High Impact Posts: February 28, 2013

Welcome to desire1rocket (user_id 698722) who registered at 2013-03-01 04:59:52 EST, the most recent of 1668 in the preceding 24 hours.  We salute you on the modesty of your desires.

Yesterday 166 Kogs posted 209 posts of which 198 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 2128 recommending readers; 116 posts were recommended by 10 or more r
eaders, 54 by 30 or more, and 14 by 100 or more. Commenters (1831) visited 209 posts; 99 had 10 or more commenters, 32 had 30 or more, and 4 had 100 or more.

Impact statistics from all 209 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.131, average = 0.39, max = 8.21, total =   81.4 bharns
r50 = 17 (at 0.97 bharns)

Recommendations and comments were collected Fri Mar  1 05:00:10 2013 EST.

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Impact statistics from all 209 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.151, average = 0.44, max = 8.39, total =   92.7 bharns
r50 = 16 (at 1.12 bharns)

Recommendations and comments were collected Fri Mar  1 15:14:16 2013 EST

2013-02-28 00:00:08 - 2013-02-28 23:59:57
DailyKos posts = 209;  209 per day;  8.7 per hour
Active Kogs: 3255 (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a post	only	all
comment	1981	1028	165	865	77
recommend	1028	2301	77	1273	77
write	165	77	166	1	77

posts with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	209	200	120	60	18
commentators	209	209	108	40	4
connections	209	200	158	78	26

Impact statistics from all 209 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.151, average = 0.44, max = 8.39, total =   92.7 bharns
r50 = 16 (at 1.12 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 10413
Maximum possible such pairs: 3255 x 166 = 540330
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.927%
Average degree (links/user) = 10413/3255 = 3.199

tags: approved|workspace|cleanup|quickjobs|search|tag user_guidelines
Number of distinct tags: 315741
Number of tag size classes: 1235
Most often used tag: ('Barack Obama',) (79750 posts)
Singleton tags: 211697 (attached to only one post)
n50: 608 (number of tags accounting for 50% of tagged posts)
r50: 800 (number of posts tagged by the tag just exceeding the n50 level)

• Up to 150 posts, those with impact > 0.15, are shown below.
• The posts are sorted by number of recommendations (nrec); those in bold were on the front page recommended list.
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• For a more complete description of the lists and statistics see this post.

