High Impact Diaries - April 29, 2008

Welcome to Argot1 (uid 161679) who registered at 2008-04-30 05:01:04 EDT, the most recent of 116 in the preceding 24 hours.

Yesterday 485 Kogs posted 485 diaries of which 455 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 3885 recommending readers and viewed by 10645; 204 diaries were recommended by 10 or more readers, 56 by 30 or more, and 18 by 100 or more.  Commenters (3589) visited 483 diaries; 282 had 10 or more commenters, 86 had 30 or more, and 14 had 100 or more.

Impact statistics from all 485 diaries.
min = 0.01, median = 0.129, average = 0.33, max = 9.34, total =  158.7 bharns
r50 = 17 (at 1.83 bharns)

Recommendations and comments were collected Wed Apr 30 06:10:25 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.

2008-04-29 00:00:46 - 2008-04-29 23:59:19
DailyKos diaries = 485;  485 per day; 20.2 per hour
Active Kogs: 5545 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)
Lurkers: 5188 (only view diaries)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a diary	view a diary	CRW only	CRWV only	all
comment	3589	1983	429	3536	1371	13	194
recommend	1983	3885	196	3812	1900	35	194
write	429	196	485	480	54		194
view	3536	3812	480	10645		5188	194

Diaries

diaries with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	485	455	204	56	18
commentators	485	483	282	86	14
connections	485	455	370	156	21
views	485	485	484	447	270

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

Impact statistics from all 485 diaries.
min = 0.01, median = 0.129, average = 0.33, max = 9.34, total =  158.7 bharns
r50 = 17 (at 1.83 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 20387
Maximum possible such pairs: 5545 x 485 = 2689325
Network Density (observed/possible):  0.758%
Average degree (links/user) = 20387/5545 = 3.677

