Yesterday 238 Kogs published 297 posts of which 283 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 2520 recommending readers and viewed by 7732; 172 posts were recommended by 10 or more readers, 75 by 30 or more, and 26 by 100 or more. Commenters (2351) visited 297 posts; 141 had 10 or more commenters, 61 had 30 or more, and 8 had 100 or more.
Impact statistics from all 297 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.161, average = 0.41, max = 5.22, total = 122.6 bharns
r50 = 24 (at 1.42 bharns)
Recommendations and comments were collected Thu Aug 16 05:00:09 2012 EDT.
Impact statistics from all 297 posts.
rank |
nrec |
ncom |
viewers |
impact |
post |
Author |
EDT |
1 |
493 |
139 |
2129 |
5.22 |
Romney campaign lied in response to Ryan insider trading story |
JCWilmore |
12:10 |
2 |
397 |
156 |
2701 |
4.32 |
Chuck Todd Confronts Iowa Gov In Interview on MSNBC On Welfare Lie |
TomP |
11:51 |
3 |
382 |
112 |
2530 |
4.04 |
Letter from Iowa lady at Paul Ryan rally needs to go viral (updated) |
Inameli |
17:42 |
4 |
341 |
156 |
2115 |
3.66 |
115°F World Record Hot Rain Hits Needles CA & Storm Starts Fire |
Fish Outof Water |
15:12 |
5 |
304 |
196 |
1656 |
3.33 |
New Obama (Web) Ad Strikes Back Hard on Medicare |
Vyan |
09:21 |
6 |
287 |
150 |
1426 |
3.09 |
Boo-effing-hoo, for the bully Mitt Romney |
Laurence Lewis |
13:34 |
7 |
267 |
72 |
2383 |
2.82 |
Rush Limbaugh is going down – here's the proof |
Richard Myers |
12:23 |
8 |
260 |
80 |
1414 |
2.78 |
AlterNet: Story on Ryan "Insider Trading" Apparently Not "Debunked" After All?!? |
lowkell |
11:08 |
9 |
255 |
68 |
1552 |
2.67 |
Scott Walker - John Doe Breaking Update - State Records Requested by Prosecutors |
Puddytat |
18:12 |
10 |
251 |
102 |
1005 |
2.65 |
New Ad: "Survivors" |
Crashing Vor |
14:47 |
11 |
224 |
135 |
1154 |
2.39 |
Drill Baby Drill! The Fracking Bubble is Bursting! |
p o l l w a t c h e r |
07:15 |
12 |
215 |
47 |
1299 |
2.27 |
Rachel Maddow: Romney thought he could hide Ryan's extremism on social issues. Romney was Wrong! |
h u n g r y c o y o t e |
05:21 |
13 |
210 |
79 |
1111 |
2.26 |
Obama Distends Internal Organs of Romney & Ryan On Medicare |
Vyan |
19:33 |
14 |
181 |
78 |
1260 |
1.93 |
Romney Campaign in Serious Trouble - Devo Strikes Back With "Don't Roof Rack Me, Bro!" |
Jekylln Hyde |
20:18 |
15 |
179 |
121 |
1874 |
2.01 |
Pawlenty questions Soledad O'Brien's ability to Understand English |
Vyan |
14:24 |
16 |
176 |
50 |
1037 |
1.86 |
Murdochgate: President of Fox Networks Resigns |
ericlewis0 |
19:02 |
17 |
164 |
295 |
869 |
2.05 |
This is what panic looks like |
kos |
10:46 |
18 |
154 |
39 |
825 |
1.63 |
Ohio secretary of state may end Jim Crow voting disparity with uniform early-voting-hours policy |
Meteor Blades |
14:21 |
19 |
147 |
65 |
729 |
1.57 |
I'm sorry, did Brit Hume say things are GETTING ugly? |
