High Impact Posts: May 14, 2013

Welcome to size72tail (user_id 819311) who registered at 2013-05-15 04:59:43 EDT, the most recent of 2215 in the preceding 24 hours.

Yesterday 144 Kogs posted 179 posts of which 175 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 1835 recommending readers; 111 posts were recommended by 10 or more readers, 47 by 30 or more, and 13 by 100 or more. Commenters (1689) visited 179 posts; 89 had 10 or more commenters, 47 had 30 or more, and 4 had 100 or more.

Impact statistics from all 179 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.184, average = 0.38, max = 3.42, total =   67.9 bharns
r50 = 20 (at 0.87 bharns)

Recommendations and comments were collected Wed May 15 05:00:09 2013 EDT.

2013-05-14 00:01:08 - 2013-05-14 23:51:18
DailyKos posts = 179;  179 per day;  7.5 per hour
Active Kogs: 2649 (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a post	only	all
comment	1689	876	143	727	57
recommend	876	1835	57	959	57
write	143	57	144	1	57

Posts

posts with >	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	179	175	111	47	13
commentators	179	179	89	47	4
connections	179	175	141	72	24

Impact statistics from all 179 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.184, average = 0.38, max = 3.42, total =   67.9 bharns
r50 = 20 (at 0.87 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 7848
Maximum possible such pairs: 2649 x 144 = 381456
Network Density (observed/possible):  2.057%
Average degree (links/user) = 7848/2649 = 2.963

