High Impact Diaries - April 30, 2008

Welcome to Barb in Tahoe (uid 161826) who registered at 2008-05-01 05:44:50 EDT, the most recent of 147 in the preceding 24 hours.

Yesterday 465 Kogs posted 465 diaries of which 434 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 3875 recommending readers and viewed by 10720; 190 diaries were recommended by 10 or more readers, 63 by 30 or more, and 20 by 100 or more.  Commenters (3551) visited 462 diaries; 265 had 10 or more commenters, 70 had 30 or more, and 18 had 100 or more.

Impact statistics from all 465 diaries.
min = 0.00, median = 0.127, average = 0.36, max = 9.34, total =  169.1 bharns
r50 = 15 (at 2.84 bharns)

Recommendations and comments were collected Thu May  1 06:10:19 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.

2008-04-30 00:01:14 - 2008-04-30 23:55:27
DailyKos diaries = 465;  465 per day; 19.4 per hour
Active Kogs: 5451 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)
Lurkers: 5368 (only view diaries)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a diary	view a diary	CRW only	CRWV only	all
comment	3551	2039	396	3510	1305	11	189
recommend	2039	3875	194	3790	1831	57	189
write	396	194	465	460	64	1	189
view	3510	3790	460	10720		5368	189

Diaries

diaries with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	465	434	190	63	20
commentators	465	462	265	70	18
connections	465	434	356	143	23
views	465	465	465	434	251

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

Impact statistics from all 465 diaries.
min = 0.00, median = 0.127, average = 0.36, max = 9.34, total =  169.1 bharns
r50 = 15 (at 2.84 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 20964
Maximum possible such pairs: 5451 x 465 = 2534715
Network Density (observed/possible):  0.827%
Average degree (links/user) = 20964/5451 = 3.846

