High Impact Diaries - May 11, 2008

Welcome to edeee15 (uid 163181) who registered at 2008-05-12 05:00:01 EDT, the most recent of 77 in the preceding 24 hours.

Yesterday 275 Kogs posted 276 diaries of which 265 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 2932 recommending readers and viewed by 10009; 134 diaries were recommended by 10 or more readers, 45 by 30 or more, and 18 by 100 or more.  Commenters (2772) visited 275 diaries; 187 had 10 or more commenters, 75 had 30 or more, and 13 had 100 or more.

Impact statistics from all 276 diaries.
min = 0.01, median = 0.157, average = 0.41, max = 8.37, total =  113.6 bharns
r50 = 15 (at 1.78 bharns)

Recommendations and comments were collected Mon May 12 06:10:20 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.

2008-05-11 00:03:00 - 2008-05-11 23:50:36
DailyKos diaries = 276;  276 per day; 11.5 per hour
Active Kogs: 4239 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)
Lurkers: 5852 (only view diaries)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a diary	view a diary	CRW only	CRWV only	all
comment	2772	1488	247	2734	1154	7	117
recommend	1488	2932	122	2861	1439	43	117
write	247	122	275	268	23	1	117
view	2734	2861	268	10009		5852	117

Diaries

diaries with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	276	265	134	45	18
commentators	276	275	187	75	13
connections	276	265	223	115	23
views	276	276	276	264	182

Diaries with date of publication not same as sid date: 1

Impact statistics from all 276 diaries.
min = 0.01, median = 0.157, average = 0.41, max = 8.37, total =  113.6 bharns
r50 = 15 (at 1.78 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 14627
Maximum possible such pairs: 4239 x 275 = 1165725
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.255%
Average degree (links/user) = 14627/4239 = 3.451

