I have to work a ton of days coming up then off for a week. On the road once again.
But now, it’s rewards time. Tonight’s Cigar is a Lot 23 Churchill from the boys at Perdomo.
A great interview:
Perdomo Lot 23 cigars are named after one of Tabacalera Perdomo’s prestigious farms located near its cigar factory in Esteli, Nicaragua. The late Nicolas Perdomo, Sr. pioneered the Perdomo Lot 23 project in 2000 with his son, Tabacalera Perdomo President, Nick Jr., clearing and preparing an untouched plot of extremely fertile, virgin land near their factory that now provides the distinct tobacco for Perdomo Lot 23 line.
The Lot 23 blend is a combination of exquisite filler and binder tobaccos grown exclusively on the Perdomo Lot 23 farm. After harvesting the tobacco and aging it in bales for four years, Perdomo Lot 23 cigars were rolled and aged in one of Perdomo’s large aging rooms for another six months.
Perdomo Lot 23 cigars are medium to full flavored cigars that offers a well-balanced, complex smoking experience. The dark Ecuadorian Connecticut-shade wrapper lends not only a stunning aesthetic appeal, but it adds an elegant creaminess which complements the robust Nicaraguan fillers in this premium Nicaraguan cigar.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSE-zl-eeqb82LRc_xF5q9Q
The history of some of these cigar brands and their founders can be fascinating:
Following the Cuban Revolution of 1959, Silvio Perdomo was arrested by revolutionaries and imprisoned at the Isla de los Pinos prison, where he was held in harsh conditions for three years.[1] He was then transferred to captivity at the La Cabana fortress overlooking Habana Bay. He spent the next 12 years in prison at La Cabana and four other facilities as an enemy of the revolution of Fidel Castro.[1] Silvio was finally allowed to emigrate to the United States in 1974.[3]
Nick Senior was also targeted by revolutionaries. He later recalled “The political views of my family and I were very anti-communist, and President Fulgencio Batista used to visit the factories frequently. Batista didn’t smoke cigars but, because it’s one of Cuba’s main exports, he was very interested in what my father and I were doing with the different cigar shapes and styles we were experimenting with.”[1] Nick Senior fought as a guerrilla against the communist forces during the revolution. He was shot twice in a fire fight and later removed from the hospital on a gurney to escape summary execution
After recovering through the aid of a friend, Nick Senior emigrated to the United States via the Uruguayan Embassy[5] with the help of a sponsorship of the Catholic Church.[1] Nick Senior settled in Washington, DC, his connection with the cigar manufacturing industry severed. Alone in Washington, DC, he began his life as an immigrant to American working as a janitor in a mental institution for $11 per week, eventually rising to become one of the biggest general contractors in the state of Florida
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El Mayor Repasado is a solid 100% Agave tequila.
On the nose there is a noticeable white pepper aroma with some vanilla and light floral notes similar to honeysuckle. On the palate vanilla and caramel were the two distinct flavors but there were some light honey and apple flavors. The finish was moderate and light with caramel, vanilla, and honey and no burn. This was an exceptionally smooth tequila, no burn or bite and was truly an easy sipper. This one was best enjoyed neat as adding a splash diluted the flavor too much in my opinion. This is a great bottle of tequila for those looking for an easy sipper or something not too strong and also perfect for those looking to get into sipping tequilas as it is easy to approach. El Mayor Reposado is made from 100% blue agave and is aged for 9 months. Overall, I enjoyed this whiskey a bit more than I did the Blanco; however, both are good tequila worthy of a spot on any tequila lovers shelf.
I take mine in a snifter, neat.
Enjoy yinz’s weekend!
@ lobo91:
9th????
@ coldwarrior:
It’s located in San Francisco. Trump threatened to send them all there.
lobo91 wrote:
AHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
coldwarrior wrote:
Remember that Trump has had some conservative judges appointed to the 9’th Circus
checkmate
@ AZfederalist:
true
I agree that the timing of Assange’s release is no coincidence. There are lots more content to be leaked. Trump is cleared of the Russian fraud and Barr is in place to move things along.
There must be panic in DC. I hope Brennan, Comey, and Clapper are exposed in the public square for the high crimes they have performed. Wikileaks should have plenty of hard evidence on those so called intelligence agencies to add to what is already known. What nation can survive treason from those sworn to protect it internationally and within its borders?
