High Impact Posts: June 19, 2013

Welcome to joseph80alto (user_id 883503) who registered at 2013-06-20 04:59:34 EDT, the most recent of 1890 in the preceding 24 hours.

Yesterday 149 Kogs posted 190 posts of which 185 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 1853 recommending readers; 126 posts were recommended by 10 or more readers, 53 by 30 or more, and 14 by 100
 or more. Commenters (1761) visited 190 posts; 92 had 10 or more commenters, 38 had 30 or more, and 5 had 100 or more.

Impact statistics from all 190 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.166, average = 0.35, max = 3.37, total =   66.9 bharns
r50 = 21 (at 0.69 bharns)

Recommendations and comments were collected Thu Jun 20 05:00:14 2013 EDT.

2013-06-19 00:00:44 - 2013-06-19 23:55:09
DailyKos posts = 190;  190 per day;  7.9 per hour
Active Kogs: 2669 (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a post	only	all
comment	1761	946	148	736	69
recommend	946	1853	69	907	69
write	148	69	149	1	69

Posts

posts with >	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	190	185	126	53	14
commentators	190	190	92	38	5
connections	190	185	154	72	16

Impact statistics from all 190 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.166, average = 0.35, max = 3.37, total =   66.9 bharns
r50 = 21 (at 0.69 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 7880
Maximum possible such pairs: 2669 x 149 = 397681
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.981%
Average degree (links/user) = 7880/2669 = 2.952

