High Impact Diaries - July 17, 2008

Welcome to Mike in Maryland (uid 170569) who registered at 2008-07-18 04:24:51 EDT, the most recent of 80 in the preceding 24 hours.

Yesterday 304 Kogs posted 304 diaries of which 292 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 3451 recommending readers and viewed by 9873; 147 diaries were recommended by 10 or more readers, 40 by 30 or more, and 15 by 100 or more.  Commenters (2802) visited 300 diaries; 186 had 10 or more commenters, 47 had 30 or more, and 10 had 100 or more.

Impact statistics from all 304 diaries.
min = 0.00, median = 0.149, average = 0.40, max = 8.65, total =  121.2 bharns
r50 = 10 (at 4.37 bharns)

Recommendations and comments were collected Fri Jul 18 06:10:04 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.

2008-07-17 00:08:00 - 2008-07-17 23:44:57
DailyKos diaries = 304;  304 per day; 12.7 per hour
Active Kogs: 4633 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)
Lurkers: 5330 (only view diaries)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a diary	view a diary	CRW only	CRWV only	all
comment	2802	1656	265	2756	1008	20	127
recommend	1656	3451	130	3384	1792	44	127
write	265	130	304	297	36		127
view	2756	3384	297	9873		5330	127

Diaries

diaries with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	304	292	147	40	15
commentators	304	300	186	47	10
connections	304	292	245	95	17
views	304	304	304	295	161

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

Impact statistics from all 304 diaries.
min = 0.00, median = 0.149, average = 0.40, max = 8.65, total =  121.2 bharns
r50 = 10 (at 4.37 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 14718
Maximum possible such pairs: 4633 x 304 = 1408432
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.045%
Average degree (links/user) = 14718/4633 = 3.177

