links for 2009-06-07 Sea Salt Bertrand Benoit: Merkel makes a mark Paul Krugman: Where’s the money coming from? Marc Weingarten: The Lear Jet repo man Making the Case for Another Fiscal Stimulus - Real Time Economics - WSJ The Reality-Based Community: "The best soldier for our side" My President Is Black - Ta-Nehisi Coates Friday Poll in Israel shows Majority/Solid Support for Settlement Evacuation | TPMCafe Felix Salmon: Are Stocks Still Good for the Long Run? Zach Goldfarb: SEC Chief Strives To Rebuild Regulator Making Light: D-Day Calculated Risk: Unemployment Rate and Level of Education Making Light: An astounding misuse of the word "lynch" Federal Reserve Bank of New York: The president speaks | The Economist Econbrowser: Output, Employment and Industrial Production in the "1980-82 Recession" Econbrowser: Relevant and Irrelevant Criticisms of the Stimulus Package Econbrowser: More on bank lending data Treasuries/Fed policy/Uh oh | The Big Picture The Myth of the Rational Market | The Big Picture Birth Death Adjustment Goosed NFP | The Big Picture The Washington Monthly President's Speech: Closing Panel Presentation (06/05/2009) VAT Time? - Forbes.com Econbrowser: James Pethokoukis: "An improving job market" Economist's View: Snowe's Public Option "Trigger"