tags: approved|workspace|cleanup|quickjobs|search|tag user_guidelines
Number of distinct tags: 327793
Number of tag size classes: 1261
Most often used tag: ('Barack Obama',) (80426 posts)
Singleton tags: 219902 (attached to only one post)
n50: 624 (number of tags accounting for 50% of tagged posts)
r50: 811 (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	296	323	3.24	Why the country keeps drifting to the right	gjohnsit	14:16
2	289	773	3.37	Obama SAVED the US Economy - Running Away From that Record Would be Suicidal in 2016	Troubadour	10:18
3	224	124	2.45	Baked Alaska: Interior Alaska Hits 96 Degrees F.	Winston Sm1th	05:23
4	185	193	2.11	Paula Deen's Deposition, it is horrific, racist sextist and she needs to be removed from foodnetwork	i c e b e r g s l i m	18:35
5	182	923	2.73	The unspoken truth you know deep down about Hillary & Obama	b r o o k l y n b a d b o y	07:16
6	160	353	1.86	German magazine Spiegel says "Obama's Soft Totalitarianism: Europe Must Protect Itself from America"	Democrats Ramshield	16:13
7	152	129	1.65	MIT Climate: Fast Solution to Climate Change Is On Your Plate	beach babe in fl	11:22
8	150	151	1.62	Greenwald: No Meaningful Checks on NSA Spying, FISA Court is Effectively a Rubber Stamp	Jesselyn Radack	08:37
9	141	129	1.52	I. Am. So. Fed. Up. (Profanity, not for the faint-hearted)	BadKitties	20:50
10	130	83	1.40	Elizabeth Warren Skewers the Roberts/Scalia Court	Frank Whitaker	20:48
11	126	69	1.36	"My Heart Has Joined The Thousand."	Gemina13	01:41
12	116	88	1.32	James Gandolfini, A.K.A. Tony Soprano, Dead At Age 51	p o o p d o g c o m e d y	20:05
13	109	158	1.24	Gun nuts plan to disrupt Open Streets	ericf	14:43
14	105	210	1.33	GOP aide goes on popsicle-fueled right-wing publicity stunt in favor of cutting food stamps	Laura Clawson	11:34
15	96	110	1.13	Ohio extremist wants buyers for his assault weapons to keep 'pro-life' personhood project alive	Meteor Blades	11:48
16	93	29	1.00	Highlights of IRS Manager’s Testimony: What Issa Doesn’t Want us to Know	bluto211	09:09
17	88	42	0.93	NC extremists post online "targeting" game to intimidate Moral Monday protestors	James Protzman	19:35
18	85	97	0.91	Obama's Spreading Secrecy Net	Richard Lyon	13:36
19	69	77	0.78	Unlike most of you bozos, I took a lot of cold showers when I was a 15-week old fetus.	jbou	01:47
20	69	15	0.72	N.C. Art Pope creates database of Moral Monday arrestees, including several Kossacks	Ms Spentyouth	22:49
21	66	63	0.69	IGTNT: a young Marine from the Florida Panhandle	Sandy on Signal	20:27
22	62	92	0.69	Wednesdai Woozles	triciawyse	14:15
23	58	165	0.64	* New Day * —  Los Angeles & San Francisco's Photo Recap. Who's On Their Way to San Jose Today?	navajo	10:30
24	56	13	0.59	Ohio trio charged with forcing woman and daughter into slave labor	Christian Dem in NC	09:52
25	51	33	0.55	Overseeing the Overseers - a Glimpse into the Murky World of the Secretive Intelligence Committees	m a r k t h s h a r k	05:59
26	49	197	0.64	Cheers and Jeers: Wednesday	Bill in Portland Maine	08:17
27	47	140	0.58	Beyond A Reasonable Doubt: Applying The Wrong Legal Standard To Establishing Consent in Rape Case	Rei	08:31
28	46	41	0.51	POTUS Soon to Set CO2 Standards for Existing Power Plants	ericlewis0	21:59
29	44	53	0.53	Surveillance bait	Jen Sorensen	09:50
30	43	80	0.58	Daily Kos Elections Senate race ratings: Initial ratings for 2013-14	David Nir	12:29
31	43	36	0.50	Democratic bill would undo the dishonorable discharge stigma many gay veterans still carry	Laura Clawson	14:00
32	42	97	0.52	America is Not Exceptional	dizzydean	11:26
33	42	7	0.44	You Can Scrub, But You Can't Hide	Frederick Clarkson	16:30
34	41	143	0.52	Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: NSA leaks and other arguments	Greg Dworkin	07:30
35	41	80	0.53	Top priority for academic leaders: Summer homes!	b r o o k l y n b a d b o y	10:28
36	40	29	0.43	Geraldo Rivera's asshattery regarding Michael Hastings	joanneleon	20:19
37	39	45	0.47	The Republican Party's clueless caucus is pretty much their entire caucus	Jed Lewison	10:30
38	38	78	0.46	In Berlin, President Obama calls for one-third reduction in U.S.-Russian strategic nuclear arsenals	Meteor Blades	14:10
39	37	152	0.61	President Obama: 'Lives have been saved' by NSA surveillance	Joan McCarter	14:40
40	35	132	0.38	Bookflurries-Bookchat:  The Wonder of it All	cfk	20:00
41	35	76	0.37	Daily Bucket--An indiscreet e-mail	6412093	09:11
42	35	16	0.39	In last debate, Gomez fails to answer key questions	Joan McCarter	15:21
43	35	8	0.36	Another Day in the (Gun Crazy) U.S.A.	Tom Begnal	16:14
44	33	39	0.37	"We Need Gender Classes In Schools"	Vita Brevis	17:06
45	32	175	0.47	Why People Distrust Science	The Baptist Death Ray	12:16
46	32	14	0.34	Kevin the Socialist Duckstick goes to NN13	Horace Boothroyd III	13:36
47	32	81	0.47	Republican congresswoman pleased that her party is 'changing hearts and minds' on abortion	Jed Lewison	11:15
48	31	71	0.34	Top Comments: NOM throws tantrum because media isn't bigoted enough	S t e v e n i n g e n	22:00
