dirty, degrading, soul-crushing work, but someone has to do it. we did, and the trends today are all about america. first up the american sniper trial dominating the interwebs. late last night, eddie ray routh was found guilty of capital murder in the deaths of chris kyle and chad littlefield. not only was this the top-shared story on facebook last night and this morning, but the terms american sniper and eddie ray routh are playing out in a big way on twitter right now. 120,000 tweets in just seven hours. the former navy s.e.a.l. chris kyle being mourned too. almost 74,000 mentions of his name since the verdict was announced. and we say good-bye to an american institution of sorts, parks and recreation. #parksfarewell still dominating twitter with over 300,000 tweets. even america s crazy uncle joe weighing in with support. there he is. show ended after a long stretch of low ratings but with a clutch of devoted cultish fans. we wouldn t know anything about that, huh? finally, what s