tags: approved|workspace|cleanup|quickjobs|search|tag guidelines
Number of distinct tags: 83649
Number of tag size classes: 732
Most often used tag: George W. Bush (29651 diaries)
Singleton tags: 50972 (attached to only one diary)
Orphaned tags: 371 (attached to deleted diaries)
n50: 272 (number of tags accounting for 50% of tagged diaries)
r50: 638 (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	774	438	204	905	6295	8.37	TN Superdelegate: "Once Hillary sees that, he's a dead man anyway"	rioduran	19:14
2	586	542	279	782	5530	6.63	SNL Turns on Hillary & Her "White People Love Me" Shtick (Updated)	Bob Sackamento	06:58
3	453	692	270	622	2922	5.18	We have a race problem...	Elise	15:51
4	450	248	120	503	2996	4.80	Mr. Cool's Intensity - a Post column on Obama	teacherken	06:47
5	372	339	141	446	3301	4.06	CodePink steps on Hillary's cookies (updated)	Randgrithr	09:56
6	368	433	204	521	4217	4.26	CNN reports Evangelicals for Obama.  Now I have seen everything.	Rian Fike	12:21
7	299	311	141	375	2987	3.31	WOOPS! Latest Clinton Ad Uses Newspaper Clipping on TROOPERGATE!	Karmic Spirit	22:14
8	291	192	124	377	3015	3.26	Sometimes you Kossacks piss me off !	DrMicro	03:14
9	289	131	39	302	1118	3.03	Burma -help now! half a Shelter Box need a bit more!!!!!!!	TexMex	15:53
10	239	78	63	275	1150	2.57	Remembering Barack Obama's Mom, Ann Dunham...	zizi	12:29
11	232	151	80	284	3050	2.55	New Obama Superdelegate even on a Sunday	Daniel Gruhn	15:35
12	205	290	137	308	2035	2.43	Even Broder agrees: the uncommitted superdelegates are hurting Obama	davidkc	08:08
13	195	182	70	232	1634	2.12	Through The Looking Glass Darkly.	JeffLieber	20:27
14	185	136	80	207	512	1.97	Mother's Day in the Land of the Bereaved	Frankenoid	09:05
15	173	99	59	199	906	1.86	This Week With Barack Obama, May 4-10, 2008	icebergslim	19:40
16	169	148	69	181	490	1.78	IGTNT: And If Some Night Her Heart Should Break	monkeybiz	21:29
17	147	169	48	170	858	1.58	looking forward: 2008	kid oakland	23:44
18	118	118	57	153	936	1.32	Is Obama really losing support from whites? Does gender matter?	JedReport	23:09
19	87	175	75	147	1254	1.09	Sunday Telegraph: Barack has 120 SD's Lined Up	novelle	02:20
20	64	42	22	71	139	0.68	A State Dept. Powerpoint on How to Rule the World	LithiumCola	10:28
21	63	102	27	71	276	0.67	Top Comments - Goodheartedness And Paw Paw	BeninSC	21:59
22	60	54	29	75	361	0.66	WVWV strikes again!	chumley	02:37
23	56	137	39	68	147	0.61	Brothers and sisters (Sons and daughters),	pastordan	19:57
24	55	56	47	81	318	0.65	Ajax left us today	MKS	18:42
25	51	112	33	69	339	0.58	Video-John Edwards on FTN: "It's Important We Get United as a Party"	NCDem Amy	11:35
26	49	53	28	67	553	0.56	Kentucky Lt. Gov. Endorses Obama	peace voter	18:34
27	49	44	31	67	484	0.56	Obama's Secret Weapon: Jeffrey Berman	maxnyc	16:53
28	44	21	19	52	91	0.48	Canning Tomatoes with Mom	stillonline	11:52
29	43	16	14	51	108	0.47	An outrage: V.A. official who hid suicides won't get axed	GregMitch	10:28
30	42	52	19	48	107	0.45	Week's High Impact Diaries - May 3-9, 2008	jotter	12:45
31	42	51	30	62	400	0.49	Russ Feingold news (with poll)	Pinko Elephant	03:39
32	41	117	59	87	434	0.58	Can Clinton Forces Muscle Her Into Vice-Presidency?	State Rep Mark Cohen Dem PA	20:50
