This is a year end review of the best cigars and a stroll througt the rest of the rankings. They have a new announcement for the new year and generally enjoy their ADventura Kings Gold and Remus Reserve 8th Edition. Happy New Year to you and yours!

China bans the export of the metals we've been discussing. We've been expecting this for quite some time. Question is: how do we work though this. They smoke the Alec Bradley Coyo and drink Wheel Horse 101 to make themselves feel better.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/12/china-retaliates-bans-exports-of-rare-metals-after-us-chip-ban/

Bill goes to the Philippines and Hong Kong. He talks about his experience and we get a little hung up on toilets. We smoke Caldwell's The King is Dead and drink a Philippine Dark Rhum Tanduay.

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g298461-d477886-Reviews-Plantation_Bay_Resort_and_Spa-Lapu_Lapu_Mactan_Island_Cebu_Island_Visayas.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKfiUJkPrt4

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tsmc-cuts-off-client-discovering-105407607.html

Darrell went to Louisville Kentucky to experience some of the Bourbon Trail. They smoke the CAO Big Block and drink the Rebel Yell Distillers Collection. Like all trips, there was a fun disaster.

Very cool technology that desalinates water at high efficency. It's inspired by nature and very likely to be the future of desalination. They smoke the Alec Bradley Prensado Lost Art and drink the I.W. Harper KSBW finished in Cabernet Sauvignon casks.

https://interestingengineering.com/energy/waterloos-solar-device-produces-20-liters-of-water-daily

They discuss Bill and Darrell smoke the Caldwell Eastern Standard Sungrown and drink the WhistlePig F1 Rye single barrel. Appologize for the very active bug zapper. Missile debris in Ukraine contains sanctioned chips form Analog Devices, Broadcom, and NXP. They talk about sanctions and maybe what to do.

This weeks the boys discuss a new solar device that desalinates. Not the standard solar panel way. New and promising. Bill rails against text speak... again. Darrell makes fun of him... again. They smoke the Ramon Bueso Genesis with the High West Cask Collection.

https://interestingengineering.com/energy/waterloos-solar-device-produces-20-liters-of-water-daily

Toyota announced the creation of their swappable hydrogen fuel cells. The cells are hydrogen power and small enough to behave as the propane tank swaps today. We're super excited about this and think this could and should be the future. They smoke the Sinistro El Burro Corojo and drink the Vizcaya VXOP rum. They also discuss delicate digging with pressure washers.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/toyota-s-portable-hydrogen-cartridges-look-like-giant-aa-batteries-and-could-spell-the-end-of-lengthy-ev-charging/ar-AA1rXmeH?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=cf8ff6d8de39423e964aa135c0bfb03a&ei=96

Darrell and Bill discuss gaming in general and specifially the record breaking Tetris game that looped over 255 levels to re-start the game in what is know as "rebirth".

They smoke the CAO L'Anniversaire Cameroon Robusto and drink Smoke Wagon Barrel strength Uncut Unfiltered.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/10/nes-tetris-first-ever-rebirth-loops-past-level-255-and-back-to-zero/