As expected ... (with update).

assorted righwingnutz, teabaggers, hatriots and various Republicon ideologues are busy spinning conspiracy theories and blaming .... well, read the shrieeeks and judge for yourselves.

From Mother Jones: Rash 'Fatboy' Limbaugh suggests the explosion of the oil rig was a deliberate sabotage.

It appears the Wall Street Journal has determined the environmentalists are at fault (and not deliberate cost-cutting, shoddy, dodgy practices by the drilling companies) for insisting that rigs be located as far as possible from populated areas and fragile eco-systems.

There's even fatuous glurge from $arah Palin.

Finally, the Boston Globe has heart-wrenching photographs of the calamitous oil deluge slip-sliding its way towards Louisiana.

Lunatic rightwing conspiracy theory alert - fern hill found this gem. A grim report circulating in the Kremlin today written by Russia’s Northern Fleet is reporting that the United States has ordered a complete media blackout over North Korea’s torpedoing of the giant Deepwater Horizon oil platform ...

As if world politics were not murky enough. Nonetheless, a more interesting plot device than those plaguing season 8 of 24.