High Impact Diaries - May 6, 2008

Welcome to Transient Smitty (uid 162568) who registered at 2008-05-07 06:09:30 EDT, the most recent of 160 in the preceding 24 hours.

Yesterday 476 Kogs posted 476 diaries of which 453 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 4187 recommending readers and viewed by 11495; 214 diaries were recommended by 10 or more readers, 75 by 30 or more, and 26 by 100 or more.  Commenters (3857) visited 474 diaries; 292 had 10 or more commenters, 98 had 30 or more, and 19 had 100 or more.

Impact statistics from all 476 diaries.
min = 0.01, median = 0.143, average = 0.39, max = 10.97, total =  185.7 bharns
r50 = 20 (at 2.11 bharns)

Recommendations and comments were collected Wed May  7 06:10:23 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.

2008-05-06 00:00:19 - 2008-05-06 23:56:35
DailyKos diaries = 476;  476 per day; 19.8 per hour
Active Kogs: 5885 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)
Lurkers: 5709 (only view diaries)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a diary	view a diary	CRW only	CRWV only	all
comment	3857	2210	420	3801	1429	16	202
recommend	2210	4187	207	4111	1972	41	202
write	420	207	476	465	51	2	202
view	3801	4111	465	11495		5709	202

Diaries

diaries with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	476	453	214	75	26
commentators	476	474	292	98	19
connections	476	453	370	169	35
views	476	476	475	463	313

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

Impact statistics from all 476 diaries.
min = 0.01, median = 0.143, average = 0.39, max = 10.97, total =  185.7 bharns
r50 = 20 (at 2.11 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 23139
Maximum possible such pairs: 5885 x 476 = 2801260
Network Density (observed/possible):  0.826%
Average degree (links/user) = 23139/5885 = 3.932

