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High Impact Diaries - May 13, 2008

Wed May 14, 2008 at 06:20:35 AM PDT

Welcome to psionotic (uid 163405) who registered at 2008-05-14 02:16:14 EDT, the most recent of 121 in the preceding 24 hours.

Yesterday 411 Kogs posted 411 diaries of which 393 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 4239 recommending readers and viewed by 11997; 213 diaries were recommended by 10 or more readers, 81 by 30 or more, and 20 by 100 or more.  Commenters (3919) visited 407 diaries; 272 had 10 or more commenters, 94 had 30 or more, and 17 had 100 or more.

Impact statistics from all 411 diaries.
min = 0.00, median = 0.161, average = 0.43, max = 14.04, total =  175.4 bharns
r50 = 17 (at 2.08 bharns)

Recommendations and comments were collected Wed May 14 06:10:22 2008 EDT; diaries posted less than 24 hours before that remained open for recommendation at that time.  

Links to on site search for yesterday, a year ago, and the last 6 hours are also included.

2008-05-13 00:00:56 - 2008-05-13 23:55:19
DailyKos diaries = 411;  411 per day; 17.1 per hour
Active Kogs: 5973 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)
Lurkers: 6131 (only view diaries)

Kogs whocommentrecommendwrite a diaryview a diaryCRW onlyCRWV onlyall
comment391922163763861152419197
recommend221642392014154201949197
write37620141140631 197
view3861415440611997 6131197

Diaries
diaries with >=011030100
recommendations4113932138120
commentators4114072729417
connections41139335017127
views411411411394279

Diaries with date of publication not same as sid date: 0

Impact statistics from all 411 diaries.
min = 0.00, median = 0.161, average = 0.43, max = 14.04, total =  175.4 bharns
r50 = 17 (at 2.08 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 22078
Maximum possible such pairs: 5973 x 411 = 2454903
Network Density (observed/possible):  0.899%
Average degree (links/user) = 22078/5973 = 3.696

tags: approved|workspace|cleanup|quickjobs|search|tag guidelines
Number of distinct tags: 84061
Number of tag size classes: 739
Most often used tag: George W. Bush (29678 diaries)
Singleton tags: 51265 (attached to only one diary)
Orphaned tags: 370 (attached to deleted diaries)
n50: 272 (number of tags accounting for 50% of tagged diaries)
r50: 638 (number of diaries tagged by the tag just exceeding the n50 level)

  • Up to 150 diaries, those with impact > 0.15, are shown below.
  • The diaries are sorted by number of recommendations (nrec); those in bold were on the front page recommended list.
  • The TableTools extension for the Firefox browser allows you to sort by any column.
  • For a more complete description of the lists and statistics see this diary.

