This piece (published in the latest issue of Rolling Stone) will give you more understanding of investing than I can give you in a thousand columns. Save this article to your computer. Print it out. Take it to a quiet place and digest it. Click here.

Once you've read it, you can then read the author's blog, which explains how Goldman Sachs "responded" to Taibbi's story.

I should reveal: I am a client of Goldman Sachs, including being in one of their distress hedge funds and one private equity fund. So far, they've lost me money on everything they've invested my money in.

How fast in your "high-speed" Internet connection? Many readers yesterday got fascinated testing their Internet speed on www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/. Here are the updated results.

FiOS is fastest. Comcast is great. If you're displeased with your service, bitch, or upgrade to a higher speed. Some carriers offer higher speeds for more money. And once again, clean up your cable. Get the tech out to remove the joins . Remove all splitters on your cable service. Get clean cable.

Wimbledon 2009 Tennis TV Schedule. Everything is live, except on The Tennis Channel, which shows repeats. I think I finally got it right. (Last week I was publishing 2008's schedule.)

Iranian politics
Iranian president Mahmud Ahmadinejad calls President Obama and tells him, "Barack, I had a wonderful dream last night. I could see America , the whole beautiful country, and on each house I saw a banner."

"What did it say on the banners?" Obama asks.

Mahmud replies, "UNITED STATES OF IRAN."

Obama says, "You know, Mahmud, I am really happy you called, because believe it or not, last night I had a similar dream. I could see all of Tehran , and it was more beautiful than ever, and on each house flew an enormous banner."

"What did it say on the banners?" Mahmud asks.

Obama replies, "I don't know, I can't read Hebrew.

So, where is Jesus?
A Sunday school teacher is concerned that his students might be a little confused about Jesus, so he asks his class, "Where is Jesus today?"

Steven raises his hand and says, "He's in Heaven."

Mary answers, "He's in my heart."

Little Johnny waves his hand furiously and blurts out, "He's in our bathroom!"

The surprised teacher asks Little Johnny how he knows this.

"Well," Little Johnny says, "every morning, my father gets up, bangs on the bathroom door and yells 'Jesus Christ, are you still in there?!'"

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