The seasons of Rocky Patel;
Digging mountains with John Henry;
And the realty of life after the Revolution.

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And we have the first installment of A Traveler’s Tales.

Some cigar talk rounds out the episode.

How about some modern Vaudeville? Jump on over to The Flatus Show.

Winston Churchill drops off his favorite scotch …

Some feedback, the FCC, and Ken of The Flatus Show drops by to discuss fairness.

You should be listening to both of Patrick E. McLean’s podcasts – The Seanachai, and How to Succeed in Evil.

I am joined this week by Maya Vinogradova, naturalized US Citizen and native Russian, to talk about life in the Soviet Union and making the transition to life in the West.

Music this week includes clips from The Final Countdown by Europe; U.S.S.R. by Eddy Huntington; Moscow by Dschinghis Khan; and My Life by Kristina Orbakaite.

I sample the La GLoria Cubana Serie R Maduro, while quaffing a fresh Stella Artois.

A quick look at on Cuban history, and the reason behind the US embargo.

One of my favorite podcast novelists is Phil Rossi. Find his work at http://www.crescentstation.net/.

I sample Perdomo’s Habano Maduro, and sip from The Glenlivit.

Look ma, feedback! And a review!

And part two, the conclusion, of our discussion on the history of the graduated income tax.

If you are looking for some fun discussion on every conceivable issue, and can tolerate some strong language, be sure and check out Big C at Bear Crawling.

A brief discussion of some of my favorite, and least favorite, cities.

And since it is tax season in the US, what could be more simulating than a discussion on the history of the US Income Tax? This is part one of two.

References:

Baldwin, Simon E. “Harvard Law Review”. January, 1890.

Ridpath, John Clark. History of the World v8. Cincinnati: Jones Bros., 1910.

Taussig, F. W. The Tariff History of the United States. New York: G. P. Putnam Sons.

On American Law v2. New York: O. Halsted, 1827.

Locke, John. “Second Treatise on Government”. London, 1689.

Marx, Karl and Engles, Frederick. “The Communist Manifesto”. 1854.

Story, Joseph. A Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States. New York: Harper, 1859.

Case Law Cited:

Adair v. United States, 208 U. S. 172 (1907).

Adkins v. Children’s Hospital, 261 U. S. 558 (1923).

Brushaber v. Union Pacific, 240 U. S. 1 (1915).

Butcher’s Union Co. v. Crescent City Co., 111 U. S. 746 (1884).

Carpenter v. United States, 495 F. 2d. 175.

Caterpillar Tractor Co. v. United States, 495 F. 2d. 1040.

Coppage v. State of Kansas, 236 U. S. 1 (1915).

Eisner v. Macomber, 252 U. S. 189 (1920).

Laureldale Cemetery Association v. Matthews, 47 Atl. 2d. 277 (1946).

National Railroad Passenger Corp. et. al. v. National Association of Railroad Passengers, 414 U. S. 453.

Oliver v. Halstead, 86 S. E. Rep. 2d. 858 (1955).

Pollock v. Farmer’s Loan and Trust , 158 U. S. 601 (1895).

Southern Pacific v. Lowe, 247 U. S. 330 (1918).

Stratton’s Independence v. Howbert, 231 U. S. 399 (1913).

Towne v. Eisner, 242 Fed. Rep. 704 (1919).

This week’s cigar is the ominous CAO MX2, paired with Belhaven Scottish Ale.

Special thanks to Andy and Randy of 2 Guys 1 Brain for the jail tour!

I go into a short rant on having the courage of your convictions.

We discuss Karl Marx, and try to discern whether America is a Socialist country or not.

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