I don’t know if they can ever nail Obozo or Hillary, but setting an example for people who are brave enough to gather intelligence has to be a priority.
When we used to go down to Florida for part of the winter, I made friends with a retired FBI agent who was high up in the chain of command. J. Edgar used to make them type their own intelligence reports so no one else could read them. Furthermore, if anybody made a typo, the report had to be re-typed. My friend, who fought in WW2, thought the world of Hoover as well as the men who served under him.
The examples set at the top have poisoned the whole system.
Trump should hire Dan Bongino as an advisor to weed out the rot and find good people. If anybody who tweets wants to suggest that to Trump, please feel free to do so!
@ yenta-fada:
Please do not send the grammar police to my house.
Good work from Ted Cruz.
https://www.oann.com/watch-cruz-hearing-exposes-big-tech-censorship-of-conservatives/
@ lobo91:
Her fall is going to be EPIC
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/ryan-foley/2019/04/12/clappers-180-fbi-spying-trump-campaign
Clapper has seen the light, taken the pulse, snivels out some facts.
yenta-fada wrote:
nope. wrong guy. Trump has a criminal mind, Bongino does not. Trump needs someone who also thinks like a criminal.
eaglesoars wrote:
And none too soon
eaglesoars wrote:
I want them to get the muzz first because, in part, they are VERY well organized, and Obozo gave them everything he could get away with.
yenta-fada wrote:
Clapper is stupid. So is Brennan. That’s how they got where they are. Remember after the London attacks Clapper was interviewed 2 days later and he hadn’t heard of them?
Brennan was never anything other than a mediocrity. He was Geo. Tenant’s scheduler or something and traveled up the ladder with him. He made it to the top because he did what he was told w/o involving anybody in the details. He thinks he’s an SOB when he’s really just a tool.
btw, the Toronto Maple Leafs won their opening game yesterday for the first time in 16 years. Go Leafs! 🙂
@ eaglesoars:
If that’s true, the Intelligence Agencies need to be re-branded.
yenta-fada wrote:
I’ve thought for quite a while that the CIA should be burned to the ground (possibly after chaining the doors shut).
I don’t think most people realize the amount of truth there is in all those movies, novels and TV shows about “rogue” CIA operations. The CIA is a rogue operation.
yenta-fada wrote:
With the possible exception of the NSA, who took evidence to Susan Rice and was told to stand down.
@ lobo91:
Are people listening to Warren at all? The whole fake Indian issue did her in more than her international socialism. They do still cheer
Commie Bernie for some mysterious reason.
yenta-fada wrote:
Only because she’s a lead MuckSpout. She’s one of the people that receives the narrative to spout and does it diligently. So now we know what their current playbook is. Trump is guilty of attempted murder. Of a muslim woman.
eaglesoars wrote:
I will never understand how power works in DC. Rice seems to me to be another person of meager talent who doesn’t even make up credible lies.
@ eaglesoars:
I can’t remember who (maybe Pelosi) said last week that the U.S. doesn’t need an Attorney General. That has a nice reek of desperation.
🙂
eaglesoars wrote:
Here is AOC’s tweet
Members of Congress have a duty to respond to the President’s explicit attack today.
@IlhanMN’s life is in danger. For our colleagues to be silent is to be complicit in the outright, dangerous targeting of a member of Congress.
We must speak out.
“First they came…”
https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1116848329776934912
“life is in danger”
uh huh
now watch somebody try to knock her off right before the election and blame Trump
yenta-fada wrote:
Eric Holder was more like the Attorney PFC
eaglesoars wrote:
I told you I didn’t understand power in DC. Surely there is some place in the Trump administration that could use an intelligent and brave patriot.
