High Impact Diaries - July 5, 2008

Welcome to ron l winger (uid 169555) who registered at 2008-07-06 06:01:00 EDT, the most recent of 62 in the preceding 24 hours.

Yesterday 244 Kogs posted 244 diaries of which 233 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 2478 recommending readers and viewed by 7691; 125 diaries were recommended by 10 or more readers, 32 by 30 or more, and 13 by 100 or more.  Commenters (2197) visited 243 diaries; 148 had 10 or more commenters, 41 had 30 or more, and 9 had 100 or more.

Impact statistics from all 244 diaries.
min = 0.01, median = 0.132, average = 0.34, max = 7.16, total =   83.1 bharns
r50 = 13 (at 1.05 bharns)

Recommendations and comments were collected Sun Jul  6 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.

2008-07-05 00:05:44 - 2008-07-05 23:59:47
DailyKos diaries = 244;  244 per day; 10.2 per hour
Active Kogs: 3422 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)
Lurkers: 4343 (only view diaries)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a diary	view a diary	CRW only	CRWV only	all
comment	2197	1290	205	2168	817	11	115
recommend	1290	2478	117	2418	1186	45	115
write	205	117	244	239	37		115
view	2168	2418	239	7691		4343	115

Diaries

diaries with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	244	233	125	32	13
commentators	244	243	148	41	9
connections	244	233	201	78	16
views	244	244	244	235	118

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

Impact statistics from all 244 diaries.
min = 0.01, median = 0.132, average = 0.34, max = 7.16, total =   83.1 bharns
r50 = 13 (at 1.05 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 10425
Maximum possible such pairs: 3422 x 244 = 834968
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.249%
Average degree (links/user) = 10425/3422 = 3.046

