High Impact Diaries for September 28, 2005

Yesterday 278 Kosmopolitan authors posted 288 diaries, of which 9 were later withdrawn, 246 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 1993 recommending readers, 87 diaries were recommended by 10 or more readers, 25 by 30 or more.

The first 150 or fewer diaries with impact > 0.085 are shown below, sorted by number of recommendations.

Recommendations and comments were collected at 5:20 AM Sep 29; diaries posted less than 24 hours before that remained open for recommendation at that time. The last registered uid was 66970 to John Doe II.

Wed Sep 28 00:00:00 2005 - Wed Sep 28 23:59:59 2005
DailyKos diaries = 288; 288 per day; 12.0 per hour
Active Kosmopolitans: 2154
Exclusive Authors: 161; Author/Readers: 117; Total Authors: 278
Exclusive Readers: 1876; Author/Readers: 117; Total Readers: 1993
Network Density: 0.0143 based on 4571 recommendations out of 320712 possible

Diaries: posted 288, withdrawn: 9, remaining: 279, recommended {1: 246, 10: 87, 30: 25}.

rank	nrec	ncom	impact	Diary	Author	time
1	305	126	2.714	Open letter to McCain from a Capt in the 82nd	calipygian	07:12 PDT
2	255	82	2.266	The Culture of Corruption -- Enough is Enough	Jon Tester	13:53 PDT
3	215	361	2.005	Why We Hate George W. Bush.	Delaware Dem	16:49 PDT
4	212	110	1.890	Tomorrow's the Day They Kill The Endangered Species Act	jalefkowit	11:19 PDT
5	197	80	1.753	ACTION ALERT -- STOP THE SPIN: Ronnie Earle is NONPARTISAN!	pontificator	10:01 PDT
6	192	236	1.751	Karen Hughes gets a beat down in Turkey	Hal Law	13:55 PDT
7	186	286	1.721	Delay indicted	seesdifferent	09:36 PDT
8	185	150	1.661	The Next repub to go down?: New Info says First Fraud Worth $6 Million!	Magorn	11:24 PDT
9	160	393	1.571	Fer cryin' out loud, can we stop this ...(Take the poll)	Meteor Blades	12:32 PDT
10	157	79	1.399	Bush's "Voter Remorse Index"	GOPhuckYourself	21:46 PDT
11	120	161	1.100	Energy news of the day - Sept.28	Jerome a Paris	04:36 PDT
12	105	205	0.995	Homophobia on Dkos and the politics of outing	tvb	21:28 PDT
13	101	43	0.899	SEC Opens Formal Probe of Frist's Stock Sale	bassjhs	11:00 PDT
14	101	34	0.898	Action Alert! Repubs Using Rita to Rape Environment	Captain Future	00:24 PDT
15	96	30	0.853	New Bateman animation: Bush ABCs	scottbateman	06:27 PDT
16	95	81	0.854	Peak People	Stirling Newberry	05:42 PDT
17	77	72	0.694	NYT's Dowd: W. Dancing in the Dark	davidkc	05:53 PDT
18	66	104	0.612	DeLay Indictment Watch Today	soonergrunt	06:21 PDT
19	57	60	0.516	Why Blunt and not Dreier?	Kagro X	14:04 PDT
20	33	10	0.293	Dean on Nightline tonight -- will discuss DeLay indictment	Joe Rospars	13:44 PDT
21	33	7	0.293	The ethics fight can't end with Tom DeLay	Chris Bell	13:03 PDT
22	32	33	0.289	Housing Slowdown Approaching	bonddad	08:24 PDT
23	31	14	0.276	Bush blocks Medicaid for victims requested by LA, MS Govs.	joejoejoe	18:14 PDT
24	30	168	0.392	Kos' Lack of Focus	pyrrho	14:16 PDT
25	30	24	0.269	Stop Defending Ronnie Earle!	up2date	17:12 PDT
26	29	12	0.258	Sen. Reid unveils giveemhellharry.com - how great is that?	dday	12:53 PDT