8ackgr0und N015e |
22:31 |
20 |
141 |
201 |
424 |
1.77 |
Media beginning to get sad because presidential race has become so 'toxic' |
Hunter |
20:30 |
21 |
133 |
106 |
1070 |
1.50 |
Lawrence O'Donnell uses the "F" word |
Eddie L |
22:55 |
22 |
130 |
101 |
473 |
1.42 |
Confessions of an Aspiring Buddhist |
swellsman |
12:32 |
23 |
124 |
204 |
808 |
1.45 |
Pennsylvania voter ID law upheld, for now |
Adam B |
10:03 |
24 |
118 |
205 |
735 |
1.57 |
Mitt Romney finally admits what's really bothering him |
Jed Lewison |
10:08 |
25 |
116 |
75 |
695 |
1.29 |
Ohio secretary of state sets early voting hours the same for all counties |
Meteor Blades |
17:54 |
26 |
107 |
208 |
524 |
1.44 |
Ann Romney: I have no idea what's in our finances, but I know it's legal, so shut up already |
Kaili Joy Gray |
11:38 |
27 |
99 |
100 |
629 |
1.09 |
President Obama To Hit Romney/Ryan On Medicare Today. |
TomP |
10:58 |
28 |
98 |
13 |
1035 |
1.02 |
Jon Stewart's must-see piece exposing Paul Ryan's sheer hypocrisy |
BruinKid |
08:00 |
29 |
85 |
295 |
628 |
1.32 |
Mitt Romney denies being unhinged, accuses president of fueling 'hatred' based on 'ethnicity' |
Jed Lewison |
09:45 |
30 |
83 |
129 |
351 |
1.08 |
President Obama: 'They want to turn Medicare into a voucher program' |
Jed Lewison |
14:40 |
31 |
82 |
51 |
219 |
0.86 |
Obama Nightly News: the Personal is Political |
blue jersey mom |
21:00 |
32 |
82 |
49 |
585 |
0.90 |
I Thought We Had Settled This. We Haven't. |
cany |
17:13 |
33 |
80 |
96 |
265 |
0.95 |
Biden: 'I guarantee you there will be no changes in Social Security' |
Joan McCarter |
15:20 |
34 |
78 |
340 |
325 |
1.15 |
* NEW DAY * What's the FIRST popular song you remember hearing? |
s m i l e y c r e e k |
10:30 |
35 |
71 |
120 |
291 |
0.93 |
Paul Ryan admits 'We haven't run the numbers' on Romney-Ryan budget plan, but trust him, it's great |
Laura Clawson |
12:39 |
36 |
70 |
44 |
157 |
0.75 |
I’m Going to the Turkish-Syrian Border and the Syrian Refugee Camps There |
InAntalya |
11:44 |
37 |
65 |
86 |
816 |
0.79 |
Gallup Can't Find a Bounce to Save "Private Ryan" |
joelgp |
15:46 |
38 |
65 |
66 |
181 |
0.75 |
The Chronicles of Mitt: Aug 15, 2012 |
Hunter |
21:00 |
39 |
64 |
20 |
382 |
0.67 |
Republicans Will Hate This: California's Anti Voter-Suppression Act. |
jpmassar |
12:13 |
40 |
63 |
73 |
207 |
0.69 |
Woozle Wednesdai |
triciawyse |
14:18 |
41 |
62 |
173 |
320 |
0.95 |
Sarah Palin, John McCain say Joe Biden too mean to be on Democratic ticket |
Hunter |
17:30 |
42 |
59 |
82 |
233 |
0.68 |
The Non-Voters |
Crashing Vor |
10:16 |
43 |
59 |
17 |
234 |
0.62 |
UPDATED: Don't Roof Rack Me, Bro! Devo's new song... |
F r i s b e e t a r i a n |
20:05 |
44 |
59 |
95 |
279 |
0.77 |
Romney says it's wrong to try to get elected, for Pete's sake |
Kaili Joy Gray |
