Hot Links: Hunt Brothers and Hamburglars

Stuff I’m Reading this Weekend…

With silver rallying, let’s look back at when the Hunt Brothers almost cornered the market.  (WSJMarketBeat)

Citadel losing top traders and cutting management fees.  Beginning of the end?  (ZeroHedge)

Mish: One lost decade down, another in progress.  (Mish)

I still think the Tea Party is a freakshow, but I’m open-minded.  Jeff Carter puts the importance of the movement into the context of our nation’s DNA, a great read.  (PointsAndFigures)

Felix on Journalism: Writers need to read more and publishers need to recognize the value of the conversation happening around the content.  Really interesting stuff.  (FelixSalmon)

Bill Maher on the Dems’ new slogan “Don’t get up, we’ll show ourselves out”.  (Mediaite)

The next next hot investment country?  Mongolia, dog.  (BeyondBRICs)

Brett Arends’ ’10 Biggest Myths About Gold’ is a good read.  (WSJ)

While you weren’t looking, Google ($GOOG) became a value stock.  (TradingWallStreet)

Barry delivers the line of the weekend on why he’s neither Republican nor Democrat.  (TBP)

The Fly: “This is not the beginning of some financial renaissance. For that to happen, we’d need strong underpinnings. Last I checked, we’re a nation filled with hamburglars.”  (iBankCoin)

Harry Browne’s “Permanent Portfolio” ideas find a new life, and billions in assets.  (WSJ)

Scorsese’s Boardwalk Empire premieres on HBO tonight.  I am freaking out!  (TIME)