tags: approved|workspace|cleanup|quickjobs|search|tag user_guidelines
Number of distinct tags: 324085
Number of tag size classes: 1251
Most often used tag: ('Barack Obama',) (80210 posts)
Singleton tags: 217437 (attached to only one post)
n50: 620 (number of tags accounting for 50% of tagged posts)
r50: 804 (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	EDT
1	316	172	3.42	GOP BS Fail: Benghazi White House Emails were Doctored UPDATED x3	ericlewis0	14:04
2	298	209	3.28	The Village Has Psychologically Colonized Daily Kos	Troubadour	18:46
3	259	170	2.78	Shock Doctrine: While RW screams conspiracy theories House GOP votes to END OVERTIME PAY for workers	Ministry Of Truth	12:27
4	249	111	2.66	REBRAND FAIL: FL GOP Latino Outreach Director Switches Parties	Brainwrap	08:19
5	190	438	2.14	Wake Up Call: U.S. Government Targets Journalists, Happened to Me in 2003, Risen in 2006, AP in 2013	Jesselyn Radack	09:12
6	163	45	1.72	Poor Rush Limbaugh Is Running Out of People to Blame!	ProgLegs	06:02
7	158	113	1.72	Breaking the grip of Disney's princesses	8ackgr0und N015e	07:00
8	149	364	1.75	So You Want to Impeach the President	Mets102	14:27
9	142	55	1.52	I'm about to sprain my shoulder...patting myself on the back	Churchof Bruce	22:58
10	138	76	1.53	Forget everything you think you know about Benghazi ... here is THE definitive timeline	Barbara Morrill	12:50
11	135	89	1.44	I need prayers. Now.	mrsgoo	22:10
12	129	176	1.42	Security guard's gun accidentally shoots student	plan9pub	13:40
13	105	130	1.10	Black Kos, Tuesday's Chile	Black Kos	15:59
14	99	93	1.19	Will nothing stop shameless Dick Cheney from his incessant jabbering about Benghazi®?	Meteor Blades	13:02
15	98	77	1.09	Nightly news gave British royals seven times more coverage in 2012 than they gave climate change	Meteor Blades	16:02
16	92	112	1.04	Calm the f^ck down. We're all crazy. It's not a competition.	jbou	15:21
17	91	99	0.99	Fishgrease: Sports Metaphors	Fishgrease	21:13
18	90	89	1.08	Oops: ABC's Benghazi 'scoop' was based on fabricated email	Jed Lewison	13:15
19	83	72	0.92	D*ck of the Day Award (Update: Do I Have This All Wrong?)	Crashing Vor	19:00
20	82	22	0.87	TN Can't Make Up Its Mind, Arrests Woman But Calls Her A Man	zenbassoon	19:23
21	77	165	0.91	Why are you all just reacting to GOP propaganda instead of setting your own agenda?	Troubadour	16:45
22	74	93	0.85	IRS's Mistake -- Not Verifying ALL 501(c)4s	jamess	09:04
23	72	90	0.83	The IRS Non-Scandal	homogenius	21:54
24	71	190	0.78	* New Day * —  Do You Share Dkos Posts at Facebook & Twitter?	navajo	10:30
25	70	98	0.84	The GOP's Florida Hispanic director has had enough	kos	10:30
26	69	56	0.80	Pelosi: If John Boehner was a woman, what would they call him?	Laura Clawson	11:25
27	65	87	0.78	Minnesota makes it a dozen: Gov. Mark Dayton signs marriage equality into law	Joan McCarter	18:12
28	64	111	0.70	Toosdai Critters	triciawyse	14:15
29	53	201	0.65	Cheers and Jeers: Tuesday	Bill in Portland Maine	08:17
30	52	49	0.57	Dick Cheney biggest liar of them all	La Feminista	11:36
31	50	8	0.52	Indians 101: Massachusetts, 1700 to 1725	Ojibwa	11:31
32	46	31	0.53	Jon Stewart says what we're thinking about the IRS scandal	BruinKid	08:00
33	42	17	0.46	Four easy fixes for corporate taxation	Kenneth Thomas	06:01
34	42	96	0.55	Liberals Outrage On IRS Tea Party Scrutiny Unjustified & Foolish (VIDEO)	Progressive Liberal	11:42
35	42	66	0.51	Senate committee slashes food aid, again	Joan McCarter	15:59
36	41	252	0.46	Top Comments: Ask Me Anything* Edition	brillig	22:00
37	41	71	0.44	The Daily Bucket, Gray Fox	burnt out	11:00
38	39	47	0.46	Atheist High School Student Protests The 10 Commandments In Classrooms	Leslie Salzillo	19:12
39	38	41	0.46	More global warming could be ahead than seen in millions of years	DarkSyde	20:30
40	37	40	0.44	CBO cut its deficit projection by $200 billion	Joan McCarter	15:38
41	35	119	0.52	GOP helped kill legislation sponsored by Obama that would have protected the AP	Jed Lewison	11:06
42	33	22	0.36	Reacting to GOP Propaganda? No, doing the job the newsmedia are supposed to be doing	Dave in Northridge	17:58
43	32	49	0.34	The Morning F Bomb	Floja Roja	10:00
44	32	97	0.47	Abbreviated pundit roundup: When it rains, it pours	Georgia Logothetis	07:41
45	32	30	0.37	Jump	keefknight	17:50
46	31	108	0.41	Open thread for night owls: Frances Moore Lappé on generating political energy with 'good news'	Meteor Blades	23:30
47	31	39	0.39	Angelina Jolie Reveals Her Decision To Have Double Mastectomy	Leslie Salzillo	13:04
48	29	53	0.36	Why a Flat-Rate Tax is Unfair: A Quick Overview of America's Wealth Inequality and Tax Structure	alexforgue	12:23