tags: approved|workspace|cleanup|quickjobs|search|tag guidelines
Number of distinct tags: 82655
Number of tag size classes: 740
Most often used tag: George W. Bush (29601 diaries)
Singleton tags: 50248 (attached to only one diary)
Orphaned tags: 397 (attached to deleted diaries)
n50: 272 (number of tags accounting for 50% of tagged diaries)
r50: 632 (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	1036	430	245	1129	2672	10.97	Investigate the Pentagon Pundit Program [updated]	John Kerry	11:15
2	597	411	220	738	3142	6.58	Indiana Voter IDs: They're Blocking NUNS	Adam B	16:18
3	589	208	139	653	2346	6.27	WWII Vet Commits Suicide outside VA Clinic	Brandon Friedman	04:14
4	542	198	74	570	2676	5.68	NO POLITICS, PLEASE, WE'RE DYING	cosa nostradamus	07:41
5	523	145	127	587	3261	5.59	Hamilton County!	clownsaw	22:52
6	502	314	184	597	3602	5.46	The North Carolina Democratic Primary: Tracking Results	PocketNines	17:07
7	454	285	181	572	3286	5.03	Don't Fall for the Expectations:  MEDIA HYPE	icebergslim	14:21
8	452	272	164	558	3599	4.98	[UPDATED]I just got "polled" by the Clinton campaign	Praxxus	16:28
9	451	214	139	525	2927	4.87	OBAMA FUNDRAISER: $4,000,000 IN 24 HRS....	NMDan	21:50
10	446	359	196	568	3099	4.96	Olbermann sums up "Clinton Rules" re: which states matter	dsharma23	03:52
11	367	90	66	404	2345	3.90	21,000 Hoosiers Cheer Obama Tonight in the Rain - Updated	Femlaw	00:14
12	356	797	298	548	1644	4.27	IN/NC "I Voted" Today OR Early Open Thread (w/Update)	dansac	07:38
13	347	333	163	454	3931	3.90	Breaking:  FBI Raids Office of Special Counsel	aravir	13:14
14	335	171	102	393	2519	3.63	1,500,000!	The Great Gatsby	02:16
15	303	88	83	328	1275	3.20	Update Welsh 82189 Pence 38031  IN-06	Barry Welsh	23:28
16	257	92	68	298	3047	2.77	While we're waiting - A new superdelegate for Obama	BoBo2020	18:49
17	244	328	129	329	2571	2.77	LIVE UPDATES - Lake County, IN - ongoing count!	HoosierDeb	23:39
18	221	167	108	294	3229	2.50	[Important UpdatedX2: Apologies for Flawed Diary] Deduct <15 Percent from Hillary's IN Margin	creweeny	19:13
19	212	99	55	235	1294	2.26	Join the General Election with 5,568 + 301!! Obama Volunteers Saturday!	kubla000	11:55
20	196	94	56	225	1985	2.11	IN & NC Primary Results With Graphs!	FleetAdmiralJ	17:54
21	190	122	71	204	364	2.00	IGTNT: Another Casualty of Vietnam - Another Vet Suicide	FreedomRider	15:22
22	166	288	166	292	1745	2.12	It's amazing that Barack has even Made it this far	jenontheshore	15:20
23	147	67	37	165	1142	1.57	Indiana: Clinton needs ~53% to win without McCain supporters	JedReport	22:12
24	136	67	28	147	526	1.44	This is not exactly first-class treatment of the nation’s warriors	teacherken	05:31
25	123	60	34	142	449	1.33	Don't ever forget that this campaign is about you	Populista	23:25
26	117	37	27	132	731	1.25	Barack in Indy on Election Eve w/ photos!	Debby	01:07
27	95	112	46	99	134	0.99	IGTNT: More Broken Hearts in Highland Lakes	greenies	16:34
28	89	35	25	103	420	0.96	OBAMA FUNDRAISER: $4,000,000 IN 24 HRS.... thread 2	dogdad	22:55
29	80	39	19	86	299	0.84	Indiana (& North Carolina) Delegate Tracker	Rieux	19:02
30	76	84	37	101	341	0.86	IN/NC "I Voted" Today -- 2pm Edition	Mogolori	14:00
31	64	161	32	77	171	0.70	Food bomb II for Obama IN and NC staffers-Help feed the crew	refinish69	08:47
32	60	33	18	65	320	0.63	North Carolina	Larry Kissell	10:17
33	57	20	19	64	263	0.61	Obama Does More in a Day to Lower Gas Prices	jjbman1121	02:57
34	56	49	31	74	536	0.63	White House does the unthinkable; media look away	Deep Harm	13:21
35	56	42	24	62	431	0.60	Representatives rejecting Clinton Challenge	A Siegel	17:36
36	55	49	40	83	502	0.65	Obama: Carville is well-known for spouting off his mouth	First Amendment	10:05
37	54	280	161	189	1568	1.09	Hillary to score BLOWOUTS in IN & NC	Al Rodgers	14:12
38	54	43	17	60	152	0.58	Latest on the Voting Rights/WVWV investigation - UPDATED	ProgressiveSouth	17:16
39	52	164	76	118	779	0.77	Obama campaign office vandalized with racial slurs.	Jack Dublin	10:34
40	48	27	17	52	195	0.51	Texas House Speaker's Affluent Grown Daughter Gets Free Health Care on the Taxpayers	whosplayin	20:52
41	48	19	18	57	168	0.52	Hooray: Many in media dispute latest 'NYT' Iran scare story	GregMitch	11:33
42	43	368	137	161	1108	0.92	Exit Poll Liveblog (Updated 12x) - LAST Exit poll round: Obama wins BOTH!	beholderseye	17:16
43	42	71	25	51	137	0.46	Top Comments 5-6-08 - The End of the Day	emeraldmaiden	22:06
44	42	28	16	50	130	0.46	House issues Subpoena for Addington over Torture Program	Vyan	13:41
45	41	121	80	114	1220	0.70	BREAKING-Indy Star: Hardcore Hoosier Repubs Crossing Over In DROVES	IndianaDemocrat	12:20
