High Impact Diaries - May 5, 2008

Welcome to Superswede (uid 162408) who registered at 2008-05-06 04:21:41 EDT, the most recent of 83 in the preceding 24 hours.

Yesterday 425 Kogs posted 425 diaries of which 397 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 3744 recommending readers and viewed by 10926; 199 diaries were recommended by 10 or more readers, 81 by 30 or more, and 25 by 100 or more.  Commenters (3394) visited 421 diaries; 271 had 10 or more commenters, 94 had 30 or more, and 12 had 100 or more.

Impact statistics from all 425 diaries.
min = 0.00, median = 0.150, average = 0.37, max = 7.91, total =  158.9 bharns
r50 = 23 (at 1.44 bharns)

Recommendations and comments were collected Tue May  6 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.

2008-05-05 00:00:11 - 2008-05-05 23:59:26
DailyKos diaries = 425;  425 per day; 17.7 per hour
Active Kogs: 5274 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)
Lurkers: 5749 (only view diaries)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a diary	view a diary	CRW only	CRWV only	all
comment	3394	1912	374	3346	1279	14	171
recommend	1912	3744	174	3661	1829	49	171
write	374	174	425	424	48		171
view	3346	3661	424	10926		5749	171

Diaries

diaries with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	425	397	199	81	25
commentators	425	421	271	94	12
connections	425	397	345	168	30
views	425	425	424	410	294

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

Impact statistics from all 425 diaries.
min = 0.00, median = 0.150, average = 0.37, max = 7.91, total =  158.9 bharns
r50 = 23 (at 1.44 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 20009
Maximum possible such pairs: 5274 x 425 = 2241450
Network Density (observed/possible):  0.893%
Average degree (links/user) = 20009/5274 = 3.794

tags: approved|workspace|cleanup|quickjobs|search|tag guidelines
Number of distinct tags: 82431
Number of tag size classes: 733
Most often used tag: George W. Bush (29586 diaries)
Singleton tags: 50079 (attached to only one diary)
Orphaned tags: 389 (attached to deleted diaries)
n50: 273 (number of tags accounting for 50% of tagged diaries)
r50: 630 (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.