10:50 |
45 |
57 |
82 |
185 |
0.68 |
Romney/Ryan Medicaid cuts don't put off pain for seniors |
Joan McCarter |
13:28 |
46 |
57 |
17 |
193 |
0.61 |
DREAMers Bike Ride in California as New Obama Policy Begins (w/photos) |
Bent Liberal |
10:00 |
47 |
54 |
39 |
349 |
0.60 |
No, This Is NOT a Dave Chappelle Sketch: Leader of Anti-Semitic Party Discovers He's Jewish |
The Troubadour |
21:19 |
48 |
54 |
11 |
219 |
0.57 |
Former ACORN worker's suit against James O'Keefe greenlighted |
xxdr zombiexx |
20:25 |
49 |
54 |
147 |
279 |
0.73 |
Cheers and Jeers: Wednesday |
Bill in Portland Maine |
08:41 |
50 |
51 |
26 |
247 |
0.55 |
Paracosm: The Elaborate, Ongoing Improv Act That Is Republican Politics |
Graf Zeppelin127 |
12:25 |
51 |
50 |
63 |
279 |
0.57 |
British police forces mass to storm Ecuadorian Embassy : Assange under Siege |
bronte17 |
23:33 |
52 |
50 |
131 |
179 |
0.65 |
Paul Ryan, in Congress since he was 28, pretends to be McDonald's-working Everyman |
Laura Clawson |
10:33 |
53 |
49 |
53 |
170 |
0.59 |
Mitt's Medicare madness |
Joan McCarter |
11:39 |
54 |
48 |
88 |
224 |
0.63 |
Mitt tells himself to stop whining |
Jed Lewison |
13:45 |
55 |
48 |
56 |
336 |
0.57 |
Romney Can't Bring Up His Negatives So Will Try To Bring Down Our President's Positives |
HoundDog |
11:03 |
56 |
48 |
38 |
428 |
0.53 |
The Article that Could Change The Trajectory of this election |
Carlo408 |
15:53 |
57 |
47 |
72 |
395 |
0.62 |
John Boehner tries to reassure Republicans nervous about Ryan |
Jed Lewison |
12:06 |
58 |
47 |
47 |
143 |
0.55 |
Florida plans to keep purging voters |
Meteor Blades |
16:35 |
59 |
45 |
19 |
216 |
0.49 |
Poor but not poor enough for Medicaid |
n i n o t h e m i n d b o g g l e r |
14:33 |
60 |
44 |
78 |
242 |
0.61 |
Charts and graphs |
kos |
12:30 |
61 |
44 |
56 |
227 |
0.53 |
A complete history of Paul Ryan's legislative accomplishments |
Hunter |
13:30 |
62 |
42 |
29 |
157 |
0.49 |
Wins in Florida primary get us a step closer to Speaker Pelosi |
Joan McCarter |
18:27 |
63 |
40 |
42 |
126 |
0.42 |
KosAbility: Just when I think I have the hang of this... |
Florida S N M O M |
17:00 |
64 |
40 |
34 |
149 |
0.46 |
It's Tammy Baldwin versus Tommy Thompson in Wisconsin |
Joan McCarter |
17:21 |
65 |
40 |
27 |
582 |
0.45 |
Governor Pat Quinn booed off stage at own Illinois Democratic rally |
Willinois |
16:40 |
66 |
38 |
176 |
62 |
0.41 |
J Town: Got Post? August 15, 2012 |
JanF |
10:00 |
67 |
38 |
161 |
201 |
0.59 |
Open thread for night owls: Paul Ryan spurs excitement within Ayn Rand's creepy fanbase |
Hunter |
23:30 |
68 |
35 |
18 |
189 |
0.38 |
Dear Most White People: When rich white people say "We're taking America back," they don't mean you. |
jbou |
15:11 |
69 |
34 |
45 |
204 |
0.42 |
Olympic memories |
Jen Sorensen |
09:50 |
70 |
34 |
20 |
85 |
0.37 |
