Here's what we're following this morning:

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Only 11% of hedge funds are outperforming the S&P in 2012 - Goldman Sachs via Zero Hedge | Funds are dumping everything not nailed-down and buying AAPL?  Whatever could be wrong with that tactic?  Four months left in the year for investors to make up their collective minds for redemption requests.

How to build yourself a robot Warren Buffett - Dealbreaker | The Robo-Buffett doesn't incur transaction costs.  The Robo-Buffett also doesn't take baths and comes up with ideas to fund a Bank of America deal.

Baromney 2012 - The American Dream | You say po-TAY-to, I say po-TAH-to.  Not much of a choice in November, is there?

How to save banks without rewarding bankers - VoxEU | Monetary settlements need to go the way of the Dodo.

Two dark money groups outspending ALL Super PACs combined - Truthdig | Regardless, both of those potatoes seem to be well-funded.

Free love backfires - Never Yet Melted | Turns out that communists not only want the survivorship benefits resulting from the traditional marriage they formerly spurned, but they also want the money.

Money down a rathole: college, healthcare, housing - Charles Hugh Smith | Households are dumping trillions of dollars in hard-earned income...for not much in return.

The case of the $100 billion error - Mother Jones | Politicians and the media wildly overstated the threat of military budget cuts?  Who would EVER have guessed that?

Apocalypse Not: why you shouldn't worry about end times - Wired | If nothing else, humanity is a fast-moving target.

The sun is the roundest natural object known - National Geographic