tags: approved|workspace|cleanup|quickjobs|search|tag guidelines
Number of distinct tags: 96037
Number of tag size classes: 784
Most often used tag: Barack Obama (36597 diaries)
Singleton tags: 59583 (attached to only one diary)
Orphaned tags: 350 (attached to deleted diaries)
n50: 280 (number of tags accounting for 50% of tagged diaries)
r50: 662 (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	815	252	177	893	2999	8.65	My Brother Was Killed with Republicans and Democrats	Senator Andrew Rice	12:15
2	778	286	176	879	6106	8.33	The HUGE McCain Blunder No One Knows About....Yet	slinkerwink	06:45
3	678	359	171	753	3139	7.22	Rove Tried to Fire Fitzgerald During CIA Leak Investigation	emptywheel	18:13
4	591	166	98	635	3547	6.23	Breaking News: McCain's New Abramoff Connection.......UPDATED	StuHunter	12:05
5	441	644	280	618	2265	5.09	Obama raises $52 million, DNC raises $22 million in June... We have $92 million CoH!	sharris0512	06:48
6	425	217	122	483	1661	4.56	Proof: Democrats Are Better For the Economy	bonddad	08:20
7	419	267	102	473	2543	4.48	Simple Credit Card Advice.  SERIOUS UPDATE	Lava20	17:41
8	418	524	187	511	1917	4.59	Update: Gore:  "end our reliance on carbon-based fuels" and Obama Quotes in Support.	TomP	09:42
9	414	255	124	482	2446	4.47	Election theft disguised as the "Bradley effect"	clammyc	17:17
10	401	343	201	528	2429	4.52	NYT: Rachel Maddow on Short List for Own Show	DJShay	09:41
11	399	412	160	484	1660	4.37	100% carbon-free power by 2020: yes it can be done!	Jerome a Paris	14:56
12	273	156	91	316	1493	2.94	The Groundgame: Obama's Colorado Office openings draw 1,200 supporters and wider strategy	Steven R	19:09
13	194	69	35	199	1074	2.02	Steal this Video	Larry Kissell	10:02
14	151	851	98	173	410	1.62	Cheers & Jeers: Thursday Sub Edition	Spedwybabs	07:58
15	118	93	48	146	771	1.30	ABC: McCain No-Show at Afghanistan hearings!	DraftChickenHawks	22:17
16	76	179	55	105	343	0.87	Top Comments: Compleat Ceiling Cat Edition	noweasels	22:01
17	58	50	22	66	195	0.62	Germany 1933?	Snyderico	11:01
18	57	79	34	77	481	0.65	Wachovia Securities office raided a few hours ago	St Louis Woman	13:12
19	56	106	40	74	320	0.63	My Netroots Nation Experience So Far.	JeffLieber	15:42
20	53	136	58	89	552	0.66	McCain Camp Very Upset with MSM	DWKING	15:13
21	52	32	12	53	231	0.54	Nedra Pickler Blows Bogus "SURGE PURGE" Story	Grand Moff Texan	10:54
22	50	57	22	62	268	0.55	Photos From Mars, WOW!	EmilyD	11:21
23	49	45	20	56	204	0.53	War photog booted out of Iraq -- for showing real war	GregMitch	19:46
24	47	81	21	56	252	0.51	The Greatest Taxpayer Rip-Off in American History	gjohnsit	12:27
25	43	60	42	73	358	0.54	McCain steps on attempt to "Freedom Fry" Obama's Europe Trip	Hope Reborn	16:12
26	43	58	34	61	152	0.50	Yes, We Can: 10 Things Americans Need to Quit Whining About and Just Do Already	Geenius at Wrok	10:09
27	41	83	25	57	494	0.47	Are you serious MSNBC?	Lightning Pride	11:21
28	40	22	17	51	238	0.45	Alabama University Tries to Pull a Fast One on Fired Blogger	Bama Blazer	16:43
29	37	54	22	49	131	0.42	A Lovely Prequel	Timroff	00:12
30	35	183	79	90	253	0.56	How Old is Your Stuff?	FoundingFatherDAR	16:19
31	34	56	27	48	365	0.39	The Impending Convention Disaster	Turtle Bay	20:53
32	33	57	23	45	268	0.38	Nevada going blue -- Obama 42, McCain 40	That Anonymous Guy	17:09
33	33	49	27	48	338	0.39	Obama hits Faux, Hannity over Michelle attacks	Paleo	11:18
