peHUB First Read

* Iran's Revolutionary Guard: Strategic private equity investor? * How Goldman Sachs (indirectly) helped bankroll Michael Moore's anti-capitalism movie. * Jaime Whyte: "The answer to the question of bankers’ pay can be found by a close examination of lap dancers — or, at least, of the way they are paid." * Morning Call: U.S. futures point lower, London falls early, European shares keep sliding, the Nikkei drops on yen surge and Chinese shares stumble. * Photo of the Day: Putin, Bonderman and Bonderman's socks. * Morgan Stanley gets added to the list of investors in Twitter's latest round. Existing shareholder Union Square Ventures remains off (which is the byproduct of fund size realities, not a lack of faith in Twitter's prospects). * Matt Wurtzel correctly calls "sensationalism" on the WSJ for hyping Al Gore's relationship to Fisker Auto (it was WSJ's most-read weekend story). As an addendum, why didn't WSJ's headline read: "Colin Powell-backed car firm gets large U.S. loan"...