Weekly High Impact Diaries: July 29-August 4, 2006

Welcome to Tom Bona (uid 99094) who registered at 2006-08-06 05:40, the most recent of 64 in the preceding 24 hours.

This week 1225 Kogs posted 1848 diaries of which 1735 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 5384 recommending readers; 794 diaries were recommended by 10 or more readers, 262 by 30 or more, and 103 by 100 or more. Commenters (5539) visited 1820 diaries; 1009 had 10 or more visiting commenters, 276 had 30 or more, and 54 had 100 or more.

Up to 200 diaries, those with impact > 0.60, are shown below, sorted by number of recommendations.

Recommendations and comments were collected Sun Aug 6 06:10:44 2006; 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. For a more complete description of the lists and statistics see this diary. If you use the Firefox browser the TableTools extension can help view and copy the impact lists.

2006-07-29 00:02:17 - 2006-08-04 23:55:17
DailyKos diaries = 1848; 264 per day; 11.0 per hour
Active Kogs: 7460 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a diary	only	all
comment	5539	3579	1095	1579	714
recommend	3579	5384	728	1791	714
write	1095	728	1225	116	714

Diaries

diaries with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	1848	1735	794	262	103
commentators	1848	1820	1009	276	54
connections	1848	1735	1386	534	121

Observed writer-(reader or writer) pairs: 67101
Maximum possible such pairs: 7460 x 1225 = 9138500
Network Density (observed/possible): 0.7%
Average degree (links/user) = 67101/7460 = 9.0