33	41	41	23	57	767	0.47	Axelrod: "We're going to continue to unfurl these endorsements on a regular basis."	Nuisance Industry	14:07
34	39	13	10	41	81	0.41	Whistleblowers in peril (and what to do about it)	Deep Harm	12:28
35	38	78	37	61	280	0.46	Who killed "Expelled"?	zemblan	18:55
36	38	67	22	50	116	0.43	9.2 billion by 2050. Will We Have Enough Food & Water?	Asinus Asinum Fricat	15:06
37	38	15	12	40	81	0.40	Final Salute	jimstaro	12:19
38	37	144	58	87	882	0.56	MyDD infighting continued:	tecampbell	03:47
39	36	31	18	45	157	0.40	Places	Carnacki	12:37
40	35	20	13	39	71	0.37	High Impact Diaries - May 10, 2008	jotter	11:51
41	34	87	15	37	67	0.36	Overnight News Digest: Science Saturday (Mothers Day Edition)	Neon Vincent	01:01
42	34	44	16	38	227	0.36	Barack Obama takes us all to school	Deoliver47	18:07
43	32	88	52	70	566	0.46	Clintons still looking for dirt on Obama?	MisterOpus1	13:29
44	32	56	20	44	354	0.37	Oopsie! WVWV has yet another "unfortunate coincidence"	Joe Beese	12:07
45	30	17	10	37	151	0.33	A FAIR amount of interest.	DeanDemocrat	04:44
46	28	158	61	78	1018	0.48	MyDD's finally coming around	skjold	00:14
47	28	138	38	48	148	0.35	Ask A Kossak, W/Free Answers! CWRC	buhdydharma	19:02
48	28	51	36	61	1007	0.40	Mystery Solved: Larry Johnson started the Obama rumors	pmb	19:46
49	27	154	81	93	659	0.54	Jeralyn Merritt "Obama For Hill's A-G..."	Mithrandir Istari	12:40
50	27	95	46	66	492	0.42	Clinton in WV: Obama Thinks You Are Stupid, Doesn't Respect You	EmperorHadrian	07:32
51	27	22	13	33	107	0.30	My First Voter Registration Drive	sasatlanta	00:08
52	27	16	6	29	95	0.28	May 11, 1945: Schindlerjuden Befreiung	iampunha	10:59
53	26	74	52	71	735	0.44	Terry McAuliffe Declares "Big Russ" Dead	RandySF	13:55
54	26	47	29	47	184	0.34	Evolution fight shaping up in Maine School disctrict	webster69	21:42
55	26	21	17	39	144	0.31	I'm Going to Denver!!!!	aimeeinkc	10:56
56	25	16	9	27	70	0.26	Overnight News Digest: Green Goodness	Chaoslillith	20:17
57	25	5	5	26	83	0.26	When Dishonesty Is a Policy, Honesty Is Treason: Case in Point	thinkbridge	18:09
58	24	67	41	55	349	0.36	[Breaking][NY-13] Vito won't resign & will run again [w. update]	msirt	00:22
59	24	26	18	38	223	0.29	My Hoosier Blue-Collar Republican Relative	gnwmann	20:43
60	23	109	16	30	101	0.26	WAYWO:  No Cake Yet	jlms qkw	18:58
61	23	22	12	31	310	0.26	Recommend this diary NOW!! (Updated, with more Burma aid links)	kyril	17:37
62	23	20	13	28	127	0.25	Dealing with racism on the campaign trail	krark	17:03
63	22	73	52	71	897	0.42	Wolfson just crossed the line on FOX (w/ poll)	seabrook	11:04
64	22	49	31	43	228	0.30	[Update] Everyone Shut The Hell Up!!!	SaintCog	10:33
65	22	19	13	30	157	0.25	Open-Source Government, Obama Style	Hanging Up My Tusks	21:12
66	21	122	38	51	221	0.32	"Racism": Just So We All Understand	David Kroning	23:50
67	21	91	55	69	713	0.40	LaRouche Claims Obama Stealing Election, Hillary Fans Swoon	bernardpliers	19:15
68	21	31	23	39	227	0.28	Help Barack "Write Off" W VA -- UPDATED	Dave in DC	10:09
69	20	163	78	89	593	0.50	What Some West Viriginians Think of Obama	lost	18:40
70	20	105	50	57	145	0.35	What's For Dinner Tonight? Kossacks Edition	slinkerwink	18:13
71	20	59	40	51	296	0.32	Grow up people please	Political Truth	07:46
72	20	33	26	44	386	0.29	Hillary WINS!	ddonar	10:39