ranknrecncomtatorscnxviewersimpactDiaryAuthorEDT
113144772741475850514.04We Should Use This Photo. Every. Single. Day.Not Brit00:36
262151424477436316.86Unrecommend This Thread!slinkerwink07:04
357054324273933146.38Conyers Threatens Bush with IMPEACHMENT in Letter over Iranmarkthshark06:59
456753824875949296.43Dear Keith Olbermann & Superdelegates: Hillary Failed in West Virginiakubla00021:01
552360123465434765.78Hard to talk about, even worse to ignore.droogie665532111:54
650435017561222025.52Boeing, the Bush Administration and Senator McCainGovernor Chris Gregoire14:31
750335418860433265.49We need another attack - Rumsfeldoccams hatchet18:32
848021511455027745.16BREAKING: 20th Hijacker Charges Dropped Due to TortureIsraelHand00:41
942465642370921295.29I had a baby this morning (MORE UPDATES)ipsos08:19
1038218411245924714.17Daily Superdelegate Open Thread #2:  O+4  C 0SneakySnu12:48
1135916210341926073.88Obama still leads under Republican rules! [UPDATED]SLKRR00:18
123361177536412953.55Hillary Clinton. Sweatshops. Abramoff. She has not been vetted!dengre22:24
1328531415139545263.27Unbreaking: Obama accepts W. Virginia vote, suspends campaignJedReport16:52
1428430610835226813.13BREAKING: WVWV sows fresh confusion in WV and KY (updateX2)ProgressiveSouth13:23
1527644617138715293.18West Virginia "I Voted" Open Thread (w/UPDATE)dansac06:52
1626040115337823993.04Updated: SUSA & PPP "Hard-Working White" Oregon is Solid Obama CountrySteven R13:57
17197196832144622.08IGTNT: "Dear son, I know you are with your father..."joyful19:54
181961084821614392.08Obama Volunteer WV Food Bomb ~ Yes We Did! (Wheeling pics!)Buckeye BattleCry19:16
191801735719620441.91Not. One. Dime.Larry Kissell10:14
20130925316313441.44College Democrats Superdelegates Lauren & Awais Endorse..OBAMA [2x]ArthurPoet23:36
219527221042801.01Inside my husband, Scott Kleeb's, race for the US Senatejanefleming02:32
2293189741428071.11Clinton loses a pledged delegate from MarylandTrue Independent02:29
2375116601134860.89"They Shoot Horses, Don't They?"  UpdatedGranny Doc22:31
24711312752360.75Rumsfeld [2006]: We Need a Terrorist AttackDanK Is Back17:12
25683628751870.72No, It Wasn't An Act: John Edwards' Drive To Eliminate Povertydday16:40
266421424701550.68Send WV volunteers some love-Food Bomb IIINinepatch15:06
27632221692910.67Math and Magic Numbers on West Virginia's Primary DayPocketNines16:44
28626943842560.71I don't ask much, and I don't ask often.  But please...LarsThorwald10:50
29587852975260.72Carville: Obama is likely to win nominationdmsilev10:42
30529913561400.55Send WV volunteers some love-Food Bomb IIIGN192713:00
31523016541180.54Racing against time to survive another day (Updated)koNko13:08
32512814551400.54Senate to Bush: You Can't Destroy Our Hospitals!TheFatLadySings08:10
33504426622740.55Barack Obama Speaking In Louisville, Kentucky May 12, 2008. A James Pence Youtube Video.HillbillyReport08:35
34497129652950.55Disinformation at Dkos: Gov. Gregoire and the Air Force Boeing DealWindowdog17:30
35486620591630.53Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) for Bees now in GermanyTranslator20:49
36474530591200.52UPDATED: Commander Guy Speaks to Ultimate Wartime SacrificeBrandon Friedman22:03
37474318561850.51Walkabout #23: Felines & FenestrationStranded Wind15:16
384617632572940.51Stop with the !#@#@!$ Joe Biden diaries already.JeffLieber22:46
39465229602070.52God I feel LowHIsoldier04:34
40465117531200.50VA Hospital in Richmond Can't Afford Socks for VetsDems200418:51
41461512501940.49Stop the arrests of journalists in Maricopa Countyjoshkilroy13:20
42457033602730.51"There Ain't No N-Word God": A Coal Miner's Son Reflects on WVgreywolfe35901:18
434410433601810.50Books by Kossackssarahnity20:07
44446340694070.53On the Ground in Martingsburg, WV [updated with pics]democrattotheend08:05
45442320541810.48Looks like Rove Right at Heart of Military Analyst Propagandaatrexler12:18
46439044722850.54We’re Not All Ignorant Here in WVwv voice of reason19:52
