High Impact Diaries - May 3, 2008

Welcome to Mrs Khalid (uid 162244) who registered at 2008-05-04 04:47:11 EDT, the most recent of 119 in the preceding 24 hours.

Yesterday 308 Kogs posted 308 diaries of which 296 were recommended at least once by a cadre of 3041 recommending readers and viewed by 9439; 166 diaries were recommended by 10 or more readers, 54 by 30 or more, and 21 by 100 or more.  Commenters (2951) visited 308 diaries; 194 had 10 or more commenters, 68 had 30 or more, and 13 had 100 or more.

Impact statistics from all 308 diaries.
min = 0.01, median = 0.166, average = 0.40, max = 7.71, total =  123.6 bharns
r50 = 17 (at 1.58 bharns)

Recommendations and comments were collected Sun May  4 06:10:18 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.

2008-05-03 00:00:58 - 2008-05-03 23:52:35
DailyKos diaries = 308;  308 per day; 12.8 per hour
Active Kogs: 4391 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)
Lurkers: 5129 (only view diaries)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a diary	view a diary	CRW only	CRWV only	all
comment	2951	1634	273	2906	1177	12	133
recommend	1634	3041	135	2975	1405	34	133
write	273	135	308	301	33	1	133
view	2906	2975	301	9439		5129	133

Diaries

diaries with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	308	296	166	54	21
commentators	308	308	194	68	13
connections	308	296	251	129	28
views	308	308	308	294	196

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

Impact statistics from all 308 diaries.
min = 0.01, median = 0.166, average = 0.40, max = 7.71, total =  123.6 bharns
r50 = 17 (at 1.58 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 15712
Maximum possible such pairs: 4391 x 308 = 1352428
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.162%
Average degree (links/user) = 15712/4391 = 3.578