tags: approved|workspace|cleanup|quickjobs|search|tag guidelines
Number of distinct tags: 81293
Number of tag size classes: 732
Most often used tag: George W. Bush (29504 diaries)
Singleton tags: 49287 (attached to only one diary)
Orphaned tags: 376 (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	892	221	126	931	3015	9.34	HEADS UP!  Money bomb, aka Rec'in for $$$ [updated]	chrisfreel	10:53
2	745	408	226	845	2877	7.98	What is Your Health Insurance? Community Poll Demographic Tuesdays	DrSteveB	07:04
3	669	296	181	757	3473	7.16	obama/weiss 08: how an old white lady saved BO  w/video	maxnyc	01:40
4	653	523	216	770	3734	7.08	NYT Lets the Truth about Oil Slip, for a Second	LithiumCola	00:59
5	595	202	117	664	3781	6.35	BREAKING: Voter deception in NC linked to national strategy (UPDATE 2X)	ProgressiveSouth	11:00
6	460	335	195	593	3259	5.14	NYT:  Hagee = Wright	oxfdblue	20:52
7	439	353	136	513	1761	4.75	Cheney’s Lawyer Claims Congress Hasn’t the Authority to Investigate V.P.’s Conduct	markthshark	18:08
8	401	156	60	435	4047	4.24	Before you give all your money to Barack Obama... (updated)	Dallasdoc	20:10
9	381	1037	409	715	2532	5.04	Open Thread 2: Obama Disowns Wright- Transcript, Video & Round-Up	Steven R	14:29
10	313	444	202	459	2738	3.68	I Watched It, and Sen. Obama Was....Presidential.	Something the Dog Said	16:10
11	299	123	43	318	1511	3.15	There is no debate	Scott Kleeb for Senate	19:32
12	290	836	285	502	1726	3.68	So (black) people, do we have his back or what?	jazmen8	21:16
13	272	188	105	344	2387	3.02	UPDATE: KY & IA Superdelegates Endorseme Obama	Oreo	09:35
14	205	170	72	238	792	2.21	The New World of Soaring Food Prices - even in the USA	teacherken	06:15
15	190	157	90	256	1169	2.16	Pres. Carter: "undemocratic" if SDs "blatantly" over rule Pledged Delegates	kubla000	22:11
16	186	179	87	247	1129	2.10	doing the right thing	kid oakland	23:58
17	157	176	99	227	1391	1.83	Tar Heels Coach Williams: Obama Will Be Next President	jeepdad	11:31
18	130	899	309	380	1804	2.29	Open Thread 1: Obama on Wright press conference	bluestatemeant	13:58
19	91	41	27	101	342	0.97	U.S. ex-commander at Baghdad Airport dies from "depression"	GregMitch	11:24
20	69	85	43	99	417	0.80	NC delegate prediction: Obama 63, Clinton 52	PsiFighter37	15:59
21	67	47	35	85	329	0.74	Iowa Superdelegate Goes to Obama	icebergslim	12:35
22	61	66	32	73	405	0.66	Elizabeth Edwards & Bloggers Denounce Racist Ad Against Obama and NC Democrats	NCDem Amy	18:18
23	60	55	25	74	553	0.66	Cook: "1/2 of Hillary's Penn Gains Gone This Week"	timmyc	11:12
24	53	29	22	59	207	0.56	The Day I Stopped the Sermon	FishOutofWater	19:36
25	52	76	23	59	117	0.56	Top Comments:  Little Katrinas	Progressive Witness	21:59
26	52	49	18	61	90	0.56	Salmon Restoration and Dam Removal	Fantastic	14:39
27	51	39	25	56	211	0.54	Price of admission: $105,000	Eirene	20:17
28	50	35	27	64	190	0.56	A solution in Central Indiana	clownsaw	20:10
29	49	111	44	71	287	0.57	My Son.	JeffLieber	08:57
30	49	24	15	55	101	0.52	Desperate parents with sick kids plead with McSame (video)	nyceve	09:36
31	46	41	18	51	72	0.49	IGTNT - The Swan's Last Flight	SisTwo	10:22
32	46	31	16	54	129	0.50	Teen Challenge: Life within the "Jesus Gulag"	dogemperor	16:52
33	45	29	12	49	225	0.48	Mitch McConnell Falling Fast in Western Kentucky	RDemocrat	17:57
34	41	166	63	73	220	0.53	Pie Fight!	SallyCat	13:09
35	40	80	33	66	303	0.50	HRC / Supporter Behind Wright Press Conference	carolh11	10:24
36	40	70	44	64	328	0.49	Don't blame the Media for Obama and Wright	Denni	18:37
37	39	47	16	46	170	0.42	Meanwhile, back in the Real World:	Eternal Hope	22:34
38	39	38	31	56	237	0.45	I hope this video makes you laugh	JedReport	13:21
39	39	24	15	47	172	0.43	The Big Primary Next Week: North Carolina	downwithtyranny	09:48
40	39	16	10	44	76	0.42	Inform Yourself About McCainisms	sarahlane	17:58
41	37	39	17	45	236	0.41	Do You Want To Directly Influence Two Superdelegates?	RenaRF	17:08
42	36	34	22	51	525	0.42	I cried last night during Countdown...	carpediva	14:58
43	35	141	69	93	629	0.58	Obama To Hold Press Conference on Wright	slinkerwink	12:52
44	35	103	20	47	166	0.40	Panic Buying from Speculators: Casino Capitalism	Asinus Asinum Fricat	16:12
45	34	75	22	43	119	0.38	How to make green cool	plf515	20:20
46	34	67	40	63	212	0.45	BRAKING: Throwing "Under the Bus" Under the Bus	bradical	15:41
