So there’s a tarp thrown over the west wing of the White House – no context or anything, there’s just this picture on the AP or whatever.

Remodeling? Bug bomb? Alien autopsy? Reorganizing all the government files that literally shouldn’t see the light of day? Your guess is as good as mine. It took me back to the good old days of LOLFed, though:

And so, I ask you, dear readers. The TARP over the White House…. is it more likely the work of Hank Paulson or Admiral Ackbar? Take the poll:

Monday morning update: We think we’ve found the real reason – looks like the (all lower case) tarp is for the first renovation the White House has gotten since the Truman era. However, that’s boring, and we prefer rampant speculation.