46	41	55	33	61	320	0.48	My Hometown: Obama Office Vandalized by Racists	SteamPunkX	11:06
47	41	15	12	46	140	0.44	Americans Working Overhead	LondonYank	13:13
48	39	108	37	55	186	0.45	Just A Pootie Diary	webranding	13:17
49	39	55	26	58	331	0.46	Forget Wright: Bush Sr. just hosted cult leader	johngorenfeld	12:42
50	39	37	19	47	213	0.43	NC/IN : Tea leaves open thread	BenjaminOMeara	11:43
51	39	34	30	63	417	0.48	On the Ground in Saint Joseph County, IN...Update 2	davidcstanton	16:24
52	39	12	8	43	102	0.41	They Stood Up to Monsanto and Won	dsnodgrass	22:47
53	38	61	30	53	183	0.44	Demographic (Election) Tuesday Edition: Worst Presidents?	DrSteveB	07:17
54	37	44	22	49	250	0.42	Almost There:  Put Obama Over the Top - Nearing 1,500,000 Donors	pollster	00:21
55	36	135	65	85	671	0.55	OMGOMGOMG Afternoon Election Open Thread	Delaware Dem	15:51
56	36	68	29	47	89	0.40	Books by Kossacks	sarahnity	20:47
57	36	59	25	53	171	0.42	Goldman Sachs: $150-$200/barrel possible in next 6 months?	lowkell	13:57
58	36	58	12	43	332	0.39	McCain-endorser Hagee Caught at Chinese Restaraunt w/Bushes, Cheney, Rice	Troutfishing	21:58
59	36	41	18	40	73	0.38	Overnight News Digest: Cyclone kills 10,000 in Burma	Magnifico	00:10
60	36	20	11	43	270	0.39	Michelle Obama at Gary, Indiana: Photos and News	foxsucks81	01:27
61	35	197	56	79	509	0.52	Are Kossacks costing Obama thousands and thousands of votes tonight?	TrueBlueCT	23:15
62	35	52	18	38	118	0.37	Walkabout #16: When Energyslaves Revolt	Stranded Wind	06:06
63	35	45	25	47	133	0.40	Urban Agrarianism: The New Wave?	Phoenix Woman	10:26
64	35	34	17	44	146	0.39	Globalization's Biggest and Most Dangerous Lie	New Deal democrat	10:43
65	35	22	12	39	74	0.37	High Impact Diaries - May 5, 2008	jotter	09:38
66	34	74	33	53	153	0.41	Gas price increases are chickens coming home to roost	aaraujo	16:48
67	34	42	27	57	415	0.42	I watched Republicans give one Indiana precint to Hillary	Beloved Eun	22:49
68	34	12	7	36	146	0.36	Please Recommend: City by City Vote for Change Kickoff Rundown	Steven R	02:01
69	33	35	23	43	141	0.37	Bolton: Striking Iran ‘Is Really The Most Prudent Thing To Do’	Inky99	01:46
70	33	23	16	43	345	0.37	THIS is what an Obama Presidency would look like. . .	Muzikal203	11:02
71	32	37	15	43	421	0.36	A Katrina-level hurricane may ravage Indiana today	Seneca Doane	05:24
72	32	20	16	43	483	0.36	Are the Super Delegates Scared? - They Should Be...	eve	16:26
73	31	76	44	65	297	0.44	Why can't Clinton win over super-delegates?	Kayess	10:26
74	30	53	29	48	219	0.37	10 year old blind pony dragged to death	Mz Kleen	11:04
75	30	49	22	44	140	0.35	Ellison: Supreme Court unjustly suppressing voters	Dracomicron	11:42
76	29	119	46	64	744	0.42	Don't Believe The Clinton Leak to Drudge!!!	slinkerwink	09:47
77	29	50	26	49	514	0.36	I finally understand Hillary's appeal	Petey2	13:44
78	29	24	17	41	225	0.34	Voting Irregularities in Indiana	taraka das	10:13
79	29	15	14	38	395	0.33	Al Giordano/The Field: No matter what, Obama still leads	nepat	13:49
80	29	12	12	33	93	0.31	OR-Secretary of State: Meet Vicki Walker	Turkana	14:27
81	29	11	10	32	67	0.31	Reflections on Mildred Jeter Loving, an American Hero, and the Importance of the Supreme Court	Judith Schaeffer	14:32
82	28	90	45	63	208	0.41	Dolphins and other Cetaceans:  Smarter than Humans?	dolfin66	13:48
83	28	72	23	44	414	0.34	Jerome Armstrong ties to WVWV??	bluedavid	01:07
84	28	66	36	56	400	0.38	Gingrich warns of Republican meltdown [updated]	briefer	17:05
85	28	56	32	51	856	0.36	Early Poll News From North Carolina	StormBear	10:48
86	28	37	31	55	381	0.38	It's Over - The Nomination Is Closed Tonight	there will be blood	20:01
87	28	24	12	32	89	0.30	IGTNT, while you're waiting for today's results	joyful	18:35
88	27	83	29	47	189	0.34	GRRRR!  I hates me them lousy elitist economists!!  [UPDATED]	chumley	12:52
89	27	76	41	64	500	0.41	My Wife Had A Weird Conversation With Bill Clinton Today	Fire Man	23:33
90	27	44	31	53	1405	0.37	BREAKING: Early Exits Leaked! Halperin Reportedly in Cardiac Arrest!	Billary Redux	17:05
91	27	24	12	33	307	0.30	Oregon primary is NOT May 20th	Buffalo Girl	22:37
92	27	8	6	31	216	0.29	Stars & Stripes Letters to the Editor	lebkuchen	15:08
93	26	81	17	31	124	0.28	Overnight News Digest: Baltimore Herald Edition	ek hornbeck	23:56
94	26	44	24	42	207	0.32	Learn to stop worrying about Hillary's "nuclear option"	Joe Beese	08:16
95	26	22	17	40	123	0.31	I voted NC/IN thread	platypus	06:29
96	25	176	92	103	590	0.58	Paul Begala on CNN now: "We can't win with eggheads and African Americans."	LeftyEnglish	20:44