rank	nrec	ncom	tators	cnx	impact	Diary	Author	Date
1	743	266	168	824	7.91	Excuse me, Mr. Lieberman?	Michael Schiavo	2006-07-30
2	593	620	277	734	6.54	Kossack Melody Townsel reveals her health nightmare. Be Warned.	nyceve	2006-08-01
3	580	311	182	626	6.13	They Are Not Coming...A Katrina Diary	luckydog	2006-08-02
4	567	299	168	636	6.06	The Constitution in Crisis Final Report Released	Congressman John Conyers	2006-08-04
5	561	180	122	607	5.93	21 Candidates tied to Abramoff = GOP troubles. UPDATED	dengre	2006-08-04
6	516	536	253	671	5.79	My run-in with Lieberman	djomin	2006-08-03
7	511	393	184	621	5.60	Preacher refuses politics in church - loses 1000 members	fahrenheit2200	2006-07-29
8	479	302	179	564	5.19	And Rumors of War	Hunter	2006-08-03
9	465	754	283	658	5.38	The scariest fucking thing I've ever read	Mike Stark	2006-07-31
10	462	284	160	562	5.06	Megachurch Pastor Throws the Repub party out of his Temple!: the New Awakening?	Magorn	2006-07-31
11	422	377	202	549	4.73	The World is on Fire	Governor Bill Richardson	2006-07-29
12	415	674	207	529	4.62	9/11 Deception by Pentagon Suspected by Officials	STOP George	2006-08-02
13	400	344	143	458	4.30	Flies vs. Hammers: How Asymmetric Warfare Works	Pericles	2006-07-31
14	398	222	127	469	4.32	Hey Pundits: THIS is why we're getting rid of Lieberman.	hekebolos	2006-07-31
15	397	436	181	504	4.41	Welcome to the Police State: Bush submits new terror bill	BruinKid	2006-07-29
16	396	194	113	454	4.26	Pro-Murtha rally drowns out swiftboating tactics!	jimmydean201	2006-08-03
17	374	523	147	466	4.13	Slashdot: Worst Ever Security Flaw in Diebold Voting Machine (UPDATED)	DocGonzo	2006-07-31
18	365	90	65	385	3.83	The Compassion of Ned Lamont - Firsthand	sen bob	2006-07-30
19	355	585	179	457	3.97	UPDATED: The situation in Cuba, from someone who lives in Havana	SneakySnu	2006-08-01
20	352	249	107	375	3.70	BILL WINTER: We HAVE a REAL Democratic message!	Bill Winter	2006-07-29
21	350	414	161	441	3.88	Speaking from experience, Billy boy?	Meteor Blades	2006-08-04
22	337	416	186	458	3.84	Rice Is Cooked; French Step Up To The Stove	blueness	2006-07-31
23	332	118	82	371	3.54	The GOP Minimum Wage CUT Bill	NathanNewman	2006-07-31
24	318	272	109	370	3.43	Estimated 2.4 MILLION in Mexico City Protest Demand Recount	el cid	2006-07-30
25	315	201	110	373	3.42	Bush Seeks Retroactive Immunity From US War Crimes Prosecution	Patriot Daily News Clearinghouse	2006-08-03
26	307	107	59	334	3.25	Blackwell sued for voter suppression, investigation of 2004 possible	anastasia p	2006-08-02
27	305	99	63	333	3.23	What You DON'T Know about the Republican Minimum Wage Bill	cashew shortage	2006-08-03
28	299	560	242	448	3.55	Paint my fucking house, Kos	EconAtheist	2006-08-03
29	291	312	151	382	3.27	Gas for $1.22 Per Gallon in NC! This is GENIUS!!!	RANT	2006-08-03
30	283	517	158	357	3.14	Stop this Stupid War!	One Pissed Off Liberal	2006-08-04
31	279	246	90	309	2.97	Against Humanity	One Pissed Off Liberal	2006-07-30
32	276	252	130	355	3.08	GOP Operative Wants You Dead	Grand Moff Texan	2006-08-03
33	271	289	149	355	3.05	Shhhh! The Moderates, Centrists, and Independents Are Listening!	karateexplosions	2006-08-04
34	265	738	173	386	3.11	Bush, Blair Agreed Israel/Lebanon War BEFORE Kidnaps?	LondonYank	2006-08-04
35	265	87	61	297	2.83	Ct-Sen HQ: I don't care what the polls say, we need you here	ttagaris	2006-08-03
36	263	194	91	329	2.91	Bill Before Senate Would Censor Daily Kos	Troutfishing	2006-08-02
37	260	181	109	311	2.83	Yo, Bush! We're going to stop YOUR shit	JuliaAnn	2006-07-29
38	259	199	129	342	2.92	Billionaire Scion Tom Friedman	davidsirota	2006-07-31
39	256	83	60	291	2.75	LiberThug's dark history exposed	firestorm	2006-08-04
40	255	872	250	435	3.21	The Fighting Goes On - But Has Israel Already Lost?	Meteor Blades	2006-07-30
41	248	298	117	318	2.77	What Every Blogger Should Know About The Apocalypse	pastordan	2006-08-02
42	248	202	120	333	2.81	The Gloves Are Off, Kennedy Takes on Alito and Roberts, TKO	OneCrankyDom	2006-07-30
43	244	190	75	272	2.60	An Inconvenient Spoof	Dave the Rave	2006-08-01