rank	nrec	ncom	tators	cnx	viewers	impact	Diary	Author	EDT
1	715	587	286	894	3999	7.91	Scott Ritter - "virtual guarantee" of Iran strike	Inky99	02:44
2	631	351	141	722	6580	6.78	Breaking: A State With a Population of 6.3 Million Can't Have 5.4 Million Registered Voters	dedmonds	14:22
3	586	140	103	625	3476	6.17	CONFIDENTIAL/URGENT POLITICAL PROPOSAL	Matt Stoller	13:56
4	533	456	260	713	3792	6.04	I am an angry Republican in Indiana	Allenfire	20:13
5	426	241	115	497	2915	4.61	Hillary Failed to disclose $24 Million of Bill's Income	FishOutofWater	22:10
6	389	243	127	468	3742	4.25	Obama will get at least 5 superdelegates today	Oreo	12:56
7	382	163	78	418	2681	4.05	BREAKING (Updated x3 w/response to PageGardner): Robocalling WVWV lied to NC officials	jakester	14:58
8	339	204	118	402	1404	3.68	painting your party into a corner	kid oakland	23:59
9	317	511	84	341	1238	3.35	Food bomb! for Obama IN and NC staffers-Help feed the crew	highacidity	15:55
10	316	200	125	408	3531	3.53	UPDATED: OBAMA +5 Gallup, +6 superdelegates, 1.5 million donors - Cinco Celebration	BoBo2020	13:39
11	292	288	161	418	3272	3.40	Limbaugh calls for Hoosiers to break law	poblano	18:29
12	273	112	67	306	1317	2.92	UPDATED: Another Iraq vet suicide--this one witnessed by his mom	GregMitch	11:12
13	269	299	102	328	1836	2.95	Mrs. Clinton, Is THIS what you meant by 'Obliterate' Iran ?	Troutfishing	09:03
14	216	468	119	270	2106	2.39	OK Early Middle Agers:  What is It?	gchaucer2	18:34
15	203	75	43	213	652	2.13	Iraq and Afghanistan vet suicides may EXCEED combat deaths	dday	22:51
16	197	163	81	245	1775	2.17	Breaking: Texas is In Play! New Poll within 4% Senate & 5% President	Steven R	11:20
17	188	260	108	274	3089	2.20	BREAKING: 1 million REGISTRATIONS purged in IN !	TheOpinionGuy	13:33
18	185	133	70	227	1969	2.03	Another Obama Superdelegate: Kalyn Free	mole333	06:53
19	184	228	76	201	454	1.95	IGTNT: "My kids will probably serve over here."	blue jersey mom	21:50
20	181	141	59	222	1437	1.99	Indiana: Anti-Obama robocalls from Republican front group	JedReport	21:28
21	181	107	69	221	1639	1.99	NC Voter - I'm All Choked Up	tarheelgirl	23:38
22	138	83	32	154	521	1.47	ID-SEN: Hold me accountable!	Larry LaRocco	16:02
23	137	83	33	153	549	1.46	LIVEBLOG! Obama phone bankers Mon. Open Thread	Seneca Doane	17:22
24	135	68	34	146	515	1.43	Lawrence Lessig to Give Netroots Nation Keynote	Netroots Nation	14:12
25	134	65	49	154	559	1.44	Cornyn (Sen-TX) only up 4 points against netroots hero Noriega!	Ajax the Greater	10:55
26	98	148	55	125	319	1.09	Countdown to $200 oil (3) - no gas tax needed	Jerome a Paris	16:31
27	71	171	80	133	848	0.94	Hillary Clinton is Insane.	Delaware Dem	16:25
28	66	50	41	92	488	0.76	VIDEO (w/poll!): Olbermann summarizes Clinton's ever-moving goalposts	pinback	21:53
29	59	263	63	104	598	0.76	Liveblog: Large Crowd for Barack Obama in Indianapolis	shawnyQ	21:11
30	57	63	40	85	493	0.67	[UPDATE 3x W/Transcript]:  CNN declares "Rev. Wright FREE ZONE"  [ACTION ITEM]	RhymesWithUrple	08:48
31	55	57	24	62	131	0.59	The republican war on voting rights	clammyc	20:15
32	53	96	27	61	157	0.57	Top Comments 5.5.08 Primary-Free Port before the Storm	va dare	22:11
33	51	34	23	69	493	0.58	The Obama's surprise visit to Elkhart	Deoliver47	08:06
34	50	29	15	53	211	0.53	Heroes save baby!!!! :) (video)	kestrel9000	10:08
35	48	112	66	103	746	0.69	Turn off "Hardball"!  Now!	Jack Dublin	17:22
36	47	43	25	61	195	0.53	How Hillary Lost This Black Vote (And Maybe Many Others)	blitzburgh64	00:53
37	47	34	27	66	412	0.54	Obama Voted for the Gas Tax Holiday in Illinois	Vyan	16:01
38	47	25	16	52	172	0.50	All I can do is tell you my story	bsmcneil	12:04
39	47	20	17	52	119	0.50	Mildred Loving: RIP	filmgeek83	10:34
40	45	84	34	58	174	0.50	(flightless fowl)	JeffLieber	19:24
41	45	31	18	47	120	0.47	A Fighting Kossack Is Crashing The Gate And Running For Office!	djtyg	21:58
42	45	15	10	47	106	0.47	High Impact Diaries - May 4, 2008	jotter	09:58
43	44	94	37	72	409	0.54	Final NC delegate prediction: Obama 63, Clinton 52	PsiFighter37	18:22
44	43	233	71	97	616	0.63	John and Elizabeth Edwards will not Endorse.	TomP	19:49
45	42	13	12	45	339	0.44	I Am SOOO Bummed	cdholds	00:20
46	41	22	11	48	93	0.44	Psychologist "Swat Team" Serves Bush's Torture Gulag	Valtin	22:53
47	40	29	22	55	721	0.46	Two Clinton superdelegates waver.  (UPDATE with another waverer.)	Nuisance Industry	10:59
