High Impact Diaries - April 28, 2008

Welcome to BillinMontroseCA (uid 161563) who registered at 2008-04-29 05:50:58 EDT, the most recent of 158 in the preceding 24 hours.

Yesterday 444 Kogs posted 444 diaries of which 424 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 3656 recommending readers and viewed by 10500; 186 diaries were recommended by 10 or more readers, 48 by 30 or more, and 20 by 100 or more.  Commenters (3417) visited 439 diaries; 262 had 10 or more commenters, 82 had 30 or more, and 15 had 100 or more.

Impact statistics from all 444 diaries.
min = 0.00, median = 0.133, average = 0.33, max = 8.20, total =  148.4 bharns
r50 = 16 (at 2.00 bharns)

Recommendations and comments were collected Tue Apr 29 06:10:28 2008 EDT; 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.

2008-04-28 00:00:23 - 2008-04-28 23:59:33
DailyKos diaries = 444;  444 per day; 18.5 per hour
Active Kogs: 5225 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)
Lurkers: 5363 (only view diaries)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a diary	view a diary	CRW only	CRWV only	all
comment	3417	1897	383	3375	1337	11	200
recommend	1897	3656	212	3580	1747	46	200
write	383	212	444	441	49		200
view	3375	3580	441	10500		5363	200

Diaries

diaries with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	444	424	186	48	20
commentators	444	439	262	82	15
connections	444	424	327	135	24
views	444	444	444	405	244

Diaries with date of publication not same as sid date: 0

Impact statistics from all 444 diaries.
min = 0.00, median = 0.133, average = 0.33, max = 8.20, total =  148.4 bharns
r50 = 16 (at 2.00 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 18985
Maximum possible such pairs: 5225 x 444 = 2319900
Network Density (observed/possible):  0.818%
Average degree (links/user) = 18985/5225 = 3.633

tags: approved|workspace|cleanup|quickjobs|search|tag guidelines

Number of distinct tags: 81067
Number of tag size classes: 737
Most often used tag: George W. Bush (29491 diaries)
Singleton tags: 49124 (attached to only one diary)
Orphaned tags: 370 (attached to deleted diaries)
n50: 274 (number of tags accounting for 50% of tagged diaries)
r50: 627 (number of diaries tagged by the tag just exceeding the n50 level)

• Up to 150 diaries, those with impact > 0.15, are shown below.
• The diaries are sorted by number of recommendations (nrec); those in bold were on the front page recommended list.
• The TableTools extension for the Firefox browser allows you to sort by any column.
• For a more complete description of the lists and statistics see this diary.