tags: approved|workspace|cleanup|quickjobs|search|tag guidelines
Number of distinct tags: 82071
Number of tag size classes: 740
Most often used tag: George W. Bush (29568 diaries)
Singleton tags: 49833 (attached to only one diary)
Orphaned tags: 399 (attached to deleted diaries)
n50: 273 (number of tags accounting for 50% of tagged diaries)
r50: 629 (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	703	395	249	858	5702	7.71	Moyers: I've never seen anything like this	westcott	17:41
2	524	237	163	621	3234	5.69	"Poll" Call from Clinton Supporter in NC	flahawkfan	17:35
3	500	359	139	579	3438	5.39	against Hillary: this is personal	kid oakland	22:02
4	458	404	225	628	4397	5.24	UPDATEDx2 - Obama officially wins Guam - A VERY GOOD DAY For OBAMA!	BoBo2020	15:45
5	447	289	144	534	3233	4.87	Bob Herbert gets it	teacherken	06:04
6	394	163	88	451	3162	4.23	Stephanopoulos' conflict of interest even worse than you thought	NickB	21:48
7	325	516	237	491	4576	3.87	Why We're Leaving	karendc	09:32
8	308	165	102	358	1298	3.33	It's the Jobs Stupid: Gas Tax Holiday Jobs/$$ Lost by State, 150 Economists Write Letter	Jimmy Crackcorn	10:30
9	291	256	112	367	3626	3.23	UNRECOMMEND [LIVEBLOG] You people are the sorriest excuses...	mistersite	12:01
10	279	301	169	399	2241	3.24	Video of Obama's Closing at the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner	foxsucks81	00:21
11	244	208	97	309	1529	2.71	GOP Tested Anti-Obama Strategy in LA-06 and Lost	Engine 08	23:48
12	186	154	64	234	2439	2.06	Updated: Guess Who's Spreading the Smear Emails?	newyorknewyork	21:29
13	182	73	46	206	1007	1.95	National Environmental Group Endorses Obama	dansac	13:47
14	178	115	71	229	1743	1.99	NM Party Chair Picks Obama!	jkennerl	13:56
15	160	310	103	221	2339	1.84	867-5309	JeffLieber	13:05
16	151	310	126	240	2164	1.84	BREAKING: OBAMA WINS GUAM	JimTXDem	10:14
17	149	172	73	164	251	1.58	IGTNT: "Free of Pain and the Scars of War"	monkeybiz	21:41
18	148	292	78	175	613	1.61	What's for Dinner? The Stir-Fry Edition	Asinus Asinum Fricat	19:25
19	121	149	54	157	577	1.36	LIVEBLOG! Obama Phone Bankers' Sat. Open Thread #2	Seneca Doane	17:48
20	115	286	107	202	1829	1.47	NC early votes huge, 326,341 Dem ballots in, 39.3% Black	dean4ever	18:27
21	100	141	59	146	1415	1.17	Big Blowout for Obama Forecast in Guam (Update)	Land of Enchantment	10:08
22	84	368	59	108	224	0.94	Saturday Morning Garden Blogging Vol. 4.11	Frankenoid	08:59
23	74	327	73	102	629	0.85	WYFP: Countdown and Burnout	paxpdx	19:55
24	58	100	38	82	342	0.67	"Gas Tax" flyer tells the story in no uncertain terms...	highacidity	00:32
25	54	323	94	115	567	0.77	GBCW: Hate Speech - point made	SallyCat	18:12
26	54	56	28	75	277	0.62	How To Liveblog: Morans Need Not Apply	gchaucer2	17:04
27	51	191	91	128	967	0.81	Crowd Chants 'OBAMA-OBAMA' During Clinton Speech at NC Dinner	AHiddenSaint	15:14
28	50	108	66	104	727	0.70	Obama Nabs The Coveted Forrest Gump Endorsement [UPDATED w/video]	Tatan	22:22
29	49	257	94	124	761	0.78	All Eyes Were on Her As She Went Down	dantemaria	22:58
30	47	64	33	69	350	0.55	Obliterate:New pictures from Hirosima	allmost liberal european	16:22
31	47	52	15	54	143	0.51	Let's talk about the "potential for voter fraud"	clammyc	12:04
32	47	20	15	56	134	0.51	Teamsters Indiana Convoy for Change - Day 2	TeamsterPower	11:35
33	45	29	26	56	148	0.50	The Kentucky Derby Party That Wasn't	PapaChach	02:31
34	41	102	32	65	336	0.50	I blocked CNN Today.  (And you can too!)	ObamaManiac2008	00:08
35	41	56	24	47	78	0.44	Dawn Chorus Birdblog:  Springtime favorites	lineatus	09:06
36	40	137	26	48	109	0.44	Saturday Morning Home Repair blogging 2.38	claude	09:00
37	39	30	18	49	175	0.43	Barack in Black and White (NC photo diary)	bradreiman	07:20
38	38	92	38	65	522	0.48	"Like Watching A Masterpiece Destroyed."	Gemina13	20:34
39	38	36	21	53	224	0.44	MCCAIN Endorser Hagee Says GOD May NUKE US in War He Clamors For	Troutfishing	19:24
40	38	18	11	42	113	0.40	Ten Things America Can Learn From Spain's Water War	JohnnyRook	13:16
41	38	11	6	42	100	0.40	Teen Challenge: Court-ordered coercion and CYA indemnity contracts	dogemperor	17:07
42	37	23	16	41	126	0.39	Operation Anti-Chaos: The Narrative on "White Voters" Is Fiction	Satya1	13:48
43	36	71	31	57	284	0.44	It's not that kind of a horse race	ChristieKeith	20:35
44	36	51	16	45	146	0.40	An answer to Kos: territories, primaries and representation	Marcus Junius Brutus	17:16
45	35	22	19	46	195	0.39	Canvassing report: SE Portland	Ruth in OR	18:54
46	34	17	13	38	88	0.36	High Impact Diaries - May 2, 2008	jotter	10:57
