# Obama just earned his Nobel Prize...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-just-earned-his-nobel-prize/768536>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 14, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-just-earned-his-nobel-prize/768536 "2016-10-14T18:40:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-just-earned-his-nobel-prize/768536/1 "2016-10-14T18:40:37Z")

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[…by lifting the $100 limit on Cuban rum and cigars.](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/15/world/americas/obama-cuba-trade-embargo.html)😃

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**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-just-earned-his-nobel-prize/768536/2 "2016-10-14T19:01:45Z")

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nice… maybe he could talk Raoul into giving Bacardi back its property and the world could have real rum again

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-just-earned-his-nobel-prize/768536/3 "2016-10-14T19:13:37Z")

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> [@nightshadea](#):
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> nice… maybe he could talk Raoul into giving Bacardi back its property and the world could have real rum again

Barcardi??  
You need a glass of Santero Ron Reserva, pronto!

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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-just-earned-his-nobel-prize/768536/4 "2016-10-14T19:22:19Z")

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> [@nightshadea](#):
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> nice… maybe he could talk Raoul into giving Bacardi back its property and the world could have real rum again

Or giving New Jersey back Joanne Chesimard.