48	40	22	18	50	178	0.44	A look into a different world: Republican primary maps	Meng Bomin	16:11
49	38	180	36	53	168	0.44	Pooties and Other Therapy	jlms qkw	18:42
50	38	37	16	43	64	0.41	Grassroots Takes On Pesticide Industry --- And Wins Some	Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse	22:00
51	38	26	13	43	117	0.41	The occupation is the mistake that keeps on taking	teacherken	05:15
52	37	84	43	64	401	0.47	Things Barack Obama Needs to STOP Doing if He Wants To Be President	Muzikal203	15:15
53	37	28	19	49	255	0.42	HRC's Black Vote Problem:  Someone in the Media (Salon) Gets It	EntrWriter	00:50
54	37	26	23	49	207	0.42	OFFICIALLY A MOVEMENT	mtosner	09:12
55	37	5	3	39	267	0.39	Too important for just a comment.  This affects YOU directly.	TKK	08:51
56	36	75	25	55	523	0.43	Final Indiana Prediction Roundup UPDATED (with updated homemade Map!)	ObamaManiac2008	00:04
57	36	73	56	84	550	0.54	Hillary Drops Her G's	Anton Sirius	09:56
58	36	55	29	48	88	0.41	Pentagon Plans to Turn Baghdad's Green Zone into Resort	Magnifico	23:33
59	36	49	16	44	90	0.40	Obamajority: Live Blog NOW w/ MN-03 Candidate Ashwin Madia	Populista	12:59
60	36	42	22	48	378	0.41	Election Inspection's Final North Carolina Projection	NMLib	00:06
61	36	32	28	55	707	0.43	Stephanopoulos lays bare Clinton's bluff	Asp	07:03
62	35	171	54	77	282	0.51	Clinton supporters, it's a question of morality.	hekebolos	21:48
63	35	96	36	64	547	0.46	UPDATED: Ohio AG told to resign or be impeached	Zwoof	12:48
64	35	69	35	69	807	0.48	DNC RULES: MI & FL 50% - Read it for yourself	CarmenT	17:26
65	35	20	11	38	163	0.37	Obama still needs 10,000 donors--you know what to do! [Updated]	txjenny	11:49
66	35	16	8	38	114	0.37	OR-Sen Candidate Merkley Puts Smith in his Place	sarahlane	16:36
67	34	137	49	66	382	0.46	Proof of Communications	PageGardner	17:56
68	34	97	66	93	775	0.57	Mydd bloggers mad at Dailykos because you wrote CNN	AHiddenSaint	15:59
69	34	50	30	56	428	0.42	A Neo-con reads "Dreams From My Father"	jenontheshore	18:09
70	34	43	33	60	342	0.44	From a Hillary Supporter: HRC, Please Stop This	Velvet Revolution	15:23
71	34	27	12	38	106	0.36	My Closing Argument to the Superdelegates.	RenaRF	12:50
72	33	125	36	51	220	0.40	An Unanswered Question For Thousands Of Years.....	Rimjob	01:56
73	33	108	54	79	715	0.51	I Have To Get This Out . I'm Sorry. I Have To. Sorry	WeBetterWinThisTime	08:59
74	33	28	13	39	82	0.36	Dioxin for Breakfast: How to Tell EPA What You Think About Their Firing Mary Gade	Jesselyn Radack	08:16
75	33	24	18	44	219	0.37	I Don't Want to Talk About the Clintons Anymore	BooMan23	01:53
76	33	19	14	40	217	0.36	Rising Temperatures In World's Largest Lake	boran2	10:30
77	32	60	16	41	167	0.36	MS-01 Cheney comes to town, updated with poll	Countificus	22:31
78	31	88	41	63	468	0.43	"Obliteration" Speaks for Itself, Hillary Tells CNN This AM	SmileySam	07:46
79	31	67	29	52	170	0.39	Elitistism: The Beer Drinkers Guide To The White House	KingOneEye	18:32
80	31	48	35	61	304	0.42	Dirty Tricks: Joe Wilson's War	jackbauer8393	11:16
81	31	22	14	38	98	0.34	GOTV calls must ensure PhotoID access MONDAY	joan reports	08:28
82	29	45	30	47	407	0.36	Before I Leave I want to Say (UPDATE)	ladygreenslippers	00:43
83	29	25	10	35	123	0.32	Friends of the Earth Obama Ad & Endorsement-Updated w/Obama's New Gas Tax Ad	NCDem Amy	12:30
84	27	21	12	30	122	0.29	Signs of Life Still in the Enlightenment	David Brin	18:42
85	27	16	14	36	83	0.31	Why Should I Care?	Ajipon	06:11
86	27	16	13	32	103	0.29	"It's the right thing to do"	D Wreck	09:14
87	26	57	21	40	341	0.31	The Grieving Room: "This Isn't Happening"	GreenMtnState	20:02
88	26	42	27	50	200	0.35	An Obama Family Album	blacksnob	13:30
89	26	7	6	31	52	0.28	Mildred Loving, An Unsung Heroine	Vita Brevis	15:07
90	25	34	12	31	101	0.28	The Most Important Diaries	mrchumchum	14:14
91	24	125	37	46	223	0.32	The Army just tried to recruit me	dogdad	00:17
92	24	99	53	70	365	0.42	Let's Get It Straight: Hillary Is Not A Sociopath	Nulwee	02:50
93	24	73	30	49	272	0.33	Why is Hillary really running???	RubyGal	11:03
94	24	32	22	37	129	0.29	Gas prices drive four-legged alternatives ...	A Siegel	17:24
95	24	29	17	33	115	0.27	Enviro-Friendly Lawn Care	tmservo433	19:04
96	24	24	13	31	68	0.27	OR-SEN: On the Ground, Stumping for Steve Novick!	torridjoe	16:12
97	23	144	75	88	856	0.50	Breaking:  More Clinton Affairs?	alicescheshirecat	15:27
98	23	35	19	38	343	0.29	What Would it Take in NC to Erase Clinton's PA Pop Vote?	PocketNines	14:22
