The good life: most of us have an idea what it’s about.

Rapper Jay Z knows what the good life looks like–and it includes cigars.

From Jay-Z Plans To Get Fat:

Revealing his retirement plans, Jay said he wants to live on a private island, where he’ll spend his days drinking fine wines, smoking cigars and getting fat thanks to the meals his “genius chef” will cook.

“That’s what I enjoy. That’s the payback for all the hard work,” the Run This Town rapper – who is buying Beyonce a yacht – told Q, adding to the magazine: “Beyonce will be on the island too. But I don’t think she plan to get as fat as me. I’m gonna be fat.”

Okay, so the good life includes a private island, being married to Beyonce and cigars.

The first two are out of reach for most of us, but the last item is shared by millionaires and common folk alike.

by Mondo

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Rod Blogojevich just got convicted on one count of lying to the FBI and is going to be retried on 23 other counts in federal court.

But, he wants the world to know, “I don’t smoke cigars.”

From Rod Blagojevich: I Have A Political Future:

Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich continued his “I’m-vindicated” media tour on Sunday, less than a week after a federal grand jury found him guilty of making false statements but failed to reach a verdict on 23 other counts.

Dreams of a political renaissance have compelled Blagojevich to compare himself to another pol who rose from the dead: Winston Churchill. On Sunday, however, he chose to downplay his similarities to the revered British premiere, telling Fox News: “I don’t smoke cigars, [drink] scotch, and I think I can run faster than him.”

The former Illinois governor might not smoke cigars, but he can run faster than Winston Churchill–who is dead.

So he does have that going for him.

by Mondo Frazier
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg continues his anti-smoking jihad in New York City. This time, the Tiny Titan is planning to outlaw smoking in outdoor parks.

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BLOOMBERG: VERBOTEN JA!
“PERSONAL FREEDOM? NEIN!!

NYC Obergruppenführer, Michael Bloomber, is hoping to add another bit of New York City to his smoke-free regime. This time Bloomberg has his sights set on outdoor parks and other areas.

From Staten Island smokers brace as park ban looms:

Having already eradicated smoking from public buildings, subways and buses, restaurants and playgrounds, Mayor Michael Bloomberg is ready to ban smoking at thousands of public parks and beaches — facilities that Staten Island has in abundance.

Bloomberg planned a press conference earlier this week to announce his support of a comprehensive parks smoking ban, along with City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, but the event was pushed back due to scheduling conflicts, sources familiar with the plan told the Advance.

The smoking ban bill also was on a docket given to Council leadership after the budget was finalized in June. The docket previews some of the key legislation the body plans to take up during its next session.

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MORE: DBKP Library of Smoke & Health Nazi articles
* German Nazis, Smoke Nazis: Anti-Smokers Use Hitler’s Blueprint, how American anti-smoking fascists have followed Hitler’s blueprint to ban smoking in German.

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Just another reason not to visit New York City, which is a shame. NYC is a great place to visit.

However, trans-fats, salt and smoking bans are squeezing the life out of the place. Even 1936 Berlin didn’t have as many restrictions.

It’s all in a day’s work for Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who apparently feels that because he’s made a little dough, it’s given him the supreme wisdom to monitor millions of his citizens’ personal choices.

You heard it here first: next up will be forbidding perfumes and colognes.

Last one out of NYC, turn out the lights.

by Mondo Frazier
image: dbkp file

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Rush Limbaugh drew a bulls-eye on Cuba for the declining quality of their cigars.

From Story #5: Even Cuba Recognizes Socialism Doesn’t Work

One of the most tragic things to happen, one of the most unfortunate things to happen when the Soviet Union gave up on giving $5 billion a year to the Castros is that Cuban cigars went to tank. Cuban cigars went to hell. They absolutely became nothing special. They started mass producing them to meet the global demand.

They stopped aging them. The care that was given to the growing of all three different kinds of tobacco for a cigar stopped. It just went to hell. It’s just one of the greatest shames (in addition to the human suffering, of course), but there were no better cigars in the world than those that came from Pinar del Rio. And now they’re just… Some people say they’re coming back, that they’re getting a little bit better, but they haven’t been what they were since the early nineties.

Limbaugh is right.

I smoked several Cubans in 1986 and they were heavenly. I smoked a couple more in 1998 and a couple more in 1999 and 2000. Those last five or six I smoked in the late 90s were utterly forgettable: over-priced and routine smokes.

The Cuban cigar’s drop-off in quality is one of the tragedies of cigar smoking in the last 20+ years.

Rush Limbaugh called it exactly right.

by Mondo Frazier

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CIGAR BISTRO Review
Rockey Patel American Market Selection
Vital Statistics:
Country: Handmade, Honduras
Size: Corona – 5 1/2 x 42
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Connecticut
Binder: Nicaraguan & Honduran combination
Filler: Nicaragua, Honduras
Strength: Mild

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The Feel: The Rocky Patel AMS Corona is solid and well-packed, but lighter than it appears. The wrapper is tan/light brown and smooth.
The Smell: The RP AMS had a mild tobacco smell, prior to lighting. and others have described as “caramel.” After it was lit, the RP AMS had a smooth “woodsy” flavor, with more of a “heavy cream” flavor after the halfway point.
The Cap: The cap was well-attached and cut easily.
The Draw: The draw of this Rocky Patel AMS was excellent.

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Rockey Patel American Market Selection NOTES:

The RP AMS was a mild smoke. In fact, after first lighting this cigar, I struggled to taste all of the flavor.

I prefer heavier tasting cigars, so the fact that the Rocky Patel American Market Selection got “tastier” after the first 10 minutes or so–around the one-quarter smoked mark–made this corona more personally enjoyable after that point was reached.

Holding the smoke and slowly exhaling it, the flavors alternated between woodsy–some have called it “cedar-like”–and a smooth heavy cream taste. The flavors became became more distinct and enjoyable after the three-quarters mark–but that is just a personal preference.

One note to enjoying this cigar: take some extra between draws.

MORE on Rocky Patel American Market Selection Cigars.

Lush, mellow-smoking cigars from Rocky Patel in an affordably-priced ‘American Market Selection.’ Also referred to as ‘AMS,’ the term comes from the mild, light-colored wrappers that were preferred by American smokers early in the 20th Century. Blended with long-aged Nicaraguan & Honduran longfillers rolled in silky, Ecuadorian Connecticut wrappers, the smoke is medium-bodied, creamy, and very aromatic with subtle flavors of sweet cedar and spice throughout. A *must-smoke* and a great buy!

FINAL VERDICT:

The RP American Market Selection was a good smoke. Was it a spectacular smoking event like some other cigars I’ve experienced? I can’t honestly say that it was.

However, if you are looking for a mild, solid cigar–as I sometimes am–to smoke in between a couple of “heavy hitters,” this Rocky Patel might just be the palate cleanser you’re looking for.

FINAL CIGAR BISTRO SCORE:

Intangibles (Feel, Heft, Smell, Cap): 7.5
Wrapper: 8.5
Draw: 9.5
Flavor: 7.5
Aroma while Smoking: 8.5
Smoking Experience: 8
Value: 6

Total: 55.5/70

I smoked the Rocky Patel AMS corona twice: the first time after another mild-medium smoke; and, the second time, after a full-flavored cigar with a Maduro wrapper. Personally speaking, the second time was the more memorable of the two smokes.

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by Mondo Frazier
images: DBKP Cigar Bistro;stoogie review; Famous Smoke Shop
Rocky Patel American Market Selection cigars obtained through: Trinity Insight LLC

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