Weekend High Impact diaries - March 18-19, 2006

This weekend 362 Kosmopolitan authors posted 412 diaries, of which 4 were later withdrawn, 367 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 2095 recommending readers, 121 diaries were recommended by 10 or more readers, 40 by 30 or more.

The first 150 or fewer diaries with impact > 0.3 are shown below, sorted by number of recommendations.

Recommendations and comments were collected at 3:20 AM Mar 20; diaries posted less than 24 hours before that remained open for recommendation at that time. The last registered uid was 81649 to bziegler.

Sat Mar 18 00:00:00 2006 - Sun Mar 19 23:59:59 2006
DailyKos diaries = 412; 206 per day; 8.6 per hour
Active Kosmopolitans: 2286
Exclusive Authors: 191; Author/Readers: 171; Total Authors: 362
Exclusive Readers: 1924; Author/Readers: 171; Total Readers: 2095
Network Density: 0.0172 based on 6867 recommendations out of 399954 possible

Diaries: posted 412, withdrawn: 4, remaining: 408, recommended {1: 367, 10: 121, 30: 40}.

rank	nrec	ncom	impact	Diary	Author	Date
1	445	299	3.981	Hey Dem Idiots: Censure Makes 2006 a Referendum Election	kant	03/18
2	305	172	2.722	60 Minutes and Jim Hansen NAIL Bush	mole333	03/19
3	267	176	2.388	George Bush is counting on me.	Bob Johnson	03/19
4	217	374	2.029	The Morning After: Last Night Was Truly Shocking	lowkell	03/18
5	191	227	1.738	Another Casualty of the Republican Theocracy	Disgusted in St Louis	03/18
6	173	110	1.546	My Brother Is Missing	LunarEclipse	03/19
7	171	141	1.536	Never Forget: What They Said About Iraq 3 Years Ago	Captain Future	03/18
8	168	77	1.496	Wild News 3-19	melvin	03/19
9	156	185	1.420	Who Said This?	Armando	03/18
10	156	153	1.408	Utah election official sets up independent testing of the Diebold TSx	BevHarris	03/18
11	154	53	1.369	Juan Cole Analyzes Negroponte's Fake Doc Dump	MarkInSanFran	03/18
12	143	168	1.301	Photos of Huge Police presence at Pittsburgh Peace Parade.	Yellow Canary	03/18
13	136	148	1.233	NY Times: Clear and Present Dangers	Bill O Rights	03/19
14	135	108	1.212	Can't Win For Trying	BooMan23	03/19
15	125	134	1.132	Why the French demonstrations are the same fight as yours against Bush/Cheney	Jerome a Paris	03/19
16	125	100	1.122	OK Barbara: Do You want this Former Marine to lead a Protest?	Louisiana Fury	03/18
17	118	66	1.053	Tom DeLay to Sandra Day O'Connor - "she ought to read the Constitution"	Whiskey Sam	03/19
18	115	48	1.023	Get Ready for More Shocking Abramoff Scandal News	dengre	03/19
19	105	392	1.148	What's Your Fucking Problem? Vomit edition. (WYFP!)	Elizabeth D	03/18
20	100	187	0.943	Throw the Bums Out - Part 2	Armando	03/19
21	100	169	0.933	They Were Soldiers Once	Jay Elias	03/18
22	98	168	0.916	Should we teach to the test? Should we test?	teacherken	03/18
23	91	56	0.813	3 Years On, Combat PTSD Comes Out of the Closet	ilona	03/19
24	86	273	0.895	Saturday Morning (Home And) Garden Blogging Vol. 2.4	Frankenoid	03/18
25	82	132	0.762	"Mudcat": Webb is Secretariat; Dems can retake the South	lowkell	03/19
26	77	94	0.702	Brothers and Sisters,	pastordan	03/19
27	65	105	0.604	RAGE, ANGER and Suicidal thoughts	Barbara	03/18
28	63	540	1.081	Absolute Bullshit: California City Bans Smoking... Outdoors.	Maryscott OConnor	03/19
29	61	58	0.550	Dissent is Patriotic	Eric Massa	03/19
30	60	172	0.608	Vegetables of Mass Destruction - Global Warming Edition	OrangeClouds115	03/19
31	57	40	0.510	Rumsfeld Versus Zeyad	BarbinMD	03/19
32	56	112	0.533	Poetic Polemics. Sonnet Sunday. Or Haiku, If You Prefer	Meteor Blades	03/19
33	54	36	0.483	War Cost $1 Trillion +; 2006 Expenses Increase 44%	bonddad	03/18
34	53	66	0.484	Big success for French student demonstrations	Jerome a Paris	03/18
35	41	15	0.365	The War in Iraq...Joe Barton is Out of Touch with Reality	David T Harris for US Congress TX 06	03/19
36	35	56	0.325	FIGHTING DEM SPOTLIGHT: THE TEXAS PRIMARY I	Fighting Dem Vets	03/19
37	34	48	0.313	It All Makes Perfect Sense	occams hatchet	03/18
38	31	33	0.281	Sunday Talk Fest (We miss you Al Rodgers!)	Newsie8200	03/18