rank	nrec	ncom	tators	cnx	viewers	impact	Diary	Author	EDT
1	769	315	159	858	3983	8.20	The Untold Story of How the Canadian Government Sabotaged Barack Obama	TocqueDeville	01:56
2	735	508	317	874	2837	7.99	Gnashing and Rending: A Modest Proposal That You Chill	LarsThorwald	18:07
3	620	191	96	661	4770	6.53	Dick Cheney’s Prediction about to Come True	Brandon Friedman	13:40
4	512	194	124	568	2426	5.45	Clinton Criticizing Closure of Indiana Factory That Clinton Helped Close	davidsirota	12:02
5	409	432	193	514	3317	4.53	EXTRA OFFICIAL THREAD -- NOW WITH MORE OFFICIALITY	droogie6655321	14:56
6	394	445	209	544	2712	4.52	Obama Supporters, Stop Trippin'.......	icebergslim	20:17
7	387	740	318	637	2983	4.79	My disapproval of Kos stance on Obama and Fox (please recommend)	manumit	14:17
8	381	199	130	445	2285	4.12	CNN's National Disgrace	WinSmith	23:47
9	374	474	206	519	3250	4.30	Bill Clinton "doesn’t like Obama” - revealing Look @ Motivation	Steven R	01:50
10	373	191	99	430	3007	4.02	They just have to make it close enough to steal (updated)	clammyc	08:23
11	371	285	134	442	1951	4.04	Globe Editorial Calls Clinton "Hillary Strangelove"/Nuclear Madwoman	Troutfishing	09:57
12	345	415	160	435	2045	3.83	Superdelegates to blame for enabling destructive campaign	JedReport	21:16
13	295	150	71	320	1119	3.12	Gore: Mountaintop Removal is a CRIME, and ought to be Treated as a Crime	faithfull	12:38
14	263	286	179	398	2949	3.13	Senator Jeff Bingaman Picks Obama with Bonus Pink Floyd Endorsement	kubla000	15:14
15	254	156	93	304	1863	2.77	Krugman calls out Clinton on the gas tax ... or not [UPDATED]	poblano	00:33
16	203	323	127	282	1062	2.33	How Rev. Wright Brought Me to God	Granny Doc	10:14
17	192	65	33	196	609	2.00	Hey Kossacks!  Can we help out our friend Faye Armitage?	One Pissed Off Liberal	20:10
18	156	114	39	166	788	1.64	Darkness Fell (An Answer to "Darkness Falls")	Valtin	02:38
19	142	123	55	150	266	1.49	IGTNT: Three Young Dads	blue jersey mom	21:30
20	102	92	38	120	385	1.11	Where Every Meal Is a Sacrifice	teacherken	06:22
21	67	265	83	132	782	0.91	BREAKING-Supreme Court Upholds Indiana's Voter ID Law	IndianaDemocrat	10:35
22	63	78	31	82	748	0.71	OMFG!! Seriously!? OMFG...	Elise	15:40
23	60	758	196	227	914	1.29	LIVEBLOG:  Jeremiah Wright at the National Press Club	TrueBlueMajority	09:03
24	60	29	19	68	166	0.64	Teen Challenge: A typical week in the "Jesus Gulag"	dogemperor	17:04
25	58	123	43	76	808	0.65	BREAKING: New Democratic Debates Announced!	JeffLieber	13:50
26	55	107	26	65	135	0.60	Top Comments 4.28.08 - On boycotts and freedom of speech	va dare	22:00
27	51	119	20	55	118	0.54	EENR For Progress: More and BETTER -- Brown and Armitage!	edgery	22:56
28	51	29	14	62	267	0.56	Action Alert: Dobson Quietly Co-opts All Fifty Governors	Save Ohio Now	08:44
29	42	76	48	76	292	0.54	Screw it. I'm getting a new hobby.	jeepdad	18:38
30	42	52	19	48	107	0.45	History for Kossacks: Role-Playing Games, the Crusades, and Moonbat's Book	Unitary Moonbat	21:34
31	42	20	13	50	87	0.46	McSame healthcare tour, questions the media won't ask: Day 1	nyceve	09:18
32	41	47	21	51	104	0.45	Walkabout #9: This (Centuries) Old House	Stranded Wind	09:57
33	41	43	24	50	168	0.45	Jeremiad (I'm not usually one for rants, but...)	Land of Enchantment	16:29
34	39	34	23	58	492	0.46	Burger King VP exposed as troll	jawbox	13:05
