12-String Ovation Balladeer, Astoria, Oregon -  copyright Justice Putnam
12-String Ovation Balladeer, Astoria, Oregon - copyright Justice Putnam

Don't forget to tune in to The Justice Department: Musique sans Frontieres, Sundays 8pm to 9pm Pacific.

Special Agent DJ Justice; Radio Host and Program Director for Netroots Radio mans the dials, spins the discs, warbles the woofers, puts a slip in your hip and a trip to your hop.

You can listen here to The Justice Department: Musique sans Frontieres PodCast.

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Voices and Soul appears on Black Kos Tuesday's Chile; poetry chosen and critiqued by Black Kos Poetry Editor Justice Putnam.

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Kagro in the Morning with David Waldman, Vintage James Baldwin, Labor History, Native American Documentaries, Majority Report, RadioLabor News, The Left Show, Let's Speak Native with John Kane, Democracy Now, The David Packman Show, Best of In Deep with Angie Coiro, The Professional Left with Driftglass & Blue Gal, Thom Hartmann, The Tim Corrimal Show, Jim Hightower, Green News Report, Best of Irreverent Testimony with Rachel & Travis, ACLU Minutes, Best of Katie Speak with Katie Klabusich, Breaking Through with Mom's Rising, The BradCast, Eclectic Mixes by Spc Agnt DJ Justice, Nicole Sandler, The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow, The Mike Malloy Show, Health, Science & History Specials, your Netroots Radio Favorites... and so much more, on right now!

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Chateau de Valicourt, Montmorancy, France / copyright Justice Putnam
Chateau de Valicourt, Montmorancy, France / copyright Justice Putnam

“Do you smell that?” she asked, as we drove through Reims, past the headquarters of the National Front, on our way to La Tranche sur Mer.

“I don’t know,” I said flatly, “what is it?”

“It smells like… ” she sniffed in a haughty, Parisian disdain, “it smells like, fascism.”

I knew then I was in love with her. I knew it truly.

– Justice Putnam

“My Little French Honeymoon”

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Who luvs ya, baby?

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 Question: Who is your audience? What are you here for?

Answer: Tribal Alliances, Heart-felt Convictions, Passionate Reason, Random Abandon, Sustainable Civility and a kiss; to comfort the sad and the mad Ones; the Ones roaming the International section of the American Supermarket at night; or roaming the neglected streets looking for an angry malaprop to sink their teeth into; the Ones who seek without seeking and learn as much as they teach; the Ones who embrace and kiss and embrace again; the Ones who sing the song of the city and the ballads of the forest; the Ones who chant the rhythm of the sea and hum the melody of the desert; the Ones who sing the prayer of Her name and Her name is the World. Yes, those are the Ones.    -- JP

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Man, Girl and Broken Window - copyright Justice Putnam
Man, Girl and Broken Window, Klamath Falls, Oregon — copyright Justice Putnam

Give me a church  
Israel "Izzy Maq Styles" Putnam 2 Oct 1977 - 30 Dec 18
Israel “Izzy Maq Styles” Putnam 2 Oct 1977 — 30 Dec 18
made entirely of salt.
Let the walls hiss
and smoke when
I return to shore.
I ask for the grace
of a new freckle
on my cheek, the lift
of blue and my mother’s
soapy skin to greet me.
Hide me in a room
with no windows.
Never let me see
the dolphins leaping
into commas
for this water-prayer
rising like a host
of sky lanterns into
the inky evening.
Let them hang
in the sky until
they vanish at the edge
of the constellations —
the heroes and animals
too busy and bright to notice.

 Aimee Nezhukumatathil 

“Sea Church”

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Rest in Peace Aaron Swartz

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Detroit, Michigan, NN14 / copyright Justice Putnam
Detroit, Michigan, NN14 / copyright Justice Putnam

22 October 2011

What might you hear about and learn today that the world will speak about next week? Listen to Netroots Radio!

Justice Putnam Self-Portrait / copyright Justice Putnam

The Justice Department is now on Blue Skies, the flagship station of the Netroots Radio Network.


I'm Special Agent DJ Justice; Radio Host on Blue Skies and the Program / Artistic Director for the Netroots Radio Network; and I'm manning the dials, spinning the discs, warbling the woofers, putting a slip in your hip and a trip to your hop.

Subscription radio too far up in space and the cost astronomical after the free trial? Your favorite college and terrestrial stations sold in the dead of night to right wing FCC scofflaws? Liberal and Progressive politics missing from the programming of the stations left?


Blue Skies Netroots Radio is there for ya, baby!


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Vintage James Baldwin, Labor History, Native American Documentaries, the BBC, Democracy Now, The David Packman Show, Union Edge and Equal Time Radio, The Professional Left with Driftglass and Blue Gal, Nicole Sandler, already vintage Waldman and Armando, Music, your Blue Skies Favorites... and so much more, on right now!