4742161646720.45High Impact Diaries - May 12, 2008jotter09:51
48421614471360.45Leadership in the Face of RacismBooMan2311:45
4941472148990.44Top Comments: 5/13/08 NNSL/Meetup Editionbrillig21:59
50408550825880.56We Love U Keith OlbermannHail To the Chimp21:41
5140511642590.42Overnight News Digestek hornbeck23:54
52401913452030.43The brain surgeon who jumped the fence to Harvardroute6617:22
53394523543510.45As If One Hateful Anti-Obama Email Forward Wasn't Enough...OrangeClouds11510:20
54389740594440.46It's Working !edscan12:59
55386738674790.49This Guy Is Not Welcome In My Democratic Partytxjenny10:13
56372522482140.41KLEEB WINS!!!!!!!!!!!!Delaware Dem22:46
573622031581600.44OR-Sen Candidate Merkley Leads in New Pollsarahlane12:56
583614263906430.57"I Will NEVER Vote For That %@#ing Muslim"karateexplosions13:50
59367925492140.41Louisiana Is A City That Is Largely Underwaterwebranding12:17
60366130584180.44From Huntington, WV Obama Headquarters....desiunion23:51
61364531645820.46Sarah Kovner, major Clinton supporter switchs to ObamaPaulinSF16:50
62364021532520.42National Lawyers Guild Calls For Special Prosecutor to Investigate Bush Administration OfficialsCode Breaker14:00
63363731658780.47STUNNING DEVELOPMENT CLINTON LOSES FIRST PLEDGED DELEGATEgrantcart05:56
64362913401250.38Forgive me if I don't think about WV todayzenbowl09:18
6536291138860.38Hear Rick Noriega (TX-Sen) LIVE, and help retire John Cornynclammyc12:07
66361410453620.40WVGazette endorses - Obama!1BQ13:20
67353922481560.40Bush's wartime sacrificecalipygian18:52
683428212214515700.81Breaking: West Virginia Exit PollsBradF17:20
6934162811045660.62People Need to Seriously Shut the F*ck Up about West Virginiabillysumday14:57
70349952754690.49Tonight I heard "unrealistic speak"...icebergslim21:30
71345128503140.40I cannot resist this:  Hillary Clinton's Sunset Boulevardteacherken22:42
72334019441910.37Gangster-Rabbi & Gayish Priest Plot With Satan In Hagee Film!~Troutfishing18:06
73331814401710.36GOP Pal Employer Going Scot Free as Largest Ever ICE Raid Nets over 390 Illegal Immigrants and SweepDee32118:20
74327232553540.40What Joe Trippi Wishes He Told Edwardsdawnt19:41
75323513381340.35Yoo: DOJ will not enforce U.S. laws against torturetahoebasha216:58
7632311742800.36Spring Birding Migration #4: Cape May, NJ - Updated with more snake photosDcoronata18:34
7732241439710.35Zen and the art of earth maintenanceDWG15:25
78319438594440.41"Hang that darky from a tree"The Termite13:53
79316943703510.46VP Poll: Clinton v. StricklandThe Field14:30
803110934620.33Have A Great Day! (18 Veterans Will Kill Themselves Today.)jamesboyce10:37
81301610373430.33The Obama campaign's electability memoislandinthesun17:58
82294628463880.35NE-SEN: Bowers calls it for Kleeb over Raimondo!!pontificator21:41
83293218381070.33Violent Rhetoric Watch: McCain, Nugent To Speak At Same EventJeffrey Feldman14:26
84289638581910.39Demographic Tuesday - Obama's Vice President EditionDrSteveB09:20
85285137563400.38My college friend of 16 years is a closet racist.AntonBursch04:02
8628271335730.31Action Alert: Voter ID laws threaten democracy (NYT Op-Ed)Sally in SF18:45
87282419412260.33GOP Tested Anti-Obama Strategy in MS-01 and Lost AgainEngine 0822:55
88274424402400.32Obama Lose-a-Thon -- Donate now!FreedomRider20:45
89272114361530.31What is Green and Full of Worms?Overseas17:03
902776281090.28Which Side Are You On?gjohnsit21:49
91264817342800.29Nebraska Pres. Primary open thread (w/poll) Update x 4Nebraska Outsider18:44
92263926431970.32MS-01: Republicans PessimisticRandySF09:50
93262015321150.29Help On The Way? Democrats Abroad Are Fired Up And Ready To GoNew Sweden02:53
94261914342280.29Photo Diary: WV Field Offices for Obamamerrinc11:24
952614928480.27Black History: ReconstructionStormBear11:07
96269728560.27Winter Soldier '71, Winter Soldier '08 Testimony, Congress May 15thjimstaro17:30
97265528560.27Drug Wars VIIIForgiven08:03
98255231527470.35Obama picks 2 more pledged delegates in OHkarpaty lviv16:09