tags: approved|workspace|cleanup|quickjobs|search|tag guidelines
Number of distinct tags: 81492
Number of tag size classes: 747
Most often used tag: George W. Bush (29519 diaries)
Singleton tags: 49433 (attached to only one diary)
Orphaned tags: 363 (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	862	928	323	1014	3794	9.34	BREAKING: Source of deceptive NC robo-calls exposed	ProgressiveSouth	14:24
2	735	646	257	851	2991	7.93	[UPDATE - $15,000 Raised!] Call to Action: Kentucky SD Attacked for Supporting Obama	SaintCog	11:09
3	650	457	234	795	3934	7.13	(UPDATED x3) Running Super Delegate News Of the Day Thread	dansac	10:09
4	583	289	152	663	2374	6.25	God CURSES, Dooms AMERICA Says McCain Backer Pastor Hagee	Troutfishing	16:58
5	524	364	175	629	4609	5.72	Politico throws ice water in the face of Hillary's fantasy.	Rian Fike	19:44
6	503	278	186	629	4115	5.56	Fox News In Critical Condition And Fading Fast	KingOneEye	18:58
7	491	332	211	658	4496	5.57	Rev. Wright Swiftboating Turning Republicans Into Democrats	davefromqueens	07:04
8	483	616	224	626	2869	5.41	Hillary's serious gay problem (Updated)	davidkc	08:10
9	449	201	130	538	2590	4.90	ABC Digs Into Clinton Trade Hypocrisy - Clinton Campaign Responds With More Deception	davidsirota	15:54
10	440	217	118	501	2314	4.72	Webb Shreds McCain on GI Bill: "He's So Full of It"	kubla000	15:02
11	428	434	164	519	2914	4.68	We're All Going To Die	TocqueDeville	01:25
12	369	325	120	436	2083	4.00	Update [2008-5-1 9:49:36 by jotter]: John Podesta responds to WVWV robo-call scandal (with new response)	stefanielaine	21:23
13	367	334	157	464	2076	4.07	Does $11.34 Buy Your Vote?	Granny Doc	13:26
14	298	162	82	331	2111	3.17	Anglo Disease - my job is done	Jerome a Paris	09:48
15	284	321	173	399	2028	3.28	Obama hits back on Gas Tax gimmick in New Ad	Hope08	17:02
16	267	138	74	295	1087	2.84	Elizabeth Edwards: McCain "just blowing smoke"	nyceve	08:33
17	250	227	128	329	1705	2.82	Kossak John Kerry:  "You people need to let go of this (Wright)"	onanyes	22:40
18	227	142	82	264	993	2.45	the Panderer-in-Chief Threshold	kid oakland	23:55
19	184	232	136	279	1937	2.19	Obama Picks Up New SuperDelegate Today!	slinkerwink	09:18
20	174	113	53	198	726	1.87	Action: Let's Move CT's Undecided Super Delegates	Elise	23:42
21	98	33	28	108	318	1.04	Nebraska Values in 30 seconds (video)	Scott Kleeb	14:31
22	86	41	29	91	217	0.90	A BIG Victory in the 110th Congress defeats Abramoff	dengre	00:01
23	78	112	46	87	262	0.83	Two Years at DailyKos (warning - heavy graphics)	One Pissed Off Liberal	18:56
24	73	48	28	81	217	0.78	Voter Reg Pro Thinks NC Robo-Call Program Is A Scam	The Knute	22:24
25	64	28	25	84	316	0.72	(Video) FOX News Idiocy Soars To New Heights	OmarLittle	11:07
26	58	53	20	65	131	0.62	The Poor Get Diabetes; The Rich Get Local and Organic	OrangeClouds115	09:05
27	53	57	36	71	285	0.60	Unbelievable - MSNBC blatantly quashes Pentagon analyst story!	ExFlyboyDoc	21:28
28	53	51	22	61	113	0.57	The destructiveness of corn-based ethanol	teacherken	06:09
29	51	48	39	70	202	0.58	Local Bus Driver Sick of Things Being Thrown Under His Bus	withayou	18:33
30	51	34	24	58	162	0.55	Obama Supporters, "GET OFF YOUR DUFFS....."	icebergslim	10:13
31	51	24	19	64	267	0.56	Indiana:  Notes from the Ground	foxsucks81	00:21
32	48	113	23	55	146	0.52	Top Comments 4/30/08 Whites & Darks Edition	brillig	21:59
33	46	77	20	52	89	0.49	Hey, are you profiting? [LIVEBLOG: OK-SEN]	Senator Andrew Rice	17:38
34	45	16	9	53	253	0.49	WaPo: Obama shows "political courage" on Gas Tax	rashomon	21:10
35	43	32	27	56	209	0.48	MSM Says, "No, no, no! Look Over HERE!" (Pictorial Essay)	dmhlt 66	10:15
36	41	96	54	81	580	0.56	Huckabee on Wright:  Obama must lose	rnaworld	19:50
37	40	48	32	63	513	0.48	Is Rachel Maddow the only one who gets it?	Leftovers	18:58
38	40	41	25	58	643	0.47	Obama's Magic Number Down to 51	Oaktown Dad	15:56
39	40	31	13	46	118	0.43	Hunting Down the War Criminals	Valtin	14:59
40	39	85	25	55	356	0.45	Indiana Delegate Prediction:  Obama 35, Clinton 37 (w/ Maps!)	ObamaManiac2008	13:22
41	39	50	36	63	315	0.48	Top Ten Reasons Why Hillary Clinton Went On O'Reilly	JedReport	18:48
42	39	28	26	50	166	0.44	America: You still don’t get us!	Gotta Ask Why	16:10
43	38	52	33	64	495	0.48	Baron Hill (D-IN) will endorse Obama tonight	karpaty lviv	10:28
44	38	44	23	50	124	0.43	SOAE - Plasma Arc Power Plants	The BBQ Chicken Madness	19:29
45	37	34	19	51	164	0.42	Pastor Hagee on YouTube	Coach Jay	12:23