47	33	40	15	41	242	0.36	Clinton: 'President Must Remember China and Magnequench.'  First Lady Forgets	Bcgntn	18:23
48	32	30	21	47	240	0.38	The Democratic Party (Finally) Stands Up To The Right Wing	djtyg	01:20
49	32	30	10	35	69	0.34	Energy COOL:  PHESBs for the kids ...	A Siegel	07:33
50	32	29	22	49	503	0.38	Obama has two new long commercials out	Cronk	16:31
51	32	26	18	42	156	0.36	This woman is my hero	RhymesWithUrple	13:31
52	32	16	9	34	111	0.34	Scenes from the World Food Crisis	New Deal democrat	12:06
53	32	11	6	35	80	0.34	Bush Forces Out EPA Official for Doing Her Job: Another Stellar Public Servant Bites the Dust	Jesselyn Radack	10:24
54	30	14	13	40	280	0.34	Obama's Indianapolis Speech: "Where is that America today?"	Niwind	14:36
55	29	30	17	41	196	0.34	Final Push: 15K to 1.5M Obama Donors! Make It Happen!	Osaka	12:37
56	28	26	10	31	138	0.30	Blackwater: Why does Bush need a private Praetorian Guard?	ImpeachKingBushII	23:36
57	27	106	50	66	243	0.42	I love horses.	turnover	20:10
58	27	101	15	29	61	0.28	Overnight News Digest: Science Saturday (May Day Edition)	Neon Vincent	23:52
59	27	27	13	33	262	0.30	Air Force--Disaster over Iraq	hannah	09:46
60	26	43	14	30	121	0.28	Top Comments 5-03-08 -- Liebrary Edition	carolita	22:00
61	26	30	22	41	187	0.32	Hillary Says.. In Iraq 50+ Years...On Face the Nation	Parisgnome	12:22
62	26	17	13	32	56	0.29	I donated my estimated "Gas Tax Holiday" savings to Obama	Queen Alice	12:25
63	25	160	56	69	555	0.42	Hillary May Have Lost The Entire Black Vote...FOREVER !!!	gregjones	11:00
64	25	15	9	30	377	0.27	A "New Rule" was set in a TX newspaper.	FishBiscuit	18:28
65	24	71	31	39	122	0.30	Oregon: I voted thread!	Progressive American Patriot	17:58
66	24	49	23	37	177	0.29	Bullshit Loyalty Oath Claims Another Teacher	Johnny Venom	11:44
67	24	29	19	34	301	0.28	"I'm not gonna be on Youtube!"	jenontheshore	00:29
68	24	23	17	38	480	0.29	Lynn Sweet: 'Obama picks up 3 more Illinois Superdelegates!!!'	PLS	10:48
69	24	13	10	30	94	0.27	More Dead Soldiers from KBR Mistakes	Maxlongstreet	16:51
70	23	180	76	87	505	0.50	I hereby endorse Obama	Barry in MIA	09:09
71	23	55	33	53	345	0.34	Act now: Hillary pressuring DNC (again) to count FLA, MI	ksquire	23:47
72	23	46	22	41	408	0.30	NYTimes "Republicans Crossing Over to Vote in Democratic Contests"	NYFM	08:11
73	23	42	28	47	580	0.32	Whole Obama Family at Ft. Wayne Sun Picnic, Big Indianapolis Rally Mon.	JPZenger	15:54
74	23	38	33	54	446	0.35	All votes are in. Obama wins Guam	wanakee	19:16
75	23	33	30	45	387	0.31	Hit back at CNN: Very short (updated	Citizen Rat	14:40
76	23	28	20	31	109	0.26	Goodbye Shangri-La	Brahman Colorado	08:04
77	23	21	14	31	141	0.26	Anatomy of a cover up: how corporate media buries WVWV	shpilk	15:28
78	23	19	16	34	249	0.27	Obama to Hoosiers: 'I will not let you down'	First Amendment	11:07
79	23	17	12	30	205	0.26	The Fear Before the Launch	davidsirota	18:38
80	23	15	10	28	181	0.25	Hope from Statistics:  a goodly number of people get it!	onanyes	15:48
81	22	103	42	58	512	0.36	Updated!: Live Blog: Obama is giving a great speech right now Kossacks: Now finished	Excelscior1	12:43
82	22	72	47	60	639	0.37	BREAKING: Obama rebounds-ties Clinton at 47% in Gallup daily tracking poll	Parker2001	13:37
83	22	20	15	32	151	0.26	Busheviks Threatening Military Action in South America	davefromqueens	00:57
84	22	18	8	26	67	0.24	Walkabout #13: Stream Herding	Stranded Wind	14:38
85	22	17	10	26	116	0.24	Daily Kos University, vol. 69	plf515	09:08
86	22	12	10	31	147	0.25	Superdelegate Mark Udall is against Clinton's gas tax gimmick	Zappatero	12:26
87	22	9	8	24	29	0.23	HONORING THE FALLEN: US Military KIA, Iraq/Afganistan – April 2008	jimstaro	07:45
88	21	18	9	25	243	0.23	Experts Agree: F.U.	mbair	21:08
89	21	14	9	25	74	0.23	Pizza never felt so Good!	mamamorgaine	10:46
90	20	27	19	36	191	0.26	The Best Argument for Obama to Super Delegates	Holly J	02:29
91	20	9	8	26	64	0.22	Revisiting Ground Zero in NYC -- and Memories of a Lost Friend	GregMitch	12:02
92	19	151	22	32	189	0.24	How I Learned to .....	Translator	22:36
93	19	38	21	33	177	0.24	Question re: Netroots Nation / Glenn Greenwald	InsultComicDog	18:39
94	19	19	8	25	249	0.21	Clinton's WTO Flub on O'Reilly	JustATest	18:27
95	19	18	14	22	71	0.20	This diary has nothing to do with politics.  Feel good story of the day.	JaciCee	10:16
96	19	13	12	26	89	0.22	NC Robocalls: Women's Voices, I have some questions for you	davidkc	13:58
97	19	5	4	21	48	0.20	Building a New Nebraska with Scott Kleeb	Mike Nellis	19:26