97	25	67	37	53	374	0.35	Indiana is TOO CLOSE TO CALL (UPDATE)	davefromqueens	21:38
98	25	58	38	52	254	0.35	SuperFeline Delegates:  Pootie Primary Day	smartcookienyc	14:46
99	25	23	20	41	305	0.31	I'm afraid	NWTerriD	22:18
100	25	21	13	31	81	0.28	If you like Barack Obama, you'll love Steve Novick	trishka	12:35
101	25	18	14	32	235	0.28	Why I love the DailyKos [Updated, slightly]	Not Brit	14:28
102	24	63	45	59	294	0.37	North Carolina called for Obama!!!!!!	PLS	19:36
103	24	45	19	35	140	0.28	The Endless, Self-Referential Circle	Granny Doc	09:30
104	24	44	35	51	291	0.34	Apologise to Zogby thread (Updates)	MeMeMeMeMe	23:45
105	24	28	14	29	82	0.26	It's not just offshoring your father's oldsmobile worker any more	shirah	08:13
106	23	28	17	34	128	0.27	Yoo, Ashcroft, possibly others (Addington) to testify about torture	eco d	12:36
107	22	77	50	63	384	0.38	Clinton Campaign Moves Goalposts From 2025 to 2208	Walt starr	15:56
108	22	68	34	47	227	0.31	Post Editor Brady Wants an End to Internet Anonymity	ohmproject	11:12
109	22	54	12	29	351	0.25	BREAKING NEW CLINTON SCANDALS that never made it from  print media to air	joynow	08:07
110	22	45	25	40	440	0.29	Gary Mayor: Obama May Win Indiana!! HRC cancels a.m. show appearances	ksh01	23:40
111	22	41	20	40	445	0.29	Operation Chaos - From Indiana CBS Exit Poll	jimijimjim	21:22
112	22	19	16	29	117	0.25	Lessons Learned:  Poverty and the 2008 John Edwards Campaign	Spotlight on Poverty	16:15
113	21	57	39	54	140	0.34	Obama-Clinton ticket: a thousand times no!	VirginiaDem	21:13
114	21	40	23	42	470	0.29	right wingers for HRC: Operation Chaos in Indiana {updated}	distraught	11:47
115	21	35	26	46	429	0.30	Insightful Clinton Comment	chriscom	20:04
116	21	35	15	27	120	0.23	Dog Story (This isn't about a primary)	wren	13:34
117	21	28	17	28	108	0.24	A view from the hospital (thoughts re: Reverend, Blitzer, Obama)	VoteHarder	02:39
118	20	23	15	30	142	0.24	Indiana Will Be Decided by Paperless Electronic Voting	Midwest Millian	10:21
119	19	76	22	31	124	0.23	The $109mm Working Class Heroine	RFK Lives	10:20
120	19	58	46	61	503	0.36	Begala leaks Clinton secret strategy? Winner take all rule change.	jbalazs	19:57
121	18	98	50	63	750	0.36	Harold Ickes - desparately trying to save Hillary	Kitty	16:08
122	18	31	21	38	263	0.25	Where is the feminist outrage....at Hillary's Campaign	RedAl	11:55
123	18	30	24	36	329	0.25	Screw CBS---Obama Could Well Win Indiana (with #'s)	Gottschalk	20:50
124	18	28	23	41	972	0.27	Carville 'endorses' Obama	Asp	16:46
125	17	195	76	83	248	0.46	what are you drinking...???	voila	21:20
126	17	134	85	98	1332	0.53	CNN projects Barack Obama wins NORTH CAROLINA	wanakee	13:15
127	17	126	51	60	298	0.35	Would you steal a dollar? How about a can of soda?	quaoar	11:51
128	16	112	63	72	521	0.40	The fix is in! (and how's that spite lookin' now?)	rflowers	12:16
129	16	70	38	44	227	0.27	Is Bigotry Steering This Election?	Purple Priestess	15:17
130	14	118	33	41	688	0.25	Politico all in for Hillary	Morgan Sandlin	15:51
131	14	87	36	45	373	0.26	BREAKING: my half brother is a complete jackass	willep	22:16
132	14	67	40	49	756	0.28	Obama will gain 35K votes in Lake County IN	njhoo	22:42
133	14	45	29	39	431	0.24	Hillary's New Metric: Why Obama Has to Win KY	BlackGriffen	21:29
134	13	304	60	63	319	0.35	Why progressives don't like Israel w/Poll	Eiron	17:46
135	13	40	29	39	278	0.23	Clinton Trumps DNC and Creates "New Delegate Math"	jjokeefe	10:31
136	11	113	69	74	265	0.40	Obama's running mate... who makes sense?	MotleyPatriot	22:10
137	10	78	51	60	805	0.32	Per Drudge: Clinton internals Obama +15 in NC, HRC win in Indiana	Cronk	07:54
138	10	76	51	59	786	0.32	Lake County Numbers	JCHallman	22:58
139	8	222	138	145	1306	0.76	Breaking--Gore for FL and MI being seated	oldskooldem	13:56
140	8	153	54	57	503	0.30	FINAL Zogby Poll here	adocarbog	00:05
141	8	107	50	54	194	0.29	Thinking of Voting for McCain?	DWKING	16:38
142	8	92	51	57	709	0.30	Barack Obama Will Create a Minor Earthquake Tonight	cscmm	10:17
143	6	113	56	62	306	0.33	I still think GORE	Strimling2006	14:04
144	5	102	50	53	347	0.28	The 2008 Obama Presidential Slate	F J G	15:30
145	4	232	80	83	363	0.43	My Vote: Neither one of them (D).	rjones2818	07:10
146	4	97	61	62	316	0.32	OK, can we stop calling some people "low information voters"?	kanuk	09:33
147	3	90	45	48	255	0.25	Obama-Clinton Ticket w/ Poll	We Shall Overcome	21:03
148	2	134	76	77	373	0.40	Blatantly Dangerous	maycoet	14:13
149	2	99	55	56	1032	0.29	Reid Nullifies Stewart last Night	Keone Michaels	14:56
150	1	223	127	127	604	0.66	Hillary Clinton Supporters Can Spot A Diamond	Nancy Kallitechnis	13:35