49	31	65	0.34	What's Happenin'? ? ? ?6.19.13	joanneleon	08:38
50	31	13	0.34	John Oliver BLASTS Republicans on immigration	BruinKid	08:00
51	30	104	0.35	The Japanese Type 96 Light Machine Gun – a troubled weapon	s h o r t f i n a l s	21:21
52	30	64	0.40	Study Finds Pigs Fed Marijuana "Lie Around and Barely Raise Their Heads"	eXtina	10:08
53	30	79	0.46	Republican rebranding fail, continued: Congressman calls immigrants 'takers' at anti-reform rally	Jed Lewison	12:04
54	29	36	0.31	The Morning F Bomb	Floja Roja	10:00
55	29	86	0.47	Rep. Phil Gingrey: Gay marriage shows need to teach school kids proper gender roles?	Hunter	19:10
56	28	23	0.31	Not Enough People Quitting, Cause for Unemployment	Bud Meyers	16:50
57	26	50	0.29	Overnight News Digest: "Jack-Ass" Edition	wader	00:15
58	26	26	0.30	Muller "very, very minimal way, very seldom" admits U.S. drone use	Fish Outof Water	17:18
59	25	22	0.28	New video: I am Bradley Manning	Laughing Planet	03:54
60	23	19	0.25	NN13 Short & Sweet	GreyHawk	15:17
61	23	17	0.26	In GOP-run Wisconsin, fresh water is now for business use first; everyone else gets what's left over	rlegro	12:27
62	22	60	0.30	Rand Paul Attacks Bush-Cheney on Terrorism, Outflanks Democrats on the Left	Eric Stetson	19:10
63	21	35	0.24	What are you reading? June 19, 2013	plf515	07:30
64	21	8	0.23	Stunning Demonstration of Republican-On-Republican Race Hate	Dartagnan	22:40
65	21	22	0.23	Boeing 767-200ER - breaking the mold	s h o r t f i n a l s	23:32
66	21	14	0.25	One nation, under surveillance	Brian Mc Fadden	17:50
67	21	11	0.24	Wish us luck	James Protzman	00:00
68	20	11	0.22	NN2013 - for the want of a gasket - The Veterans Green Bus	llbear	17:53
69	20	6	0.21	Outreach! One example of why the GOP might have a problem	blue aardvark	18:39
70	20	5	0.22	Vaccine—which will NOT cause 'mental retardation'—has slashed HPV rates	Laura Clawson	16:47
71	19	7	0.20	High Impact Posts: June 18, 2013	jotter	09:59
72	18	23	0.22	Fallout: Assault on AP Has Chilled Sources for U.S. News Organizations	The Troubadour	22:49
73	18	64	0.21	What are you doing, if not attending NN13? : Street Prophets	Blue Jessamine	13:06
74	18	27	0.21	More than $16,000 raised  on Kickstarter for book on how to sexually assualt women	The Book Bear	12:49
75	18	17	0.21	NM-Sen: Tom Udall (D) "Intervening in Another Middle Eastern Civil War is Not in U.S. Interests"	p o o p d o g c o m e d y	04:10
76	18	11	0.20	The Most Horrifying Video I've Seen	webranding	17:16
77	17	108	0.25	The War on Fat People: Doctors Enlist	m a r i l y n w a n n	14:28
78	17	52	0.24	Poll: Give us congressional hearings on NSA surveillance	Joan McCarter	11:49
79	17	48	0.28	It's not what we believe, it's that more people need to support us	Jed Lewison	17:30
80	17	37	0.24	Rep. Kenny Marchant against immigration reform because the immigrants might vote against him	Hunter	20:30
81	17	30	0.24	Steve King launches droning strike on nation's capital	Hunter	14:30
82	17	26	0.24	Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Brian Schweitzer might decide in six million years or so	David Nir	08:00
83	17	16	0.21	Today in E.W. Jackson news: Stop persecuting E.W. Jackson and do what he says	Hunter	22:30
84	17	13	0.18	DKos, Where Do Your Contribution $$'s Go the Furthest Towards Electable Progressives? Let's Find Out	Stephen Wolf	15:50
85	17	12	0.20	Microsoft pulls a full 180 Reverse on XBOX One	tmservo433	18:43
86	17	10	0.19	"...the shale was sealed 300 million years ago,... And then man intervened"	Horace Boothroyd III	18:30
87	16	56	0.23	Open thread for night owls: 2013 Gulf 'dead zone' could be largest on record	Hunter	23:30
88	16	45	0.19	Captain America is Liberal.	d e t r o i t m e c h w o r k s	12:24
89	16	7	0.17	Food stamp cuts will hit military families and disabled veterans hard	Laura Clawson	13:55
90	15	11	0.17	CSPAN Broadcast Today's Miniscule Tea Party Rally	War on Error	18:36
91	15	10	0.16	ebooks: what's going on in the digital format	Susan from 29	14:50
92	15	2	0.16	EPA: Tar Sands Pipelines Should Be Held To Different Standards	Bateach	15:39
93	14	42	0.17	Please.  Stop with the demographics nonsense.	TDDVandy	17:25
94	14	22	0.15	The Evening Blues - 6-19-13	joe shikspack	20:00
95	14	6	0.15	...there'd never be another Sandy Hook.	t h e f a r l e f t s i d e	12:50
96	14	36	0.20	Are We Being Played?	bmaples	21:35
97	14	19	0.17	The cult of flag-worship targets Lil' Wayne	Justin Doolittle	17:06
98	14	14	0.16	TX-Sen: "Deficit Hawk" John Cornyn (R) Collecting Three Different State-Government Pensions	p o o p d o g c o m e d y	08:00
99	13	20	0.18	And the stunts from Sen. Jeff Flake's son continue	TigerMom	16:32
100	13	20	0.17	I Enjoyed Having My Head In The Sand	Poe2299	19:59
101	13	18	0.15	When is an apology enough (or not)? *Update - Exodus International Shutting Down	Kysen	21:19
102	10	32	0.16	Midday open thread	Meteor Blades	15:00
103	7	57	0.15	Drones over US skies - WTF?	ctexrep	11:33
104		353	0.36	Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 6/19	David Nir	09:00
105		91	0.17	Medicaid is the wrong prescription	p o r t e r h o u s e 2 4	15:03