rank	nrec	ncom	impact	post	Author	time
1	786	301	8.39	Scalia should resign	doctor o	01:27
2	514	591	5.97	Wal Mart Disaster Deepens: Shelves Empty as Sales Decline	Fish Outof Water	16:39
3	341	123	3.60	The Most Dangerous Man in the Country	m a r k t h s h a r k	23:17
4	323	140	3.44	Mr. 'racial entitlement,' Justice Antonin Scalia, does not deserve to shine John Lewis's shoes	Meteor Blades	17:55
5	286	366	3.37	Walmart Customer Shoots at Shoplifter to "Mark" Him for Police	ProgLegs	13:48
6	275	65	2.89	F*K YOU Ted Cruz, Allen West, Michelle Bachmann, et al.  This Is Personal.	Floyd Blue	11:42
7	235	38	2.45	Occupy the SEC Sues Fed, SEC, OCC, CFTC, FDIC, Treasury Due To Failure To Implement Volcker Rule	bobswern	04:06
8	233	68	2.51	Low Level Right Wing Buyer's Remorse	oakborn	16:26
9	171	94	1.80	Today I bring mom home	woodtick	11:16
10	168	167	1.91	Woodward Goes Full Breitbart	Troubadour	11:53
11	164	54	1.77	BUSTED: Two GOPers Come Forward, Finger GOP Chair for Racist Facebook Post	Montana Cowgirl	21:08
12	162	110	1.85	BREAKING: Rep. Sean Duffy?(R-Real World) has a vagina, apparently	Kaili Joy Gray	16:50
13	155	28	1.62	Republicans are a Global Embarrassment	Stewart Acuff	08:35
14	140	31	1.48	Georgia couple pleads guilty to starving own son and sending him to LA	Christian Dem in NC	18:01
15	131	124	1.50	GOP rebranding effort hitting a few?snags	kos	14:39
16	109	294	1.25	Arming teachers?  First, don't shoot self or others in training.	Cartoon Peril	10:12
17	102	97	1.12	Some Truth About Switzerland and Guns	t a l k t o t h e m i k e	20:08
18	101	42	1.11	Here's your proof the Tea Party has imploded.	Dumbo	21:36
19	94	23	1.00	Insurance Giant AIG Latest to Request Ads Be Removed From Rush Limbaugh	ProgLegs	06:37
20	83	268	0.98	Obama's Faustian Bargain	cosmic debris	07:46
21	80	55	0.88	Defeat for anti-tax morans in WA	o n t h e l e f t c o a s t	12:31
22	78	233	1.11	In which the Obama administration threatened to send Bob Woodward to a gulag for thought crimes	Jed Lewison	09:30
23	77	103	0.84	NRA paints itself into a corner on background checks	tytalus	15:41
24	76	106	0.83	Fursdai Furries	triciawyse	14:15
25	76	94	0.88	Obama administration will file brief in Prop 8?case	Joan McCarter	14:48
26	75	69	0.79	Tsunami Geology and the Quileute Nation	OceanDiver	15:00
27	73	124	0.83	A Little Reminder of My (and Your) White Privilege	dannyboy1	09:45
28	73	31	0.77	Another day in the (gun crazy) U.S.A.	Tom Begnal	16:21
29	68	69	0.77	Obama's brief urges marriage equality ... in California (and seven other states)	Adam B	19:43
30	65	248	0.80	Cheers and Jeers: Thursday	Bill in Portland Maine	08:17
31	64	75	0.79	Meet the two weenie Democrats who are cool with violence against not-straight, not-white women	Kaili Joy Gray	14:22
32	60	20	0.63	Black Indians:  Remembering Captain Paul Cuffee During Black History Month	Aji	18:16
33	60	151	0.88	Dear Businessweek: What. The. Hell.	Hunter	13:50
34	59	88	0.72	House finally votes on Violence Against Women Act to protect ALL women	Kaili Joy Gray	10:56
35	56	170	0.61	*New Day      Your Garden	paradise50	10:30
36	53	39	0.57	Thursday Classical Music, Opus D108; Rest in peace, Harvey Lavan Cliburn (1934-2013)	Dave in Northridge	19:39
37	51	98	0.59	Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: Gun violence, the voting rights act and more	Greg Dworkin	07:30
38	50	34	0.56	Sequester Cuts Deep in Rural America...	RuralRoute	22:26
39	50	8	0.52	Indians 101: Plateau Art (Photo Diary)	Ojibwa	11:32
40	49	121	0.53	Top Comments: Piece of My Heart Edition	Dave in Northridge	22:00
41	47	39	0.55	Austerity pain? Not for Congress	Joan McCarter	13:20
42	47	155	0.54	Committee mark-up of Senate gun legislation postponed. Background check hang-ups irk Biden	Meteor Blades	12:45
43	44	74	0.50	Filibustered Senate Sequestration Replacement Bill Was a Beautiful Thing - RIP	eXtina	20:58
44	42	31	0.48	Margaret Sanger, Planned Parenthood, and Racism	djjohn	22:27
45	41	99	0.57	Senate GOP expected to filibuster Democratic plan to avoid sequester as House GOP twiddles thumbs	Jed Lewison	11:06
46	41	72	0.47	What If Your Classroom Misbehavior Had Led To An Arrest?	Grizzard	03:07
47	40	132	0.59	Senate Republicans filibuster Democratic sequester replacement	Jed Lewison	15:30
48	39	95	0.41	The Morning F Bomb	Floja Roja	10:00
49	39	66	0.50	Bob Woodward's story lets the media preen, and they love him for it	Hunter	18:30
50	39	59	0.53	For third time this year, Boehner relies primarily on Democratic votes	Jed Lewison	13:18
51	36	64	0.40	The Myth of China's Coal Demand	beach babe in fl	09:47
52	36	43	0.40	Unplugged From Mother Nature	John Crapper	14:00
53	36	34	0.39	Fairey Albacore - a failed replacement!	s h o r t f i n a l s	19:00
54	35	82	0.47	Question: Is Rape Funny? Answer: Not Until We Realize It's Not	Ms Pris	12:50
55	33	28	0.37	Bad Fetus, in "Fetal Firepower!!"	Ruben Bolling	09:50