99	23	28	15	34	145	0.27	Hillary: "Hand over the nomination and no one gets hurt!"	occams hatchet	23:56
100	23	22	14	32	198	0.26	Obama Makes Nigerian Militants Think Twice	mahakali overdrive	19:40
101	23	22	12	31	270	0.26	Nevada KNOWS the popular vote counts	thereisnospoon	20:29
102	23	14	12	31	273	0.26	NC-Sen: Dole's response to petition: I'm powerless to stop NC GOP	pamindurham	20:41
103	22	37	18	33	165	0.26	SEIU Backs NY Senate Republicans	California Nurses Shum	16:24
104	22	33	18	34	212	0.26	Hillary's Village: A Caribbean Hideaway	cadejo4	17:54
105	21	69	20	34	192	0.26	Just Been Fired or: Hobo-in' ain't easy	The Heat	12:00
106	21	38	12	28	157	0.24	NC-Sen: A Call to Action for Progressives!	madler	11:49
107	21	30	16	35	466	0.26	My Conversation with a ‘Low-Information’ Voter	XNeeOhCon	18:37
108	21	10	9	27	60	0.23	Remembering Mildred Loving	craigkg	11:51
109	20	104	55	67	445	0.39	Olbermann and Elitism	Han Valen	12:07
110	20	46	17	29	208	0.23	U.S. Preparing to strike as they call it an "Iranian Insurgency Camp"?	Code Breaker	08:58
111	20	31	20	36	259	0.26	Hey, guess what!? McCain's made himself unelectable!	Stroszek	21:23
112	20	28	12	30	99	0.24	Journalism is a Joke	The Bagof Health and Politics	09:43
113	20	26	12	28	285	0.23	The Checkbook is Closed....	Morgan Sandlin	14:00
114	19	46	22	39	189	0.26	Gone grocery shopping lately?	SanJoseLady	23:37
115	18	120	68	76	515	0.43	They're NOT Bluffing	Mark27	20:53
116	18	96	27	41	253	0.27	US Envoy Attacked by Right-wing Israeli Terrorists	space miracle	18:57
117	18	62	38	54	443	0.32	HuffPo: Clinton WILL use 'Nuclear Option'	jkennerl	14:17
118	18	48	28	44	666	0.28	Emailing Huffington Post -- I can't take it anymore	Tamar	16:17
119	17	50	36	44	397	0.27	NBC: Gas Tax Scheme D.O.A. + HILLARY SMASH OPEC	Billary Redux	17:41
120	16	134	63	74	841	0.41	New IN & NC polling [update]	Zain	11:38
121	16	54	35	48	770	0.29	22 CA SD's Looking to Endorse Obama	reformerdc	21:47
122	15	190	89	101	972	0.54	Just released SUSA (NC) and IA/PPP (IN) polls show tight races	Parker2001	16:44
123	15	148	57	69	612	0.38	Jerome is an idiot part deux	Timetheos	01:09
124	15	41	26	38	414	0.24	Carville: HRC Chock Full of Nuts!	Freedoms Road	15:50
125	14	70	46	55	424	0.31	Who Killed Air America? (w/poll)	smartcookienyc	06:27
126	14	57	33	43	327	0.26	Hillary Clinton Still Campaigning for the Black Vote	summersky	10:19
127	11	94	49	52	517	0.29	Latest NC & IN polls (prediction thread)	Yirmiyahu	19:15
128	11	90	56	62	604	0.34	Shocker:  HRC Launches, we guessed it, a new Monday ad!	carolh11	14:34
129	10	77	53	59	1084	0.32	BIG IN/NC BLOWOUT FOR CLINTON: Exit polls say	drjknock	13:08
130	10	68	44	50	494	0.27	Hillary will take Florida and Michigan to the Supreme Court!!!	NMDan	12:35
131	10	51	37	45	464	0.25	Obama Surrogate Joe Andrew, "He Will Win Both Indiana And North Carolina"	Ad Absurdum	12:42
132	9	93	58	59	233	0.32	New York folks a question for you	baltogeek	09:32
133	8	148	74	76	313	0.40	Carville says HRC has more "cojones" than Obama	lenzkrafterz	01:08
134	7	273	66	70	295	0.37	Updated: OK Boomers Which is It?	debatablepolitics	16:45
135	7	109	45	51	428	0.27	Suffolk Univ Poll Indiana: C 49, O 43	Davidsfr	09:31
136	7	97	51	56	549	0.30	Clinton's Endorsement of Obama (With Poll)	123frenchwine	22:32
137	7	85	47	53	545	0.28	MSNBC on Clinton: "Why does a woman's strength have to be compared to male genitalia?"	ShadowSD	20:00
138	7	75	52	58	592	0.31	Hillary Wont Guarantee She Stays Around Past Tuesday	mobilio316	19:32
139	7	73	37	44	453	0.24	A Hit Piece on Chelsea Clinton? Really?	Liberal Youth	01:55
140	7	59	41	45	309	0.24	CNN: The Hillary Channel	bob zimway	12:02
141	5	199	74	78	459	0.41	She Gets the 1,110 sq ft House,  He Gets a Cell.	bethrsingleton	11:12
142	4	134	66	68	314	0.35	Hillary will Make a Great VP	secretidentityx	20:37
143	4	115	49	52	425	0.27	IN rural voter: "Obama is antichrist from Middle East"	karpaty lviv	15:25
144	4	60	45	45	199	0.24	tuesday prediction thread	jbill	13:41
145	3	126	59	61	406	0.32	Thoughts from the Edwards' Household!	ldfan	18:28
146	2	155	63	65	535	0.34	Can we enforce some guidelines here?	ge0rge	10:09
147	2	153	55	56	397	0.29	I endorse Barack Obama	Barry in MIA	00:00
148	2	84	49	50	244	0.26	Hillary Clinton: America's Friend	Margery	13:47
149	1	81	55	56	710	0.29	Indiana: Clinton 56% Obama 44%	Pazuzu	13:54
150		135	55	55	233	0.29	Ayers Flag gaffe	Vanceone	12:48

