Scotland to Senate Lockerbie inquiry: Drop dead. http://bit.ly/aBcWUZ #

Bernanke Says Extending Bush Tax Cuts Would Maintain Stimulus. http://bit.ly/cQX3uR #

Huh. They never mentioned this possibility in the whale watching tour brochure. http://bit.ly/bWGfwh #

For those who are interested, I do a lot of writing about motorcycling. I have interests outside of politics/economics. http://bit.ly/cHshw7 #

With the unemployment benefits, we will have spent more on stimulus than on the Iraq and Afghanistan wars combined. http://bit.ly/c8ENR7 #

The index of U.S. leading indicators
fell 0.2 percent in June, the second decline in three months. http://bit.ly/cvA0zs #RecoverySummer #

Existing home sales fell–yes, unexpectedly–by 5.1% in June. http://bit.ly/be4klY #RecoverySummer #

Initial unemployment claims rose unexpectedly-we really need to talk about these expectations-to 464k. http://bit.ly/bnF6LE #RecoverySummer #

This journolist stuff is fabulous. I guess EVERYBODY gets all tough and manly on message boards. #

Eric Alterman, author of "What Liberal Media?": "Let’s just throw Ledeen…through a plate glass window." Thanks, @ezraklein! #