34	33	47	16	41	221	0.36	A Glimmer of Hope from the Wastelands of Virginia!	Granny Doc	15:13
35	32	48	27	52	555	0.39	Top Ten Reasons Obama Will Lose the Election	Miss Snarkypants	18:41
36	32	39	20	43	128	0.36	McDumb As Bush [vid]	JedReport	14:08
37	31	22	15	39	127	0.34	McCain hires yet another corrupt finance chair	francny	11:37
38	30	63	29	45	172	0.36	Live Blogging the NN The Hotel Lobby (and a Bonus Diary too!)	cskendrick	17:54
39	30	35	21	39	156	0.34	Obama & Americans abroad	distraught	14:35
40	30	24	17	42	201	0.35	Politico Story: McCain's Bad Humor,"Rape Joke", Sexism & Idiot-ism	Excelscior1	08:13
41	29	53	31	49	193	0.36	Why We Need Unions (How I Lost My Shitty Job)	CharlieHipHop	11:12
42	29	35	18	35	86	0.32	Habitual Liars	edscan	13:07
43	29	21	14	40	94	0.33	John McCain and Phil Gramm can bite me	anastasia p	06:37
44	29	12	11	31	54	0.31	High Impact Diaries - July 16, 2008	jotter	07:50
45	28	124	63	83	454	0.50	Earth's Core, Magnetic Field Changing Fast, Study Says	Code Breaker	13:38
46	28	102	27	48	165	0.35	Why Does Academia Hate Trees?	Rimjob	00:08
47	28	83	36	50	321	0.36	BREAKING: I just met an honest conservative	The Termite	18:03
48	28	80	36	48	202	0.35	BREAKING:    US to station diplomats in IRAN! (Source: Guardian UK)	Sebastian likes to rattle cages	07:15
49	28	18	16	37	76	0.32	Not Enough	PapaChach	03:09
50	28	17	13	33	253	0.30	Somebody PLEASE convince Barack to use this...	DemMarineVet	15:45
51	26	203	98	116	741	0.64	"OBAMA IS MY SLAVE"---new t-shirt hits NYC.	papakila	15:50
52	26	91	34	54	314	0.36	NC Rasmussen: McCain 48, Obama 45	dansac	13:39
53	26	10	7	29	126	0.28	Halliburton: Toxic chemicals like Coca-Cola	Leftywingnut	13:20
54	25	88	18	33	150	0.28	LIVE BLOG: John Ashcroft @ House Judiciary Committee	lurks a lot	10:17
55	25	11	7	26	84	0.26	Announcement: Energy COOL at NETROOTS NATION	A Siegel	08:48
56	25	7	7	29	188	0.27	Newspaper misleads readers about GOP congresswoman	Carnacki	22:09
57	24	98	66	81	393	0.47	Bill Clinton says he's ready to stump for Obama	Anton Sirius	15:30
58	24	30	17	31	132	0.27	Dean, Clark: From NN to your Computer	patriotboy	18:43
59	24	26	15	31	210	0.27	Obama's Bunt	Jeff Huber	08:54
60	24	24	14	32	72	0.27	Oil Rights Activists vs. Militant Environmentalists: Honolulu Bunkers Down	Harry DMI	16:53
61	24	20	18	31	138	0.27	A Human reason to Love Barack.	Asterdarius	22:46
62	24	7	7	27	231	0.26	"25,000 Members" But Only 5 Donors? Is This The New Math?	DaveJ and JamesB	12:56
63	23	104	27	40	244	0.29	DemocraticLuntz, D Wreck, JeffLieber, GoldnI, David Boyle liveblog!	DemocraticLuntz	18:37
64	23	25	15	32	134	0.26	Al Gore Nutshells It for Ya	Alvin K	14:36
65	23	24	21	41	248	0.30	I'm a lifelong conservative activist and I'm backing Barack Obama	jsfox	13:01
66	22	123	41	48	185	0.32	Thursday Library Pooties	triciawyse	14:34
67	22	15	11	30	164	0.25	Liveblogging Howard Dean's speech at Netroots Nation	nwprogressive	22:31
68	22	13	10	28	144	0.24	Local McCain Chair Says Lunch with Race-Baiter is "Personal Life"	The Dean of Cincinnati	08:36
69	21	172	58	71	325	0.41	I am sick and tired of Jesse Jackson, Sr.	icebergslim	02:27
70	21	69	20	32	123	0.25	Al Gore's Climate Change Speech	PDonaldson	14:21
71	21	51	13	26	73	0.23	I Am the Hoary Archetype of Yesteryear's Politico	trivium	23:32
72	20	104	20	31	71	0.24	Voter Registration Open Thread: What's working in your town?	snout	14:09
73	20	41	15	23	115	0.22	NN has a Second Life, Wes Clark & Shoes	CalifSherry	13:16
