Let's talk cigars! What deals have you found on the various Internet sites today?
Time to smoke this Lancero I picked up from a sampler, operation smoke down continues.
Hey, Chip. Only had the Std. Reserve, not the Habana... and that was a pretty mild smoke, but decent flavor.
Give us the verdict.
Mild for sure, I really like the ISOKW's much better.
Apples and oranges, as you know, not even the same company. Can you imagine the legal battles there'd be if the embargo were ever lifted?!
"When" is the key word!
It'll be a shit show, that's for sure. Morning/afternoon, Ken!
I think it will be very interesting, actually! Hope it does not put too many cigar companies out of biz, but market economy and all. Morning, Joe! (afternoon here)
I mean, would you lose any sleep if, say, Altadis struggled because of it? They're knowingly "imitating" brands that were made famous because of their Cuban heritage. But I'd bet they have just as much money if not more than Altadis to fight it. So who'd win? I'd follow that battle, for sure. The good news is that this sort of thing wouldn't just happen overnight so you'd have plenty of opportunity to stock your humidors for the end times.
No offense to people who like the cigars that have Cuban names, but I wish everyone of them would get sued, and go out of business! Minus, maybe San Cristobal's, and a couple other. Altadis, and General used famous Cuban cigar trademarks, and made them with non-cuban leaf, and knew they could get away with it, because no one will side with communist Cuba. I wish they would get sued, and have to pay Cuba for the license to use the name. Only if the money went to the people--to buy toilet paper for instance! 
-- They were sued, and Cuba lost. Now, on the other hand, shouldn't the government of Cuba get sued for stealing brand names, factories, and property both intellectual and real that the Cuban communists stole from their owners in the early 60's? Theft is theft, isn't it?
So, it's a little stickier than just Altadis.
That's the spoils of war. as bad as that sounds--it's politics.
You want to tell the Jewish families whose assets were stolen by the Nazis that it's just the spoils of war?
I have no political axe to grind here, but the issues fascinate me. In theory you could say that the comparison is unfair, because the communist revolution overthrew the despotic dictator the way the Russians helped overthrow Hitler. But it was still depriving citizens of property without due process. And since there's no way anyone could remotely press a property claim in Cuba, why should the Cuban government get the benefit of American constitutional guarantees? Yadda, yadda, yadda.
I too wish the embargo would end. It's pointless anymore. Either invade the country or shut the fuck up.