27	27	8	0.240	So much for the "embedded media."	wardeo	07:46 PDT
28	25	50	0.238	Tot ziens, Verenigde Staten!	Plutonium Page	20:45 PDT
29	24	8	0.213	Casinogate: more information on the hitmen	LITBMueller	15:38 PDT
30	22	21	0.198	DeLay Indictment Raises Questions for Sherwood	Chris Carney for Congress	13:10 PDT
31	21	34	0.195	Feingold speaks out TODAY, Kos, TODAY	lindaw	20:25 PDT
32	21	14	0.188	Clueless First Lady Halts Victims' Medical Treatment	YucatanMan	12:22 PDT
33	21	8	0.187	AP: Brownie Was Warned Early of Shortages	Volvo Liberal	17:01 PDT
34	20	65	0.209	Dreier: Our New Gay Majority Leader?	sfluke	10:18 PDT
35	20	38	0.189	How I Would Vote on the Roberts Nomination -- and Why	Chuck Pennacchio for US Senate	19:19 PDT
36	20	25	0.183	BuyBlue CA Special Election Analysis	terminal3	18:05 PDT
37	20	5	0.178	American Economic Disaster - An oily Mess - In Plain English. P5	taonow	22:23 PDT
38	20	5	0.178	The Levees are breaking! PBS & NPR are drowning	Tulip	07:03 PDT
39	19	68	0.205	Ed Schultz replaces O'Reily in UTAH!?	DJ Adequate	16:32 PDT
40	18	31	0.168	Is China Taking Advantage Of Our Iraq Problem?	Rimjob	15:37 PDT
41	18	22	0.164	Delay Indictment (Behind the Scenes Photos)	Al Rodgers	16:45 PDT
42	18	8	0.160	Get Out!! And Stay Out!!	emptywheel	08:08 PDT
43	17	148	0.295	It's Homophobia Day	Earl	13:24 PDT
44	17	55	0.178	Is anyone else scared?	iac	21:20 PDT
45	17	2	0.151	Iraq War Grief Daily Witness (photo) Day 267	RubDMC	06:40 PDT
46	16	41	0.158	FRIST INVESTIGATION: Status Changed to "FORMAL" from "informal"	Glic	17:26 PDT
47	16	34	0.153	Aborting black babies will save lives	AHiddenSaint	16:46 PDT
48	16	7	0.142	Why are we letting Timothy Flanigan slide?	kant	08:48 PDT
49	15	99	0.216	Why Do My Diaries Suck?	LunkHead	12:53 PDT
50	15	37	0.147	I'm Right! F*** You!	Mike S	16:05 PDT
51	15	21	0.138	John Cornyn Wants My DNA	lapin	13:35 PDT
52	15	20	0.137	Delay Poll (vote now)	Yankee in exile	14:48 PDT
53	15	17	0.136	Next protest march theme: Corruption	Bob Johnson	12:00 PDT
54	15	14	0.135	Bill Bennett, a/k/a Mr. Sensitivity	zkg	13:45 PDT
55	15	2	0.133	Insurgent Cleansees: A True Story of Katrina Survivors and Surprise	DuctapeFatwa	16:59 PDT
56	14	37	0.139	The New Majority Leader of the House - A Closeted Homosexual	losingcalifornia	10:21 PDT
57	14	17	0.128	Rep. King (R-IA): McCarthy "a hero for America"	skralyx	08:13 PDT
58	14	11	0.126	GOP gang-attacks 94-year-old	YellowDogBlue	11:15 PDT
59	14	5	0.124	"It's about time!"	NYBri	13:45 PDT
60	13	22	0.121	I told the College Republicans about Tom Delay	MQAblog	12:37 PDT
61	13	18	0.119	Stop Protesting.	Slade	13:01 PDT
62	12	79	0.172	Larry King grows a spine?	dmsilev	18:32 PDT
63	12	75	0.167	gbcw	Addison	21:10 PDT
64	12	14	0.109	Map of Bush's disaster relief declaration	khultman	09:40 PDT
65	12	12	0.108	Congresswoman Deborah Pryce and Tom Delay	slw0606	07:25 PDT
66	12	9	0.108	Senator Paul Hackett? [With Poll]	Alegre	12:04 PDT
67	12	7	0.107	Just when you think it couldn't get any worse...	conturnedred	04:20 PDT
68	12	6	0.107	CINDY MEETS JOHN	peterfredson	13:52 PDT
69	11	56	0.137	Bob Dylan - Part Two	Direwolf	05:34 PDT