47	34	65	18	43	223	0.38	It's Not Wright That's So Wrong	marcy winograd	01:10
48	34	46	18	46	113	0.39	John McCain Thinks You Have Too Much Health Insurance	dday	22:06
49	33	53	24	44	133	0.37	Home Ec.: Life in the second Republican depression.	labradog	19:02
50	33	32	17	40	58	0.36	High Impact Diaries - April 28, 2008	jotter	09:35
51	32	121	32	48	172	0.38	My Daughters	D Wreck	22:24
52	32	96	33	58	395	0.42	Panic! Panic! What's up with Obama? (A Poll)	rontun	00:17
53	32	9	9	32	55	0.33	Chains of Command	ACLU	11:25
54	31	41	22	43	259	0.36	Shameful....	David Kroning	18:19
55	31	19	14	39	389	0.34	Superdelegate of the Day! [Update]	butchcjg	20:04
56	30	43	29	52	428	0.38	DNA exonerates 27-year inmate; Ann Coulter weeps	Daisy Cutter	15:33
57	29	82	18	35	72	0.32	Overnight News Digest	ek hornbeck	23:57
58	28	65	19	35	124	0.31	LOLz Pooties Support the Troops	Ninepatch	23:48
59	28	62	36	54	590	0.38	BREAKING: I'm Getting Very Worried (with poll)	Sun dog	15:00
60	28	14	11	31	154	0.30	As the Only White Attendee of a Black Church,	Richard Platypus	23:41
61	27	58	27	46	203	0.34	"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win."	Muzikal203	09:38
62	27	51	20	38	120	0.31	The Capital Gains Tax Question Charlie Gibson Should Have Asked	davidsirota	13:14
63	27	44	15	34	163	0.30	NC Primary: Obama and Jim Neal	spnj889	13:13
64	27	43	25	40	200	0.32	Who will win North Indy-lina?	Geekesque	16:39
65	27	34	22	43	172	0.33	Obama and Gore Against the Gas Tax Holiday	Raralex	10:48
66	27	32	16	41	224	0.32	Clinton supporter Reynolds helped orchestrate Wright presser yesterday	jbalazs	18:31
67	27	8	5	29	32	0.28	Sanctioning Iran: Foreign Policy 101	truong son traveler	11:01
68	26	103	44	62	314	0.40	Phone bankers: are we nearing Obama Call overkill?	Seneca Doane	22:53
69	26	100	48	67	248	0.42	I would rather lose with Obama than win with Hillary	fredo	15:40
70	26	96	33	50	128	0.35	Let's be clear: Cutting the Gas Tax is a Very Bad Idea	Gray	11:30
71	26	49	27	44	347	0.33	The New Jeff Gannon?	ThomJeff	17:01
72	25	50	22	39	159	0.30	Update:  Is Obama White Enough?	geomoo	19:06
73	25	41	23	40	120	0.31	Showdown! 2000 Hillary slams 2008 Hillary's gas tax rebate plan	Magorn	16:15
74	25	26	18	36	314	0.29	WSJ: Obama soon to lead in SD's	FishHead Dem	12:11
75	24	48	26	45	271	0.32	WOW! You guys are EASY prey!	charlieg	12:36
76	24	30	20	35	212	0.28	Why We Can't Allow Debate	BooMan23	02:19
77	24	17	12	28	70	0.26	The Failure of the Ownership Society	gjohnsit	12:38
78	24	11	9	29	114	0.26	We're getting lazy, y'all	dsharma23	18:29
79	23	141	41	49	199	0.33	(most) Kossacks Don't Know Farming!?	SlyDi	21:27
80	23	120	64	79	610	0.46	NC Governor Uses Gay Slur to Endorse Hillary	huntsu	10:50
81	23	65	38	51	233	0.34	My Dad, White Blue-Collar Racist	Fury	23:26
82	23	23	16	33	315	0.27	Daily Show on Wright & Interview w. Jimmy Carter	OmarLittle	11:34
83	23	23	15	33	230	0.27	In Indiana, I will give Obama the win	B man	08:52
84	23	20	15	30	215	0.26	Dolphins Killed at Seaworld - the Shamu Death Cult	Petruk	16:36
85	23	12	11	31	92	0.26	Friendship and Politics	wmtriallawyer	14:55
86	22	149	64	75	359	0.44	Hillary: "If you had my life, you'd be tough too."	monitor	17:10
87	22	52	27	47	278	0.31	Rev Wright's speech set up by Clinton Supporter?	ruscle	19:39
88	22	40	18	31	193	0.25	Obama needs 295 delegates,Clinton needs 431	woodstock007	02:53
89	22	28	19	34	173	0.26	America's Racial Porn Addiction	babeuf	15:39
90	22	23	12	30	98	0.25	McCain's idiotic gas tax plan loses him a vote	ablington	12:27
91	22	17	11	27	282	0.24	This Guy Has Got a Problem	bink	07:45
92	21	82	35	50	278	0.32	Hillary behind Rev Wright news setup?	HEAT	08:06
93	21	61	35	53	669	0.33	Rush suspends "Operation Chaos"	1 20 2009	21:06
94	21	54	17	31	96	0.25	U.S. shelling on Sadr City leaves 84 casualties	zannie	18:05
95	21	28	11	28	67	0.24	Why NASA matters -- even if it doesn't	Bill White	10:58
96	21	14	9	26	111	0.23	Warren Buffett On The Economy	FWIW	05:26
97	21	8	5	24	364	0.23	Update: Guam +1 for Obama	Enterik	14:53
98	21	5	5	25	158	0.23	"Can you call back, she's making the meatballs!"	Hope08	16:42
99	21	4	4	24	108	0.23	Democrats must re-argue the first principles of who they are -Fineman	Saska	17:31
100	20	93	35	53	366	0.33	HRC, GLAAD deplore Clinton endorser's 'pansy' remark	MPetrelis	19:55
101	20	38	13	28	75	0.23	Bagels vs McSUVs?	A Siegel	18:03