46	37	30	24	51	141	0.42	My first ever political donation (and my first diary)	The Glove	23:41
47	36	42	26	56	328	0.43	Tweety gets schooled by a Peanut Farmer (w/poll)	ratmach	00:28
48	36	36	16	47	501	0.40	An Important Obama Milestone	Kayess	16:21
49	36	21	19	49	359	0.41	AP Report slams Clinton's Commute and Stagecraft Pandering	Billary Redux	15:52
50	35	130	45	72	637	0.49	Mydd is censoring the robo-call story	AHiddenSaint	16:04
51	35	49	30	57	191	0.43	Is The Corporate Media Deciding This Election For Us?	davej	17:13
52	35	43	29	55	246	0.42	Breaking: Iran dumps U.S. dollar for oil transactions.	Pym	12:03
53	34	35	17	42	149	0.37	My Cousin has Stage 3 Cancer — in Canada.	redglare	07:39
54	34	19	16	45	145	0.38	SEIU on the air for Obama in Indiana	prounion proworker	13:50
55	33	85	34	52	220	0.40	PLEASE don't mess with edscan!	bubbanomics	14:03
56	33	49	27	52	192	0.40	Nat'l Guard recruiters lying to my kid	Freakinout daily	17:07
57	33	16	13	39	128	0.36	Hoffa’s "Convoy for Change" Rolls Across Indiana	TeamsterPower	19:08
58	33	10	7	35	99	0.35	Teen Challenge: Possible missionary mill?	dogemperor	17:01
59	32	28	18	43	180	0.36	Three Strikes Against Florida Voters	Project Vote	14:32
60	32	18	7	34	93	0.34	Barack the Vote - Changing the Math	Femlaw	12:30
61	31	43	37	67	1271	0.44	Obama HUGE over HRC vs McCain in new poll	lenzkrafterz	14:21
62	30	25	16	40	97	0.34	Pandering on Energy: Clinton/McCain--Yes; Obama--No	Tasini	10:43
63	30	22	14	33	62	0.32	High Impact Diaries  - April 29, 2008	jotter	09:36
64	29	82	51	68	299	0.44	Forget Obama Its Hillary vs The Coffee Maker  w/video	DFutureIsNow	20:46
65	29	50	17	33	55	0.31	Overnight News Digest: Green Goodness	Chaoslillith	23:10
66	29	32	22	40	350	0.33	Good News from NC	Jamison Heart	08:30
67	29	15	11	36	265	0.32	ACTION ALERT:  Contact NC television stations to demand anti-Obama ad be taken off air	Christian Dem in NC	15:07
68	28	23	11	36	138	0.31	Bill Clinton & Global Fertilizer Crisis Hit Sanford, NC	FishOutofWater	17:47
69	28	15	10	30	151	0.30	Violent Rhetoric Watch:  O'Reilly's Rant Against Latinos	Jeffrey Feldman	17:38
70	28	12	10	32	105	0.30	Truthiness Samuelson Strikes Again at the Post	A Siegel	17:27
71	27	162	65	86	557	0.51	I Do Believe Hell Has Frozen Over.  Morning Joe Praising Obama.	NWTerriD	06:23
72	27	47	15	37	218	0.31	An Important May 6 Delegate Math Point: Viability	PocketNines	18:01
73	27	39	9	30	64	0.29	Max Cleland Campaigns for OR-Sen Candidate Merkley!	sarahlane	22:04
74	27	22	13	32	71	0.29	Walkabout #11: Natural Born Killers	Stranded Wind	06:07
75	26	102	21	32	60	0.29	Bookflurries: Bookchat: Love Is a Many Splendored Thing	cfk	20:00
76	26	31	26	45	334	0.33	Former HRC supporter gives $100 to Obama	rdbaker43	20:47
77	26	21	17	37	512	0.30	Breaking: Obama camp files complaint against pro-Clinton 527	mariemarky	13:36
78	25	179	41	49	127	0.34	FAQ Forum: Got Dkos questions? We've got answers	dmsilev	20:24
79	25	111	19	32	145	0.28	Auld Lang Syne.	JeffLieber	08:12
80	25	25	19	39	254	0.30	Obama now more popular than Clinton in NJ	kosophile	12:09
81	25	22	13	33	202	0.28	Fuzzy Phonebanking: DNC Caller Stumping for Clinton?	dawnt	13:09
82	25	15	8	28	62	0.27	Talk LIVE with Cliff Schecter at 4PM about The Real McCain	clammyc	15:03
83	24	130	66	81	726	0.47	Hillary pulls a Lieberman on O'Reilly Show	Steve G	17:08
84	24	25	10	29	136	0.26	A Slaughter in Yellowstone	pattisigh	22:04
85	24	19	11	30	161	0.27	The Big Lie on global warming	Eric Zencey	10:53
86	24	17	10	26	53	0.25	PA State Senate Committee to vote on Hate Amendment	terrypinder	10:02
87	24	12	9	30	59	0.27	Wine - nature, Big Pharma, and orphan drugs	dhonig	09:48
88	23	27	19	39	477	0.29	Third Super for Obama Today & Counting!	mikeymike68	12:47
89	23	12	10	29	213	0.26	Superdelegate of the Day (Christine Warnke)	butchcjg	09:15
90	22	48	23	38	485	0.28	NC early voting at 38% Black, 58% White with 175,000+ in	dean4ever	18:32
91	22	45	27	43	373	0.30	Lawful Challenge to Oxycontin Addict's Operation Chaos in IN	MLDB	14:40
92	22	38	24	38	199	0.28	Dr. Hofmann has died tonight	Translator	04:10
93	22	35	14	28	121	0.24	UPDATEDx2: Ludicrous Clinton/McCain "Gas Tax Holiday" Panned	monitor	15:16
94	22	27	16	33	180	0.26	I cried for Barack Obama Yesterday	Ambboogie	09:52
95	22	24	20	35	152	0.27	Sen. Inouye (D-HI) fundraising for Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK)	baudelairien	13:22
96	22	18	12	26	56	0.24	May 1, 2003: President Bush Announces Major Combat Operations in Iraq Have Ended	wiscmass	21:19