70	11	38	0.117	Why Delay indictment is horrible news for Dems	switzerblog	10:06 PDT
71	11	19	0.103	Peak Natural Gas - The End of Gas?	Bcre8ve	16:23 PDT
72	11	13	0.100	I'm David Dreier - And I Have Good News!	leftyboy666	13:08 PDT
73	11	6	0.098	My Exclusive Interview With Steve Young Candidate For CA-48	Brian Hopkins	06:18 PDT
74	10	52	0.126	Newsweek: Bush and Delay Never Friends	RandyMI	17:31 PDT
75	10	28	0.101	Tom Delay on Hardball	anoodle	17:09 PDT
76	10	21	0.096	Next Gov. of 'Bama....Roy Moore?	Frederick Clarkson	19:47 PDT
77	10	17	0.093	Late credit card payments at all time high	SanJoseLady	08:46 PDT
78	10	15	0.092	Army: Peddling Snuff Pics for Porn is A-OK	mcolley	21:06 PDT
79	10	15	0.092	Scott Ritter on how Saddam beat the CIA's 1996 coup	KevinNYC	02:40 PDT
80	10	14	0.092	Paul Hackett for Senate-OH	greee	14:02 PDT
81	10	11	0.091	The Pro-War Protesters Are Totally Lame!	Tony Seybert	17:14 PDT
82	10	10	0.090	Now Abramoff is involved with gangland executions?	hackeynut	08:45 PDT
83	10	7	0.090	Smack your local wingnut	Anderson Republican	09:23 PDT
84	10	6	0.089	The Delay-Jesus Connection	Avenging Angel	11:29 PDT
85	10	5	0.089	A Challenge At the End of the Quarter	VirginiaBelle	13:43 PDT
86	10	2	0.089	Justice Wednesday: All the Details on Delay	The Sardonic Sideshow	16:16 PDT
87	10	2	0.089	Republican's Sneaking School Voucher Program Into Katrina Aid Bill	Rhonda	09:32 PDT
88	9	67	0.140	Kerry makes Cindy's Hall of Fame	Kerrycrat	17:56 PDT
89	9	55	0.124	Being "Reasonable" on Roberts	Armando	11:58 PDT
90	9	25	0.091	Blanco Testifies Before Congress--Hearing	slinkerwink	08:00 PDT
91	9	23	0.089	Bush's reputation in tatters: Canadian MSM paper	Karen Wehrstein	06:35 PDT
92	9	18	0.086	FEMA and Bush left out the southern LA counties in their disaster declarations	Markg8	06:17 PDT
93	8	112	0.205	Liberal Babies & Poopy Diapers	ablington	18:39 PDT
94	8	112	0.205	Which DEMOCRAT does the GOP fear the most?	jkfp2004	15:17 PDT
95	7	59	0.119	A kind word and a prayer for Tom DeLay	fratdog	18:40 PDT
96	7	38	0.090	I Call Bullshit!	Snoutboy	14:08 PDT
97	6	122	0.216	Cindy's Meeting With Dean	David Swanson	07:42 PDT
98	6	46	0.095	Help me rebut this absurd forwarded email	Irrelevant Prolixity	16:24 PDT
99	5	96	0.170	Straw poll: whom do you fear most in '08? (VOTE)	hekebolos	14:14 PDT
100	2	92	0.159	We Need to Get More Mileage From the Ex-BF that Laura Bush Killed	Tasty Dead Cowmeat Sandwich	09:25 PDT
101	2	77	0.133	Why Legitimate Race? - A Reply to Armando	schenker	08:45 PDT
102	2	49	0.086	Why the homophobia?	Jonathan4Dean	16:30 PDT
103	1	64	0.110	Harriet Miers nominated O'Connor's replacement tomorrow?	Thistime	18:24 PDT

Impact total: 39.1

NB: Rankings and numbers of diaries are based on a best effort to comprehensively collect and count all user diaries posted to dailykos.com, including those later withdrawn. Titles shown will not reflect changes made later. For an updated discussion discussion of how this list was generated see the diary How to make a list of recommended diaries: a Reprise.

Please bring any errors to my attention -- jotter