Impact total:  130.7

 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

2007-05-06 00:00:27 - 2007-05-06 23:57:19
DailyKos diaries = 202;  202 per day;  8.4 per hour
Active Kogs: 3047 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a diary	only	all
comment	1946	1148	187	713	102
recommend	1148	2236	103	1087	102
write	187	103	201	13	102

Diaries

diaries with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	202	198	120	42	12
commentators	202	202	124	41	5
connections	202	198	164	80	16

Diaries with date of publication not same as sid date: 10

Impact statistics from all 202 diaries.
min = 0.01, median = 0.171, average = 0.38, max = 6.75, total =   75.8 bharns
r50 = 14 (at 0.91 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 9208
Maximum possible such pairs: 3047 x 201 = 612447
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.503%
Average degree (links/user) = 9208/3047 = 3.022

rank	nrec	ncom	tators	cnx	impact	Diary	Author	EDT
1	629	305	161	716	6.75	The Washington Post's scandalous correction	awol	10:32
2	377	361	139	449	4.10	China Poisons the World (Republicans Help)-Updated	DrSteveB	08:52
3	349	166	85	401	3.75	It's All About Voter Fraud & Giving Republicans an Electoral Edge: New USAgate	Jesselyn Radack	09:01
4	262	144	89	312	2.85	A Man for No Season	L C Johnson	13:18
5	240	165	61	260	2.54	Stand Up to the Corporatists: The Declaration of Rights Which have Been Denied Part 1: Iraq	Eric Massa	15:10
6	239	384	150	318	2.70	America and gasoline: myths and reality	retrograde	21:43
7	223	566	119	271	2.44	Barack Obama's IL Senate record	ChiGirl88	06:04
8	223	445	130	312	2.57	Sarkozy & America: how quickly will things sour?	Jerome a Paris	16:53
9	210	150	92	265	2.33	Frank Rich Holds Condi’s Feet To The Fire. OUCH!	Maccabee	00:11
10	190	58	35	204	2.00	USAGate: Abuse of Executive Privilege	drational	06:58

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