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[CigarBanter]

Let's talk cigars!    What deals have you found on the various Internet sites today?

[A Friend of Charlie]

Cake didn't happen.  I got rooked.  Oh well, going to bed.  Good night.

[Wenglish]

The Cuaba Herf is happening on Saturday, 8/9, at 7PM eastern.  Still need to get a confirmation from two or three more BOTLs, but it's looking pretty set.

[LSUFAN]

Good morning guys.

[LSUFAN]

 6 The Griffin's Robusto
         10/37.50
 5 My Father Le Bijou 1922 Petite Robusto
          5/25.00
 4 Diesel Unholy Cocktail Torpedo
         10/29.99
 3 La Aurora Preferidos Ecuador
          5/25.00
 2 Oliva Master Blends III Robusto
         10/39.99
 1 Diamond Crown Julius Caeser
          3/37.25

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Today is Friday, August 8, the 220th day of 2014. There are 145 days left in the year.

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Today's Highlight in History:

On August 8, 1974, President Richard Nixon announced his resignation, effective the next day, following damaging new revelations in the Watergate scandal.

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On this date:

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In 1814, during the War of 1812, peace talks between the United States and Britain began in Ghent, Belgium.

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In 1911, President William Howard Taft signed a measure raising the number of U.S. representatives from 391 to 433, effective with the next Congress, with a proviso to add two more when New Mexico and Arizona became states.

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In 1937, during the Second Sino-Japanese War, Japan completed its occupation of Beijing.

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In 1942, during World War II, six Nazi saboteurs who were captured after landing in the U.S. were executed in Washington, D.C.; two others who'd cooperated with authorities were spared.

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In 1945, President Harry S. Truman signed the U.S. instrument of ratification for the United Nations Charter. The Soviet Union declared war against Japan during World War II.

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In 1953, the United States and South Korea initialed a mutual security pact.

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In 1963, Britain's "Great Train Robbery" took place as thieves made off with 2.6 million pounds in banknotes.