For all your presidential hopefuls, this is how you move out of the White House. All class all the way. (meanwhile Oath of Office countdown ticker: 18:33)

While this is not quite as dramatic as Schrenker's insane plane-crash stunt, or at least not yet, the new Ponzi runaway story is all over the news.

In what some might consider a minor case of about-face and an even more minor case of hypocrisy, the Oracle of Omaha is quoted by Reuters as saying the stimulus plan under consideration by the U.S.

We are happy to inform you that Chrysler Financial (aka Stephen Schwarzman of Apt. 15/16B at 740 Park) is now the proud recipient of your money.

Probably not that surprising after posting the "biggest ever loss reported by a U.K. company" of $41 billion. Biggest shareholder, the United Kingdom Government with 22.8 billion shares, can not be happy with an $8 billion + loss in 6 hours of trading. Paulson, with 142 million shares short, is very happy.

Oh wait, not yet... S&P down -27.45 pts (-3.23%). But lovely speech there... Click here for transcript

"Bankrupt but not really" carmaker, General Motors, which has already likely burned thru the $13.4 billion in taxpayer money it received a couple of weeks ago, is poised to keep the fire going a whole lot longer.