Making LGBT History: US Army sees first openly gay general |
Chrislove |
17:29 |
71 |
34 |
16 |
86 |
0.36 |
Marriage equality, religious freedom and kidnapping |
Dave in Northridge |
21:30 |
72 |
33 |
14 |
84 |
0.36 |
Paul Ryan's budget would cost Americans 5 million lost jobs |
Meteor Blades |
20:03 |
73 |
31 |
98 |
219 |
0.46 |
Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: More Ryan reaction (along with that other guy no one likes) |
DemFromCT |
07:44 |
74 |
31 |
46 |
127 |
0.34 |
Top Comments: Copycat Recipe Edition |
Noddy |
22:00 |
75 |
30 |
56 |
150 |
0.36 |
Occupy The Rule of Law: Glenn Greenwald Breaks Down OWS & Why America's Political System Has Failed |
DSWright |
13:07 |
76 |
29 |
49 |
49 |
0.31 |
Overnight News Digest: Voting Rights |
jlms qkw |
23:55 |
77 |
29 |
20 |
166 |
0.31 |
"We're NASA And We Know It" |
Cinnamon |
18:23 |
78 |
29 |
15 |
94 |
0.31 |
Getting to Know Your Solar System (17): Asteroids (Vol. 3) |
Troubadour |
18:09 |
79 |
28 |
42 |
242 |
0.34 |
Calling BS on Ann Romney's Poutrage |
Vita Brevis |
21:47 |
80 |
28 |
9 |
97 |
0.30 |
“Around The World” With Sheldon Adelson |
bobswern |
01:45 |
81 |
28 |
9 |
52 |
0.30 |
Whistleblower Retaliation Creep |
Jesselyn Radack |
08:26 |
82 |
27 |
12 |
161 |
0.30 |
Chuck Schumer calls Paul Ryan out as a deficit fraud |
Laura Clawson |
16:27 |
83 |
26 |
39 |
50 |
0.28 |
Overnight News Digest: "Powerhouse" Edition |
wader |
00:14 |
84 |
26 |
3 |
90 |
0.27 |
Obama: "These jobs aren't a 'Fad,' they're the Future." |
jamess |
00:31 |
85 |
25 |
68 |
37 |
0.27 |
What's Happenin'? 8.15.12 |
joanneleon |
08:30 |
86 |
25 |
30 |
109 |
0.27 |
Update, now with video! So I had Ayn over for coffee this morning, and she said |
Susan from 29 |
21:56 |
87 |
25 |
15 |
95 |
0.28 |
Origins of English: Left and Right |
Ojibwa |
12:44 |
88 |
25 |
13 |
41 |
0.26 |
High Impact Posts: August 14, 2012 |
jotter |
10:15 |
89 |
24 |
68 |
53 |
0.28 |
What Are You Reading? Aug. 15, 2012 |
City Lights Lover |
08:41 |
90 |
24 |
13 |
192 |
0.27 |
Paul Ryan Unloaded His AIG Shares Before Crash of 2008. What a Genius! |
War on Error |
17:33 |
91 |
23 |
122 |
63 |
0.27 |
Bookflurries-Bookchat: Books Like Fine Wine |
cfk |
20:00 |
92 |
23 |
39 |
93 |
0.26 |
Why this white male loner won't go on a shooting rampage. |
d e t r o i t m e c h w o r k s |
21:06 |
93 |
23 |
26 |
202 |
0.28 |
The Paul Ryan "bounce": +1% |
blue aardvark |
10:57 |
94 |
23 |
12 |
121 |
0.26 |
Joe Biden Opens Mouth, Tells Truth |
Grizzard |
14:18 |
95 |
23 |
10 |
94 |
0.25 |
The Writers' Wall of Fame |
rturner229 |
00:20 |
96 |
22 |
14 |
130 |
0.26 |
Romney Pulls "The Angry Black Man" Card On President Obama |
k e e p e m h o n e s t |
07:53 |
97 |
22 |
13 |
92 |
0.24 |
"Put troops on the border and start shootin." ~ Joe the Plumber |
Mother Mags |
13:16 |
98 |
22 |
7 |
82 |
0.23 |
