I read a lot of financial press and liberally “borrow” from the best news and ideas to share here. (Imitation is the best form of flattery. And the best way to get sued.)

But anyway… I’ve been seeing a lot of great posts lately and wanted to share my treasures culled from the veritable bowels of the Internets.  So with no further ado, here is a fat Tuesday morning reading list to get you through to hump day.

• From Mint.com, 5 Things You Can Learn About Credit from Gangster Flicks.  I love mob movies and this article was both hilarious and 100% dead on.  (No pun intended.)
• Consumer debt actually rose in January and new car loans help fuel the uptick. Should You Buy a New Car or Lease It? The Dough Roller answers. And it doesn’t hurt that Toyota, in response to its recent troubles, is offerring door-buster deals all around.
• Find and Plug Your Money Leaks with this post from Bargaineering.
• Being Frugal.net has a great article for tax time called Roth IRAs for Beginners.
• Taking frugal to the extreme, MSN’s Smart Spending blog chronicled a couple who limited themselves to just $25 for a week of food shopping.
• From Debtbeat (awesome blog) is video of Jon Stewart and The Daily Show blowing up the credit card industry.
• Pay Off Debt AND Save for The Future at the Same Time is not impossible, according to MoneyCrashers.
• With less than a month under the new rules of the CARD Act, SmartMoney.com has already uncovered 10 Things Credit-Card Companies Won’t Say to help them skirt the new regs.
• The Wall Street Journal’s family finance blog tells you How to Fix Your Finances in 2010. I know that it’s already March, but my readers are very smart and can catch up, no problem. (On second thought, flattery is the best form of flattery.)

Enjoy.