73	19	127	52	61	844	0.36	Obama's Top Veep Pick REVEALED	slaney black	18:50
74	19	61	32	45	615	0.29	Frank Rich's Sunday column	Vera Lofaro	00:45
75	19	31	15	30	276	0.23	Obama Throws a Punch at McCain	gobacktotexas	09:52
76	19	27	17	31	378	0.23	Sam Seder's last on-air show [?] at Air America	shpilk	19:20
77	19	25	11	25	73	0.21	American Workers Are Not Parts	paradox	11:32
78	18	183	36	49	349	0.30	[Update]Conversation with a "white working class American"	Alyosha Popovich	22:23
79	18	50	22	34	262	0.24	Oregon Kossacks Take Note! Updated 2X with poll	liberte	23:02
80	18	13	9	24	328	0.20	Ohio add-on for Obama!	ornithology	07:53
81	17	41	14	25	93	0.20	Mother's Day is a Rare, and Important, Day, so do Your Duty, Folks!	Translator	01:28
82	17	12	10	24	68	0.20	Another take on Mother's Day and bereavement	elsaf	12:34
83	16	144	41	53	363	0.31	The Church of Scientology: Why It Must Be Stopped (Part 1)	coffeebeetle24	20:54
84	16	92	38	50	181	0.30	[Updated]Why My Mother deserves respect.	resa	11:28
85	16	81	43	51	424	0.30	$20 Million in Debt, and Still Going	lizardbox	22:19
86	16	62	47	58	258	0.33	The Hillary Hug Thread, from an Obama supporter	bruised toes	22:39
87	16	43	21	31	175	0.22	Obama and the New American Exceptionalism	smm55	16:55
88	16	31	20	31	468	0.22	This contest is NOT over: here's why	skralyx	16:12
89	16	30	24	38	303	0.24	WAR WITH IRAN – SOON!	deepsouthdoug	13:53
90	16	13	11	23	85	0.19	My First Real Try	Dem For Life	12:21
91	16	11	6	19	132	0.17	This Week in Add-On Superdelegates (w/poll)	Land of Enchantment	18:31
92	15	111	22	32	161	0.21	Bottom Line - McCain Is The Unelectable One	davefromqueens	00:48
93	15	37	18	28	59	0.20	Yazd, Iran: City of Cookies and Cakes	SolontoCroesus	18:55
94	15	33	11	20	65	0.17	Live Blog right now 5/11 8pm e.s.t. w/ Doug Denneny (D VA 11th) Congressional Candidate	Doug Denneny for Congress VA 11th	19:56
95	15	32	20	31	164	0.21	The Lost Legacy of William Jefferson Clinton	route66	10:13
96	15	13	8	19	108	0.17	LIVEBLOG: Obama phone bank Mom's Day Open Thread!	Seneca Doane	17:11
97	14	27	13	22	122	0.17	Vagikinesis (the VaJayJay Factor), Elitism, & "Metrics"- w/Poll!	sophistry makes me tired	19:47
98	14	19	11	23	62	0.17	Walkabout #21: Saxtons River, Vermont	Stranded Wind	09:54
99	14	18	11	23	306	0.17	God Finally Catches Up with the Evangelical Right	thelamb	21:36
100	14	12	7	17	101	0.15	The Democratic race over time	Meng Bomin	21:22
101	14	11	8	18	80	0.16	Pro-West Democratic Party Wins In An Upset In Serbia	Aviram	19:07
102	13	76	22	29	230	0.19	Hey! If you can speak "Southern" you can help/Updated	Jacques	16:16
103	13	42	21	32	211	0.20	The Mother of ALL Ironies. If Hill had behaved like a woman	chiri	12:00
104	13	24	15	21	83	0.16	race, racist, racism...ugh	Darkmoth	23:45
105	13	19	15	26	105	0.18	Let's Meet Carly Fiorina, McCain's Populist!	JoesGarage	15:44
106	12	19	11	22	85	0.16	War Protest: The Origins of Mother's Day	Zoltan	12:28
107	11	264	134	138	780	0.72	And My Friends It's a Movement... The Older White Women Won't Vote For	liberal vicki	01:44
108	11	156	70	78	889	0.42	It Is Over: Hillary Wins	indeterminate cutlery	16:46
109	11	122	56	66	1093	0.36	Hillary's Within Striking Distance!	JCNYMYAMI	22:02
110	11	65	29	34	221	0.20	Anger is a long way from acceptance	ThatPoshGirl	01:31