The Irony Burns! Paul Ryan Inc. Built the Roads That "Didn't Build That" |
eXtina |
08:13 |
99 |
21 |
15 |
99 |
0.22 |
Drive-by bigot Mitt Romney calls kettle black |
Jon Perr aka Avenging Angel |
08:00 |
100 |
21 |
9 |
74 |
0.23 |
NYT's Resident Conservative Douthat: 'Moderates Should Like Paul Ryan' |
Mets102 |
17:36 |
101 |
21 |
5 |
105 |
0.23 |
"Paul Ryan Not Courageous But Cruel," Says Katrina Vanden Heuvel |
HoundDog |
12:36 |
102 |
20 |
30 |
75 |
0.22 |
The greatest "swag" of all |
liberated spaces |
16:29 |
103 |
20 |
20 |
200 |
0.24 |
Swiftboat, Chapter 2? This Ain't 2004 |
Denver11 |
00:22 |
104 |
20 |
16 |
288 |
0.23 |
We manufacture those, by the way |
tytalus |
13:53 |
105 |
20 |
16 |
43 |
0.21 |
August Sunsets |
D i o g e n e s 2 0 0 8 |
22:34 |
106 |
20 |
10 |
197 |
0.22 |
Please Help Me. I'm Desperate. It Won't Cost You a Dime |
Yosef 52 |
20:34 |
107 |
20 |
9 |
133 |
0.22 |
Best Job in the USA |
ksuwildkat |
20:33 |
108 |
20 |
5 |
70 |
0.22 |
Climate Change & Health: Dramatic Rise in W. Nile Virus |
boatsie |
08:01 |
109 |
19 |
130 |
36 |
0.20 |
The Daily Bucket - the writing's on the web |
Polly Syllabic |
12:00 |
110 |
19 |
44 |
96 |
0.29 |
Republican Lingle promotes her candidacy with photo of her and President Obama |
Joan McCarter |
22:30 |
111 |
19 |
35 |
297 |
0.25 |
Bounce? What bounce? Paul Ryan polls poorly, in Quayle territory |
DemFromCT |
16:38 |
112 |
19 |
25 |
230 |
0.25 |
Welcome to Swiftboating, 2012 |
Jack K |
00:15 |
113 |
19 |
4 |
71 |
0.20 |
Arch applies for permit to mine 1.5 BILLION TONS of Coal as more are arrested in Helena |
Lefty Coaster |
01:23 |
114 |
18 |
80 |
359 |
0.29 |
Report of shooting at Family Research Council D.C. Office |
left rev |
16:22 |
115 |
18 |
62 |
215 |
0.31 |
John McCain: Obama dumping Biden "would be wise" |
blue aardvark |
17:36 |
116 |
18 |
55 |
124 |
0.28 |
CONTEST: Need Anti-ROMNEY Bumper Sticker Slogans!! (+ a few 2 get U started) |
Ismay |
20:46 |
117 |
18 |
41 |
156 |
0.28 |
Today We Are All Family Research Council Members |
Ian Reifowitz |
23:06 |
118 |
18 |
22 |
138 |
0.21 |
Unlikely and Unregistered Voters Favor President Obama By Large Margins |
HoundDog |
15:34 |
119 |
17 |
29 |
70 |
0.19 |
Unfinished Business in Wisconsin |
ruleoflaw |
22:47 |
120 |
17 |
22 |
30 |
0.18 |
The Evening Blues - 8-15-12 |
joe shikspack |
19:00 |
121 |
17 |
17 |
106 |
0.20 |
Paul Ryan: Catholic When Convenient |
Kazmarov |
19:04 |
122 |
17 |
8 |
155 |
0.19 |
I Finally Figured Out What Bugs Me The Most About Grover Norquist |
Are They Serious |
13:02 |
123 |
17 |
7 |
51 |
0.18 |
Arch applies for permit to mine 1.5 BILLION TONS of Coal as more are arrested in Helena |
Lefty Coaster |
10:50 |
124 |
17 |
5 |
56 |
0.18 |
Whitmer Calls for Further Investigation of Bolger Election Fraud |
Gretchen Whitmer |
15:54 |
125 |
17 |