9925161329590.27I'm John McCain, and I offer more of the same.Eternal Hope14:46
100249247665640.40Obama in Oregon - 55% to Hillary's 35% - 20 point BLOWOUT!Shane Hensinger17:31
101247541572280.37Why we need Kathleen Sebelius as VPJohnnyCougar01:20
102243328473680.32New Oregon Poll: Obama Overtakes Clinton With WomenDJShay09:32
1032417927580.26Obama and Bloggers on Halfway McCain's Global Warming conceptsA Siegel17:14
104241410281600.26Ted Belman and the anti-Obama Smear Machinejik11:58
105235913281450.25Action Alert!  Calling all Pooties & Friends!  Pet Lovers Unite! (FDA and Pet Food Testingfatherofdragonwagon12:57
106235024401730.29CNN Goes Nuts For CoalThe Cunctator19:05
107234329451830.31Hummer Ads - A Trip Down Memory Lane at $4 a Gallon +pollCheeseMoose13:29
108233626485640.32James Carville calls it for Obama, will send a check174winchell13:29
109232921384630.29Obama is out to destroy AmericaStroszek11:09
110231914321870.26John McCain won 1 percent of the Caucus Vote in West Virginiacscmm08:49
111239826710.25Earthquake updatesplatypus21:58
112227927371110.28Netroots Nation: Roll Call & A Suggestion for Organizerssrkp2320:47
113211918910110110.56Obama drops hint:  Obama-Sebelius?Cat Servant15:02
1142115056704930.41Webb "not really interested" in VP slotCrisitunity17:43
115216222391700.28Beautiful West Virginiaseabrook20:24
116211610282080.24New York Loses Another Source of InformationEddie C00:00
1172024184988890.54What DailyKos folks don't getAbarnes300:02
118205832452150.29McCain's Jewish Problemdavid mizner17:47
119204634474450.30Pledeged Delegate Switches....To ObamaSardaukar09:54
120196942523220.32I Just Can't Take This Shit Any Longerrogereaton22:41
121192117324160.24Scathing -- This Is an Ex-Candidate!taonow22:27
12218544146930.29TTD Redux: What's The Price of Gas Where You Live?The Centerfielder09:39
1231720652628810.36West Virginia Entrance Polls Spell Trouble For ObamaStranahan11:47
124176028383200.25Obama Depicted as Curious George T-Shirtmwchicago0422:07
125175538492800.30Godd****t Hillary, shut up about the 'swing states'fizziks23:18
126175134478990.29USAToday/Gallup: Obama 20% lead NationalCanadian4Obama12:31
127172621352300.24An Example of the Racism We Can Expect Against Obamafilmgeek8320:44
1281611235446010.27Keith Olbermann! Your Fellow Kossacks Will Ride to Your Rescue!CityLightsLover07:37
1291611048594050.34On Why I No Longer Discuss Politics At HomeGemina1315:52
130168260665670.37I just don't want black people running the country.TC MITS14:27
131166239534310.31Pledged Delegate Switches: From HC to BO!Searching for Pericles11:35
132163127423910.26MSNBC: "Racism alarms Obama backers!"Abacab09:11
133146534475610.27Obama's war room needs to get ready to fight back tonight!bhouston7918:21
134145637457450.26Clinton embarrassed by win in WV???Mark Warner is God10:52
135145228392740.24Can I Say Something About West Virgina ?WeBetterWinThisTime16:51
1361312364723770.39Ignore the WV results and we lose in November (Updated)maple leaf15:05
137125738433430.25McAuliffe = WATBgreendem14:12
138112901301378460.72Obama Lost EVERY Category in West Virginia??The Baculum King22:12
13996040455530.25Senator Clinton Proposes Adding New State to Primary Calendargobacktotexas11:51
140811367715620.38Obama said something that is not truetamandua07:30
141710642451650.24WV Special: Your Favorite Country Stars (w/ poll)frankzappatista18:42
142621792965080.50What West Virginia Tells Us About Obama In NovemberAustinitis21:55
14357043454370.24Politico's Ben Smith Thinks Obama, Supporters Hate W.V.njdem0811:57
14455645473500.25"I'll never vote for a black"Paleo06:54
145417667695590.36Superdelegate Rahall Ignores Will of the PeopleFischFry19:57
146410153574640.3080-20 in WV Predict the Clintonsbroui12:45
147323091944030.49Our letter to Daily KOS and the Democratic Party...RickyMonet02:01
148317796977290.50Obama's 47 (and falling) state strategyBarry in MIA19:47
149314657583260.30Sebeluis is a bad VP choiceBlueStateLiberal09:39
15026850514670.27I'm so damned depressed {Updated}wanakee23:06