Impact total:  152.2

 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

2007-05-07 00:03:08 - 2007-05-07 23:58:06
DailyKos diaries = 231;  231 per day;  9.6 per hour
Active Kogs: 3636 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a diary	only	all
comment	2242	1291	201	851	101
recommend	1291	2657	103	1364	101
write	201	103	231	28	101

Diaries

diaries with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	231	221	125	38	15
commentators	231	226	145	46	10
connections	231	221	184	94	20

Diaries with date of publication not same as sid date: 19

Impact statistics from all 231 diaries.
min = 0.00, median = 0.169, average = 0.39, max = 7.52, total =   90.9 bharns
r50 = 12 (at 1.37 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 11154
Maximum possible such pairs: 3636 x 231 = 839916
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.328%
Average degree (links/user) = 11154/3636 = 3.068

rank	nrec	ncom	tators	cnx	impact	Diary	Author	EDT
1	715	272	112	761	7.52	Firing Carol Lam Was a CRIME, Stupid	TocqueDeville	02:12
2	644	505	178	740	6.93	THEY KNEW: Tenet's Book Reveals 9-11 Perjury	leveymg	19:14
3	381	345	163	483	4.23	President Bush has left Kansas unprepared to respond	motormouth	09:31
4	356	291	147	448	3.95	Update:  Man Who Made Anti-Gay Threat at Airport Found	ANLawProf	16:46
5	334	243	100	388	3.61	Help Fight Fake History That Powers The American Right	Troutfishing	11:01
6	328	262	141	415	3.64	Embarrassing a global warming skeptic...in public.	hekebolos	17:27
7	312	312	124	395	3.47	Pet food recall: I was wrong	ChristieKeith	12:25
8	249	182	90	301	2.72	Arctic Sea Ice: Going, Going, Gone	Land of Enchantment	15:04
9	229	98	60	259	2.45	American soldiers DIE for campaign contributions	dhonig	12:57
10	211	210	124	299	2.44	Gingrich: "Mistah Bush, He Daid"	blueness	06:59

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