35	39	19	14	47	169	0.43	How Daniel Pipes Destroyed a New York City Principal	DowneastDem	08:43
36	39	8	5	41	99	0.41	ACTION: Tell Liddy Dole to stop the NC Obama smear "ad"	hekebolos	17:31
37	38	55	29	54	207	0.44	No, really.  The media thinks you're stupid.	The Termite	16:49
38	38	13	9	42	130	0.40	Violent Rhetoric Watch: McCain Launders FOX's Lie RE Obama	Jeffrey Feldman	17:55
39	37	20	13	38	85	0.39	High Impact Diaries - April 27, 2008	jotter	09:05
40	36	28	17	44	211	0.40	How 'leading progressive bloggers' have morphed into our own Maureen Dowds	Bob Johnson	17:49
41	36	24	18	44	120	0.40	Africa's broken heart. Your cell phone is fueling this!	dopper0189	22:13
42	34	79	29	49	147	0.40	Pootie Picture Oasis Zone....	SallyCat	19:27
43	34	44	19	44	252	0.38	SYFPH.	SYFPH	18:48
44	34	10	5	35	86	0.35	An invitation: Join a Conversation about Energy	A Siegel	11:05
45	33	27	19	43	138	0.37	Why Obama's appearance of Faux News was a good thing - read the Republican comments	nyc observer	16:36
46	32	88	47	66	422	0.45	Will Someone PLEASE Staple Chris Matthews Lips Shut?	KingOneEye	17:46
47	31	70	32	54	270	0.39	Thoughts from a soon-to-be-former Clinton supporter	Curufinwe	16:20
48	31	40	15	40	87	0.35	Cheney’s Neocons Behind Syrian/North Korea Nuclear Claims	markthshark	08:32
49	29	78	22	41	153	0.34	HRC (Human Rights Campaign) REFUSES to Support Gay Candidate in North Carolina	spnj889	20:39
50	29	38	24	47	175	0.36	CrimeAlert: Keep Your Eyes on Your Catalytic Converter!	Melody Townsel	21:05
51	28	124	61	80	422	0.48	MoveOn: Obama Got Outfoxed	AdamGreen	15:28
52	28	61	33	54	354	0.38	Ripping Chris Matthews a New One on Wright Issue	Libby Shaw	21:55
53	27	12	9	29	151	0.28	Hope is alive and well in Richmond, IN	rpcvbg	14:13
54	26	137	36	58	517	0.38	Ratf***ing on Daily Kos	Last Years Man	01:34
55	26	44	32	56	1028	0.37	An Intense Debate Erupts In Obama's Campaign	slinkerwink	10:10
56	26	27	12	28	71	0.27	The Grieving Room: This coat, this ring of life	exmearden	22:06
57	26	25	17	35	219	0.30	Why We Get The Crap Beaten Out of Us On Controversies	Stephen Daugherty	13:23
58	26	15	9	29	112	0.28	Phone banking for IN and NC (with poll) update	hyper	19:25
59	26	11	6	28	64	0.27	Gen. David Petraeus, Death Squads and Honorable Men	8ackgr0und N015e	09:56
60	25	122	68	82	680	0.48	Obama & Axelrod Have Something Up Their Sleeves	maxnyc	23:35
61	25	75	9	26	127	0.26	LA-01: Woman in need of warm bodies	Downtowner	00:07
62	25	64	32	54	876	0.36	Breaking News! : Hillary Clinton Reqiured to Testify for FEC Fraud in November 2008 !	Potus Obama 2008	00:26
63	25	13	11	29	142	0.27	If FOX News Used Jesus' Sound Bites	Mr E Mann	12:06
64	24	102	35	50	562	0.34	BrEaKiNg! Kos Invites Members to Leave. Again.	mentaldebris	17:59
65	24	28	25	41	110	0.30	Unless there's a pricetag most people don't appreciate beauty	Code Breaker	00:27
66	23	68	36	51	241	0.34	Can everyone take a deep breath already?!	doin it for the shorties	18:00
67	23	65	25	38	134	0.29	The REAL religious minority in America	nightsweat	12:51
68	23	45	30	49	273	0.33	Kos' attack on Obama for going on FOX (UNOFFICIAL THREAD)	Yirmiyahu	14:51
69	23	20	18	31	116	0.26	A Conservative's Guide to Patriotism	davefromqueens	11:08
70	23	17	12	33	302	0.27	How to lose a campaign in 10 easy steps	DHinIA	17:51