@ yenta-fada:
They do need a new Secret Service director…
@ lobo91:
Holder and his radical thug ilk did nothing for black Americans. Whatever pride black people took in having a black President did not
make them better educated or economically independent. In fact it increased what is known as “learned helplessness” by extending and exaggerated their victimhood. They were more dependent on government handouts making them weak. No matter how many black power signs you hold up, it gives them less maturity and less real power. Just blame white men./
lobo91 wrote:
yeah, but Bongino isn’t the admin type
yenta-fada wrote:
That’s not enough. I fit that bill and I wouldn’t last till lunch.
lobo91 wrote:
I think history lends a lot of substance to your conclusion. Bush the elder was the right choice to mislead a nation into thinking he gave a **** about them.
eaglesoars wrote:
He runs his own private investigation service and does radio shows. Anything he needed to learn he could. Or he could hire someone to fill any gaps. I wouldn’t underestimate his abilities.
eaglesoars wrote:
Because you are too ethical?
yenta-fada wrote:
It’s not an abilities issue, it’s a temperament issue.
And no, I’m not ethical, I just have no patience with stupid. When I was in corporate, I had an entire dept fired because they got in my way one time too often. Totally not ethical as they all had families to support, but they should have thought of that before they fucked with me that one last time.
In the Fed Gov’t nobody gets fired. Ever.
An old 2 minute praise of the heroic Michael Avenatti.
https://freebeacon.com/politics/that-time-the-media-dubbed-michael-avenatti-savior-of-the-republic/
eaglesoars wrote:
hmmmm. Lot of people getting fired (by Trump), but still not in jail.
I can believe you wouldn’t be up for the butt kissing involved in promotions.
Jay Inslee, Gov Washington and POTUS candidate, got the memo
President Trump’s inflammatory and dangerous rhetoric towards Ilhan Omar is jeopardizing her safety. He is deliberately putting her and all Muslim Americans in harm’s way.
https://twitter.com/JayInslee/status/1116864067082133504
Here’s the book Assange was holding while being arrested.
https://freedomoutpost.com/heres-why-the-book-julian-assange-was-holding-when-he-was-arrested-is-vitally-important/
And a media shill, Chris Hayes
The President is actively and willfully endangering the life of a member of Congress.
https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/1116824196427001856
eaglesoars wrote:
What. a. putz.
Best tweet of the evening
If you think you’re having a rough night, just know that Nancy Pelosi is five bourbons deep throwing darts at a picture of Ilhan Omar.
https://twitter.com/JesseKellyDC/status/1116901617926905856
And with that, good nite. The SIL from Hell is in town and I have to put up with her tomorrow. Need my beauty rest.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1117040007016009728
5am Sat. Trump calling out the guilty parties.
yenta-fada wrote:
Man, replies to that are pure evil. Bunch of deranged leftists. Yeah, there were indictments and convictions from the Mueller investigation — for process crimes because Mueller is an evil SOB. There were no prosecutions in the Benghazi incident because the democrat administration did not appoint a special prosecutor and did not investigate. Congress did, but were led by neutered spineless GOP grand standers and doesn’t have the power to prosecute anyway.
We closed on the sale of our old house yesterday. That will save us about $600 a month going out.
I have just three more days doing technical support then I go back to a customer service role with a $.50 an hour raise. I have also applied for openings with Royal Caribbean, and with the local electric company doing customer service. If I land that job, it would be about a five dollar an hour raise. Fingers crossed!
“IMF’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF) for Ecuador. The Board’s decision enables the immediate disbursement of US$652 million (equivalent to SDR 469,7 million, or 67.3 percent of Ecuador’s quota). This arrangement provides support for the Ecuadorean government’s economic policies over the next three years.
The Ecuadorian authorities’ plan aims to create a more dynamic, sustainable, and inclusive economy for the benefit of all Ecuadorians. It is centered around four major priorities; boosting competitiveness and job creation; strengthening fiscal sustainability and the institutional foundations of Ecuador’s dollarization; protecting the poor and most vulnerable; and improving transparency and bolstering the fight against corruption.”
That was from the IMF website. Very close in time to the arrest of Assange. This was from the comments on zerohedge. I couldn’t paste the link, but it checks out. The IMF paid the rent. Where are the msm articles?/
yenta-fada wrote:
well, well, well.
“bolstering the fight against corruption” sounds conveniently vague, doesn’t it? Downright ‘slushy’.
@ right_wing2:
oh, man that all sounds really good. $600/month is a lot of money. Hey, how’s your weather? Are you getting the really rotten stuff?