 One Year Ago In Daily Kos

2012-06-19 00:15:18 - 2012-06-19 23:46:42
DailyKos posts = 191;  191 per day;  8.0 per hour
Active Kogs: 3440 (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a post	only	all
comment	2210	1136	157	995	78
recommend	1136	2365	78	1229	78
write	157	78	158	1	78

Posts

posts with >	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	191	186	134	63	18
commentators	191	191	111	55	5
connections	191	186	161	91	31

Impact statistics from all 191 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.218, average = 0.48, max = 6.60, total =   91.2 bharns
r50 = 20 (at 0.96 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 10472
Maximum possible such pairs: 3440 x 158 = 543520
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.927%
Average degree (links/user) = 10472/3440 = 3.044

rank	nrec	ncom	impact	post	Author	EDT
1	598	708	6.60	Bush Knew.	Santa Fe Marie	21:57
2	403	40	4.20	The Other Dirty Secret	jeana brown	09:45
3	287	98	3.05	Right-wing can't-be-called-terrorists convicted in Alaska (Update: Palin, Miller tie-in)	blue aardvark	13:42
4	273	129	2.89	On eve of Rio+20 climate conference, John Kerry kicks ass in Senate speech: Silence and complacency	Meteor Blades	18:28
5	248	134	2.65	Massive Arctic Phytoplankton Bloom	jim in IA	11:10
6	248	68	2.60	The Vagina Monologues at the Michigan state Capitol in Lansing, Michigan - PHOTOS & VIDEO	E c l e c t a b l o g	08:10
7	233	375	2.80	Why is it so hard to do the popular thing?	kos	13:58
8	200	145	2.16	Hi, Joe the Plumber!  I'm a Jew. Now will you please shut up?	Mets102	15:59
9	198	56	2.09	Pres. Obama: "We didn’t raise the Statue of Liberty with its back to the world."	TomP	14:03
10	187	330	2.07	It's a Queer Thing.  You Wouldn't Understand.	Lasgalen Lothir	14:33

 One Election Cycle Ago in Daily Kos

2010-06-19 00:00:02 - 2010-06-19 23:55:38
DailyKos posts = 126;  126 per day;  5.2 per hour
Active Kogs: 3103 (writes a post, recommends a post, or comments on a post)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a post	only	all
comment	1906	1140	114	711	59
recommend	1140	2332	59	1192	59
write	114	59	119	5	59

Posts

posts with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	126	108	76	37	11
commentators	126	126	95	40	7
connections	126	108	116	64	17

Impact statistics from all 126 posts.
min = 0.01, median = 0.204, average = 0.59, max = 8.96, total =   73.9 bharns
r50 = 7 (at 2.71 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 8802
Maximum possible such pairs: 3103 x 119 = 369257
Network Density (observed/possible):  2.384%
Average degree (links/user) = 8802/3103 = 2.837

rank	nrec	ncom	impact	post	Author	EDT
1	838	547	8.96	Sen. Whitehouse EXPLODES! "America . . must never be on it's knees before Corporate Power"!	Ministry Of Truth	17:27
2	603	407	6.44	The Great Bee Swarm of 2010	Emmet	15:51
3	445	77	4.64	BP Catastrophe Liveblog Mothership: #25	Liveblog	06:08
4	431	737	4.98	Issa Plans To Subpoena President Obama if GOP Wins House	D i o g e n e s 2 0 0 8	11:11
5	357	173	3.80	Must Read: Naked Capitalism's Brutal Takedown of BP	bobswern	09:26
6	332	434	3.66	This Is Disheartening To Read	s l i n k e r w i n k	12:26
7	282	108	2.98	"Shakedown" = Bush's "Deferred Prosecution"	Bcre8ve	00:53
8	257	107	2.71	Suffering Blue Whales Plead With Environmentalists To Let Them Go Extinct Already	E l l i n o r i a n n e	17:17
9	154	381	1.82	"This diary should have made the Rec List!"--Updated	Dragon5616	22:38
10	148	183	1.69	Hayward's Private Time at a Yachting Race Sponsored by JP Morgan (Updated)	joanneleon	12:12

Impact total:   41.7

 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