71	22	17	11	27	43	0.24	House Democrats Plan to Fund Iraq Occupation Into 2009	Magnifico	23:59
72	22	12	8	25	57	0.24	Begich Supports Webb's New GI Bill, Calls on Stevens to Step Up	Matt Browner Hamlin	18:13
73	22	8	5	24	54	0.23	Black History: First Shots of the Civil War	StormBear	12:52
74	21	113	40	55	334	0.34	Dean Expects Primary Loser to Support Nominee	plum	00:39
75	21	72	25	38	73	0.27	Iraq' ing	edscan	17:24
76	21	53	25	32	155	0.25	The OFFICIAL Official Disapproval Diary! (PLZ REC!)	Addison	15:17
77	21	23	13	26	197	0.23	"McCarthyism is back", says Stanley Fish in the NYT	Deoliver47	19:51
78	21	19	18	32	139	0.25	BREAKING: Pentagon Suspends TV Generals Propaganda Program	Billary Redux	16:26
79	21	19	15	29	67	0.24	Jimmy Carter: Talking Can Lead To Peace	Tasini	09:01
80	21	14	10	25	149	0.23	No puppies, no pooties,	lao hong han	01:03
81	21	5	5	23	84	0.22	The upside of the contested primaries	Carnacki	10:03
82	20	46	17	29	105	0.23	Barack Obama reached out to Fox News viewers.	AntonBursch	16:52
83	20	45	20	33	221	0.25	An EXCELLENT Idea for Obama	dansac	12:53
84	20	13	9	23	54	0.22	The Global Food Crisis: A Hydra-headed Monster	Milos Janus Outlook	22:41
85	20	7	7	24	55	0.22	In the Home of the Brave and the Free	karateexplosions	16:40
86	19	64	14	23	125	0.21	Overnight News Digest: Carter Rocked TDS Edition	webranding	23:59
87	19	47	32	43	197	0.28	My pootie owes you an apology	Bouwerie Boy	22:26
88	19	27	14	26	140	0.22	Disagreeing with KOS?  I got next.	jazmen8	16:12
89	19	24	11	27	488	0.22	Obama lets Hillary Go	carolh11	07:18
90	19	19	12	28	259	0.22	Good news: Obama winning add-on superdelegate fight	svotaw1992	17:39
91	19	15	11	26	125	0.22	Beware a brokered convention: The 1924 example	GregMitch	11:46
92	18	76	28	36	181	0.25	The separation of Obama and Wright.	Eternal Hope	19:48
93	18	35	19	33	143	0.24	Reverend Jeremiah Wright is not a wuss, he's a Marine that is "Always Faithful"	Reading on Walden Bookstore	06:58
94	18	30	14	24	96	0.20	PLEASE READ - Not all AA's are Running for President.  Just Obama.	ILean Left	09:35
95	18	24	8	21	142	0.19	Watching history repeat itself: racism in America	shpilk	21:32
96	17	51	23	34	168	0.23	I Guess I'm Not a Member of the Base	Hkingsley	15:59
97	17	38	20	34	292	0.23	CHANGE: Contact NC Governor Easley - Rec. for Action!	DavidHG	17:53
98	17	31	17	30	103	0.22	1,000,000 New Democrats registered in the past 7 Primaries!!!	NMDan	10:12
99	17	23	13	25	167	0.20	The Strength of Obama's Weakness	LauraThorne	10:51
100	17	18	14	29	222	0.21	Clinton SD Faces Challenge in Brooklyn (NY-10)	casiopea	14:13
101	16	84	29	37	367	0.24	Are Obama's Chickens Coming Home to Say They Have Nothing to Apologize For?	blacksnob	15:04
102	16	66	32	38	197	0.24	Now I know what you really think of me	baltogeek	08:13
103	16	64	19	28	203	0.20	If you want your diary to get noticed	FischFry	20:19
104	16	47	29	40	371	0.25	I read a most disturbing thing today.	TheBlaz	13:20
105	16	42	18	30	136	0.21	Is Hillary still working for Communists and Black Panthers?	chumley	10:17
106	15	33	17	26	82	0.19	This Diary Is About RACE	SamCDC	13:15
107	15	32	14	26	169	0.19	Buck up, people.	seabrook	14:22
108	15	15	13	27	114	0.19	The sky is NOT falling	unertl	20:15
109	14	148	66	74	483	0.40	UPDATED: NC Governor Easley to endorse Hillary	BenjaminOMeara	17:29