tags: approved|workspace|cleanup|quickjobs|search|tag guidelines
Number of distinct tags: 93879
Number of tag size classes: 770
Most often used tag: Barack Obama (35483 diaries)
Singleton tags: 58071 (attached to only one diary)
Orphaned tags: 266 (attached to deleted diaries)
n50: 278 (number of tags accounting for 50% of tagged diaries)
r50: 664 (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	635	978	344	839	2545	7.16	Obama, and The Great Disappointment	shpilk	14:15
2	422	427	150	495	2075	4.57	Newsflash:  Obama's position on abortion is the same as Russ Feingold's w/Update	jim bow	11:30
3	332	395	129	394	1816	3.61	The #7, with the dressing on the side.	JeffLieber	08:01
4	332	215	112	379	1517	3.56	Authoritarianism	dday	16:43
5	314	239	135	388	2122	3.46	The President of Jerk	LithiumCola	01:25
6	265	97	54	286	1407	2.80	Molly Ivins:   Bill of Wrongs	teacherken	05:20
7	259	342	135	344	1632	2.93	Things I learned from my trip to France	CarrieNYC	17:11
8	234	291	93	285	1315	2.56	Obama pushes back against flip-flop meme on Iraq.	Eternal Hope	21:41
9	226	360	172	349	2399	2.72	VW to sell 235-MPG car in 2010	a gnostic	18:43
10	188	1056	300	430	1744	2.79	Obama swings right on abortion	dhonig	00:44
11	186	131	75	228	1244	2.04	They're at it again: NYT drinking GOP's Kool-Aid	JedReport	17:39
12	132	248	80	168	438	1.47	What's for Dinner: the Lebanese Edition	Asinus Asinum Fricat	18:35
13	119	83	37	134	334	1.27	NY Times Op-Ed Calls for Truth Commission on Torture	abundance	23:59
14	96	207	54	115	238	1.05	Saturday Morning Garden Blogging Vol. 4.20	Frankenoid	09:02
15	87	54	34	93	148	0.92	IGTNT: A memory no one can steal	JeNoCo	14:13
16	70	330	74	105	315	0.83	WYFP:  itchy and scratchy edition	newfie53523	19:58
17	67	24	18	72	181	0.71	CA-04: 4th of July Weekend Barnstorm (photoblog)	Charlie Brown for Congress	13:00
18	64	50	26	73	179	0.69	Obama, the flip-flopper? Give me a break.	Enzo Valenzetti	13:03
19	62	25	16	65	153	0.65	It's Not "Liberal Media Bias"; It's the Economy, Stupid	bonddad	10:32
20	53	81	21	60	260	0.57	Top Comments 7.5.08: Nobody Home But Us Chickens	monkeybiz	22:09
21	51	37	14	56	143	0.54	Old Solar: 1980 Barnraised Solar Air Heater	gmoke	15:31
22	51	33	21	59	281	0.55	Iraq vet in famous photo dies of overdose after battling PTSD	GregMitch	20:22
23	49	76	25	67	294	0.56	Response to "Obama swings right on abortion"	John Campanelli	05:46
24	45	66	31	59	218	0.51	The Abortion "Flap": Everyone is Missing the Point	srkp23	19:52
25	44	109	69	95	327	0.63	Jerome's Tour des Kossacks	Jerome a Paris	17:47
26	44	40	23	59	367	0.50	McCain is toast -- even AZ Optimists are depressed	devtob	21:22
27	42	55	23	51	105	0.46	Wisdom of the Elders - Vol. 1 - Food	Granny Doc	11:57
28	39	60	22	42	77	0.41	Dawn Chorus Birdblog:  Disselfinks	lineatus	09:19
29	38	77	33	59	259	0.46	Top signs of Netroots overreach	user1000	21:09
30	37	22	11	40	170	0.39	Daily Kos University (with poll)	plf515	09:04
31	35	144	29	54	165	0.42	Caturday Pooties	triciawyse	16:00
32	34	70	17	43	113	0.38	LA Times: US MUST NOT Encourage Israel To Bomb Iran	Troutfishing	10:30
33	29	193	37	54	170	0.38	Saturday Night Loser's Club, Vol. CXIII:  Silly Pics Edition	jlms qkw	22:32
34	29	72	18	38	87	0.33	Saturday Morning Home Repair blogging 2.47	claude	09:02
35	29	12	11	32	68	0.31	High Impact Diaries - July 4, 2008	jotter	09:24
36	29	7	7	34	172	0.31	Our 4th of July Parade shows a big change is coming	Buzzybill	10:22
37	28	73	42	62	315	0.41	Proof Colombia "Rescue" Was A Staged Production	davefromqueens	05:02
38	28	25	18	33	78	0.30	When I Think Of New Politics...	sricki	19:15
39	28	12	10	31	90	0.30	Ed	DeanDemocrat	06:32
40	26	66	27	43	138	0.32	Why aren't we blaming Nancy and Steny?	JanF	19:07
41	26	62	19	39	138	0.31	Clinton swung right on abortion!	Stroszek	09:16
42	26	18	11	30	79	0.28	McCain's Strategist, the Force Behind Racist Jesse Helms Campaigns	EmperorHadrian	16:42
43	25	65	22	38	236	0.30	Obama vs. FISA vs. Faith-Based Initiatives vs. Purity	fromdabak	14:49
44	25	13	11	30	126	0.27	Rove at work here: get a grip, people	tsackton	10:32
45	24	64	15	34	131	0.28	What the redefinition of "WMDs" in FISAAA really means	Seneca Doane	16:49
46	24	25	12	30	73	0.27	Got rBST? Your Milk on Drugs - The Dangers of rBGH in Dairy Products	shirah	09:05
47	24	18	16	32	174	0.27	In conservative West Michigan, it's Obama 30, McCain 0	ScottyUrb	12:11
48	24	16	9	28	161	0.26	Rush goes after a patriot	eaglehoo	08:20
49	23	28	18	35	126	0.27	John Kerry to appear on Face the Nation Sunday	beachmom	16:53
50	22	180	45	52	183	0.33	FAQ Forum: Got Dkos questions? We've got answers.	georgia10	21:15
51	22	44	35	54	264	0.34	Sticker Shock at the Grocery: Goodbye Generics	Tracker	10:46
52	22	34	18	34	195	0.26	Obama swings right on the Court.	turnover	12:18
53	22	29	19	35	178	0.27	Sen. Ted Stevens touts racist book "America Alone" when asked about security issues	Celtic Diva	15:46
