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Stuff I’m Reading this Morning…

Paul Ryan’s speech “failed.”  (WaPo)

Oh, and also Ryan spent a lot of time repeating lies last night. Which is fine, Americans don’t know any better and partisan ‘publicans prefer to be deceived (just like partisan Democrats).  Sally Kohn nails him to the wall:  (FoxNews)

Howard: Old Web ($GOOG) is winning again versus New Web (Facebitch, Twitter).  (HowardLindzon)

Now that they can advertise, will hedge funds become less secretive?  (DealBook)

The banks don’t actually hate everything about regulation and Romney is probably not going to repeal it.  (Bloomberg)

Today in 1930 – the birth of Warren Buffett!  (JasonZweig)

Damn trannies (IYT) will just not confirm this rally.  (Dragonfly Capital)

Water buffalo fights are a big thing for gamblers in China – and the top fighting buffalo’s name is Optimus Prime. So awesome.  (EmergingMoney)

Don’t miss my daily linkfest for financial advisors this morning! (WSJFA)