98	18	384	177	180	414	0.95	So What is The Best TV Show Of All Time?	webranding	16:30
99	18	46	28	41	279	0.27	Ron Paul: Obama best in foreign policy	dsharma23	03:46
100	17	56	42	57	628	0.33	Early Voting in Indiana: GREAT News for Obama (updated: NC too!)	beholderseye	11:51
101	17	50	31	42	412	0.27	What exactly is Dean Reynolds of CBS News trying to say?	Anarchofascist	21:46
102	17	45	19	30	166	0.22	Hillary: Reject & denounce your fan site!	catilinus	08:57
103	17	34	23	35	142	0.24	How not to convince America to provide universal healthcare	Ptizelov	22:41
104	17	34	13	22	138	0.19	My Encounter with Congressman Frank Wolf	hcc in VA	16:35
105	17	22	20	33	427	0.23	DNC Spruill (Virginia) wavering (HRC super)	eurthamudtoes	14:51
106	17	18	11	21	163	0.19	VIDEO: Hillary's Election Day Giveaway!	Stranahan	12:27
107	16	87	56	65	522	0.37	Final results for GUAM...O-50.1, C-49.9	groundbar09	19:09
108	16	71	44	58	354	0.33	Rasmussen Oregon Poll Today:  Obama 51% Clinton 39%	Drdemocrat	12:04
109	16	60	17	24	92	0.19	Saturday Nite Losers Club 5.3.08 - Blow your rebate yet, Loser?	va dare	20:30
110	16	35	9	21	111	0.18	Louisiana Special Election Pre Game	LaEscapee	18:14
111	16	19	7	22	215	0.18	Indonesia Alleges U.S. Navy Research Lab is Performing Secret Experiments	markthshark	19:48
112	16	15	13	27	322	0.20	Elaine says Obama is voteworthy	Semblance	00:06
113	15	113	33	41	101	0.25	Open Thread and Diary Rescue	Diary Rescue	23:19
114	15	56	28	38	269	0.24	What Tim Russert Needs to do to Stay off the List	zeiben	21:52
115	15	31	19	32	580	0.21	Obama 'pops up' online throughout Indiana	Asp	20:28
116	15	18	12	27	357	0.19	Gail Collins all but endorses Obama	Its the Supreme Court Stupid	07:27
117	15	15	10	23	138	0.18	WVWV scandal: Who is Lamont Williams?  With Poll!!	jakester	09:47
118	14	162	84	91	537	0.49	Andrew Sullivan: The case for Obama/Clinton	seanflynn	21:58
119	14	67	19	27	335	0.19	We Have Failed	utopia	02:49
120	13	49	30	37	217	0.22	The Belle's toll	dennisdeveny	19:12
121	13	44	20	27	137	0.18	This is for all the fans of alternative fueled cars	Code Breaker	23:47
122	12	155	65	73	506	0.39	HRC On KY Derby: She Bets And Its Endorsed By A Dead Horse!	DFutureIsNow	19:40
123	12	137	67	75	383	0.40	Clinton's Derby Pick	sammymaudlin	19:00
124	12	108	28	36	178	0.22	Why only Obama can beat McCain	StevenLeser	01:20
125	12	54	37	47	377	0.27	The View from the North Carolina Triangle	The Honorable Freddie	15:38
126	12	42	27	36	578	0.22	Fresh Zogby Numbers	karpaty lviv	08:32
127	12	26	18	28	483	0.18	New SD for Obama from South Carolina	JohnHo	12:50
128	11	131	42	46	300	0.26	Let's call a spade a spade: what the "Rev. Wright Controversy" is really about	joel3000	17:58
129	11	36	26	35	470	0.21	Julia Louis-Dreyfus proclaims her support for Obama!	LaKathie	14:38
130	10	203	52	59	212	0.32	Prostitution, time to legalize? Or not?	Steve Everett	20:50
131	10	134	59	65	791	0.35	Latest Zogby poll: Obama leads in Indiana	BradF	00:29
132	10	44	25	33	273	0.19	Late Deciders, Indiana and North Carolina	fladem	10:49
133	10	40	24	31	91	0.18	Needed: Way to Force TV & Radio to Focus on Issues	marsbardem	01:29
134	9	218	89	93	957	0.49	Barack Just Doesn't Freaking Get It!	pragprogress	20:11
135	9	160	91	95	539	0.50	Inspiring Speech from Clinton Just Now in NC!	bink	11:44
136	9	135	54	60	425	0.32	Hillary and the Kentucky Derby	dragonlilleth	21:14
137	9	72	31	33	93	0.19	Do Americans feel the high price of gas?	SanAntonioKrusty	11:16
138	9	65	28	32	262	0.18	Are you too young to remember this?	wargolem	02:25
139	9	40	29	35	282	0.20	Why Tuesday is so important -- it's Hillary's last chance!	ornithology	21:33
140	8	29	26	32	313	0.18	Why I've stopped worrying about Hillary	Joe Beese	13:02
141	7	72	29	33	119	0.18	Favorite Fictional Presidents	dlh77489	15:39
142	6	59	33	38	369	0.20	Jindal and Obama	Snipe6ib	17:08
143	5	136	56	58	309	0.30	Hillary Clinton Knows How To Help Rural Americans Succeed	Nancy Kallitechnis	14:27
144	5	130	45	47	265	0.25	Would you support Obama as an Independent? (w/Poll)	NMDan	10:47
145	5	122	41	42	126	0.22	Ilegal Immigration: The Elephant In The Liberal Room	Larraine	14:48
146	5	121	42	45	391	0.24	Video was a complete fake! W/Poll	ldfan	13:20
147	4	184	72	76	666	0.40	Barack's Schedule: What's the Deal?	MikeMinCT	00:55
148	4	51	35	37	182	0.20	It Won't Be the Economy Stupid -- It will be National Security	cscmm	16:34
149	3	159	81	82	383	0.43	Elizabeth Taylor Endorses Hillary	Rena Silverman	00:01
150	2	124	36	37	280	0.19	Is Texas Committing Genocide???	Defoliate Bush	15:05