110	14	104	55	61	351	0.34	MSNBC Plays the Wright Card--WHY?	emmavoberry	16:42
111	14	100	54	55	111	0.31	What's Playing on Your IPod Right Now?	norm	20:12
112	14	85	35	45	393	0.26	Guess who's calling out repubs on Rev. Wright?	a gnostic	19:19
113	14	50	33	45	500	0.26	Short and not-so-Sweet:  It's over, America	johnsonresult	02:49
114	14	34	20	32	319	0.21	Why supers won't go for Clinton	PatrickBradish	18:03
115	13	116	24	36	305	0.22	REALITY: Why Obama WON in PA	CarmenT	22:21
116	13	36	29	35	325	0.22	Bill Kristol said WHAT?!?	Not Brit	14:20
117	12	120	46	55	611	0.30	Could the SCOTUS decision be very bad for us? (Update w/apology)	daddy4mak	19:32
118	11	215	90	97	570	0.51	Barack Dukakis Kerry	Paleo	18:18
119	11	87	43	50	369	0.28	Obama has green light and MUST throw Wright under the bus NOW	fas	20:32
120	11	46	28	38	924	0.22	NOT BREAKING!  CNN calls it for Obama!	bogbud	07:15
121	10	124	61	67	706	0.36	Hillary Will Steal The Nomination On May 31	Walt starr	06:33
122	10	117	42	50	203	0.27	Open Letter to Reverend Wright	The Law Ninja	13:38
123	10	106	36	44	220	0.25	Kossacks now FOR the war???	sara seattle	22:12
124	10	75	35	43	239	0.24	Obama isn't black, he's half-black	mrWr0ng	14:31
125	9	57	27	34	305	0.19	Mikka B. is an idiot!!!	Vera Lofaro	09:41
126	8	301	89	92	320	0.48	Wright is a big fat distraction when Obama needs it least	ClaryinVT	09:57
127	8	162	83	86	892	0.45	Matthews goes ape shit over Wright ...	TheRef	18:08
128	8	100	50	56	335	0.30	Governor Easley supports my girl!!!	oldskooldem	17:32
129	8	72	42	48	533	0.26	Obama Gets It Wrong Again	HairyTrueMan	13:29
130	8	52	34	38	163	0.21	Worried about Wright	jenontheshore	12:43
131	7	193	68	72	348	0.38	Jeremiah Wright Out to Destroy Obama?	Dee321	15:14
132	7	62	31	36	626	0.20	SurveyUSA: Obama Gaining in Indiana, Rasmussen: Obama Dominating Nationally	expatriatedjerseyan	12:30
133	6	115	50	52	198	0.27	Obama, Get Wright's Dirt Off Your Coattails	taricha	20:47
134	6	86	40	44	495	0.23	New North Carolina Poll and other news....	joy sinha	15:22
135	6	54	34	37	224	0.20	Helping Hillary win in PA!	hillbillie fan	16:41
136	5	363	137	141	858	0.73	I hate to say it, but Obama is finished	UpstateDem	22:10
137	5	173	50	52	273	0.27	If Wright Was Right, Was Obama Wrong??	The Baculum King	03:43
138	5	124	33	37	134	0.20	The Rev. Wright is Wrong	Wattree	23:20
139	5	47	36	38	205	0.20	Wright is sabotaging Obama (with poll)	ThatPoshGirl	20:15
140	4	230	124	127	941	0.66	Hillary, you need to expose Obama for the Liar he is. [UPDATED]	cpa1	10:25
141	4	97	57	57	267	0.30	General Election: Clinton versus Obama-Clinton wins!	Nancy Kallitechnis	19:02
142	4	68	36	39	242	0.21	Poll: Wright Helping or Hurting Obama	F J G	19:13
143	4	67	49	53	316	0.28	AP: Clinton Outperforms Obama Against McCain	sharris0512	14:02
144	4	59	48	49	311	0.26	A Theory: Obama, not Clinton, is Running for 2012	billysumday	12:22
145	4	57	38	41	363	0.22	Hillary Up 9 in New Indiana Poll	shamprez	12:28
146	3	198	50	52	355	0.27	Obama: A True Politician	darwinism	00:54
147	3	65	42	44	255	0.23	Rev. Wright:  help or hurt Obama today - Vote now	From the Middle	12:40
148	2	144	96	98	782	0.51	Obama '08 - R.I.P.	jmgotham	19:54
149	2	135	53	54	502	0.28	I don't trust Barack Obama	LuvSet	18:55
150	2	106	47	49	377	0.25	DailyObama getting cold feet?	johncoby	21:34