1 |
66 |
0.18 |
Why the Dominant Narrative on Contraception Undermines Young People |
RH Reality Check |
15:03 |
126 |
16 |
52 |
172 |
0.24 |
Artur Davis Says African Americans are Offended by VP Biden's 'Chains' Remark |
eXtina |
21:56 |
127 |
16 |
37 |
259 |
0.27 |
The real serious smearing of Obama is about to start |
According to Fish |
14:59 |
128 |
16 |
31 |
89 |
0.20 |
Biden's "Chains" of Slavery: Who Would Have Guessed That Mitt Romney is a Closet Black Nationalist? |
c h a u n c e y d e v e g a |
15:26 |
129 |
16 |
24 |
152 |
0.19 |
AZ won't honor Obama's work visas for young undocumented |
Desert Rose |
20:52 |
130 |
16 |
23 |
266 |
0.22 |
Shooting at FRC in Washington |
Joe Engineer |
14:04 |
131 |
16 |
15 |
159 |
0.19 |
Mitt Fashionably Late for Lunch(eon) |
Steeler Grrl |
17:54 |
132 |
16 |
9 |
138 |
0.18 |
WI Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch (R) asks, "What's in the water?" |
Downstate Democrat |
11:51 |
133 |
16 |
9 |
113 |
0.18 |
A Breakdown of the $700 billion number |
Rolandz |
19:27 |
134 |
15 |
39 |
32 |
0.18 |
GUS: Happy 100th Birthday, Julia!!! |
gchaucer2 |
07:00 |
135 |
15 |
36 |
38 |
0.16 |
GUS: Open diary with critters |
Frugal Granny |
19:00 |
136 |
15 |
16 |
235 |
0.18 |
Paul Ryan’s Missing Children and Mitt Romney’s Forbidden Grandchildren |
RH Reality Check |
14:55 |
137 |
15 |
7 |
114 |
0.17 |
Janet Jenkins files RICO suit alleging Falwell ministries helped former partner flee country |
Christian Dem in NC |
17:28 |
138 |
15 |
5 |
38 |
0.16 |
Women in Science: Annie Jump Cannon 1863-1941 |
Desert Scientist |
14:41 |
139 |
15 |
3 |
142 |
0.16 |
(ALERT) Tree Climbers: Delaware Couple Arrested for Multiple Rapes of Two Young Girls (11, 13) |
Roxine |
09:03 |
140 |
13 |
78 |
356 |
0.27 |
Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Tarkanian accuses black opponent of 'pretending to be black' |
David Nir |
08:00 |
141 |
13 |
32 |
172 |
0.19 |
My brother is standing on a cliff... |
Southern Hope |
13:31 |
142 |
11 |
58 |
123 |
0.26 |
Midday open thread |
Meteor Blades |
15:15 |
143 |
11 |
20 |
238 |
0.16 |
FiveThirtyEight: Ryan "Bounce" Modest to Say the Least |
Matthew D Jones |
23:10 |
144 |
10 |
44 |
234 |
0.21 |
Don't underestimate what Romney is doing |
Gideon |
12:43 |
145 |
10 |
35 |
82 |
0.17 |
Viral campaign videos |
Brian Mc Fadden |
17:50 |
146 |
9 |
62 |
160 |
0.19 |
WHERE THE HELL IS THE MEDICARE COUNTER-ATTACK? |
Captain America |
08:45 |
147 |
4 |
36 |
431 |
0.16 |
Could this be Obama's Swift Boat? |
squeakrad |
01:26 |
148 |
3 |
314 |
232 |
0.39 |
Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 8/15 |
David Nir |
10:30 |
149 |
3 |
81 |
207 |
0.21 |
Is the Obama Campaign short on money? |
Jacoby Jonze |
10:12 |
150 |
2 |
53 |
151 |
0.18 |
Joe Biden could have used better language |
quaoar |
14:37 |