44	240	109	68	268	2.56	NV-Sen - Carter's new polling, Union Endorsements, and other campaign updates	Sarah R Carter	2006-08-03
45	237	391	189	376	2.88	Jonathan Alter slams Daily Kos and Ned Lamont	nyceve	2006-07-31
46	236	328	121	310	2.66	We are now in a recession	gjohnsit	2006-07-29
47	236	301	115	295	2.61	This Jew Wants a Cease Fire, Not a Pause	marcy winograd	2006-07-31
48	232	543	168	342	2.73	An open letter to Billmon	Carnacki	2006-08-02
49	231	509	180	366	2.81	My First Ever "Breaking News" Diary (and Poll)	Meteor Blades	2006-08-01
50	230	1745	625	749	4.40	Delete my fucking account, Kos	ErrinF	2006-08-03
51	230	133	72	257	2.45	We care, Joe, we profoundly care, that's why you must go	nyceve	2006-07-30
52	227	232	111	293	2.54	GOP GIVES PARIS HILTON $91M @ 2AM!	David Grossman	2006-07-29
53	222	169	53	240	2.35	Updated With Action Items: The Torture School:	Avila	2006-07-30
54	212	744	159	321	2.53	Black Capitol Hill police officers say Cynthia McKinney may have been set up	blksista	2006-08-01
55	211	410	133	297	2.44	Household Deficit Hits All-Time Record	bonddad	2006-08-02
56	210	303	127	291	2.41	The Passion of the Kos	Bouwerie Boy	2006-08-01
57	209	194	83	247	2.27	Letter to Religious Rightwing: Get out of my life!	oscarsmom	2006-08-02
58	208	144	80	242	2.25	The Legacy of the Oh I Don't Know Gang	Bill in Portland Maine	2006-07-29
59	208	144	69	231	2.22	US Empire Menaced by Amateurs	Grand Moff Texan	2006-08-04
60	207	205	111	272	2.33	SOLDIER: 101st Keyboard Brigade Refuses to Answer Hypocrisy	davidsirota	2006-08-02
61	207	132	66	240	2.23	Court docs: '04 GOP convention protests blocked for political reasons?	clammyc	2006-07-31
62	205	155	91	250	2.25	The 'anti-war left' wants to dump Joe. So do a lot of other Americans.	Bob Johnson	2006-07-31
63	204	212	90	255	2.26	Heat Mining: A Solution to World Energy Problems?	Devilstower	2006-08-02
64	204	162	77	252	2.25	More Churches Not Doing the "Right" Thing	pastordan	2006-08-01
65	200	168	75	237	2.17	What's NOT The Matter With Kansas	OrangeClouds115	2006-07-31
66	196	321	148	300	2.35	Six in '06: Six Reasons we're going to lose	zenbowl	2006-07-29
67	195	140	92	247	2.17	Most. Depressing. Post. Ever. (Iraq Spending Out of Control)	pontificator	2006-08-04
68	194	216	120	275	2.25	Update [2006-8-6 10:59:49 by jotter]: Generals Warn They May Have to Admit Truth Soon	Bob Johnson	2006-08-03
69	190	102	52	207	2.01	History for Kossacks: Medieval Lebanon	Unitary Moonbat	2006-07-30
70	188	142	88	226	2.05	Rumsfeld: Getting On With Life	BarbinMD	2006-07-30
71	186	119	49	210	1.99	The Webb/Allen Race: The Latest Polling	lowkell	2006-07-30
72	184	349	136	282	2.20	Three Reasons For a Recession By Year End	bonddad	2006-08-01
73	181	141	71	237	2.03	BREAKING: Senate delays Bolton vote!	Thistime	2006-08-01
74	177	66	34	188	1.86	Pombo Fiddles While Climate Burns (#33 in series)	Land of Enchantment	2006-07-31
75	170	181	91	221	1.91	When the going gets tough, cowardly Bush clears brush	clammyc	2006-07-30
76	168	349	156	284	2.11	BREAKING: Bolton Won't Face Filibuster	Craig Burnham	2006-07-31
77	166	260	84	208	1.84	A New Low for Humankind	One Pissed Off Liberal	2006-08-03
78	162	154	106	228	1.87	Senator Max Baucus' nephew killed in Iraq	El Payo	2006-08-01
79	161	143	78	217	1.83	How Dare You, You "Elitist Insurgents!"	davidsirota	2006-07-30
80	161	100	55	193	1.76	Ultra-wealthy cheat IRS out of $70 Billion per year	clammyc	2006-08-01
81	160	189	92	217	1.82	Jobs Number Sucks; Bush's Job Growth STILL Worst in 40 Years	bonddad	2006-08-04
82	153	116	66	186	1.68	CT-Sen HQ: Come to Connecticut.	ttagaris	2006-08-02
83	150	221	80	207	1.72	U.S. Intelligence on Hizballah and Iran	SusanHu	2006-07-29
84	150	128	77	192	1.67	Bush Seeks Expanded Military Tribunal Role.... Scary!!!	OrangeClouds115	2006-08-02
85	148	124	42	164	1.58	"You can hear the dogs yelping" - A Katrina Diary	RenaRF	2006-08-03
86	143	271	50	170	1.56	CT-Sen: Distributed Research Help Needed (Critical)	ttagaris	2006-07-29
87	137	346	124	217	1.67	mcjoan on the radio: Talking Connecticut	Armando	2006-08-01
88	137	54	34	150	1.45	General Wes Clark endorses Jerry McNerney! (v. Pombo in CA-11)	McNerneyforCongress	2006-08-04