Go ahead, now you can listen while roaming the Big Orange and beyond!


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The Blue Skies Daily Line-up

All Times Pacific Time
(east coasters add 3 hours; europeans and others overseas? do what you have to do!)


Sun Mid - 1am -- BBC World Service ~~ News Hour Update
Sun 1am - 11am -- Blue Skies Overnight World Service ~~ A Selection of News, Commentary & Music chosen by Special Agent DJ Justice
Sun 11am - Noon -- BBC World Service ~~ News Hour
Sun Noon - 7pm -- Open Court ~~ A Selection of News, Commentary & Music chosen by Special Agent DJ Justice
Sun 7pm - 8pm -- Professional Left with Driftglass and Blue Gal
Sun 8pm - 9pm -- The Justice Department
Sun 9pm - Mid -- Jibber Your Jabber with Wink & Co.

Mon Mid - 1am -- BBC World Service ~~ News Hour Update
Mon 1am - 11am -- Blue Skies Overnight World Service ~~ A Selection of News, Commentary & Music chosen by Special Agent DJ Justice
Mon 11am - Noon -- BBC World Service ~~ News Hour
Mon Noon - 1pm -- Democracy Now with Amy Goodman
Mon 1pm - 3pm -- Open Court ~~ A Selection of News, Commentary & Music chosen by Special Agent DJ Justice
Mon 3pm - 4pm -- Equal Time Radio
Mon 4pm - 6pm -- Nicole Sandler Show
Mon 6pm - 8pm -- On The Porch with Black Kos
Mon 8pm - 9pm -- The David Pakman Show
Mon 9pm - Mid -- The Justice Department

Tue Mid - 1am -- BBC World Service ~~ News Hour Update
Tue 1am - 1:30am -- Free Speech Radio News
Tue 1:30am - 2am -- BBC Outlook
Tue 2am - 11am -- Blue Skies Overnight World Service ~~ A Selection of News, Commentary & Music chosen by Special Agent DJ Justice
Tue 11am - Noon -- BBC World Service ~~ News Hour
Tue Noon - 1pm -- Democracy Now with Amy Goodman
Tue 4pm - 6pm -- Nicole Sandler Show
Tue 6pm - 7pm -- Against the Grain
Tue 7pm - 9pm -- Norman Goldman Show
Tue 9pm - 10pm -- Open Court ~~ A Selection of News, Commentary & Music chosen by Special Agent DJ Justice
Tue 10pm - Mid -- Campfire Talk with Steve and Fripp

Wed Mid - 1am -- BBC World Service ~~ News Hour Update
Wed 1am - 1:30am -- Free Speech Radio News
Wed 1:30am - 2am -- BBC Outlook
Wed 2am - 11am -- Blue Skies Overnight World Service ~~ A Selection of News, Commentary & Music chosen by Special Agent DJ Justice
Wed 11am - Noon -- BBC World Service ~~ News Hour
Wed Noon - 1pm -- Democracy Now with Amy Goodman
Wed 4pm - 6pm -- Nicole Sandler Show
Wed 6pm - 8pm -- Norman Goldman Show
Wed 8pm - 9pm -- -- Against the Grain
Wed 9pm - Mid -- Jibber Your Jabber with Wink & Co.

Thu Mid - 1am -- BBC World Service ~~ News Hour Update
Thu 1am - 1:30am -- Free Speech Radio News
Thu 1:30am - 2am -- BBC Outlook
Thu 2am - 11am -- Blue Skies Overnight World Service ~~ A Selection of News, Commentary & Music chosen by Special Agent DJ Justice
Thu 11am - Noon BBC World Service ~~ News Hour
Thu Noon -1pm -- -- Democracy Now with Amy Goodman
Thu 4pm - 6pm -- Nicole Sandler Show
Thu 6pm -7pm -- Against the Grain
Thu 7pm - 9pm -- Blues Skies Science Special
Thu 9pm - Mid -- Open Court ~~ A Selection of News, Commentary & Music chosen by Special Agent DJ Justice

Fri Mid - 1am -- BBC World Service ~~ News Hour Update
Fri 1am - 1:30am -- Free Speech Radio News
Fri 1:30am - 2am -- BBC Outlook
Fri 2am - 11am -- Blue Skies Overnight World Service ~~ A Selection of News, Commentary & Music chosen by Special Agent DJ Justice
Fri 11am - Noon -- BBC World Service ~~ News Hour
Fri Noon - 1pm -- Democracy Now with Amy Goodman
Fri 1pm - Mid -- Open Court ~~ A Selection of News, Commentary & Music chosen by Special Agent DJ Justice

[Fri 5pm - 6pm -- Language and Stories with the Roaring Girl (returning soon)
Fri 6pm - 7pm -- Info Warfare with Dunvegan (returning soon)]