97	22	16	13	30	438	0.25	Three More Super Delegates for Obama Possible in NM	fbihop	19:41
98	22	9	6	24	54	0.23	Poverty & Environmental Degradation in the South	Asinus Asinum Fricat	11:36
99	21	94	39	52	221	0.33	... Arugula?	socratic	22:36
100	21	25	15	29	178	0.24	101st Fighting Keyboardist back from Iraqi deployment	G123	15:54
101	21	23	16	34	269	0.26	Clinton camp swiftboating Obama	First Amendment	11:56
102	21	12	11	29	82	0.24	When Dems Intersect the Religious Right	Frederick Clarkson	19:31
103	20	65	28	40	255	0.27	Obama losing support among ground squirrels,	el vasco	19:57
104	20	52	26	39	128	0.27	Cheney Even Hates Whales??	The Baculum King	14:57
105	20	34	25	41	363	0.28	When Even Chris Matthews Thinks the Smears are Silly....	NewHistorian	23:29
106	20	30	21	32	70	0.24	CALL TO ACTION: Will you donate today?	smash artist	09:20
107	20	22	15	26	106	0.22	It's the Economics, Stupid! Leading Economists Support Obama on the Gas Tax	Exurban Mom	11:47
108	20	7	6	23	38	0.22	Veterans Court - Buffalo NY	jimstaro	04:22
109	19	58	28	42	89	0.28	Scalia dodges the constitutionality of torture	DWG	09:59
110	19	34	20	35	316	0.25	Al Franken's Tax Snafu	Dr Colossus	14:06
111	19	23	16	29	117	0.23	The latest Obama videos: Let's get the passion back! [UPDATEDx2]	yaddab	21:35
112	18	35	17	29	108	0.22	(Updated) Hedge Fund Cerebus in Talks to Buy Blackwater Worldwide	markthshark	20:26
113	18	31	14	27	95	0.21	What we're selling to pay for gas	bcriss	10:30
114	18	16	16	30	265	0.22	GOP: Hillary not relevant anymore	HEAT	09:25
115	18	13	11	26	134	0.21	An incredible act of sportsmanship	FloridaVoter	23:29
116	17	98	63	74	619	0.41	Bayh Backs the Bus Over Obama	Reagan Smash	18:05
117	17	48	33	45	227	0.28	Hillary vs the Coffee Machine	Mark Warner is God	22:10
118	17	28	18	32	378	0.23	I Just Saw the Oddest Thing	grog	13:27
119	17	27	14	27	161	0.21	Disappointed.	Vyan	12:08
120	16	184	46	55	169	0.32	From our younger generation to your older generation.	ResponsibleAccountable	13:40
121	16	124	51	60	266	0.34	Would you vote for an atheist or agnostic to be President of the United States?	nicweb	17:46
122	16	49	22	33	150	0.22	Albert Hofmann, 1906-2008 "The Accidental Father of LSD"	mojave mike	12:41
123	16	35	22	31	236	0.22	Jerome Armstrong and Karl Rove	Setrak	07:21
124	16	31	15	27	113	0.20	Crawling Out the Crab Bucket: Obama and the Rev. Wright	barackoblogger	17:07
125	15	30	22	30	240	0.21	Breaking News: Lurita Doan Given Pink Slip	utopia	07:43
126	14	109	52	63	814	0.35	Rush Limbaugh says Obama damage control successful	Petey2	14:04
127	14	48	34	45	276	0.26	Obama is wrong about Wright.	Godless Liberal	00:23
128	11	94	46	52	288	0.29	Give Barack Credit; He's not a womanizer	pmb	23:03
129	11	64	33	39	352	0.22	It's Clear: This Candidate is Unfit to Lead	QuestionableSanity	15:38
130	11	39	30	35	259	0.21	OMGosh Alert! Clinton To Break UP OPEC	Nulwee	20:15
131	10	88	36	44	159	0.25	(updated) Yes, GOD will DAMN AMERICA...	liquidstoke	10:34
132	8	67	53	55	438	0.29	I'm Giving Up....sorry.	lutznancy	18:30
133	8	49	32	38	258	0.21	Obama will never rid himself of Wright	arodb	17:52
134	7	190	44	47	251	0.25	Why the Gays Love Hillary	smm55	12:12
135	7	148	57	58	181	0.31	How will you spend your check?	fireflynw	14:21
136	7	74	42	46	169	0.25	When will Whites start voting in their best interests?	DebraG	10:35
137	6	146	80	80	397	0.42	Obama/Clinton turn their backs	dailykosblows	22:52
138	5	254	106	110	1042	0.57	BREAKING: Senator Clinton takes lead in new North Carolina poll 44-42	Rob83	22:31
139	5	187	66	70	540	0.37	Obama/Wright is the Bendin' End for Me	willibro	00:54
140	5	112	60	65	299	0.34	Is Obama To Be Believed About The Rev?	Richard Saunders	13:49
141	4	247	75	77	297	0.40	Why should I vote for Obama?	Vanceone	12:58
142	4	105	63	64	284	0.33	Hillary Clinton: A Life of Service To Her Country	Nancy Kallitechnis	22:32
143	4	99	55	58	779	0.30	Obama is falling	clearandpresent	14:01
144	4	60	50	53	764	0.28	BREAKING: Obama counter	jmorton	19:16
145	4	48	40	43	374	0.23	Why is Obama being out-hussled event wise?	boomersun	13:55
146	3	209	73	76	550	0.39	Lock John Edwards in the cellar	Pazuzu	13:18
147	2	239	119	120	719	0.62	Barack Obama is a wimp!	Wyo Wrangler	16:35
148	2	199	95	95	669	0.49	Hillary Shines On The O'Reilly Factor	rvme	21:48
149	2	110	38	39	195	0.20	Who They Want to Run Against	NY Writer	22:53
150	2	60	38	39	195	0.20	Obama:  "Disrespect to me!"	Barry in MIA	08:55