Impact total:  146.3

 rank - Order based on number of recommendations.
 nrec - Number of recommendations
 ncom - Number of comments
 tator - Number of commenters or commenTators (ow, ... sorry, I know).
 cnx - Number of connections, which is the total of commenters and recommenders, without duplication.
 impact - Calculated currently using nrec and cnx
 Diary - A hyperlink to the Daily Kos diary displaying the title.
 Author - Hyperlink to the diary authors Daily Kos home page.
 Time - Post time shown as time of day for daily lists and date for weekly posts.

NB: Some diaries on this list were still open for recommendation at the time it was compiled.

Please bring any errors to my attention -- jotter

Bonus Feature: One Year Ago In Daily Kos

2007-05-14 00:21:17 - 2007-05-14 23:56:04
DailyKos diaries = 235;  235 per day;  9.8 per hour
Active Kogs: 3475 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)

Kogs whocommentrecommendwrite a diaryonlyall
comment2221127720982388
recommend1277250588122888
write209882352688

Diaries
diaries with >=011030100
recommendations2352261124215
commentators235232133448
connections2352261787220

Diaries with date of publication not same as sid date: 13

Impact statistics from all 235 diaries.
min = 0.00, median = 0.131, average = 0.35, max = 7.28, total =   82.4 bharns
r50 = 13 (at 1.36 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 10139
Maximum possible such pairs: 3475 x 235 = 816625
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.242%
Average degree (links/user) = 10139/3475 = 2.918

ranknrecncomtatorscnximpactDiaryAuthorEDT
16942351197317.28The McCain/Bush Corruption Cover-Updengre01:49
24764832896645.48Note to CBS: It's Katie, not "a woman" who we dislikeclammyc15:45
33991971344794.35The Loserblueness06:35
43422371384343.80The Negroes Are Stealing The Votes! A Fox News Alert!trifecta20:12
53385471533893.64JRE's Journey: Edwards Goes Leftdavid mizner12:02
6237181812872.59USAgate & Scars of Bush/Gore 2000: Follow the "Election Fraud" in Battleground StatesJesselyn Radack07:47
7198102562292.13No Warning Sirens During Cheney VisitOlds8821:26
8194152842472.16Site traffic: sitemeter vs active Kogsjotter09:30
9176265722121.92THE SECRET DEAL: Fair Trade Populists Go On the Offensivedavidsirota10:38
10169166802121.87We are very stupid: Introducing BC/BS of Thailandnyceve07:49

Double Bonus Election Year Bonanza Feature: One Election Cycle Ago in Daily Kos

2006-05-13 00:03:04 - 2006-05-13 23:50:42
DailyKos diaries = 208;  208 per day;  8.7 per hour
Active Kogs: 2513 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)

Kogs whocommentrecommendwrite a diaryonlyall
comment165485417771390
recommend85416869382990
write177932072790

Diaries
diaries with >=011030100
recommendations208197912713
commentators20820395235
connections2081971494616

Diaries with date of publication not same as sid date: 0

Impact statistics from all 208 diaries.
min = 0.00, median = 0.108, average = 0.26, max = 3.57, total =   54.3 bharns
r50 = 13 (at 1.16 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 6892
Maximum possible such pairs: 2513 x 207 = 520191
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.325%
Average degree (links/user) = 6892/2513 = 2.743

ranknrecncomtatorscnximpactDiaryAuthorEDT
13292041073893.57Fitzgerald Collecting Cheney's Smoking Gunsemptywheel13:33
2270108623132.91Bush Retaliates Against Qwest For Saying No To SpyingPatriot Daily News Clearinghouse14:22
32356792664553.16Truthout reporting Karl Rove HAS BEEN INDICTED.Scout Finch17:26
42145852373802.75Question about 50 State Strategyedsall11:22
518496562091.97Conspiracy Theory Becomes Realitynowheredesign12:21
6183115692312.03Frank Rich: BUSHCO, NOT PRESS, ARE TRAITORS ! [UPDATED]seesdifferent16:17
716955361861.80Government of the People Shall Not PerishLondonYank05:19
8156108561911.71Raw editor clarifies Iran: Concern, not imminent strikerawstory12:16
9111147831781.36Molly Ivins. Head. Nail (and she reads Kos!) UPDATE/pollMA Liberal16:58
101013311161891.33Alternative Energies: Wind powerJerome a Paris08:08

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