39	31	20	0.277	And you thought only weapons could cause mass destruction	Students for Bhopal	03/18
40	30	21	0.269	The Unbelievable Level of US Debt	bonddad	03/19
41	26	12	0.232	MO-Sen Jim Talent Caught In Virgin Islands Brouhaha	Left in Missouri	03/18
42	25	13	0.223	Repub writes: America in a downward spiral	hester	03/18
43	25	11	0.223	PM Allawi: Iraq Already in Civil War	Devilstower	03/18
44	25	9	0.222	Front Page in Seattle Times: Trapped in between life and death	Sylvester McMonkey Mcbean	03/19
45	25	6	0.222	US News: Physical search to cover-up wiretapping	realitybased	03/18
46	24	27	0.218	Christian facing Execution in Kabul: Wingnut Heads to Explode	trifecta	03/19
47	24	12	0.214	Iraq War Grief Daily Witness (photos) Day 406	RubDMC	03/18
48	23	25	0.208	The first three weeks of the war with Iran	CathiefromCanada	03/18
49	23	19	0.207	WILKERSON INTERVIEW COULD SAVE AMERICA'S SOUL--READ THE ARTICLE; TAKE THE POLL	Dr Steven Porter	03/18
50	22	21	0.198	Minnesotans Protest the War (with pics)	Kayakbiker	03/18
51	20	14	0.179	Rep. John Murtha (D-PA) calls for Rumsfeld and Cheney to Resign Due to Iraq War Incompetence (Poll)	Lolligolli	03/19
52	20	8	0.178	AP: Printed False Headlines on Durbin and Censure!	Freiheit	03/19
53	19	215	0.405	More of your favorite bugs bite the dust	peeder	03/19
54	19	180	0.351	How well do you like the new kos comment system? (POLL)	enthusiast	03/18
55	19	74	0.211	Running Against The Rubber Stamp Republicans	Armando	03/19
56	19	30	0.176	Don't mix beer and politics in a red state (and a poll)	phriendlyjaime	03/19
57	19	23	0.173	Children of Abraham: Death in the Desert	caribmon	03/18
58	19	17	0.171	Media Avoids Covering Vote on Permanent Bases	David Swanson	03/19
59	19	11	0.170	Iraq War Grief Daily Witness (photos) Day 407	RubDMC	03/19
60	19	6	0.169	Destroying the Life and Career of a Valued (Update)	zootfloggin	03/18
61	19	4	0.169	High Impact diaries - March 17, 2006	jotter	03/18
62	18	21	0.164	Why I'm Running for the Oregon House	salvador	03/18
63	18	19	0.163	New Black Box Voting report to be issued on Diebold TSx touch-screens	BevHarris	03/18
64	18	18	0.163	Secret Government: The Growing List	smokeymonkey	03/18
65	18	17	0.162	Paris Awakens, Will America? (What are you going to buy today?)	andrethegiant	03/19
66	18	17	0.162	Letter from Santorum: The "Frothy" One Speaks	FISG	03/19
67	18	10	0.161	On USS Abe Lincoln: 'Chimp's claims die soon' & other pithy scrambles	gotgat54	03/19
68	17	19	0.154	"Third prize is you're fired"	Fledermaus	03/18
69	17	14	0.153	A Lesson In 9/11 Research	Jon Gold	03/19
70	17	12	0.152	What's A Couple of Zeros?	suskind	03/19
71	16	133	0.268	Armando is WRONG!!!	buhdydharma	03/19
72	16	43	0.160	FIGHTING DEM SPOTLIGHT on Karen Marie Otter and Mishonda Baldwin	Veterans for a Secure America	03/19
73	16	29	0.150	Big Dem donor to fund Knight-Ridder worker buyout?	jennifer poole	03/18
74	16	12	0.143	Ken Mehlman asked for my opinions	rmwarnick	03/19
75	15	33	0.145	Fighting Brick Walls	LithiumCola	03/19
76	15	16	0.136	BUSH AT 36% IN NEW NEWSWEEK POLL	the OTHER rasmussen	03/18
77	15	13	0.135	V for Violence	Capriccio	03/19
78	15	12	0.135	The Scourge of Ireland	suskind	03/18
79	15	8	0.134	Washington Post: Idiots	LithiumCola	03/18
80	15	3	0.133	Weeks High Impact diaries - March 11-17, 2006	jotter	03/19
81	14	48	0.149	What Really Happens When Your Hybrid Car Battery "Dies"?	My EV World	03/19
82	14	9	0.125	Stephen Hadley Implicated As Second Source In PlameGate. Feingold Should Expand Motion.	HoundDog	03/19
83	13	38	0.132	I just saw V for Vendetta- So should you all	DABush	03/19
84	13	15	0.118	Portland Rally Photos: Updated	Simp	03/19
85	13	15	0.118	I Scooped 60 Minutes By Almost A Year	kissfan	03/19
86	13	14	0.118	Hemp, Mycoherbicides & Bioherbicides	tommurphy	03/18
87	13	12	0.117	3 years? Pffft...try 87 years ago	BarbinMD	03/18
88	13	11	0.117	Edwards helps rebuild Gulf Coast and finds the Gov. absent	sarahlane	03/19
89	13	9	0.116	Open Letter to James Webb and His Supporters	TeddyG	03/19
90	13	7	0.116	Detroit MI -- Support for Civil Disobediance Protester	sissy	03/19