Sat Mid - 1am -- BBC World Service ~~ News Hour Update
Sat 1am - 1:30am -- Free Speech Radio News
Sat 1:30am - 2am -- BBC Outlook
Sat 2am - 3am -- Equal Time Radio
Sat 3am - 11am -- Blue Skies Overnight World Service ~~ A Selection of News, Commentary & Music chosen by Special Agent DJ Justice
Sat 11am Noon -- BBC World Service ~~ News Hour
Sat Noon - 7pm -- Open Court ~~ A Selection of News, Commentary & Music chosen by Special Agent DJ Justice
Sat 7pm - 8pm -- The David Pakman Show
Sat 8pm - Mid -- Open Court ~~ A Selection of News, Commentary & Music chosen by Special Agent DJ Justice

Netroots Radio also features during the day and overnight; Jim Hightower, The Green News Report, Breaking News, Media Matters, Norman Goldman Show, music, Radio Documentaries, Old Time Radio Shows, repeats of our shows and progressive talk podcasts of your favorites.



Can't be around when your favorite is broadcast? TiVo or dvr button won't work here? Not to worry! You can take any of your favorites with you; to the beach, the mall or on the tractor baling alfalfa, with Podcasts on the Go!



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Question: Who is your audience? What are you here for?

Answer: Tribal Alliances, Heart-felt Convictions, Passionate Reason, Random Abandon, Sustainable Civility and a kiss; to comfort the sad and the mad Ones; the Ones roaming the International section of the American Supermarket at night; or roaming the neglected streets looking for an angry malaprop to sink their teeth into; the Ones who seek without seeking and learn as much as they teach; the Ones who embrace and kiss and embrace again; the Ones who sing the song of the city and the ballads of the forest; the Ones who chant the rhythm of the sea and hum the melody of the desert; the Ones who sing the prayer of Her name and Her name is the World. Yes, those are the Ones. -- JP

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(I've pledged the minimum $150 to help heat folks in need and cook their food on the Rosebud and Pine Ridge Reservations. Navajo has an important diary posted with all the particulars. Even a small amount can work towards building the minimum. Could you please help?)


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So that explains it... !

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... Or does it?

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"Many heroes lived before Agamemnon, but they are all unmourned, and consigned to oblivion, because they had no bard to sing their praises."

-- Horace


"Still the race of hero spirits pass the lamp from hand to hand."

-- Charles Kingsley





You Always Said Pinochet

(words and music
by Justice Putnam)


(roughly to “You Take The High Road)



I’d always say, “Pinoshay”
You always said, “Pinoshet.”

But what of the names of the
Disappeared before Ya!

I will dance on the grave
Of Augusto “Pinoshay”

And you can spit
If you insist
On Augusto “Pinoshet!”


© 2006 by Justice Putnam
Fleur de Sel Musique
and Mechanisches-Strophe Verlagswesen



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28 June 2011

Black Kos Music: Late Night in The Justice Department


Justice Putnam Self-Portrait / copyright Justice Putnam

The Justice Department is now on Blue Skies, the flagship station of the Netroots Radio Network.


I'm Special Agent DJ Justice; and I'm manning the dials, spinning the discs, warbling the woofers, putting a slip in your hip and a trip to your hop.

Follow me for tonight's playlist, the Blue Skies radio player and other information in...

Black Kos Music: Late Night in The Justice Department...

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Let us go through that Portico, that one there...

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... the one to the left of the fallen statuary; to the hidden courtyard of...

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... The Justice Department

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"And it grows, the vain
summer,
even for us with our
bright green sins

behold the dry guest,
the wind,
as it stirs up quarrels
among magnolia boughs

and plays its serene
tune on
the prows of all the leaves—
and then is gone,

leaving the leaves
still there,
the tree still green, but breaking
the heart of the air"



-- Carlo Betocchi
"Summer"

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The Justice Department broadcasts live on Sunday nights 8pm - 9pm pacific and Monday nights 10pm - 11pm pacific. Netroots Radio Podcasts of The Justice Department and other shows on the Netroots Radio Network can be found at the Blue Skies Netroots Radio website.

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How do I play Netroots Radio's .PLS file on my Desktop Player?
Listeners wishing to use their default media player (Media Player, Real Player, iTunes) to listen to Netroots radio stations should follow these instructions.

Step 1: Open Player
Step 2: Go to Help or Preferences --> Settings from the top main menu.
Step 3: Check the option that says Play SHOUTcast stations in default media player (Media Player, Real Player, iTunes )
Step 4: Click "Save Settings"


(h/t to dj julianna michigan)

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Playlist for The Justice Department 27 June 2011

Salief Keita -- Djembe




Youssou Ndour -- Baye Fall




Tamikrest -- Aicha




Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate -- Mamadou Boutiquier!




