Slouching Towards Oblivion

Monday, February 18, 2013

Since Sandy hook

Update from Slate, via Addicting Info:
Today is February 17th, 65 days since Sandy Hook…and in that time there have been 1863 gun violence murders in this country – over 28 per day. The butcher’s bill – the tally of deaths – is aggregated by the folks at Slate and @GunDeaths and is accomplished by the magic of crowdsourcing – social media, twitter and email all backed by local content that provides the details.
And here's a look at what's been happening here in Virginia:


(note: the filtering isn't all that easy, but once you figure it out, it's not bad at all)

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