91	13	6	0.116	Don't Read This, You're Not Supposed To Know.	Pen	03/19
92	12	93	0.192	...Ever Been In A Fight?	Rimjob	03/19
93	12	54	0.141	What every American needs to know about the riots in France	qrswave	03/18
94	12	21	0.112	History for Kossacks: Persia, part 7 - The Ayatollahs	Unitary Moonbat	03/18
95	12	18	0.111	A problem w/originalism - a response to Jacoby	teacherken	03/19
96	12	17	0.110	View from the Heartland: Indiana Against Bush	litho	03/19
97	12	14	0.109	Falwell Shovels, NYT Magazine gorges on it	Troutfishing	03/19
98	12	13	0.109	9,000 Protest in Portland, Ore.	Rep Chip Shields	03/19
99	12	12	0.108	Chicagoans take to the streets for peace and democracy	ebgill	03/19
100	12	6	0.107	The Weight of Battle	filmgeek83	03/18
101	12	2	0.107	Looking Back: One Who Predicted the Iraq Disaster	Mahler3	03/18
102	11	47	0.127	v for vendetta=time for action	lone star liberal	03/19
103	11	45	0.124	Ed Rollins: Too late for Bush to turn it around	quaoar	03/19
104	11	44	0.123	A group of US Soldiers beat up a Gay Man in Georgia?	AHiddenSaint	03/18
105	11	31	0.111	school bd nixes London band trip citing "terrorism fears"	BaconGreaseKid	03/18
106	11	24	0.106	Fighting Dems Spotlights for 3/19/06	mikepridmore	03/19
107	11	21	0.104	SUNDAY NYT Kos interview (w/poll)	wonkydonkey	03/19
108	11	12	0.100	Krugman Rubs the Neocons Faces in Their Own Feces.	CheeseMoose	03/19
109	11	11	0.099	Conversion to Christianity could bring death penalty in Bush's Afghanistan	blue meme	03/19
110	11	10	0.099	KILLING FOR WATER-PART 2	Patriot for Al Gore	03/18
111	11	9	0.099	SCOTUS: Ginsburg, O'Connor were targets of death threats	BlueInARedState	03/19
112	11	9	0.099	How to Tell the CA Sec'y of State "No Diebold!"	AlanF	03/19
113	10	49	0.122	Al Gore in 2008, in 5 easy steps	Mike in Chicago	03/19
114	10	35	0.107	Exciting Senate News from Utah, Montana, West Virginia, Penn.	AnthonySF	03/19
115	10	27	0.100	Designing a national healthcare system - lessons learned from US postal service.	DawnG	03/18
116	10	14	0.092	Al Gore On C-SPAN Tonight	Patriot for Al Gore	03/19
117	10	10	0.090	Dallas paper marginalizes flood of web-based antiwar LTEs	seesdifferent	03/18
118	10	7	0.090	MSM Attacks Bush On His Straw Man Statements	a gnostic	03/19
119	10	6	0.089	We are not descended from fearful men	sozzy	03/18
120	10	6	0.089	Hyperprudery costs lives (we all knew it did)	slippytoad	03/18
121	10	6	0.089	Judges Overturn Bush Bid to Ease Pollution Rules	Cenobyte	03/18
122	9	183	0.324	Tinfoil Caviar: New 9/11 Video (Link)	rhetoricus	03/18
123	9	48	0.115	Read Carefully: Mitt Romney Will Never Be President	flernk	03/19
124	9	36	0.101	The Forward: Aipac cheers Cheney, gives cold reception to Olmert!	Moonchild	03/18
125	9	33	0.098	washington journal thread, with ReddHead	knowthings	03/19
126	9	22	0.088	Did You March Today?	parryander	03/18
127	9	20	0.087	Teaching to the Test	AaronBa	03/18
128	8	182	0.320	Are Naderites Welcome in the Reform Democratic Party?	Southern Son	03/19
129	8	62	0.128	Andy Rooney: fat hideous gasbag or	pastordan	03/18
130	8	49	0.110	Mark Warner's "Friends" Compare Him to Joe Lieberman	pontificator	03/18
131	8	36	0.094	Who's Screwing America's Female Democrats?	robkallopednews	03/18
132	8	33	0.091	Open Thread: Gore on C-Span	itstime	03/19
133	8	28	0.086	Am I too addicted to Daily Kos?	takeback	03/19
134	7	104	0.189	F--- Wisconsin - . . .	Armando	03/18
135	7	37	0.089	Kristol calls for Rummy's resignation	kidshaleen	03/19
136	6	47	0.097	Nutty Conspiracy Theory	ProgressiveDemocrat	03/19
137	4	65	0.117	Zionism	Pumpkinlove	03/19
138	3	155	0.267	Jon Stewart is a Hypocrite	kentclark	03/18
139	3	112	0.194	TNR: Feingolds Selfish move w/POLL	neoConned	03/18
140	3	67	0.118	Why in the hell is Boxer begging for Nelson?	tlh lib	03/18
141	2	114	0.196	AIPAC-influenced contributions to Feingold: $132,310	MRen	03/18
142	1	134	0.230	Hate Speech vs. Free Speech	mirmir	03/19
143	1	71	0.122	As I bit into the Nectarine	Noam Chomsky	03/18
144	1	58	0.100	Abortion "..sad, even tragic"?	arion	03/18
145		90	0.154	I married my son!	mirmir	03/18