54	22	26	18	34	236	0.26	Obama T-Shirts Selling At The Rural Gas Station	bernardpliers	11:21
55	21	140	53	66	305	0.39	Writing Lessons for Trolls, Vol. 1	BA BarackUS	21:36
56	21	2	2	22	39	0.22	"In Their Boots"-Premiere-Episode 1- Video	jimstaro	05:36
57	20	52	23	38	176	0.27	My Son's Friend has two Mommies!!  OMG, Now My Marriage is Really in Trouble	Actuary4Change	13:39
58	20	17	9	25	67	0.22	OPEC blames speculation	Migeru	03:30
59	20	16	13	29	104	0.23	It's not the center; it's the change, stupid	Liz Arnett	15:17
60	20	15	11	26	88	0.22	"Maybe they don't need search warrants anymore"	archibaldtuttle	17:44
61	20	7	5	21	40	0.21	Guardian (UK) video shows Mugabe's vote rigging	mconvente	11:19
62	19	76	23	37	157	0.26	Obama and Abortion: Today's Bottom Line	Larry Madill	10:38
63	19	45	31	43	398	0.28	In Six Months the Market Will Crash [updated]	lamdat	18:01
64	19	39	16	28	92	0.22	We are a "testy" lot . . . but what will that get us?	RevRandy	14:18
65	19	22	19	33	287	0.24	CNN with even MORE misleading poll headlines	hekebolos	15:17
66	18	112	37	47	142	0.29	Why Purity Matters	JStrass	20:27
67	18	35	23	34	199	0.24	An uncomfortable realization about McCain	xxdr zombiexx	08:54
68	18	17	7	23	73	0.20	DAMMIT! The Lobbyist "Express" Rolls Along...	StuHunter	16:00
69	18	9	5	21	72	0.19	Another Grab as the Rats Pack Up: Forest Service Turns Wilderness into Subdivisions	JohnnyRook	11:52
70	17	30	18	28	185	0.21	first, let's stop with the baby talk.	rasbobbo	15:04
71	17	29	23	34	191	0.23	Obama to speak at the Brandenburg Gate	karpaty lviv	13:29
72	17	23	15	24	90	0.20	Deep in the Heart of Texas	mcronan	19:08
73	17	10	6	20	92	0.18	Ripple Effects Begin from MBIA/Ambac Downgrades	bink	18:32
74	16	46	31	45	254	0.27	Obama's problem: you can't, or won't, read	powercurrupts	10:43
75	16	24	19	31	97	0.22	Barack's shift rightward and other poppycock	ERA	20:16
76	16	15	10	23	302	0.19	Ed Tinsley: Worst Candidate Ever	disenchanted2nd	16:59
77	16	15	7	20	56	0.18	John McCain's Excellent Latin American Adventure!	murrayewv	17:45
78	16	9	6	18	56	0.17	Outsourcing the SEC	Crashing Vor	10:13
79	15	121	19	27	79	0.19	Womens' Rights - Reproductive Redux (Updated)	jj24	15:47
80	15	37	14	23	173	0.18	A Preview Of GOP Racism In The Fall?	bobswern	21:50
81	15	30	20	29	118	0.20	The Apocalypse 2008	gailwmcdonald	19:04
82	15	26	14	27	144	0.19	Puerto Rico taking dispute to the United Nations	Lrios	19:51
83	15	22	13	23	135	0.18	Hello? Partial Birth Abortion Banned. No Health Exceptions	byteb	11:59
84	15	21	14	20	56	0.17	Top 10 Reasons I Flew My Flag Yesterday	Giles Goat Boy	12:26
85	15	20	11	18	121	0.16	Beyond a Reasonable Doubt	opendna	16:02
86	15	13	9	23	115	0.18	Telecom Immunity Sucks, but There's a Loophole	The Baculum King	18:29
87	15	10	10	21	85	0.17	Helms, Wellstone and the Partisan Eulogies of George W. Bush	Avenging Angel	12:05
88	14	273	56	64	243	0.35	Liberal, Pro-Life, and Proud of It.  Deal With It.	Setrak	11:06
89	14	105	40	46	155	0.27	What does $5 gas mean to you? (w/poll)	Sacramento Dem	15:16
90	14	76	24	36	222	0.22	No Physical Evidence for Tomato Salmonella Outbreak!!	The Anomaly	19:13
91	14	58	17	25	77	0.18	FISA Change	Alien Abductee	17:36
92	14	42	19	28	182	0.19	How TalkLeft Became TalkRight (the biological invasion model)	Tortmaster	15:33
93	14	21	14	25	109	0.18	Anatomy of a Flip/Flop	ThatPoshGirl	13:05
94	14	13	6	19	73	0.16	Barney Frank regains sanity. Now opposes Blockade of Iran.	Tom J	11:40
95	14	7	6	17	45	0.15	July 5, 1905: Horton helped the Whos be heard	iampunha	08:58
96	13	82	30	39	134	0.23	sick of FISA drama	poli sci prof	21:08
97	13	22	14	24	130	0.17	More Kool-Aid Please....	America2028	14:49
98	12	35	17	24	76	0.16	Giving it to McCain	africa	13:48
99	11	48	19	29	118	0.18	FISA: An Open Letter Back To Senator Obama	wbramh	00:05
100	11	27	16	23	73	0.15	Condoleezza Rice "Proud" of Iraq Invasion	Mahler3	02:18
101	10	79	31	38	197	0.22	What's worse than a terrorist attack in October?	Stella Liberal	02:34
102	8	103	34	35	176	0.20	You've gotta fight back Sen. Obama.	Voodoo king	17:06
103	7	264	36	40	175	0.22	Obama Does the Right Thing on Abortion (Updated)	The Bagof Health and Politics	12:43
104	7	202	114	118	536	0.62	I May Not Be Voting for Barack Obama	Justin Alexander	13:24
105	6	129	45	48	216	0.25	Obama's faith-based mental abortion of FISA's women	SciMathGuy	09:18
106	5	103	49	52	363	0.27	This Election is OVER	Eyes Wide Open	11:43
107	4	42	27	29	141	0.15	Right-Wing Email Questions Obama's Citizenship	timran	17:57
108	2	147	76	77	399	0.40	Obama = The end of hope	Agrman	14:07
109	2	47	36	38	197	0.20	PLANET EARTH TO BARACK OBAMA	arthurone	12:04
110	1	190	83	84	344	0.44	Did Obama Use the Left?	AntiSocialist	13:38
111	1	80	40	41	339	0.21	Maureen Dowd's latest piece on relationships	girlyman	22:57
112		84	30	30	305	0.16	Samantha Power: Under the bus	tc399	07:27