102	20	26	19	37	229	0.26	Hillary's homophobic preacher friend who is pushing Rev. Wright	Randian	16:31
103	20	13	12	30	286	0.24	Special Comment (kinda) from Rachel Maddow: How Dems Should Respond to Wright BS from Clinton, MSM	paddy henry	08:15
104	20	13	8	23	72	0.22	A Tale of Two Schisms	cskendrick	13:24
105	19	51	29	45	269	0.29	If There Was Ever A Time For Gore To Endorse Obama ...	Edgewater Joe	17:38
106	19	47	32	44	158	0.28	Open Letter to All Those Diarist Trying to Give Obama Advice	Larry Madill	10:09
107	18	73	31	43	105	0.28	Yeah higher gas prices!	Woodwards Friend	18:22
108	18	34	21	30	286	0.22	I officially left the Democratic Party	Eric Schmeltzer	12:51
109	18	25	19	33	300	0.24	Obama Effectively Replies to Bob Herbert	RFK Lives	15:25
110	17	88	29	42	264	0.27	Obama Can Never Win PA	Futuristic Dreamer	02:05
111	17	34	17	31	69	0.22	Brainwashed: the Cold War generation and today's politics	winterbanyan	10:43
112	17	17	14	27	347	0.21	2 More Superdelegates Endorse Obama (now trails by less than 20)	BoBo2020	12:48
113	17	17	14	27	247	0.21	FOX News flunkie gets pwned by Rev. Wright's friend	vtfinest	10:36
114	16	32	18	30	460	0.21	What in the HELL is Barack thinking?!??	Dapremonster	04:21
115	15	74	36	46	210	0.27	Rev. Wright is not the Problem So Get Over It Already	Tchrldy	17:51
116	15	63	35	36	66	0.23	Favorite Protest/Political Song Thread	GB1437a	10:45
117	15	40	27	41	428	0.25	LA Times:  Was Jeremiah Wright's speech set up by a Clinton supporter?	GlowNZ	20:48
118	14	218	62	71	331	0.39	Edwards' "Silence is Betrayal"	davisj	13:32
119	14	122	52	62	549	0.35	Stop panicking over the NC polls.	ObamaManiac2008	19:23
120	14	103	38	43	183	0.26	How can I tear myself away from this blog?	soms	21:02
121	14	70	36	44	531	0.26	New IN poll:  Obama 47% Clinton 45%	Paleo	13:29
122	14	56	35	47	393	0.27	POLL: did Obama do the right thing today?	CaptUnderpants	15:28
123	14	36	27	39	545	0.24	BREAKING: Rasmussen NC poll, Obama + 14 National tracking poll steady at +9	badger195	12:11
124	13	145	33	43	236	0.25	BREAKING! God tells America to STFU!!	militant atheist	16:56
125	13	119	60	71	355	0.39	Rev. Wright's betrayal: a lesson to Obama supporters	ciscokid74	11:10
126	13	55	37	42	173	0.25	I Love Reverend Wright	herbanreleaf	15:36
127	12	165	85	91	467	0.48	I AM Disappointed in Obama Today	akogun	14:22
128	12	121	44	52	358	0.29	Rev Wright was Invited to Nat'l Press Club by Hillary Supporter	Billary Redux	00:28
129	12	85	67	76	788	0.41	Obama quickly losing ground in NC & IN	boomersun	15:44
130	12	58	40	50	335	0.28	CALL TO ACTION:  SUSA has Hillary within 5 points in NC	The Great Gatsby	17:38
131	11	42	28	38	407	0.22	Obama's 'Sister Souljah' Moment	Bill From PA	16:13
132	10	220	102	108	785	0.57	Elizabeth Edwards Trying to Convince John to Endorse Clinton	jackbauer8393	11:14
133	10	83	34	37	201	0.21	I like Reverend Wright! Don't you? w/poll	erin r	13:25
134	10	61	47	51	99	0.28	What Kind of Mileage Do You Get? How Far Do You Drive?	Lefty Coaster	23:41
135	9	83	30	37	319	0.21	Clear thinking about Obama from . . . . Peggy Noonan?	RadMod	08:38
136	9	62	31	39	230	0.22	WHITE PEOPLE FOR OBAMA!!!	DJ Monet	16:38
137	6	243	94	99	669	0.52	Elizabeth Edward's Endorsement*	smm55	00:56
138	6	113	37	41	233	0.22	With all due Respect, Rev. Wright IS a Whackadoodle	organicdemocrat	06:25
139	6	82	41	47	388	0.25	Whiplash Epidemic Hits DailyKos, Chiropractors Needed	The Baculum King	15:49
140	5	89	39	43	178	0.23	Obama must quickly frame himself as the anti-Wright w/POLL	BonzoDogBand	11:51
141	5	82	40	42	278	0.22	I'm Just Sayin'...The Polls	StuHunter	09:37
142	4	217	112	115	647	0.60	Time for Obama to save the party and drop out!	Wyo Wrangler	17:35
143	4	71	50	52	822	0.27	Obama in big trouble!! ($ is drying up)	jmorton	13:38
144	3	93	54	56	416	0.29	Obama's Fall from Grace	Campion	16:02
145	3	46	41	44	435	0.23	Barack is playing the media for fools	Ptolemy	07:04
146	2	114	77	78	518	0.40	"Uncle Tom" Obama	Kaos237	15:29
147	2	112	44	45	348	0.23	Updated! Top Ten Reasons Obama's Fox Interview Has Backfired	nailbender	10:39
148	2	99	53	54	288	0.28	Rhetorical Honesty and the "Obamabots" Defense of Rev. Wright	BigBensBeermaster	16:04
149	1	75	44	45	259	0.23	Take the Michigan Proposal!	chatter	19:04
150	1	66	52	52	348	0.27	Reconsidering the case for Hillary	ron ray	15:40