49	29	30	0.31	LGBT Literature: Flagrant Conduct	scaboni	08:00
50	28	12	0.31	Parenting on the Spectrum - How "Bat" is a Conversation	coquiero	10:32
51	26	74	0.28	The Evening Blues - 5-14-13	joe shikspack	20:00
52	26	55	0.28	What's Happenin'? 5.14.13	joanneleon	08:30
53	26	30	0.32	FDA Findings: Xanthan Gum Primary Source of Bacterial Endotoxins	Lynne Vogel	20:59
54	25	31	0.31	Chuck Todd thinks the IRS scandal is worse than torture	Justin Doolittle	12:10
55	25	9	0.26	Updating old stories	rserven	19:00
56	24	31	0.31	Florida GOP tells voters to be scared because Nancy Pelosi, radical Islamists, blah blah blah	Laura Clawson	14:23
57	23	24	0.26	Florida Gov. Rick Scott: Allen West would be a 'great' lieutenant governor	Hunter	15:09
58	23	8	0.25	“We Don’t Pay You to Pee” and Other Reasons Why We Need the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act	National Womens Law Center	14:24
59	23	8	0.24	#14 - Brazil - Marriage Equality Nationwide!	naraht	13:26
60	22	55	0.31	Is The U.S. The Dumbest Country In The World? (UPDATED with Poll!)	a s h i f t i n c o n s c i o u s n e s s	00:09
61	21	30	0.30	White House won't penalize holdout states over Medicaid expansion	Joan McCarter	13:24
62	21	9	0.24	The Avenging Uterus rogues gallery	Matt Bors	09:50
63	20	15	0.22	Paradox: The More U.S. TV News You Watch The Less Informed You Are	Ray Pensador	18:34
64	19	49	0.21	IAN: Good Morning, Tuesday May 14	j a n 4 i n s i g h t	00:01
65	19	28	0.27	Republicans open up inevitable Obamacare probes	Joan McCarter	12:09
66	19	23	0.21	"We can't pass nothin, so here fight over this"	jbou	13:11
67	19	19	0.24	WaPo Fact Checker:  Act of Terror = Terrorist Act is a lie.  Are you kidding me?	Upper West	11:01
68	19	16	0.20	One of the best - the Bücker Bü 181 Bestmann	s h o r t f i n a l s	19:00
69	18	97	0.20	GUS:  Nolaaaannnnnn!!!!! Open Thread with Recipe	gchaucer2	10:00
70	18	14	0.20	Nintendo: Gay couples = a bug, not a feature	KVoimakas	09:06
71	18	8	0.19	Trees at the Fort (Photo Diary): Street Prophets Coffee Hour	Ojibwa	16:06
72	17	5	0.18	Daily Kos Labor digest: Seattle teachers' test boycott leads to change for the better	Laura Clawson	18:00
73	17	25	0.22	First Experience Administering Standardized Test - Some thoughts	sujigu	19:48
74	17	25	0.20	Notice Today, No Contract in 4 weeks.	d o i n g b u s i n e s s a s	02:03
75	17	18	0.20	"Pro-choicers are okay with rape, kidnapping and torture. . .	C l y t e m n e s t r a	11:05
76	17	15	0.21	Defense furloughs to be cut again	Laura Clawson	10:44
77	16	133	0.44	Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Portland prepares to protect its precious bodily essences	David Nir	08:00
78	16	28	0.19	Whine Merchants: Race, Inequality and the Myth of White Victimhood	tim wise	16:37
79	16	17	0.17	Fiddling?  Or Eating Bread in Circuses?	Vijaya	21:42
80	16	12	0.19	Breaking: CBO Slashes Estimate of Deficit by $200 Billion	accumbens	14:38
81	16	9	0.17	Is The Value Of One Arrest Worth The Cost Of Nine Stops Of Innocent Pedestrians?	jpmassar	20:34
82	16	7	0.18	Florida lawmakers, who rejected Medicaid, have really sweet health insurance deal	Joan McCarter	15:09
83	15	34	0.24	Eric Holder? When You've Lost Charles P. Pierce, You've Lost Me. Pack It In, General.	joeyess	11:18
84	15	19	0.16	The Republicans Selective Outrage Problem	jamess	22:07
85	14	57	0.26	RNC targets Hillary Clinton in its first 2016 attack ad	Jed Lewison	12:04
86	14	20	0.19	Jettison the United States Air Force	Karen Hedwig Backman	15:07
87	13	136	0.29	Holder says he recused himself early on in leak investigation, but defends handling of subpoena	Jed Lewison	14:45
88	13	15	0.16	MN-Sen: Al Franken (D) Calls For Cleaning Up The Credit Rating System	p o o p d o g c o m e d y	18:15
89	13	10	0.15	CBO slashes 2013 deficit forecast to $642 billion	Jon Perr	15:27
90	12	28	0.16	I, for one, welcome these scandals.	Muskegon Critic	12:47
91	11	215	0.35	I oppose the NTSB's recommendation that DUI = .05 BAC.	Go Go Go Everton	15:39
92	11	91	0.37	Report: IRS D.C. office investigated applications for non-profit status	Jed Lewison	09:30
93	11	47	0.20	Midday open thread	Meteor Blades	15:10
94	8	94	0.16	Favorite Songs: Space Edition	blueoregon	21:00
95	7	45	0.20	Rep. Bachmann to Move to Montana Over Passage of MN Gay Marriage Bill	MARTinNJ	10:25
96	4	74	0.23	Daughter Of GOP Crybaby John Boehner Enters Matrimony-dom With Dreadlocked Jamaian	sugarbaby	11:50
97	4	56	0.20	The end of the Obama Presidency ..death by a thousand cuts	lightarty	13:32
98	1	413	0.39	Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 5/14	David Nir	09:00
99		60	0.19	Flatter tax is the solution.	Cpqemp	17:32