74	20	38	10	25	75	0.22	Iran? No! Pakistan? Yes! Forgotten Conflict Soon To Expand and Escalate Dangerously!	jimstaro	10:40
75	20	17	9	26	122	0.22	A blogging Nana attends Netroots Nation (with photos!)	MsSpentyouth	07:13
76	20	14	9	22	71	0.21	Running for Office: It's Like A Flamewar with a Forum Troll ... $8.34	TellerCountyBlue	17:04
77	20	9	7	24	93	0.22	Focus On...Friggin' IDAHO!!! (#24 in a 50-state series)	AdmiralNaismith	10:46
78	19	24	13	27	132	0.22	PFC James Burmeister Receives Six Months And A Bad Conduct Discharge.	HillbillyReport	05:53
79	19	4	4	21	67	0.20	Thank You -- you beat him	JoeGarcia08	10:31
80	18	63	13	24	94	0.20	McCain FINALLY talks about Education, and I think it's largely BS.	Muzikal203	10:40
81	18	11	9	23	171	0.20	NC-SEN: DSCC To Drop $$$ Bomb On Dole	RandySF	11:31
82	18	8	7	24	60	0.20	Why the Current State of National Service is a Disgrace	Scipione	12:16
83	17	82	57	69	302	0.39	McCain: "I don't know" if Obama is a socialist	The Turk	19:05
84	17	41	26	38	151	0.25	Typical Republican Horsesh@t	rogereaton	19:14
85	17	31	14	24	82	0.20	Registering Texans to Vote	captainlaser	14:31
86	17	26	14	25	120	0.20	SEC and Cox moved too slow on those naked shorts!	Johnny Venom	11:07
87	17	16	13	22	91	0.19	Who Would Be the President?	Karen Hedwig Backman	10:32
88	17	6	4	20	110	0.18	Fed Bails Out Bernie Mac	Richieville	10:21
89	16	232	55	58	178	0.33	The 'can't wait for Batman' thread.	droogie6655321	13:34
90	16	89	22	27	126	0.20	TDS/TCR	ek hornbeck	22:44
91	16	85	27	38	220	0.24	howard zinn: memo to obama, mccain	rasbobbo	14:55
92	16	40	20	30	202	0.21	MSNBC off in Brattleboro VT	PatRiots	17:20
93	16	36	12	21	85	0.18	I Would Like To Ride The Bus	xysea	08:29
94	16	34	15	25	197	0.19	RE:Pelosi- A request to NETROOTS Attendees ... [updated]	ArthurPoet	23:26
95	16	27	18	31	190	0.22	A 30-year gap now exists in the average life expectancy	Kcaridad	09:36
96	16	13	8	20	79	0.18	US slips downward on human development index	funluvn1	12:33
97	16	9	8	19	110	0.17	Howard Dean's Midday Rally Speech from Netroots Nation	mcmanzi	17:45
98	15	98	43	54	293	0.31	President Mike Dukakis Had a Great July Too	The Bagof Health and Politics	13:26
99	15	41	24	36	316	0.23	Rasmussen North Carolina Poll:  45 M 42 O	True Independent	13:48
100	15	39	16	28	141	0.20	Ten Reasons Even Conservatives Should Vote For Obama	ShadowSD	09:23
101	15	38	17	25	163	0.19	Psst! Senator Obama. Centrists Want Taft-Hartley Repealed!	Public D	17:30
102	15	26	19	30	239	0.21	McCain surrogate: Viagra/Birth Control a political 'gotcha' game	Madam Blu in Peoria	14:04
103	15	21	17	25	202	0.19	George Bush Gave Me The Finger Yesterday	CuseDem	10:51
104	15	13	12	24	139	0.18	Nevada: Obama 47 McCain 45	Blue Wind	19:41
105	15	13	11	22	171	0.18	Obama campaign liveblogging from Austin!	Laurin Manning	16:06
106	15	10	5	17	56	0.16	EcoNoticiario #6: Spaniards Can Drink Freely While Chileans Must Drive Less	JohnnyRook	12:49
107	14	34	21	27	104	0.19	Lincoln, Obama and the Dirty Little Business Of Getting Elected	spearshaker	19:47
108	14	32	21	28	192	0.19	The Success of the New Yorker Cover	dcdanny	07:54
109	14	15	11	21	95	0.17	The GOP $queeze play,  time to pour it on the Neocon$!!	NMDan	09:46
110	14	12	8	18	83	0.16	Running for Office: Like A Flamewar with a Forum Troll	Shem	00:10
111	13	110	48	59	417	0.33	We were supposed to swamp McCain in the money race	eusto	14:16
