projecting based on 7 days is not very reliable

[frogcycle]

but fwiw April looks to be the 3d-highest month ever.

Not surprising, since there is typically a "bump" in April after a feb/mar lull, and this Feb/Mar were double the previous like periods...

Fatality History

[Monkeyman]

1. With the call to kill Americans today watch out for this months numbers

[MadMaddie]

2. Hey Monkeyman...the summer numbers are sadly going to

be extremely high.....This administration is so fucking clueless.....it's criminal.

[frogcycle]

3. yes, I am bracing myself

damn damn damn

If bush had not changed out the top brass and inserted yet another yes-man, I could hope for the "commanders on the ground" to make intelligent tactical decisions - like keeping everybody hunkered down in the basecamps and just going into pure force protection mode.

dammit, how can they live with themselves, passing along orders to go on fools missions?

Do they not get a horrible feeling of deja vu as the humvees head out on "search and destroy" missions? Do they not equate it to taking the same damned hill in VN over, and over, and over?

[frogcycle]

4. six today and another yesterday

raises total for month to 35, projection to 131