56	32	35	0.37	KS Dems Include Drug Tests for Lawmakers Alongside Welfare Recipients	ProgLegs	15:17
57	32	17	0.35	I Think I Am Sick	y o r k i e d o g l o v e r	16:39
58	31	25	0.36	Robin Kelly's GOP foe an ex-con	Molly Weasley	11:03
59	30	13	0.33	Chait offers the definitive take-down of Woodward	Gideon	10:28
60	30	28	0.35	Governance Lessons from SimCity 2000	Risen Tree	20:36
61	29	40	0.36	Even the Wall Street Journal says it: 'Government spending cuts are slowing the recovery's momentum'	Jed Lewison	12:40
62	28	68	0.32	The pride of the Highlands - the Scottish Blackface sheep!	s h o r t f i n a l s	21:57
63	27	28	0.30	Oklahoma loosens marijuana penalties	skohayes	19:22
64	27	26	0.33	Public health on the sequester chopping?block	Joan McCarter	11:32
65	26	34	0.30	If there was ever a question about the NRA.....	Psycho Savannah	15:23
66	26	13	0.29	Ads ask Republican legislators if they want to be remembered 'for inflicting pain on millions'	Laura Clawson	11:47
67	25	22	0.26	Overnight News Digest	Oke	00:00
68	25	74	0.33	Open thread for night owls: White House still holding back targeted killing memos from Senate	Meteor Blades	23:30
69	25	46	0.35	National Weather Service faces sequestration, furloughs and reduced reporting capabilities	Hunter	21:00
70	25	45	0.27	The U.S. has enough bases to sink the world.	allenjo	18:25
71	25	8	0.27	Republicans... You are the Problem!	Crashing Vor	10:30
72	24	25	0.27	Breaking: Supreme Court Repeals 14th Amendment - Returns US to Dred Scott	twigg	20:33
73	24	21	0.29	Jobless benefit claims fall sharply. GDP growth for 4th quarter slightly better than first report	Meteor Blades	09:43
74	24	14	0.28	House brings back flawed cybersecurity?bill	Joan McCarter	13:45
75	23	52	0.24	What's Happenin'? Sequester Week 2.28.13	joanneleon	08:32
76	22	49	0.24	The Daily Bucket - first spring voices	bwren	11:00
77	22	46	0.26	UPDATED! A big deal on Prop 8 is BREAKING	sfbob	14:16
78	22	31	0.24	It's time to show Mike some love	Thinking Fella	15:02
79	22	17	0.25	Sequester threatens student aid, research jobs, and, basically, U.S. scientific capacity	Laura Clawson	13:52
80	22	5	0.23	THIS Is How You Talk About Racism: See Jamelle Bouie on the Wealth Gap	Ian Reifowitz	20:34
81	21	70	0.23	The Evening Blues - 2-28-13	joe shikspack	20:00
82	21	11	0.23	Robert Reich was Right, the GOP is Wrong	Bud Meyers	13:33
83	21	4	0.22	Another Son Murdered	x a j a x s i n g e r x	19:29
84	20	17	0.23	The True Power Of Conservatives And Their Use Of Religion - Conformity and Authority -	Jack Ryan	23:07
85	20	10	0.21	Bishop Auckland - a grand entrance to a castle!	s h o r t f i n a l s	07:05
86	19	115	0.26	Obama ready for war with Iran: Time Mag	blue aardvark	11:01
87	19	32	0.22	Write On! Passive protagonists.	Sensible Shoes	20:00
88	18	24	0.23	Once upon a time, there was a deadly product...	American Free Party	08:54
89	18	11	0.20	IL-Sen: Dick Durbin (D) Compares Professor's 2nd Amendment Stance To "Suicide Pact"	p o o p d o g c o m e d y	13:40
90	18	8	0.19	DKos Special Diary: The Mythical John Wesley Powell and the 1869 Expedition, Part 5	r i c h h o l t z i n	17:03
91	18	7	0.19	High Impact Posts: February 27, 2013	jotter	13:11
92	17	14	0.19	Schneiderman's Mortgage Fraud Task-Force: A Con Job & Political Hackery	Ray Pensador	22:36
93	17	9	0.18	$15.6 Million in Bribes = OK to Destroy Our Environment	Puddytat	14:32
94	17	8	0.19	What Nerd Jargon Teaches Us About Obama, Ducks and How to Pass Laws	healthy	22:44
95	17	8	0.19	Another Creature of Washington...	Matt Wuerker	17:50
96	16	52	0.20	Senators propose a declaration of war against Iran	Paleo	10:57
97	16	14	0.19	Perpetuation of Racial Entitlements?	Ticorules	21:21
98	15	123	0.39	Hillary Clinton two terms will replace Scalia and/or Kennedy	s r e e i z z l e 2 0 1 2	15:00
99	15	4	0.16	Just In Case You Didn't Care	LaEscapee	21:55
100	14	31	0.20	Our Thin-skinned President	vickijean	20:26
101	14	24	0.19	State GOP Senator (also Pastor) says he prefers to go to jail than marry gays	Intheknow	00:32
102	14	9	0.16	Boehner misleadingly claims tax revenue at a record high	Jon Perr	18:09
103	9	49	0.20	Midday open thread	Meteor Blades	15:00
104	7	31	0.16	TPM: Lanny Davis Claims WH Threatened Him, Too	kck	20:54
105	1	385	0.45	Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 2/28	David Nir	09:00
106	1	74	0.15	Cold Dead Eyes	Crimson Slip	17:49

Impact total:   85.1

 nrec - Number of recommendations
  ncom - Number of comments
  tator - Number of commenters or commenTators (ow, ... sorry, I know).
  impact - Calculated currently using nrec and cnx
  post - A hyperlink to the Daily Kos post displaying the title.
  Author - Hyperlink to the post authors Daily Kos home page.
  Time - Post time shown as time of day for daily lists and date for weekly posts.
   

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