Incredible Bongo Band -- Duelling Bongos




Ah Nee Mah -- Firefall





Omar Faruk Tekbilek -- Love Respect Truth!




Sunda Javanese Gamelan -- Gamelan





Yoshida Brothers -- Fuyu no Sakura





Esbjörn Svensson Trio -- What Though The Way May Be Long




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Question: Who is your audience? What are you here for?

Answer: Tribal Alliances, Heart-felt Convictions, Passionate Reason, Random Abandon, Sustainable Civility and a kiss; to comfort the sad and the mad Ones; the Ones roaming the International section of the American Supermarket at night; or roaming the neglected streets looking for an angry malaprop to sink their teeth into; the Ones who seek without seeking and learn as much as they teach; the Ones who embrace and kiss and embrace again; the Ones who sing the song of the city and the ballads of the forest; the Ones who chant the rhythm of the sea and hum the melody of the desert; the Ones who sing the prayer of Her name and Her name is the World. Yes, those are the Ones.

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(I've pledged the minimum $150 to help heat folks in need and cook their food on the Rosebud and Pine Ridge Reservations. Navajo has an important diary posted with all the particulars. Even a small amount can work towards building the minimum. Could you please help?)


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So that explains it... !

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... Or does it?

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Black Kos Music: Late Night in The Justice Department

Justice Putnam Self-Portrait / copyright Justice Putnam

The Justice Department is now on Blue Skies, the flagship station of the Netroots Radio Network. Let us go through that portico, there, the one to the left of the fallen statuary; to the hidden courtyard of, The Justice Department.


I'm Special Agent, DJ Justice; and I'm manning the dials, spinning the discs, warbling the woofers, putting a slip in your hip and a trip to your hop.

Follow me for tonight's playlist, the Blue Skies radio player and other information in...

Black Kos Music: Late Night in The Justice Department:


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"Lathe of the ocean. Perpetual
Motion machine of the waves. Everything still

Being turned and shaped to a shape nobody
Foresees: Ten years ago, was it, when we

Walked that shore, too earnest and sheepish
To hold hands? The wind cutting through our clothes
Cleansed and burned, the chill off the Atlantic
An ache we courted in our dumbstruck talk:

Callow, expectant, what wouldn’t love give?
Cavalcanti’s ray from Mars, Dante’s wheel that moves
The planets and the stars, how nervous
We were, awkward and shivering: “Like this,

Do you like it like this?” Up all night,
Then waking to the smell of flannel and sweat,
We lay grateful, winded, goosefleshed in the chill,
Our own atmosphere rich and breathable:

We drank round the clock, embracing extremes,
Too hurried and heartsore to think of time…
Out fishing after midnight, we watched schools of squid
Slide and shimmer, tentacles tight-wrapped

Around our gig’s hooks: Yanked from the water,
They spouted jets of ink, then pulsed and quivered
And faded to dead-white, their eyes, resigned and sober,
Opening wider and wider…Ten years more,

And will either of us remember
That ink sticky on our hands, the moon-glare
Rippling as we knelt underneath the pier
And scrubbed and scrubbed our hands in the dark water?"



-- Tom Sleigh
"Aubade"


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UPDATE:
The player will continue to stream current shows on Blue Skies. A list of podcasts on the Netroots Radio Network are available for free and at any time; including tonight's show.

Blue Skies Podcasts Here!


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Laika and The Cosmonauts



Battant


Pintandwefall


Les Corps Mince De Francoise


Au Revoir Simone




Cinderella Effect




Stina Nordenstam



Aqua Velvets



Lux Aeterna




The Mermen



Iron and Wine



First Aid Kit



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Question: Who is your audience? What are you here for?

Answer: Tribal Alliances, Heart-felt Convictions, Passionate Reason, Random Abandon, Sustainable Civility and a kiss; to comfort the sad and the mad Ones; the Ones roaming the International section of the American Supermarket at night; or roaming the neglected streets looking for an angry malaprop to sink their teeth into; the Ones who seek without seeking and learn as much as they teach; the Ones who embrace and kiss and embrace again; the Ones who sing the song of the city and the ballads of the forest; the Ones who chant the rhythm of the sea and hum the melody of the desert; the Ones who sing the prayer of Her name and Her name is the World. Yes, those are the Ones.

Black Kos Music: Late Night in The Justice Department is a supplement to the free form, eclectic online radio music program on Blue Skies, part of Netroots Radio Network and which broadcasts Sunday nights at 8pm -9pm pacific time and Monday nights at 10pm - 11pm pacific.

(I've pledged the minimum $150 to help heat folks in need and cook their food on the Rosebud and Pine Ridge Reservations. Navajo has an important diary posted with all the particulars. Even a small amount can work towards building the minimum. Could you please help?)


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