@ eaglesoars:
Surviving the family, I see. 🙂
@ AZfederalist:
It can be educational to read comments, but the vitriol gets old pretty quickly. Those lefties are just plain ignorant. I don’t care how much education they have had. If you have never challenged yourself to change a fundamental belief, you are stuck going around in the same circular rut.
right_wing2 wrote:
Good luck! Congratulations on selling the house. It gives you more freedom financially.
yenta-fada wrote:
Actually, the family part turned out to be fun. Unfortunately, there was a guest who never shut up. And I mean never took a breath. For 2.5 hrs. I’ve known her for 20-some yrs, and I refuse to spend time/hang out with her for just that reason. But the SIL has known her over the phone for a long time and wanted to meet her,so……
Her boyfriend calls her Miss Blah Blah Blah because she never shuts up. I can’t stand being around her.
eaglesoars wrote:
I’ve known a couple of people like that. You want to jump in when they take a breath, but they never do. I swear one of them could keep talking while both inhaling and exhaling.
@ AZfederalist:
I consider it abusive behavior. It’s a type of domination and control.
She knows she does it, she mentioned something or other and said “because I talk so much”. A couple of us just looked at each other.
coldwarrior wrote:
Bloody 9th Circuit?
A squadron of pigs just flew by my window; Hell was reported as in the middle of a cold snap and was freezing over; and dogs and cats are living together!
🙂
@ eaglesoars:
Cool, but not bad. It’s been around freezing in the morning.
@ AZfederalist:
For a musician, it’s circular breathing.
eaglesoars wrote:
I agree.
He’s a pure Ops type of guy and it shows!
🙂
yenta-fada wrote:
They cheer the ancient bastard Bernie because he might a start and drop down dead at any time.
🙂
Multiple people shot outside nightclub in Australia
so, gun buybacks…….
Aussie Infidel wrote:
yep. He’s not going to sit behind a desk and plot politics
https://spaceweatherarchive.com/2019/04/10/experts-predict-the-solar-cycle/
must read.
and take a look at the 400 year sunspot observation chart.
Aussie Infidel wrote:
will wonders never cease?
is there, in fact, something NEW under the sun?
it must be the end times.
right_wing2 wrote:
i almost have that down on my didgeridoo
coldwarrior wrote:
that said, the puti is VERY good on her didge.
A documentary that I highly recommend. In the Shadow of the Moon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Shadow_of_the_Moon_(film)
Just listening to the astronauts talk about their experiences is totally worth it. Only downside is that they didn’t get Neil Armstrong in there.
coldwarrior wrote:
I’m not sure what the 400 yr chart is saying, but I’m very disappointed that there will be no Maunder Minimum. Well, I mean I’m glad that people won’t starve and freeze but I really wanted the climate crazies to starve and freeze. Really.
bedtime. nite.
@ PaladinPhil:
Hey! I finished your book! It wasn’t AT ALL what I was expecting, but once I went with the flow, I enjoyed it.
@ eaglesoars:
Good to hear. Finally got around to picking back up the sequel. 🙂
Been in a large rut with it ever since I moved last June. :/
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/britain/british-parliament-adopts-new-face-for-big-ben/
https://thewildernessofmirrors.wordpress.com/2019/04/14/some-people-did-something/
Tiger is tied for the lead and is on 14, the other leaders are on 17.
Oh man!!!! The Masters.
Tiger just ripped out the hearts of the other golfers.
coldwarrior wrote:
Translation: Tigger is back…
Game of Thrones tonite 9 pm HBO.
doriangrey wrote:
he did have the courtesy to clean his 8 iron before disemboweling them with it. he then handed their still beating hearts back to them, class act.
😉
coldwarrior wrote:
I say this with all the casual disregard for anyone elses feeling that I can. Regardless of what anyone thinks of Ti double GRR Er Woods as a human being, father or husband. He is without a doubt one of, if not the finest most gifted athlete to ever play the game of golf.
Perfect.
doriangrey wrote:
Quite well written. You have put your finger on the similarities and comradeship between islam and the radical left. Marxists don’t care how they get power, only that they do so.
https://twitchy.com/jacobb-38/2019/04/14/why-does-that-make-us-less-safe-senator-cory-booker-just-inadvertently-made-trumps-whole-point-on-illegal-immigration/
@ Twitchy
Corey Booker says that illegal immigrants make us less safe. You know if Trump herds them into Sancthuary Cities.
