El Presidente

Thank you good people. Superb cigar

Cigars you come across that unexpectedly blow you away? I am tapping away on my laptop and pulled out of my humidor a cigar that was gifted to me. I have no idea what it it. It is a Petit Corona. The band is a little muted and my eyesight is not that great. What is this cigar people? It is smoking a solid 93. I took the photo early but it has held up throughout.

No problem at all if we had a size. Love the look of these

Those nincompoops would be "voters you don't agree with"......or as perhaps decribed by others ...."deplorables". While a finger is pointed at the Russians, that leaves the majority pointing to the domestic populace, domestic issues, domestic angst. I was with Foxy and Seldis in Shanghai when the vote came in. We were stunned. It made no sense economically. It made sense politically in that you could understand the circumstances that led to the outcome. Vast swathes of people were disillusioned and that was fed on for political self interest. Brett, there is no doubt interference occurs. The West has a history of "red hot go's" as well when it comes to regime influencing. My point is that the greatest surprise ......is that any "interference" should come as a surprise at all.

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Russians/Chinese/Iranians....why on earth does the left get their knickers in a knot when geopolitical enemies try to meddle. It's their job! The west has been meddling since 1946 .....some say earlier I see Russia/China/Iran as Kaos from Get Smart. You know what you are going to get. There are a lot of Maxwell Smarts in the West....unfortunately.

................where woud the world be without Russian conspiracy theories!

The government doesn't spend money well enough for me to pay more tax I pay pretty much the right amount to meet that risk/return equilibrium. I wouldn't pay any more and would certainly explore offshoring/ banking if govt became tax rabid. You need to be careful when you tax the crap out of the "founders" class as they cease to exist. Buffets Berkshire Hathaway’s $26.8 billion tax bill for 2024 was happily paid. How much more do you want? Tax consumption. Tax generational inheritance. Tax capital gain. From memory the USA has 7 companies with a market cap over $1 Trillion. EU has zero. Look at/compare, every relevant figure regarding venture capita/entrepreneurship and the EU has seriously underperformed over the past 25 years. Some exceptional EU legacy companies ...but unicorns in the past 25 years are hardly prolific. There are plenty of reasons why.... including tax rates. Don't kill the golden goose.

As an entrepreneur, I am happy to work until Tuesday lunchtime for the government (taxes). Rest of Tuesday arvo -Friday is mine. If I had to work until Thursday for the government, then I wouldn't be taking any risks. I would move offshore to a friendlier tax locale or hop on the government tit with everyone else.

Lend Hamlet and I a hand Building a figurado/perfecto.....your preference in terms of size/blend. Numbers represent gauge. First number is at the cap. Assume 6 inches in length (thereabouts). This will be a Nudies/Desnudo 2026. Gracias

It is bullshit indeed.

Poor immigration policy is a reality and feeds into poor housing policy, health policy, education policy. The worst thing about democratic elections is that you can only kick out one government at a time.

No we can't ...because then we have to ban Oz politics.

Buy your riesling this week I am going something from Clare valley Oz and Alsace. Two bottles...tasting only ..... USA Friday 6th June NY 9PM, Saturday 11am 7th June Local

1. Dip Lonsdale 2. Dip Churchill 3. Dip Corona Gorda I could certainly live with this result