Impact total:  109.5

 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

2007-05-04 00:10:06 - 2007-05-04 23:56:20
DailyKos diaries = 276;  276 per day; 11.5 per hour
Active Kogs: 3612 (writes a diary, recommends a diary, or comments on a diary)

Kogs who	comment	recommend	write a diary	only	all
comment	2406	1442	249	847	132
recommend	1442	2623	134	1179	132
write	249	134	276	25	132

Diaries

diaries with >=	0	1	10	30	100
recommendations	276	265	154	48	18
commentators	276	274	173	53	7
connections	276	265	217	104	19

Diaries with date of publication not same as sid date: 20

Impact statistics from all 276 diaries.
min = 0.00, median = 0.157, average = 0.34, max = 5.70, total =   94.0 bharns
r50 = 18 (at 0.74 bharns)

Graph statistics
Observed writer-(reader  or writer) pairs: 11645
Maximum possible such pairs: 3612 x 276 = 996912
Network Density (observed/possible):  1.168%
Average degree (links/user) = 11645/3612 = 3.224

rank	nrec	ncom	tators	cnx	impact	Diary	Author	EDT
1	540	239	107	580	5.70	Update:  DOJ Witness Tampering and USAgate:  Murray Waas Must-Read, Bloomberg & Newsweek	Jbearlaw	14:01
2	399	389	192	510	4.45	Get off it Bill O'Reilly by Cindy Sheehan	CindySheehan	09:35
3	353	721	270	515	4.14	Why I Hate Daily Kos	pastordan	12:27
4	338	251	126	413	3.71	Breaking: RF Kennedy, Jr. Says USA Griffin Under Investigation	4Freedom	23:25
5	314	330	155	388	3.46	5/4/70: The Day The Sixties Ended (update2)	kestrel9000	07:37
6	303	115	89	343	3.25	DKOS got me a job.  Really.	greenreflex	16:25
7	269	161	90	310	2.90	[UPDATED] US Army: American news media are a threat to the nation	smintheus	15:59
8	191	254	113	258	2.17	MoveOn Finally Polls on Impeachment!	marchtoimpeach	00:39
9	188	395	87	227	2.05	John Edwards -- "This is deja vu all over again" -- Cut the Funding!	TomP	12:25
10	174	107	72	213	1.91	Glenn Greenwald Unloads on Politico	Frostillicus	16:48

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