READING FOR THE MID-WEEK (1-22-14)

Bruce Lee reading

Hitler's economic ideas survived WWII ... have they found a new home in the U.S. and Europe? (Zero Hedge).

Massive antarctic glacier has entered irreversible melt, could add up to 1 centimeter to sea level (Think Progress).

Representative Alan Grayson: The GOP "has completely locked up the stupid vote" (Orlando Sentinel).

Alec Baldwin / Adam Sandler in SNL Classic, "Canteen Boy" (Yahoo).


MORE PRICE FIXING NEWS ... via Zero Hedge
How gold price is manipulated during the "London Fix" (Zero Hedge).

Sprot: "Manipulation of Gold by central banks can't continue in 2014" (Zero Hedge).

German gold manipulation blow back escalates: Deutsche Bank exits gold price fixing (Zero Hedge).


THE NEW GILDED AGE ... With a look at those on the bottom
For the love of money ... thoughts from a former Wall Street "money addict" (NY Times / Sam Polk).

The undeserving rich (Paul Krugman).

Deustche Bank's $1 billion Euro fourth-quarter loss underlines European economy's dependence on banks (Dealb%k).

It's expensive to be poor (The Atlantic).

What happens when the poor receive a regular stipend ... it's not what you think (Moises Velasquez-Manoff / NY Times).


MAJOR SCREW UPS
Fraternity in Arizona suspended after throwing MLK Day party with watermelon cups (Jezebel).

Rookie news anchor fired after first day on the job for saying you know what on air (Gawker).

Climate-change expert, hired during the Bush administration, awaits sentencing after falsifying ... well, pretty much everything about his CIA-inspired life (The Guardian).


MEXICO (CS Monitor)
Mexican vigilantes take on Knights Templar as government takes on vigilantes (CS Monitor).

One Mexican town finds more security by throwing out the police (CS Monitor).

How much do you know about Mexico? Take the quiz (CS Monitor).


MISCELLANEOUS
Elizabeth Warren introduces legislation that would not allow corporations to write off fines as tax deductible business expenses, which could save taxpayers billions (Mother Jones).

From The Guardian ... you can now follow NSA-related developments as controversy over leaks continue to make headlines (The Guardian).

NSA Prism Program claims direct access to servers of firms, which includes Google, Apple and Facebook (The Guardian).

For Christie and MSNBC, a messy divorces plays out in public view (NY Times).

Is Iran the United States' new best friend in the Middle East (CS Monitor).

- Mark