Tuesday Morning Links

• Kathy Kristof on ways to avoid new banking fees. Highly recommended reading From LA Times
• Still more slime and dirt on Goldman Sachs' extremely cozy relationship with NYFRB (New York Federal Reserve Bank).  MAKE NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, GOLDMAN WOULD HAVE FAILED WITHOUT GOVERNMENT (TAXPAYER) FUNDS.  Much more investigative reporting and digging should be done here. From ZeroHedge blog, and links to Gretchen Morgenson story after the jump.
• Economic rundown from David Rosenberg.  From ZeroHedge blog
• Little Timmy Geithner and the European bureaucrats try to convince the masses of financial illiterates that European banks are safe at the same time the European interbank lending rate is rising.  From ZeroHedge blog
• You can use "apps" (applications) on your iPhone not authorized by the Apple company. It does not violate copyright protections.  From Bloomberg
• Neel Kashkari of Pimco says "Save the banks? Yes. Save your federal benefits?? No."  From Tom Petruno of Los Angeles Times
• Want to get a free beer next time you're at a bar??  Try this wagering trivia: Who has a higher rate of deporting illegal immigrants, Bush or President Obama???  Peter Slevin of Washington Post has the details.
• Our Female Vision/Visions of the Day. Here, here, and here.  Ok, one more for "A--men" Remember to scroll down a little after the jump. From wwtdd.com

Updates on Basel III: here, here, and here.  From Bloomberg.  To me this spells procrastination, corruption, and future trouble for Europe.  We will see....