Impact total:  122.8

 rank - Order based on number of recommendations.
 nrec - Number of recommendations
 ncom - Number of comments
 tator - Number of commenters or commenTators (ow, ... sorry, I know).
 cnx - Number of connections, which is the total of commenters and recommenders, without duplication.
 impact - Calculated currently using nrec and cnx
 Diary - A hyperlink to the Daily Kos diary displaying the title.
 Author - Hyperlink to the diary authors Daily Kos home page.
 Time - Post time shown as time of day for daily lists and date for weekly posts.

NB: Some diaries on this list were still open for recommendation at the time it was compiled.

Please bring any errors to my attention -- jotter

Bonus Feature: One Year Ago In Daily Kos

2007-04-29 00:02:26 - 2007-04-29 23:56:01
DailyKos diaries = 186;  186 per day;  7.8 per hour
Active Kogs: 3195 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a diary	only	all
comment	1971	1175	166	711	81
recommend	1175	2382	83	1205	81
write	166	83	185	17	81

Diaries

diaries with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	186	180	116	37	14
commentators	186	184	130	38	5
connections	186	180	155	81	16

Diaries with date of publication not same as sid date: 13

Impact statistics from all 186 diaries.
min = 0.00, median = 0.184, average = 0.42, max = 6.01, total =   79.0 bharns
r50 = 11 (at 2.19 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 9487
Maximum possible such pairs: 3195 x 185 = 591075
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.605%
Average degree (links/user) = 9487/3195 = 2.969

rank	nrec	ncom	tators	cnx	impact	Diary	Author	EDT
1	561	318	173	634	6.01	Letter to George Tenet [UPDATE: CNN,MSNBC Interviews Mon. AM]	L C Johnson	12:33
2	490	213	99	530	5.18	OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE AT DOJ: The e-mails Gonzales didn’t want you to see.	leveymg	17:00
3	470	335	165	558	5.11	The Contempt of Condoleezza - Now Updated Post Tenet Interview	Vyan	16:19
4	400	421	196	535	4.53	Future Teacher's Career Ruined by "Drunken Pirate".	freemark	18:09
5	286	269	121	361	3.17	L.A. Times: "toxic climate for the Republican Party"	Turkana	08:14
6	259	109	50	274	2.72	DOJ "Civil Rights Lawyer" Gets Cash Award for Suppressing Black Voters	IceJustIce	09:04
7	238	182	95	291	2.61	The Real South Carolina Debate	georgia10	12:00
8	228	156	85	283	2.52	Harvard Law '82 - Gonzales Scorned in Protest	LondonYank	07:09
9	226	74	52	247	2.40	Pretty Bird Woman House (saving a women's shelter): WOW!	nbier	19:44
10	211	270	105	245	2.28	One Year at DailyKos	One Pissed Off Liberal	12:14

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