Impact total: 59.1

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

Bonus Feature: One Year Ago In Daily Kos

Sat Mar 19 00:00:00 2005 - Sat Mar 19 23:59:59 2005
DailyKos diaries = 170; 170 per day; 7.1 per hour
Active Kosmopolitans: 940
Exclusive Authors: 97; Author/Readers: 59; Total Authors: 156
Exclusive Readers: 784; Author/Readers: 59; Total Readers: 843
Network Density: 0.0209 based on 1711 recommendations out of 81674 possible

Diaries: posted 170, withdrawn: 0, remaining: 170, recommended {1: 149, 10: 29, 30: 14}.

rank	nrec	ncom	impact	Diary	Author	time
1	210	49	1.865	Wise words from a former spook.	teacherken	21:06 PST
2	109	8	0.967	Amtrak Shutdown? Democratic Opportunity!	sipples	06:24 PST
3	102	160	0.945	Nightmares of Fallujah	the holy handgrenade	21:15 PST
4	98	325	1.032	March 31, 2005: Draft must be ready within 75 days!	Sherlock Google	16:19 PST
5	90	18	0.799	U.S Military Near Breaking Point ... Draft Update?	gwhayduke	10:10 PST
6	70	25	0.622	Afghanistan: "Jewel" in Bush Doctrine Crown	Meteor Blades	02:26 PST
7	64	89	0.588	For my son: Hell NO you won't go	SanJoseLady	07:46 PST
8	64	11	0.568	You guys are going to love (aka vomit all over yourself) this quote..	Jeremiah	05:43 PST
9	37	262	0.556	Weekly Book Diary-What Books Have Influenced You?	JLongs	18:44 PST
10	5	391	0.671	Armando Is Bad for DailyKos	michaeldubois9	17:51 PST