89	136	141	70	171	1.51	You're Doing A Heck Of A Job, Condi	BarbinMD	2006-08-02
90	135	96	50	165	1.48	Unanimous Vote By Massachusetts Legislature to Override Romney Veto On Minimum Wage	State Rep Mark Cohen Dem PA	2006-08-01
91	134	129	53	153	1.44	The Katrina Blog Project: 30 Days to Remember the Madness	wmtriallawyer	2006-08-01
92	125	112	56	152	1.37	Corporate Profits Up; Pay Still Isn't UPDATE	bonddad	2006-08-03
93	124	99	31	131	1.30	The General and the Commander: Wes Clark in Rochester (NY-29) this Week	Eric Massa	2006-08-01
94	123	220	73	169	1.41	The Paradox of Idiocy: Wingers 'expose' Qana photos as staged	smintheus	2006-08-02
95	121	178	99	154	1.35	Brothers And Sisters,	pastordan	2006-07-30
96	121	143	64	161	1.37	Frameshop: The Hamburglars vs. Ned Lamont (UPDATED)	Jeffrey Feldman	2006-08-04
97	121	114	56	150	1.33	Worrying about sustainablility is the selfish pastime of rich spoilt brats	Jerome a Paris	2006-08-03
98	120	201	87	181	1.43	MO-Sen: Talent Continues Attacks on Dead McCaskill Staffer	BriVT	2006-08-02
99	119	491	127	166	1.37	What's Your Fucking Problem? "Meditate on reality" edition. (WYFP!)	Elizabeth D	2006-07-29
100	118	39	25	123	1.23	My kind of candidate	Carnacki	2006-07-29
101	114	123	61	143	1.26	500	teacherken	2006-08-03
102	107	118	63	159	1.26	Is NASDAQ Crashing?	bonddad	2006-07-31
103	100	203	87	171	1.26	Bush walks Right Into Castro's Trap	davidsirota	2006-08-03
104	100	123	65	147	1.18	AP: 'Struggling Lieberman faces political abyss'	joejoejoe	2006-07-29
105	99	339	95	157	1.20	Dailykos Meta-Myths	TheBlaz	2006-08-04
106	99	293	130	201	1.37	BREAKING: DAILY KOS becomes DAILY CT, adopts 'all-Lieberman' format	INDem	2006-08-02
107	96	120	70	146	1.15	OH GOP to Ted, Frances Strickland : PROVE You're Not Gay	MrLiberal	2006-07-31
108	94	84	46	121	1.05	Lamont's Rally in Greenwich: Pictures!	rlamoureux	2006-08-04
109	94	84	33	101	0.99	Larry Kissell, NC-08: A Man of the People	The Southern Dem	2006-08-04
110	91	196	88	156	1.15	Rice Trip Fails before it even Begins - Massive Protests in Lebanon (VIDEO)	STOP George	2006-07-30
111	91	81	35	114	1.01	CT-Sen: Another report from the ground	PsiFighter37	2006-07-30
112	88	229	43	109	0.97	Vegetables of Mass Destruction - Family Farms	OrangeClouds115	2006-07-30
113	83	92	33	97	0.90	Coming Clean: I Am A Military Mom	Dreaming of Better Days	2006-07-31
114	82	89	56	114	0.94	Senate Rejects Minimum Wage Bill -- Friday News Roundup	Yoss	2006-08-03
115	81	77	38	107	0.91	How to copy a US Biometric ePassport	Aneirin	2006-08-04
116	73	302	82	105	0.85	Cheers and Jeers MONDAY!	AAbshier	2006-07-31
117	73	103	58	109	0.86	Weather for Kossacks: Eastern US heat wave	Yamaneko2	2006-08-02
118	70	403	151	192	1.18	Sunday Talk - Roll, Tide, Roll !!	Al Rodgers	2006-07-30
119	64	184	47	78	0.70	Saturday Morning (Home And) Garden Blogging Vol. 2.23	Frankenoid	2006-07-29
120	62	105	36	82	0.70	Losing China	zenbowl	2006-08-04
121	62	30	20	73	0.67	Taxes: Super-rich cheat rampantly. Bush guts enforcement.	hekebolos	2006-08-01
122	60	39	30	80	0.68	The "Stained Polo" Paradox	proudlattedrinker	2006-07-30
123	60	34	25	72	0.65	Millionaire Repub. Senators hate the working poor	clammyc	2006-08-04
124	59	137	58	96	0.73	'I came over here because I wanted to kill people'	quaoar	2006-07-29
125	59	94	43	79	0.67	Rumsfeld To Testify In Open Hearing Tomorrow	PatsBard	2006-08-03
126	57	44	30	74	0.64	Iraq Journal - the Border	ivorybill	2006-08-04
127	57	26	16	65	0.61	It's the Stupidity, Stupid	BooMan23	2006-07-29
128	56	98	30	66	0.61	Farm$: Intermission 1, In a Tragedy in the Making	farmerchuck	2006-08-01
129	56	37	26	69	0.62	Israeli columnist rips public for Lebanon war	yellowdoggie	2006-07-30
130	51	425	83	103	0.70	Ask A Kossak, W/Free Answers, Throw the Bums OUT! Edition	buhdydharma	2006-07-30
131	50	141	47	84	0.62	TX Redistricting Decided: Pickup in 23?	KTinTX	2006-08-04
132	47	164	67	106	0.69	CT-Sen, More on Lieberman-Lamont	DemFromCT	2006-07-29
133	39	142	77	102	0.63	Mel Gibson's arrest gets uglier: "Fucking Jews"	Gutterboy	2006-07-29
134	34	309	86	108	0.64	Is DailyKos under assault from the Israeli Foreign Ministry?	IgnoramusMaximus	2006-07-30