Impact total:  140.7

 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

2007-05-01 00:02:04 - 2007-05-01 23:58:52
DailyKos diaries = 308;  308 per day; 12.8 per hour
Active Kogs: 3788 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a diary	only	all
comment	2467	1481	267	854	135
recommend	1481	2767	141	1280	135
write	267	141	308	35	135

Diaries

diaries with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	308	292	157	45	16
commentators	308	306	177	42	9
connections	308	292	236	98	17

Diaries with date of publication not same as sid date: 21

Impact statistics from all 308 diaries.
min = 0.00, median = 0.139, average = 0.32, max = 5.20, total =   98.5 bharns
r50 = 15 (at 1.90 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 12380
Maximum possible such pairs: 3788 x 308 = 1166704
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.061%
Average degree (links/user) = 12380/3788 = 3.268

rank	nrec	ncom	tators	cnx	impact	Diary	Author	EDT
1	465	597	232	599	5.20	BREAKING: FDA says thousands of pets dead, Chinese import alert expands	ChristieKeith	00:46
2	409	460	212	526	4.57	What the h*ll is this European view on here?	Welshman	06:59
3	375	177	133	460	4.12	BREAKING: Corrupt Interior Official Resigns	RandyMI	17:00
4	319	300	126	393	3.51	UPDATED: Dingell Dispatches Investigators to West Coast Ports; Live Hearing	SusanHu	13:28
5	319	157	68	347	3.38	Iraq accountability: November and March	kid oakland	16:43
6	304	153	95	352	3.28	Ret. Gen. Paul Eaton's veto rebuttal	skralyx	19:05
7	299	368	224	427	3.48	My Dog Died Today - He Had Wheat Gluten in his food	adigal	21:23
8	285	211	85	332	3.08	Coulter Advertisers: There's a New Crop. Action Requested. (with poll)	VolvoDrivingLiberal	16:30
9	258	309	126	339	2.90	Warning Indiana Chickens Contaminated:  Human Food Supply	Barry Welsh	10:33
10	247	630	254	448	3.21	a fundamental rift @ dkos?	Lee	15:44

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