111	11	57	24	28	95	0.18	Can't we concentrate on Myanmar and forget about superdelegates for one day?	proud2Bliberal	14:37
112	11	47	25	36	258	0.21	Why is Barack Obama listed as the "most Liberal Senator" and what's it worth?	alliedoc	16:26
113	11	32	19	29	406	0.18	"He's as dumb as a stump."	pattisigh	12:03
114	11	26	17	23	342	0.15	McCain Presidency Sends "Cold Chill" Down Republicans'  Back	Uncle	13:37
115	10	84	48	54	638	0.29	Clinton WILL exit by May 20th	ourhispanicvoices	16:12
116	10	32	28	34	289	0.20	Bill Clinton: Ginning up the resentments	Tatan	18:33
117	10	31	23	29	276	0.18	Does anybody else see any irony?	API in DC	01:27
118	10	29	19	25	110	0.16	In some (few) ways, we were lucky to have Bush	agnostic	11:17
119	10	27	18	25	229	0.16	The Secret Service protects The Message.	ScottAC	14:32
120	9	155	63	67	646	0.36	Obama is Not as Powerful as He Seems	The Bagof Health and Politics	00:06
121	9	78	18	26	86	0.16	150,000 MAY DIE: CAN CHINA HELP?	cosa nostradamus	12:11
122	9	28	20	25	195	0.15	Where the election will be decided	polsci major to be	02:30
123	8	115	47	50	432	0.27	What's up with WV?	msc	00:51
124	8	50	23	28	186	0.16	Invade Burma? Are we seriously asking this question?	creweeny	15:08
125	8	49	32	37	386	0.20	"I believe there is still a chance she can win"	sweetliberty	10:01
126	6	59	27	30	499	0.16	Fey's soapbox smashed....	Janeane The Acerbic Goblin	13:07
127	5	218	100	105	1001	0.55	Praying for Barack Obama's safety in West Virginia...	CrazyBeautiful	22:31
128	5	177	51	52	425	0.27	Class to caste - the glorious wedding of Jenna Bush w/poll	cellopaddy	01:33
129	5	162	85	88	326	0.46	Obama VP Pick should be- Ed Rendell (PA)	fas	15:07
130	5	128	32	35	299	0.19	Rabid Hillary Supporters	catspaw	13:20
131	5	61	44	48	461	0.25	Sometime in the next 2 days, Edwards endorses	Ptolemy	18:07
132	5	45	37	41	361	0.22	Whom Obama Supporters Don't Need to Worry About.	NY Writer	00:42
133	4	244	104	106	622	0.55	How embarrassing will WVa be for BO?	Barry in MIA	11:04
134	4	64	27	29	113	0.15	Obama and Gun Control	Ohiorepub	13:52
135	4	51	40	42	414	0.22	How to be a Mydd poster	AHiddenSaint	14:19
136	4	42	32	34	409	0.18	Obama's strategy until May 20	math4barack	14:37
137	3	117	53	53	660	0.28	I give up here	Irixsh	02:38
138	3	114	50	52	379	0.27	What was your IQ score (anonymous poll)?	greenboy	10:48
139	3	56	29	31	125	0.16	military action against Burmese generals?	nalakop	11:41
140	3	38	30	32	111	0.17	Question about Global Warming	the freak	20:16
141	2	445	169	171	1103	0.89	Clinton PLEASE Go Independent and Save This Country!	notakoolaiddrinker	20:54
142	2	142	89	91	513	0.47	With Poll:If Clinton wins the popular vote, does she have to be given the nomination?	Parker2001	17:06
143	1	86	54	55	265	0.29	Which possible McCain VP worries you most?	glaser	15:47
144		258	91	91	600	0.47	United With Hillary Clinton We Stood	Nancy Kallitechnis	00:54
145		133	54	54	426	0.28	hillary and bloomberg run as independent ,part II	raymondrayray	20:00
146		132	48	48	544	0.25	A MUST READ ARTICLE **** TROPHY ANTI MISSILE SYSTEM	rebel ga	20:31
147		87	30	30	662	0.16	Amy Winehouse: Brain Damage not Treated, A Slow Suicide	vets74	20:37
148		77	29	29	262	0.15	A freakin' dumbshit	El Tomaso	18:57

