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The sign of soundness Samizdata’s informal motto is “guns ‘n’ girls”, but in this post you get neither. Instead you get a picture taken in Brussels of a fine, hand-rolled cigar and an American flag:
The man is Richard Miniter and the photo comes from this interview in The Brussels Journal under the title “America Is Winning the War on Terror, Says Expert”.
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Oh dear,
Is that a, a, a, well, could it possibly be, um, a CUBAN cigar?
In front of an American flag?
How wonderful.
What a fantastic article! It looks like it was published in July. What took you lot so long to bring it to our attention, thank you though, very much appreciated.
Looks a bit like Capt. Kirk.
“guns ‘n’ girls” — really? Can we have lots more of both please!
now if you excuse me im going to go back to daydreaming about sexy libertarian ladies with AK47s…..and maybe do some work.
Thanks for flagging up the interview with me on the Brussels Journal. Now that I have mentioned on both of my two favorite European web sites, I can die happy.
As for the cuigar, actually it is an Hoyo De Monterey Epicure no. 2, if memory serves. And, yes, that is a Cuban cigar.
For those who say that Cubans are the best, I would say that they are not wrong, but imagine how good they would taste if Castro were in the dock at Nuremberg and the tobacco fields. drying barns and rolling houses were returned to their rightful, private owners?
As for the smoking ban: Can we stipulate that smoking is fun? I know that I have always enjoyed it. Why else do it? In the 1960s, left-liberals at least argued in terms of individual liberty. Now their entire world-view can be summed up as a war on fun and convenience.
Oh dear, a Cuban cigar. You know the US government considers an American posessing a Cuban cigar OUTSIDE the US the same as one posessing a Cuban cigar INSIDE the US; Namely, in violation of the embargo.
Y’know, he really does look like Jim Kirk.
Does he have the same success with women?