Impact total:   71.9

 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

2007-07-06 00:12:50 - 2007-07-06 23:58:45
DailyKos diaries = 229;  229 per day;  9.5 per hour
Active Kogs: 3269 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a diary	only	all
comment	2138	1183	205	855	105
recommend	1183	2292	107	1107	105
write	205	107	229	22	105

Diaries

diaries with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	229	217	106	35	15
commentators	229	229	129	40	9
connections	229	217	171	71	18

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

Impact statistics from all 229 diaries.
min = 0.01, median = 0.133, average = 0.36, max = 7.27, total =   81.5 bharns
r50 = 11 (at 1.67 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 10183
Maximum possible such pairs: 3269 x 229 = 748601
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.360%
Average degree (links/user) = 10183/3269 = 3.115

rank	nrec	ncom	tators	cnx	impact	Diary	Author	EDT
1	642	757	360	858	7.27	SiCKO's Impact	Michael Moore	12:04
2	427	459	238	588	4.89	Hardball: Shuster on FIRE!	dougymi	17:20
3	380	469	153	469	4.18	New Public Poll Shows Favorable #s For Impeachment **UPDATED**	Steve Singiser	12:07
4	377	454	178	479	4.19	Impeachment Doesn't Have to Succeed to Succeed	The Baculum King	14:43
5	354	733	221	467	3.99	Al Gore Facts	buhdydharma	21:38
6	335	325	131	406	3.67	Obstruction of Justice Merits More Punishment than Censure	emptywheel	17:09
7	255	241	103	314	2.81	If you want public support for impeachment...	clammyc	10:04
8	230	260	85	290	2.55	Secret Blue Cross Memo RE SiCKO (with poll)	super simian	10:15
9	223	155	73	256	2.40	Krugman: "What sacrifices have you and your friends made, Mr. President?"	nyceve	08:25
10	190	193	96	260	2.17	Cheney picking next President?	Terminus Est	09:12

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

2006-07-05 00:15:25 - 2006-07-05 23:58:26
DailyKos diaries = 276;  276 per day; 11.5 per hour
Active Kogs: 3332 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a diary	only	all
comment	2131	1183	235	833	120
recommend	1183	2346	123	1160	120
write	235	123	276	38	120

Diaries

diaries with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	276	263	122	38	17
commentators	276	272	122	36	10
connections	276	263	190	65	21

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

Impact statistics from all 276 diaries.
min = 0.01, median = 0.113, average = 0.30, max = 4.59, total =   83.9 bharns
r50 = 14 (at 1.42 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 10278
Maximum possible such pairs: 3332 x 276 = 919632
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.118%
Average degree (links/user) = 10278/3332 = 3.085

rank	nrec	ncom	tators	cnx	impact	Diary	Author	EDT
1	421	262	149	504	4.59	Veteran Arrested for "Protesting for Peace" via T-shirt UPDATED	novapsyche	11:42
2	384	224	90	426	4.09	Italian Spymaster Arrested - UPDATED with link to CIA Names	LondonYank	10:55
3	384	194	79	418	4.07	John Dean: Senators Kyl and Graham filed deceptive amicus	marthature	14:48
4	372	563	219	500	4.22	First Time Diarist: It Can't Happen Here (updated)	VaMPKiSS1	19:02
5	288	241	107	360	3.18	Jewish Family Flees, 'Stop The ACLU' Director 'PLEASED'- what you can do	Troutfishing	11:45
6	284	239	101	346	3.11	The Quote That Changed My Life	RenaRF	17:16
7	265	223	93	304	2.85	Homeless Vets. Not one more fucking word George.	FireCrow	17:52
8	263	257	125	337	2.93	Outraged?	Delaware Dem	21:43
9	236	193	102	299	2.62	I Cried Tonight	Oke	01:45
10	222	310	123	309	2.55	Record Debt Level Starts to Bite Consumers UPDATE	bonddad	08:11

Diaries from two years ago. Wednesday July 05, 2006
Diaries from one year ago. Friday July 06, 2007
Diaries from yesterday. Saturday July 05, 2008
Diaries from last 6 hours. Sunday July 06, 2008
Cleaned comments from yesterday. Saturday July 05, 2008