Impact total:  103.4

 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

2007-05-12 00:09:35 - 2007-05-12 23:58:36
DailyKos diaries = 186;  186 per day;  7.8 per hour
Active Kogs: 2891 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a diary	only	all
comment	1889	1124	159	698	92
recommend	1124	2100	93	975	92
write	159	93	186	26	92

Diaries

diaries with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	186	179	94	35	14
commentators	186	184	123	37	6
connections	186	179	147	71	18

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

Impact statistics from all 186 diaries.
min = 0.01, median = 0.171, average = 0.38, max = 4.37, total =   70.3 bharns
r50 = 12 (at 1.39 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 8599
Maximum possible such pairs: 2891 x 186 = 537726
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.599%
Average degree (links/user) = 8599/2891 = 2.974

rank	nrec	ncom	tators	cnx	impact	Diary	Author	EDT
1	404	225	121	471	4.37	Scandals descend on Capitol Hill	Deep Harm	18:12
2	361	136	88	402	3.85	Steve Gilliard has suffered a setback	blksista	21:57
3	360	399	141	440	3.95	[Updated] "She believes you’re a Democrat...	MLDB	07:48
4	324	443	144	389	3.53	Impeach! It's Now Or Never	buhdydharma	18:13
5	314	425	158	399	3.49	I Can't Get Past It	Nightprowlkitty	20:47
6	301	749	211	421	3.47	How Christians Dominate US Law - Warning!  Atheist's Rant	Granny Doc	16:05
7	237	210	94	286	2.59	"The Iraqi Army Is A Fiction"	Turkana	03:06
8	205	352	121	277	2.33	Intellectual Diversity and Inerrancy of the Bible-Updated	mathGuyNTulsa	09:58
9	178	122	50	194	1.89	IGTNT: "My luck has just about run out."	noweasels	20:46
10	176	161	85	218	1.94	STOP! Hey, what's that sound?	kestrel9000	19:32

Double Bonus Election Year Bonanza Feature: One Election Cycle Ago in Daily Kos

2006-05-11 00:09:31 - 2006-05-11 23:58:13
DailyKos diaries = 374;  374 per day; 15.6 per hour
Active Kogs: 4130 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a diary	only	all
comment	2606	1580	309	894	177
recommend	1580	3044	182	1459	177
write	309	182	374	60	177

Diaries

diaries with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	374	346	124	43	20
commentators	374	368	163	33	12
connections	374	346	226	82	21

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

Impact statistics from all 374 diaries.
min = 0.00, median = 0.088, average = 0.30, max = 8.05, total =  112.3 bharns
r50 = 12 (at 2.43 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 13757
Maximum possible such pairs: 4130 x 374 = 1544620
Network Density (observed/possible):  0.891%
Average degree (links/user) = 13757/4130 = 3.331

rank	nrec	ncom	tators	cnx	impact	Diary	Author	EDT
1	747	354	226	864	8.05	I've had enough.	PsiFighter37	22:50
2	609	310	177	699	6.55	Meanwhile....	Delaware Dem	20:40
3	568	441	208	657	6.12	Johns Kerry and Conyers, SHUT THIS PUPPY DOWN!	Lisa Lockwood	15:34
4	538	774	410	824	6.44	When Is Enough Really Enough?	John Kerry	13:19
5	506	375	195	624	5.57	72 Democrats Challenge Illegal NSA Domestic Spying	Congressman John Conyers	13:38
6	382	246	163	468	4.20	See you at YearlyKos -- and while you're in Las Vegas. . .	Harry Reid	11:35
7	338	199	134	405	3.68	Verizon Ethics Line: 800-856-1885	Veritas78	19:52
8	296	603	146	404	3.38	If you think Bush is Guilty of War Crimes, you are Delusional.	WorldCantWait	01:53
9	294	270	139	387	3.31	USA Today: NSA spying on TENS OF MILLIONS of Americans	jsamuel	00:26
10	239	190	132	325	2.72	Department of Homeland Security = K G B	Maryscott OConnor	17:10

Diaries from two years ago. Thursday May 11, 2006
Diaries from one year ago. Saturday May 12, 2007
Diaries from yesterday. Sunday May 11, 2008
Diaries from last 6 hours. Monday May 12, 2008
Cleaned comments from yesterday. Sunday May 11, 2008