112	13	83	14	21	34	0.16	Chemical Weapons I. They are still in our world. Overview II	Translator	22:49
113	13	72	19	28	122	0.19	America, The Noble Lie.	Eternal Hope	17:50
114	13	31	19	25	98	0.17	McCain AWOL as Senate Overrides Bush Medicare Veto	Avenging Angel	09:02
115	13	31	13	22	58	0.16	Kucinich's H.R. 808: U.S. Department of Peace and Nonviolence Act	markthshark	06:44
116	13	20	15	27	262	0.18	AP Misrepresents Michelle Obama-please read	car culture must fade	18:11
117	13	13	12	24	274	0.17	What my doorman said about Jesse Jackson	Angry Pilgrim	12:11
118	12	115	21	30	134	0.19	CA Marriage Equality: Supreme Court drops the ball	Killer of Sacred Cows	01:30
119	12	47	27	36	237	0.22	Yet Another Attack Michelle Obama Ad - Updated	GlowNZ	19:07
120	12	38	18	29	313	0.18	Rasmussen: Obama leads in Nevada	TheUnknown285	17:33
121	12	26	16	24	92	0.16	Who is willing to join me in DC? (poll)	MotleyPatriot	03:43
122	11	133	28	35	161	0.21	"Cabals," Jews, and the Obama-Monkey T-Shirt	zemblan	18:32
123	11	100	21	28	288	0.18	What other cartoonists thought about the controverial cover	allep10	01:05
124	11	39	22	27	205	0.17	An Inconvenient Truth About The New Yorker Cover: The Satire Worked	frangstration	17:15
125	11	38	17	24	433	0.16	Best. Cartoon. Ever!!!!!	LeftCoastBreakdown	20:12
126	11	21	17	24	222	0.16	Reuters/Zogby Poll:  Obama 47%; McCain 40%	elliott	05:57
127	10	228	86	88	486	0.46	WTF?  I'm trusted then I'm not?	badger1968	19:31
128	10	197	27	29	188	0.18	Countdown with Keith Olbermann - OTR "Edition" - July 17, 2008	CityLightsLover	21:38
129	10	109	24	29	158	0.18	Landrieu kicks off!	ArkDem14	14:23
130	10	92	23	25	80	0.16	Late night haiku	8ackgr0und N015e	01:31
131	10	34	22	31	305	0.18	How to Get Free Internet Access in the Hilton Rooms at NN	jjem	14:10
132	10	26	18	25	90	0.16	America's state-of-the-art public school system	Liz Arnett	15:45
133	9	102	23	29	157	0.17	Republican in your life now a 'Libertarian'?	ShawnGBR	16:52
134	9	96	65	72	596	0.38	Breaking: Sean Hannity's Challenge To Barack Obama	aironlater	21:19
135	9	73	20	27	125	0.16	My last New Yorker arrived yesterday.	LongTom	06:36
136	9	60	44	48	366	0.26	More disgusting attacks on Michelle	Acacia951	15:18
137	9	52	27	34	319	0.19	The Right declares Obama has called for a national police force	suedanim	22:55
138	9	40	24	30	213	0.18	NYT: Poll Of 18 Suggests Iraqis Oppose US Troop Withdrawals	HatchInBrooklyn	13:06
139	7	64	26	29	76	0.16	Plan for Energy for Americans [UPDATED]	Congressman Steve Kagen	16:27
140	6	77	29	35	229	0.19	The New Yorker arrives at my house and my drivel moves (mostly) to TPM Cafe	Barth	16:20
141	6	42	30	35	392	0.19	Nat Hentoff Throws Obama Under the Bus	ProduceMan	18:32
142	5	76	39	40	84	0.21	Open Thread and Diary Rescue	Diary Rescue	22:56
143	5	53	24	29	281	0.16	E-mail from a group called "Clintons 4 mccain"	NABNYC	12:44
144	4	112	45	47	209	0.25	VP Contender Rising, or Falling?:  Evan Bayh	Setrak	21:55
145	4	76	32	33	156	0.17	Satire must portray its intended target. [update]	smckenzie23	11:36
146	4	50	32	33	158	0.17	Does Obama need a sense of humor?	Citizen Rat	21:25
147	2	129	64	64	612	0.33	Al Gore Has Lost it	The Rural Democrat	21:30
148	2	117	62	64	322	0.33	Gore's Energy Proposal: The Apotheosis of Political Arrogance	FredrickBernanke	21:18
149	2	57	30	32	149	0.17	Does McCain Have ADD?	notksanymore	09:14
150		206	67	67	315	0.35	DO YOU WANT A BIGGER MILITARY OBAMA DOES !	arthurone	12:14