I thought that diversity is our strength. No matter how people get here they enrich us. Hell, I have heard that they are better Americans than Americans. MS 13 is nothing but a social-athletic club. Ok, one or two troubled yoots , but still better than you are.
@ RIX:
Did you see this?
@ lobo91:
They are really singing a different tune. What about all the virtue signaling about what wonderful tolerant
people they are? Give what they ask for and they freak.
But they will never acknowledge their hypocrisy.
Another of the usual suspects speaks out:
On a side note, WTF has happened to political discourse in this country when Cher and Alyssa Milano are major players?
lobo91 wrote:
It went to hell in a full chamber pot when the Marxist Socialist Progressive Liberal Democrats lost to Donald Trump.
Social media, where has-beens and nobodies get to spout off.
Lovely. We just went under a tornado watch
There is some nasty weather coming
coldwarrior wrote:
Get to the Choppar… err I mean bunker…
@ lobo91:
@ RIX:
But they are CLIMATE refugees. We are destroying Gaia and we must take them, their world is going going gone.
You aren’t a denier, are you Cher? Alyssa?
I can’t thank my family, friends and fans enough for their support. Having my family by my side today is something I will never forget. To not only be able to play again, but to be able to win again, is something I will forever be grateful for. This jacket sure is comfortable.
https://twitter.com/TigerWoods/status/1117568406914502657
eaglesoars wrote:
The reality that those illegal immigrants might take their homes finally sunk home. Their virtue is still intact, except for not being, but they want to keep what is theirs. NIMBY’s to the max.
doriangrey wrote:
not Cher, sorry. I believe she’s Cherokee and I think they had slaves. She will be assessed for reparations.
The IRS already owns Milano
eaglesoars wrote:
Yes, but when they tried to sell her as a slave, everyone demanded that the IRS pay them to take her.
@ doriangrey:
Ah, they’ll have to try the indentured servitude thing,then
https://www.dailywire.com/news/45950/rashida-tlaib-accuses-dem-leadership-racism-says-emily-zanotti
Beauty. Two people who deserve each other. Nancy Pelosi and Rashida Tlaib.
@ doriangrey:
Great essay on Omar. I must admit, given her blatant Jew hate, that Omar was blaming the Jews for Sept. 11. These people do think birds and dolphins are Israeli spies.
yenta-fada wrote:
excuse me, but if you want to know what dolphins are saying, ask Mossad
eaglesoars wrote:
How many million Mossad members does it take to steal shoes, train fish, and control the entire world? There are so many muslims to spy on. Big job.
@ yenta-fada:
It only takes 3 Mossad people, total. The rest are dolphins.
I’m watching GoT and the interior scenes are so dark, I can’t see anything.
yenta-fada wrote:
Thank you, her comment really pissed me off.
Hey Aussie, if you see this – can you confirm if Alexander Downer was on the board of Huawei?
eaglesoars wrote:
Not exactly but very VERY close.
Downer is a board member of the Australian wholly owned subsidiary of Huawei. Downer made a big song and dance about when he was appointed but I think he had his fingers crossed behind his back at the time.
🙂
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/chinese-telco-hires-local-guns/news-story/e5c1feac4116360fcd9875a0408e48bb?sv=9e3aa08b42f1a2e9fca3b495654ab468
The guy is a dyed in the wool One World Government ‘Davos ‘sekret handshake’ would be elitist .
Count your fingers afterwards if ever you shake hands with this worm!
🙂
@ Aussie Infidel:
got it, thanks!
Aussie Infidel wrote:
Ahhhh… another asshole who sold their soul to Satan for sex money power and fame… Man is Satan going to be pissed off when he realizes that those assholes don’t have souls.
I’m out in the middle of the state in a nondescript Marriott parking lot..kicked back on the tailgate of the Benz smoking a Perdomo 10th anniversary. Well. I must look like some kinda rap star with all this AMG bling.
THREE local cops pulled up. Funny when they found the white guy who might have to put them together tomorrow night in the ER if poop hits the fan.
It was kinda funny tho.
We should end withholding of taxes from paychecks. Make your income tax bill just like your electric bill, your mortgage, or your auto insurance. Then move election day to the day after taxes are due.