Impact total: 319.8

NB: Production of this list was timed to ensure expiration of the recommendation period for all diaries considered.

Please bring any errors to my attention -- jotter

Bonus Feature: One Year Ago In Daily Kos

2005-08-05 00:04:59 - 2005-08-05 23:56:58
DailyKos diaries = 210; 210 per day; 8.8 per hour
Active Kogs: 2169 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a diary	only	all
comment	1453	643	150	725	65
recommend	643	1321	66	677	65
write	150	66	189	38	65

Diaries

diaries with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	210	184	39	16	8
commentators	210	202	88	20	1
connections	210	184	122	29	12

Observed writer-(reader or writer) pairs: 5081
Maximum possible such pairs: 2169 x 189 = 409941
Network Density (observed/possible): 1.2%
Average degree (links/user) = 5081/2169 = 2.3

rank	nrec	ncom	tators	cnx	impact	Diary	Author	EDT
1	208	83	47	243	2.25	My Kos Diary Was Read On Air By a Local Conservative Radio Host	nwprogressive	13:25
2	198	201	68	243	2.18	Ohio - BREAKING - Need Help	Pounder	07:54
3	192	195	98	255	2.17	Crow-Eating Surrender-Monkeys	Grand Moff Texan	16:21
4	188	162	99	253	2.13	UPDATE: The George W. Bush Paid Vacation Act	fink	00:06
5	175	64	56	196	1.87	Help Vote a Democrat onto a Clearchannel Station - Final Vote!	ColdFusion04	11:26
6	163	126	81	220	1.85	UPDATED: Hardball Transcript: The insanity of Bush	SanJoseLady	13:32
7	160	126	82	208	1.79	Why next year is more important than 2008 (please RECOMMEND)	Nathaniel Ament Stone	21:52
8	152	94	71	195	1.70	They are the party of the Military. We are the party of the Troops.	advisorjim	11:32
9	99	53	26	110	1.05	What Judy Miller did as an embed, Part two	emptywheel	08:00
10	95	209	122	201	1.35	DISGUSTING: Right-wing Group Protests Homosexuality at Soldier's Funeral	georgia10	07:44

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