Impact total:  127.5

 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

2007-04-30 00:39:44 - 2007-04-30 23:49:18
DailyKos diaries = 247;  247 per day; 10.3 per hour
Active Kogs: 3797 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a diary	only	all
comment	2353	1367	212	881	107
recommend	1367	2779	110	1409	107
write	212	110	247	32	107

Diaries

diaries with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	247	237	136	42	17
commentators	247	243	152	44	12
connections	247	237	196	87	18

Diaries with date of publication not same as sid date: 17

Impact statistics from all 247 diaries.
min = 0.00, median = 0.156, average = 0.38, max = 7.40, total =   92.9 bharns
r50 = 13 (at 1.77 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 11604
Maximum possible such pairs: 3797 x 247 = 937859
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.237%
Average degree (links/user) = 11604/3797 = 3.056

rank	nrec	ncom	tators	cnx	impact	Diary	Author	EDT
1	699	332	153	762	7.40	Waas: AG AG's Secret Memo [UPDATE 5:Gonzo Back to the Hill!!]	MLDB	17:35
2	436	456	180	542	4.81	Rep. Murtha Puts Bush Impeachment Front and Center	dlindorff	11:54
3	378	557	143	444	4.09	Hooked on a neo-con's spin of Obama's speech	VirginiaDem	23:11
4	372	320	138	446	4.06	I just want to read Frog and Toad	teacherken	19:29
5	349	303	154	461	3.94	William F. Buckley:  Iraq war is lost; GOP nearly dead. [UPDATED]	chumley	19:30
6	308	1007	260	493	3.76	Neocons love Obama	Jerome a Paris	19:21
7	283	369	194	418	3.34	UPDATE: MSNBC's Liberal Morning Show is Online Now!	Michael D	06:13
8	256	153	54	284	2.73	Another Reason for MONICA GOODLING to Plead the Fifth	mswsm	12:20
9	213	217	111	286	2.42	Ex-CIA Analyst Fingers Cheney Over Memo On MSNBC	alaprst	19:55
10	211	214	101	278	2.38	New Data: Ice-free Arctic earlier than previously predicted (2020?)	wclathe	14:45

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