Impact total:  109.1

 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

2007-07-18 00:02:58 - 2007-07-18 23:59:06
DailyKos diaries = 293;  293 per day; 12.2 per hour
Active Kogs: 3854 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a diary	only	all
comment	2520	1516	261	882	139
recommend	1516	2820	141	1302	139
write	261	141	293	30	139

Diaries

diaries with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	293	284	136	49	17
commentators	293	291	166	62	11
connections	293	284	220	111	21

Diaries with date of publication not same as sid date: 1

Impact statistics from all 293 diaries.
min = 0.00, median = 0.146, average = 0.39, max = 5.92, total =  115.5 bharns
r50 = 14 (at 2.33 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 14435
Maximum possible such pairs: 3854 x 293 = 1129222
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.278%
Average degree (links/user) = 14435/3854 = 3.745

rank	nrec	ncom	tators	cnx	impact	Diary	Author	EDT
1	527	812	274	690	5.92	Bush declares Martial Law. Country yawns, changes channel	shpilk	23:53
2	517	353	193	620	5.64	Who Leaked the Energy Task Force List? (Updated)	monkeybiz	12:53
3	492	303	177	616	5.44	Leahy sets up Gonzales for impeachment	mspicata	15:14
4	478	258	159	554	5.16	McCaskill, Webb call for war profiteering investigations.	Eternal Hope	21:18
5	467	637	246	615	5.26	Clinton Campaign to O'Reilly: Don't Smear YearlyKos	Peter Daou	11:18
6	427	535	152	465	4.52	CA-42: Hi, I'm Ron Shepston and I'm running for Congress	CanYouBeAngryAndStillDream	11:50
7	389	286	214	502	4.35	Up All Night	Senator Tom Harkin	01:32
8	359	217	114	430	3.91	David Corn Rips Kristol a New One in WP	Queen of Swords	03:12
9	341	150	98	392	3.67	Dodd Campaign to O'Reilly: "Proud" to Attend Yearly Kos	ttagaris	17:21
10	255	723	330	531	3.58	Larry Flynt about to drop another bombshell: "I was shocked"	a gnostic	13:39

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

2006-07-17 00:17:54 - 2006-07-17 23:45:16
DailyKos diaries = 272;  272 per day; 11.3 per hour
Active Kogs: 3589 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a diary	only	all
comment	2277	1286	235	877	121
recommend	1286	2564	124	1275	121
write	235	124	272	34	121

Diaries

diaries with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	272	259	110	34	16
commentators	272	266	132	35	5
connections	272	259	189	74	17

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

Impact statistics from all 272 diaries.
min = 0.00, median = 0.109, average = 0.31, max = 6.75, total =   83.6 bharns
r50 = 12 (at 1.56 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 10374
Maximum possible such pairs: 3589 x 272 = 976208
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.063%
Average degree (links/user) = 10374/3589 = 2.890

rank	nrec	ncom	tators	cnx	impact	Diary	Author	EDT
1	633	318	153	705	6.75	This is what domestic partnership gets you.	dmuir	19:02
2	457	139	85	486	4.81	The Leak None Dared Call Treason	jpol	09:29
3	427	850	330	630	5.03	President Bush Strikes From Behind (PHOTOS and VIDEO)	Mash	21:25
4	361	170	103	406	3.86	The future "Most Feared Man In Washington"	occams hatchet	16:46
5	337	1159	415	657	4.55	I am a Jew	nyceve	17:30
6	309	198	87	349	3.31	Hastert's Highway scandal has huge impact in polls	John Laesch	21:19
7	301	200	125	359	3.28	Tea Amid The Gravestones On a Hot Summer Day	Hunter	23:22
8	209	180	79	245	2.26	That's a demonstration: 1.1+ million in Mexico City	elishastephens	15:37
9	196	220	83	239	2.15	Mudcat's First Live Blog	Mudcat Saunders	13:28
10	184	218	92	240	2.07	I read Eve's diary early and recommended it	teacherken	20:20

Diaries from two years ago. Monday July 17, 2006
Diaries from one year ago. Wednesday July 18, 2007
Diaries from yesterday. Thursday July 17, 2008
Diaries from last 6 hours. Friday July 18, 2008
Cleaned comments from yesterday. Thursday July 17, 2008