 One Year Ago In Daily Kos

2012-05-14 00:05:29 - 2012-05-14 23:58:04
DailyKos posts = 192;  192 per day;  8.0 per hour
Active Kogs: 3480 (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a post	only	all
comment	2150	1232	160	835	77
recommend	1232	2560	77	1328	77
write	160	77	162	2	77

Posts

posts with >	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	192	189	130	68	21
commentators	192	192	114	49	8
connections	192	189	158	97	29

Impact statistics from all 192 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.226, average = 0.51, max = 5.86, total =   98.7 bharns
r50 = 18 (at 1.28 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 11124
Maximum possible such pairs: 3480 x 162 = 563760
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.973%
Average degree (links/user) = 11124/3480 = 3.197

rank	nrec	ncom	impact	post	Author	EDT
1	528	1164	5.86	Stop Reccing FUDster Bullsh*t Artists.  They Haven't Been Right Once.	Troubadour	23:55
2	445	167	4.79	Angie's List responds to my questions about Rush Ads	mamabigdog	19:42
3	373	391	4.15	DNC refusing to send money to defeat Scott Walker	Scarce	12:14
4	360	621	3.92	1% Want To Steal Your Social Security, Pres. Obama Is Helping Them	joe shikspack	08:50
5	313	334	3.41	Greece to get the last laugh?	tsackton	22:22
6	261	252	2.83	President Obama is the Adult in the Room	Mets102	18:44
7	254	196	2.81	Obama Campaign comes out with guns ablazin'!	b r o o k l y n b a d b o y	13:12
8	252	211	2.69	KOSSACKS! Let's Hit the Bat to Raise $500,000 for the Wisconsin Democrats!	Yosef 52	22:21
9	246	39	2.59	California voter registration fraud stings Republicans	Joan McCarter	19:18
10	213	120	2.30	America's first gay president (Hint: It's not Obama)	quaoar	16:08

 One Election Cycle Ago in Daily Kos

2010-05-14 00:00:41 - 2010-05-14 23:49:24
DailyKos posts = 207;  207 per day;  8.6 per hour
Active Kogs: 3878 (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a post	only	all
comment	2503	1405	188	994	84
recommend	1405	2776	85	1370	84
write	188	85	193	4	84

Posts

posts with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	207	178	104	50	19
commentators	207	207	139	53	9
connections	207	178	172	95	22

Impact statistics from all 207 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.177, average = 0.47, max = 8.95, total =   98.1 bharns
r50 = 12 (at 1.84 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 11751
Maximum possible such pairs: 3878 x 193 = 748454
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.570%
Average degree (links/user) = 11751/3878 = 3.030

rank	nrec	ncom	impact	post	Author	EDT
1	791	1677	8.95	Restoring Daily Kos	nyceve	18:07
2	698	474	7.57	Obama: Rs Drove Us Into a Ditch. "Now They Want The Keys Back."  And They Can't Have Them.	TomP	11:14
3	622	444	6.61	Fishgrease: DKos Booming School II	Fishgrease	03:10
4	338	161	3.57	A Biologist's View of the Spill	Crashing Vor	08:39
5	320	252	3.42	Oh, bite me.	i n d i e m c e m o p a n t s	14:24
6	284	372	3.12	No, Obama did not "scrap" Iraq withdrawal	b l a c k w a t e r d o g	17:18
7	275	165	2.96	"I Need A Freakin Job" astroturfing for Breitbart and Corporate America, cause that's where the $ is	Ministry Of Truth	15:23
8	260	307	2.94	Deep Water Engineer explains how to Stop the Gushers -- Updated with BP Riser Photo	jamess	06:55
9	246	360	2.65	Brutal Abuse Alleged At Secret Second Bagram Prison	Laurence Lewis	11:01
10	211	185	2.34	Colbert Slams Beck's 100 Year Plan From God	griffin459	09:35

Impact total:   44.1

 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.
   

Please bring any errors to my attention -- jotter